From 3a44447aeb29f2da9d4726454c97701a3f521053 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dotCooCoo Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 02:17:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: remove the duplicated G9 .ai sentence that says .ai editing data is not written A merge left a second copy of the G9 `.ai`/EPS Missing bullet's opening inside the bullet. That copy says writing the editing data is out of scope, while the same bullet and file-format-parity.md say a PDF-compatible `.ai` carries an editing copy of the art. The bullet now has one copy, with the newer brush wording that matches the 2026-11-05 entry above it. --- docs/gaps.md | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/gaps.md b/docs/gaps.md index f0619ff21..2edc2e575 100644 --- a/docs/gaps.md +++ b/docs/gaps.md @@ -211,19 +211,14 @@ macOS cursor delivery (#2292) is narrowed to a native host adapter using the exi art with strokes, gradients or patterns) and type with an Art brush keep the drawn look. - **Missing:** faithful layer and group structure from the editing data in real files (#951: 109 layers instead - of 14), open speed on large files (#758), live effects, Scatter, Art, Pattern and Bristle brushes on paths, a - path's own Calligraphic brush settings, and symbols as live objects (#637; plain art styles read Drop Shadow, Outer Glow and Feather as live effects; pattern fills and global colours are read since #1025, placed (linked) files since #1264). A PDF-compatible `.ai` carries an editing copy of the art in the form + of 14), open speed on large files (#758), live effects, Scatter, Pattern and Bristle brushes on paths, the Art + brushes listed above as keeping the drawn look, a path's own Calligraphic or Art brush settings, and symbols as live objects (#637; plain art styles read Drop Shadow, Outer Glow and Feather as live effects; pattern fills and global colours are read since #1025, placed (linked) files since #1264). A PDF-compatible `.ai` carries an editing copy of the art in the form VectorCraft's reader reads (layers, groups, paths, colors, gradients, patterns, images, transparency, opacity masks, clipping, type as text and symbols), with live effects kept only on paths, compound paths and groups that qualify (at most a fill and a stroke, a non-zero fill rule when filled, no large canvas) and whose appearance and effects the art-style writer supports, other objects' effects other than geometry effects left out, and live objects written as their art ([file-format-parity.md](file-format-parity.md)). Save As `.ai` › Version: Legacy (version 7) writes the PostScript form from the published version 7 specification, keeping layers (names, order, visibility, lock), groups, compound paths, clipping groups, gradients and - of 14), open speed on large files (#758), live effects, Scatter, Pattern and Bristle brushes on paths, the Art - brushes listed above as keeping the drawn look, a path's own Calligraphic or Art brush settings, and symbols as live objects (#637; plain art styles read Drop Shadow, Outer Glow and Feather as live effects; pattern fills and global colours are read since #1025, placed (linked) files since #1264). Writing Illustrator's own editing data is out of scope - (undocumented): a PDF-compatible `.ai` opens in Illustrator 2018 without its layers and groups (#868). Save As - `.ai` › Version: Legacy (version 7) writes the PostScript form from the published version 7 specification - instead, keeping layers (names, order, visibility, lock), groups, compound paths, clipping groups, gradients and images, and type as editable text objects (or outlines), one artboard per file (an artboard picker chooses which); transparency, live effects and object names don't survive it (transparent images are flattened or omitted, hidden objects go to a hidden layer, are omitted or made visible), and type is set again in the