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Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] Re: SVG import

*   Oh yes... I did have one other question... one of the repliers
in this thread mentions - 'if the SVG is converted on command line
to XAR format...'.
    I wonder what program they are using to do this conversion ?
I've been looking for it !

On 8/3/06, stu seven <stu7seven@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

*  hmmm... I've used every XaraLX release since  .10  and when
I tried this newest one, yesterday, it wouldn't load at all... first time
that has happened.
    I got some message about libX**** libraries.

    Will try today's build, maybe fixed already.



On 8/3/06, Charles Moir <CharlesM@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK so arcs will have to be supported then.
>
> Charles
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Wuerthner
> > Sent: 03 August 2006 13:51
> > To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [XaraXtreme-dev] Re: SVG import
> >
> > In message
> > <5056CBC646CB4047BB26120F4377DB71E19C10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> >           "Charles Moir" <CharlesM@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > If arcs aren't produced in the real world then I wouldn't
> > worry about
> > > it. But if can be, from say Illustrator, CorelDRAW or
> > Inkscape, then
> > > we will have to cope with them.
> >
> > Inkscape uses arcs for circles/ellipses and open arc objects.
> > An ellipse, for instance, is represented as two arcs, instead
> > of four Béziers as we do it.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Martin
> >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> [mailto:owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Wuerthner
> > >> Sent: 03 August 2006 09:25
> > >> To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Subject: Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] Re: SVG import
> > >>
> > >> In message <44D13CED.60402@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >>           Sandro Sigala <sandro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > The SVG paths parser currently doesn't handle arcs, witch
> > >> were defined
> > >> > in SVG 1.1 but not in SVG 1.2 (I noticed this in the past,
> > >> but while
> > >> > referencing to the SVG 1.2 specification I didn't recall).
> > >>
> > >> Removing an element in a later version of a standard would be an
> > >> extremely unusual thing to do and I cannot find any evidence of SVG
> > >> 1.2 not containing arcs.
> > >>
> > >> Which 1.2 specification did you use? As far as I can see, there is
> > >> only an early draft of the SVG 1.2-FULL specification and that is
> > >> defined to be an addendum to the final 1.1 spec, so all
> > 1.1 elements,
> > >> including arcs, are automatically defined in SVG 1.2-FULL.
> > >>
> > >> Alternatively, there is a more mature draft of the SVG 1.2-TINY
> > >> specification, which does not include arcs, but that is not
> > >> surprising because SVG-TINY is a deliberately cut-down version of
> > >> SVG, e.g., for mobile devices.
> > >>
> > >> Martin
> >
>