- From: Jon Ferraiolo <jonf@adobe.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:58:35 -0800
- To: "Rick" <graham.rick@gmail.com>
- Cc: <www-svg@w3.org>
Hi Rick, This is the official SVG WG response to your email at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2006Jan/0354.html We agree with your comment. We have changed the language in the description for rect, line, polyline and polygon to clarify that those shapes must be rendered the same as the equivalent path object. [We did not explicitly mention stroking because we don't think it is necessary with the wording change and we would then also have to mention other things (e.g., markers, vector effects) for Full.] We have added statements to circle and ellipse that describe the starting point for the stroke and how the stroke proceeds around the shape. The start point is indeed "3 o'clock" as you suggest. It proceeds in a positive sweep angle direction using SVG's flipped coordinate system. Thus, for a circle it starts at (cx+r,0) and then to sweeps through (cx,cy+r). BTW - we checked some existing implementations. Every different implementation that we checked uses a different approach for stroking circles and ellipses. Not a big deal in most scenarios, but as you probably know, some parts of the engineering world want exactness. Thus, we greatly appreciate your comment. Please tell us within two weeks if this response is not satisfactory. Jon Ferraiolo SVG WG ---------------------- From: Rick <graham.rick@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:03:11 -0500 Message-ID: <18569e000601222003j449e0a58jced11ffc799bc993@mail.gmail.com> To: www-svg@w3.org Dear SVG working group, Thank you for your hard work in resolving issues on this CR. This is an issue that I've been aware of this for quite some time, but had forgotten. Please forgive me for leaving it to this late date to bring it up. Dash arrays can have a dramatic effect on the look of an image, particularly if they are large. I'm currently working on a technical proposal that involves the use of SVG and have some compatibility problems between major viewers over this feature. The description of dasharray http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/painting.html#StrokeProperties does not specify in what manner the effect should be applied. This is particularly esoteric with closed shapes such as rect or circle because they have no intrinsic starting point or direction. The spec does outline how these objects are to be described, but it does not specify that dashed lines must follow these rules. There are inconsistencies in current implementations in this respect that produce drastically different results for some markup. I would suggest appending wording similar to the following to the description of dasharray to assist implementers with this feature: --- The dash sequence must start at the beginning of a shapes data and follow the stroke description through to the end of the shape. For shapes that do not have obvious starting points, the method for rendering them is specified in the basic shapes section of this specification. <link> --- Please revise the specification to clarify this. Further to this issue, I believe that the methods for describing of circles and ellipses needs further clarification. http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/shapes.html#CircleElement states: --- The arc of a 'circle' element begins at the "3 o'clock" point on the radius and progresses towards the "9 o'clock" point. The starting point and direction of the arc are affected by the user space transform in the same manner as the geometry of the element. --- It is unclear whether, unaffected by any transformation, that the direction of these shapes should be clockwise or counterclockwise. 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock are 180 degrees from each other. I would suggest changing the wording so that 9 o'clock be changed to either 12 o'clock or 6 o'clock, or that a CW or CCW direction be specified. Please revise the descriptions of the circle and ellipse elements to clarify this. -- Cheers! Rick
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