[whatwg] Dashed strokes on <canvas>

[Ian Hickson]

On Thu, 17 May 2007, Philip Taylor wrote:
> 
> I'd probably just add the equations of the curves kind of like:
> [...]

On Fri, 25 May 2007, Philip Taylor wrote:
> 
> Actually, since I now better understand what "Bézier curve" means, I'd
> say something more like
> """
> The quadraticCurveTo(cpx, cpy, x, y) method [...] must connect the
> last point in the subpath to the given point (x, y) using a quadratic
> Bézier curve with control point (cpx, cpy) [...]
> 
> The bezierCurveTo(cp1x, cp1y, cp2x, cp2y, x, y) method [...] must
> connect the last point in the subpath to the given point (x, y) using
> a cubic Bézier curve with control points (cp1x, cp1y) and (cp2x, cp2y)
> [...]
> """
> and probably not bother with giving equations, since "quadratic Bézier
> curve" and "cubic Bézier curve" are sufficiently well-known and
> well-defined (unlike the old "quadratic curve" which seems to be an
> undefined or differently-defined term, and the old "Bézier curve"
> which is a whole family of curves of varying degrees).

Done.


> (Also s/bezier/Bézier/)

Done.

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