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Docs: gaps.md no longer says .ai editing data is not written
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@@ -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