Merge pull request #1612 from storytold/docs/progress-1013c

Docs: ROADMAP 2026-10-13 adds #1492–#1583; Average and Join corrected to missing, Polish row count

ROADMAP.md

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 **Stage: alpha** · next: beta, ~13 points (ready for real work ~62% → ~75%, and reliable `.ai` exchange) and ~170–270 h away
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (community PRs and fixes of late 2026-10-12: type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; Tabs panel drags, #1458; template layers in Outline view, #1486; dialog slider rails, #1483; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; print-size images, #1517; French catalog complete again, #1511; headline numbers unchanged; Image Trace colour and photo presets, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; community PRs and fixes of 2026-10-12: Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect across an angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; many-object edits, #1429 in part; headline numbers unchanged; Image Trace places edges to a fraction of a pixel, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; Transform dialogs preview and the transform tools act on direct-selected anchors, #1412 and #1408; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint, #1388, and text-only PDF parts, #1387; community PRs: strokes wider than their shape, corner drags without the bounding box, pasted pictures, compound paths in `document.inspect`, MCP guide; headline numbers unchanged; community PRs: `.ai` editing-data follow-ups (gradient stops, type of objects with an appearance, short area-type frames), PDF bleed with editing data, dialog keyboard focus, art flush with an artboard, font rescan, symbol instance redraw, `--control` port check; headline numbers unchanged; Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid tool options, #1377 in part; `.ai` files with placed (linked) pictures open from their editing data, #1264; community PRs: `.ai` and PDF bleed and editing-data import, gradient shapes imported as paths, ruler origin, Align To, Live Corners corner selection; headline numbers unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; community PRs: graph designs, Graph Data worksheet and Graph Type options; Align both centres; Pen endpoint fixes; earlier: Effect › Brush Strokes landed: Photoshop-style filters 28 of 57, raster effects 40% → 48%; `.ai` gradients, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; headline numbers unchanged; `.ai` art styles and clipping fills from the editing data; headline numbers unchanged; `editingData: "always"`; headline numbers unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (community PRs and fixes of 2026-10-13: Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; `.ai`, PDF, EPS and SVG import fixes, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts lists commands outside the menus, #1539; headline numbers unchanged; community PRs and fixes of late 2026-10-12: type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; Tabs panel drags, #1458; template layers in Outline view, #1486; dialog slider rails, #1483; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; print-size images, #1517; French catalog complete again, #1511; headline numbers unchanged; Image Trace colour and photo presets, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; community PRs and fixes of 2026-10-12: Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect across an angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; many-object edits, #1429 in part; headline numbers unchanged; Image Trace places edges to a fraction of a pixel, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; Transform dialogs preview and the transform tools act on direct-selected anchors, #1412 and #1408; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint, #1388, and text-only PDF parts, #1387; community PRs: strokes wider than their shape, corner drags without the bounding box, pasted pictures, compound paths in `document.inspect`, MCP guide; headline numbers unchanged; community PRs: `.ai` editing-data follow-ups (gradient stops, type of objects with an appearance, short area-type frames), PDF bleed with editing data, dialog keyboard focus, art flush with an artboard, font rescan, symbol instance redraw, `--control` port check; headline numbers unchanged; Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid tool options, #1377 in part; `.ai` files with placed (linked) pictures open from their editing data, #1264; community PRs: `.ai` and PDF bleed and editing-data import, gradient shapes imported as paths, ruler origin, Align To, Live Corners corner selection; headline numbers unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; community PRs: graph designs, Graph Data worksheet and Graph Type options; Align both centres; Pen endpoint fixes; earlier: Effect › Brush Strokes landed: Photoshop-style filters 28 of 57, raster effects 40% → 48%; `.ai` gradients, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; headline numbers unchanged; `.ai` art styles and clipping fills from the editing data; headline numbers unchanged; `editingData: "always"`; headline numbers unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 VectorCraft is a clean-room, open-source, pure-Rust reimplementation of the Adobe Illustrator workflow. It runs
 on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and the web (WASM), and agents can drive all of it over MCP, the CLI and a JSON
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ Ranked; detail in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md) and [docs/gaps.md](docs/gap
 
