Use full path for images about svg HOT 5 CLOSED

@larsweiler : I had the same issue than you, I ended up dealing with it in a transparent and somehow elegant way: I'm using my own inkscape wrapper, i.e. replacing in $PATH the one from Inkscape, which gives me a chance to modify the paths, the wrapper calls Inkscape with the same arguments but modified absolute paths. I made a gist available here: https://gist.github.com/KelSolaar/5e24073ffbde03af99d9092580dcf61d

from svg.

Hi,
without a MWE and the resulting log file it's quite difficult for me to help you, because I can't try to reproduce your case. The following MWE worked for me on Windows, where the tex file itself as well as the svg file (pathexample.svg) are located in the same path, which was additionally given with \svgpath

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{selinput}
\SelectInputMappings{adieresis={ä},germandbls={ß}}
\usepackage{svg}
\svgpath{{C:/Users/Hanisch/Documents/GitHub/svg/test}}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\includesvg[width=\linewidth]{pathexample}%
\caption{Test}\label{fig:example-tex}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

So, without any detailed description, I can't do anything. What does not work? The invocation of Inkscape, the pdf export, or the graphic import in LateX?

from svg.

Hi, thanks for your response.

I try to be more verbose. I stored your example file in /tmp/latex-svg/svg-test.tex and an svg-file in /tmp/latex-svg/pathexample.svg. I also changed \svgpath. When I call pdflatex -shell-escape svg-test.tex I get the following error:

(/usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg))
** (inkscape-bin:61155): WARNING **: Can't open file: pathexample.svg (doesn't exist)

** (inkscape-bin:61155): WARNING **: Can't open file: pathexample.svg (doesn't exist)

** (inkscape-bin:61155): WARNING **: Specified document pathexample.svg cannot be opened (does not exist or not a valid SVG file)
system returned with code 256


Package svg Warning: The export with Inkscape failed for file
(svg)                `pathexample.svg'
(svg)                Troubleshooting: Please check in the log file how
(svg)                the invocation of Inkscape took place and try to
(svg)                execute it yourself in the terminal on input line 9.


! Package svg Error: File `pathexample_svg-tex.pdf' is missing.

See the svg package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...

l.9 \includesvg[width=\linewidth]{pathexample}

In the logfile I see the following Inkscape call:

(/usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg
File: epstopdf-sys.cfg 2010/07/13 v1.3 Configuration of (r)epstopdf for TeX Live
))
Package svg Info: Calling Inkscape on input line 9.
runsystem(inkscape -z -D --export-latex  --file="pathexample.svg" --export-pdf="pathexample_svg-tex.pdf" )...executed.



Package svg Warning: The export with Inkscape failed for file
(svg)                `pathexample.svg'
(svg)                Troubleshooting: Please check in the log file how
(svg)                the invocation of Inkscape took place and try to
(svg)                execute it yourself in the terminal on input line 9.


! Package svg Error: File `pathexample_svg-tex.pdf' is missing.

Just for completion, when I run Inkscape like in the log-file, I get this:

inkscape -z -D --export-latex  --file="pathexample.svg" --export-pdf="pathexample_svg-tex.pdf"

** (inkscape-bin:62017): WARNING **: Can't open file: pathexample.svg (doesn't exist)

** (inkscape-bin:62017): WARNING **: Can't open file: pathexample.svg (doesn't exist)

** (inkscape-bin:62017): WARNING **: Specified document pathexample.svg cannot be opened (does not exist or not a valid SVG file)

The problem actually is, that Inkscape on macOS wants full paths for input and output file. When I manually run inkscape -z -D --export-latex --file="/tmp/latex-svg/pathexample.svg" --export-pdf="/tmp/latex-svg/pathexample_svg-tex.pdf" everything is okay and pathexample_svg-tex.pdf will be created. Even the final PDF will be properly created with another pdflatex run.

So, the whole thing is just something special for Inkscape on macOS, which must be called with full paths.

Just let me know, if I need to explain further or help you in testing :)

from svg.

Hi,
this problem is actually caused due to the way how paths are searched by LaTeX. If a file is found within the working directory by it's name, \input@path is never evaluated. For that reason, the easiest way would be to store the svg files within a subfolder in your working directory and add the absolute path to this folder with \svgpath{/tmp/latex-svg/<subfolder>/pathexample.svg}. In this case, the absolute path is used for the invocation of Inkscape. Is this a possible solution or do you really need the svg files in the same folder as the tex file?

from svg.

Hi,
I gave it another shot. But I could not find any satisfying solution. I can not change the sources to full paths, as the files are in a collaborative repository. So obviously everyone uses different paths. I also looked into Inkscape, but the problem is in OS X. It might work with a self-compiled version of Inkscape, but I could not get Inkscape compiled.

In the end, I think, we could stop here and I will use a Windows or Linux VM for this project. Thanks for your time and patience with me :)

from svg.