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imagepath (Image image [, Matrix mtx]) typedict.Graphics
 
Appends the outline of the image to the current path. The result depends on the image and the optional mtx argument, which is an arbitrary transformation that would be applied to the image if it were painted by showimage, but in most cases it is the smallest rectangle that covers image. imagepath aborts with a nocurrentpoint error if path is empty.
 
 Example:   The program,
import yoix.*.*;

Image img = {
    String source = "http://www.yoix.org/imgs/ATTlogo.gif";
    Array  metrics = {-0.5, -.5, 0.0, 0.0};
    int    type = TYPE_GRAY;
};

JFrame f = {
    Color  background = Color.black;

    paint(Rectangle r) {
        graphics {
            gsave();
            rectclip(r);
            recterase(r);
            translate(144, 144);
            rotate(15);
            setrgbcolor(1, 0, 0);
            linewidth = 2;
            moveto(0, 0);
            rlineto(300, 0);
            moveto(0, 0);
            rlineto(0, 300);
            stroke();
            moveto(0, 0);
            gsave();
            showimage(img, .8);
            grestore();
            imagepath(img);
            stroke();
            grestore();
        }
    }
};

f.visible = TRUE;
converts the image to a grayscale version and then uses showimage and imagepath to draw and outline the image. Much of what happens is controlled by the metrics array defined in img. The two non-zero numbers in metrics are x and y side bearings that determine where the image's upper left corner goes relative to the current point. Both values are multiplied by the image's width and height to get the actual numbers that are used.
 
 Return:   none
 
 See Also:   ashow, awidthshow, charpath, kshow, show, showimage, stringadvance, stringbounds, stringwidth, widthshow

 

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