- From: Shao Miller <www-svg@synthetel.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:08:22 -0500
- To: Juergen Roethig <roethig@dhbw-karlsruhe.de>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org
On 2/5/2016 12:06, Juergen Roethig wrote: > Hello world, > > Shao Miller wrote: >> >> Please forgive me if I've knocked at the wrong door. I am wondering: >> Is there any way to specify a 30-60-90 triangle without considering >> the length of the side which is incommensurable with the other two? >> It would seem odd to me if a person needed to describe this special >> triangle by first choosing some arbitrary precision with which to >> express the special side. A path instruction like "turn 135 degrees, >> counter-clockwise" followed by a "move forward 2 units" seems like a >> sequence that a rendering engine could understand and would be better >> at choosing a precision for than a person would be. (Remember the >> "Logo turtle"?) > > For SVG 2, this (the "turn") is in the queue as a bearing command > ("B") within path. > >> Also please forgive me if I've missed something obvious. I searched >> around for a couple of hours before sending this note. > > You might have been able to find it in the actual working draft - see: > https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/single-page.html#paths-PathDataBearingCommands > > But this really might be hard to find :-( > Thank you, sir! Shao Miller Synthetel Corporation E: www-svg@synthetel.com W: https://www.synthetel.com
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