Drawing a line in LC7
Richard Gaskin
ambassador at fourthworld.com
Mon Mar 2 11:46:51 EST 2015
Graham Samuel wrote:
> On 2 Mar 2015, at 17:18, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> Graham Samuel wrote:
>> > I hit this gotcha too a few months ago, as some ancient HyperCard
>> > scripts were embedded in something I was adapting.
>>
>> On what objects did HyperCard apply points?
>
> You've confused me now... are you saying it wasn't HyperCard? The
> objects were all polygons, representing various mathematical curves.
> Didn't HyperCard allow vector-type polygons? If not, then it's a
> mystery which I don't think I can really resolve.
SuperCard perhaps? IIRC it was the only xTalk at the time (until Sybase
Gain Momentum came out later for Unix, followed by MetaCard and others)
that provided scriptable vector graphics.
I believe all versions of HyperCard only natively supported bitmaps, and
only two per card, one at the background level and one on the card.
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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