Error: Start tag expected on Adobe Illustrator SVG files.

[augbog]

I tried running grunt-iconizr on some SVGs a designer was sending me and it throws an unexpected start tag error.

I believe it's because Adobe Illustrator adds a bunch of XML content.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 18.1.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN"     "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd" [
<!ENTITY ns_extend "http://ns.adobe.com/Extensibility/1.0/">
<!ENTITY ns_ai "http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeIllustrator/10.0/">
<!ENTITY ns_graphs "http://ns.adobe.com/Graphs/1.0/">
<!ENTITY ns_vars "http://ns.adobe.com/Variables/1.0/">
<!ENTITY ns_imrep "http://ns.adobe.com/ImageReplacement/1.0/">
<!ENTITY ns_sfw "http://ns.adobe.com/SaveForWeb/1.0/">
<!ENTITY ns_custom "http://ns.adobe.com/GenericCustomNamespace/1.0/">
<!ENTITY ns_adobe_xpath "http://ns.adobe.com/XPath/1.0/">
]>
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns:x="&ns_extend;" xmlns:i="&ns_ai;" xmlns:graph="&ns_graphs;"
 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 85.3 85.4"
 enable-background="new 0 0 85.3 85.4" xml:space="preserve">
...

Is there anyway we can get grunt-iconizr to work with this? Or if people have workarounds, maybe I am just doing something wrong. Would love to incorporate this in our workflow. Thanks a bunch.

[jkphl]

Hi @augbog,

without having inspected this further yet (and sorry, I won't have the time for doing so in the next few days) I'd say this is an SVGO issue rather than an iconizr issue. You might try disabling some of the involved SVGO plugins or manual cleaning of the SVG files prior to using them with iconizr. Sorry for not having better pointers right now.

Cheers, Joschi

[augbog]

@jkphl No problem. Just wanted to contribute a possible use case :) I'll let you know if I find a way to clean it up. I also haven't had much time to play around more with this.

[jkphl]

Hi @augbog,

did you ever manage to get this working? I'll start to rewrite iconizr from scratch in the next few days. If you're still interested, you could send me the files in question and I'll see what I can do / say. Besides that, I'll close this issue for now, but please feel free to re-open it in case you still have problems.

Cheers & Happy New Year, Joschi