trunk: randomized star/polygon changes shape when moved (rev >= 12554)

Bug #1348375 reported by su_v
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Inkscape
Fix Released
Medium
Liam P. White

Bug Description

A star/polygon with 'Randomized' parameter > 0 changes shape when moved (translated) on canvas.

Steps to reproduce:
1) launch current trunk (default prefs, default new document, locale: en_US)
2) draw a star
3) change parameter 'Randomized:' to e.g. 0.2
4) switch back to select tool
5) move the star (by dragging with the mouse, or with arrow keys)

Expected result:
The star shape is moved to new position, but stays unchanged otherwise.

Actual result:
The star shape is moved to the new position, and the shape gets regenerated (i.e. changes completely).

Based on tests with archived builds on OS X 10.7.5:
- not reproduced with stable 0.48.4, 0.48.5
- not reproduced with 0.48+devel rev <= 12552
- reproduced with 0.48+devel rev >= 12555
this perceived regression was likely introduced with the merge of the GSoC unit-improvement branch in r12554, which changed how transforms for parametrized shapes are optimized (if possibly, transforms get optimized and reflected in the shape parameters instead of stored in a preserved 'transform' attribute):
<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/changes/12555>

Notes:
- non-uniform scaling, rotating or skewing the randomized star prevents the regression from happening (adds a 'matrix()' transformation)
- uniform scaling, or flipping the object does not prevent the regression

Reproduced with Inkscape 0.48+devel r13466 on OS X 10.7.5.

su_v (suv-lp)
tags: added: shape-editing
su_v (suv-lp)
summary: - trunk: randomized star/polygon changes shape when moved
+ trunk: randomized star/polygon changes shape when moved (rev >= 12554)
description: updated
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jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote :

Reproduced on Windows XP, Inkscape trunk revision 13484.

Changed in inkscape:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Liam P. White (liampwhite) wrote :

As much as is it would be nice to have the star be transformed without storing an extra attribute, I think that having the ability to move the star without any changes (expected) probably outweighs that of optimizing the transform.

Fix committed in lp:inkscape, r13495.
Stars that are not randomized have their transforms optimized as usual.

Changed in inkscape:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Liam P. White (inkscapebrony)
Revision history for this message
su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

Initial fix (r13495) broke transforms of stars with default parameters - follow-up commits (r13498, 13499) revert the fix for bug #233935 with star/polygon shapes (stars that are not randomized have their transforms no longer optimized either).

Proposing to reopen this one, or to track the (partial) regression in new report.

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Liam P. White (liampwhite) wrote :

Reopened.

Changed in inkscape:
status: Fix Committed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Liam P. White (liampwhite) wrote :

I think it's been really fixed in r13500.

Changed in inkscape:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in inkscape:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

@LiamW - it seems that in the original report, and when testing the committed fix, I missed one specific use case of randomized stars which still regenerates a new result when transformed: uniform scaling (i.e. with locked ratio). Would you be willing/interested to take a closer look at this particular aspect?
* Bug #1482971 “randomized star/polygon changes shape when scaled with locked ratio (rev >= 12554)”
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1482971

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