From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Drawing in images? Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:21:51 -0400 Message-ID: <87bpm028zk.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251411743 25016 80.91.229.12 (27 Aug 2009 22:22:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: MON KEY , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 28 00:22:16 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MgnM5-0006vh-SU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:22:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39094 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgnM4-0007xX-KJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgnLz-0007wf-3S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:21:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgnLu-0007vA-HI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:21:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56817 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgnLu-0007v7-AO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:21:54 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po44.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.78]:54431) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MgnLs-0008Bx-Df for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:21:52 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014244.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po44.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n7RMLpH5022081 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:21:51 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B8ED6C070; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:21:51 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (joakim@verona.se's message of "Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:31:14 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114705 Archived-At: joakim@verona.se writes: > This should be possible by drawing a SVG image on top of another > image. The SVG image is XML which can be generated in a buffer within > Emacs. If I understand you, you're suggesting to generate an SVG image that contains a bitmap (the underlying image), plus a rectangle (or whatever else), correct? This approach has the great advantage that it can be implemented entirely in Lisp. Anyone want to give it a shot?