2013/9/30 Markus Engel <p637777@...1081...>:
It would be very nice if Inkscape could directly create the SVG circle and ellipse elements rather than use the SVG path element.
The problem here is that then it must be possible to convert between circles and ellipses and paths in both directions. This probably adds lots of buttons and menu entries to the UI.
Not really. The UI can work like it does at present, but the same SPObject subclass must handle more than one type of XML node, and it should change the XML element name as appropriate in response to tweaking the controls.
Currently there is no such code in Inkscape, but allowing this would not be too intrusive. In fact, I think it can already be done by using Inkscape::XML::Node::setCodeUnsafe().
Regards, Krzysztof