Big borders around alphanumerics

[tommkell]

When using the punch feature of b2s, the alphanumeric displays punch out a bigger area than needed. The only way around this is to make the alphanumerics much smaller + doesn't look great. Would it be possible to reduce the size of the borders around them? Thank you

[buffdriver]

I've done so in my branch of Freezy's repository. I think the best would be to allow the properties LinePaddingPercentage and OuterPaddingPercentage to be set in the configuration editor. With my meager skills :) I will work on this and perhaps propose a merge at some later date. For now, you are welcome to pull my source for RasterizeDimensions.cs and recompile.

[tommkell]

@buffdriver I've no idea how to do that! Can you explain it?

[buffdriver]

Sorry, it was a bit presumptuous of me to have you recompile the source. Go [here] and download the zip file. Unzip and save the three binaries in the appropriate folder. Be sure to backup first.

[tommkell]

Thanks for this @buffdriver, you're a legend 🙂

[freezy]

@buffdriver Interested in getting this back upstream? :)

[buffdriver]

@freezy I wish I could say I've done something other than change the hard-coded values for padding. It's all of about two lines of code. If you feel the new values are better, I would be happy to push. It has remained useful to me.

[freezy]

Maybe make it configurable? That would be the best option.

[buffdriver]

I am working on it now, will keep you posted on progress. Cheers!

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On Apr 22, 2024, at 2:12 PM, freezy ***@***.***> wrote: Maybe make it configurable? That would be the best option. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#456 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABYDYRCOP5MKX7OYJQYQR5TY6VOJJAVCNFSM6AAAAABBKMAVFCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDANZQG4YDOMJXGQ>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.

[SmedleyB]

I would really appreciate the configurability. I'd also suggest, like the original comment, that the default border/padding around the alphanumerics becomes a lot smaller as the size of the visible part of the display is almost universal across machines. The current amount of padding is way too big.

[buffdriver]

I’m working on making it configurable, but my programming skills are meager. My branch hard coded it to 4% padding vs the default 20%.

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On Apr 24, 2024, at 9:35 AM, SmedleyB ***@***.***> wrote: I would really appreciate the configurability. I'd also suggest, like the original comment, that the default border/padding around the alphanumerics becomes a lot smaller as the size of the visible part of the display is almost universal across machines. The current amount of padding is way too big. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#456 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABYDYRF6RKZLYRMRQLTYT4LY667LLAVCNFSM6AAAAABBKMAVFCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDANZVGEYDCNZYGU>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.

[buffdriver]

Hi Freeze, I have completed the initial work on the capability to specify and edit the line and outer padding for alphanumeric displays. Would you care to test the DMDDevice64.dll before I try to commit to your main branch?

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On Apr 21, 2024, at 9:32 AM, freezy ***@***.***> wrote: @buffdriver <https://github.com/buffdriver> Interested in getting this back upstream? :) — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#456 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABYDYREIKNR3GVKFCUVHPZDY6PEYRAVCNFSM6AAAAABBKMAVFCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDANRYGA3DMMBQHE>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.