 | Date | What landed |
 |---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | The interface is available in Polish (`pl`): menus, panels, dialogs and messages, with one/few/many plurals; AI-drafted, native review pending (#1498). Native documents with a lot of path data (traced or generated art, in layers, symbols or patterns) are saved as compact JSON, about a fifth of the size; small documents stay pretty-printed (#1492). Paste takes a PDF or EPS another app copied as editable vector art: from the macOS pasteboard (with SVG), EPS on Windows beside PDF, and `.eps` files copied in a file manager, with the new command `clipboard.importEps` (#1538, fixes #1499). Opening or placing a file with an image too large to decode says so, and the Links panel shows it on the row (#1540, part of #1479). Import: a multi-artboard `.ai` with notes beside its artboards opens from its editing data, a page's art past its artboard no longer lying over the page before it (#1528); a `.ai` gradient whose stops are listed upwards keeps each midpoint on the stop that starts its part of the ramp (#1530); SVG text on a path follows basic shapes (circle, ellipse, rect, line, polyline, polygon) as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1531, fixes #1527); PDFs whose alpha soft masks are drawn as images import with the mask instead of empty art (#1551); EPS and PostScript type set in Type 42 (TrueType) fonts imports at its size instead of 1000 times too large (#1553); PDF and EPS import keep a clipping path whose bounding box covers the page but whose shape doesn't (#1544, fixes #1542). Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps the paint of its backmost path instead of drawing nothing, and compound paths joined into one keep their holes (#1537). Live Corners: a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape, and the Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag (#1547, fixes #1512). Join merges the selected anchor points that lie on one another, as after Average, into one anchor (#1582, fixes #1533). Guides: Lock Guides also locks the objects made into guides: they can't be selected, moved or deleted (#1543); they are drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences, and a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on (#1583, fixes #1534). Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts lists Edit › Duplicate and the other commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1549, #1580, fixes #1539). Raster effects (blur, shadow, glow, grain) drawn after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size (#1541, fixes #1536). Fonts: the font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux). |
 | 2026-10-13 | Image Trace's colour presets trace flat art with its own colours however many are asked for (noise no longer shatters it: 16 Colors 70 → 4 paths on the harness's flat art; no slivers of in-between colour along anti-aliased edges), and the photo presets trace a photo into smooth tones without specks or hairlines (High Fidelity Photo 3,653 → 121 paths, colour error 2.30 → 1.75; 16 megapixels traced where 4 were refused) ([`docs/image-trace-quality.md`](docs/image-trace-quality.md)). |
 | 2026-10-13 | Image Trace traces anti-aliased and blurred images to a fraction of a pixel in Black and White, Grayscale and Color, with corners put back, straight edges as lines and round outlines as circles; a harness measures every preset before and after ([`docs/image-trace-quality.md`](docs/image-trace-quality.md)): outlines 0.31 → 0.09 px off on average (Default), 0.27 → 0.06 (Black and White Logo). |
 | 2026-10-13 | Effect › 3D and Materials: Inflate takes Twist, Taper and Cap (Hollow leaves the back open), as the 3D docs list for every type. |

docs/effects-parity.md

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 # Effects parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (3D and Materials on outlined type and other shapes of many small curves, #1481; Twist 0° to 360°, #1524; twisted walls keep their faces, #1525; score unchanged; 3D and Materials: Inflate takes Twist, Taper and Cap; score unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (raster effects after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size, #1536; score unchanged; 3D and Materials on outlined type and other shapes of many small curves, #1481; Twist 0° to 360°, #1524; twisted walls keep their faces, #1525; score unchanged; 3D and Materials: Inflate takes Twist, Taper and Cap; score unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Every entry of Illustrator's Effect menu, by its public feature name, against VectorCraft's effects catalogue
 (`effect_catalog()` in `crates/effects/src/lib.rs`) and the Effect menu built from it
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 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Raster effects (blur, shadow, glow, grain) drawn after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size (#1541, fixes #1536); scores unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | 3D and Materials: outlined words and other shapes of many small curves take Rotate, Extrude & Bevel and Inflate (curves are sampled by a tolerance; Rotate takes up to 65,536 outline points; #1481); Extrude & Bevel's Twist runs 0° to 360° as the public panel reference gives it, a negative value drawing untwisted (#1524); a twisted extrusion keeps its walls, which were dropped from about 45° (#1525); details in [three-d.md](three-d.md); 3D stays ~25%, 25–45 h (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Inflate takes Twist, Taper and Cap ([three-d.md](three-d.md)); 3D stays ~25%, 25–45 h: materials, lights and shadows are the bulk of what remains |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate (initial, [three-d.md](three-d.md)); 3D ~8% → ~25%, 45–75 → 25–45 h |

