Use element can't load from external files

Bug #1269880 reported by Martin Owens
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Inkscape
Fix Released
Medium
Martin Owens

Bug Description

According to the svg specification, svg use elements should be able to load defs from external files.

http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#UseElementHrefAttribute

The attached svg files are examples used online, one is use-outer.svg and one is inner.svg, inner is used by outer in a use tag.

Tags: importing svg
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Martin Owens (doctormo) wrote :
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Martin Owens (doctormo) wrote :
Changed in inkscape:
assignee: nobody → Martin Owens (doctormo)
status: New → Fix Committed
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Martin Owens (doctormo) wrote :

I've committed a fix in r1269880, but I'm going to check with other developers as it's seems a little too easy and is probably leaking memory. But it does work.

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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

Related earlier reports requesting the same feature:
- Bug #231295 “symbol and use, not copy and paste.”
- Bug #537953 “clone external resource”

jazzynico (jazzynico)
Changed in inkscape:
importance: Undecided → Medium
jazzynico (jazzynico)
Changed in inkscape:
milestone: none → 0.91
tags: added: importing svg
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in inkscape:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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