Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG

[Steve S. <el...@gm...>]

Fernando Perez wrote:
> 
> Did you install pstoedit?  If you do, you'll see that inkscape will
> then be able to load .eps/.ps files in a fully editable format.  I've
> used it to fix decade-old plots for which the only thing around was
> the eps file.
> 

I tried to export an .svg from MPL (0.90.0rev3131) with
rcParams['text.usetex']=True and got a NotImplementedError (same for the pdf backend
with usetex, see attached log). I was wondering: Is it (technically) possible to have
.svg export capabilities with usetex-support and if so, has there been no need for
this feature so far (not that I need it urgently, just curious..)?

Anyway, to work with MPL-images (.ps/.eps) in Inkscape, I installed pstoedit but
loading these files doesn't work (seems not to recognize them as images).
Sorry if I'm driving the Inkscape-stuff a bit OT here, but:
What version of Inkscape & friends are you using? I'm using pstoedit 3.44, Inkscape
0.44.1. The Latex-formula-feature of Inkscape is also not working and the error seems
related to pstoedit. Maybe someone had similar experiences ...

Thanks for any hint!

-- 
cheers,
steve

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