pstoedit not compiled with svg output enabled

[Ramin Nakisa]

Binary package hint: pstoedit

Inkscape has an equation rendering extension that depends on pstoedit. The code is in the file

    /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/eqtexsvg.py

It fails when it uses the -f svg output option in pstoedit. This occurs at lines 103 and 104 of eqtexsvg.py:

    os.system('dvips -q -f -E -D 600 -y 5000 -o ' + ps_file + ' ' + dvi_file)
    os.system('pstoedit -f svg -dt -ssp ' + ps_file + ' ' + svg_file + '>> ' + out_file)

Would it be possible to get the standard version of pstoedit in ubuntu compiled with the -f svg option enabled? Or maybe an additional package with plugins as described here:

    http://www.geocities.com/wglunz/plugins/

[nitrogen (i-am-nitrogen)]

This gets my vote but not because of this equation renderer. SVG is an essential file format, and pstoedit not being able to convert to it when the tool supports it is a serious hindrance to graphics work.

[Adrien Chauve (achauve)]

SVG is enabled but the bug comes from the package pstoedit-3.44 in gutsy. pstoedit-3.45 (compiled with libplot-dev for the support of the svg format) works fine, and so inkscape+eqtexsvg.