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// horizontal paths work. Without them all browsers I tested with (firefox,
// chrome) do not render the gradient, but instead make the line transparent
// (or the color of the background, I haven't looked into it that deeply,
// but for the hack it doesn't matter which).
function skewLineABit(lDrawingInstructions) {
  var lLastValue = lDrawingInstructions.match(/(\d+\.?\d*)$/)[0];
  // Smaller values than .001 _should_ work as well, but don't in all
  // cases. Even this value 