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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/*
+Optimise the SVGs in ./core/images using SVGO from https://github.com/svg/svgo
+
+Install SVGO with the following command in the root of the repo:
+
+npm install svgo
+*/
+
+"use strict";
+
+var fs = require("fs"),
+	path = require("path"),
+	SVGO = require("svgo"),
+	svgo = new SVGO({
+		plugins: [
+			{cleanupAttrs: true},
+			{removeDoctype: true},
+			{removeXMLProcInst: true},
+			{removeComments: true},
+			{removeMetadata: true},
+			{removeTitle: true},
+			{removeDesc: true},
+			{removeUselessDefs: true},
+			{removeEditorsNSData: true},
+			{removeEmptyAttrs: true},
+			{removeHiddenElems: true},
+			{removeEmptyText: true},
+			{removeEmptyContainers: true},
+			{removeViewBox: false},
+			{cleanupEnableBackground: true},
+			{convertStyleToAttrs: true},
+			{convertColors: true},
+			{convertPathData: true},
+			{convertTransform: true},
+			{removeUnknownsAndDefaults: true},
+			{removeNonInheritableGroupAttrs: true},
+			{removeUselessStrokeAndFill: true},
+			{removeUnusedNS: true},
+			{cleanupIDs: true},
+			{cleanupNumericValues: true},
+			{moveElemsAttrsToGroup: true},
+			{moveGroupAttrsToElems: true},
+			{collapseGroups: true},
+			{removeRasterImages: false},
+			{mergePaths: true},
+			{convertShapeToPath: true},
+			{sortAttrs: true},
+			{removeDimensions: false},
+			{removeAttrs: {attrs: "(stroke|fill)"}}
+		]
+	});
+
+var basepath = "./core/images/",
+	files = fs.readdirSync(basepath).sort();
+
+files.forEach(function(filename) {
+	if(filename.slice(-4) === ".tid") {
+		var filepath = path.resolve(basepath,filename),
+			data = fs.readFileSync(filepath,"utf8"),
+			lines = data.split("\n"),
+			blankLine = lines.indexOf(""),
+			header = lines.slice(0,blankLine),
+			body = lines.slice(blankLine + 1),
+			fakeSVG = body.join("\n");
+		// A hack to make the new-journal-button work
+		fakeSVG = fakeSVG.replace("<<now \"DD\">>","&lt;&lt;now &quot;DD&quot;&gt;&gt;");
+		svgo.optimize(fakeSVG, {path: filepath}).then(function(result) {
+			var newSVG = header.join("\n") + "\n\n" + result.data.replace("&lt;&lt;now &quot;DD&quot;&gt;&gt;","<<now \"DD\">>");
+			fs.writeFileSync(filepath,newSVG);
+		},function(err) {
+			console.log("Error " + err + " with " + filename)
+			process.exit();
+		});
+	}
+});