On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 16:58 +0200, Tobias Jakobs wrote:
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:23, Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Nicu Buculei wrote:
I would like such an option too and would set my Inkscape to produce only clean SVGs, without embedded bitmaps. I don't want to have to think when using any of the tools in the toolbar: "is this supported by the SVG standard?"
Nicu, with all respect due, you are contradicting yourself. Embedded bitmaps are perfectly fine in SVG.
Yes, it's valid SVG but no longer a real vector image.
I don't think that was where Alexandre was going. He was simply stating that embedded bitmaps are part of the SVG standard. So as far as SVG is concerned, it's still a real "vector" image... it's in the name of the format even! ;)
Realistically, bitmaps are a part of the workflow out of convenience for users of the format. If you really want to be an old-school purist about this, SVG filters should be considered unacceptable as well. They're basically a "raster manipulation" of vector objects. Start zooming in on things with lighting effects and see how lovely they start to look. Now... I'm not saying I'm against them, but let's look at things for what they are. :)
Cheers, Josh