RE: Text 'width' and 'height' [was: Happy New Year SVGers]

	Hi all,

	We are also converting our existing language into a SVG-compatible
 language.  I have almost done the job too.

	Unfortunatly, I have big big bIIIIg troubles to match our
 existing texts with the syntax of SVG.

	Our texts are always defined within a rectangle box and
 an alignment policy into this box (eg: center/middle or bottom/right).

	I've searched for hours into the SVG specifications to find
 something that could match this need without any valuable result :(

	I think this can be a drawback for SVG in the future and
 I'm joining Jan to ask to the SVG comittee to provide a solution to
 this problem.

	Thank you,

--
Gaëtan Frenoy (aka Gaff) 
Aspen Technology, Inc.
AspenTech Nivelles - 20, rue de l'industrie - 1400 Nivelles
Tel : 32-67-88.36.66 - Fax: 32-67-88.36.88
e-mail: mailto:gaetan.frenoy@aspentech.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Aarsaether [mailto:jaa@metis.no]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 10:16 AM
> To: Chris Lilley
> Cc: www-svg@w3.org
> Subject: Text 'width' and 'height' [was: Happy New Year SVGers]
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Lilley wrote:
> > I just wanted to wish all SVG users and implementors a Happy New
> > Vectorial Year,
> 
> Likewise :->
> 
> > and keep those reports of new or updated implementations, use cases,
> > examples, and any sort of spec feedback coming in!
> 
> SVG is a big language (there must be a loooooot of people on the SVG
> committee :-) with lots of alternative ways of doing the same thing.
> But we are now getting close to finishing the job of converting our
> symbol format into SVG. However, we're having trouble with the <text>
> element.
> 
> We are not just rendering vector symbols, but creating primitives
> which the user can modify interactively using our symbol editor. In
> the <text> case, it is even possible for the system to change the
> content of the text whenever properties/criteria change (macros).
> Because of this, it is common to 'reserve' a certain rectangular space
> for the <text> element to fit into the rest of the symbol and our
> system does wrapping and clipping within this rectangle before
> painting the primitive.
> 
> But, SVG only specifies 'x' and 'y' attributes on <text>. We need
> 'width' and 'height' (similar to the <rect> element) to be able to
> persistently store our information using SVG. This is especially
> important with 'right' and 'bottom' adjusted texts. We also use the
> rectangle actively by allowing the user to control the background
> color, but we can do without this feature.
> 
> We realize that (most?) SVG renders can do without these additional
> attributes, but I would expect other applications to have similar
> needs as described above. Has anybody stumbled upon this before? Is
> there any chance of appending this to the SVG specs? If not, we would
> have to resort to some kind of hack :-< Or maybe there is some way of
> doing this in the existing specs which we haven't found. Tips and
> feedback would be highly appreciated!
> 
> ---
> Jan Aarsaether			jaa@metis.no
> METIS GUI Development	
> NCR Norge AS
>

Received on Tuesday, 11 January 2000 04:31:27 UTC