Dear TC members,
last August we approved below proposal. I have now noticed that the
original proposal (which is at the bottom of this mail) added percentage
values to the attributes draw:dots1-length and draw:dots2-length, but
also to draw:distance. In the revised proposal I have unfortunately
overseen the draw:distance attribute. It does include draw:dots1-length
and draw:dots2-length only. Instead it should have also included the
modification for draw:distance with the same clarification regarding
percentage values that I have made for draw:dots1-length and
draw:dots2-length.
I therefore would like to ask for a re-approval of the proposal which
includes the draw:distance attribute of the original proposal, but with
the same clarifications that I have made regarding percentage values for
draw:dots1-length and draw:dots2-length.
Because this is a rather old proposal which we have discussed already
and also at least partially approved, and because the original mail
below contains also the original proposal, I have not added this to
Wiki. But I may do so if this is requested.
I will not attend top the call on the 8th, but would like to vote on
this on the 22nd (there are no calls in the 1st and the 15th).
Best regards
Michael
On 08/03/07 14:39, Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as agreed in the last TC call, I have clarified to what "width" the
> percentage values relate. It is the width of the stroke as defined by
> "svg:stroke-width" attribute defined in section 15.13.4.
>
> The terminology used by ODF actually has been taken from SVG, which
> calls lines that are painted along the outline of a graphical shape
> "stroke". Strokes themselves are defined in section 15.13 of the ODF
> specification.
>
> So, using a percentage value for the dot-length attributes means that
> the length of the dots is calculated using the width (or thickness) of
> the line that is drawn around the shape as basis, but not the geometry
> of the shape. Below is a revised the proposal to make this clearer.
>
> 14.14.7.4 Dots
>
> The attribute pairs draw:dots1, draw:dots1-length and draw:dots2,
> draw:dots2-length each define a repeating sequence of dots that are used
> to render a stroke. Both sequences are used alternating. The draw:dots1
> attribute specifies the number of dots for the first sequence and the
> draw:dots1-length attribute specifies the length of each of these dots.
> The draw:dots2 and draw:dots2-length attributes specify the number of
> dots for the second sequence and their length.
>
> The draw:dots1-length and draw:dots2-length may take percentage values
> in addition to absolute lengths. Percentage values relate to width of
> the stroke as defined by the "svg:stroke-width" attribute defined in
> section 15.13.4.
>
> Best regards
>
> Michael
>
>
> Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> please find below a proposal for extending stroke dashes. The author
>> of the proposal is Christian Lippka, from the OOo Impress team.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Stroke dashes can currently only configured to have a fixed length for
>> dashes. It is reasonable to also allow to set the length of dashes
>> relative to the width of the stroke. So if the width of the stroke
>> changes size the dashes are changing size also. This would also be
>> needed for the distance between dashes or dots.
>>
>> So I propose to change ODF v1.2 draft 3 section 14.14.7.4 and
>> 14.14.7.5 as follows:
>>
>> 14.14.7.4 Dots
>>
>> The attribute pairs draw:dots1, draw:dots1-length and draw:dots2,
>> draw:dots2-length each define a repeating sequence of dots that are
>> used to render a dash. Both sequences are used alternating. The
>> draw:dots1 attribute specifies the number of dots for the first
>> sequence and the draw:dots1-length attribute specifies the length of
>> each of these dots. The draw:dots2 and draw:dots2-length attributes
>> specify the number of dots for the second sequence and their length.
>>
>> If the length are given as percentage values, the length will be
>> calculated as percentages from the with of the line that gets stroked.
>>
>>
>>
>> 14.14.7.5 Distance
>>
>> The draw:distance attribute specifies the distance between the dots of
>> a dash. If the length is given as a percentage value, the length will
>> be calculated as percentages from the with of the line that gets stroked.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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