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GTK 4.22 To Natively Support SVG - Including Animations

([GNOME] 4 Hours Ago GTK 4.22)


GTK has long supported Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for icons but with up until recently relying on the external librsvg library, the integration hasn't been perfect. But Red Hat engineer Matthias Clasen has been working on having the GTK toolkit natively support SVG.

The GTK 4.22 toolkit will be properly supporting SVG vector graphics natively within the toolkit and support for SVG animations and the like. Matthias Clasen has been building up GTK's own SVG capabilities in recent months rather than relying on librsvg and trying to workaround its limitations.

Clasen noted in a blog post today that it's still a subset of the full SVG specification but appears to be enough for the vast majority of icons and even SVG animations tested.

Those wanting to learn more about GTK 4.22's improved SVG support can find out all of the interesting details via [1]the GTK blog .



[1] https://blogs.gnome.org/gtk/2025/10/23/svg-in-gtk/


Mass Exodus From Hollywood

During the past week, over 150 Hollywood actors, musicians, writers,
directors, and key grips have quit their day jobs and moved to the Midwest
to engage in quieter occupations such as gardening or accounting. All of
the these people cite piracy as the reason for giving up their careers.

"I simply can't sit by and let my hard work be stolen by some snot nosed
punk over the Internet," explained millionaire movie director Steve
Bergospiel. "There's absolutely no incentive to create movies if they're
going to be transmitted at the speed of light by thousands of infringers.
Such criminal acts personally cost me hundreds -- no, thousands -- of
dollars. I can't take that kind of fear and abuse anymore."

MPAA President Pei Pervue considers the exodus to be proof that Hollywood
is waking up to the fact that they are being "held hostage" by copyright
infringers. "Without copyright protection and government-backed monopolies
on intellectual property, these's absolutely no reason to engage in the
creative process. Now the Internet, with its click-and-pirate technology,
makes it easy for anybody to flout the law and become a copyright
terrorist. With the scales tipped so much in favor of criminals, it's no
wonder some of Hollywood's elite have thrown in the towel. What a shame."