[scribus-dev] Translation issue (Properties Palette)

["Christoph Schäfer"]

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> Datum: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:25:27 +0100
> Von: Jean Ghali <jghali at libertysurf.fr>
> An: Scribus Development Mailing List <scribus-dev at lists.scribus.net>
> Betreff: Re: [scribus-dev] Translation issue (Properties Palette)

> Le 13/11/2012 06:55, "Christoph Schäfer" a écrit :
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm currently updating the German translations for 1.4.2, but I was
> unable to determine the purpose of the following strings in
> propertiespalette.cpp:
> > 
> > "This rule determines the "insideness" of a point on the
> canvas by drawing a ray from that point to infinity in any direction and
> counting the number of path segments from the given shape that the ray crosses. If
> this number is odd, the point is inside, if even, the point is outside."
> > 
> > "This rule determines the "insideness" of a point on the
> canvas by drawing a ray from that point to infinity in any direction and then
> examining the places where a segment of the shape crosses the ray. Starting
> with a count of zero, add one each time a path segment crosses the ray from
> left to right and subtract one each time a path segment crosses the ray
> from right to left. If the result is zero then the point is outside the path.
> Otherwise, it is inside."
> > 
> > Could someone be so kind as to tell me where in the PP the tooltip is
> located?
> > 
> 
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> This tooltips are related to the fill rules. Those settings are accessible
> from PP shape
> tab when selecting polygon objects.
> 
> Jean
> 

Salut Jean,

Thank you very much for the information -- found it :)

But I have a question: Is this tooltip really helpful for anyone? IMHO it should be less "technical".


Christoph