Re: Overview of new TikZ and PGF features

Am Dienstag, 04. März 2008 20:18:19 schrieb Kjell Magne Fauske:
> I have added an overview of some of the new 2.00 features to the PGF
> and TikZ examples gallery that I maintain:
> http://www.fauskes.net/pgftikzexamples/pgf-version-2/

Great - I am just reading it; some questions/comments:

1)  You use:
>    \draw [<->] (some node) -- (other node)
>    node [midway,right,draw=none] {1cm};
Is there an advantage of "node[midway]" (which I have not used before) 
compared with (some node) -- node[..] {...} (other node)?  I have gotten 
accustomed to the latter, but I admit that it sometimes moves the start/end 
of the -- very far apart.  (I guess that's the main advantage of the former?)

2) The fitting library does not seem to shrink the circle to just encompass 
the given nodes, but their bounding box?  (I.e. in your example, the circle 
could be made smaller at the bottom.)

3) "TikZ now support fadings and transparency groups:" -> the second smoking 
sign does not appear transparent?!

4) The smaller figures at the bottom show some other errors w.r.t. 
transparency/shadows.

Thanks a lot for the write-up! 

Ciao, /  /
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    /  / ANS

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