Hi again, I made a mistake in my last post

The part that changes the position is:

;;adjust position (setf (getf word :x) (+ x atract-x)) (setf (getf word :y) (+ y atract-y))

;;move display item [do not works] ---> (set-coords *drawing-canvas-reference* (getf word :display-item) (list (getf word :x) (getf word :y))) [works] ---> (itemmove *drawing-canvas-reference* (getf word :display-item) atract-x atract-y)

Thanks! André

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Andre RsFiveTwo rs.andre@gmail.comwrote:

Hi, I'm trying to create an animation with words based on the (ltktest) function in the library (rotate). For that I'm storing the words in a plist. The code to maintain the words is:

(defvar *initial-word-energy* 100) (defvar *words* '()) ; list of words in the form (:text :x :y :energy)

(defun make-word (text x y display-item) (list :text text :x x :y y :display-item display-item :energy *initial-word-energy*))

(defun add-word (word) (push word *words*))

Then I created a button that will add words to the plist and to the canvas:

       (enter-text-button (make-instance 'button
                                         :master controls
                                         :text "Enter text"
                                         :command (lambda ()
                                                    ;;store word in

*words* (let* ((text (text user-text-entry)) (x (random (read-from-string

(cget drawing-canvas-reference

             :width))))
                                                            (y (random

(read-from-string

(cget drawing-canvas-reference

             :height))))
                                                            ;;put text

in canvas

(display-item (create-text drawing-canvas-reference

           x

           y

           text))
                                                            (word

(make-word text x y

display-item)))

                                                      ;;store new word
                                                      (add-word word)

                                                      ;;clear entry

widget (setf (text user-text-entry) "") (focus user-text-entry)

(finish-output)))))

The idea is that a word will store the position, the text, other things and the visual representation of the text.

In the animation part (same code as rotate in the library) I move the words, and here is the problem. If I try the move changing the coordinates of the updated values of x and y of the word the text apearing in the canvas 'jumps' in the first move, afterward it move normally. The other alternative is to use itemmove, which works. but I would like to just manipulate x and y of the word and transpose it to the created text item in the canvas.

 ;;move display item
[do not work] ---> (set-coords *drawing-canvas-reference* (getf word

:display-item) (list (getf word :x) (getf word :y))) [works] ----> (itemmove *drawing-canvas-reference* (getf word :display-item) atract-x atract-y)

So, I would like to understand better why there seems to be a difference in the values of x an y for the element stored and the element displayed, although they have been created with the same values. If possible, I would like to know how can I query the created text element about it's x and y values.

Sorry for the long message. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, André