Re: [Bug 90166] Add a way to specify units (in SVG output)

On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 08:46:48AM +1030, Adrian Johnson wrote:
> On 07/11/17 08:44, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 03:13:05PM +0100, Antonio Ospite wrote:
> >> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:25:41 +0200
> >> Antonio Ospite <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> [...] 
> >>> The API addition I originally proposed[1,2] looks like this:
> >>>
> >>> void cairo_svg_surface_set_document_unit (cairo_surface_t*, cairo_svg_unit_t)
> >>>
> >>> Where cairo_svg_unit_t is an enum type representing all the possible
> >>> units.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> here is v2 of the path:
> >> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90166#c11
> >>
> >> After this is merged we can discuss if some extensions can be useful;
> >> like getting an array of all the possible units, or having a function
> >> to convert the enum values to strings, I mean following the model of 
> >> cairo_svg_get_versions() and cairo_svg_version_to_string().
> >>
> >> I was also thinking of tweaking the documentation of the functions which
> >> create SVG surfaces to state that "width" and "height" are assumed to
> >> be in points by *default*, but that their unit can be changed later.
> > 
> > The patch looks good to me.  I agree with making user the default even
> > though cairo has defaulted to "pt" historically.
> 
> That would be an API change. We can't do that.

No, just the default (0) for the enum, as is implemented in the v2 of
the patch.
 
> >  Regarding using the
> > abbr versions of the units rather than full strings I could go either
> > way on myself, and have no arguments against using the short versions;
> > anyone dealing with SVG document syntax should be adequately familiar
> > with the abbreviated versions already.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Bryce Harrington <[email protected]>
> > 
> > If no one raises any further qualms within the next few days, I'll go
> > ahead and land this patch.
> > 
> > Bryce
> > 
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