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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/15/2016 12:02 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> On 14.01.2016 19:58, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>> Yeah, I'll be difficult too - it looks Bad now, very distracting. The 
>> legacy grid color was meant for use with a dot grid, not a line grid, so 
>> it has to be brighter. When you use it for a line grid, it's really 
>> garish.
>>
>> I think that the grid color ought to be customizable like the layer 
>> colors - and unless we want to make separate legacy and GAL grid color 
>> options (which I really do not recommend), perhaps we should unify the 
>> grid types?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> If nobody opposes, I'll add dot-style grid to the GAL canvas and a
> config option to select between dot- and line-style grid.

Sounds good to me.

> 
> The colors are indeed too bright for the line-style grid (and
> simultaneously, too dark for a dot-style one). My proposal to fix that
> and avoid having separate grid settings for legacy & GAL canvases is to
> have smaller alpha value for the selected color when drawing line grid.
> Any suggestions here?

My guess it there is not going to be an optimal alpha value due to
variations in display quality.  You can always take an initial swag at
it and if it proves to be problematic for some users.  We can always add
an alpha setting later.

> 
> Best,
> Tom
> 
> 
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 07:57:49PM +0100, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I know, I am difficult… :)
>>>
>>> In GAL canvas grid was almost invisible up to now.
>>>
>>> With one of the last commit it obviously respects grid color which it didn’t before… yes, it is very visible now:
>>>
>>>
>>> Is it intended to stay this way?
>>> OK, I can see the grid very well now, but I hardly can see the ratsnest lines now… :)
>>>
>>> I have seen in the code that a “dot” grid (using small rectangles) seems to be implemented… any special reasons why this is not used?
>>> Should this maybe get a configuration option?
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bernhard
>>
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