[xep-support] alternative representation of SVG that is not Forms XObjects?

[Nikolai Grigoriev]

John,

> Does RenderX support an alternative internal, alternative representation 
> of SVGs that is not Forms XObjects?

This would be waste of space. XEP embeds images only once, 
even if they are referenced from several different places. 
Forms are the only way of achieving it. 

I understand the problem with Pitstop; unfortunately, there 
is little we can do about it in the current state of XEP. 
The alternative to Form XObjects is  to clone the content 
of images in-place, which would lead to a technically 
inferior solution. We never thought it might be needed by
anyone. Moreover, such a solution may work for SVG,
but you are going to have the same problems with PDF 
images (that really cannot be inserted without using a Form 
XObject - because of resource naming problems). 
So it looks like a request for enhancement to be presented 
to Enfocus, not to us.

By the way, what kind of editing do you want to apply 
to SVG contents? Perhaps we can have more luck adding 
the required features to the PDF that XEP generates, 
rather than making it accessible to Pitstop.

Best regards,
Nikolai Grigoriev
RenderX

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