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00:41:07 <wormsxulla__> sim_test: i now have a flv of 249 frames!
00:41:19 <wormsxulla__> oops, sorry, wrong channel
04:39:51 <zekel> I'm trying to create a path with striped alternating colors. I haven't been able to find a way to do this (I can't get a pattern to work, but it's promising...).
04:40:30 <zekel> (Not that anyone's up right now. I'll lurk and hope someone has an answer or hint.)
05:16:18 <JonCruz> sure they are
05:16:27 <JonCruz> just not looking at their screens
05:20:58 <JonCruz> zekel: boo
05:21:07 <zekel> Hi
05:21:11 <zekel> I actually figured it out.
05:21:19 <zekel> JonCruz: Such a simple answer.
05:21:54 <zekel> Two identical dashed lines, with a starting offset on one equal to the dashed distance.
05:23:30 <JonCruz> Yeah. I was going to mention that dashes are your only help for following the path itself, not the imagined shape it contains
05:24:14 <zekel> Yeah. I thought that was the best I was going to get though, so I was pursuing it.
05:24:23 <zekel> Ended up with something like this, if you/anyone cares: http://pastie.textmate.org/private/gtprnixsy1ja2b2gcmmdaq
05:24:36 <zekel> SVG is really cool, but it's hard to find good examples.
07:18:17 <wormsxulla___> wormsxulla___ is now known as wormsxulla
07:36:45 * wormsxulla pings ed_work
07:37:44 <wormsxulla> ed_work: i'm sorry if i'm pinging you for no reason, but would you by any chance be the same "Ed" as the one who did that: http://www.halley.cc/code/?python/svgbuild.py ? (i have questions!)
15:30:10 <Agamemnus> is there any way to find out in IE (using Adobe SVG Viewer) when an SVG <embed> object was (actually) loaded? flame away
15:30:49 * Agamemnus dons flame-protection suit. Body/legs/boots, goggles, full face helmet, shield.
15:31:20 <Agamemnus> That is, if it was loaded in Javascript, the event that says "i'm loaded!"
15:32:10 <Agamemnus> I tried attachEvent('onload'), but myobj.getSVGDocument() returns an undefined error
16:38:07 <JibberJim> Agamemnus: easiest way would be to have the svg file call back to the page
16:38:18 <JibberJim> parent.IAmLoaded()
16:44:27 <Agamemnus> thank you, yes.
16:44:29 <Agamemnus> good idea
16:47:16 <Agamemnus> except it doesn't fire.
16:48:08 <Agamemnus> onload="alert('"
16:48:14 <Agamemnus> onload="alert('ar')" on the <svg>
16:48:15 <Agamemnus> nothing.
16:51:13 <Agamemnus> oh, looks like the SVG was cached and didn't get refreshed
16:52:18 <JibberJim> so it's okay now?
16:52:36 <JibberJim> there's window.evalScript( ); from the svg instance too if the parent.whatever doesn't work
17:00:02 <Agamemnus> no
17:00:06 <Agamemnus> it's not quite ok
17:00:13 <Agamemnus> in Firefox it works perfectly
17:00:23 <Agamemnus> in IE6, the returned object is "[window]"
17:00:31 <Agamemnus> my function is:
17:00:33 <Agamemnus> onload="window.top.ini_images_svgobj_onload(this)"
17:00:39 <Agamemnus> and inside I do alert(that)
17:02:13 <JibberJim> what do you want to return
17:02:17 <JibberJim> spell it out explicitly
17:02:33 <Agamemnus> the <g> in the svg object...
17:02:45 <Agamemnus> actually I think I can do a workaround if I return the id instead
17:02:49 <JibberJim> _onload(document.getElementById('yourg'))
17:03:08 <Agamemnus> ?
17:03:33 <Agamemnus> ok
17:03:35 <JibberJim> instead of passing this
17:03:40 <JibberJim> get the g element
17:06:01 <Agamemnus> just the id works better
17:06:05 <Agamemnus> if at all
17:06:07 <Agamemnus> still testing it
17:06:53 <Agamemnus> or... idk.
17:08:04 <Agamemnus> ok, that works. but it's a bit clumsy.
17:10:37 <Agamemnus> JibberJim, do you know any way to do something like: "onload(window.top.ini_images_svgobj_onload(myparent)" ?
17:11:01 <Agamemnus> If I can get the reference to the parent I can find out everything
17:11:17 <Agamemnus> I just don't want to be pasting onload="window.top.ini_images_svgobj_onload(document.getElementById('kuba_crystal_earth_recycle'))">
17:11:25 <Agamemnus> or something like that.. every time.
17:12:00 <JibberJim> no don't think so
17:12:04 <JibberJim> the this as you saw is screwed up
17:12:12 <JibberJim> ah hang on
17:12:32 <JibberJim> you can play with the event object
17:14:38 <JibberJim> onload=".... onload( event.target )
17:15:11 <JibberJim> or .currentTarget
18:12:29 <Agamemnus> thanks, I'll try it.
18:15:02 <Agamemnus> evt.target works perfectly
18:17:04 <Agamemnus> ok, now the remaining problem is removing the "click to activate and use this control"/focus stuff
18:22:48 <JibberJim> apply your IE patches!
18:24:09 <Agamemnus> IE7?
18:24:11 <Agamemnus> Never
18:27:47 <JibberJim> but the click to activate is fixed if you're up to date on your patches
18:28:58 <Agamemnus> ok
18:29:13 <Agamemnus> I did find a workaround though!
18:29:48 <Agamemnus> it's, as makk told me, to add the object w/innerHTML from an outside script
18:32:29 <Agamemnus> i got the patch.
18:32:39 <Agamemnus> i'm going to use the workaround anyway for those who don't
18:32:43 <Agamemnus> gotta reinstall to try it
18:32:47 <Agamemnus> i mean
18:32:49 <Agamemnus> reboot
20:16:58 <stelt> ed_work, sth i came across: http://veikoh.freehostia.com/mblog//articles/Why-Opera-cant-support-their-partners.html
20:59:58 <Agamemnus> can anyone tell me how to jump to the <svg> from an object in the .svg?
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