Template talk:Igen/ptx

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The text "(...)its text has been converted to paths, to inhibit translation", as envisioned by User:Sarang, is condescending, mean and wrong. To put it mildly. Text is, as far as I know, converted to path in SVGs to prevent the text from looking misshapen or even misplaced when a weaker platform tries to render it for its endusers. Even Wikipedia isnt very good at that. Since user:Sarangs insult could end up under every single one of my svg´s - I stop uploading new stuff. Alexpl (talk) 07:28, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexpl: You are right, it is not a good choice of explainng text; since longer I intend to change it from "to inhibit", which may postulate an intention of the author, to just "inhibiting" which just mentions the consequence.
Igen/ptx offers many variations (see the docu) to specify exactly the path text usage, as e,g,
 
This SVG file uses the path text method.
It will be no problem to say in addition e.g. "because of librsvg limitations" – would you like to have it? -- sarang사랑 08:15, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
AFAIK you have no User:Alexpl/common.js which means that you don't use the benefits of the script, all validation notes at your files are either made by others, or you are making them "by hand".
@Sarang: It does not make much sense for me to do any changes to the Igen code because somebody will further change/improve it (or one of its templates) at some point in the future, altering the text displayed under every single affected file again. I couldn´t anticipate 2018 what {{Igen|Inkscape|0|+|<|s=}} would end up looking like after you started this template in 2020. Removing Igen from "my" svg´s seems to be the only logical consequence, since I can not monitor those templates 24/7. Alexpl (talk) 09:16, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]