From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MGDXU-0000Hj-8X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:52:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 11464E02F2; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:51:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f183.google.com (mail-yx0-f183.google.com [209.85.210.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA4FCE02F2 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:51:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe14 with SMTP id 14so1008yxe.32 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:51:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mf33kZDNN2eqySw2VzPmqf4OH//f0cLyG/NDz5cvCLE=; b=qrMtlr077o6SwhEkAJETaHKINUwcAaWApm3F6DkxAIJq0zJp7ftkaTq7XYRu2YQZuT yOuYy0DEIoKcMgfCQbYptMkzsvwLzwi/ej/TPrspAke3MklktdBzLO3kGNs2WPRIJ+Qh g+Qj8v6motD8K61N4NDYz5kZtcWk3NSiX4/HQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=gchVuri7IQWSVKhKul38d71l9gd+jYEqv/w+JUZ4jJ7D8JZPffeW9m6uEWVaBRQ0Qq ORHxw1rwHaWoDyc9A2GF0ZNtta5aFVn1ZM3ewxlA8bW3hjE62DXFH4AyiKZK2A9tgEmi CkhOMdiWmjUFOD8sapcOhv3FLt4UWv/o02UCI= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.151.123.13 with SMTP id a13mr13452725ybn.246.1245077517146; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:51:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9acccfe50906150744j4ac7d4buafb529115f1de1ef@mail.gmail.com> References: <358eca8f0906150408n443e9a49u8411e32443f62a2a@mail.gmail.com> <4A36342B.8020400@f_philipp.fastmail.net> <358eca8f0906150530u7af6392bs7707f9095d9c2af7@mail.gmail.com> <9acccfe50906150731k6a6c4dbh13823bdfa002e735@mail.gmail.com> <9acccfe50906150744j4ac7d4buafb529115f1de1ef@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:51:57 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: c0d8cecb113f662f Message-ID: <58965d8a0906150751l764bb634l693240b9c3963e8e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SVG plugin From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4e4f9109-709b-43b6-9ba6-27d1ae4aa3f1 X-Archives-Hash: 1c171351888e9df8a41be5e3c488842c On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:43 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> On 06/15/2009 03:30 PM, Mick wrote: >>>> >>>> 2009/6/15 Florian Philipp: >>>>> >>>>> Mick schrieb: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>> Trying to view a web page I produced some yonks ago, which at that the >>>>>> time would utilise the Adobe SVG plugin to render a gantt chart. The >>>>>> header of the file went like this: >>>>>> ============================================= >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/03/WD-SVG-20000303/DTD/svg-20000303-stylable.dtd"> >>>>>> >>>>> style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:8"> >>>>>> ============================================= >>>>>> >>>>>> Adobe seem to have abandoned further development. Any idea what I can >>>>>> use to render such a graphic (image/svg+xml) in a browser? >>>>> >>>>> Firefox supports svg out of the box, now. Maybe you need the svg >>>>> USE-flag for x11-libs/cairo. >>>> >>>> Hmm, mozilla-firefox does not have an svg flag. Anyway, I have svg in >>>> my /etc/make.conf and also have cairo installed: >>>> >>>> [I] x11-libs/cairo >>>> >>>> Installed versions: 1.8.6-r1!t(18:54:43 03/17/09)(X glitz opengl >>>> svg -cleartype -debug -directfb -doc -xcb) >>>> >>>> It's not just FF, but also Opera and Konqueror cannot render it either >>>> and ask to download a plugin. >>> >>> The code in your webpage is probably wrong. You should just use a normal >>> HTML header instead of this weird ">> Embed SVG images inside the page with a PNG fallback like this: >>> >>> >> width="PIXELS"> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> I tried that Adobe site in FF on gentoo and ubuntu with the same >> non-result. On Vista, I tried FF, Opera, Safari and IE 8, with varied >> forms of failure. Interestingly, Opera at least offered to start >> inkscape to view the image, which succeeded. The text on that image >> suggested it's specific to an adobe plugin -- which it plugs of >> course. >> >> Does somebody have a web page with SVGs that normal browsers with >> non-proprietary plugins/viewers _can_ view? > > I looked a little further. I thought it interesting that Safari could > also not view the Adobe SVG thingy. Moreover, > http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/ shows they've dropped support > for their viewer, and the most recent blurb promoting SVG relates to > Illustrator CS2, when CS4 is the current version. I have CS4, but > haven't learned to use it yet. > > Is there a future in SVG? Also, in Firefox make sure SVG is enabled. Type "about:config" in the URL bar and look for the "svg.enabled" option. Set it to "true" if it is not already.