NAME

       svgtoipe - Convert a SVG file to Ipe 7 format

SYNOPSIS

       svgtoipe [-h] [-c] figure.svg [figure.ipe]

DESCRIPTION

       svgtoipe converts a SVG file to an XML file understood by Ipe version 7.

       If  the  output  filename is not specified, it will be derived either by replacing .ipe at the end of the
       input filename with .svg, or by appending .ipe if the input filename does not end with with .svg.

       If either input or output filename is '--', then stdin, resp. stdout is used to read or write data.

       -h     display a short help text

       -c     operate in clipboard mode. Data is output as ipe clipboard content.  This allows pasting svg  data
              from  inkscape  to ipe: (1) Copy elements Inkscape to clipboard, (2) run: 'xsel | ./svgtoipe.py -c
              -- | xsel -i', (3) paste clipboard content into ipe.

Supported SVG Features

       The following SVG elements are converted: path, image, rect, circle, ellipse, line, polygon, and polyline

       The following SVG elements are converted: group, clipPath, linearGradient, andradialGradient

       Image conversion is only supported if python-imaging is available.  Text is only  converted,  if  it  has
       coordinates specified as attribute of the svg text element.

AUTHOR

       Otfried Cheong Christian Kapeller

SEE ALSO

       ipe(1)

Ipe                                                April 2015                                        SVGTOIPE(1)