[mapserver-dev] Re: [mapserver-users] Rendering of Static Text is different using gd or AGG ?

[Paul Ramsey]

It's a bug, and the regression suite even caught it :)

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2600

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Stephen Woodbridge
<woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> This is a good work around, but I think we need to ask the questions:
>
>  What is the expected behavior?
>  Is this a bug, should it be a bug?
>  Should this behavior be documented?
>  Should this be bugged for 5.2 freeze?
>
> Clearly some code is translating the &copy; for the GD renderer.
>
> Adding cc: mapserver-dev, let me know If you want to to generate a bug based
> on this and assign it to 5.2
>
> -Steve W
>
> Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>
>> What about using your operating system's character set?  For example on
>> windows pressing ALT-0169 gives the copyright sign, and on MAC pressing
>> OPTION-G.  So your mapfile snippet is:    TEXT "(c)"
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6-May-08, at 9:32 AM, Schönhammer, Herbert wrote:
>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> Using* gd* the declaration "&copy;"renders the "copyright"-Sign:
>>>
>>> LAYER
>>>  NAME "copyright"
>>>  REQUIRES ..
>>>  ...
>>>
>>>  FEATURE
>>>     POINTS
>>>      3 10
>>>     END
>>>   END
>>>    ...
>>>
>>>  CLASS
>>> *     TEXT "&copy; xxx" *
>>>    LABEL
>>>      TYPE TRUETYPE
>>>      FONT 'arial'
>>>      SIZE 9
>>>      POSITION cr
>>>      COLOR 0 0 0
>>>      OUTLINECOLOR  255 255 254
>>>    END
>>>  END
>>>  END # LAYER
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But using agg, the text ""&copy; xxx" is rendered in the map.
>>>
>>> Please lokk at the examples !
>>>
>>> Does anybody know,
>>> how to render the html-code like done in gd ?
>>>
>>> Does anybody know another way to render signs like "copyright"  with gd ?
>>>
>>> Thanks very much
>>>
>>> greetings
>>> Herbert
>>>
>>> <<gd-rendering.gif>> <<agg-rendering.gif>>
>>>
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