blank-canvas v0.6 Release Notes

Release Date: 2015-12-04 // over 8 years ago
  • API changes

    • The (#) function had its type generalized from a -> (a -> Canvas b) -> Canvas b to a -> (a -> b) -> b. This allows it to be used with font length units.
    • Added more type synonyms (Interval, Degrees, Radians, etc.) to more clearly indicate what functions expect constrained values.
    • showbJS (formerly showJS) and jsStyle now return a text Builder instead of a String. This change was introduced as part of a larger blank-canvas refactoring to increase performance. See the Data.Text.Lazy.Builder module from the text package for more details on how to use Builders.

    API additions

    • A new ADT for Fonts has been added in Graphics.Blank.Font that can be used in place of Text. For example, "30pt Calibri" is equivalent to (defFont "Calibri") { fontSize = 30 # pt }.
    • A generalized font function of type CanvasFont canvasFont => canvasFont -> Canvas () was added to Graphics.Blank.Font that can accept a Text or Font argument. The font function in Graphics.Blank remains of type Text -> Canvas ().
    • Added a cursor function to change the browser cursor. Also added the Graphics.Blank.Cursor module containing a generalized cursor function that uses a Cursor ADT instead of Text.
    • Added Bounded, Enum, Eq, Ix, Ord, and Show instances for more data types
    • Added support for more MIME types via the mime-types library

    ➕ Additions

    • Allowed building with base-4.8.0.0

    Other

    • Require scotty >= 0.10 and kansas-comet >= 0.4