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A good SVG animation tool is dearly missing. I wish Inkscape could do it or there was an Inkscape-like animation tool, that does not hide but rather embraces the underlying SVG code.

Can you tell how you approach to this is? Can you just export SVG animations or even import and edit without destroying the original structure?

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> I wish Inkscape could do it or there was an Inkscape-like animation tool, that does not hide but rather embraces the underlying SVG code.

This is basically what I'm trying to achieve with Boxy SVG project: a vector graphics editor with UI similar to Inkscape, but focused primarily on SVG editing. It also allows you to easily switch between the code ("Elements") and timeline ("Animations") views: https://boxy-svg.com/blog/21

Doesn't work on Firefox unfortunately.

Recently I was trying to create lightweight SVG images for an embedded project and was looking for exactly this type of thing. I ended up drawing them in Inkscape and then opening in a text editor to strip out everything that wasn't necessary, and round every coordinate to the nearest integer. I was using Ristretto next to the text editor to see the changes and was kind of wishing it could go the other way as well, maybe as a plugin for Geany or something.

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