Remove empty m0,0 segments

scour.py

@@ -1670,7 +1670,14 @@ def cleanPath(element, options) :
 		cmd, data = path[pathIndex]
 		i = 0
 		if cmd in ['m','l','t']:
-			if cmd == 'm': i = 2
+			if cmd == 'm':
+				# remove m0,0 segments
+				if data[0] == data[i+1] == 0:
+					# 'm0,0 x,y' can be replaces with 'lx,y'
+					path[pathIndex] = ('l', data[2:])
+					numPathSegmentsReduced += 1
+				else: # else skip move coordinate
+					i = 2
 			while i < len(data):
 				if data[i] == data[i+1] == 0:
 					del data[i:i+2]

testscour.py

@@ -1144,6 +1144,12 @@ class StyleToAttr(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assertEquals(line.getAttribute('marker-start'), 'url(#m)')
 		self.assertEquals(line.getAttribute('marker-mid'), 'url(#m)')
 		self.assertEquals(line.getAttribute('marker-end'), 'url(#m)')
+		
+class PathEmptyMove(unittest.TestCase):
+	def runTest(self):
+		doc = scour.scourXmlFile('unittests/path-empty-move.svg')
+		self.assertEquals(doc.getElementsByTagName('path')[0].getAttribute('d'), 'm100 100l200 100z');
+		self.assertEquals(doc.getElementsByTagName('path')[1].getAttribute('d'), 'm100 100v200l100 100z');
 
 # TODO: write tests for --enable-viewboxing
 # TODO; write a test for embedding rasters

unittests/path-empty-move.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <path d="m100 100 l200 100 m0 0z" />
+  <path d="m100 100 v200 m0 0 100 100z" />
+</svg>