How to make a square topped, round rect bottomed graphic?

David Bovill david at vaudevillecourt.tv
Wed Dec 1 10:55:37 EST 2010


Have you seen these (I've not played with them myself):

the joinStyle of graphic ...
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   Specifies how corners between lines are drawn. It can be one of the
> following:
>     - bevel: a straight line is drawn between the outer edges of the
> adjoining lines
>     - round: a circular arc is drawn between the outer edges of the
> adjoining lines
>     - miter: outer edges are extended to meet at a sharp point. If the
> distance from the corner exceeds the miter limit (see below), a bevel join
> is used for the corner.
>
>   Note: This only affects polygon, freehand curve and line graphics which
> have their antialiased set to true.
>
>
> the miterLimit of graphic ...
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   Specifies how much miter joins are allowed to extend beyond the meeting
> point of the two lines. The miterLimit is specified as a real multiple of
> the line width.
>
>   Note: This only affects polygon, freehand curve and line graphics which
> have their antialiased set to true.
>
>
> the capStyle of graphic ...
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   Specifies how the line ends (and dash ends) will be drawn. It can be one
> of the following:
>     - butt: no cap is added
>     - square: the edge is extended beyond the end-point by half the line
> width
>     - round: lines are ended by a half-circle centered at the end point of
> the line
>
>   Note: This only affects polygon, freehand curve and line graphics which
> have their antialiased set to true.
>


On 1 December 2010 15:48, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:

> What follows is a personal fantasy:
>
> on mouseUp
>   set the roundRadius of parameter 1 of graphic "WONKY" to 0
>   set the roundRadius of parameter 2 of graphic "WONKY" to 0
>   set the roundRadius of parameter 3 of graphic "WONKY" to 50
>   set the roundRadius of parameter 4 of graphic "WONKY" to 50
> end mouseUp
>
> SADLY, it is ONLY a fantasy . . .  :(
>

Or a sad fantasy :)



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