1INKSCAPE(1) Inkscape Commands Manual INKSCAPE(1)
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6 Inkscape - an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editing program.
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9 "inkscape [options] [filename_1 filename_2 ...]"
10 options:
12 -?, --help
14 --help-all
15 --help-gapplication
16 --help-gtk
17 -V, --version
19 --debug-info
20 --system-data-directory
21 --user-data-directory
22 -p, --pipe
24 --pdf-page=PAGE
25 --pdf-poppler
26 --convert-dpi-method=METHOD
27 --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing
28 -o, --export-filename=FILENAME
30 --export-overwrite
31 --export-type=TYPE[,TYPE]*
32 --export-extension=EXTENSION-ID
33 -C, --export-area-page
35 -D, --export-area-drawing
36 -a, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1
37 --export-area-snap
38 -d, --export-dpi=DPI
39 -w, --export-width=WIDTH
40 -h, --export-height=HEIGHT
41 --export-margin=MARGIN
42 -i, --export-id=OBJECT-ID[;OBJECT-ID]*
44 -j, --export-id-only
45 -l, --export-plain-svg
46 --export-png-color-mode=COLORMODE
47 --export-png-use-dithering=BOOLEAN
48 --export-ps-level=LEVEL
49 --export-pdf-version=VERSION
50 -T, --export-text-to-path
51 --export-latex
52 --export-ignore-filters
53 -t, --export-use-hints
54 -b, --export-background=COLOR
55 -y, --export-background-opacity=VALUE
56 -I, --query-id=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
58 -S, --query-all
59 -X, --query-x
60 -Y, --query-y
61 -W, --query-width
62 -H, --query-height
63 --vacuum-defs
65 --select=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
66 --actions=ACTION(:ARG)[;ACTION(:ARG)]*
67 --action-list
68 --actions-file=FILENAME
69 -g, --with-gui
71 -q, --active-window
72 --display=DISPLAY
73 --app-id-tag=TAG
74 --batch-process
75 --shell
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78 Inkscape is a Free and open source vector graphics editor. It offers a
79 rich set of features and is widely used for both artistic and technical
80 illustrations such as cartoons, clip art, logos, typography,
81 diagramming and flowcharting. It uses vector graphics to allow for
82 sharp printouts and renderings at unlimited resolution and is not bound
83 to a fixed number of pixels like raster graphics. Inkscape uses the
84 standardized SVG file format as its main format, which is supported by
85 many other applications including web browsers.
86 The interface is designed to be comfortable and efficient for skilled
88 users, while remaining conformant to GNOME standards so that users
89 familiar with other GNOME applications can learn its interface rapidly.
90 SVG is a W3C standard XML format for 2D vector drawing. It allows
92 defining objects in the drawing using points, paths, and primitive
93 shapes. Colors, fonts, stroke width, and so forth are specified as
94 `style' attributes to these objects. The intent is that since SVG is a
95 standard, and since its files are text/xml, it will be possible to use
96 SVG files in a sizeable number of programs and for a wide range of
97 uses.
98 Inkscape uses SVG as its native document format, and has the goal of
100 becoming the most fully compliant drawing program for SVG files
101 available in the Open Source community.
102
104 -?, --help
105 Shows a help message.
106 --help-all
108 Shows all help options.
109 --help-gapplication
111 Shows the GApplication options.
112 --help-gtk
114 Shows the GTK+ options.
115 -V, --version
117 Shows the Inkscape version and build date.
118 --debug-info
120 Prints technical information including Inkscape version,
121 dependency versions and operating system. This Information is
122 useful when debugging issues with Inkscape and should be
123 included whenever filing a bug report.
124 --system-data-directory
126 Prints the system data directory where data files that ship
127 with Inkscape are stored. This includes files which Inkscape
128 requires to run (like unit definitions, built-in key maps,
129 files describing UI layout, icon themes, etc.), core
130 extensions, stock resources (filters, fonts, markers, color
131 palettes, symbols, templates) and documentation (SVG example
132 files, tutorials).
133 The location in which Inkscape expects the system data
135 directory can be overridden with the INKSCAPE_DATADIR
136 environment variable.
137 --user-data-directory
139 Prints the user profile directory where user-specific data
140 files and preferences are stored. Custom extensions and
141 resources (filters, fonts, markers, color palettes, symbols,
142 templates) should be installed into their respective
143 subdirectories in this directory. In addition placing a file
144 with a name identical to one in the system data directory here
145 allows to override most presets from the system data directory
146 (e.g. default templates, UI files, etc.).
