Fix SVG text rendering bug affecting Mozilla-based viewers.

mdboom · mdboom · commit 70b568754a5a · 2008-04-28T13:07:41.000Z
svn path=/branches/v0_91_maint/; revision=5088
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2008-04-28 Fix bug in SVG text with Mozilla-based viewers (the symbol
+           tag is not supported) - MGD
+
 2008-04-24 Fix sub/superscripts when the size of the font has been
            changed - MGD
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ def _add_char_def(self, prop, char):
                 currx, curry = step[-2], -step[-1]
         path_data = ''.join(path_data)
         char_num = 'c_%s' % md5.new(path_data).hexdigest()
-        path_element = '<symbol id="%s"><path d="%s"/></symbol>\n' % (char_num, ''.join(path_data))
+        char_num = len(self._char_defs)
+        path_element = '<path id="%s" d="%s"/>\n' % (char_num, ''.join(path_data))
         self._char_defs[char_id] = char_num
         return path_element
 
