[Ipe-discuss] New Ipelet: ipe-copytools

[Daniel Horák]

Hey Marian,

I just check the demo and it looks absolutely wonderful! I have to 
definitely try it!

Best regards,
Daniel

On 1/27/24 22:22, Marian Brändle via Ipe-discuss wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I have written another Ipelet, but this one has much more practical
> relevance (at least for me) than my Lassotool.
>
> This Ipelet provides 3 new tools:
> * Create linear patterns
> * Create circular patterns
> * Create patterns along arbitrary paths (this can also be used, for
> example, to align text along a path)
>
> I focused particularly on the interactivity/usability of the tools. For
> this I have implemented a "preview" of the changes before they are
> applied. You can have a look at the demos.
> Perhaps some of you can be inspired by this for your own Ipelets :)
>
> Like last time, the implementation details and lessons learned can be
> found in the readme. I can say one thing in advance: Working with arc
> lengths of splines and ellipses was much more difficult than I had
> expected...
>
> The Ipelet is available under
> https://github.com/Marian-Braendle/ipe-copytools .
>
> Best regards,
> Marian Brändle
>
>
> PS: @Otfried Cheong, a big thank you for your awesome work. It's really
> a lot of fun to write extensions for Ipe.
>
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