# tikztosvg(1) Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria <> The `tikztosvg(1)` command renders TikZ diagrams to SVG, using [`xetex`](http://xetex.sourceforge.net/) and [`pdf2svg`](https://github.com/dawbarton/pdf2svg). ## Usage 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. **-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 \\ \sfrac{G}{\ker \varphi} \arrow[ru, dotted] & \end{tikzcd} ``` You could achieve that by running the following command: tikztosvg -p tikz-cd -p xfrac example.tikz The results will be stored in the file `example.svg`: ![example](examples/example.svg) ## Installation The `tikztosvg(1)` command and it’s man page can be installed in Unix systems by running: $ curl -s https://gitlab.com/pablo-escobar/tikztosvg/-/raw/master/install.sh | sudo sh The executable is installed in `$HOME/.local/bin/` and the man-page is installed in `$HOME/.local/share/man/man1/`. ## Authors **tikztosvg** was written by [Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria](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 © 2020 Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GPL-3.0 License.