POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.object-collection : Caption 1.1 : Re: Caption 1.1 Server Time
25 Apr 2024 05:54:22 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Caption 1.1  
From: Dave Blandston
Date: 12 Nov 2016 02:55:01
Message: <web.5826ca9e6b5ffff46ae7df010@news.povray.org>
"Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> In Caption 1.0.1 and earlier, a caption with descenders and a caption without
> descenders will not center on the same baseline.  A global parameter seemed
> right in this case for maintaining consistency between macro calls.  Of course,
> the same result can be achieved by passing the same value in every macro call,
> but at what point does adding yet another argument make sticking to a principle
> more unwieldy that it's worth?

Agreed. My high school English teacher said, "You have to learn what the rules
are before you can break them." I think that was great advice.


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