Handle-svgs Extension For Quarto

This filter adds .pdf or .emf to the end of SVG file paths (depending on the output format) and tries to generate the according file via Inkscape if it doesn't exist.

![](drawing.svg)

will become

![](drawing.svg.pdf)

for latex, pdf and beamer output or

![](drawing.svg.emf)

for pptx and docx output.

Installing

quarto add sokotim/handle-svgs

This will install the extension under the _extensions subdirectory. If you're using version control, you will want to check in this directory.

Using

Install Inkscape and make sure it's in the PATH.

Add handle-svgs.lua to your YML header or _quarto.yml.

Example

Here is the source code for a minimal example: example.qmd.

To see this filter in action render it to docx and pdf:

quarto render .\example.qmd --to docx,pdf