On 06/19/2017 12:23 PM, Grundtvig Nielsen Niels wrote:
We have an extensive library of .eps graphics, so when I need to include
a graphic in a .dita topic I usually use Illustrator “Save as” to
generate the corresponding .svg file.
I’ve learnt that when I ask Illustrator to use Arial it writes “Arial
MT” into the .svg source, but that’s easy to correct. I’ve also learnt
how to handle the way Illustrator writes .css information into an .svg
file, so no problems there.
One problem remains, though: when the .svg file references an external
graphic – when I have a line drawing that includes a product photograph,
for example – then XML Mind isn’t happy.
Yes, that's right.
XMLmind XML Editor cannot process SVG graphics (e.g. your
xenEMV_pcTools_testSetup.svg) referencing external image files (e.g.
your merchantUnit.jpg).
This limitation is hard to remove.
I can see the logic behind it, but wonder whether there’s an easy
workaround; if not, I’ll use .png instead of .svg and accept the slight
loss in quality.
Yes, there is a relatively easy workaround.
May be Illustrator has an option to create an SVG file *embedding*
(rather than linking) the external images referenced by the vector
graphics.
Free, open source Inkscape has one.
https://inkscape.org/en/
See menu item "Extensions > Images > Embed Images".
You could open your SVG in Inkscape, select this menu item and then save
back your SVG to disk.
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