Re: [whatwg] Canvas: compositing and blending operator as enumeration?

On Jan 10, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:36 PM, Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote:
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> On Jan 9, 2013, at 9:29 PM, "Rik Cabanier" <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Dirk,
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>> the 'globalCompositeOperation' property takes the same syntax as the css 'mix' so I don't think an enum will work.
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> I am not following. What does the CSS property have to do with the canvas attribute?
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> See the spec: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/rawfile/tip/compositing/index.html#canvascompositingandblending
> For consistency, people wanted the same syntax for canvas and css.
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That is fine for me. I am not asking for different values or keyword names :P

Dirk

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>> Rik
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>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> After all the discussions about winding rules and the new introduced enumeration for "nonzero" and "even odd", I wonder if the the compositing and blending modes should be two enumerations as well.
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>> enum CanvasCompositingMode {
>>         "source-over",
>>         "source-in",
>>         …
>> }
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>> and
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>> enum CanvasBlendingMode {
>>         "normal",
>>         "multiply",
>>         ...
>> }
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>> This wouldn't actually change the behavior or definition a lot, but might help to cleanup a bit. I am happy about other names if they are not good enough.
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>> Greetings,
>> Dirk
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