Comment 2 for bug 1002230

I think it would also be useful to have an option (or maybe a script?) to quickly convert selected paths interactively to relative coordinates or absolute coordinates respectively (that means independently from a global setting).

Sometimes I find it useful to tweak some paths manually:
- When translating a path manually (without using a transform) this is straightforward with relative paths (only changing first two coordinates).
- When "drawing" a path manually it's often easier to think in a coordinate system rather than in relative movements, therefore working with absolute path data.