+ lol... of course, I meant 24kb and not 24,000kb... and, to Julian - yep... problem solved. SVG and Scribus are fine... especially nice for line graphs. Cant wait to try the latest release.
On 11/14/07, stu seven <stu7seven at gmail.com> wrote: > + my thanks rcook, for your reply, and to other repliers also... > yes, it seems the "error" is mine completely - that is, for trying to > import such a huge SVG... the one I ended up with was nearly > 1MB... actually, what was happening was, the scribus engine was > just spinning and spinning and... well, so on(!)... with the import > never finishing. > Solution: optimizing the SVG reduced it to 24,000 kb... tiny... > and it loaded immediately into Scribus... Wa-la ! (thats french). > So, indeed, Scribus and SVG are a happy team, so long as you > dont overload it. > > Thanks again for the replies, and thanks to Scribus for such > a nice DTP ! > > > On 11/13/07, rcook at pcug.org.au <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote: > > > + I know, in principle, Scribus allows SVGs to be imported... > > > for me, this seems to work only with very small SVGs. > > > > > > Scribus also seems to optimize it's PDF output... which > > > should be good... except that, when I put a PDF-d image in > > > the scribus document, it ruins it... re-optimizes it... sort of > > > like drinking your soda twice(?). > > > > > > So here is my question... is anyone having success > > > including SVGs, or, other scalable format files in scribus > > > documents ? > > > > > > > > I just wonder where your difficulty may be. What symptoms show when you > > try to import a "large" svg? > > > > Would this be on windows or a mac or a linux box? What version of Scribus > > are you using? > > > > > > > > Owen > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Scribus mailing list > > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > >
