On 08.06.25 07:12, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > [1] CSTR #116 doesn't seem to have a general name for these dotted
> suffixes, or at least not one I'm crazy about. Kernighan does call > them "corners" (and "compass points") (§5), but these terms seem to > me to apply poorly to ".c[enter]", to arcs, and obviously enough to > midpoints of straight lines. So I'd also like feedback on a good > name for this category of points. I briefly considered the term > "control points" but rejected it; I associate it with splines, and > moreover these points are not used to "control" the drawing of pic's > geometric objects in general. As neither "corner" nor "origin" nor "base" are illustrative, might "anchor" point serve? It seems good for arc centers, and sufficient for a line midpoint, if that is where control is anchored. But simply "center" point also seems to cover the given examples, perhaps failing only on some others? But badly? Erik
