https://sourceforge.net/p/boxc/news/Recent posts to newsenThu, 20 Nov 2008 22:24:27 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/boxc/news/2008/11/box-gui-release/The latest alpha version of the vector graphic language, Box \(http://boxc.sourceforge.net\), is now available for download. It has been adjusted for the upcoming release of the Box graphical user interface, Boxer, which should happen in few days. Boxer is still in alpha coding state, but improves drastically the usability of Box, giving the possibility of seeing on the fly the result of the current edited Box program. Boxer gives allows also the creation of parametric figures. It will be available as source \(Linux and Mac\) and as a Windows executable containing also the Box compiler.Matteo FranchinThu, 20 Nov 2008 22:24:27 -0000https://sourceforge.net75b3e73ff51983c207d2972fd5779a64c198e63ehttps://sourceforge.net/p/boxc/news/2008/08/improved-rendering-of-text/Text rendering \(Window.Text\) has been greatly improved. This should make life easier while waiting for fully Latex assisted formatting \(feature to be added in the next future\). This is what we can do now: \- subscripts, superscripts and newlines can be inserted using the latex syntax \(text\_\{sub\}, text^\{sup\} or a^1, a\_1 and the character \n\); \- text is treated as all the others ordinary paths: you can fill it, you can stroke its contours, etc. \- text can be placed very effectively by specifying a point relative to the text an the destination of this point \(where it should go\). For example, w.Text\["a^2", \(10, 10\), .From\[\(1, 1\)\]\] draws the string a^2 so that the upper-right corner of its bounding box is over the point \(10, 10\). Then, to center the text, just use: .From\[\(0.5,0.5\)\] We are now quite close to the first beta release of Box: we just need to add better facilities to trace arcs, proper clipping and interface to latex for inserting formulas.Matteo FranchinSun, 10 Aug 2008 10:35:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net598891e504df9d736868e61ed9525e2ba754e1d7https://sourceforge.net/p/boxc/news/2008/07/ported-to-windows--ubuntu-package/Box has been ported to Windows\! You can download a zip archive and use the binary immediately. The thing hasn't been extensively tested, though. Also a new Ubuntu package is available to install Box easily and quickly\!Matteo FranchinSun, 27 Jul 2008 15:11:20 -0000https://sourceforge.neta8313328cd3a361e94e227da7ec0b89e1bb05beahttps://sourceforge.net/p/boxc/news/2008/05/new-cairo-support/Box supports now the Cairo 2D graphic library and can save figures using the EPS, PNG, SVG, PDF file formats. Box can also use translucent colors. See examples cairo.box and translucent.box under box-0.1/examples.Matteo FranchinMon, 19 May 2008 19:39:33 -0000https://sourceforge.net866ad38480e73ccf6194ae5568e924c4555d6c9b