curve with straight lines

does anyone know how you would draw a curve with straight lines? i know what it looks like. a set of increasing gradient lines from the horizontal and vertical planes. but i can't do it all using my way. can someone give me a step by step process or a link please?

Cloud, your too smart. IS this what you are looking for? :LINKAGE

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Originally Posted by bipper

Cloud, you're too smart. IS this what you are looking for? :LINKAGE

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okay i worked it out. now my little program is complete.

Program? Ah, so that's what you were taking about. I thought you wanted to draw it by hand or something along those lines. :rolleyes2

yeah well i wanted to understand how it was done by hand first so i got the idea.

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Originally Posted by Flying Mullet

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lol, yup your such a smart primate ;)

Ah cloud, why didn't you say it was a program, we had to do about the same in an intro to video game programming class. Actually, I think I have had to do it in 4 different classes, all with different languages..... redundant really :(

You'res truly,

Bipper

i don't think many people code in ada/jewl.

Code:

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#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'gtk2'
require 'gnomecanvas2'

class CurveFromLines

    def initialize(size=150)
        Gtk.init()


        @window = Gtk::Window.new()
        @window.set_title("LinesFromCurve")
        @window.set_default_size(size*2,size*2)
        @window.signal_connect("delete_event") { Gtk::main_quit() }

        @canvas = Gnome::Canvas.new()

        @canvas.set_center_scroll_region(true)
        @canvas.set_pixels_per_unit(0.8)
        @root = @canvas.root

        0.upto(size) do |x|
            color = 65535 - (x * 65535 / size)
            line = Gnome::CanvasLine.new(
                @root,
                {
                    :points => [[0,x], [size-x,0]],
                    :"fill-color-gdk" => Gdk::Color.new(color,color,color)
                }
            )
            line2 = Gnome::CanvasLine.new(
                @root,
                {
                    :points => [[0,-x], [-size+x,0]],
                    :"fill-color-gdk" => Gdk::Color.new(color,color,color)
                }
            )
        end

        @vbox = Gtk::VBox.new()
        @vbox.pack_start(@canvas)

        @window.add(@vbox)
        @window.show_all()
        Gtk.main()
    end
end

curve = CurveFromLines.new(250)

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In the real world aren't all curves a set of increasing gradient lines?

No, in the real world, curves are approximated using infinitesimally small lines.

"Gradient lines" don't even exist - you're probably referring to infinitely small lines.

Ada is just fine. No harder than any other language really.

And I like that Unne :)

Bipper

unne did it silly. it was too long. and it don't look like ada to me.

Who cares. ADA is next to worthless, and Unne created his for a Linux enviroment. Assuming you may have used a differet complier, which CAN support different features, regaurdless of what ADAvangalists claim :)

Sides, this programming language looks like a simple cross between basic and c/C++. It makes me sick. Seriously though, the language is quite primative, and can tend to be bulky. Nothing speacial or new in my eyes.

Bipper

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Originally Posted by Cloud No.9

unne did it silly. it was too long. and it don't look like ada to me.

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Ah, too long. OK...

perl -MTk -MTk::Canvas -e '$c=MainWindow->new->Canvas->pack;$c->createLine(0,$_,250-$_,0)for(0..250);MainLoop'

I agree ADA is next to worthless.

EDIT: Ruby is only like C on the surface. Ruby is pretty nice. The code I wrote looks like C because GTK is based on C and it's just using a Ruby wrapper over GTK. A Ruby-ish program written in Ruby looks quite different.