Re: markup-command rounded-box is broken

[Thomas Morley]

Am So., 10. Okt. 2021 um 11:06 Uhr schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser <lfm@gmx.de>:
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> > this would have the advantage to be inline with the doc-string and
> > solve the issue at hand.
> Should I prepare a MR?

Please, do so.
Additionally, I'll think a bit deeper about below.

Thanks,
  Harm
> > Though, speaking of refactoring rounded-box-stencil.
> > It always bugs me to see some stencil overlaying to get a simple line.
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> Yes, that's an obvious and unpleasant limitation: Something that should
> behave as transparent (cut-out of another object) is mimicked by a
> hardcoded white area.
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> I'm not sure this can be remedied easily. I don't understand much of the
> output code, but my impression is that filled-rounded-boxes are created
> by using corresponding features of the respective output engine (PS
> interpreters, SVG standard, Cairo). I may be wrong, but this would seem
> to indicate that, for an actual solution, one would either need actual
> nonfilled-rounded-box support in all these engines, or instead a way to
> remove parts of an already drawn stencil.
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> But I'm happy to be corrected by those who understand the workings of
> the output engines.
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> Lukas
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