On 15/09/2011 10:47, Tom Sparks wrote:
so is the a command line program that can do what I want?
Well ... Ask around some more, there are surprising ways to mangle svg.
One approach would be to use Python and libRSVG and Cairo to open svg files, render them, rotate/scale them as needed and then play out a new SVG file.
Another would be to look at what parts of the SVG file you can mess with - in a text editor - there are transforms that control the rotation and scale. There's a bounding box thing (not sure) -- but you may be able to add a transform to the top of the XML tree and have your entire SVG file fit your needs.
Not sure what hpgl files are. Whatever, have a look for other command-line apps that can write them out.
Do experiment a little with Inks' command line - not everything is b0rked. You might get lucky with the save as.
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