Qt SVG renderer

[Robert Knight]

Hi Thiago,

> He has, however, no more clue than I do about the filters and blurs

Perhaps you could provide hooks for users to implement parts of SVG /
additions to SVG which QtSvg doesn't support?

Regards,
Robert.

2008/7/29 Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org>:
> On Tuesday 29 July 2008 18:20:01 Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> Rafael Fernández López wrote:
>> > http://media.ereslibre.es/2008/07/icons/
>> >
>> > Here you can find a full list of icons that are misdrawn, and how
>> > inkscape draws it.
>>
>> What's with all the icons that have "junk" behind them? Is that extra
>> stuff in the svg (that could, and probably should, be deleted), or how
>> is Qt managing to munge those?
>
> That's what I'm most alarmed about. How did that junk appear?
>
> Are those things in the SVG files? If they are, it's like Microsoft Word
> keeping old revisions when you publish a .doc.
>
>> @TT (ah, "Qt Group"? What is it these days? ;-) ):
>
> Qt Software dept., part of the Devices Organisation (for short, "D-Qt"). At
> least until the next corporate reorganisation. TT/N is also valid, a short for
> "Trolltech, a Nokia Company".
>
>> I'm sure it's been said many times, but the biggest hole in Qt's SVG
>> support (in my opinion, but I've seen it shared by others as well) is
>> the lack of support for masks and blur. Mask can be overcome somewhat by
>> CSG operations in inkscape, but this is destructive to the SVG. To be
>> honest, I'd almost say that blur is most needed. Even /just/ blur but
>> not other filters would I think be a serious improvement... the thing
>> is, it's by far the best/easiest way to do shadows or soft shading, both
>> of which are ubiquitous.
>>
>> Note: I don't do icons. I *have* done (and am currently doing) some game
>> graphics, and those two are noticeably limiting of my artistic expression.
>
> I have found someone in the office who seemed interested in fixing issues. He
> has, however, no more clue than I do about the filters and blurs. So we cannot
> promise anything for the time being, other than fixing the blatant problems.
>
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