[whatwg] I believe source rectangles for HTML5 Canvas drawImage are specified incorrectly

[Justin Novosad]

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>> Each time you wait for that callback, won't any pending drawing
>> operations to your canvas get flushed, resulting in the scene slowly
>> rendering onscreen?
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> Another great reason to batch the calls, as described above.
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Another solution is to use an offscreen canvas.


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>> -kg
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>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Justin Novosad <junov at chromium.org>
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>> > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Kevin Gadd <kevin.gadd at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >> Sorry, upon reading over the ImageBitmap part of the spec again I'm
>> >> confused: Why is constructing an ImageBitmap asynchronous? I thought
>> >> any decoding isn't supposed to happen until drawImage, so I don't
>> >> really understand why this operation involves a callback and a delay.
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>> > The image may have to be downloaded, which is a good reason for being
>> async.
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>> >> Making ImageBitmap creation async means that you *cannot* use this as
>> >> a replacement for drawImage source rectangles unless you know all
>> >> possible source rectangles in advance. This is not possible for many,
>> >> many use cases (scrolling through a bitmap would be one trivial
>> >> example).
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>> > I am not sure I understand the problem. If you need synchronous
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>> > you can just make the app wait for the callback to be called.
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>> >     -Justin
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>> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Kevin Gadd <kevin.gadd at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> > Is it possible to expose the width/height of an ImageBitmap, or even
>> >> > expose all the rectangle coordinates? Exposing width/height would be
>> >> > nice for parity with Image and Canvas when writing functions that
>> >> > accept any drawable image source.
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>> >> > Thanks for the prompt action here, this looks like a straightforward
>> >> > solution.
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>> >> > -kg
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>> >> > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Justin Novosad <junov at chromium.org>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> Thanks Ian.
>> >> >> http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7588&to=7589
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>> >> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Robert O'Callahan
>> >> >> <robert at ocallahan.org>
>> >> >> wrote:
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>> >> >>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier at gmail.com>
>> >> >>> wrote:
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>> >> >>>> Does it matter that this solution is in the image world and not 2d
>> >> >>>> canvas? It seems that this will have a bigger impact on the
>> browser's
>> >> >>>> codebase since it spans images and canvas.
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>> >> >>> I think that's a good thing --- it's more generally useful.
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>> >> >>> Note that Ian has adopted this approach (via an ImageBitmap
>> >> >>> constructor).
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>> >> >>> Rob
>> >> >>> --
>> >> >>> Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of
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>> >> >>> Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise
>> >> >>> authority over
>> >> >>> them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among
>> >> >>> you must
>> >> >>> be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave —
>> >> >>> just as
>> >> >>> the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give
>> >> >>> his life
>> >> >>> as a ransom for many.” [Matthew 20:25-28]
>> >> >>>
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>> >> > --
>> >> > -kg
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