Re: [Lib2geom-devel] Generate SVG paths from Geom::PathVector

[Nathan H. <nj...@nj...>]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 09:23:14PM -0300, Vin?cius dos Santos Oliveira wrote:
> Em Ter, 2013-08-13 ??s 23:13 +1000, Nathan Hurst escreveu:
> 
> > I think you should be able to write something using direct string
> > concatenation in an afternoon.
> 
> 
> I already started coding, but I want to share design ideas sooner.
> 
> There will be a function, called render_svg_path (declared under
> svg-path-render.h file), analogous to parse_svg_path. This function will
> receive an ostream object and a PathVector. I still didn't reasoned
> enough to conclude if this should be an operator overload or a normal
> function, but I think it should be a normal function to maintain
> consistency.

This all sounds great.

> parse_svg_path only treats the "d" attribute, so should render_svg_path

This sentence is correct (if you add the . at the end :)

> (this english sentence I don't know if it's correct, I'm trying to use
> the same grammar technique from Donnie Darko movie:
> <https://gist.github.com/vinipsmaker/6226845#file-donnie-darko-part-L11>).

This sentence is incorrect (or at least a non-typical construction):
normally you would put the subject at the front of the sentence. "I
don't know if this sentence is correct, I'm..."

> My tests ran fine and I don't think I'll have much trouble, but lib2geom
> needs some love as a "standalone" installed library. 

Yes, it really needs a new, passionate, maintainer with the right
personality and skills to refine it into the elegant and widely used
library it should be.

> When I tried to
> compile-and-link my tests to a system-installed-dynamic-lib 2geom, there
> where some include files errors due to missing installed files (numeric
> folder). I fixed this error locally, but I'll share the results soon.

njh