#6973: SVG or other vector graphics editor
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Reporter: mpatel | Owner: boothby
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: notebook | Keywords:
Author: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Changes (by mpatel):
* cc: acleone (added)
* upstream: => N/A
Old description:
> An interactive vector graphics editor accessible from the Sage notebook
> or the command-line may have a variety of uses:
>
> * Drawing diagrams.
> * Annotating images. See
> [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/contents.html matplotlib]'s
> [http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/matplotlib/trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py?view=markup
> SVG backend].
> * Manipulating graphs and knots.
> * Animating objects. See
> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronized_Multimedia_Integration_Language
> SMIL].
> * Creating a free-form 2D workspace.
>
> Candidates:
>
> * [http://code.google.com/p/svg-edit/ SVG-edit] - seems very promising;
> actively developed; see [http://groups.google.com/group/svg-
> edit/browse_thread/thread/26bdc43b4f241ae9/77768c078a98b30d?#77768c078a98b30d
> this discussion].
> * [http://code.google.com/p/svgweb/ SVG web] - can render SVG via Flash
> for IE; actively developed.
>
> See [http://groups.google.com/group/sage-
> devel/browse_thread/thread/86429406fb3bba17/dd3163cb2a47fa38?#dd3163cb2a47fa38
> sage-devel] for some discussion.
New description:
An interactive vector graphics editor accessible from the Sage notebook or
the command-line may have a variety of uses:
* Drawing diagrams.
* Annotating images. See
[http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/contents.html matplotlib]'s
[http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/matplotlib/trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py?view=markup
SVG backend].
* Manipulating graphs and knots.
* Animating objects. See
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronized_Multimedia_Integration_Language
SMIL].
* Creating a free-form 2D workspace.
Candidates:
* [http://code.google.com/p/jsvectoreditor/ jsvectoreditor] -
[http://raphaeljs.com/ Raphael]-based editor renders both SVG (non-IE) and
VML (IE).
* [http://code.google.com/p/svg-edit/ SVG-edit] - Inkscape-lite. See
[http://groups.google.com/group/svg-
edit/browse_thread/thread/26bdc43b4f241ae9/77768c078a98b30d?#77768c078a98b30d
this discussion] and [http://groups.google.com/group/svg-
edit/browse_thread/thread/91cf3b76f3e4eb4f/77237f209dbe1a81?#77237f209dbe1a81
this one on matplotlib's SVG].
See [http://groups.google.com/group/sage-
devel/browse_thread/thread/86429406fb3bba17/dd3163cb2a47fa38?#dd3163cb2a47fa38
sage-devel] for some discussion.
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Comment:
Hi Alex - Feel free to take this in any direction you think is worthwhile!
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