#132 problem with path name when decorating with text along path

[Gernot Salzer]

This issue came up on tex.sx (http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/329019). After adding a path decoration to a plot, the path name is no longer available for intersections. Below is a rather minimal exampe. When compiled as given, it produces the error

! Package pgf Error: No shape named intersection-1 is known.

When using the second plot instead of the first one (without decoration), the intersection works. The workaround currently is to use both plots, the first one for decorating and the second one for computing the path for the intersection.

Best regards, Gernot

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.text}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.13}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
\addplot[name path=A,postaction={decorate,decoration={text along path,text={text}}}] {x};
%\addplot[name path=A] {x};
\path[name path=B] (1,0) -- (1,4);
\node[name intersections={of=A and B, by=C}] at (C) {$\bullet$};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture} 
\end{document}

[Gernot Salzer]

Version information:
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