Drawing multiple SVG images in GTK+

neok · 2010-04-06 15:42:55

Hi,

I am planning to at least try and write an application that would compose a document in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs (of all things ;-)). Anyhow, this would involve composing the document by displaying several individual SVG-format images in the app's window, all arranged by the user to form a hieroglyphic script.

My problem is how progressively compose the document by displaying the SVG images selected by the user and placed usually next to each other (as described here http://www.neferchichi.com/hieroglyphs.html ). In order to save the source of the document, I reckon I would have to save a record of what images were selected and what part of the drawable they were placed in. It would also be necessary to give the user the ability to manipulate the document (select a glyph, move it, resize it etc).

I would very much appreciate any hints and directions on this problem. If I succeed this might be the only hieroglyphic document editor that will display colored glyphs, and also the only native such application for Linux!

You can see some of the hieroglyph images on my website: http://www.qsl.net/5b4az/pages/egypt.html

Arch Linux

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Drawing multiple SVG images in GTK+

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