.TH SVGTOIPE "1" "April 2015" "Ipe" "User Commands"

.SH NAME
svgtoipe \- Convert a SVG file to Ipe 7 format

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B svgtoipe
\fI[\-h] [\-c] figure.svg [figure.ipe] \fR

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBsvgtoipe\fR converts a SVG file to an XML file understood by Ipe
version 7.
.PP
If the output filename is not specified, it will be derived
either by replacing \fI.ipe\fR at the end of the input filename with
\fI.svg\fR, or by appending \fI.ipe\fR if the input filename does not
end with with \fI.svg\fR.

If either input or output filename is '\-\-', then stdin, resp. stdout
is used to read or write data.
.TP
\-h
display a short help text
.TP
\-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.

.SH 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 \fIpython-imaging\fR is available.  Text
is only converted, if it has coordinates specified as attribute of the svg text
element.

.SH AUTHOR
Otfried Cheong
Christian Kapeller

.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBipe\fR(1)