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Re: Test of posting SVG

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john1 wrote:
> On 09/03/2024 13:07, Ian Goddard wrote:
>> Ian Goddard wrote:
>>> This file contains embedded SVG.  It is a tree composed with the Dia 
>>> editor saved as SVG. SVG is a dialect (for want of a better term) of 
>>> XML and XML is text so it should be possible to embed in a newsgroup 
>>> posting.
>>>
>>> The lines as saved are too long for internet message format but can 
>>> be split.  To do this I set the right hand margin of the Bluefish XML 
>>> editor to 60 characters, opened the .svg file, selected 
>>> Tools>Format>Split at right margin and resaved the file.
>>>
>>> To try viewing the file copy the lines between the lines of equals 
>>> signs (but not the lines of equals themselves), paste into your text 
>>> editor of choice and save with a .svg suffix to the file name.
>>>
>>> It should be possible to open with whatever application you have to 
>>> view vector graphics files.  If you don't have anything download the 
>>> appropriate version of Inkscape from inkscape.org
>>>
>>> The tree is the first few generations of Lawrence Kaye, 1st son of 
>>> John Kaye of Woodsome assembled from Glover, Flower and Dugdale.
>>>
>>
>> That seemed successful.
>>
>> Ian
>>
> 
> It was easier to copy the whole e-mail message body, paste into a text 
> editor and then cut the unwanted text.

By the time I'd copied and pasted I came to that conclusion myself ;)

> Did you generate the SVG file from a GEDCOM?

No.  From a diagram hand-drawn with Dia.  I have harsh things to say 
about Gedcom which I won't repeat here.  Suffice to say, however, that 
drawing a tree by hand is a very good way to gather stuff together.

I started by taking the trees in the Flower and Glover visitations plus 
Dugdale which is based mostly if not entirely on IPMs and drew three 
separate versions side-by-side in different colours (you can get colour 
into Dia and into SVG).

They weren't fully compatible.  Drawing them by hand makes you realise 
where one or other might be wrong.  Only one has a William of Woodsome 
as son of John III and he's there as an extra generation so I realised 
if he existed he must have been a sibling of Edward and George, not a 
father.  Annoyingly, when I came to realise it today I omitted to say 
whether it was Glover or Flower.

It's also a handy framework to hang other information onto the 
framework, for instance Elizabeth Amyas living 1396 comes from a 
document in Huddersfield archives of that date.  Being completely 
free-form you don't have to worry about the limitations of Gedcom being 
able to handle it.

Ian

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Re: Test of posting SVG Ian Goddard <ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> - 2024-03-09 12:07 +0000
  Re: Test of posting SVG john1 <john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr> - 2024-03-09 16:40 +0100
    Re: Test of posting SVG Ian Goddard <ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> - 2024-03-09 16:19 +0000
      Re: Test of posting SVG john <john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr> - 2024-03-09 17:46 +0100
        Re: Test of posting SVG Ian Goddard <ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> - 2024-03-09 17:06 +0000
  Re: Test of posting SVG Enno Borgsteede <ennoborg@gmail.com> - 2024-03-09 17:08 +0100
    Re: Test of posting SVG Ian Goddard <ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> - 2024-03-09 16:40 +0000
      Re: Test of posting SVG Enno Borgsteede <ennoborg@gmail.com> - 2024-03-09 18:39 +0100
        Re: Test of posting SVG Jan Wolfe <janetpcwolfe@gmail.com> - 2024-03-11 20:02 -0400

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