Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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SVG Reader

Introduction

The svgio module is used to read SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics[1]) files. It is an XML based format for vector graphics.

This module contains svgio/source/svgreader which is used for embedding an SVG file with "Insert -> Picture -> From File".

SVG is an open standard provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

[1] Scalable Vector Graphics

How does it work?

svgio module uses sax for reading xml and turns it into drawinglayer primitives. The rendering is done via drawinglayer primitives. For more information, you should refer to drawinglayer documentation.

Known Bugs

Known remaining bugs for this module are gathered here:

Bug 88278 - [META] SVG import image filter (all modules)

Dependencies

Direct dependencies for emfio are drawinglayer and sax.

References

Documentation for the SVG format is available on the W3C website:

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