[xep-support] XEP and SVG

[Stefan Bylund]

Hi,

Thank you Nikolai and Chris for all your valuable feedback regarding my SVG problems.
I replaced the CSS stuff with attributes and manually changed the size and viewbox of the images.
They now render correctly :)

Even if I change the size of the image in Corel Draw 11, it will be reset to A4 when I save it :(

By the way, which SVG drawing program do you recommend? I don't like the page fixation in Corel Draw 11.

/Stefan


Nikolai Grigoriev wrote:

> Chris,
>
> > NG> We support 'style' attribute, but not yet stylesheets. CSS is embedded
> > NG> too deep into SVG for any implementation to ignore it completely.
> >
> > A generator can ignore it completely. A reader that ignores it gets
> > email on their support list ;-)
>
> Right :-). We are aware about the problem, and are working
> on it; support for CSS (at least CSS1) will be available in the
> not-so-distant future.
>
> > NG> and W3C SVG test suite contains CSS constructs even in tests
> > NG> unrelated to CSS proper.
> >
> > Please point to them. I happen to remember that we ran a script
> > over the whole suite to turn them into formatting attributes, and the
> > instructions for the working group on making new tests say to use
> > formatting attributes unless testing CSS.
>
> I went to the W3C site and indeed, there were no traces of CSS
> except for CSS-specific tests. CSS style attributes were abundant
> in the SVG 1.0 Test Suite, and there were still some in my copy
> of SVG 1.1 Test Suite (downloaded about a year ago); but
> apparently things have changed since that. Sorry for making
> false statements.
>
> In any case, I believe that the mere presence of CSS-related tests
> in the suite for Basic SVG is enough to inspire the feeling
> of CSS as being integral part of SVG, so my statement about
> "privileged" status of CSS in SVG still holds.
>
> > NG> We would like not to implement CSS at all since
> > NG> there is XSL; it looks however that we have no chance :-).
> >
> > The property names in CSS and XSL are harmonized as far as
> > possible, so the effort is not to great in fact. Its just a case of
> > doing the cascade, really.
>
> I agree. Our delay in implementing SVG stems from our
> underestimation of how widespread it is among SVG
> generators. Now we have come to adjusting the priorities.
>
> > Yes, it was a good suggestion. If its not scaled, and doesn't
> > fit, it should be drawn but clipped, no?
>
> We will consider it a request for enhancement :-).
>
> Regards,
> Nikolai
>
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