Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Why such large svg files in LibreOffice (Linux)?

2013/5/22 chimak111 <chimak111@gmail.com>

> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:57 PM, M Henri wrote:
>
> >    .... It is only when we come to the scalable apps, which are saved as
> > .svg files, that we see the sizes
> > you mentioned ; under usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/apps, I find, just
> as
> > you mentioned, that
> > storing libreoffice-calc.svg requires some 1.3 MB. *My question is - what
> > would happen if the LO
> > apps were simply removed from this folder* ; would that influence use of
> > the programme in any
> > important way ?...
>
> >    Henri
>
>
> Hi, and thank you for confirming what I saw regarding the scalable apps...
>
> Now, I did not remove those files. Instead, I made smaller svg files, ~ 700
> *bytes* each for base, calc, draw, impress, and writer files and ~ 450
> bytes
> for the start-center-related files. I gave them the corresponding file
> names
> and replaced the bloated ones with the smaller ones. And, so far, I can
> still open LibreOffice just fine. So I still don't know what part those
> files play and why they're there.
>
> If you're interested, here's my "replacement" code for the calc svg file :)
> Obviously, it doesn't look the same but it gets the point across ;)
>
>
> <svg width="166" height="205" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";>
>   <rect ry="9" rx="9" id="svg_21" height="194" width="156" y="5.5" x="5"
> stroke-width="5" stroke="#91E185" fill="#7f7f7f"/>
>   <path fill="#91E185" stroke-width="5" d="m83,7l76,1l0,68l-76,-69z"
> id="svg_22" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
>   <path stroke="#999" id="svg_24"
> d="m81,5.5l7,-0.5l73.5,67.5l0,7l-81,-74l0.5,0z" stroke-width="5"
> fill="#999"/>
>   <text font-weight="bold" xml:space="preserve" text-anchor="middle"
> font-family="Monospace" font-size="134" id="svg_1" y="155" x="83"
> fill="#91E185">C</text>
> </svg>
>
>
> To view it as an svg file, paste the code into a text editor, and save the
> file with any prefix but the *suffix must be .svg*. You can then view the
> file with your default image viewer.

Hullo, Hitesh/chimak111 ! And thanks for posting your code for replacing
those bloatted .svg files ! The point is, precisely as you write above,
that we «still don't know what part those
files play and why they're there» -  or for that mattter, why they are so
large. Hope some knowledgeable user or developer can contribute to our
enlightenment !...

Henri

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