[magick-developers] -raise n

[Rick Mabry]

I don't know if it's a bug, but I just noticed that my old scripts that used 

	-raise n

where n is an integer, no longer work. I'm not sure when they broke, since I 
cannot be sure I have used the script since 2001. 

I figured out that the usage is now 

	-raise nxn 

to achieve the same effect. But why shouldn't the first be translated into 
the second? There are similar conventions for other operators, if I recall 
correctly. Anyway, in case it is an oversight, I thought I'd ask.

It took a while to find what the problem was, thanks to an unhelpful message 
(Win XP,  ImageMagick 6.3.7 11/21/07 Q16):

	convert -size 72x24 xc:white -pointsize 16 -strokewidth 1 -stroke blue \
		-draw "text 6,18 'Lazy Leg'" -raise 4 lazyleg1.gif

gives the amusing error

	convert: size must exceed bevel width `white'.

Rick Mabry
Shreveport