Re: Double 'shapes' in shape files

[dunn <dnaughton dunnamin com>]

Thanks again, Andrey!

So those were just coded that way because they were automatically 
generated.  It's nice to know that if I don't use the method, my objects 
will still come out ok.

   -- dunn

On 07/27/2014 01:43 AM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, dunn!
>
> > If this is more of an svg question and not something particular to Dia,
> > just let me know please!
> > All through the sample files, the shapes have xml like this, with two
> > calls to ellipses, rectangles, circles:
> > <svg:svg>
> >     <svg:ellipse style="fill: default" cx="5" cy="5" rx="7" ry="7"/>
> >     <svg:ellipse style="fill: none; fill-opacity:0; stroke-width: 0.1;
> > stroke: #000000" cx="5" cy="5" rx="7" ry="7"/>
> > </svg:svg>
> > ...but I get the same effect with just one call and a thicker
> > stroke-width like this:
> > <svg:svg>
> >     <svg:ellipse style="fill: default; stroke-width:1" cx="5" cy="5"
> > rx="7" ry="7"/>
> > </svg>
> > I really don't even see how the sample files get a thick line from this,
> > since stroke-width:0.1 gives a hairline and the radii are the same in
> > both the calls.
> > Is there a reason to make shapes the first way as opposed to the second?
> This is a deficiency of Dia's shape exporter.
> I'm either make shapes by hands (if shape is simple enough, or if I need
> precise results), or proof-read and cleanup the shape after export (if shape
> is a complex/compound object).
>
>
> --
> WBR,
> Andrey Repin (anrdaemon freemail ru) 27.07.2014, <12:41>
>
> Sorry for my terrible english...
>
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