I've done some tests with "rlxtools" and I've found that the conversion from SVG to PDF is done really bad now. It passes through PS (with the inkscape command line) and then the ghostscript is executed to produce the PDF. But I've found a better way to do it.

I've modified the file "graphics/inkscape" (it's a ruby source code). At line 69 was:
  resultpipe = "--without-gui --print=\">#{tmpfilename}\" 2>#{logfile}"

and now:
resultpipe = "--without-gui --export-pdf=\"#{outfilename}\" 2>#{logfile}"

After this, all these lines can be commented out:

#       ghostscript = GhostScript.new(@logger)

#        ghostscript.setvariable('inputfile',tmpfilename)
#        ghostscript.setvariable('outputfile',outfilename)

#        report("converting #{tmpfilename} to #{outfilename}")

#       ghostscript.convert

#        begin
#            File.delete(tmpfilename)
#        rescue
#        end

The difference is that inkscape can export directly to pdf and the conversion is done much better, with transparencies and all the stuff.

Also, I noticed that at first it didn't work for me because at line 44 (logfile=System.null), I don't know why but this strings is "/dev/null/" in my system and when executing the command a message was echoed:
"sh: /dev/null/ is a directory" and nothing was produced. Now I've modified the caller to pass explictly "/dev/null" as logfile (in pstopdf.rb source, line 401) and now all is working perfectly.

I hope you can solve these little bugs.

Regards,
Zeus.


Hans Hagen escribió: 
Zeus G?mez Marmolejo wrote:
  
Hi all,

I'm working with Inkscape and I would like to embed some figures
directly in vector format. How do I do that??

I'm trying this:

\externalfigure[system][type=svg][scale=1000]

But a "dummy" image appears. Is there any svg support in context?!
    

\usemodule[res-08] \setups[rl:manipulate]

\setupexternalfigures[conversion=pdf]

\starttext

\externalfigure[system.svg]

\stoptext

if you're lucky, it works, otherwise you need to look into how rlxtools
works

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