This update makes it official -- all my future programming will be
done in Frink!
--
Don Groves


On Oct 9, 2008, at 3:07 AM, Alan Eliasen wrote:

>
> I'm happy to announce that Frink can now draw graphics! This is
> probably the largest single update of Frink ever, and it adds the
> ability to easily draw high-quality, resizable graphics, print them,
> or
> save them to files. Here are some of the features:
>
> * Flexible coordinate system: You can draw your graphics to any
> coordinates you wish, and Frink will, by default, automatically scale
> and center them in your display device, eliminating the tedium and
> error
> of manual coordinate conversions, adjustment for different window or
> printer sizes, etc.
>
> * Dimensioned drawings: Graphics can be specified with explicit
> lengths (such as "3 cm",) so exactly-sized drawings can be printed.
> (Well, as accurately as your printer's driver allows them to be!)
>
> * Infinitely scalable: Frink's graphics are primarily designed to
> work with shapes, not individual pixels, so they can be re-scaled
> perfectly to display with full resolution on printers, in resizable
> graphics windows, in image files, or in rescalable vector formats.
>
> * High-quality shapes: Polygons and polylines are drawn with
> properly-joined, angled corners.
>
> * Anti-Aliasing: Lines and shapes are anti-aliased, eliminating
> jagged edges. (When running under Java 1.2 or later. Frink's graphics
> will also run on Java 1.1, but without antialiased edges.)
>
> * Transparency (alpha channel): Allows transparent shapes and
> lines,
> and see-through shapes to be drawn on top of other shapes. Anti-
> aliased
> edges are drawn with proper transparency so they can be overlaid on
> any
> background color or image. (Requires Java 1.2 or later for
> transparency.)
>
> * Easy writing to files: Graphics can be easily written to various
> file formats, including JPEG, PNG, and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
> formats. PNG supports transparency (alpha channel) and allows
> antialiased, semi-transparent lines and shapes to be overlaid over
> other
> backgrounds or layers. SVG format allows infinite rescaling and
> perfect
> rendering to high-resolution devices such as printers, and perfect
> import into other vector graphics programs.
>
> * Easy display on different devices: The same graphics object can
> be
> created and then displayed on screen, printed to a printer, or written
> to a file, using a single command.
>
> Please see the Graphics section of the documentation (
> http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/#Graphics ) for detailed information on
> this major update, including sample programs. This update consists of
> over 7000 lines of new code, with a large number of new features and
> capabilities.
>
> Also, please feel free to contribute interesting graphical programs,
> suggestions, or complaints! Or, if everything is perfect, you can
> just
> make a donation! http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/donate.html :)
>
> --
> Alan Eliasen | "Furious activity is no substitute
> eliasen@... | for understanding."
> http://futureboy.us/ | --H.H. Williams
>
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>
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