Package: python-uniconvertor
Version: 1.1.2-1
Severity: normal
uniconvertor does not work when attempting to convert from CGM to any
other format. In contrast, here are some things that do work.
I can convert from sketch/skencil format *.sk to *.svg, and the displayed
results look good.
I can also convert from *.sk to *.cgm with the following warning
The design you tried to save in CGM Version 1 format
hit some limitations
- CGM has no Bezier curves. These are flattened
I mention that warning for completeness, but I don't think that is relevant
to the font bug I found when attempting to convert from *.cgm files produced
by uniconvertor to anything else. Such attempts produce the following error
message:
fntlist = []
Cannot load plugin module cgmloader
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/plugins.py",
line 73, in load_module
desc)
File
"/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/cgmloader.py",
line 336, in <module>
init.text.fontindex = fntlst.index("Times-Roman")
ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list
When importing plugin cgmloader
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/plugins.py",
line 147, in __call__
module = self.load_module()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/plugins.py",
line 73, in load_module
desc)
File
"/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/cgmloader.py",
line 336, in <module>
init.text.fontindex = fntlst.index("Times-Roman")
ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/__init__.py", line 70, in
<module>
doc = load.load_drawing(sys.argv[1])
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line
364, in load_drawing
return load_drawing_from_file(file, filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line
325, in load_drawing_from_file
loader = info(file, filename, match)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/plugins.py",
line 154, in __call__
'message':self.class_name})
app.events.skexceptions.SketchError: Cannot load filter cgmloader.CGMLoader
The first line of that error message was produced by applying the following
debugging patch:
--- cgmloader.py_original 2009-03-08 12:04:55.000000000 -0700
+++ cgmloader.py 2009-03-08 12:05:37.000000000 -0700
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
cp = copy.deepcopy
fntlst = map(lambda l: l[0], app.Graphics.font.fontlist)
-#print fntlst
+print "fntlist =", fntlst
fntalias = {
'AvantGarde' : () ,
Clearly, the problem is that fntlist is empty so that
fntlst.index("Times-Roman") fails. I haven't traced the issue further than
that, but I assume the issue is that app.Graphics.font.fontlist is not
finding any of the fonts installed by Debian.
CGM format is a long-established (since 1987) open standard for vector
graphics that is supported by w3c (see http://www.w3.org/Graphics/WebCGM/).
Despite its openness, CGM has never gotten much support within the free
software community (probably because it was ahead of its time). For
example, Debian doesn't package the ralcgm cgm viewer/converter. Therefore,
when confronted by CGM files (like I am right now), Debian users are really
stuck. For this reason, it is important to get transformation of *.cgm to
other formats (such as *.svg which has lots of viewers) working properly
with Debian uniconvertor.
Alan W. Irwin
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages python-uniconvertor depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-central 0.6.8 register and build utility for Pyt
ii python-imaging 1.1.6-3 Python Imaging Library
python-uniconvertor recommends no packages.
Versions of packages python-uniconvertor suggests:
pn python-uniconvertor-dbg <none> (no description available)
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