147 The default location of the profile directory can be overridden
149 with the INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR environment variable.
150 -p, --pipe
152 Reads input file from standard input (stdin).
153 --pdf-page=PAGE
155 Imports the given page of a pdf file. Numbering starts with 1.
156 --pdf-poppler
158 By default Inkscape imports PDF files via an internal (poppler-
159 derived) library. Text is stored as text. Meshes are converted
160 to tiles. Use --pdf-poppler to import via an external (poppler
161 with cairo backend) library instead. Text consists of groups
162 containing cloned glyphs where each glyph is a path. Images
163 are stored internally. Meshes cause entire document to be
164 rendered as a raster image.
165 --convert-dpi-method=METHOD
167 Choose method used to rescale legacy (pre-0.92) files which
168 render slightly smaller due to the switch from 90 DPI to 96 DPI
169 when interpreting lengths expressed in units of pixels.
170 Possible values are "none" (no change, document will render at
171 94% of its original size), "scale-viewbox" (document will be
172 rescaled globally, individual lengths will stay untouched) and
173 "scale-document" (each length will be re-scaled individually).
174 --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing
176 Do not automatically fix text baselines in legacy (pre-0.92)
177 files on opening. Inkscape 0.92 adopts the CSS standard
178 definition for the 'line-height' property, which differs from
179 past versions. By default, the line height values in files
180 created prior to Inkscape 0.92 will be adjusted on loading to
181 preserve the intended text layout. This command line option
182 will skip that adjustment.
183 -o, --export-filename=FILENAME
185 Sets the name of the output file. The default is to re-use the
186 name of the input file. If --export-type is also used, the
187 file extension will be adjusted (or added) as appropriate.
188 Otherwise the file type to export will be inferred from the
189 extension of the specified filename.
190 Usage of the special filename "-" makes Inkscape write the
192 image data to standard output (stdout).
193 --export-overwrite
195 Overwrites input file.
196 --export-type=TYPE[,TYPE]*
198 Specify the file type to export. Possible values: svg, png, ps,
199 eps, pdf, emf, wmf and every file type for which an export
200 extension exists. It is possible to export more than one file
201 type at a time.
202 Note that PostScript does not support transparency, so any
204 transparent objects in the original SVG will be automatically
205 rasterized. Used fonts are subset and embedded. The default
206 export area is page; you can set it to drawing by
207 --export-area-drawing.
208 Note that PDF format preserves the transparency in the original
210 SVG.
211 --export-extension=EXTENSION-ID
213 Allows to specify an output extension that will be used for
214 exporting, which is especially relevant if there is more than
215 one export option for a given file type. If set, the file
216 extension in --export-filename and --export-type may be
217 omitted. Additionally, if set, only one file type may be given
218 in --export-type.
219 -C, --export-area-page
221 In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS exported area is the page. This is the
222 default for SVG, PNG, PDF, and PS, so you don't need to specify
223 this unless you are using --export-id to export a specific
224 object. For EPS this option is currently not supported.
225 -D, --export-area-drawing
227 In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS, and EPS export, exported area is the
228 drawing (not page), i.e. the bounding box of all objects of the
229 document (or of the exported object if --export-id is used).
230 With this option, the exported image will display all the
231 visible objects of the document without margins or cropping.
232 This is the default export area for EPS. For PNG, it can be
233 used in combination with --export-use-hints.
234 -a x0:y0:x1:y1, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1
236 In PNG export, set the exported area of the document, specified
237 in px (1/96 in). The default is to export the entire document
238 page. The point (0,0) is the lower-left corner.
239 --export-area-snap
241 For PNG export, snap the export area outwards to the nearest
242 integer px values. If you are using the default export
243 resolution of 96 dpi and your graphics are pixel-snapped to
244 minimize antialiasing, this switch allows you to preserve this
245 alignment even if you are exporting some object's bounding box
246 (with --export-id or --export-area-drawing) which is itself not
247 pixel-aligned.
248 -d DPI, --export-dpi=DPI
250 The resolution used for PNG export. It is also used for
251 fallback rasterization of filtered objects when exporting to
252 PS, EPS, or PDF (unless you specify --export-ignore-filters to
253 suppress rasterization). The default is 96 dpi, which
254 corresponds to 1 SVG user unit (px, also called "user unit")
255 exporting to 1 bitmap pixel. This value overrides the DPI hint
256 if used with --export-use-hints.
