[oats-sig] Ang: Re: Ang: Re: Ang: Re: Ang: Re: wmf to svg conversion

I get proper conversions to valid svg files with all graphical elements

2008/7/1 Mats Lundälv <mats.lundalv at vgregion.se>:

hmm looks rather like inkscape uses wmf2svg, or at least makes the
same assumption about wmf.

> I get proper conversions to valid svg files with all graphical elements
> included, including the circular elements, it seems - BUT these circular
> elements are not proportionally sized - see the example image dumps below.
> So here I am, still stuck.

So I guess it's the same a Garry finds with export to wmf, you need to
hand adjust the images to compensate for wmfs badness :-(

If you send me the source wmf in question I'll have a quick look but I
can't promise anything right now as I'm swamped.

Is there any chance you could go back to the original source of the
wmfs and get SVGs ? Or do you have a library of WMFs.

> The problem is of course that we are messing with a complex and poorly
> documented proprietary Microsoft format - that Microsoft themselves cannot
> handle consistently between different Office versions. Since Office 2003
> circle segments are not displayed as they were before.

We really need SVG to be adopted by everyone ASAP. Take up has been so
slow for some reason. It seems we've been rather 'sold down the river'
with wmfs :-(

> Microsoft support suggested us to use png:s instead of wmf - stndard bitmap format instead of a Microsoft non-standard vector format, ha!

Bah, that shows real ignorance of the issues; why not recommend SVG as
a better vector format?

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