docs/file-format-parity.md

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 # File format parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (a `.ai` page's art past its artboard no longer lies over the page before it when read as its PDF part; grayscale TIFFs with an alpha channel or extra channels place and open, #1466 in part; a faded or masked fill keeps its stroke apart on PDF and `.ai` import, #1434; SVG knockout groups without masks, #1435; Affinity import: a text frame too short for its first line is made taller, #1423; `.ai` editing data: a compound path takes its last path's paint and keeps paths grouped inside it, #1410; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; `.ai` art styles, clipping fills and compound looks from the editing data; `editingData: "always"` opens a `.ai` from its editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; `.ai` art styles, clipping fills and compound looks from the editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; SVG knockout groups of opaque art without masks; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` keeps its RGB numbers; PDF import keeps a stroke apart from a fill masked or faded by its group) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (compact native saves for documents with a lot of path data, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; `.ai` gradient stops listed upwards, #1530; SVG text on basic shapes, #1527; PDF soft masks drawn as images, #1551; Type 42 fonts in EPS, #1553; clips that only seem to cover the page, #1542; images too large to decode are reported, #1540; a `.ai` page's art past its artboard no longer lies over the page before it when read as its PDF part; grayscale TIFFs with an alpha channel or extra channels place and open, #1466 in part; a faded or masked fill keeps its stroke apart on PDF and `.ai` import, #1434; SVG knockout groups without masks, #1435; Affinity import: a text frame too short for its first line is made taller, #1423; `.ai` editing data: a compound path takes its last path's paint and keeps paths grouped inside it, #1410; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; `.ai` art styles, clipping fills and compound looks from the editing data; `editingData: "always"` opens a `.ai` from its editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; `.ai` art styles, clipping fills and compound looks from the editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; SVG knockout groups of opaque art without masks; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` keeps its RGB numbers; PDF import keeps a stroke apart from a fill masked or faded by its group) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Every format Illustrator opens, places, saves or exports, against VectorCraft's format table (`FORMATS`,
 `OPEN_EXTS`, `PLACE_EXTS` in `crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/mod.rs`). Illustrator's list comes from its public
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 | Format | Illustrator | Ours: open/place | Ours: save/export | Fidelity and tests |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
-| VectorCraft `.vectorcraft` / `.vctemplate` | — | yes | yes | lossless JSON, versioned, save down to v1; property-tested round trips (`format/tests/prop_format.rs`) |
+| VectorCraft `.vectorcraft` / `.vctemplate` | — | yes | yes | lossless JSON, versioned, save down to v1; property-tested round trips (`format/tests/prop_format.rs`); documents with a lot of path data are written as compact JSON, about a fifth of the size (#1492) |
 | Illustrator `.ai` | open, save | yes (PDF-compatible + editing-data structure) | PDF-compatible only | see above; no real-file corpus |
 | Illustrator template `.ait` | open, save | yes | no (save as `.vctemplate`) | |
-| PDF | open, place, save | yes (layers, masks, editable text, security, overprint; Crop To › Trim takes the bleed box as the document's bleed) | yes (presets, PDF/X-1a/3/4, layers, marks and bleed, ICC, fast web view, 1.3+) | fuzzed import; PDF text placement issues in some files (#722) |
+| PDF | open, place, save | yes (layers, masks, editable text, security, overprint; Crop To › Trim takes the bleed box as the document's bleed) | yes (presets, PDF/X-1a/3/4, layers, marks and bleed, ICC, fast web view, 1.3+) | fuzzed import; PDF text placement issues in some files (#722); alpha soft masks drawn as images import with the mask (#1551); a clip only counts as covering the page when its shape does (#1542); a PDF another app copied pastes as editable vector art (#1499) |
-| EPS | open, place, save | yes (own PostScript L3 interpreter, Illustrator EPS editing data structure) | yes (L2/L3, TIFF previews) | CID-keyed CJK type and CCITTFax images not read; #505 |
+| EPS | open, place, save | yes (own PostScript L3 interpreter, Illustrator EPS editing data structure) | yes (L2/L3, TIFF previews) | CID-keyed CJK type and CCITTFax images not read; #505; Type 42 (TrueType) fonts set type at its size (#1553); a clip only counts as covering the page when its shape does (#1542); an EPS another app copied pastes as editable vector art (`clipboard.importEps`, #1499) |
 | PostScript `.ps` | open | no | via Print to PostScript | |
-| SVG / SVGZ | open, place, save | yes | yes (SVG Options, Preserve Editing, symbols, filters, rich text) | strongest format; tests in `crates/svg/tests` |
+| SVG / SVGZ | open, place, save | yes | yes (SVG Options, Preserve Editing, symbols, filters, rich text) | strongest format; tests in `crates/svg/tests`; text on a path follows basic shapes as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1527) |
 | DXF | open, export | yes | yes (R12–2018) | R13–2018 closed SPLINE flags and control-point closure on import verified (#1299); [Autodesk group 70](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2024/ENU/AutoCAD-DXF/files/GUID-E1F884F8-AA90-4864-A215-3182D47A9C74.htm). CIRCLE/ARC export fitting, CNC preset and VCarve QA remain open |
 | DWG | open, export | no | no | no open spec; DXF instead |
 | EMF / WMF | open, export | yes | yes | |
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ the app's own editing copy of a file (an EPS after its `%%EOF`, a `.ai`'s `AIPri
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Native documents with a lot of path data (traced or generated art, in layers, symbols or patterns) are saved as compact JSON, about a fifth of the size; small documents stay pretty-printed (#1492); Paste takes a PDF or EPS another app copied as editable vector art: from the macOS pasteboard (with SVG), EPS on Windows beside PDF, and `.eps` files copied in a file manager, with the new command `clipboard.importEps` (#1538, fixes #1499); Opening or placing a file with an image too large to decode says so, and the Links panel shows it on the row (#1540, part of #1479); a multi-artboard `.ai` with notes beside its artboards opens from its editing data, a page's art past its artboard no longer lying over the page before it (#1528); a `.ai` gradient whose stops are listed upwards keeps each midpoint on the stop that starts its part of the ramp (#1530); SVG text on a path follows basic shapes (circle, ellipse, rect, line, polyline, polygon) as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1531, fixes #1527); PDFs whose alpha soft masks are drawn as images import with the mask instead of empty art (#1551); EPS and PostScript type set in Type 42 (TrueType) fonts imports at its size instead of 1000 times too large (#1553); PDF and EPS import keep a clipping path whose bounding box covers the page but whose shape doesn't (#1544, fixes #1542) (the `.ai` row for #1528 was written by that PR); scores unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | `.ai` read as its PDF part: a page whose art reaches past its artboard to the left (notes beside a design) moves right in the row until that art clears the page before it, so it is no longer taken for that page's art; a multi-artboard `.ai` with such notes opened as its PDF part ("the art on them differs from the page's"), without the art outside its artboards, and now opens from its editing data |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | TIFF: grayscale files with an alpha channel or other extra channels place, relink and open, read as CMYK files with alpha already were (8 and 16 bits, either polarity; #1489, part of #1466); the rows for #1434 (strokes kept apart from a faded or masked fill, a `.ai`'s RGB numbers) and #1435 (SVG knockout groups without masks, `--decimals`) were written by those PRs; scores unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Affinity import: a text frame too short for its first line (a 64 pt title in a 54 pt frame) is made taller from its top, with a warning in the open result, instead of showing nothing (#1423), as `.ai` area type is (#1392); the spacing Affinity itself fits the line with isn't read; scores unchanged |

