Loading linked images with windows directory separator fails

[Maris Nartiss]

A SVG created with CorelDraw contained linked images with relative paths in form "folder\file.name". Inkscape running on Linux failed to load them. Changing directory separator from \ to / in XML fixes issue.

As Windows style directory separators are not going to disappear, Inkscape should support both directory separators.

Gentoo Linux ~AMD64
Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

on Windows 7, Inkscape 0.48.4, this file loads correctly.

[Maris Nartiss (maris-nartiss)]

Here is sample with Unix type directory separator / It loads just fine on my Linux system. Does it fail on MS Windows?

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Confirmed on Debian testing, Inkscape 0.48.3.1 and trunk revision 12060.
The linked image from comment #1 doesn't load correctly.

The opposite is not true, and loading the file from comment #3 on Windows XP works as expected (tested with 0.48.4 and trunk revision 12043).

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Squiggle (Batik1.7) and rsvg-view-3 (librsvg 2.36.4) don't process the backslash either (tested on OS X 10.7.4), neither does Opera.
Other web browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chromium) support it.

What does the spec say?