Re: [Inkscape-user] translate Attribute stored in SVG Graphic

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Rottgardt, Jens (K-SIB-2/3) <jens.rottgardt@...2472...> wrote:

1. Why does Inkscape uses the path tag for circles instead of the existing

circle tag?

Because otherwise you wouldn't be able to put markers on it, or use text on path with it, or use live path effects.

2. When painting a circle in Inkscape and moving it the move is stored in

the transform translate tag. Can anyone tell me why ?

Because you cannot, in general, embed an arbitrary transform into the circle's parameters (center and radii). Actually a move only could be embedded into cx/cy, but since other transforms cannot, we didn't special-case translation (although this is possible, and is done e.g. for rectangles - so if you desperately need that, you can submit a patch).