docs/localization-parity.md

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 # Localization parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (French: 423 strings added since the catalog was measured and 188 entries reworded, #1511; Hungarian: one message in the informal address, #1474; scores and estimates unchanged; Vietnamese catalog added, complete under the tests; 12-language score 63% → 71%; Czech: 128 strings added since the catalog was completed are translated, #1461; scores and estimates unchanged; Korean catalog added, complete under the tests; 12-language score 54% → 63%; Hungarian catalog added; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Polish: 4,510 rows counted in the catalog (the row said 4,492), #1498; French: 423 strings added since the catalog was measured and 188 entries reworded, #1511; Hungarian: one message in the informal address, #1474; scores and estimates unchanged; Vietnamese catalog added, complete under the tests; 12-language score 63% → 71%; Czech: 128 strings added since the catalog was completed are translated, #1461; scores and estimates unchanged; Korean catalog added, complete under the tests; 12-language score 54% → 63%; Hungarian catalog added; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Per-language status of VectorCraft's interface. How the catalogs work and how to add a language:
 [`development.md` › Localisation](development.md#localisation). Part of
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 | Russian | `ru` | 4,009 / 4,020 | full |
 | Ukrainian | `uk` | 4,009 / 4,020 (one/few/many plurals) | full |
 | Hungarian | `hu` | 4,524 rows: menus, `tl!` literals and messages complete (tests); one plural form | full |
-| Polish | `pl` | 4,492 rows: menus, `tl!` literals and messages complete (tests); one/few/many plurals | full; native review pending |
+| Polish | `pl` | 4,510 rows (counted 2026-10-13): menus, `tl!` literals and messages complete (tests); one/few/many plurals | full; native review pending |
 | Czech | `cs` | 4,411 catalog entries, including 636 `@msg` rows (measured locally 2026-10-11); menu, literal and message coverage enforced by tests | catalog complete; render-site gaps reduced; native review pending |
 
 Fifteen non-English catalogs in all. Illustrator, as its public documentation lists, ships around two dozen
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ font for the web build.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Polish (`pl`, #1498): the row count is corrected to the 4,510 rows in `pl.tsv` (it said 4,492), 654 of them `@msg` rows; AI-drafted, native review pending; scores and estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | French: the 423 strings added since the catalog was last complete are translated, and 188 entries are reworded to the feature names French users know (#1511); Hungarian: one message uses the informal address like the rest of the interface (#1474); the entry counts in the tables are the earlier measurements; native review still pending; scores and estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Vietnamese (`vi`) catalog added, complete under the tests (menus, literals, messages; one plural form); 12-language score 63% → 71%, hours 60–100 → 55–90 |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Czech: 128 more strings translated (tool names, PDF and Image Trace presets, pie graph options and others added since the catalog was completed; #1461); the entry count in the table is the 2026-10-11 measurement; native review still pending; scores and estimates unchanged |

