[Qgis-user] inserting symbols into qgis

[Andreas Neumann]

sunny74 wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> * I am putting the files in the correct installation of QGIS so that is not
> a problem.
> * The cause that the SVG is an invalid SVG seems to be the problem. The SVG
> does not open
>    in any of the browsers. Worst is that it is produced by Inkscape. Is
> there any other tool which will produce a valid .svg.
>   

ok - you need to export to "plain svg" not to "Inkscape SVG". I am still 
surprised that Inkscape SVG is not valid - it should. Try to see if 
"plain svg" works fine and that you have an up-to-date Inkscape (0.46 or 
0.47)

Andreas