diff --git a/pixelegg/less/svg.css b/pixelegg/less/svg.css
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+* {
+	fill: #ff0000;
+}
+
+svg#etemplate_navbar * {
+	fill: #0000ff;
+}
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diff --git a/pixelegg/stylesheet2svg.php b/pixelegg/stylesheet2svg.php
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+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+/**
+ * helper to add a stylesheet to a svg image
+ *
+ * @link http://www.egroupware.org
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
+ * @author Ralf Becker <RalfBecker-AT-outdoor-training.de>
+ * @copyright (c) 2014 by Ralf Becker <rb@stylite.de>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+
+if (php_sapi_name() !== 'cli') die("This is a commandline ONLY tool!\n");
+
+$args = $_SERVER['argv'];
+$prog = array_shift($args);
+
+if ($_SERVER['argc'] <= 1 || $prog != 'pixelegg/stylesheet2svg.php') die("
+Usage: pixelegg/stylesheet2svg [-s stylesheet] svg-image(s)
+Add an external stylesheet to an svg image and sets id of svg tag to app_image
+Examples:
+- pixelegg/stylesheet2svg -s pixelegg/less/svg.css */templates/pixelegg/images/*.svg pixelegg/images/*.svg
+\n");
+
+$stylesheet = 'pixelegg/less/svg.css';
+if ($args[0] == '-s')
+{
+	$stylesheet = $args[1];
+	array_shift($args);
+	array_shift($args);
+}
+
+foreach($args as $path)
+{
+	if (!preg_match('|^([^/]+)/.*/(.*).svg$|', $path, $matches) || !($svg = file_get_contents($path)))
+	{
+		die("SVG image $path NOT found!\n");
+	}
+	// remove evtl. existing old stylesheet
+	$svg = preg_replace("|<?xml-stylesheet[^?]+?>\n|", '', $svg);
+	// add stylesheet
+	$style_url = rel_path($stylesheet, $path);
+	$svg = preg_replace('|<svg|', '<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="'.$style_url.'" ?>'."\n".'<svg', $svg);
+	// change id to app_image
+	$id = $matches[1].'_'.$matches[2];
+	$svg = preg_replace('/(<svg.*) id="[^"]+"/', '\\1 id="'.$id.'"', $svg);
+	// store image again
+	file_put_contents($path, $svg);
+	echo "$path: added $style_url and id=\"$id\"\n";
+}
+
+function rel_path($stylesheet, $image)
+{
+	$i_parts = explode('/', $image);
+	array_pop($i_parts);
+	$rel_parts = $s_parts = explode('/', $stylesheet);
+
+	foreach($i_parts as $n => $i_part)
+	{
+		if (isset($s_parts[$n]) && $s_parts[$n] === $i_part)
+		{
+			array_shift($rel_parts);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			array_unshift($rel_parts, '..');
+		}
+	}
+	$rel_path = implode('/', $rel_parts);
+	//error_log(__FUNCTION__."($stylesheet, $image) returned $rel_path");
+	return $rel_path;
+}
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