* doc/lispref/display.texi (SVG Images): Improve wording.

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@ -5401,7 +5401,8 @@ Specifies a rotation angle in degrees.
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML format for specifying images.
If your Emacs build has SVG support, you can create and manipulate
these images with the following functions.
these images with the following functions from the @file{svg.el}
library.
@defun svg-create width height &rest args
Create a new, empty SVG image with the specified dimensions.
@ -5415,8 +5416,11 @@ The default width (in pixels) of any lines created.
The default stroke color on any lines created.
@end table
This function returns an SVG structure, and all the following functions
work on that structure.
@cindex SVG object
This function returns an @dfn{SVG object}, a Lisp data structure that
specifies an SVG image, and all the following functions work on that
structure. The argument @var{svg} in the following functions
specifies such an SVG object.
@end defun
@defun svg-gradient svg id type stops
@ -5460,8 +5464,8 @@ gradient object.
@end table
@defun svg-rectangle svg x y width height &rest args
Add a rectangle to @var{svg} where the upper left corner is at
position @var{x}/@var{y} and is of size @var{width}/@var{height}.
Add to @var{svg} a rectangle whose upper left corner is at
position @var{x}/@var{y} and whose size is @var{width}/@var{height}.
@lisp
(svg-rectangle svg 100 100 500 500 :gradient "gradient1")
@ -5469,24 +5473,24 @@ position @var{x}/@var{y} and is of size @var{width}/@var{height}.
@end defun
@defun svg-circle svg x y radius &rest args
Add a circle to @var{svg} where the center is at @var{x}/@var{y}
and the radius is @var{radius}.
Add to @var{svg} a circle whose center is at @var{x}/@var{y} and whose
radius is @var{radius}.
@end defun
@defun svg-ellipse svg x y x-radius y-radius &rest args
Add a circle to @var{svg} where the center is at @var{x}/@var{y} and
the horizontal radius is @var{x-radius} and the vertical radius is
Add to @var{svg} an ellipse whose center is at @var{x}/@var{y}, and
whose horizontal radius is @var{x-radius} and the vertical radius is
@var{y-radius}.
@end defun
@defun svg-line svg x1 y1 x2 y2 &rest args
Add a line to @var{svg} that starts at @var{x1}/@var{y1} and extends
Add to @var{svg} a line that starts at @var{x1}/@var{y1} and extends
to @var{x2}/@var{y2}.
@end defun
@defun svg-polyline svg points &rest args
Add a multiple segment line to @var{svg} that goes through
@var{points}, which is a list of X/Y position pairs.
Add to @var{svg} a multiple-segment line (a.k.a.@: ``polyline'') that
goes through @var{points}, which is a list of X/Y position pairs.
@lisp
(svg-polyline svg '((200 . 100) (500 . 450) (80 . 100))
@ -5505,7 +5509,7 @@ that describe the outer circumference of the polygon.
@end defun
@defun svg-text svg text &rest args
Add a text to @var{svg}.
Add the specified @var{text} to @var{svg}.
@lisp
(svg-text
@ -5524,9 +5528,9 @@ Add a text to @var{svg}.
@defun svg-embed svg image image-type datap &rest args
Add an embedded (raster) image to @var{svg}. If @var{datap} is
@code{nil}, @var{IMAGE} should be a file name; if not, it should be a
binary string containing the image data. @var{image-type} should be a
@acronym{MIME} image type, for instance @samp{"image/jpeg"}.
@code{nil}, @var{image} should be a file name; otherwise it should be a
string containing the image data as raw bytes. @var{image-type} should be a
@acronym{MIME} image type, for instance @code{"image/jpeg"}.
@lisp
(svg-embed svg "~/rms.jpg" "image/jpeg" nil
@ -5539,10 +5543,14 @@ binary string containing the image data. @var{image-type} should be a
Remove the element with identifier @code{id} from the @code{svg}.
@end defun
Finally, the @code{svg-image} takes an SVG object as its parameter and
@defun svg-image svg
Finally, the @code{svg-image} takes an SVG object as its argument and
returns an image object suitable for use in functions like
@code{insert-image}. Here's a complete example that creates and
inserts an image with a circle:
@code{insert-image}.
@end defun
Here's a complete example that creates and inserts an image with a
circle:
@lisp
(let ((svg (svg-create 400 400 :stroke-width 10)))