- From: Mathieu HENRI <p01@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:36:14 +0200
Stefan G?ssner wrote: > One possible use case of canvas are technical drawings. For even > extremely simple drawings - think of a circle with centerlines and a > diameter dimension - dash-dotted lines are needed as well as dimension > text. > > I would like to see both (dashed lines and text) in future canvas versions. Why not using SVG ? it has the features you want and more. It's a declarative format, which means you can import/export it into/from a graphic editor if you want. > -- > Stefan Goessner > > Garrett Smith wrote: >> On 5/21/07, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: >>> On 5/19/07, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> Consider doing any diagramming. It's a necessary feature. >>> Not really. For straight lines it's pretty trivial to do today anyway >>> (either by drawing actual dashed lines or faking it with a pattern), >>> and in general you can use other styles of lines instead of actual >>> dashes. Now of course I'm not saying that this is always a good >>> alternative, but it's not a blocker. >>> >> >> >>> If someone actually does this, then we might have to reconsider. >> >> http://ditchnet.org/canvasuml/ >> >> Someone actually did. >> >> I haven't tried using <canvas> for UML for publishing. >> >> If I want to make a diagram published, I'd use the above strategies. >> >> Trying to make UML Diagrams in the browser, current options are: >> 1) ASCII >> 2) Image >> 3) HTML + CSS + Images >> >> A UML widget for a bugzilla plugin could be useful, so long as it was >> simple and quicker to use than making ascii lines. >> >> Garrett >> >>> -- >>> Ian Hickson -- Mathieu 'p01' HENRI JavaScript developer, Opera Software ASA
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