[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 15477] New: <textPath> is missing 'spacing' & 'method' support

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15477

           Summary: <textPath> is missing 'spacing' & 'method' support
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 522+ (nightly)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: SVG
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: zimmermann at kde.org


As the title says, two textPath attributes are not handled.
I'm not sure about the importance of these:

- spacing seems a bit ridicolous to me.

<quote>
A value of exact indicates that the glyphs should be rendered exactly according
to the spacing rules as specified in Text on a path layout rules.

A value of auto indicates that the user agent should use text-on-a-path layout
algorithms to adjust the spacing between glyphs in order to achieve visually
appealing results.
</quote>

Please define visually appealing results. IMHO our current way to always use
"exact" makes more sense. I don't see the need for this setting, and I wouldn't
know how to implement it better in "auto" mode.

- 'method' seems interessting to support

Batik ignores this at the moment, AFAIK only Opera implements this.
Any comments on the need of these? Otherwhise I'd just postpone this.


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