utils.py

# Speak.activity
# A simple front end to the espeak text-to-speech engine on the XO laptop
# http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Speak
#
# Copyright (C) 2008  Joshua Minor
# Copyright (C) 2014  Walter Bender (major refactoring)
# This file is part of Speak.activity
#
# Parts of Speak.activity are based on code from Measure.activity
# Copyright (C) 2007  Arjun Sarwal - arjun@laptop.org
#
#     Speak.activity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
#     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
#     (at your option) any later version.
#
#     Speak.activity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#     GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#     along with Speak.activity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

from gi.repository import GdkPixbuf


def svg_str_to_pixbuf(svg_string):
    """ Load pixbuf from SVG string """
    pl = GdkPixbuf.PixbufLoader.new_with_type('svg')
    pl.write(svg_string.encode('utf-8'))
    pl.close()
    pixbuf = pl.get_pixbuf()
    return pixbuf