Re: [Docutils-users] SVG images in ODT (was: Does the doctree reader work?)

[Matěj C. <mc...@ce...>]

On Wed Jan 28, 2026 at 11:24 AM CET, Guenter Milde via Docutils-users wrote:
> We might go the easy way and start with implementing support for ODG images.
> Then, authors may use the tool of their choice to convert PDF, SVG or other
> vector formats to ODG (or export their own creations in ODG format) and
> use this in rST or Markdown documents intended for docutils --writer=odg.

OK, that's probably one avenue of the attack.

While sitting here at FOSDEM and listening to presentation I have vibe
coded https://git.sr.ht/~mcepl/svg2odg What do you think?

> A simplified variant of Sphinx's "only" directive may be helpfull in case
> a document source should be converted to several formats:
>
> ~~~ (future rST)
>
> .. only:: html xml
>  
>    .. image:: cute-cat.svg

XeTeX can manipulate SVG format as well.

> .. only:: latex xetex
>
>    .. image:: cute-cat.pdf
>    
> .. only:: odt
>    
>    .. image:: cute-cat.odg

That's probably a good idea.

Best,

Matěj
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