Inkscape: what are "line" objects?
- by Peter Mortensen
What is a "line" object in Inkscape? Drawing lines in
Inkscape is by using the tool "Draw Bezier curves and
straight lines (Shift+F6)". This creates objects of another
type, "path".
Using Inkscape: is there a way to convert an object of type
"line" into an object of the more general type "path"?
I have imported a drawing (mostly lines, rectangles and
text) that has been through Adobe Illustrator: originally
made in Inkscape, imported into Illustrator, edited, saved
from Illustrator as SVG, imported into Inkscape.
Sample from the imported SVG file:
<path
id="path5855"
stroke="#000000"
d=" M320.198,275.935" />
<line
fill="none"
stroke="#000000"
x1="348.553"
y1="45.097"
x2="348.553"
y2="185.346"
id="line3368" />
Update 1: I have inspected the original XML (SVG) file
from 2006 and it does not contain any "line" XML tags. Thus
it must be a crime of Adobe Illustrator.
When a line is selected in this imported SVG file the bottom
panel displays: "Line in root. Click selection to toggle
scale/rotation handles.".
When a line is selected that was drawn in Inkscape the
bottom panel displays: "Path (2 nodes) in Layer 1. Click
selection to toggle scale/rotation handles."
What is the difference between "line" and "path"?
Is "line" some kind of read-only/non-editable object?
A generic term like "line" is not easy to use in search, but I have now found
the definitions for "line" and "path":
SVG line: http://www.w3schools.com/svg/svg_line.asp
SVG path: http://www.w3schools.com/svg/svg_path.asp
Platform: Inkscape v0.46 (2008-03-10), Windows XP 64 bit, 8 GB RAM.
