Am 15.12.2017 um 09:50 schrieb Jabier Arraiza:

Hi all:

I just commit a branch [1] that convert shapes and optinaly clones to paths previously any of this path operations:

Booleans, Stroke to paths, Object to paths, Combine and Break Apart.

The cuestion is simple:

¿Whats is your prefered option about symbols? This is done in preference section and can be change by the user, but we are speaking about the default behabiour.

A: Convert to path clones and apply the operation B: Retain clones in this operatios ignoring the operation

Thank for take time to reply.

[1] https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/159

Hi Jabier,

I'm in favor of converting to path by default. Personally if I decide to apply a path operation to a clone I don't see why it should fail on me and appreciate the automatic unlinking.

In general I assume clones are not a well known concept to start with and users will probably be confused if path operations work on some objects but not others and therefore will find it helpful if a clone is unlinked automatically. I doubt the loss of the clone will cause sorrow in typical usage scenarios.

Thanks for this change, Eduard