processing / processing/processing4

loadShape() problems with SVGs that have . starting a number in a path

Open
#518 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

has attachment help wanted
Dominant language
Java
Stars
494
Forks
183
Avg merge
4h 39m
Merged PRs (30d)
3

Description

Created by: benfry

Re-saving the SVG in 1.0 format with Illustrator instead of 1.1 will fix the issue, but the problem seems to be that a leading . in the SVG path code won't render properly, for instance:

This caused a problem with the variable icons, which was fixed commit 805306fd1b4eeeac35bf1c29693d751edf349f57, so using the previous version of the SVGs should do the trick for testing.

Test code:

static final String[] names = { 
  "array", "boolean", "byte", "char", "double", "float",  
  "integer", "long", "object", "short", "string"
};

void setup() {
  size(250, 550);
  textAlign(LEFT, CENTER);
  textSize(24);
  fill(0);

  int each = 50;
  int pos = 0;
  for (String name : names) {
    PShape s = loadShape(name + ".svg");
    shape(s, 0, pos, each, each);
    text(name, 60, pos + each/2);
    pos += each;
  }
  saveFrame("issue.png");
}

issue

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start at loadShape() and the SVG path parsing entry point, then reproduce the supplied sketch with the previous SVG versions mentioned in the issue. Check tokenization for paths such as M3,.6 and M.6.7; done means leading-decimal coordinates parse correctly and the variable icons render as expected.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.