[Chicago] A quick question

Jordan Bettis jordanb at hafd.org
Tue Mar 26 22:09:28 CET 2013


There's a python hacker solution to the problem though: Use lxml to edit 
the svg file!


On 03/26/2013 11:13 AM, Carl Karsten wrote:
> I think Inkscape is worth learning - not mastering, but be able to
> bang something simple together when you need to.
>
> changing font/color of a bunch of text will drive you batty though.
>
> Carl K
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Aaron Rothenberg
> <a_rothenberg at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>   Dia also uses a custom xml that I have avoided looking at. I was more
>> hoping to render the python as a uml and then  drag,drop,click and edit. I
>> won't need to script the process because it's a one off.
>>
>> But that's 2 for svg/inkscape so now I'm thinking it's worth using so that I
>> have it in my tool belt for when my needs might be less simple.
>>
>>
>>> From: carl at personnelware.com
>>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:23:18 -0500
>>> To: chicago at python.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Chicago] A quick question
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Aaron Rothenberg
>>> <a_rothenberg at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> I've never used an SVG
>>> You can pretend it is just another image format.
>>>
>>> Or you can look at it with a text editor and see that it is human
>>> readable. Kinda like html.
>>>
>>> It is xml, which means it can be parsed. I use inkscape to layout
>>> the title slide for vidoes, then python to set the title and presenter
>>> names.
>>>
>>>
>>> Carl K
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