This SVG format gets better everyday. For those of you unfortunate enough not to have the choice of freedom from the M$ Monopoly, I discovered that Visio supports SVG file directly. In fact, the rendering is better then Inscape and get this: you can copy and paste *directly* over to PowerPoint and Word and you can even embed it as a Visio object. The quality is superb!
Even the browser can read SVG file (somewhat - the quality isn't very good). > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Hohls > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:19 AM > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG > > > For those of you fortunate enough to have the > choice be free from the M$ Monopoly, you can > use the Open Office Impress package to do > something similar to the steps below. > > However, if you want to work directly with SVG > files, then you should install the SVG "import > filter", available from: http://www.ipd.uka.de/~hauma/svg-import/ > (Installation and use are described very clearly). > > If you have saved an SVG file from MPL, you > can now open it in Open Office Draw, ungroup > it (you will need to repeat this command a > number of times) and edit the elements. > Save the file as an Open Office drawing > (.odg) for use in other Open Office applications. > > One strange thing I encountered was that the > default background for fonts was blue? > This seems to be a problem with the > import filter, and has been reported on the > wiki support page: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SVG_User_Experiences# > Blue_background_for_all_text_elements > > but not fixed. To change this manually: > left-click to select a text element, then > right-click and choosing Edit Style... and > then select White or None from the Area menu. > > > *** As a footnote, I see that an integrated > SVG filter, designed to be shipped as part of > Open Office, is scheduled to be developed as > part of the Google 2007 Summer of Code - see: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2007/p > roposals#Draw.2FImpress:_SVG_Import_Filter > > > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2007/05/15 01:08 AM >>> > > Not exactly OT. > > I would not recommend using .eps format in order to > export MPL graphs for Inkscape. I've been playing > around with Inkscape for a few days now and I've been > using .svg exclusively and don't have any problem. > > As I said before, I like the fact that once I am > inside Inscape, I can do an ungroup of the graph, and > work with all of the plotting elements individually. > In fact, I just discover a nice way to "cut and paste" > a particular subplot over to PowerPoint. This gives > me very high quality graphs in Power Point (I can > scale all I want). No more fuzzy, ugly-looking Power > Point charts. > > Here's how: > > a) Create MPL plots in .svg format > b) From Inscape, read in .svg > c) Select subplot and ungroup > d) Copy and paste to a new page > e) Shrink the page down to the size of the object > f) Save as emf file > g) Import into PowerPoint > > In addition, I am also using Inscape to get around the > problem with the PDF backend in MPL. I reported > previously that I am unable to save more then 8 PDF > files per execuation. Now, I save the files in .svg > format, then invoke Inscape in command line mode and > export the file in pdf format. Works great. > > Regards, > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Fernando Perez > > Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:57 AM > > To: Steve Schmerler > > Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG > > > > > > On 5/12/07, Steve Schmerler wrote: > > > Fernando Perez wrote: > > > > > > > > Did you install pstoedit? If you do, you'll see > that > > inkscape will > > > > then be able to load .eps/.ps files in a fully > editable format. > > > > I've used it to fix decade-old plots for which > the only > > thing around > > > > was the eps file. > > > > > > > > > > I tried to export an .svg from MPL (0.90.0rev3131) > with > > > rcParams['text.usetex']=True and got a > NotImplementedError > > (same for > > > the pdf backend with usetex, see attached log). I > was > > wondering: Is it > > > (technically) possible to have .svg export > capabilities with > > > usetex-support and if so, has there been no need > for this > > feature so > > > far (not that I need it urgently, just curious..)? > > > > There's actually a real MPL bug in there (not just > the > > NotImplementedError) but I'll report it separately > in a minute. > > > > > Anyway, to work with MPL-images (.ps/.eps) in > Inkscape, I installed > > > pstoedit but loading these files doesn't work > (seems not to > > recognize > > > them as images). Sorry if I'm driving the > Inkscape-stuff a bit OT > > > here, but: What version of Inkscape & friends are > you > > using? I'm using > > > pstoedit 3.44, Inkscape 0.44.1. The > Latex-formula-feature > > of Inkscape > > > is also not working and the error seems related to > pstoedit. Maybe > > > someone had similar experiences ... > > > > > > Thanks for any hint! > > > > Well, unfortunately it seems that inkscape is > crashing python > > itself... I made a trivial .eps in mpl with: > > > > In [1]: plot(range(10)) > > Out[1]: [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D instance at > 0x8f45a8c>] > > > > In [2]: title(r'Some \LaTeX $\int_0^\infty f(\gamma) > d\gamma = 1$') > > Out[2]: <matplotlib.text.Text instance at 0x8f4590c> > > > > In [3]: savefig('foo.eps') > > > > > > and when I tried to load it into inkscape, I got > this very > > nasty traceback: > > > > *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: free(): > invalid > > pointer: 0x4081e4e0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= > > > /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0x400ee7cd] > > /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0x400f1e30] > > > /usr/lib/skencil/Sketch/../Lib/streamfilter.so[0x404e7ce5] > > > /usr/lib/skencil/Sketch/../Lib/streamfilter.so[0x404e7cd2] > > /usr/bin/python[0x8110e6a] > > /usr/bin/python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x313)[0x80c9903] > > > > etc. > > > > At this point, this is really becoming OT for the > mpl list, > > so I'll stop. But if anyone has the time, it might > be worth > > sending this example to the inkscape list so they > work on it > > and hopefully fix it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > f > > > -- > John Henry > > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- John Henry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
