SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Matija Šuklje]

Is there a SVG to MetaPost/MetaFun converter available?

I want to get this quite simple logo to converted from SVG into a ConTeXt-
native vector graphic.


Cheers,
Matija
P.S. Too bad SVG is not ConTeXt-native (yet?)
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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Peter Wüsten]

I just tried using an SVG image directly in MkIV, and it worked like a 
breeze. Apparently ConTeXt converts the image to PDF on the fly as I 
found a PDF-file with a similar name (m_k_v_i_<your SVG filename>.pdf) 
in the same directory as the SVG-file.

If you would still love to convert your SVG-images you might want to use 
Inkscape:
inkscape --export-pdf=<PDF filename> <SVG filename>

Peter Wüsten

Matija Suklje schrieb:
> Is there a SVG to MetaPost/MetaFun converter available?
>
> I want to get this quite simple logo to converted from SVG into a ConTeXt-
> native vector graphic.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Matija
> P.S. Too bad SVG is not ConTeXt-native (yet?)
>   

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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Matija Šuklje]

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Dne nedelja 4. aprila 2010 ob 19:23:18 je Peter Wüsten napisal(a):
> I just tried using an SVG image directly in MkIV, and it worked like a
> breeze. Apparently ConTeXt converts the image to PDF on the fly as I
> found a PDF-file with a similar name (m_k_v_i_<your SVG filename>.pdf)
> in the same directory as the SVG-file.
> 
> If you would still love to convert your SVG-images you might want to use
> Inkscape:
> inkscape --export-pdf=<PDF filename> <SVG filename>

Thanks for the tips :)

But actually I'm thinking more in the line of including that logo into my 
styling directly. So the only solutions would be a) if ConTeXt could use 
in-line SVG or b) I'll have to port the SVG logo into MetaPost.

Is there a non-overhelming howto somewhere ...It's a relatively simple 
logo (see attachment) :\


Cheers,
Matija
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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 19:29, Matija Šuklje wrote:
> Dne nedelja 4. aprila 2010 ob 19:23:18 je Peter Wüsten napisal(a):
>> I just tried using an SVG image directly in MkIV, and it worked like a
>> breeze. Apparently ConTeXt converts the image to PDF on the fly as I
>> found a PDF-file with a similar name (m_k_v_i_<your SVG filename>.pdf)
>> in the same directory as the SVG-file.
>>
>> If you would still love to convert your SVG-images you might want to use
>> Inkscape:
>> inkscape --export-pdf=<PDF filename> <SVG filename>
>
> Thanks for the tips :)
>
> But actually I'm thinking more in the line of including that logo into my
> styling directly. So the only solutions would be a) if ConTeXt could use
> in-line SVG or b) I'll have to port the SVG logo into MetaPost.
>
> Is there a non-overhelming howto somewhere ...It's a relatively simple
> logo (see attachment) :\

I don't know of any "waterproof" way to convert from SVG to metapost
(all you can do is to convert it to PDF and use that PDF logo), but
here's an approximation of your logo in metapost (the legs are wider -
you'll need to fix the details by yourself):

\starttext
\startMPcode
unit := 5cm;
dx := 1.2;
color maincolor; maincolor = (0,0.9,0); % fixme
path p;

p := unitsquare scaled unit;
	fill p                      withcolor maincolor;
	fill p shifted ( dx*unit,0) withcolor maincolor;
	fill p shifted (-dx*unit,0) withcolor maincolor;
	fill p shifted (0, dx*unit) withcolor maincolor;
p := p xscaled ((3-dx)/4) shifted (0,-dx*unit);
	fill p withcolor maincolor;
	fill p xyscaled (-1,1) shifted (unit,0) withcolor maincolor;
\stopMPcode
\stoptext

Mojca
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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Matija Šuklje]

Dne nedelja 4. aprila 2010 ob 22:36:07 je Mojca Miklavec napisal(a):
> I don't know of any "waterproof" way to convert from SVG to metapost
> (all you can do is to convert it to PDF and use that PDF logo), but
> here's an approximation of your logo in metapost (the legs are wider -
> you'll need to fix the details by yourself):

Wow, thanks! :D

I'll dig through the manuals to figure out what that codeblock actually does 
and try to fix it.

BTW, is there a special command I'm missing to turn on the colours in 
ConTeXt?


Cheers,
Matija
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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 04.04.10 23:12, schrieb Matija Šuklje:
> BTW, is there a special command I'm missing to turn on the colours in
> ConTeXt?
>    
\setupcolors[state=start]

Wolfgang

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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Matija Šuklje]

Dne nedelja 4. aprila 2010 ob 23:16:26 je Wolfgang Schuster napisal(a):
> Am 04.04.10 23:12, schrieb Matija Šuklje:
> > BTW, is there a special command I'm missing to turn on the colours in
> > ConTeXt?
> 
> \setupcolors[state=start]

/me is ashamed ...I found it the minute you sent the e-mail.


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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 23:12, Matija Šuklje wrote:
>
> I'll dig through the manuals to figure out what that codeblock actually does
> and try to fix it.

Start with
    http://www.tug.org/docs/metapost/mpman.pdf
and maybe the metafun manual.

Mojca
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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Matija Šuklje]

Dne nedelja 4. aprila 2010 ob 23:23:10 je Mojca Miklavec napisal(a):
> Start with
>     http://www.tug.org/docs/metapost/mpman.pdf
> and maybe the metafun manual.

Thanks yet again :]


Cheers,
Matija
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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Taco Hoekwater]

Matija Šuklje wrote:
> Dne nedelja 4. aprila 2010 ob 23:23:10 je Mojca Miklavec napisal(a):
>> Start with
>>     http://www.tug.org/docs/metapost/mpman.pdf
>> and maybe the metafun manual.
> 
> Thanks yet again :]

The metafun manual is easier to read than the 'real' mpman.pdf
which assume some of knowledge metafont.

But there is also a beginner's tutorial on  metapost:

http://www.tug.org/texlive//devsrc/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/base/mpintro.pdf

Best wishes,
Taco
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Re: SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun

[Hans Hagen]

On 4-4-2010 7:29, Matija Šuklje wrote:
> Dne nedelja 4. aprila 2010 ob 19:23:18 je Peter Wüsten napisal(a):
>> I just tried using an SVG image directly in MkIV, and it worked like a
>> breeze. Apparently ConTeXt converts the image to PDF on the fly as I
>> found a PDF-file with a similar name (m_k_v_i_<your SVG filename>.pdf)
>> in the same directory as the SVG-file.
>>
>> If you would still love to convert your SVG-images you might want to use
>> Inkscape:
>> inkscape --export-pdf=<PDF filename>  <SVG filename>
>
> Thanks for the tips :)
>
> But actually I'm thinking more in the line of including that logo into my
> styling directly. So the only solutions would be a) if ConTeXt could use
> in-line SVG or b) I'll have to port the SVG logo into MetaPost.
>
> Is there a non-overhelming howto somewhere ...It's a relatively simple
> logo (see attachment) :\

svg -> pdf (using inkscape) -> mp (using pstoedit)


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