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[23:14] aukeroorda Hello
[23:23] pdr hi
[23:25] aukeroorda Hey pdr
[23:25] aukeroorda I have a question about SVG paths
[23:25] aukeroorda I have edited in this screenshot: http://prntscr.com/a178hk
[23:26] aukeroorda I looked at the w3 specification but I couldnt really find what I was looking for there
[23:26] pdr aukeroorda, I can't really tell what you are asking for.
[23:27] aukeroorda Hmm, do you use illustrator?
[23:27] aukeroorda Wait, I make a new screenshot
[23:27] pdr I do not
[23:28] aukeroorda http://prntscr.com/a17bfl As you can see here, the 4 lines are just straight
[23:28] aukeroorda but their stroke has a 'shape', that morphes along the path
[23:28] pdr ah, "variable width strokes" is the keyword you're looking for
[23:29] aukeroorda Ah, thanks!
[23:29] pdr it's been proposed but afaik is not supported nor is there a plan
[23:29] pdr if you want to shoot an email to the spec group, it's www-svg
[23:30] aukeroorda Am I important enough to try to get people to change the specification just for a case I want? I am just using this for a single svg animation
[23:32] pdr aukeroorda, it's not really about importance per say :) Feedback is always welcome from actual users
[23:33] pdr aukeroorda, how are you doing the animation btw?
[23:33] aukeroorda With javaScript
[23:33] aukeroorda Trying to make a watch
[23:33] aukeroorda I have the functionality
[23:33] aukeroorda but now I want to make functions to draw the watch
[23:33] aukeroorda instead of making the watch in an vector editor
[23:33] pdr gotcha. For your usecase, I'd just manually compute the points on the path in javascript
[23:34] pdr like... render the stroke itself as a path
[23:34] aukeroorda Yeah, hmm
[23:34] pdr I used this approach for a speedometer a few days ago
[23:34] aukeroorda This is zoomed in on the watch I am trying to replicate: http://prntscr.com/a17eda
[23:34] aukeroorda There are really many cresent moon shapes
[23:35] pdr where are the cresent shapes?
[23:35] aukeroorda They are relief circles, casting crescent shaped shadows
[23:35] pdr oohh
[23:35] pdr I see
[23:35] pdr the background
[23:35] aukeroorda Yeah, really subtle
[23:35] pdr You might want to look at filters to see if you can achieve this effect
[23:36] aukeroorda Hmm, svg filters?
[23:36] pdr yeah
[23:37] aukeroorda Hmm, this might actually be better http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16664244/draw-a-crescent-moon-using-svg-in-html
[23:37] aukeroorda I have the parameters for the coordinates
[23:37] aukeroorda so maybe it is better to create actual outlines
[23:38] pdr might want to get out a compass to double-check that these really are crescents
[23:38] aukeroorda *I mean circles and use the clipping
[23:38] aukeroorda Hmm, it is physically so?
[23:39] pdr yeah. I'm not sure if a shadow cast by a circular pattern can be represented by two intersecting circles. I'm just not sure, it may work
[23:39] aukeroorda Hmm, might be really close to css shadow actually: http://www.corelangs.com/css/box/img/css-shadow.png
[23:40] aukeroorda Which is close to the svg filters you suggested
[23:40] pdr yeah, there's a shadow filter
[23:40] pdr in svg too