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Allow upto 512 images on a WPS
fml2:
--- Quote from: kahuna_999 on June 21, 2007, 07:37:12 AM ---My patch allows you to use any part of a bitmap anywhere on the screen, so the need for a new seperator is still valid.
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But can't this be done with regular image tags? I.e. the new feature is mostly interesting for enumerations, for other cases we already have a solution. Or does anybody need more than 52 regular images?
Llorean:
The more image files you have in a WPS, the longer it takes to load at boot. A single image, where only the parts are used in multiple places, would probably result in a much faster loading WPS than one that contains 52 images.
fml2:
--- Quote from: Llorean on June 21, 2007, 08:24:07 AM ---The more image files you have in a WPS, the longer it takes to load at boot. A single image, where only the parts are used in multiple places, would probably result in a much faster loading WPS than one that contains 52 images.
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True. But how many 'static' images are there? I'm not a WPS designer, but I think that there are many images because every single image in every enumeration has to be declared. If that's done with an %evA tag the image number will be significantly cut.
Llorean:
Even then, if you reduce it to 22 images, that's still more than the possibility of a single image plus backdrop. I don't see why the possibility for a faster load time is a bad thing, even if it requires a new separator. Is it just fear of confusion that makes the separator bad?
fml2:
--- Quote from: Llorean on June 21, 2007, 08:40:01 AM ---Is it just fear of confusion that makes the separator bad?
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It means more complicated syntax (to learn), more complicated parser code and, probably, more tags needed (%:). Faster WPS loading at no other cost is fine but there is the said penalty.
And IMHO images for a enumeration can be thought of as a package and hence get a dedicated tag. Whereas using a package for 'standalone' images, while improving loading speed, would make WPS less readable (for a designer).
Are there great speed related problems? My WPS is text only so I may have missed something.
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