Re: [Inkscape-user] Some usage questions and observations, mostly about paths

Alexander Roalter wrote:

... And last, how does one make a distinction (and possibly convert) a path with absolute coordinates (uppercase M at the beginning of the path) to a path with relative coordinates (lowercase m)? I think this should be as easy as changing the path's direction

Can you explain why you would need to? Currently it is treated simply as a different representation of the same path and Inkscape chooses the representation dynamically to optimize the size of the path data (which can drastically reduce file size).