[cairo] Coordinate from device to user space without a context [RESOLVED]

[Donn]

On 06/11/2013 21:25, Bryce W. Harrington wrote:
> Essentially, you have two sets of coordinates, one of which is offset
> from the other, and perhaps multiplied by some factor, and maybe rotated
> or skewed.  To calculate the x,y coordinates in one system from the
> other, you use this formula:
>
>   x_new = xx * x + xy * y + x0;
>   y_new = yx * x + yy * y + y0;
Bryce,
I've been at it for hours and some things are getting clearer.

My program does involve a tree - children with children and there will 
be many nodes under rotation and skew etc. So, I needed your first 
formula above.

I tried, with high-school algebra that's 24 years old and got:

userx = ( mousex - mymatrix.xy * y - mymatrix.x0 )/mymatrix.xx
usery = ( mousey - mymatrix.yx * x - mymatrix.y0 )/mymatrix.yy

(Monkey see, monkey solve. Understanding is a million miles away.)

So, that worked ;) It's "jerky" though - perhaps something to do with 
doubles and rounding or such voodoo.

The "cairo function" route is way smoother:

var tm = mymatrix;
tm.invert();
//outputs user space into my,my
tm.transform_point(ref mousex, ref mousey);


I have also come to some détente with transforms and save/restore and 
when in that process to calculate device->user coordinates. The mad 
jumping is under control now. I hope it stays that way.
(The secret is to save mymatrix *before* doing any transforms.)

So, my thanks to Bryce and ed and this list. I couldn't have done it 
without ya.

\d