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Simple DOT importer extension for Inkscape. Import DOT files directly into Inkscape for editing and exporting as SVG. Relies on the `dot` program for conversion.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<inkscape-extension xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension">
<_name>DOT Input</_name>
<id>org.inkscape.input.dot</id>
<dependency type="executable" location="extensions">dot.py</dependency>
<input>
<extension>.dot</extension>
<mimetype>text/plain</mimetype>
<_filetypename>DOT (*.dot)</_filetypename>
<_filetypetooltip>DOT</_filetypetooltip>
</input>
<script>
<command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">dot.py</command>
</script>
</inkscape-extension>
#!/usr/bin/env python
'''
Copyright (C) 2013 Zach Davis, zdavkeos -at- gmail.com
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
'''
import sys
from run_command import run
fname = sys.argv[1:][-1].replace("%","%%")
cmd = 'dot -Tsvg -o"%s" "' + fname + '"'
run(cmd, 'dot')
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