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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: SVG path support
From:       Patrick Durusau <patrick () durusau ! net>
Date:       2007-12-02 14:14:17
Message-ID: 4752BDB9.6000703 () durusau ! net
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Thorsten,

Thorsten Zachmann wrote:
> Hello Patrick,
>
> On Saturday 01 December 2007, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>   
>> Greetings!
>>
>> The question has come up about possibly changing the way we declare the
>> SVG path attribute in ODF 1.2.
>>     
>
> ODF supports the SVG path attribute fully see: 9.2.6 Path.
>
> <quote>
> Path Data
> The syntax for the attribute svg:d is described in §8 of the Scalable Vector 
> Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification [SVG].
> </quote>
>
>   
>> Currently, we subset the SVG path attribute by not allowing relative
>> commands. (In ODF 1.1, see 9.5.3 Enhanced Geometry - Path Attributes,
>> the enhanced-path attribute.)
>>     
>
> That is only true for Enhanced Geometry shapes. For path shapes relative 
> commands are allowed.
>
> Are you sure you not mixing two different things?
>
>   
Yes, you are correct, my question should have been about the path in 
Enhanced Geometry shapes only.
>> I have checked with the editor of the SVG standard and he says that so
>> far as he knows, all SVG implementations support relative paths with no
>> problem.
>>     
>
> As I said this is already in ODF.
>
>   
>> So, the question becomes should we move closer to standard SVG in the
>> next version of ODF?
>>     
>
> I don't know If it makes sense to support relative commands for the enhanced 
> path shapes as they are I think not in SVG. I also don't know if it would be 
> possible to do so there. 
>
>   
Err, I am not sure what enhanced shape paths not occurring in SVG would 
have to do with non-support of relative commands.

As you know, relative commands are executed with reference to the 
current pen position. How would that be different with enhanced path shapes?

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Patrick

PS: If my replies seem delayed it is because I am getting koffice-devel 
in digest mode.
> Hope that helps.
>
> Thorsten
>
>
>   

-- 
Patrick Durusau
patrick@durusau.net
Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34
Acting Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps)
Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps)
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