Vector Graphics in SignWriting

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I am using Windows XP and this platform is quite capable of showing svg
pictures. So rest assured when you have a reasonably modern computer, your
computer will be able to show svg..
Thanks,
        GerardM

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Charles Butler <chazzer3332000 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hello Adam,
>
> Am I late in the game here?
>
> Wait, are you telling me that vector-based programs will not run on a PC
> and you are writing all of your programs presuming that the entire world is
> MAC based.  I hope not.  I thought that the purpose of open-sourcing was
> just that, a program that CAN be run on any program with a reasonable
> memory, not tied to one platform or another.
>
> Charles Butler
>
>
>
>
> *Adam Frost <frost at signwriting.org>* wrote:
>
> Yes, Inkscape on Mac requires the use of the X11 program to run. I know you
> have it, but I bet you have to update it just like I did when I put it on my
> Mac. If you go to the Inkscape website, they will link you to the X11
> website so that you can download the latest version. Or you can just go to
> this link to download the latest. http://xquartz.macosforge.org/
> Then after you do that, opening Inkscape should be no problem. You may have
> to leave it open for awhile when opening it for the first time while it
> seems to be doing nothing because it is communicating with X11. After that
> it will open just fine (with X11 opening in the background).
>
> Let me know if you have any problems.
>
> Adam
>
> On Jul 24, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
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> SignWriting List
> July 24, 2008
>
> Thank you, Adam, for posting the SVG version of the sign for WORLD in
> ASL...I love the good looking symbols - you did a really good job ;-))
>
> And you are right, that as soon as we have the SVG version of the ISWA it
> will be just terrific... It may actually take some time before that happens,
> but sooner or later it will happen....;-)
>
> Meanwhile...a funny story..I downloaded the program Inkscape to open your
> svg file, but oddly enough it refuses to open on my Mac, and it said it was
> a Mac version, so I must have done something wrong...and I was surprised
> that Photoshop doesn't open the file...it says it is a format it doesn't
> understand...so is it only Illustrator and html that opens SVG? The Adobe
> SVG reader is being phased out I understand from their web site...so it
> seems frustrating when you can't open an SVG file except in a web
> browser...how can I open it to manipulate symbol size etc?
>
> You can see I have much to learn about SVG!
>
> Val ;-)
>
> <world01.png>
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> <world.svg>
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