docs/roadmap.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Roadmap: milestones and what's next
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers in Outline view, #1486; type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; 3D on outlined type, #1481; print-size images, #1517; French catalog, #1511; estimates unchanged; Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; estimates unchanged; M9: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint on import, #1388, text-only PDF parts, #1387; Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and transforms of direct-selected anchors, #1408; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; estimates unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups, #1390, #1391, #1392; dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; symbol instance redraw cache, #1386; font rescan, #1376; estimates unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; M11: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; M6: Simplify preview/counts and valid topology selection (#1272); estimates unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; M14: RPM runtime metadata (#1275); estimates unchanged; M5: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); clean-machine/platform drag measurements still pending; estimates unchanged; M2: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); estimates unchanged; M7: full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; estimates unchanged; M1: no-op anchor Align keeps Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); estimates unchanged; M14: dedicated Eyedropper cursor (#1269); estimates unchanged; M3: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); estimates unchanged; M2: Direct Selection segment picks and Delete (#1278); estimates unchanged; M3: adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores 1 pt (#1253); estimates unchanged; M12: graph designs, graph data, Graph Type and label options; M14: native macOS save Format menu, #866; M6: compound appearance and member fill-rule fixes, #1197; estimates unchanged; M9: PDF raster-effect cap warnings; G11: #893 fixed, #937 open; M7: accurate character controls after scaling, #1034; estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; import fixes, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts, #1539; estimates unchanged; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers in Outline view, #1486; type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; 3D on outlined type, #1481; print-size images, #1517; French catalog, #1511; estimates unchanged; Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; estimates unchanged; M9: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint on import, #1388, text-only PDF parts, #1387; Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and transforms of direct-selected anchors, #1408; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; estimates unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups, #1390, #1391, #1392; dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; symbol instance redraw cache, #1386; font rescan, #1376; estimates unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; M11: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; M6: Simplify preview/counts and valid topology selection (#1272); estimates unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; M14: RPM runtime metadata (#1275); estimates unchanged; M5: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); clean-machine/platform drag measurements still pending; estimates unchanged; M2: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); estimates unchanged; M7: full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; estimates unchanged; M1: no-op anchor Align keeps Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); estimates unchanged; M14: dedicated Eyedropper cursor (#1269); estimates unchanged; M3: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); estimates unchanged; M2: Direct Selection segment picks and Delete (#1278); estimates unchanged; M3: adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores 1 pt (#1253); estimates unchanged; M12: graph designs, graph data, Graph Type and label options; M14: native macOS save Format menu, #866; M6: compound appearance and member fill-rule fixes, #1197; estimates unchanged; M9: PDF raster-effect cap warnings; G11: #893 fixed, #937 open; M7: accurate character controls after scaling, #1034; estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Forward-looking plan. Where VectorCraft stands is in [`ROADMAP.md`](../ROADMAP.md) and
 [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md); the ranked work list is [gaps.md](gaps.md). Hours are Opus 5.5
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ After placed documents (File › Place of a `.vectorcraft` file, linked), M4.14
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | The interface is available in Polish (`pl`): menus, panels, dialogs and messages, with one/few/many plurals; AI-drafted, native review pending (#1498); Native documents with a lot of path data (traced or generated art, in layers, symbols or patterns) are saved as compact JSON, about a fifth of the size; small documents stay pretty-printed (#1492); Paste takes a PDF or EPS another app copied as editable vector art: from the macOS pasteboard (with SVG), EPS on Windows beside PDF, and `.eps` files copied in a file manager, with the new command `clipboard.importEps` (#1538, fixes #1499); Opening or placing a file with an image too large to decode says so, and the Links panel shows it on the row (#1540, part of #1479); a multi-artboard `.ai` with notes beside its artboards opens from its editing data, a page's art past its artboard no longer lying over the page before it (#1528); a `.ai` gradient whose stops are listed upwards keeps each midpoint on the stop that starts its part of the ramp (#1530); SVG text on a path follows basic shapes (circle, ellipse, rect, line, polyline, polygon) as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1531, fixes #1527); PDFs whose alpha soft masks are drawn as images import with the mask instead of empty art (#1551); EPS and PostScript type set in Type 42 (TrueType) fonts imports at its size instead of 1000 times too large (#1553); PDF and EPS import keep a clipping path whose bounding box covers the page but whose shape doesn't (#1544, fixes #1542); Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps the paint of its backmost path instead of drawing nothing, and compound paths joined into one keep their holes (#1537); a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape and the Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag (#1547, fixes #1512); Join merges the selected anchor points that lie on one another, as after Average, into one anchor (#1582, fixes #1533); Lock Guides also locks the objects made into guides: they can't be selected, moved or deleted (#1543); they are drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences, and a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on (#1583, fixes #1534); Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts lists Edit › Duplicate and the other commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1549, #1580, fixes #1539); Raster effects (blur, shadow, glow, grain) drawn after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size (#1541, fixes #1536); the font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux); estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors of overlapping objects coincide (#1508); commands and MCP `add_text` report area type that does not fit its frame (#1471), a tab stop in the Tabs panel drags from where the press landed (#1458); M9: 3D and Materials on outlined type and other shapes of many small curves (#1481), Twist 0° to 360° (#1524), twisted walls keep their faces (#1525); print-size images draw, export and crop (#1517), `vectorcraft-cli perf` reports load and memory on Windows (#1502); sliders in dialogs show their rail (#1483), a template layer stays in Preview in Outline view (#1486), French catalog complete again (#1511), a Hungarian message in the informal address (#1474); `graph.setData`'s CSV keeps each value exactly (#1485); estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | M6: Split Into Grid has its documented options (#1462), the Pathfinder panel works on a group selected alone (#1450); M2: Transform Objects in the Transform dialogs and Transform Each, Reflect across an angle (#1448, #1460); M4: grayscale TIFFs with an alpha channel or extra channels place (#1466 in part), strokes kept apart from a faded or masked fill on PDF and `.ai` import (#1434), SVG knockout groups without masks (#1435); M7: Fit Headline in a frame one line tall (#1444), frames beyond a billion points hold no text (#1451); M13: commands refuse a parameter key they don't take (#1442); M5: edits and Alt-drags of thousands of objects (#1429 in part); M14: a focused field follows its value (#1457), selected text in value fields is readable (#1465 in part), a window surface past 8192 px no longer closes the app (#1459 in part); estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | M9: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate (initial 3D types, [three-d.md](three-d.md)) |

