gimpsvg - Man Page

gimpsvg [-g geometry] [-h] [-o path] [-p] [-s samples] [-v] [-V] [path]

The gimpsvg utility converts gradient files from the GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, to the SVG (scalar vector graphics) format​.

The program will read from stdin if a file is not specified as the final argument, and write to stdout if the --output option is not specified​.

--backtrace-file path

Specify a file to which to write a formatted backtrace​. The file will only be created if there is a backtrace created, typically when an error occurs​.

--backtrace-format format

Specify the format of the backtrace written to the files specified by --backtrace-file, one of plain, xml or json​.

--comments-read path

Read the comments from the specified path and add them to the output gradient​.

The format is simply a plain text multi-line document without any comment delimiters (those will be added by the program)​.

--comments-generate

Create a comment with summary data (the date of creation, name and version of the cptutils package) in the output file​.

-g,  --geometry widthxheight

Specify the size of the SVG preview in pixels​.

-h,  --help

Brief help​.

-o,  --output path

Write the output to path, rather than stdout​.

-p,  --preview

Include a preview in the SVG output​. See also the --geometry option​.

-s,  --samples number

Specify the maximum number of samples​. GIMP gradients allow for complex curves in a number of colour-space co-ordinate systems​. In order that these can be converted into SVG's simple RGB linear splines we must sample these complex curves quite densely​. The --samples option specifies (roughly) the maximum number of samples​. In the case that the GIMP gradient is an RGB linear spline gradient the option has no effect, since we can then convert the segments without loss​.

-v,  --verbose

Verbose operation​.

-V,  --version

Version information​.

J​.J​. Green

svgx(1)​.