#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # file svg2pstex.py # This file is part of LyX, the document processor. # Licence details can be found in the file COPYING. # author Daniel Gloger # author Martin Vermeer # author Jürgen Spitzmüller # Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS # This script converts an SVG image to two files that can be processed # with latex into high quality DVI/PostScript. It requires Inkscape. # Usage: # python svg2pstex.py [inkscape_command] inputfile.svg outputfile.eps_tex # This command generates # 1. outputfile.eps -- the converted EPS file (text from SVG stripped) # 2. outputfile.eps_tex -- a TeX file that can be included in your # LaTeX document using '\input{outputfile.eps_text}' # # Note: # Do not use this command as # python svg2pstex.py [inkscape_command] inputfile.svg outputfile.pdf # the real EPS file would be overwritten by a TeX file named outputfile.eps. # # This script converts an SVG image to something that latex can process # into high quality PostScript. import os, sys, re, subprocess def runCommand(cmd): ''' Utility function: run a command, quit if fails ''' res = subprocess.check_call(cmd) if res != 0: print "Command '%s' fails (exit code: %i)." % (res.cmd, res.returncode) sys.exit(1) InkscapeCmd = "inkscape" InputFile = "" OutputFile = "" # We expect two or three args: the names of the input and output files # and optionally the inkscape command (with path if needed). args = len(sys.argv) if args == 3: # Two args: input and output file only InputFile, OutputFile = sys.argv[1:] elif args == 4: # Three args: first arg is inkscape command InkscapeCmd, InputFile, OutputFile = sys.argv[1:] else: # Invalid number of args. Exit with error. sys.exit(1) # Fail silently if the file doesn't exist if not os.path.isfile(InputFile): sys.exit(0) # Strip the extension from ${OutputFile} OutBase = os.path.splitext(OutputFile)[0] # Inkscape (as of 0.48) can output SVG images as an EPS file without text, ${OutBase}.eps, # while outsourcing the text to a LaTeX file ${OutBase}.eps_tex which includes and overlays # the EPS image and can be \input to LaTeX files. We rename the latter file to ${OutputFile} # (although this is probably the name it already has). runCommand([r'%s' % InkscapeCmd, '--file=%s' % InputFile, '--export-eps=%s.eps' % OutBase, '--export-latex']) os.rename('%s.eps_tex' % OutBase, OutputFile)