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I'm trying to export a SVG file into TeX code (pstricks) using Inkscape. I've created the code but I think something is missing in the preamble. What packages should I use? And what is the proper name to enter in the documentclass?
I'm adding the screenshot of all the errors which have occurred.
Because my code is too long I decided to upload it using a link:
link to my .tex file
There are two issues; the XeTeX string comparing primitive is called \strcmp not \pdfstrcmp, so that is easy to fix (a more portable way is to use \pdf@strcmp from pdftexcmds package, which handle engine differences).
The other problem is the lack of a XeTeX implementation of \pdffilemoddate. I opened a XeTeX ticket, for when I have time to look into it, but patches are welcomed of course.
Install inkscape2tikz. The following example is taken from inkscape2tikz home page.
Using inkscape2tikz we export this in to tikz code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{charter} %%%% Added for demo of fonts
\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}
\PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture}
\begin{document}
\definecolor{cff8080}{RGB}{255,128,128}
\begin{tikzpicture}[y=0.80pt,x=0.80pt,yscale=-1]
\begin{scope}[draw=black,line join=round,miter limit=4.00,line width=3.200pt]
\path[draw=black,fill=cff8080,line join=round,even odd rule,line cap=butt,miter
limit=4.00,line width=3.200pt] (91.0455,165.7194) rectangle
(250.7252,347.8104);
\path[draw=black,line join=round,even odd rule,line cap=butt,miter
limit=4.00,line width=3.200pt] (168.0839,258.1656) .. controls
(169.6992,260.2725) and (166.0408,261.3824) .. (164.5822,260.8503) .. controls
(160.6293,259.4083) and (160.6636,254.1057) .. (162.7146,251.1621) .. controls
(166.3833,245.8967) and (174.0594,246.2369) .. (178.5892,250.1116) .. controls
(185.2369,255.7979) and (184.5602,266.1224) .. (178.8226,272.1726) .. controls
(171.1753,280.2366) and (158.1221,279.2067) .. (150.5752,271.5890) .. controls
(141.0782,262.0028) and (142.4690,246.1872) .. (151.9759,237.1551) .. controls
(163.4900,226.2161) and (182.0854,227.9716) .. (192.5962,239.3729) .. controls
(204.9828,252.8090) and (202.8604,274.1941) .. (189.5613,286.1796) .. controls
(174.2071,300.0173) and (150.0257,297.5267) .. (136.5682,282.3277) .. controls
(121.2770,265.0577) and (124.1368,238.0757) .. (141.2372,223.1481) .. controls
(160.4213,206.4017) and (190.2069,209.6312) .. (206.6032,228.6342) .. controls
(224.8061,249.7311) and (221.2064,282.3227) .. (200.3000,300.1866);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Call this file as image.tex (say). Following is your main.tex file. Put image.tex and main.tex in the same folder. For this example, I have added image.tex by filecontents.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{charter} %%%% Added for demo of fonts Keep this in image.tex also to have same fonts
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{image.tex}
\documentclass{article} %%% tex file for image begins
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{charter} %%%% Added for demo of fonts
\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}
\PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture}
\begin{document}
\definecolor{cff8080}{RGB}{255,128,128}
\begin{tikzpicture}[y=0.80pt,x=0.80pt,yscale=-1]
\begin{scope}[draw=black,line join=round,miter limit=4.00,line width=3.200pt]
\path[draw=black,fill=cff8080,line join=round,even odd rule,line cap=butt,miter
limit=4.00,line width=3.200pt] (91.0455,165.7194) rectangle
(250.7252,347.8104);
\path[draw=black,line join=round,even odd rule,line cap=butt,miter
limit=4.00,line width=3.200pt] (168.0839,258.1656) .. controls
(169.6992,260.2725) and (166.0408,261.3824) .. (164.5822,260.8503) .. controls
(160.6293,259.4083) and (160.6636,254.1057) .. (162.7146,251.1621) .. controls
(166.3833,245.8967) and (174.0594,246.2369) .. (178.5892,250.1116) .. controls
(185.2369,255.7979) and (184.5602,266.1224) .. (178.8226,272.1726) .. controls
(171.1753,280.2366) and (158.1221,279.2067) .. (150.5752,271.5890) .. controls
(141.0782,262.0028) and (142.4690,246.1872) .. (151.9759,237.1551) .. controls
(163.4900,226.2161) and (182.0854,227.9716) .. (192.5962,239.3729) .. controls
(204.9828,252.8090) and (202.8604,274.1941) .. (189.5613,286.1796) .. controls
(174.2071,300.0173) and (150.0257,297.5267) .. (136.5682,282.3277) .. controls
(121.2770,265.0577) and (124.1368,238.0757) .. (141.2372,223.1481) .. controls
(160.4213,206.4017) and (190.2069,209.6312) .. (206.6032,228.6342) .. controls
(224.8061,249.7311) and (221.2064,282.3227) .. (200.3000,300.1866);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
\end{filecontents*} %%% tex file for image ends
% compile with pdflatex
\immediate\write18{pdflatex image}
% convert to PNG
\makeatletter
\immediate\write18{convert -density 500 -alpha on image.pdf image.png}
\makeatother
%
\begin{document}
\includegraphics[width=5cm]{image} %%% insert .png file
\end{document}
This assumes that you have imagemagick installed.
Best Answer
The documentclass is up to you. For pstricks you need the package
pstricks. If you compile withpdflatexyou should also loadauto-pst-pdf.Don't forget do add the
documentenvironment as suggested by your editor.