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On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 17:01 -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote:

> That's hard core!!
> It's a secret expert mode so that only the elite can create
> beautiful symbols.
> 
> > Details on the file format here:
> > http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:file_format_spec#path
> > http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:file_format_spec#path_data
> 

It's a result from the switch to cairo made by Peter C -- Cairo can do
Bezier curves, filled shapes and more -- but we have still to implement
the GUI editor. 

For what do you like to have that? I can only imagine fills for diodes
and transistors -- filled rectangles we already have. Do you want fancy
Bezier curves for symbols? Personally I do not really desire that. But
later I intend to implement basic Bezier curve/path editing in my Ruby
gschem clone.

If we want really "GREAT" graphics with color gradients, curved paths
and all that, we may think of importing inkscape's SVG graphics -- but
do we really need/want that? And is it easy for you to draw that in
inkscape? For me not -- I still have to learn using inkscape, and most
difficult point, I still have to be an artist.