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< [[Graphics]] | [[Using_Graphics]] | [[MetaPost]] | [[File_Formats]] >
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< [[Graphics]] | [[Using_Graphics]] | [[MetaPost]] | [[File_Formats]] | [[Inkscape]] >
  
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics, a [[XML]] based format) is not supported natively by ConTeXt. If you need a supported vactor graphics format, try [[MetaPost]] (and [[MetaFun]]).
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SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics, a [[XML]] based format) can be converted to the PDF format at runtime by ConTeXt MkIV (LuaTeX), provided you have Inkscape installed as below.
  
There is a workaround, though, using InkScape to convert SVG to PDF. Inkscape must be installed and callable (i.e. in your PATH):
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Supported vector graphics formats of MkII/MKIV are [[MetaPost]] (and [[MetaFun]]).
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There is a workaround, though, using Inkscape to convert SVG to PDF. Inkscape must be installed and callable (i.e. in your PATH):
  
 
<texcode>
 
<texcode>
\usemodule[res-08] \setups[rl:manipulate]
 
 
 
\setupexternalfigures[location=local,directory=.,conversion=pdf] % lowres,prefix=lowres/]
 
\setupexternalfigures[location=local,directory=.,conversion=pdf] % lowres,prefix=lowres/]
  
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\stoptext
 
\stoptext
 
</texcode>
 
</texcode>
(Code snippet by Hans Hagen on NTG-context ML at 2008-06-30)
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== ConTeXt and Inkscape ==
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Inkscape changed its command line interface in version 1.0.
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As a consequence, if you use an old version of ConTeXt and you have Inkscape 1.0 or newer installed, the conversion from SVG to PDF fails.
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Newer versions of ConTeXt (since May 7th, 2020) will detect Inkscape's version and manage to convert SVG to PDF anyway.
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But it's a temporary workaround, until version 1.0 of Inkscape gets widespread, because version detection has a performance cost.
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== LMTX and SVG ==
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LMTX has a direct support for SVG. It uses MetaPost (MetaFun) to process SVG, so you don't need an external tool like Inkscape.
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Using MetaPost to process SVG opens many opportunities to work on it.
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Anyway it's a work in progress, not every feature (or inconsistency) of SVG is supported, though many are.
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Just try and ask in the mailing list.
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You can find more in the docs that come with LMTX distribution, in particular in svg-lmtx.pdf and luametafun.pdf.
  
 
==General information on SVG:==
 
==General information on SVG:==
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===Libraries and Tools===
 
===Libraries and Tools===
* [http://inkscape.org/ InkScape vector graphics editor]
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* [http://inkscape.org/ Inkscape vector graphics editor]
 
* [http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/ Batik Java SVG Toolkit] (by Apache)
 
* [http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/ Batik Java SVG Toolkit] (by Apache)
 
* [http://cairographics.org Cairo graphics library]
 
* [http://cairographics.org Cairo graphics library]

Revision as of 10:13, 7 May 2020

< Graphics | Using_Graphics | MetaPost | File_Formats | Inkscape >

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics, a XML based format) can be converted to the PDF format at runtime by ConTeXt MkIV (LuaTeX), provided you have Inkscape installed as below.

Supported vector graphics formats of MkII/MKIV are MetaPost (and MetaFun).

There is a workaround, though, using Inkscape to convert SVG to PDF. Inkscape must be installed and callable (i.e. in your PATH):

\setupexternalfigures[location=local,directory=.,conversion=pdf] % lowres,prefix=lowres/]

\starttext

\externalfigure[svg/sample.svg][frame=on]

\stoptext

ConTeXt and Inkscape

Inkscape changed its command line interface in version 1.0. As a consequence, if you use an old version of ConTeXt and you have Inkscape 1.0 or newer installed, the conversion from SVG to PDF fails.

Newer versions of ConTeXt (since May 7th, 2020) will detect Inkscape's version and manage to convert SVG to PDF anyway. But it's a temporary workaround, until version 1.0 of Inkscape gets widespread, because version detection has a performance cost.

LMTX and SVG

LMTX has a direct support for SVG. It uses MetaPost (MetaFun) to process SVG, so you don't need an external tool like Inkscape.

Using MetaPost to process SVG opens many opportunities to work on it.

Anyway it's a work in progress, not every feature (or inconsistency) of SVG is supported, though many are. Just try and ask in the mailing list.

You can find more in the docs that come with LMTX distribution, in particular in svg-lmtx.pdf and luametafun.pdf.

General information on SVG:

Specs and References

Tutorials and Examples

Community

Libraries and Tools