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diff --git a/FEATURES.md b/FEATURES.md index 52685298..b398a660 100644 --- a/FEATURES.md +++ b/FEATURES.md @@ -1,5 +1,34 @@ # SVG and CSS features that librsvg supports +Librsvg tries to be a mostly complete renderer for SVG1.1 and SVG2. + +In terms of processing external references, librsvg is a bit more +strict than SVG's "static mode" and a bit more lenient than "secure +static mode". See "Security and locations of referenced files" in the +reference documentation for details. + +Animation, interactivity, and scripting are not supported. + +The SVG1.2 specification never made it past draft status in the W3C's +process, and librsvg does not support it. Note that SVG2 removed some +of the features proposed for SVG1.2. + +Generally, librsvg tries to keep up with features in the SVG2 +Candidate Recommendation spec. It ignores features in the SVG2 +drafts that are not finalized yet. + +Alternative versions of SVG (SVG Tiny, SVG Basic, [SVG +Native](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/689)) are not +explicitly supported. Their features which are a subset of SVG1.1 or +SVG2 are supported if they are equivalent to the ones listed below. + +SVG2 offloads many of its features to the family of CSS3 +specifications. Librsvg does not try to support them exhaustively +(there are too many features in CSS!). Instead, we try to prioritize +new features based on the needs which people express in librsvg's bug +tracker. Do you want a feature? [File an +issue](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/issues)! + ## Attributes supported by all elements | Attribute | Notes | @@ -363,6 +392,10 @@ attributes: | exponent | | | offset | | +# CSS features + +FIXME: which selectors, combinators, at-rules. + # XML features FIXME: `<xi:include href= parse= encoding=>` @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ in general, please see the file [`CONTRIBUTING.md`][contributing]. Goals of librsvg ---------------- -Librsvg aims to be a low-footprint library for rendering SVG images. +Librsvg aims to be a low-footprint library for rendering SVG1.1 and SVG2 images. It is used primarily in the [GNOME project](https://www.gnome.org) to render SVG icons and vector images that appear on the desktop. It is also used in Wikimedia to render the SVG images that appear in |