-----Original Message----- From: jf barraud [mailto:jf.barraud@...400...] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 02:14 Cc: Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] markers
yeah, pattern along path can be generalized. There could be a "scatter" effect that would repeat a pathB along pathA's stroke or fill, with advanced placement feature: random, aligned, centered, custom...
But for markers however, we typically want to keep the orginal path and *stroke* it, while the markers should be *filled*... lpes don't allow that. (there is a workaround using boolops with a cloned operator B, but that is way too complicated...)
I mean not to apply the "place-along-path-LPE" to the original path A. The LPE must be applied to a marker path, with its own styling. The pathB parameter of the LPE is then linked to the original path A (I mean the "link to path" button for path type parameters).
To see what I mean: Draw path A, copy it (ctrl+c). Draw path B. Apply 'Bend'. Press 'link to path' button for the 'bend path' parameter. Now path A is used to determine how to bend path B; note that both paths are still shown ! Image now that path A is used to determine where any number of instances of B are placed, not like a pattern, but only on the locations where you chose them to be.
-J