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Rotating circles

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Description

The program below draws a rotating circle drawn with black outline and white interior on a gray background.
The circle has has center in the rotation center, so the expected result is a static image.
However the smoothing settings 'unsmoothed and 'aligned reveals a problem.
Using 'unsmoothed the outline pulses (the thickness varies).
Using 'aligned one sees the brush color "bleed" through the outline.

#lang racket/base
(require racket/gui)

(define width  640)
(define height 360)

(define angle 0.0) ; the rotation angle

; A frame containing a single canvas with a timer that continously calls draw.
(define top-frame  #f)
(define top-canvas #f)
(define top-timer  #f)

(define dc #f) ; drawing context of the canvas

(define red-pen
  (new pen%	 	 	 	 
       [color  "red"]	 	 	 	 
       [width  4]
       [style  'solid]
       [cap    'round]
       [join   'round]
       [stipple #f]))

(define black-pen
  (new pen%	 	 	 	 
       [color  "black"]
       [width  1]
       [style  'solid]
       [cap    'round]
       [join   'round]
       [stipple #f]))

(define white-pen
  (new pen%	 	 	 	 
       [color  "white"]	 	 	 	 
       [width  1]
       [style  'solid]
       [cap    'round]
       [join   'round]
       [stipple #f]))

(define white-brush (new brush% [color "black"]))



(define (draw)
  (define old-transformation #f)
  (when dc
    (send dc set-background "darkgray")
    (send dc clear)
    ; (send dc set-smoothing 'smoothed)   ; looks ok
    (send dc set-smoothing 'unsmoothed)   ; outline pulses
    ; (send dc set-smoothing 'aligned)    ; outline is slightly off
     
    (send dc set-pen white-pen)
    (send dc set-text-foreground "white")
        
    (set! old-transformation (send dc get-transformation))
    (send dc translate 440.5 180.5)
    (send dc rotate angle)

    (send dc set-brush white-brush)
    (send dc draw-ellipse -50 -50 100 100)
    (send dc set-transformation old-transformation)
    (set! angle (+ angle 0.025))))


(define my-frame%
  (class frame%
    (define/augment (on-close)
      (when top-timer
        (send top-timer stop)))
    (super-new)))


(define my-canvas%
  (class canvas%
    (define/override (on-paint)   ; repaint (exposed or resized)
      (define dc (send this get-dc))
      (send this suspend-flush)
      (handle-on-paint dc)
      (send this resume-flush))
    (super-new)))


(define (start-gui)
  (define frame  (new my-frame%
                      [label "sketch"]))
  (set! top-frame frame)  
  (define canvas (new my-canvas%
                      [parent     frame]
                      [min-width  width]
                      [min-height height]))
  (set! top-canvas canvas)
  (set! dc (send top-canvas get-dc))

  (define timer (new timer%
                     [notify-callback handle-on-timer]
                     [interval (inexact->exact (floor (/ 1000 30)))])) ; milliseconds
  (set! top-timer timer)
  
  (send frame show #t))

(define (handle-on-paint dc)  
  (when dc 
    (draw)))

(define (handle-on-timer)
  (send top-canvas on-paint))

(start-gui)

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Research direction

Run the supplied racket/gui program and compare the 'unsmoothed and 'aligned results with 'smoothed. Start by tracing set-smoothing, the transformed draw-ellipse call, and the timer-driven draw path; done means the centered circle remains visually static without outline pulsing or brush-color bleed.

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Assessment

Domain
computer-graphics, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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