Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Vector Graphics in PDF

On 28/02/2013 23:27, Berengar Lehr wrote:
> So thank you for your answeres!
>
> What I do is automatically produce PDF reports using xml-templates, I'll
> just write down, what I do:
>
> 1. ODT --extract--> multiple XML files
> 2. content.xml --via python-script--> content.xml.template
> 3. content.xml.template --via go-binary--> parsed content.xml
> 4. multiple XML files --compress--> ODT
> 5. ODT --via libreoffice--> PDF
>
> Diagrams are generate from data and templates…
> a) graphic.svg.template --via go-binary--> graphic.svg
> b) graphic.svg --via inkscape--> graphic.pdf
> c) graphic.pdf --via libreoffice--> graphic.odg
> …and odg-files are included

this have no sence anymore, just place your SVG (after opening  and 
resaving in InScape) in your ODT and export tot PDF
> Having a working process, I now try to speed up PDF generation by
> canceling out the most time consuming process: c) libreoffice pdf2odg
> So yeah, I could probably convert svg2png which would cost either space
> or image details. But I was looking (perhaps just for the sake of
> "doing-it-right") for better, more universial usable graphics format.
>
> But I'll probalby just wait for LO 4.0.
trie to open the SVG first in Draw, then copy the Shape not as Picture) 
into the ODT and you will have also Vector output in your PDF
> Thanks and I'd still be happy to share experience combining vector
> graphics in ODT and PDF
>
>
> Am 28.02.2013 22:08, schrieb Doug:
> > On 02/28/2013 02:44 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> > > On 02/28/2013 02:24 PM, Berengar Lehr wrote:
> > > > Hy,
> > > >
> > > > I'm asking if anyone could provide me with a list of vector graphics
> > > > formats that can be used in ODT _and_ that will be exported as vector
> > > > graphic.
> > > > SVG e.g. is not a valid example: while it can be used in ODT, SVG
> > > > will be
> > > > rasterized during conversion to PDF. ODG on the other hand works for
> > > > both.
> > > > WMF/EMF work for both but I could not find *nix libs for these microsoft
> > > > formats.
> > > > Any other ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > waiting patiently,
> > > > Ber
> > > The problem, it seems to me, is that Word Processor packages are not
> > > really built to handle "vector" graphics.
> > >
> > > Could you tell us why you need the PDF file to not have any
> > > "conversion" to "raster. . ." when creating a PDF file?
> > >
> > > I tend to have the vector graphics opened in Inkscape [or similar] and
> > > export the image to PNG, GIF, or JPG, that LO can use.  I almost never
> > > try to include vector graphics in a text document. It just never works
> > > out.
> > I assume you can save your vector graphics file that you made in a cad
> > program in some format like .dwg or .dxf, so why not just attach it to
> > your LO/OO message?
> >
> > --doug


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