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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
and ... does that make all doctors fukcwits ???
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Last one I saw waspHz wrote:and ... does that make all doctors fukcwits ???
Me: "I have excrutiating pain in my mouse hand & wrist, and I'm worried that I will need to find a different job"
Doctor "put some cream on it"
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
25%? No way. It has literally been years since I handwrote any sort of correspondence. Even then, I did it because I knew the person would appreciate that "personal touch".
I DO value neat handwriting, and it IS an art we are losing, for sure. No arguments there. But it really WILL become just an artform and not a necessity. As long as people continue learning to write by hand for the times that you DO need it (jotting down a note for my girlfriend?) I think that it will become more and more utilitarian, to the point that everyone will have an immature and 'childish' style of handwriting.
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What was the thread again? Oh yeah, Trackpad!
Haydxn, if you DO implement graphics, I'm personally very cool with just a 'pointer' to the actual file. (ie. it wouldn't have to be embedded).
Greg
I DO value neat handwriting, and it IS an art we are losing, for sure. No arguments there. But it really WILL become just an artform and not a necessity. As long as people continue learning to write by hand for the times that you DO need it (jotting down a note for my girlfriend?) I think that it will become more and more utilitarian, to the point that everyone will have an immature and 'childish' style of handwriting.
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What was the thread again? Oh yeah, Trackpad!
Haydxn, if you DO implement graphics, I'm personally very cool with just a 'pointer' to the actual file. (ie. it wouldn't have to be embedded).
Greg
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
I'm ahead of my time then..Lunch Money wrote: I think that it will become more and more utilitarian, to the point that everyone will have an immature and 'childish' style of handwriting.
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
to get sidetracked a little (me ??? surely not !!! ) ...
... as a visual artist i obviously value handwriting ... but NOT 'neat' handwriting ... my writing is far from neat and 'correct' ... but it IS individual and expressive and THATS what i value about handwritten communication above typed text ...
... dont care if its messy and childish as long as it tells me something about the author that i cant get from typrwritten stuff ...
... doesnt ALWAYS sit comfortably with my professional role though ...
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... as a visual artist i obviously value handwriting ... but NOT 'neat' handwriting ... my writing is far from neat and 'correct' ... but it IS individual and expressive and THATS what i value about handwritten communication above typed text ...
... dont care if its messy and childish as long as it tells me something about the author that i cant get from typrwritten stuff ...
... doesnt ALWAYS sit comfortably with my professional role though ...
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Heheheh, that's for sure.
However, in the absence of a world in which handwriting is emphasized and valued, it will get to the point where a person's handwriting does NOT tell you much about who they are.
Certain things will always be giveaways-- floral-looking loopy things vs. tight, utilitarian script, for example. But the 'maturity' of many people's handwriting won't develop to become as accurate a portrayal of the... er... handwritist as a man.
Greg
However, in the absence of a world in which handwriting is emphasized and valued, it will get to the point where a person's handwriting does NOT tell you much about who they are.
Certain things will always be giveaways-- floral-looking loopy things vs. tight, utilitarian script, for example. But the 'maturity' of many people's handwriting won't develop to become as accurate a portrayal of the... er... handwritist as a man.
Greg
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
I distinctly remember a history lesson in which we compared handwriting samples from Guy Fawkes before & after he was "interrogated".. 2 years of banging out ringtones for a living seems to have had a similar effect on my own:
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3364 posts since 16 Feb, 2004 from atop a katamari
well, putting in image support is uber-easy as it goes! just thought i'd try it when i got in from work and i've got it working in no time. I've yet to put in the clever stuff tho (mainly copying all the image files used into a single location), and also i've yet to optimise it - that's the most important bit! Hopefully it shouldn't be too much of a drain on the ol' CPU to make use of images.
just thought i'd try it when i got in from work and i've got it working in no time. I've yet to put in the clever stuff tho (mainly copying all the image files used into a single location), and also i've yet to optimise it - that's the most important bit! Hopefully it shouldn't be too much of a drain on the ol' CPU to make use of images.Kick, punch, it's all in the mind.
