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Hi, 

using Twine 2 and Sugarcube 2, I'm trying to display SVG icons which serves as links to some passages. I want to store this SVGs inside of game code because reasons.

Best I could come up with is to put SVG source into variable, like this: 

<<set _src='data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" style="width: 100%; height: 100%"><path d="M230.125 18.156V247h49.313V18.156h-49.313zM78.812 21.438l-16 136.906c48.707 30.112 97.637 47.843 148.625 53.094V33.125c-44.244-1.822-88.46-5.89-132.625-11.688zm349.438.28c-43.398 6.814-86.784 10.647-130.125 11.97v175c46.732-7.458 95.816-24.375 148.438-50.844L428.25 21.72zm-1.938 166.532c-44.474 19.847-87.06 32.836-128.187 38.97V247h37.031v143.188h-37.031v8.718c0 34.41-20.516 56.084-43.25 56.28-22.734.2-43.438-21.34-43.438-56.28v-8.72l-27.656.002h-9.343V247h37.001v-17.188c-43.774-4.164-86.14-16.857-127.687-38.062 5.04 92.69 3.66 185.37-5.063 278.063 117.402 32.047 234.788 31.002 352.188 0-6.853-93.858-9.223-187.706-4.563-281.563zm-233.187 77.438V371.5H316.47V265.687H193.124zm20.47 18.156H296v67.5H213.594v-67.5zm18.686 18.687v30.126h45.032V302.53h-45.03zm-2.155 87.658v8.718c0 28.23 13.32 37.692 24.594 37.594 11.27-.098 24.718-10.018 24.718-37.594v-8.72l-49.313.002z"/></svg>'>>

[img[_src][Inventory]]

While this works, it looks bit ugly, and I like to avoid wrapping svg in <img/>. Surely I can make a widget or write a macro, but maybe there's cleaner way out of the box?

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You could create your link using HTML Attributes with a standard anchor element like so

<a data-passage="Inventory">
	\<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" style="width: 100%; height: 100%">
		\<path d="M230.125 18.156V247h49.313V18.156h-49.313zM78.812 21.438l-16 136.906c48.707 30.112 97.637 47.843 148.625 53.094V33.125c-44.244-1.822-88.46-5.89-132.625-11.688zm349.438.28c-43.398 6.814-86.784 10.647-130.125 11.97v175c46.732-7.458 95.816-24.375 148.438-50.844L428.25 21.72zm-1.938 166.532c-44.474 19.847-87.06 32.836-128.187 38.97V247h37.031v143.188h-37.031v8.718c0 34.41-20.516 56.084-43.25 56.28-22.734.2-43.438-21.34-43.438-56.28v-8.72l-27.656.002h-9.343V247h37.001v-17.188c-43.774-4.164-86.14-16.857-127.687-38.062 5.04 92.69 3.66 185.37-5.063 278.063 117.402 32.047 234.788 31.002 352.188 0-6.853-93.858-9.223-187.706-4.563-281.563zm-233.187 77.438V371.5H316.47V265.687H193.124zm20.47 18.156H296v67.5H213.594v-67.5zm18.686 18.687v30.126h45.032V302.53h-45.03zm-2.155 87.658v8.718c0 28.23 13.32 37.692 24.594 37.594 11.27-.098 24.718-10.018 24.718-37.594v-8.72l-49.313.002z"/>
	\</svg>
</a>

... in the cases where you are only adding that link in a limited number of places.

If you want to add the same link repeatedly to your story then I would suggest wrapping the above example within a widget like so:

<<widget "inventorylink">>
\<a data-passage="Inventory">
	\<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" style="width: 100%; height: 100%">
		\<path d="M230.125 18.156V247h49.313V18.156h-49.313zM78.812 21.438l-16 136.906c48.707 30.112 97.637 47.843 148.625 53.094V33.125c-44.244-1.822-88.46-5.89-132.625-11.688zm349.438.28c-43.398 6.814-86.784 10.647-130.125 11.97v175c46.732-7.458 95.816-24.375 148.438-50.844L428.25 21.72zm-1.938 166.532c-44.474 19.847-87.06 32.836-128.187 38.97V247h37.031v143.188h-37.031v8.718c0 34.41-20.516 56.084-43.25 56.28-22.734.2-43.438-21.34-43.438-56.28v-8.72l-27.656.002h-9.343V247h37.001v-17.188c-43.774-4.164-86.14-16.857-127.687-38.062 5.04 92.69 3.66 185.37-5.063 278.063 117.402 32.047 234.788 31.002 352.188 0-6.853-93.858-9.223-187.706-4.563-281.563zm-233.187 77.438V371.5H316.47V265.687H193.124zm20.47 18.156H296v67.5H213.594v-67.5zm18.686 18.687v30.126h45.032V302.53h-45.03zm-2.155 87.658v8.718c0 28.23 13.32 37.692 24.594 37.594 11.27-.098 24.718-10.018 24.718-37.594v-8.72l-49.313.002z"/>
	\</svg>
\</a>
\<</widget>>

... and then use the new widget in the relevant passages like so:

<<inventorylink>>

 

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This is brilliant, thanks a lot!
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I must add this solution has a downside of not displaying connection between passages in editor, but I can live with that for this use case.
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