[SOLVED] How to deal with .svgz?

[chimak111]

Suppose I want to modify /usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/artwork/shutdown_primary.svgz? How do I do so?

I know it's a compressed file and I can uncompress and edit the resulting .svg file. But then how do I get it back to .svgz and is .svgz really necessary?

[WWDERW]

Inkscape should be able to handle it. The question is does it matter if it needs to be plain or the regular Inkscape version (biggest difference that I can tell has to do with how much markup is in the file) of that compressed format. As to is it necessary, I can only think if it is if whatever is calling that file is looking specifically for that file with that specific extension.

[kubicle]

Suppose I want to modify /usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/artwork/shutdown_primary.svgz? How do I do so?

.svgz is just a gzipped .svg, most svg editors (like inkscape) can open and save in .svgz format without needing to decompress first

But then how do I get it back to .svgz

you can compress it with 'gzip file.svg' and change the resulting filename from file.svg.gz to file.svgz, or alternatively
you can do 'gzip -c file.svg > file.svgz' (this will also keep the original unzipped file)

and is .svgz really necessary?

No, it just makes the file size smaller, unzipped .svg files work just as well in themes.

[chimak111]

Thank you!