Oh and btw, if someone else is watching and wondering if they should bother trying to get SVG thumbnailing working via Inkscape like I originally wanted the answer is, "Yes please!" This solution is just a temporary measure.
On 5 February 2015 at 08:47, Brenton Horne <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Arcane it worked perfectly. Do you know of any similar extension > for JPGs and other bitmap image formats as my Wiki is having similar > problems with these image formats too? > > PS I've made some inquiries about the Jmol extension with the author > (NicoV) mentioning your and my difficulties ( > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Jmol). > > On 5 February 2015 at 08:17, Arcane 21 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you just need quick and dirty clientside SVG rendering, try this >> extension: >> >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NativeSvgHandler >> >> Even if you don't have any other SVG renderer enabled, it pipes the >> output through your browser's SVG renderer as a middleman, which, unless >> you have a browser that belongs in a museum, will work fine 100% of the >> time. >> >> > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 05:04:16 +1000 >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: [MediaWiki-l] Inkscape for SVG thumbnailing >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'd like to know how I can use Inkscape for SVG thumbnailing on my >> Windows >> > 7 OS with a MediaWiki installation. Inkscape's files are located at >> > C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape. My efforts to date (mostly based on >> > Manual:$wgSVGConverters and other MediaWiki manual pages) have failed. >> > Currently my LocalSettings.php file's SVG-related settings are: >> > >> > # Image Converter >> > > $wgSVGConverter = 'Inkscape'; >> > > $wgSVGConverters = array( >> > > 'Inkscape' => '"$path/inkscape.exe" -z -w $width -f $input -e >> $output', >> > > ); >> > > # Image converter path >> > > $wgSVGConverterPath = '/Program Files (x86)/Inkscape'; >> > >> > >> > This gives the following error (which appears in the thumbnail's place): >> > >> > > Error creating thumbnail: '""' is not recognized as an internal or >> > > external command, >> > > operable program or batch file. >> > >> > >> > The reason I'd like Inkscape as my SVG thumbnailer in particular is >> because >> > I sometimes use SVGs that are only correctly rendered by Inkscape (I >> know >> > that Wikia's thumbnailer (whatever it might be) frequently makes >> rendering >> > errors with these SVGs, e.g., see >> > >> http://health-and-medicine.wikia.com/wiki/File:Symptoms_of_Hodgkin_lymphoma.svg >> > and all the black spots that appear in it. >> > >> > Thanks for your time, >> > Brenton >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MediaWiki-l mailing list >> > To unsubscribe, go to: >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> To unsubscribe, go to: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> > > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
