Re: GooCanvas 0.13 available

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 14:53 +0000, Damon Chaplin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've put GooCanvas 0.13 up at:
> 
>   http://download.gnome.org/sources/goocanvas/0.13/
> 
> 
> GooCanvas 0.13	(Nov 30 2008)
> ==============
> 
>  o New GooCanvasGrid item for drawing grids on the canvas.

I think this needs a fuller description:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/goocanvas/unstable/GooCanvasGrid.html#id2614859

>  o Support for static items that don't move as the canvas is zoomed
>    and scrolled (this is a bit experimental).

I think there should be some explanation of this in the API
documentation. Maybe there is, but I can't find my way to it from, for
instance, here:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/goocanvas/unstable/GooCanvas.html#goo-canvas-get-static-root-item
Maybe that should just link to
http://library.gnome.org/devel/goocanvas/unstable/goocanvas-goocanvasitem.html#goo-canvas-item-get-is-static

>  o Font hinting is not turned off any more - this means smaller text
>    should be more readable. Hopefully it doesn't affect text layout.
>  o Fixed a few GooCanvasTable drawing bugs.
>  o Fixed GooCanvasText drawing, when align is set.
>  o Fixed GooCanvasPolyline is_item_at() code, so the fill isn't tested.
>  o Added "animation-finished" signals to GooCanvasItem & Model.

I also looked at some other newish functions:

I think that this documentation should make it clearer that the bounds
parameter is both an in and out parameter, if it is:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/goocanvas/unstable/GooCanvas.html#goo-canvas-convert-bounds-to-item-space

I think that the difference (if any) between these two functions should
be made clear:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/goocanvas/unstable/GooCanvas.html#goo-canvas-request-redraw
http://library.gnome.org/devel/goocanvas/unstable/GooCanvas.html#goo-canvas-request-item-redraw

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