[pdftex] support for svg
Denis Pinsard
depinsard06 at modulonet.fr
Sat Apr 2 23:33:29 CEST 2005
About PDF file with embedded SVG, Hans Hagen has written (in june 2004) :
> this is about the minimum needed
>
> \def\SVGimage#1#2#3% name width height
> {\immediate\pdfobj stream file {#1}%
> \immediate\pdfobj {<</Type /Filespec /F (#1) /EF <</F
> \the\pdflastobj\space0 R>> >>}%
> \vbox to #3{\vss\hbox to #2{\pdfannot width #2 height #3
> {/Type /Annot
> /Subtype /SVG
> /Resources <</Names[(#1) \the\pdflastobj\space0 R]>>
> /StartResource (#1)
> /T (#1)}\hss}}}>
>
> however, scaling is bugged in acrobat (windows version, i still have to
> test the mac):
>
> - smaller than natural size: ok
> - same as natural size: wrong scaling
> - using scaling while viewing (using magnifyer): no scaling
>
> so, in order to get it useable in documents, you have to wait for
> acrobat version 7 but at least it seems that svg will make it as embeded
> graphic format -)
This code works fine with acrobat reader 6.0 but don't work anymore with
version 7.0.
A '?' within a little square appears instead of the SVG.
Is it possible to solve this problem ?
Denis Pinsard
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