When matplotlib outputs an SVG, each unique character is assigned a numeric id (these are just assigned in order), and inserted as a "def", and then "use"d (referenced) wherever they are used.
When you paste on SVG into another, those names clash, and Inkscape is pulling in the wrong characters when it goes to draw. Now, my gut feels that this is actually a bug in Inkscape -- pasting of referenced objects from one file into another should reassign new ids. However, I'm not an SVG expert, so I could be wrong, but I think I will take this question over to the Inkscape mailing list anyway. That said, there are probably some workarounds that matplotlib could make (using a hash of the character's content as the id, for instance). I'll look into that and reply when progress has been made. Mike Kaushik Ghose wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I have a peculiar problem, and I wonder if anyone can assist me. > > I have two figures generated from matplotlib and saved as svgs. They > both print fine, and they load in Inkscape just fine. > > However, when I copy one figure and paste it into the other, the pasted > figure's labels and text become garbled. > > Screenshots on this page > http://assorted-experience.blogspot.com/2008/03/inkscape-matplotlibs-svg-one-strange.html > > > Any suggestions would be most welcome > Thanks > -Kaushik > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
