Re: Implementing SVG attribute "stroke-miterlimit" ( tdf#48066)

Hi Armin,

Addendum: I have now switched off AA. And then the SVG image is rendered 
correctly. So it seems, I'm on the right track.

Kind regards
Regina

Armin Le Grand schrieb:
> Hi Regina,
>
> the MiterMinimumAngle influences only the miter mode, thus I do not
> understand the 'still not changed to Bevel' comment. In SVG import, the
> primitives and thus the LineAttribute as part of it containing the
> MiterMinimumAngle is directly created, the exactly same instance will be
> used in the renderer and be available in the decomposition.
> I am not sure at which system you are, but the value needs to be used
> either in
>
>      VclPixelProcessor2D::tryDrawPolygonStrokePrimitive2DDirect
>
> and then handed through
>
>      OutputDevice::DrawPolyLineDirect
>
> like the other values, down to the renderer sal implementation (Gdiplus
> for windows).
> Or - when getting decomposed in
>
>      PolygonStrokePrimitive2D::create2DDecomposition
>
> and then handed over to
>
>      basegfx::tools::createAreaGeometry
>
> also like the other values. Thus, still some hand-through
> implementations needed to pass the value to the places where needed. At
> that places, currently a default is used.
>
> basegfx::tools::createAreaGeometry has an input value for
> fMiterMinimumAngle already.
>
> With OutputDevice::DrawPolyLineDirect it needs to be handed over to
> diverse implementations of DrawPolyLine, there seems to be one for
>
> OpenGLSalGraphicsImpl::DrawPolyLine
> SalGraphics::DrawPolyLine
>
> in principle all which use the same parameters (e.g. including
> basegfx::B2DLineJoin). For me, OpenGLSalGraphicsImpl is new and I am not
> sure how/where it is used.
> SalGraphics::DrawPolyLine uses SalGraphics::drawPolyLine (small 1st
> letter) which is
>
>      virtual bool                drawPolyLine(
>                                      const basegfx::B2DPolygon&,
>                                      double fTransparency,
>                                      const basegfx::B2DVector& rLineWidths,
>                                      basegfx::B2DLineJoin,
>                                      css::drawing::LineCap) = 0;
>
> and has diverse system-specific implementations that need to be adapted.
> In those implementations usually the default value for MiterMinimumAngle
> is used (see WinSalGraphicsImpl::drawPolyLine).
>
> Unfortunaltely it is not easy in vcl to do that, the compiler is your
> friend. It was already a lot of work to add methods to the whole chain
> that use more modern parameters. It is also necessary to adapt all
> implementations for all target plattforms and to test compilation on all
> plattforms, since this touches plattform-dependent code that is not
> built on all plattforms.
>
> Theoretically it would also need to be added to MetaPolyLineAction, but
> the Metafile actions have the problem to be saved/loaded, so this is
> hard to to backwards compatible. You would need to create a new version
> of MetaPolyLineAction, see other examples with MetaActions.
>
> Hard stuff....
> I hope this helps!
>
> Regards,
> Armin
>
> Am 01.04.2016 um 16:04 schrieb Regina Henschel:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Armin Le Grand schrieb:
> > > Hi Regina,
> > >
> > > Am 24.03.2016 um 16:35 schrieb Regina Henschel:
> > > > Hi Armin,
> > > >
> > > > I need an advice/opinion _where_ to hold the information:
> > >
> > > Definitely in drawinglayer::attribute::LineAttribute, same place where
> > > basegfx::B2DLineJoin is held. A double, defaulted to 15.0 and read
> > > access will be fine. For setting it, add a 5th parameter to the
> > > constructor, defaulted to 15.0. The LineAttribute is a read-only, not
> > > later changeable class to keep things simple. It is better/safer to
> > > create another one when a value needs to be changed than starting to
> > > keep track of changes and add notification or other stuff.
> >
> > I'm now at the stage, where createAreaGeometryForJoin() in
> > b2dlinegeometry is called with the correct angle in its parameter
> > fMiterMinimumAngle. But in the inserted svg image, the join is still
> > not changed to Bevel. What places do I need to change in addition? Is
> > there something to do in module canvas or vcl or something additional
> > in svgio or ...?
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Regina
> >
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