joins disjointed line and arc segments into single path

[darkworks]

Am wondering is there any feature in plan which could allow to joins disjointed line and arc segments into single path. currently i have noticed that squares or rects are output as 4 or 3 different paths which make it harder to do operations on those shapes like for fill like operations the square lines should be interconnected in single path.

Example : like this one outline split into multiple paths

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<svg version='1.1' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink' width='227.178pt' height='191.646pt' viewBox='0 -191.646 227.178 191.646'>
<g id='page1'>
<g transform='matrix(1 0 0 -1 0 0)'>

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M12.968756 186.722994C11.058599 186.722994 9.226564 185.965009 7.878909 184.613448C6.527345 183.265855 5.769531 181.433821 5.769531 179.523834" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M5.769531 179.523834V12.121112" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M5.769531 12.121112C5.769531 10.214838 6.527345 8.382804 7.878909 7.031254C9.226564 5.67969 11.058599 4.921875 12.968756 4.921875" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M12.968756 4.921875H214.152625" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M214.152625 4.988281C216.062896 4.988281 217.890962 5.746094 219.242523 7.097658C220.594084 8.44922 221.351786 10.277342 221.351786 12.187499" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M221.410463 179.523834V11.753911" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M221.410463 179.523834C221.410463 181.433821 220.648793 183.265855 219.3012 184.613448C217.949639 185.965009 216.117605 186.722994 214.211303 186.722994" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M12.968756 186.722994H214.211303" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>

</g>
</g>
</svg>

however on the above one we cant do operations like fill , so i manually tried to combined paths for fill operations

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<svg version='1.1' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink' width='229.116pt' height='191.646pt' viewBox='0 -191.646 229.116 191.646'>
<g id='page1'>
<g transform='matrix(1 0 0 -1 0 0)'>

<path fill="#05382d" id="svg_1" d="M12.968756 186.722994C11.058599 186.722994 9.226564 185.965009 7.878909 184.613448C6.527345 183.265855 5.769531 181.433821 5.769531 179.523834 V12.121112 C5.769531 10.214838 6.527345 8.382804 7.878909 7.031254C9.226564 5.67969 11.058599 4.921875 12.968756 4.921875 H214.152625 C216.062896 4.988281 217.890962 5.746094 219.242523 7.097658C220.594084 8.44922 221.351786 10.277342 221.351786 12.187499 V11.753911 C221.410463 181.433821 220.648793 183.265855 219.3012 184.613448C217.949639 185.965009 216.117605 186.722994 214.211303 186.722994 H214.211303 " fill-opacity="1" stroke-opacity="1"></path>

</g>
</g>
</svg>

Squares example split into multiple paths will be good if represented as single path so that fill like operation can be performed on it

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<svg version='1.1' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink' width='847.853pt' height='377.868pt' viewBox='0 -377.868 847.853 377.868'>
<g id='page1'>
<g transform='matrix(1 0 0 -1 0 0)'>

<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M266.656725 219.20764H300.105879" stroke="#f0126f" fill="none" stroke-width=".56693" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M266.656725 219.20764V248.969481H300.105879" stroke="#f0126f" fill="none" stroke-width=".56693" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M300.105879 219.20764V248.969481" stroke="#f0126f" fill="none" stroke-width=".56693" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>


<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M145.472887 360.625777H175.238412" stroke="#f0126f" fill="none" stroke-width=".56693" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M175.238412 327.176624V360.625777" stroke="#f0126f" fill="none" stroke-width=".56693" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M145.472887 327.176624H175.238412" stroke="#f0126f" fill="none" stroke-width=".56693" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" d="M145.472887 327.176624V360.625777" stroke="#f0126f" fill="none" stroke-width=".56693" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>

</g>
</g>
</svg>

[kpym]

There are two ways to join open paths (not containing z or Z), under the condition that the paths are correct, i.e. starting with capital M:

• One is to simply concatenate the strings.
• The other is to replace the starting M by L in the second path and then to concatenate the strings.

With regard to filling both methods are the same, but with regard to drawing the second method joins with line segment the end of the first open path to the beginning of the second one.

If the paths are not open, i.e. containing z or Z, then the first method works (just concatenate the strings starting with M), but the second one can produce strange things.

So for you probably you should just ensure that the paths starts with M and then just concatenate them.
For example like this:

    newpath = SVGPath(path1).normalise().toString() + SVGPath(path2).normalise().toString();

[darkworks]

thanks i will try it out to see how it goes :)