Comment 1 for bug 879063

> The pattern behavior should not be document related, but per shape.
> It would be natural to have it as in the gradient case.
> This could make patterns scalable, and positionable related to shape's edges.

That's actually how it works in Inkscape: If you assign a stock or a custom pattern to an object, it is
- scalable
- transforms with the object (unless you intentionally turned this setting off)
- is object- not document-related.

> Several shapes might need different pattern (or even texture) positioning in the same document.

I don't understand why it should not be possible in Inkscape.

See also:
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Attributes-Fill-Stroke.html#Attributes-Patterns>