docs/type-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Type parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (commands and MCP `add_text` report area type that does not fit its frame, #1471; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; Fit Headline in a frame one line tall, #1444; frames and paths beyond a billion points hold no text, #1451; scores unchanged; missing glyphs are looked for again after a font rescan, #1376; scores unchanged; Full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; scores unchanged; Middle Eastern digit types: Character panel menu › Digits, `{digits}`; the font menu's script filter lists Thai fonts; Thai, Lao, Khmer and Myanmar lines break between words; the caret steps over whole clusters such as Thai consonants with their marks; Thai typed in a font without Thai falls back to a font made for Thai; earlier: Proportional Metrics in vertical type, `vpal`, #966) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Linux font folders from fontconfig, #1529; commands and MCP `add_text` report area type that does not fit its frame, #1471; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; Fit Headline in a frame one line tall, #1444; frames and paths beyond a billion points hold no text, #1451; scores unchanged; missing glyphs are looked for again after a font rescan, #1376; scores unchanged; Full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; scores unchanged; Middle Eastern digit types: Character panel menu › Digits, `{digits}`; the font menu's script filter lists Thai fonts; Thai, Lao, Khmer and Myanmar lines break between words; the caret steps over whole clusters such as Thai consonants with their marks; Thai typed in a font without Thai falls back to a font made for Thai; earlier: Proportional Metrics in vertical type, `vpal`, #966) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Type is Illustrator's largest single area by use (weight 13 of 105 across "Type core" and "Type advanced" in
 [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md)). This checklist lists the features one by one. Status is from the
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ against Illustrator's public documentation; **estimated** unless noted.
 | Character size and horizontal scale after object/group scaling | done | #1034: fields and setters compensate the stored affine; point size follows the transformed em-height axis, not the glyph ink bounds. Range edits, keyboard increments, leading and baseline shift use document points; rotation, reflection and shear remain editable. |
 | Preserve font sizes while scaling a group | missing | Separate enhancement; scaling still scales text with the other artwork. |
 | OpenType panel, Glyphs panel, alternates | done | Highlight Alternate Glyphs preference unused (#394) |
-| Font menu: samples, live preview, filters, favourites; font matching by any name; Find Font | done | #339; script filter: Japanese, Latin, Thai |
+| Font menu: samples, live preview, filters, favourites; font matching by any name; Find Font | done | #339; script filter: Japanese, Latin, Thai; the font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux) |
 | Missing glyphs set in an installed font made for their script (Thai, Lao, Khmer, Myanmar first; then any font that has them) | done | Thai: Leelawadee UI, Tahoma, Thonburi, Sukhumvit Set, Noto Sans Thai, TLWG |
 | Full font-name matching (OpenType name ID 4) | done | #1258: loaded/cataloged faces and Missing Fonts searches; localized names and variable default faces; Windows font-service QA pending |
 | Variable fonts | partial | named instances as styles; axis sliders missing |
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ against Illustrator's public documentation; **estimated** unless noted.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | The font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux); scores and hours unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | The commands that make or restyle type, and MCP `add_text`, report area type that does not fit its frame, and `add_text` takes Auto Size and Shrink Text to Fit (#1500, fixes #1471); a tab stop in the Tabs panel drags from where the press landed, a stop just added included (#1487, fixes #1458); scores and hours unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Fit Headline no longer pushes the tracking to its ceiling and loses glyphs when the frame holds one line (#1445, fixes #1444); text frames, wrap shapes and type paths with coordinates beyond a billion points hold no text, and layout limits its search for room, instead of hanging (#1451); scores and hours unchanged |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | A character no installed font had is looked for again after the fonts are rescanned, so installing a font fixes it without a restart (#1376, from #992); scores and hours unchanged |

