On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:49:20 -0000, John Cliff <john.cliff@...400...> wrote:
I know it's kinda evil but there's always the option to render a bitmap version to stay svg compliant...
We need to accept that there are a lot of users (most probably) for whom the svg is not the reason that their using inkscape, they just want a vector art program. For them the svg doesn't support it limitation is irrelevant.
Well, perhaps. If you ask users "do you need this application to be strictly SVG compliant" they'll probably say "SV what?". Ask them instead, "Do you want to be able to send your work to people who don't use Inkscape?" then I'd bet on a 90% "Yes, please" response.
Adding non-svg elements is a slippery and tempting slope but in the long run it will bite back.