Re: Re: epresent and Org-mode: using Emacs to run presentations of Org-mode docs

[Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>]

Re: converting SVG

1. Prince (http://www.princexml.com) does SVG to PDF as vector 
graphics from the command line, very nicely. Too bad it's proprietary.

e.g.

: prince drawing.svg drawing.pdf

2. Ask Inkscape -- it's free software; unfortunately, the result is 
rasterized.

e.g.

: inkscape --without-gui --export-text-to-path 
--export-eps=drawing.eps drawing.svg

 From a sample 52 KB SVG file, Inkscape gives me a 420 KB EPS and 
Prince a 20 KB PDF.

Cheers,
Christian


On 10/29/10 4:19 PM, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> Łukasz Stelmach<lukasz.stelmach@iem.pw.edu.pl>  writes:
>
>> Eric S Fraga<ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk>  writes:
>>
>>> ImageMagick [1] will convert from/to SVG to/from many formats including
>>> EPS.  I've not tried any conversions with SVG, mind you, so this is
>>> based on the documentation.
>>>
>>
>> I'll check it, but I'm afraid it does render SVG as bitmap first,
>> and then "converts", or rather encapsulates, it to EPS/PDF. ImageMagick
>> is a bitmap manipulation tool after all.
>
> Very true.  For presentations, this may not be that much of an issue
> (given the resolution of many data projectors)... but it's a very valid
> point.
>
> Do let us know if you find a vector based converter.
>
> Thanks,
> eric