[Scribus] SVG paths closing

[Peter Linnell]

On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 18:51, Khiraly wrote:
> > > In sodipodi I have found only one way to solve this problem. 
> > > Open the XML-editor, and the path attribute I add a letter 'z':
> > > M 56.29179 32 L 46.00000 68 L 67 68 z
> > > 
> > > But its really hard to find the paths they are not closed(this path are
> > > normally no ''stroke outline''. And it sodipodi looks like a closed (and
> > > filled) path.
> > 
> > Cool. Thanks for advising of the workaround. 
> > 
> > Have you tested the same SVG via exporting from the latest Inkscape ?
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have created some image to better showing. (I have switched to the
> newest version of inkscape(0.37)
> I have created a polyline(triangle, but not closed), and I have filled
> it:
> http://www.pvvbitech.hu/dtp/closepath.svg
> http://www.pvvbitech.hu/dtp/closepath.png
> 
> In scribus it does not appear the filled area just outline(if we dont
> have outline, so it appears nothing in scribus)
> 
> When we look at the source of SVG:
> <path
> style="fill:#000071;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-opacity:1;stroke-width:3.75;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-linecap:butt;fill-opacity:0.617188;stroke-dasharray:none;"
> d="M 129.56102 286.5126 L 264.88031 122.40197 L 348.37519 303.7874 "
> id="path574" />
> 
> Here is the approprieta line:
> d="M 129.56102 286.5126 L 264.88031 122.40197 L 348.37519 303.7874 "
> 
> If we putting the letter 'z' at the and of line(in XML-editor inside
> inkscape, or vim). It close:
> http://www.pvvbitech.hu/dtp/closepath2.png
> 
> I have egally referred some SVG docs, for this issue:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/paths.html#PathDataGeneralInformation
> 
> ''A path is defined by including a 'path' element which contains a
> d="(path data)" attribute, where the d attribute contains the moveto,
> line, curve (both cubic and quadratic B?ziers), arc and closepath
> instructions.
> The M indicates a moveto, 
> the L's indicate lineto's, 
> and the z indicates a closepath
> ''
> 
> More detailed is it at the 8.3.3:
> 8.3.3 The "closepath" command

This is an import bug in Scribus, but please understand SVG is a very
complex specifcation and *no* application supports every feature. At
least in this case, you have provided a very good workaround. 


The reason I recommended Inkscape, is they are trying very hard to
adhere to the SVG specs and export from Inkscape > Scribus is getting
better by the day.
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Cheers,
Peter