- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:05:49 -0400
- To: SVG Working Group WG <public-svg-wg@w3.org>
Hi, Erik- Agreed that we should allow this. Should we issue an errata on 1.1, since that would better reflect what at least 1 implementation does? Maybe that's too big a change? In any case, we should allow that going forward. Regards- -Doug SVG Working Group Issue Tracker wrote (on 9/2/08 8:12 AM): > > ISSUE-2046 (negative_startoffset): Allow negative startOffset for > textPath elements [SVG Full 1.2] > > http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/track/issues/2046 > > Raised by: Erik Dahlström On product: SVG Full 1.2 > > A negative value for the startOffset attribute can sometimes be > useful, as can be seen in the example here: > > http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/svg/newstuff/textpath1.svg > > If negative startOffset values are supported the text appears to > continously scroll along the curve. However, such values are "in > error" according to SVG 1.1, and the "lacuna" value is 0 (which is > what Opera 9.5 uses in this case). I see no technical problems with > allowing negative startOffset values. > > Negative values are allowed in ASV. > > > >
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