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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:43 AM, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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>> On 06/15/2009 03:30 PM, Mick wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>> 2009/6/15 Florian Philipp<lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net>: |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Mick schrieb: |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Hi All, |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Trying to view a web page I produced some yonks ago, which at that the |
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>>>>> time would utilise the Adobe SVG plugin to render a gantt chart. The |
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>>>>> header of the file went like this: |
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>>>>> ============================================= |
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>>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> |
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>>>>> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 20000303 Stylable//EN" |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/03/WD-SVG-20000303/DTD/svg-20000303-stylable.dtd"> |
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>>>>> <svg xml:space="preserve" width="10in" height="8in" |
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>>>>> style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:8"> |
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>>>>> ============================================= |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Adobe seem to have abandoned further development. Any idea what I can |
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>>>>> use to render such a graphic (image/svg+xml) in a browser? |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Firefox supports svg out of the box, now. Maybe you need the svg |
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>>>> USE-flag for x11-libs/cairo. |
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>>> |
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>>> Hmm, mozilla-firefox does not have an svg flag. Anyway, I have svg in |
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>>> my /etc/make.conf and also have cairo installed: |
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>>> |
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>>> [I] x11-libs/cairo |
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>>> |
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>>> Installed versions: 1.8.6-r1!t(18:54:43 03/17/09)(X glitz opengl |
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>>> svg -cleartype -debug -directfb -doc -xcb) |
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>>> |
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>>> It's not just FF, but also Opera and Konqueror cannot render it either |
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>>> and ask to download a plugin. |
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>> The code in your webpage is probably wrong. You should just use a normal |
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>> HTML header instead of this weird "<!DOCTYPE svg" thingy you're using now. |
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>> Embed SVG images inside the page with a PNG fallback like this: |
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>> |
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>> <object data="URL_TO_YOUR.svg" type="image/svg+xml" height="PIXELS" |
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>> width="PIXELS"> |
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>> <img src="URL_TO_YOUR.png" height="PIXELS" width="PIXELS"> |
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>> </object> |
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> |
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> I tried that Adobe site in FF on gentoo and ubuntu with the same |
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> non-result. On Vista, I tried FF, Opera, Safari and IE 8, with varied |
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> forms of failure. Interestingly, Opera at least offered to start |
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> inkscape to view the image, which succeeded. The text on that image |
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> suggested it's specific to an adobe plugin -- which it plugs of |
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> course. |
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> Does somebody have a web page with SVGs that normal browsers with |
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> non-proprietary plugins/viewers _can_ view? |
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I looked a little further. I thought it interesting that Safari could |
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also not view the Adobe SVG thingy. Moreover, |
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http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/ shows they've dropped support |
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for their viewer, and the most recent blurb promoting SVG relates to |
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Illustrator CS2, when CS4 is the current version. I have CS4, but |
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haven't learned to use it yet. |
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Is there a future in SVG? |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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