Re: [cc65] Tgi circle and font size magnification

Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 08:32:20PM +0200, Karri Kaksonen wrote:
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>> The circle command is really useless. Could it be removed?
>>     
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> Why do you think that?
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I don't see it as a very useful feature. Drawing polygons of splines 
would make more sense. I also usually need areas to be filled with some 
color.

Anyway, I have not found this routine to be useful and still it takes 
space in every tgi implementation.

>> The textstyle function could be removed also
>> void __fastcall__ tgi_textstyle (unsigned char magx, unsigned char magy,
>> unsigned char dir);
>>     
>
> Again, why you you think that?
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Because I would like to let the scrolling text fade into the horizon in 
a smooth animation. There are lots of text effects that could be handled 
with smooth scaling. Star Wars intro is a nice one I can think of.

At least the Lynx is only used for games. I do not need readable text. A 
word with a heartbeat that makes it pulsate is much more interesting. So 
I think about some simple tools to scale text up or down smoothly. In 
the current tgi_textstyle I just get twice the size or three times the 
size - no smooth size changes.

>> magx = $0080 means half the width
>>     
>
> Most machines use an 8x8 font, and halving either X or Y would make it
> unreadable.
>   

True. So does the Lynx.

> Regards
>
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>         Uz
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