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# Scour
Scour is a Python module that takes an input SVG and outputs a cleaner,
more concise SVG file. The goal is that authors will use this script after
editing the file in a GUI editor such as Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator.
Scour was started as a vehicle for me to learn Python. In addition, the goal
is to reduce the amount of time I spend in cleaning up files I find on sites
such as openclipart.org
Ideas are pulled from three places:
* my head
* Sam Ruby's SVG Tidy script: http://intertwingly.net/code/svgtidy/svgtidy.rb
* Inkscape's proposal for a 'cleaned SVG': http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Save_Cleaned_SVG
Regards,
Jeff Schiller, 2009-04-06
codedread@gmail.com
http://blog.codedread.com/
http://www.codedread.com/scour/
## Usage
Standard:
scour -i mysvg.svg -o mysvg_opt.svg
Better (this works in IE which needs Viewbox):
scour -i mysvg.svg -o mysvg_opt.svg --enable-viewboxing
Maximum:
scour -i mysvg.svg -o mysvg_opt.svg --enable-viewboxing --enable-id-stripping \
--enable-comment-stripping --shorten-ids --indent=none
Maximum + Compress:
scour -i mysvg.svg -o mysvg_opt.svgz --enable-viewboxing --enable-id-stripping \
--enable-comment-stripping --shorten-ids --indent=none
## Notes
Packaging from [sources](http://www.codedread.com/scour/) retrieved on 2013/20/22:
* done by Tavendo GmbH, Tobias Oberstein
* license same as upstream (Apache 2.0)
* now official repo, please see [here](https://github.com/codedread/scour/issues/11)