SVG, Anti-Grain and Runtime Revolution

[Richmond Mathewson]

On 07/02/2010 17:30, Alejandro Tejada wrote:
> Hi Richmond,
>
> New direction is: http://capellan2000.000space.com/
>
> Notice that i have not made significant work with svg...
> just with Adobe Ilustrator files (vector graphics only
> for import and export) and PDF files (vector graphics only
> for export only). Code for svg export that i used in one
> stack is an adaptation of Richard Gasking's works from
> stack mc2svg.
>
> Richmond, you should follow Malte's recommendation to
> use Ian McPhail's stack: SVGL.
> This stack (SVGL) implement correctly most
> SVG Transformations: scale, translation and rotate.
> Other features that i want to see in this stack:
> 1) Skew and Matrix Transformations (that
> allows all transformations in a single operation).
> 2) Support for gradients and transparency
> in fills and strokes.
> 3) Import Circles and Rounded Rectangles as
> Rev Circles and Rounded Rectangles (actual version
> of SVGL import both kind of graphics as Polylines)
>
> Recently, i post a message announcing a new version
> of Eps Import. Read this message again:
>
> Download the stack "Eps Import V05B" from:
>
> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TL5QP5WD
>
> or visit my webpage:
>
> http://capellan2000.000space.com/
>
> in this page look for the stack named:
> Eps_Import_V05B.zip
>
> Notice that this website named 000space does not
> allow hotlinking so, if you click in this link to
> download the file, you will be redirected to
> an error page:
>
> http://www.capellan2000.000space.com/Eps_Import_V05B.zip
>
> New in this version: Basic functionality to import ilustrator blends
> as gradients. Still pending to create code for some important blend
> properties.
>
> Important caveat:
> Your ilustrator gradients should have a name compatible
> with the Runrev convention for variable names.
> That is, your gradients names in ilustrator should not have any
> "ilegal" characters like commas, ampersand (&), etc, etc.
>
> Ilustrator files exported from Xara, (the tool that i use) does not
> have this problem, because gradients are named like "Radial gradient 05"
> and "Lineal gradient 12".
>
> Hopefully, Runrev will integrate soon this functionality of importing blends
> to their SVGL importer stack. In fact, svg graphics are better than
> ilustrator
> graphics because they share many important features with vector graphics
> from this platform, like defined geometric shapes (vital to import round
> rectangles
> and circles), alpha properties for each color inside a fill or stroke and
> gradients
> applied to stroke lines.
>
> Alert me in this mail list about any problems with the download links
> provided.
>
> Happy and fruitful 2010 for everyone!
>
> Alejandro
>
>
>    
Thanks Alejandro,

I really don't need SVG import or export; although it would be very nice.

Just started digging around after the start of this thread got me 
curious . . .  :)

I will, however, download your stacks and put them in my armoury!