[BUG]: wrong version number for miktex-dvisvgm-bin-x64-2.9

[VincentTam]

GUI says that I'm using package miktex-dvisvgm version: 2.13.3, but cmd outputs 2.11.1.

I've asked the dvisvgm's maintainer/owner at mgieseki/dvisvgm#184, who referred me here.

C:\Users\xxxx>dvisvgm -V1
dvisvgm 2.11.1
--------------
brotli:      1.0.9
clipper:     6.2.1
fontforge:   20160721
freetype:    2.10.3
Ghostscript: 9.25
kpathsea:    MiKTeX 22.3
potrace:     2.11.1
xxhash:      0.8.1
zlib:        1.2.11

C:\Users\xxxx>which dvisvgm
/c/Users/xxxx/AppData/Local/Programs/MiKTeX/miktex/bin/x64/dvisvgm

C:\Users\xxxx>

Attachments:
miktex-report.txt
initexmf.log
miktex-console.log
dvisvgm.log
latexmk.log
pdflatex.log

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[muzimuzhi]

It seems miktex-dvisvgm is considered as a separate software based on dvisvgm and having its own version number. 2b65100

[mgieseki]

Changeset 2b65100 updates MiKTeX's dvisvgm package to dvisvgm 2.13.3. However, dvisvgm's source file version.h, which defines variable PROGRAM_VERSION, doesn't seem to be considered here so that dvisvgm --version prints an old version number of a previous release.

[VincentTam]

Changeset 2b65100 updates MiKTeX's dvisvgm package to dvisvgm 2.13.3. However, dvisvgm's source file version.h, which defines variable PROGRAM_VERSION, doesn't seem to be considered here so that dvisvgm --version prints an old version number of a previous release.

@mgieseki so i'm actually using the latest version of dvisvgm? i'm having mgieseki/dvisvgm#158 with this MWE. (The line \addplot is generated by my VS code LaTeX plugin, and I appended \closedcycle at the end for pattern filling.)

\documentclass[border=2pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{axis}
        \addplot [
            domain=-10:10,
            samples=70,
            color=blue,
            pattern=north east lines,
            ]
            {x^2 + 2*x + 1} \closedcycle;
        \addlegendentry{$x^2 + 2x + 1$}
        
    \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

When I used

dvisvgm -P -o foobar.svg 220617-fill

to change it to SVG from PDF, the curve is gone. I attached the generated foobar.svg below FYI.

[mgieseki]

I can't really tell what version and code base was used to build your dvisvgm binary. Issue mgieseki/dvisvgm#158, however, occurred when converting DVI files to SVG. You seem to process a PDF file which is only partly supported by dvisvgm. If you create and convert a DVI file from your example, the resulting SVG should be fine. This issue is not related to MiKTeX, though. ;-)

[VincentTam]

Thanks for reply. I got the fill pattern using your method, but lost the fonts. I've created another issue for that in your repo.