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- KVRian
- 652 posts since 1 Apr, 2005 from Illinois
Great stuff haydxn! Your works will see plenty of usage in my set-up.
IIRs.......wow I thought my 11 year old son had writing issues!
You should frame that and stick it on a wall. You could even market something like that. 
And the rest of the comments about hand-writing becoming a lost form in our world is sad but true. It makes me bummed that eventually most folks' penmanship will evolve (or devolve depending on how you perceive it) into more of a broken jibberish of ink. But that is how all languages change over time. When I read letters or cards from my grandmothers or aunts, I can't help but relish their method of writing, not to mention their way with words. In spite of a grim future for handwriting, my son will get plenty of encouragement/hounding about his need to shape up his skills. If he decides to be a doctor then I'll lay off........otherwise no way.
IIRs.......wow I thought my 11 year old son had writing issues!
You should frame that and stick it on a wall. You could even market something like that. And the rest of the comments about hand-writing becoming a lost form in our world is sad but true. It makes me bummed that eventually most folks' penmanship will evolve (or devolve depending on how you perceive it) into more of a broken jibberish of ink. But that is how all languages change over time. When I read letters or cards from my grandmothers or aunts, I can't help but relish their method of writing, not to mention their way with words. In spite of a grim future for handwriting, my son will get plenty of encouragement/hounding about his need to shape up his skills. If he decides to be a doctor then I'll lay off........otherwise no way.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3364 posts since 16 Feb, 2004 from atop a katamari
Okay 
image support is in there now, but solely based on links to files... there is still work to be done on it but it works well.
download here
image support is in there now, but solely based on links to files... there is still work to be done on it but it works well.download here
Kick, punch, it's all in the mind.
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- KVRian
- 652 posts since 1 Apr, 2005 from Illinois
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- KVRian
- 652 posts since 1 Apr, 2005 from Illinois
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
It's working here, Haydizzle!
I like the function button implementation-- it instantly lets the user know that it's one or the other at a time (chords/image), but that you can switch back and forth between them at will! That's a hella nifty trick with the image resizing, too-- something native to JUCE?
Here's a 'bug' of sorts... not really a bug, I don't think, but an oversight or a limitation of the code: You can't just use the "-" button to eliminate the last remaining page; nor can you delete image or chord content once it's added... you can disable them being 'displayed', but you can't actually delete the link to the image.
The chord is no problem... just manually reset it by double-clicking all the notes you want to eliminate... worst case scenario is 6 double-clicks, though if I was deleting chord content I'd not even bother-- I just wouldn't display chord information for that page.
Of course, there are easy workarounds for deleting the image-- add a new page so that TrackPad has "something" to work with and then delete the page with the image. OR, if you're down to your last page anyhow, you could always nuke the instance and load a new one. So, not a deal-breaker if you'd rather move onto something else.
Greg
I like the function button implementation-- it instantly lets the user know that it's one or the other at a time (chords/image), but that you can switch back and forth between them at will! That's a hella nifty trick with the image resizing, too-- something native to JUCE?
Here's a 'bug' of sorts... not really a bug, I don't think, but an oversight or a limitation of the code: You can't just use the "-" button to eliminate the last remaining page; nor can you delete image or chord content once it's added... you can disable them being 'displayed', but you can't actually delete the link to the image.
The chord is no problem... just manually reset it by double-clicking all the notes you want to eliminate... worst case scenario is 6 double-clicks, though if I was deleting chord content I'd not even bother-- I just wouldn't display chord information for that page.
Of course, there are easy workarounds for deleting the image-- add a new page so that TrackPad has "something" to work with and then delete the page with the image. OR, if you're down to your last page anyhow, you could always nuke the instance and load a new one. So, not a deal-breaker if you'd rather move onto something else.
Greg