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

[Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>]

Hi,

Yes, I can confirm batik-rasterizer, despite the name, made nice 
vector-based PDF from SVG. Thanks, Nick.

So that's two options now, Inkscape and Batik.

Enough noise from me on this, I think.

Yours,
Christian

On 11/2/10 3:20 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
> Christian Moe<mail@christianmoe.com>  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> the librsvg man page says PNG and JPEG raster formats only.
>>
>> CM
>>
>> On 11/2/10 11:40 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Christian Moe<mail@christianmoe.com
>>> <mailto:mail@christianmoe.com>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>      Re: converting SVG
>>>
>>>
>>> Have you looked at rsvg  (http://librsvg.sourceforge.net/)?
>>>
>>> I am not sure if it uses vector for pdf, but it might be worth a try?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Rainer
>>>
>>>
>>>      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
>>>          <mailto:lukasz.stelmach@iem.pw.edu.pl>>   writes:
>>>
>>>              Eric S Fraga<ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk<mailto: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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> The batik svg rasteriser page
>
>          http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/tools/rasterizer.html
>
> says:
>
>          This page describes the features of the SVG Rasterizer utility
>          that comes with the Batik distribution. The SVG Rasterizer is a
>          utility that can convert SVG files to a raster format. The tool
>          can convert individual files or sets of files, making it easy to
>          convert entire directories of SVG files. The provided formats
>          are JPEG, PNG and TIFF, however the design allows new formats to
>          be added easily. In addition, the rasterizer can (despite its
>          name) transcode to PDF.
>
> I haven't used it at all, but that last sentence is suggestive. Maybe it
> fits the bill?
>
> HTH,
> Nick
>
>
>


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