import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import javax.swing.JLabel;

import org.scilab.forge.jlatexmath.TeXConstants; 
import org.scilab.forge.jlatexmath.TeXFormula;
import org.scilab.forge.jlatexmath.TeXIcon;
import org.scilab.forge.jlatexmath.DefaultTeXFont;

import org.scilab.forge.jlatexmath.cyrillic.CyrillicRegistration;
import org.scilab.forge.jlatexmath.greek.GreekRegistration;

import org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderOutput;
import org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderInput;
import org.apache.fop.svg.AbstractFOPTranscoder;
import org.apache.fop.svg.PDFTranscoder;
import org.apache.fop.render.ps.PSTranscoder;
import org.apache.fop.render.ps.EPSTranscoder;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.DefaultConfiguration;

import org.apache.batik.svggen.SVGGeneratorContext;
import org.apache.batik.svggen.SVGGraphics2D;
import org.apache.batik.dom.GenericDOMImplementation;

import org.w3c.dom.DOMImplementation;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;

public class Convert {

    public static final int PDF = 0;
    public static final int PS = 1;
    public static final int EPS = 2;
    
    public static void toSVG(String latex, String file, boolean fontAsShapes) throws IOException {
        DOMImplementation domImpl = GenericDOMImplementation.getDOMImplementation();
        String svgNS = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
        Document document = domImpl.createDocument(svgNS, "svg", null);
        SVGGeneratorContext ctx = SVGGeneratorContext.createDefault(document);
	
        SVGGraphics2D g2 = new SVGGraphics2D(ctx, fontAsShapes);

	DefaultTeXFont.registerAlphabet(new CyrillicRegistration());
	DefaultTeXFont.registerAlphabet(new GreekRegistration());

      	TeXFormula formula = new TeXFormula(latex);
	TeXIcon icon = formula.createTeXIcon(TeXConstants.STYLE_DISPLAY, 20);
	icon.setInsets(new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5));
        g2.setSVGCanvasSize(new Dimension(icon.getIconWidth(),icon.getIconHeight()));
        g2.setColor(Color.white);
	g2.fillRect(0,0,icon.getIconWidth(),icon.getIconHeight());

	JLabel jl = new JLabel();
	jl.setForeground(new Color(0, 0, 0));
	icon.paintIcon(jl, g2, 0, 0);
	
	boolean useCSS = true;
        FileOutputStream svgs = new FileOutputStream(file);
	Writer out = new OutputStreamWriter(svgs, "UTF-8");
        g2.stream(out, useCSS);
	svgs.flush();
	svgs.close();
    }

    public static void SVGTo(String inSVG, String out, int type) {
        AbstractFOPTranscoder trans;
        switch (type) {
        case PDF : 
            trans = new PDFTranscoder();
            break;
        case PS : 
            trans = new PSTranscoder();
            break;
        case EPS : 
            trans = new EPSTranscoder();
            break;
        default :
            trans = null;
        }

        try {
	    TranscoderInput input = new TranscoderInput(new FileInputStream(inSVG));
            OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(out);
            TranscoderOutput output = new TranscoderOutput(os);
            trans.transcode(input, output);
            os.flush();
            os.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Problem when exporting " + inSVG + " to " + out + "!\n" + e.toString());
        }
    }
}

@@ -3401,24 +3401,273 @@
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+            e.printStackTrace();%0A            if( e instanceof org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderException )%0A                ( (org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderException) e ).getException().printStackTrace();%0A            System.exit( -1 );%0A
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debug output for PDF transcoder