After reading again Bug Reports about Inkscape page origin, I noticed that I was wrong.
That Bug Report have existed for more than 12 years so... read by yourself: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170049 https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/364036 Al On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Alejandro Tejada <capellan2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Include SVG-Edit and current versions of these editors: > https://www.sitepoint.com/6-free-web-based-svg-editors-compared/ > > I just keep wondering why nobody have forked Inkscape > and included the most requested feature: a plain simple > palette that translate page coordinates from bottomleft > to the topleft of the page. > > For more than 10 years, designers have been asking > Inkscape developers that they should move the page > origin from bottomleft to topleft (as svg specification > requires). In fact, someone posted a palette that > translate the page origin coordinates from bottomleft > to topleft (without changing or breaking any other > internal code) but this was quickly shutdown by > project maintainers. > > Probably this explains the glacial adoption pace > of Inkscape among designers and why SVG 2.0 > specification have been stalled for years and face > the risk of not being approved with all features > requested (many of them already in use) > > http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/is-svg-2-really-on-life-support > > Here is the main reason: > "there is not enough svg content using those svg features" > > While Macromedia and Adobe support pushed Flash content > presence to an incredible 29% (currently 6% among websites) > > https://www.fastcompany.com/3049920/the-agonizingly-slow- > decline-of-adobe-flash-player > > https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cp-flash/all/all > > SVG is only now that is reaching 4.5% > https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/im-svg/all/all > > That is what I call "The Reluctant Acceptance of SVG" > > Maybe in the near future, > 1) Inkscape developers could fulfill with more frequency > the most common and reasonable requests of their > own users. > 2) SVG new features are used more frequently and > enough content is posted online using those features. > 3) Better designed tools appear than allows to use these > new features without having to use so many workarounds > and acrobatics... > (for example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14684846/flattening- > svg-matrix-transforms-in-inkscape ) > > Al > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
