Re: rotated path segment proposal from Dirk Schulze on 2011-07-25 (public-svg-wg@w3.org from July to September 2011)

From: Dirk Schulze <dirk@dschulze.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:06:23 +0200
To: Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com>
Cc: Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>, SVG WG <public-svg-wg@w3.org>
Message-Id: <77ED934A-C360-4110-95C5-5FF4B4C6127D@dschulze.com>

Am 25.07.2011 um 18:46 schrieb Leonard Rosenthol:

> Wouldn't it be easier to just have two separate segments, and then just
> change the rotation on the second??   Why would you need a single segment?
What do you mean with two separate segments?

> 
> I simply don't see enough of a use case for this to SIGNIFICANTLY break
> backwards compatibility by adding new operators to the path segment
> format.  Do we even have any idea what such an addition to do to existing
> solutions when they encountered this??

I don't see how this breaks backward compatibility. If someone used f, r or even ~ before, the path gets suddenly valid but definitely was invalid before.

Dirk

Received on Monday, 25 July 2011 17:07:01 UTC