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Re: new frame-parameter "alpha"
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: new frame-parameter "alpha" |
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Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:16:42 -0400 |
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>> Looks good. Tho maybe I'd put the call to x_set_frame_alpha directly
>> inside x_update_cursor (and rename it to x_update_cursor_and_opacity).
>>
>> I don't mind the use of "alpha" rather than "opacity", as long as the
>> docstrings are clear. The patch needs to also update the manual.
>> And could you describe the copyright status?
> The frame parameter code and the x_set_frame_alpha function
> were written by Ryo Yoshitake. He is ready to sign.
Could you send him the appended form (and Cc me along the way)?
> The lower_limit variable and the x_set_alpha function originally come from
> mw32fns.c (e.g. mw32_set_frame_alpha in l.1019-1078) in Meadow,
> although they look differently because of my extensive modification.
> http://www.meadowy.org/meadow/browser/trunk/src/mw32fns.c (slow connection)
> I am contacting Mr. Horiguchi, the author of the relevant part.
Copyright only applies to actual code, not ideas, so if the code was
rewritten, copyright does not apply any more.
> The first version of the patch was developed by Takashi Hiromatsu.
> I am waiting for his response in order to make sure.
> Practically, his code in ver.1 was completely
> replaced by Yoshitake-san's code (ver.2) and
> my code based on Meadow (ver.3, ver.4).
So it sounds like he does not hold any copyrights over the current
version of the code. Is that right?
> Yoichi Nakayama wrote twenty lines to improve performance,
> surrounded by the following brackets.
> He agreed to contribute, but he modestly described that his improvement is
> "minor".
Let's leave this for later.
Stefan
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- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", (continued)
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", Seiji Zenitani, 2008/03/15
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/15
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", Brian Cully, 2008/03/18
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", Seiji Zenitani, 2008/03/19
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", David De La Harpe Golden, 2008/03/19
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", Seiji Zenitani, 2008/03/25
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", Seiji Zenitani, 2008/03/19
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha",
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", Seiji Zenitani, 2008/03/20
- Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/24
Re: new frame-parameter "alpha", Ken Raeburn, 2008/03/20