docs/ui-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # UI and interaction parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers stay in Preview in Outline view, #1486; Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors coincide, #1508; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; Split Into Grid dialog, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder panel on a group, #1450; value fields: readable selection, #1465 in part, and a focused field follows its value, #1457; scores unchanged; Transform dialogs have a live Preview and step with the arrow keys, #1412; transform tools, dialogs and Move act on direct-selected anchors, #1408; the bounding box hides during a corner drag, #1229; scores unchanged; dialogs focus their first field on every open, #1367, and a first field that starts greyed out once it is enabled, #1395; scores unchanged; Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid click dialogs take the skew, frame, compound path and Fill Grid options, #1377 in part, score unchanged; Live Corners: a Direct Selection click on a widget selects its corner, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; Artboard tool clicks fit the topmost editable object in one undo step (#1227); scores unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; Simplify preview/counts and valid rewritten-path selection (#1272); parity remains partial; Texture-effect drag redraws optimized (#1257); idle Windows interaction still unverified; scores unchanged; Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); scores unchanged; Direct Selection: no-op anchor Align preserves Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); Eyedropper cursor distinguished from precise crosshair (#1269); scores unchanged; Eyedropper can read visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); scores unchanged; Direct Selection: independent segment picks and Delete (#1278); scores unchanged; Adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores the 1 pt default (#1253); scores unchanged; macOS save sheets offer a Format menu, #866; Attributes fill-rule controls edit the compound when a member is selected, #1197; a marquee needs to touch a path, not just lie inside its fill, #1103; earlier: Live Corners round corners between curved sides, #1144) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Join merges anchors lying on one another, #1533; correction: Average and Join with a corner or smooth choice is missing, not done; guide objects take the guide colour and style and Lock Guides, #1534; Keyboard Shortcuts lists commands outside the menus, #1539; round corners next to curves and the Smooth tool's reach, #1512; Make Compound Path on a group, #1537; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers stay in Preview in Outline view, #1486; Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors coincide, #1508; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; Split Into Grid dialog, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder panel on a group, #1450; value fields: readable selection, #1465 in part, and a focused field follows its value, #1457; scores unchanged; Transform dialogs have a live Preview and step with the arrow keys, #1412; transform tools, dialogs and Move act on direct-selected anchors, #1408; the bounding box hides during a corner drag, #1229; scores unchanged; dialogs focus their first field on every open, #1367, and a first field that starts greyed out once it is enabled, #1395; scores unchanged; Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid click dialogs take the skew, frame, compound path and Fill Grid options, #1377 in part, score unchanged; Live Corners: a Direct Selection click on a widget selects its corner, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; Artboard tool clicks fit the topmost editable object in one undo step (#1227); scores unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; Simplify preview/counts and valid rewritten-path selection (#1272); parity remains partial; Texture-effect drag redraws optimized (#1257); idle Windows interaction still unverified; scores unchanged; Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); scores unchanged; Direct Selection: no-op anchor Align preserves Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); Eyedropper cursor distinguished from precise crosshair (#1269); scores unchanged; Eyedropper can read visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); scores unchanged; Direct Selection: independent segment picks and Delete (#1278); scores unchanged; Adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores the 1 pt default (#1253); scores unchanged; macOS save sheets offer a Format menu, #866; Attributes fill-rule controls edit the compound when a member is selected, #1197; a marquee needs to touch a path, not just lie inside its fill, #1103; earlier: Live Corners round corners between curved sides, #1144) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 How VectorCraft's tools, handles, snapping and panels behave next to Illustrator's. A vector illustrator's
 trust is in the details: where a handle lands, what Shift and Alt do mid-drag, what a smart guide snaps to,
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Curvature tool: click/drag points, double-click or Alt-click for a corner, temporary Direct Selection, point conversion | partial | circular point markers without direction handles or duplicate markers, Anchor Size and Hide Edges regression-tested (#1236, in part); existing-path interpolation request and modifiers requested in #975 remain |
 | Add/Delete/Anchor Point tools; Anchor Point tool drags segments to reshape | done | |
 | Pencil: Fidelity, Keep selected, Alt to Smooth, edit selected paths, close by proximity | partial | Keep selected and Alt to Smooth are missing |
-| Join tool scrubbing, Average, Join with corner/smooth choice | done | |
+| Join tool scrubbing, Average, Join | done | Join merges the direct-selected anchors lying on one another along a path, as after Average, into one (#1533) |
+| Average and Join in one step, with a corner or smooth choice for the joined anchor | missing | `path.join` and `path.average` are separate commands, and Join has no corner/smooth choice; [gap 1](gaps.md) |
+| Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag | done | #1512 |
 | Simplify (slider, auto, corner angle threshold) | partial | Tolerance, default-on Preview and original/new point counts (#1272); slider, auto-simplify, corner-angle UI and Show Original remain missing |
 
