[Inkscape-devel] Stroke placement

Hi,

We discussed variable placement of stroke (e.g. inside/outside/10% inside,90% outside). The key to implementing this is having a good way to offset a path as then one can use existing rendering libraries to draw the stroke (including things like dashes, line-caps).

If I can provide a clear (testable) algorithm for how to offset a path, there is a good chance we can get this into SVG 2. The current Inkscape code for offsetting is a bit buggy. I believe lib2geom has better code. Can anybody comment?

Thanks,

Tav