Re: [Feature Request] Display contour order & re-order contours

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No problem, Frank. I appreciate your continued investment of time and
effort. I feel like I'm learning about little goodies that FF can do all
the time! No rush to implement my requests. I can see they'd be useful for
others, but I know the code structure of FF makes some changes more
difficult.

As for the contour numbering, I don't see any reason you couldn't have a
small number printed next to the start arrow that behaves like the arrow in
that it doesn't resize when zooming, so zooming in makes it less ambiguous.
I agree, though, that maybe something like a "Contour Info" dialog box
could be created that shows the order, number of points, etc., or have it
at least displayed in the Point Info dialog box.

Just thinking out loud.

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 4:23 PM, Frank Trampe <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I've indeed been thinking about how best to begin moving toward variable
> font support, and tools like this are good starting points. I'm not sure
> that a number next to the contour is sufficiently unambiguous for
> complicated shapes. We might offer that as an option but also show a path
> number in the point info dialog box.
>
> I've been buried with work, so I'm a bit behind on more immediate
> FontForge problems (including one of yours), and feature work may not
> resume for a month or so.
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Abraham Lee <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey, devs!
>>
>> In my efforts to learn more about how to use MM tech better, I've
>> discovered that, at least to my knowledge, there isn't a good way of know
>> the "order" of contours and re-order them if needed so that interpolation
>> works better (at all?). Would it be possible to add an option to the View
>> menu that displays a digit next to the start point arrow of a contour that
>> says what number it is?
>>
>> As a follow on, it would be super helpful if there were some way to
>> easily change their order (even a simple list box that you can move entries
>> up and down with some buttons. That would be soooooooo helpful!
>>
>> Thanks for all you do!
>>
>> Best,
>> Abraham
>>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">No problem, Frank. I appreciate your continued investment =
of time and effort. I feel like I&#39;m learning about little goodies that =
FF can do all the time! No rush to implement my requests. I can see they&#3=
9;d be useful for others, but I know the code structure of FF makes some ch=
anges more difficult.<div><br></div><div>As for the contour numbering, I do=
n&#39;t see any reason you couldn&#39;t have a small number printed next to=
 the start arrow that behaves like the arrow in that it doesn&#39;t resize =
when zooming, so zooming in makes it less ambiguous. I agree, though, that =
maybe something like a &quot;Contour Info&quot; dialog box could be created=
 that shows the order, number of points, etc., or have it at least displaye=
d in the Point Info dialog box.</div><div><br></div><div>Just thinking out =
loud.<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, =
May 24, 2018 at 4:23 PM, Frank Trampe <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;=
</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .=
8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;ve =
indeed been thinking about how best to begin moving toward variable font su=
pport, and tools like this are good starting points. I&#39;m not sure that =
a number next to the contour is sufficiently unambiguous for complicated sh=
apes. We might offer that as an option but also show a path number in the p=
oint info dialog box.<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve been buried with work, so=
 I&#39;m a bit behind on more immediate FontForge problems (including one o=
f yours), and feature work may not resume for a month or so.</div></div><di=
v class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div><div class=3D"h=
5">On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Abraham Lee <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">tisimst.fontfor=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex"><div><div class=3D"h5"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hey, devs!<div><br></div><div=
>In my efforts to learn more about how to use MM tech better, I&#39;ve disc=
overed that, at least to my knowledge, there isn&#39;t a good way of know t=
he &quot;order&quot; of contours and re-order them if needed so that interp=
olation works better (at all?). Would it be possible to add an option to th=
e View menu that displays a digit next to the start point arrow of a contou=
r that says what number it is?</div><div><br></div><div>As a follow on, it =
would be super helpful if there were some way to easily change their order =
(even a simple list box that you can move entries up and down with some but=
tons. That would be soooooooo helpful!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for =
all you do!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Abraham</div></div></d=
iv></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div>

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