Clone graphic does not respect dimensions

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu Dec 1 10:39:39 EST 2016


BNig wrote:
 > Scott Rossi wrote
 >> It's wrong but it's always been like this.  LC doesn't like graphics
 >> smaller than 9 pixels.
 >>
 >> Regards,
 >>
 >> Scott Rossi
 >
 > that is determined somewhat arbitrarily by the revBackScriptLibrary in
 > handler
 >
 > on newGraphic
 >  if the width of the target < 9 and the height of the target < 9 then
 >    .... use default values
 >
 > if you set those values to "<8" then it lets you clone a 8 by 8
 > graphic.

Would that be a user experience bug?

What would be a good reason to prevent the user from doing a reasonable 
action like this?

If the size is explicitly set, why not let it remain so?

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  Fourth World Systems
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