> As someone who has no experience with svg and inkscape I am a little
> confused (although probably quite slow on the uptake).
>
> I gather from the posts that Inkscape with the help of Thomas' plugin helps;
> 1. convert existing electronic vector cave drawings to therion scraps (and
> hence any therion output once you have converted the survey or at least two
> point coordinates)
> 2. allow therion centrelines and scraps to be parsed to inkscape and back to
> therion
>
> So this means that inkscape can be used as a slightly more wysiwyg editor
> than xtherion. I'm assuming an easier to use more intuitive interface as
> well.
>
> I am trying to discern the significance of Martins picture4 and picture5
> that appear to represent the same passage.
> Are they Inkscape drawings before parsing to therion?
> Are they therion output svg files with two different symbol sets?
> Is one an inkscape drawing as input and one the same drawing after being
> modified or morphed by therion?
>
> I am wondering if there is more to it than the two points above.
>
> Could therion be thought of as an editor (or manager/modifier) for
> inkscape/svg drawings? Ie The 'primary' drawing is done in inkscape/svg
> using fancy inkscape symbols including some that have no equivalent in
> therion, and therion is just used to attach a survey centreline to allow the
> original inkscape drawing to be morphed? (and of course add all those other
> therion data management and output formats to the inkscape cave project).
> And not necessarily having to use metapost code to define symbol appearance?
>
> Or not?
>
> Bruce
>
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