No, I've never used flash. On the other hand, in art terminology,
the stroke is always an independent line, not the line drawn around
 a shape. I'm talking about non-technical terminology. :)

Pencil stroke: ""when you make a mark with your pen or pencil."
Brush stroke:

"the paint left on a surface by a single application of a brush or palette knife"


I'd like to note that even in .svg, when the object is not filled, a stroke
is also an independent line (for users anyway).


----- Original Message -----
From: John Cliff <john.cliff@...400...>
To: Valerie <valerie_vk@...36...>
Cc: "inkscape-devel@...1784...sourceforge.net" <inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Powerstroke requests

In svg terminology the stroke is always the line drawn round the perimeter of the shape, not an independent line (have you used flash a lot maybe?)
An svg shape has both a fill (interior) and stroke (perimeter)

Cheers

John


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On 17 Jan 2012, at 15:45, Valerie <valerie_vk@...36...> wrote:

>>  Haha, sorry, yeah that's what I meant, a shape with a variable-width
>> (complex) edge.
>
> I definitely agree with the feature, in any case. :)
>
> The reason I was confused was because for me, a "stroke" is usually
> an independent line, not necessarily the outer area of a shape. So,
> reading "filled stroke" made me think the stroke itself was colored,
> like "a stroke of painting."
>
> Maybe "Variable Stroke" (for powerstroke) and "Variable Boundary"
> (for filled powerstroke) could be used.
>
> Replacing Variable with Complex could work too, but users may
> expect the complexity to apply to more than just the width (for
> example, combination of different line styles).
>
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