Hi Regina,

In ODF 1.3 part 3, section 10.6 the term "Custom Shapes" is used to
describe the element <draw:custom-shape>. So I believe you could use
"Custom Shape(s)" to write this guide. It would be suitable from the
standpoint of developers.

Regards,
Rafael Lima

On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 11:52 AM Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm going to write a Wiki page about CustomShapes addressed to
> developers. Text therein will be for example:
>
> 1 What is “CustomShape”?
> “CustomShape” is a technical term and does not mean “made by the user”.
> But “CustomShape” is the umbrella term for those shapes, which have an
> enhanced geometry. These shapes are written as element
> <draw:custom-shape> in the file markup in ODF format.
> Many of these shapes have handles and shape specific glue points. For
> all of these shapes and only for them the tool “Toggle Extrusion” is
> active in the UI. Looking at it allows to quickly distinguish a
> CustomShape from other kind of shapes.
>
>
> We have already page
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Remarks_on_Fontwork_and_TextWarp
> There the spelling "custom-shapes" is used.
>
>
> The Draw guide has "custom shape" in chapter "Text callout".
>
> In the style dialog in the UI we have on tab 'text' the wording "Custom
> Shape Text".
>
>
> I am looking for a spelling that makes clear, that it is a technical
> term for a kind of shapes and that "custom" in this context has nothing
> to do with "user".
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
>
>
>
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