SVG to Raster

[Jeff_Wilson63]

Inkscape handles linked SVG files just fine... it just doesn't provide a friendly interface for creating the links. So if you already have a bunch of SVG files that just need converted, Inkscape should handle that. If you want to create new SVG files, you can do it with Inkscape, but you have to edit the links in the XML editor by hand. Kind of a pain if you're wanting to do a bunch of map symbols or something.

Er, what? This doesn't match what Inkscape does at all.

http://www.monticello21st.com/glyphica/GlySymList.svg loads fine in both Inkscape and Firefox because there are no linked files. http://www.monticello21st.com/glyphica/GlyGrpList.svg displays just fine in Firefox, but displays an empy box on loading in Inkscape. The only syntactical difference between the two files is that the second uses linked files and first doesn't.

I have no need to use Inkscape's built-in XML editor as the link data is already included in the files I'm trying to convert.

[Hai-Etlik]

I think there's some confusion in terminology. The OP seems to be using "link" to mean use elements with external references. Other people are interpreting it as the use element in general, or as hyperlinks.

Inkscape supports the use element with references to internally defined elements.

Firefox supports the use element with references to externally defined elements.

Inkscape has a fairly basic interface for creating hyperlinks from elements. It doesn't provide any mechanism for following them.

Firefox supports following such hyperlinks the same way it does HTML hyperlinks.

[ravenx99]

Er, what? This doesn't match what Inkscape does at all.

Er, just trying to help.

Inkscape does exactly what I said it does... it includes and renders linked SVG files. But it doesn't support referencing individual objects inside the file with ID #anchors, which is what your sample file requires. That is, Inkscape can use "image xlink:href=file" to include an SVG file, but it can't do "use xlink:href=file#id" to reference specific objects.

So Inkscape does what you said it can't. But what you said it can't do isn't what you needed it to do. So stop looking at me like I'm smoking an illegal substance.

Too bad Inkscape doesn't support this... it'd be a nice feature for maintaining symbol libraries. I have to keep a separate SVG file for each map symbol.

[Jeff_Wilson63]

That is, Inkscape can use "image xlink:href=file" to include an SVG file, but it can't do "use xlink:href=file#id" to reference specific objects.

OK. I see how this works now. Thanks for the information.

After some thought it's still easier for me to use php to generate temporary files than to break my existing files down to their separate symbols. I'll post if I find any alternatives.

[Hai-Etlik]

You could post a feature request to the Inkscape bug tracker.

0.47 is too close so it probably wouldn't make it in for this cycle but it would probably make 0.48