From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25578 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: SVG images Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:00 +0100 Message-ID: <43D8CC08.6020105@wxs.nl> References: <43D8BB21.6050701@kpatents.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138281503 8910 80.91.229.2 (26 Jan 2006 13:18:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:18:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Jan 26 14:18:17 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F270p-00017u-0C for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8D241281F; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:05 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 09940-03; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF4F1281A; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 212BD1281A for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 12958-05-4 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:17:59 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id D6ADB1280E for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:17:59 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.102] (unverified [10.100.1.102]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 2705 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:29:59 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <43D8BB21.6050701@kpatents.com> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:25578 Archived-At: Ville Voipio wrote: >I would need to embed some SVG images into a ConTeXt document. I have >done some research on the topic, and the seemingly trivial task seems >all but impossible. > >I found a few solutions, but none of them fits my needs: > >- I want to have my vector images in vector format (i.e., no >Inkscape-to-PNG) > >- alpha-channel transparency is used in the images, and it should be >present in the PDF file, as well (i.e., no Inkscape-to-EPS) > >- if I used commercial products, I would not use SVG (i.e., the >converter should be open source) > > >The images have been (will be) created with Inkscape. While being >otherwise a surprisingly nice piece of software, Inkscape does not seem >to export PDF for some reason or another (licencing, time, etc.). > see link below >I have the impression I just ran out of luck. Did I? > > http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xmanipulate.pdf so, you can let context do runtime conversions and it will only convert when the graphic is updated probably one of those manuals that nobody noticed -) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------