Hi guys, I am using CairoMakie on Ubuntu and saving plots as SVG. When I open the SVG file with Inkscape to edit it, the file cannot be edited. It looks like a raster image. What is happening? At first glance, this may seem like an Inkscape question, but I already checked with other SVG files and…

I have the same problems when saving as svg even if I run CairoMakie.activate!(type = "svg"). However, a fine workaround is to save as pdf and then open the pdf in Inkscape. That provides you with a vector format.

Makie - SVG saved with CairoMakie not editable (looks like raster)

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VMHidalgo January 28, 2022, 9:59pm 14

Appreciate it. I think Makie is a fantastic framework for plotting in Julia. Thank you @jules

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Makie - SVG saved with CairoMakie not editable (looks like raster)

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