Maybe the 'S' shape would help with the gaps.but they'd make the overlaps worse. I'm thinking I could convert a letter 'S' to path, add the gradient, and use it for the marker. What have I done wrong? Do I need more nodes, less nodes? Should the marker be wider, thinner? I thought I understood from the tutorial that transparency can be used, but maybe I misunderstood - maybe the marker has to be opaque? Or maybe I need to try a different shape for the marker? I tried some of the various marker shapes that are included, (circles, dots, arrows, etc.) but they would not take on the gradient.

Not only are the overlapped areas a problem, but on the other side of the path, the markers are spaced farther apart, resulting in gaps in the gradient/path. And since they have an alpha value, the overlap results in darker and lighter areas, instead of the smooth appearance shown in the tutorial. So you can see that where the path curves, the markers overlap. Here's a link to a screen shot (it's a bit large to insert into this message). If not though, can you suggest how I might get help with this? So I'm gonna go ahead and post my questions and screen shot here, and hope some of the bright Inkscape users here, can help me. If I spoke German, of course I would join the German Inkscape Forum and post a topic asking for help, there. I'm having some difficulty with it, though, and am unsure how to get help with it. I've been trying to use the Gradient to Path technique, from this tutorial, which jude mentioned in a different topic thread ( viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1175).

Inkscape gradient on a path