From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: SVG support
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:47:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4757C541.5000900@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47574617.6030907@aluzina.org>
Zeus Gómez Marmolejo wrote:
> 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.
before i look into this ... what version of inkscape? when i wrote the
code ps was the only way that could be trusted (successive version of
inkscape were broken etc)
> 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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-06 9:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-04 14:13 Zeus Gómez Marmolejo
2007-12-04 16:25 ` Hans Hagen
2007-12-06 0:45 ` Zeus Gómez Marmolejo
2007-12-06 9:47 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2007-12-08 20:51 ` Zeus Gómez Marmolejo
2007-12-20 10:43 ` Hans Hagen
2007-12-20 11:04 ` Hans Hagen
2007-12-04 22:12 ` zs
2007-12-04 23:33 ` Mojca Miklavec
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-12-04 18:56 Zeus Gómez Marmolejo
2005-04-11 20:41 Re: Tutorial Loeghmon Tadayon Nejad
2005-04-11 22:07 ` Hans Hagen
2005-04-12 17:00 ` SVG support (was: Tutorial) Henning Hraban Ramm
2005-04-12 17:37 ` SVG support Hans Hagen
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