OK - it isn't just me.

I tested the fractalize extension, the add nodes extension, and the jitter nodes extension.

In all cases, when starting with a closed path the result is an open path with two additional nodes.

So these are all broken. For example, jitter nodes on a 4 node closed shape (use a large jitter) will create a shape with 6 nodes, with the last 2 open (attached)

This is on windows in inkscape .47 release.

-Rob A>

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Rob Antonishen wrote:

I'm trying to get the nodes using:

p = cubicsuperpath.parsePath(node.get('d'))

For a 4 node closed path I am getting 6 sets of coordinates (first handle, node, second handle) returned.

Here is an example of a rectangle:

[[  [[0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0]],  [[100.0, 0.0], [100.0, 0.0], [100.0, 0.0]],  [[100.0, 200.0], [100.0, 200.0], [100.0, 200.0]],  [[0.0, 200.0], [0.0, 200.0], [0.0, 200.0]],  [[0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0]],  [[0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0]] ]]

Though experimentation, I have discovered these correspond to : [[  Node 1, as the start node ( first handle coords = node coords)  Node 2  Node 3  Node 4  Node 1, as the end node (second handle coords = node coords)  Node 1, as if it is inline, with the handles correct. ]]

Now, if I take exactly the returned list p, and just  try setting the path back:

node.set('d',cubicsuperpath.formatPath(p))

I end up with a 6 node, open path.

If I just try to feed it 4 coordinates, I end up with a 4 node, open path.

How do I get the formatPath to create a closed path?

-Rob A>