Title: SVG Pretty Printer

#SVG Pretty Printer


This page describes the features of the SVG pretty printer utility that comes with the Batik distribution. The SVG pretty printer is a utility that can format SVG files. The tool formats an SVG document according to the arguments passed on the command line.

## Downloading the pretty printer { #downloading}

Refer to the [install page](../install.html) and the [download page](/batik/download.html) to find out what to download and how to download it. Remember that you can get either the source or binary distribution.

## Pretty printing an SVG file { #using}

The method for starting the pretty-printer depends on the distribution of Batik that you chose to download. The following describes how to run the pretty printer for each distribution.

### Using the binary distribution { #using-binary}

If you downloaded the binary distribution of Batik, you should have a file called `batik-1.6.zip` (or similar), and, after expanding that file, a jar file called `batik-svgpp.jar`. To start the pretty printer, open a console, change to the directory where you expanded the distribution (and where `batik-svgpp.jar` is located) and simply type the following at the command prompt:

    java -jar batik-svgpp.jar [OPTIONS] FILES

For example, if you type:

    java -jar batik-svgpp.jar samples/batikFX.svg

you will see the indented document written to standard output.

For the options:



 **-newline cr**  *|*  **cr-lf**  *|*  **lf**
:
specifies the newline character(s) generated in the printed document, the default being `lf` (Unix-style newlines),


 **-tab-width**  *number*
:
specifies the tabulation width, the default being 4,


 **-doc-width**  *number*
:
specifies the maximum number of columns for the whole document, the default being 80,


 **-no-format**
:
specifies that the current indentation should be preserved, useful for performing doctype or newline substitutions,


 **-xml-decl**  *string*
:
specifies the XML declaration,


 **-doctype change**  *|*  **remove**
:
specifies whether the doctype should be changed or removed,


 **-publid-id**  *string*
:
specifies the public ID to in the doctype declaration, when `-doctype change` is specified, and


 **-system-id**  *string*
:
specifies the system ID to in the doctype declaration, when `-doctype change` is specified.

For example:

    java -jar batik-svgpp.jar -tab-width 2 -newline cr-lf src.svg dest.svg

will format `src.svg` and write it to `dest.svg` using a tabulation width of 2 and Windows-style newlines, and:

    java -jar batik-svgpp.jar -no-format -doctype change -public-id "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" \
         -system-id "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd" src.svg dest.svg

will format `src.svg` and write it to `dest.svg` unchanged, except for the doctype public and system IDs, which will be replaced by those specified.

### Using the source distribution { #using-source}

If you downloaded the source distribution of Batik, you will have a zip or tar file that expanded into a directory called `xml-batik` or `batik-`*`version`*. In that directory, you can find build scripts for the platform you are running on. For example, there is a `build.bat` script for users of the Windows platform and there is a `build.sh` script for UNIX users.

To start the pretty printer you should:


-
Make sure that your `JAVA_HOME` environment variable is set to your JDK installation directory.


-
Open a command line window and go to the `xml-batik` or `batik-`*`version`* directory where the Batik distribution was expanded.


-
For Windows, type the following at the command prompt:

    build svgpp

and for Unix:

    ./build.sh svgpp

This will print out a help message for the pretty printer.


You can pass options to the rasterizer as follows, for Windows:

    build svgpp [OPTIONS] FILES

and for Unix:

    ./build.sh svgpp [OPTIONS] FILES

Refer to [“Using the binary distribution”](#using-binary) for an explanation of these options.