[Skencil-devel] Revitalising Skencil

[Bernhard Reiter]

Am Samstag, 9. Oktober 2010 21:17:01 schrieb Igor Novikov:
> I have implemented these items.Now Skencil main window is redesigned and
> looks
> like this:
>
> http://saveimg.ru/pictures/09-10-10/d2765edbd0a0f4a9b96c2a5fdebf8ea4.png

Cool!

> Please note that rulers don't use system fonts. The digits are drawn using
> built-in
> patterns. So this eliminates binding to Tk drawing functions and provides a
> good
> ruler L&F for all distros.

Also very cool! 

> Further development depends on next issues:
>
> 1.Migrate from GIF icons to PNG (will requires include tkpng source code
> into project)

Am I right in that this would enable higher quality images to be used
in the gui elements? (Because of the 256 index limitation of GIF?)
Sounds like a good idea then. 

> > 2.Substitute some tk widgets by ttk analogues to provide modern
> > application L&F

Can you be more verbose on this one?
If there is no risk involved and development stays equally difficult or easy, 
of course getting a better look and feel is a large plus.

> > 3.Backport import|export filters from sK1 including filters for CorelDraw
> > formats (result of reverse engineering).

Sounds good again. I guess that SVG will be something that many people will 
like to have better support for. However this will not just be a filter.

Best Regards,
Bernhard


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