2 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
5 # This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
6 # Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
9 # author Martin Vermeer
10 # author Jürgen Spitzmüller
12 # Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
14 # This script converts an SVG image to two files that can be processed
15 # with pdflatex into high quality PDF. It requires Inkscape.
18 # python svg2pdftex.py [inkscape_command] inputfile.svg outputfile.pdf_tex
19 # This command generates
20 # 1. outputfile.pdf -- the converted PDF file (text from SVG stripped)
21 # 2. outputfile.pdf_tex -- a TeX file that can be included in your
22 # LaTeX document using '\input{outputfile.pdf_text}'
25 # Do not use this command as
26 # python svg2pdftex.py [inkscape_command] inputfile.svg outputfile.pdf
27 # the real PDF file would be overwritten by a TeX file named outputfile.pdf.
30 import os, sys, re, subprocess
34 run a command, quit if fails
36 if subprocess.call(cmd) != 0:
37 print "Command '%s' fails." % cmd
40 InkscapeCmd = "inkscape"
44 # We expect two or three args: the names of the input and output files
45 # and optionally the inkscape command (with path if needed).
48 # Two args: input and output file only
49 InputFile, OutputFile = sys.argv[1:]
51 # Three args: first arg is inkscape command
52 InkscapeCmd, InputFile, OutputFile = sys.argv[1:]
54 # Invalid number of args. Exit with error.
57 # Fail silently if the file doesn't exist
58 if not os.path.isfile(InputFile):
61 # Strip the extension from ${OutputFile}
62 OutBase = os.path.splitext(OutputFile)[0]
64 # Inkscape (as of 0.48) can output SVG images as a PDF file without text, ${OutBase}.pdf,
65 # while outsourcing the text to a LaTeX file ${OutBase}.pdf_tex which includes and overlays
66 # the PDF image and can be \input to LaTeX files. We rename the latter file to ${OutputFile}
67 # (although this is probably the name it already has).
68 runCommand([InkscapeCmd, '--file=%s' % (InputFile), '--export-pdf=%s.pdf' % (OutBase), '--export-latex'])
70 os.rename('%s.pdf_tex' % OutBase, OutputFile)