 ## Direct Selection, anchors and handles
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Show handles when multiple anchors are selected; Highlight anchors on mouse over; anchor and handle size | done | Preferences › Selection & Anchor Display |
 | Convert selected anchors to corner/smooth from the Control bar and Properties | done | |
 | Cut path at selected anchors, Remove Anchor Points, Delete removes segments | done | #1278: segment Delete preserves neighboring edges and endpoint anchors; a second Delete removes the remainder; explicit anchor Delete retains its behavior |
-| Live Corners widgets (radius readout, Alt-click cycles kind, double-click the Corners dialog) | done | a Direct Selection click on a widget selects its corner (#1239); a press-and-drag on a widget of a path selected whole still rounds every corner (#908), and adding widgets to the selection by Shift-click (#1232) is missing; the bounding box hides while a widget is dragged with the Selection tool (#1229) |
+| Live Corners widgets (radius readout, Alt-click cycles kind, double-click the Corners dialog) | done | a Direct Selection click on a widget selects its corner (#1239); a press-and-drag on a widget of a path selected whole still rounds every corner (#908), and adding widgets to the selection by Shift-click (#1232) is missing; the bounding box hides while a widget is dragged with the Selection tool (#1229); a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape (#1512) |
 | Corners between curved sides (#1144), Relative rounding | partial | Relative rounding missing |
 | Isolation mode by double-click (groups and single objects), breadcrumbs, Esc to exit | done | Single paths, compound paths, images, meshes and placed files isolate too ([helpx: Isolate objects](https://helpx.adobe.com/africa/illustrator/desktop/manage-objects/select-objects/isolate-objects.html)) |
 | "Magnetic" moves of selected anchors with a modifier (#955 request) | missing | not an Illustrator feature as documented; under discussion |
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 | Ruler guides: drag out, select, move, delete, lock, Make/Release Guides | done | #414, #451 |
 | Ruler origin: corner drag with preview, double-click reset to the active artboard, relative X/Y fields, native save/reopen | done | #1212; `document.setRulerOrigin`, `document.resetRulerOrigin`; geometry and command coordinates stay absolute |
 | Ruler guides as Layers rows: shown, hidden, locked and deleted with their layer; rows dragged to another layer | done | `guide.setLayer`; guides from older files go on a layer |
+| Objects made into guides: drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences; Lock Guides locks them too (no select, move or delete); a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on | done | #1534 (#1543, #1583) |
 | Alt swaps a ruler guide's orientation while dragging | missing | |
 | Global/artboard ruler mode switch and video rulers | missing | menu stubs; custom document origin is done (#1212) |
 
@@ -157,7 +160,8 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 (`crates/tools/src/catalog.rs`), a shortcut editor with chords, and saved sets. Not yet diffed item by item
 against Illustrator's published default shortcut list; estimated ~70% of it. Remaining: the panel shortcuts,
 the type shortcuts (tracking/kerning/leading/baseline steps with Alt/Shift), and selection shortcuts in the
-Layers panel.
+Layers panel. The shortcut editor also lists the commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (Edit › Duplicate,
+panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1539).
 
 ## Panels, Control bar, Properties, context menus
 
@@ -173,6 +177,7 @@ Layers panel.
 | Control bar with Transform and Stroke popovers | done | |
 | Pathfinder shape results keep their source names and SVG IDs | done | #1293; Minus Front keeps the back name, Minus Back the front name; Unite/Intersect/Exclude use the backmost named input; compound output carries it once; geometry and paint unchanged |
 | Attributes fill-rule controls with a compound member selected | done | Edits the compound's rule; direction still edits only the member; rendered-hole and Undo/Redo regression tests (#1197) |
+| Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps its backmost path's paint; compound paths joined into one keep their holes | done | #1537 |
 | Pathfinder panel on one group selected alone; a greyed-out button says what it needs | partial | #1450; the group's members are combined; one plain path selected alone stays disabled (the public documentation doesn't say what the operations do to a single path) |
 | Pathfinder Divide: an open cutting line splits a filled path | done | #1307; straight, crossed, bent and curved cutters, holes and frontmost appearance regression-tested; native automation: independent piece movement, one Undo/Redo, saved-document round trip and window capture; existing bounded-map fallback remains |
 | Canvas context menu | done | Layers rows, panels and type have none (gap) |
@@ -196,6 +201,7 @@ re-measure of the panels added since.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Join merges the selected anchor points that lie on one another, as after Average, into one anchor (#1582, fixes #1533); correction: "Join with corner/smooth choice" was listed as done, but `path.join` and `path.average` are separate commands and Join has no such choice, so Average and Join in one step with that choice is its own row, missing; the Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag and a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape (#1547, fixes #1512); Lock Guides also locks the objects made into guides: they can't be selected, moved or deleted (#1543); they are drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences, and a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on (#1583, fixes #1534); Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts lists Edit › Duplicate and the other commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1549, #1580, fixes #1539); Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps the paint of its backmost path instead of drawing nothing, and compound paths joined into one keep their holes (#1537); scores unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Sliders in Save for Web, the raster export options, Preferences and the opacity popup show their rail (#1506, fixes #1483); a template layer stays in Preview, dimmed, in Outline view (#1505, fixes #1486); Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors of overlapping objects coincide (#1509, fixes #1508); a tab stop in the Tabs panel drags from where the press landed (#1487, fixes #1458); scores unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Split Into Grid has its row and column sizes, gutters, totals, Add Guides and Preview (#1488, fixes #1462); Transform Objects in the Transform dialogs and Transform Each, and Reflect across an angle (#1494, fixes #1448 and #1460); the Pathfinder panel works on a group selected alone and its greyed-out buttons say what they need (#1493, for #1450); selected text in value fields is white or black on the highlight (#1490, part of #1465); a focused field follows its value when a slider or preview changes it (#1497, fixes #1457); an Alt-drag copies once per drag (#1464); scores unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Transform dialogs (Move, Rotate, Scale, Reflect, Shear) preview on the canvas and step their angles and percentages with the arrow keys (#1428, fixes #1412); the transform tools, dialogs and Move act on anchors selected with Direct Selection (#1427, fixes #1408); the bounding box hides during a corner drag with the Selection tool (#1402, fixes #1229); a picture pastes when blank text sits beside it on the clipboard (#1404); scores unchanged (estimated) |