# tikztosvg(1) The `tikztosvg(1)` command renders TikZ diagrams to SVG, using [XeTeX](http://xetex.sourceforge.net/) and [pdf2svg](https://github.com/dawbarton/pdf2svg). ## Usage ``` sh $ tikztosvg [OPTION]... INPUT_PATH ``` If *INPUT\_PATH* is set to *-* the input will be read from stdin. ### Options **-o, --output**=*OUTPUT\_PATH* Write output to file *OUTPUT\_PATH*. If set to *-* the output will be written to stdout. Defaults to the base name of the input file suffixed with the *.svg* extension. The file is resolved relative to the working directory. **-p, --package**=+*PACKAGE* Include `\usepackage{PACKAGE}` when rendering the diagram. The tikz, tikz-cd, pgfplots, amsmath and amssymb packages are always included by default. **-l, --library**=+*LIBRARY* Include `\usetikzlibrary{LIBRARY}` when rendering the diagram. **-q, --quiet** Silence application log messages and script warnings. **-h, --help** Print a help message. **-v, --version** Print version information. ## Example Let’s say you want to convert the file `example.tikz` to SVG: ``` latex \begin{tikzcd} G \arrow[r, "\varphi"] \arrow[d, "\psi"', two heads] & H \\ \mathlarger{\sfrac{G}{\ker \varphi}} \arrow[ru, dotted] & \end{tikzcd} ``` You could achieve this by running: ``` sh # xfrac and relsize are only there so that we can # call \sfrac and \mathlarger $ tikztosvg -p xfrac -p relsize example.tikz ``` The results will be stored in the file `example.svg`. ## Installation The `tikztosvg(1)` command and it’s man page can be installed in Unix systems by running ``` sh $ curl -s https://git.sr.ht/~pablo-pie/tikztosvg/blob/master/install.sh | sudo sh ``` or it can be installed via Git with ``` sh $ git clone https://git.sr.ht/~pablo-pie/tikztosvg $ cd tikztosvg $ sudo make install ``` The executable is installed in `/usr/bin/` and the man-page is installed in `/usr/share/man/man1/`. ## Resources **Git source repository on sourcehut:** **Bug tracker:** **CTAN package:** ## Authors **tikztosvg** was written by [Pablo](mailto:pablo-escobar@riseup.net). **pdf2svg** was written by [David Barton](mailto:davebarton@cityinthesky.co.uk) and [Matthew Flaschen](mailto:matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu). ## License © 2021 Pablo. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GPL-3.0 License.