Thanks for the input.
I'll give it a shot.
-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Bryce Harrington Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 4:22 PM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Outline markers (arrow heads) and colour
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 06:10:46PM -0400, Jeffrey Brent McBeth wrote:
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 08:01:32AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
With the markers done as <def>s, there is really only a single marker element, that is kept in the "definitions" (<def>) section of the document, and it is "referenced" into each place it's needed. Thus, if you update the marker's style, shape, etc., ALL instances of the marker are changed the same way. Markers also have special capabilities (like auto-aligning to the path) compared with other <def> items such as gradients or symbols.
Maybe I wasn't clear, or maybe I'm not understanding. Made-up svg follows.
Sorry, I'm an idiot, I had assumed that markers were defined like symbols and that you had to reference them like xlink:href. I see now that it is stored seperately and referenced in the style property.
Yeah, it's kind of an odd sort of thing. We definitely could/should be making better use of the marker system since it has a lot of unique characteristics, there just hasn't been that much work in this area.
I think part of the reason is that markers are not things that are typically used in artistic drawings; they're more for technical drawings, so it's a smaller cadre of us that'll be caring for these kinds of features.
Sorry for wasting your time.
Don't be sorry at all! I love the upsurge in interest in this. This is something I've been wanting to work on improving for a long long time, but just haven't had the time. But I might have a bit of time over the next week or so, so who knows.
Bryce
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