Drawing primitives like circles and rectangles

[iamwilhelm]

It's not well documented in the docs, and it took me a bit to figure out. In order to draw primitives, first you need to set the width of the line.

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function load()
  love.graphics.setLine(1)
end

Then, the docs don't mention how to set the type of drawing. It's a constant, rather than a string

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love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 50, 50)

[osuf oboys]

It's not well documented in the docs, and it took me a bit to figure out. In order to draw primitives, first you need to set the width of the line.

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function load()
  love.graphics.setLine(1)
end

You do not need to set the line width.

Then, the docs don't mention how to set the type of drawing. It's a constant, rather than a string

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love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 50, 50)

Most examples cover this but you're right that the documentation should also mention it. Could you perhaps add it to the issue tracker (one of the links at the top of the page).

[iamwilhelm]

I tried it out again to reproduce it. It only happens with rectangles.

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love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 200, 200)

without setting the width, it doesn't show up. I'll put it as a bug in the issue tracker

[osuf oboys]

I tried it out again to reproduce it. It only happens with rectangles.

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love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 200, 200)

without setting the width, it doesn't show up. I'll put it as a bug in the issue tracker

What system are you using? I have not heard anyone voice such an issue before.

[iamwilhelm]

I tried it out again to reproduce it. It only happens with rectangles.

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love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 200, 200)

without setting the width, it doesn't show up. I'll put it as a bug in the issue tracker

What system are you using? I have not heard anyone voice such an issue before.

I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid. Lua 5.1.3 and Love 0.5.0. Are there other system info that you need?

[osuf oboys]

I tried it out again to reproduce it. It only happens with rectangles.

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love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 200, 200)

without setting the width, it doesn't show up. I'll put it as a bug in the issue tracker

What system are you using? I have not heard anyone voice such an issue before.

I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid. Lua 5.1.3 and Love 0.5.0. Are there other system info that you need?

Yes, thank you.

Try running a LÖVE application that does not contain anything except

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function draw(); love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 200, 200); end

[Skofo]

Remove the semicolon after 'function draw()', braw.

EDIT: Actually, you can remove all semicolons. You don't ever need them, as far as I know.

[iamwilhelm]

Try running a LÖVE application that does not contain anything except

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function draw(); love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 200, 200); end

yeah, the same thing happens. no rectangle unless I set the line width.

Wil

[Skofo]

Try running a LÖVE application that does not contain anything except

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function draw(); love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 200, 200); end

yeah, the same thing happens. no rectangle unless I set the line width.

Wil

That is quite odd, I got a white rectangle. I'm running the same things as iamwillhelm. Did you try changing the background color to see if it's making a black rectangle for you?

[osuf oboys]

Try running a LÖVE application that does not contain anything except

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function draw(); love.graphics.rectangle(love.draw_line, 100, 100, 200, 200); end

yeah, the same thing happens. no rectangle unless I set the line width.

Wil

That is quite odd, I got a white rectangle. I'm running the same things as iamwillhelm. Did you try changing the background color to see if it's making a black rectangle for you?

Might it be related to how, occasionally, drawing text without setting the font may cause the text to be drawn with some other font?