I followed the link given and used lxml package instead of xml and it works. lxml does not add the prefixes that xmk does. The lxml API is a superset of the xml API so I did not have to change the code much. BTW I tried removing the ns0 prefix in the svg as per the suggestion the svg displays but the xlinks in it are no longer active
On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 4:52:57 PM UTC-4, jackso...@quantachrome.com wrote: > > IN a controller if I return an svg that has full namspace prefixes > (default for the python xml package 'tostring' method )via the XML helper > it is mangled it beyond recognition. The same svg works in emacs as well as > loaded as a file in the bowser. ns0 ns1 etc namepsace prefixes are verbose > but totally legit xml. I wish the python xml package did not add this stuff > ...but still web2py should be able to handle it. > > below is the start of the svg file in question Just to illustrate the > namespace prefixes I am talking about > > <ns0:svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"; xmlns:ns0=" > http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; xmlns:ns1=" > http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"; xmlns:ns2=" > http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"; xmlns:ns4=" > http://creativecommons.org/ns#"; xmlns:ns6="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; > xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"; > height="638.99463" id="svg4250" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin meet" > version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 907.35736 638.99463" width="907.35736" > ns2:docname="station1_flow.svg" ns1:version="0.47 r22583" > xml:space="preserve"><ns0:metadata id="metadata4256"><rdf:RDF><ns4:Work > rdf:about=""><dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format><dc:type rdf:resource=" > http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage"; /><dc:title > /></ns4:Work></rdf:RDF></ns0:metadata><ns0:defs id="defs4254"><ns0:marker > id="Arrow1Lstart" orient="auto" refX="0.0" refY="0.0" > style="overflow:visible" ns1:stockid="Arrow1Lstart"><ns0:path d="M 0.0,0.0 > L 5.0,-5.0 L -12.5,0.0 L 5.0,5.0 L 0.0,0.0 z " id="path5660" > style="fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:1.0pt;marker-start:none" > transform="scale(0.8) translate(12.5,0)" /></ns0:marker><ns0:linearGradient > id="linearGradient5560"><ns0:stop id="stop5562" offset="0" > style="stop-color:#84bde7;stop-opacity:1;" /><ns0:stop id="stop5564" > offset="1" style="stop-color:#67a4d0;stop-opacity:0;" > /></ns0:linearGradient><ns0:linearGradient id="linearGradient4110" > ns1:collect="always"><ns0:stop id="stop4112" offset="0" > style="stop-color:#000000;stop-opacity:1;" /><ns0:stop id="stop4114" > offset="1" style="stop-color:#000000;stop-opacity:0;" />................. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
