Text Scaling Patch

Introduction

This patch allows the text drawn on Motion images to be normal or double size.

Description of Patch

Based upon the previous patch, NewDrawTextMethod , this patch allows the user to scale text to a larger size. This is useful for larger images. Characters are scaled during Motion's initialization rather than 'on the fly' to reduce costly calculations. The scaled characters are stored into a structure called 'big_table'.

Installation of Patch

cd <motion dir>
gunzip text_size-0.06.patch.gz
patch -p2 < text_size-0.06.patch
make clean
make
make install (as root if needed)

Change History of Patch

0.01 Initial Version. Characters can be scaled from 2 to 4 times normal size. Patch is against Motion-3.2.2_snap7.
0.02 Fixed a problem with errors being logged that didn't really happen.
0.03 Changing the text_size via the web interface works better now. There is still a problem with setting for individual threads.
0.04 Characters can be double or normal size, not 3-4x. int 'text_size' changed to bool 'text_double'.
0.05 Patch is now against motion-3.2.2_snap8.
0.06 Fixed the position of text when text_double is turned off via the web interface.

Discussion and Comments

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I have noticed that when setting text_size for an individual thread, both the normal and large text is drawn. This is strange and shouldn't happen.

-- AndrewHamilton - 23 Jul 2005

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I have fixed the problem (I think) with setting 'text_double' for individual threads. As you may or may not have noticed, 3 and 4 times text scaling is gone. I'm not sure it was necessary, and it was creating too many problems. The config file parameter name has changed from 'text_size' to 'text_double' and is now a bool.

-- AndrewHamilton - 29 Jul 2005

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Short question. Does this patch contain the changes from the NewDrawTextMethod patch or do I need to apply the other first?

-- KennethLavrsen - 02 Aug 2005

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Yes, this patch does already contain the changes made by NewDrawTextMethod.

-- AndrewHamilton - 02 Aug 2005

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