Re: [Inkscape-devel] arcs/elliptical arcs in path data

# from aaron@...749... # on Wednesday 11 January 2006 02:31 pm:

I think inkscape converts svg paths that have elliptical arcs on load too. You might start looking here. http://www.inkscape.org/doc/doxygen/html/svg-path_8cpp.php

I think you may be right. I too have been looking at svg-path.cpp, particularly the rsvg_path_arc() and rsvg_path_arc_segment() functions. While this isn't what I was expecting to find, I think it does indeed contain the approximation code.

BTW, it does convert them once the sodipodi:type="arc" attribute is removed, but not on load: only when you move/modify them (afaict, when the type="arc" attribute is present, move just slaps a transform on it.)

Thanks, Eric