Re: [matplotlib-devel] groups, images in SVG backend

[Jared W. <wah...@um...>]

On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 16:47, John Hunter wrote:
> >>>>> "Jared" == Jared Wahlstrand <wah...@um...> writes:
> 
>     Jared> Hello, I put a patch in the tracker that implements groups
>     Jared> in the SVG backend.  Is that the preferred way to submit
>     Jared> patches, or should I just mail them?
> 
> Since we're just talking about a single file, I think mailing them
> directly to me is the easiest way for now.  BTW, the attachment didn't
> go through on the Tracker.
> 
Oops...the groups patch is hopefully attached to this message.

>     Jared> I've also been working on images.  SVG has an image tag
>     Jared> where you can include a external .png file.  I used some
>     Jared> code from the GTK backend to save an image as a png, then
>     Jared> included, as shown below.
> 
> I think you'll be better off following the lead of how backend PS
> handles image drawing, which has no GTK dependence.  I don't think you
> need to use GTK or PNG as an intermediary.  You may want to get a
> fresh CVS checkout because there was a screwup in the width/height
> dimensions in earlier versions that has been fixed.

I don't see any obvious way to directly include a bitmap in SVG, but
I'll keep looking.