Measure Path extension doesn't use real superscript

[Craig Marshall]

The measure path extension, when used to calculate the area of a path, uses the caret symbol and the digit 2 (^2) to show that the units are squared, for example 100 cm^2. Now that inkscape can produce real superscript and subscript, this extension should make use of that and emit correct superscript text.

I have attached a patch which will do this. It works for me with windows 7 and revision 9791 of trunk.

Please test this patch out and let me know if you have any trouble.

Thanks,
Craig

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Works as expected on Windows XP, Inkscape revision 9793.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Works as expected on OS X 10.5.8, Inkscape 0.48+devel r9802

The patch has a lot of white space changes. Can you do them in a separate patch, if they are needed?

[Craig Marshall (craig9-deactivatedaccount)]

New patch that should work in all cases (text along path, and text at fixed angle), and also doesn't have all those whitespace changes.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

New patch tested successfully on Windows XP, Inkscape trunk revision 12253.
Feel free to commit!

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Fixed in the trunk, revision 12255.
Thanks Craig!