I was not able to compile for Mac OS. I'm sure it's no fault of anyone but me, but this is why I have not been able to test.
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:34 PM, vaifrax <170...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I tried looking at the svg side and I'm a little confused. > > How about, as a first step, modifying inkscape so that rulers and mouse > pointer coordinate status use the origin that is indirectly defined by the > viewbox? What about the viewbox units? Second step would be a gui to > actually configure the viewbox within inkscape in a user friendly way. > Finally, using those coordinates directly for new objects instead of > inserting another transformation (I think this is what Krzysztof wrote in > the previous post). > (viewbox reference: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/coords.html#ViewBoxAttribute) > I played around with a hand coded svg, in case anyone else is interested I > attached it. > > This alone does not allow setting up an inverted y axis (to enable having > y axis pointing up like now) but it looks like there is a ‘svg:transform’ > attribute for that. Inverting the axis would also require things like > flipping text, I think? > (svg:transform reference: > http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/coords.html#SVGGlobalTransformAttribute ) > > Maybe it helps if we can agree on how coordinate systems should be defined > in the svg and how inkscape should display units and rulers? > I feel like I haven't really understood all issues. > > ** Attachment added: "viewbox with origin in the center of the page" > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170049/+attachment/3551689/+files/viewbox-test.svg > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 > > Title: > Inverted ruler co-ordinate system > > Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: > In Progress > Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > The y-axis of the rulers' co-ordinate system is > inverted (increasing upwards), and places the origin on > the bottom left of the viewport. The SVG spec places the > default origin on the top left of the viewport, and has > the co-ordinate system increasing to the right and > downwards. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170049/+subscriptions > -- John LeMasney lemasney on Facebook, Twitter, and everywhere else. http://about.me/lemasney 6095539498 http://john.lemasney.com -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170049/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs