Re: Coordinate system question
Re: Coordinate system question
- Subject: Re: Coordinate system question
- From: Christopher B Hamlin <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:42:41 -0500
On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 02:25 PM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 05:45 PM, Bell, Carl wrote:
Why are the coordinate systems in Cocoa based on the
bottom/left rather than top/left?
Because co-ordinate systems in the real world at based on bottom/left
rather than top/left (think graphs). Computers got it the wrong way
round because of the way CRTs work, I think.
Maybe because they scan from top down?
ch
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- Plankton
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