Re: [Inkscape-devel] User experience

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* mathematical characters. For this, xfig behavior is good to me as
  it allows to insert Latex characters computed externally. The
  problem here is that it cannot be integrated into SVG isn't it ?

In principle it's possible to do an extension that would store LaTeX fragments in extension attributes, run TeX to convert them to EPS, and import that EPS as an object. This was discussed here some time ago. All we need is a programmer motivated to do that.

Have you looked at dvi2svg? This is not a very well developed program I think, but I believe it can convert LaTeX fonts to SVG and then use them to layout the final SVG figure. I haven't tried the program much myself, but I think this is a promising approach.

Ashwin