Re: Possible to embed pixmaps in svg files? from Fredrik Lundh on 1999-10-15 (www-svg@w3.org from October 1999)

From: Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:18:33 +0200
To: <www-svg@w3.org>, "Jan Aarsaether" <jaa@metis.no>
Message-ID: <009001bf170f$c893c920$f29b12c2@secret.pythonware.com>

Jan Aarsaether <jaa@metis.no> wrote:
> "This allows you to embed a PNG or JPEG (but not a
> GIF) image within an SVG image. Note that you use
> the xlink:href attribute rather than the HTML img src
> attribute to point to the image file. Also note that you
> can specify the precise location of the embedded
> image within the SVG image."

note that they say "embed in image", not "embed in file".

I suppose that what they're trying to say is simply that
the "image" element is used to draw raster images...

(is the GIF restriction correct, btw?)

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Received on Friday, 15 October 1999 09:14:53 UTC