Embedding an SVG as std::string in C source code-CodePudding

ALL,

I finally moved away from the bitmaps and trying to use SVG in my C code.

I made an SVG using an InkScape and saved it as Compressed.

Then I edited the resulting file by adding the

static const char data[] =

in front of the XML and place every single line of XML inside double quotes.

The resulting file then is saved as .h file and included in the C source code.

However when compiling I am getting following:

error: stray ‘#’ in program
   13 | " <g stroke="#000">"
      |              ^

What can I do? Linux does not have a notion of resources and I'd rather embed the graphics, than allow external file.

TIA!!

Below is the beginning of the header file in question:

` static const char query[] =

" "

" rdf:RDF"

" <cc:Work rdf:about="">"

" <dc:format>image/svg xml</dc:format>"

" <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage"/>"

" <dc:title/>"

" </cc:Work>"

" </rdf:RDF>"

" "

" " `

CodePudding user response：

You may want raw string literal introduced in C 11.

static const char data[] = R"xxx(<?xml version="1.0"...)xxx";

This is equivalent to

static const char data[] = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"...";

CodePudding user response：

You need to format the data properly. To aid with this, please use an IDE or a good text editor such as Visual studio, Visual Studio Code or something similar. This would help you visualize the problem and fix it yourself

But to answer your question...

Use ' ' in place of " " to break the lines up.

Example:

'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' in place of "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>"