• ToSVG - Vimscript to export buffer as SVG

When building documentation, it is sometimes easier to include a picture of source code than some formatted export of the sourcecode; for example, some CMS don't allow to include HTML and CSS directly.

Here it might be useful to use a SVG export - that allows copy/pasting the textual contents, doesn't wrap long lines, and can be scaled without loss of quality.

So, here's a vim plugin!

• Usage

On the command line:

:TOsvg

This will create an SVG export and put it in a new buffer that you can write somewhere.

This can also be used with a line range.

• Configuration

The script includes these settings:

• g:to_svg_line_spacing - vertical spacing between lines. 1.0 looks to dense to me, default is 1.1.
• g:to_svg_char_spacing - when zero, just inserts spaces; with a numeric value, used the SVG dx value for horizontal space. \ The best value depends on the font used, I like 0.8.
• g:to_svg_font_size - default is 11, used in the CSS as a pixel size. Also used to calculate the total dimensions of the viewBox.
• g:to_svg_background - default is transparent; by setting it to a color, you'll get the SVG's background colored in.
• g:to_svg_font_family - default is monospace.

• License

LGPL v2.1; if you change something in this plugin, please tell me about it, eg. via a pull request. Thanks! (C) 2021 Philipp Marek, see git changelog.

• TODOs

• Optional filename and writing without opening a buffer
• Background color (via rects?)
• Hyperlinks?