inkscape not a walk in the park

[kookster]

Hello,

I've been struggling trying to get inkscape as a binary to use for svg -> png tricks.

I've gotten pretty far into it, but can't get gettext to properly build, or if it is built right, can't get the inkscape configure to use it properly.

I started with looking for help on stackoverflow, so all the details are there:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16803478/make-a-heroku-buildpack-for-inkscape-using-vulcan

any help appreciated.

[dustinlarimer]

Hey @kookster, I just hit this exact dilemma.. totally unsatisfied with SVG spec coverage for every server-side rendering tool or technique, but inkscape is nearly perfect for my needs.

I saw in the linked thread that you went for phantom.js -- I tried that too, but soon discovered large SVG files weren't rendering completely, and textPath elements aren't supported at all, which was a deal-breaker for my project.

Have you considered just putting inkscape on a different server? Is it possible to use a pre-built binary as a proof of concept?