257 -w WIDTH, --export-width=WIDTH
259 The width of generated bitmap in pixels. This value overrides
260 the --export-dpi setting (or the DPI hint if used with
261 --export-use-hints).
262 -h HEIGHT, --export-height=HEIGHT
264 The height of generated bitmap in pixels. This value overrides
265 the --export-dpi setting (or the DPI hint if used with
266 --export-use-hints).
267 --export-margin=MARGIN
269 Adds a margin around the exported area. The size of the margin
270 is specified in units of page size (for SVG) or millimeters
271 (for PS/PDF). The option currently has no effect for other
272 export formats.
273 -i ID, --export-id=OBJECT-ID[;OBJECT-ID]*
275 For PNG, PS, EPS, PDF and plain SVG export, the id attribute
276 value of the object(s) that you want to export from the
277 document; all other objects are not exported. By default the
278 exported area is the bounding box of the object; you can
279 override this using --export-area (PNG only) or
280 --export-area-page.
281 If you specify many values with a semicolon separated list of
283 objects, each one will be exported separately. In this case the
284 exported files will be named this way:
285 [input_filename]_[ID].[export_type]
286 -j, --export-id-only
288 For PNG, PS, EPS, PDF and plain SVG export, only export the
289 object whose id is given in --export-id. All other objects are
290 hidden and won't show in export even if they overlay the
291 exported object. Without --export-id, this option is ignored.
292 -l, --export-plain-svg
294 Export document(s) to plain SVG format, without sodipodi: or
295 inkscape: namespaces and without RDF metadata. Use the
296 --export-filename option to specify the filename.
297 --export-png-color-mode=COLORMODE
299 Sets the color mode (bit depth and color type) for exported
300 bitmaps
301 (Gray_1/Gray_2/Gray_4/Gray_8/Gray_16/RGB_8/RGB_16/GrayAlpha_8/GrayAlpha_16/RGBA_8/RGBA_16)
302 --export-png-use-dithering=false|true
304 Forces dithering or disables it (the Inkscape build must
305 support dithering for this).
306 --export-ps-level=LEVEL
308 Set language version for PS and EPS export. PostScript level 2
309 or 3 is supported. Default is 3.
310 --export-pdf-version=VERSION
312 Select the PDF version of the exported PDF file. This option
313 basically exposes the PDF version selector found in the PDF-
314 export dialog of the GUI. You must provide one of the versions
315 from that combo-box, e.g. "1.4". The default pdf export version
316 is "1.4".
317 -T, --export-text-to-path
319 Convert text objects to paths on export, where applicable (for
320 PS, EPS, PDF and SVG export).
321 --export-latex
323 (for PS, EPS, and PDF export) Used for creating images for
324 LaTeX documents, where the image's text is typeset by LaTeX.
325 When exporting to PDF/PS/EPS format, this option splits the
326 output into a PDF/PS/EPS file (e.g. as specified by
327 --export-type) and a LaTeX file. Text will not be output in the
328 PDF/PS/EPS file, but instead will appear in the LaTeX file.
329 This LaTeX file includes the PDF/PS/EPS. Inputting
330 (\input{image.tex}) the LaTeX file in your LaTeX document will
331 show the image and all text will be typeset by LaTeX. See the
332 resulting LaTeX file for more information. Also see GNUPlot's
333 `epslatex' output terminal.
334 --export-ignore-filters
336 Export filtered objects (e.g. those with blur) as vectors,
337 ignoring the filters (for PS, EPS, and PDF export). By
338 default, all filtered objects are rasterized at --export-dpi
339 (default 96 dpi), preserving the appearance.
340 -t, --export-use-hints
342 While exporting to PNG, use export filename and DPI hints
343 stored in the exported object (only with --export-id). These
344 hints are set automatically when you export selection from
345 within Inkscape. So, for example, if you export a shape with
346 id="path231" as /home/me/shape.png at 300 dpi from document.svg
347 using Inkscape GUI, and save the document, then later you will
348 be able to reexport that shape to the same file with the same
349 resolution simply with
350 inkscape -i path231 -t document.svg
352 If you use --export-dpi, --export-width, or --export-height
354 with this option, then the DPI hint will be ignored and the
355 value from the command line will be used. If you use
356 --export-filename with this option, then the filename hint will
357 be ignored and the filename from the command line will be used.
