Inkscape

Add 'Force relative coordinates' to preferences

Bug #1002230 reported by Jukka Korhonen
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Inkscape
Fix Released
Wishlist
Tavmjong Bah
Inkscape 0.91 "0.91"

Bug Description

Regarding discussion here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.user/14150

I propose adding an option to Preferences > SVG output > Path Data > "Force relative coordinates"

I'm using Inkscape to create standalone objects (for an external program) and having relative coordinates makes the object's manipulation much more effortless. At the moment it is possible to change some objects to relative coordinates by moving them far away from the document area, but having a real option for it would do the trick.

Force relative coordinates would change all path data to relative and remove their transform matrices as well [unless 'flatten transforms' should be a completely different option?].

See original description
su_v (suv-lp)
Changed in inkscape:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Jukka Korhonen (loadus)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

> (…) and remove their transform matrices as well [unless 'flatten
> transforms' should be a completely different option?].

Related:
Bug #421870 “Allow users to strip out Transform attributes with command”

tags: added: svg transformations
removed: coordinates output path relative
su_v (suv-lp)
Changed in inkscape:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Patrick Storz (ede123) wrote :

I think it would also be useful to have an option (or maybe a script?) to quickly convert selected paths interactively to relative coordinates or absolute coordinates respectively (that means independently from a global setting).

Sometimes I find it useful to tweak some paths manually:
- When translating a path manually (without using a transform) this is straightforward with relative paths (only changing first two coordinates).
- When "drawing" a path manually it's often easier to think in a coordinate system rather than in relative movements, therefore working with absolute path data.

Revision history for this message
su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

Implemented by Tavmjong Bah in revision 12480:
<quote>
Add option to write out path data using only relative coordinates
(in addition to using only absolute coordinates or using a mixture
of absolute and relative coordinates optimized for length).
</quote>
<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/12480>

Changed in inkscape:
assignee: nobody → Tavmjong Bah (tavmjong-free)
milestone: none → 0.49
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in inkscape:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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