Strange behaviour of "Cut Path"

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wworld
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Strange behaviour of "Cut Path"

Postby wworld » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:37 pm

I just encountered a problem, I cannot explain:

I have two paths, as you can see the black one is in foreground:
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When I select Path->Cut Path I get this:
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If I move the black path at least 1 unit upwards before applying the cut, I get the expected result:
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I can't figure out, why the behaviour is such different depending on the exact location of the black cutting path. Can anyone help me out?
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tomh
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Re: Strange behaviour of "Cut Path"

Postby tomh » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:30 am

Unfortunately a known bug ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/166302 ) To make it cut properly, there has to be a node between the cut path and the end of the path that you want to cut.
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wworld
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Re: Strange behaviour of "Cut Path"

Postby wworld » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:21 am

OK, thank you. So I got it working by inserting additional nodes.
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