koffice/krita/tools

[Adrian Page]

On Thursday 26 August 2004 8:03 am, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> Maybe it's even easier to do the following if there's no selection yet:
>
> create temporary selection
> floodfill the selection according to the outlines in the parent layer (that
> makes things easier, I guess, because you don't have to take pattern/color
> fill into account.)
>
> then the code paths for filling selection/filling outline join, and do what
> you suggested:
>
> create temporary layer as big as the selected rect (working on that one...)
> fill the layer with color (KisPainter::fill) or pattern or masked pattern
>
> compose layer & selection
>
> blit the temporary layer on the target layer
>
> remove temporary selection, if exists.

Yes, that would simplify the filling code and you could use it for all kinds 
of fill operation.

Adrian