Rotating widgets

[Richmond Mathewson]

But one cannot make an SVG image "twice as long, with half of it 
transparent": belive me
I have tried that already.

Richmond.

On 10/14/17 9:44 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
> On 10/14/2017 11:30 AM, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote:
>> You would probably be better off using a transparent png-image that 
>> is square for the clock hand, and where the rotation point of the 
>> clock hand was at the center of the square. You could then put the 
>> clock hand on top of the clock face and rotate the hand at will. My 
>> students hand the same kind of problem as part of their national exam 
>> this spring. You could also do some vector calculations to find the 
>> new center for your widget, but I must admit that I am not all that 
>> certain how you would go about it then. Mathematics is not my 
>> strongest subject, and I must admit that at 56 I have forgotten most 
>> of the maths I learnt in my upper secondary years.
>
> This is where I miss having Scott Rossi around.
> My simplistic take on this would be similar:
> Make your clock hand twice as long, with half of it transparent.
>