On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:20 PM, john cliff <john.cliff@...400...> wrote:
Its an excellent idea until you make any change that substantially alters the path length, at which point all your widths 'slide' along the path when you didnt want them to...
Often, this is more or less what you need anyway. It's for artistic use more than technical, and artistic curves have few cusps, and when they do, it's less important where exactly are they and whether they are exactly coordinated with changes in the width. In any case, with width adjustable at any point, you can always tweak the shape back into what you want. Also, the LPE can provide special calls for inserting/deleting segments on the path, which would shift all points so that those length/width pairs that are not affected remain physically where they are; for example, Pen tool can use it when it continues an existing variable-width path.