358 -b COLOR, --export-background=COLOR
360 Background color of exported PNG. This may be any SVG
361 supported color string, for example "#ff007f" or "rgb(255, 0,
362 128)". If not set, then the page color set in Inkscape in the
363 Document Properties dialog will be used (stored in the
364 pagecolor= attribute of sodipodi:namedview).
365 -y VALUE, --export-background-opacity=VALUE
367 Opacity of the background of exported PNG. This may be a value
368 either between 0.0 and 1.0 (0.0 meaning full transparency, 1.0
369 full opacity) or greater than 1 up to 255 (255 meaning full
370 opacity). If not set and the -b option is not used, then the
371 page opacity set in Inkscape in the Document Properties dialog
372 will be used (stored in the inkscape:pageopacity= attribute of
373 sodipodi:namedview). If not set but the -b option is used,
374 then the value of 255 (full opacity) will be used.
375 -I, --query-id=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
377 Set the ID(s) of the object(s) whose dimensions are queried in
378 a comma-separated list. If not set, query options will return
379 the dimensions of the drawing (i.e. all document objects), not
380 the page or viewbox.
381 If you specify many values with a comma separated list of
383 objects, any geometry query (e.g. --query-x) will return a
384 comma separated list of values corresponding to the list of
385 objects in --query-id.
386 -S, --query-all
388 Prints a comma delimited listing of all objects in the SVG
389 document with IDs defined, along with their x, y, width, and
390 height values.
391 -X, --query-x
393 Query the X coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the
394 object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user
395 units).
396 -Y, --query-y
398 Query the Y coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the
399 object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user
400 units).
401 -W, --query-width
403 Query the width of the drawing or, if specified, of the object
404 with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).
405 -H, --query-height
407 Query the height of the drawing or, if specified, of the object
408 with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).
409 --vacuum-defs
411 Remove all unused items from the "<defs>" section of the SVG
412 file. If this option is invoked in conjunction with
413 --export-plain-svg, only the exported file will be affected.
414 If it is used alone, the specified file will be modified in
415 place.
416 --select=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
418 The --select command will cause objects that have the ID
419 specified to be selected. You can select many objects width a
420 comma separated list. This allows various verbs to act upon
421 them. To remove all the selections use "--verb=EditDeselect".
422 The object IDs available are dependent on the document
423 specified to load.
424 --actions=ACTION(:ARG)[;ACTION(:ARG)]*
426 Actions are a new method to call functions with an optional
427 single parameter. To get a list of the action IDs available,
428 use the --action-list command line option. Eventually all
429 verbs will be replaced by actions. Temporarily, any verb can
430 be used as an action (without a parameter). Note, most verbs
431 require a GUI (even if they don't use it). To close the GUI
432 automatically at the end of processing, use --batch-process.
433 In addition all export options have matching actions (remove
434 the '--' in front of the option and replace '=' with ':').
435 If only actions are used --batch-process must be used.
437 Export can be forced at any point with the export-do action.
439 This allows one to do multiple exports on a single file.
440 --action-list
442 Prints a list of all available actions.
443 --actions-file=FILENAME
445 Execute all actions listed in the file. The file contents must
446 be formatted using the syntax of --actions. This option
447 overrides the --actions argument when both are given.
448 -g, --with-gui
450 Try to use the GUI (on Unix, use the X server even if $DISPLAY
451 is not set).
452 -q, --active-window
454 Instead of launching a new Inkscape process, this will run the
455 command in the most recently focused Inkscape document.
456 --display=DISPLAY
458 Sets the X display to use for the Inkscape window.
459 --app-id-tag=TAG
461 Creates a unique instance of Inkscape with the application ID
462 'org.inkscape.Inkscape.TAG'. This is useful to separate the
463 Inkscape instances when running different Inkscape versions or
464 using different preferences files concurrently.
465 --batch-process
467 Close GUI after executing all actions or verbs.
468 --shell With this parameter, Inkscape will enter an interactive command
470 line shell mode. In this mode, you type in commands at the
471 prompt and Inkscape executes them, without you having to run a
472 new copy of Inkscape for each command. This feature is mostly
473 useful for scripting and server uses: it adds no new
474 capabilities but allows you to improve the speed and memory
475 requirements of any script that repeatedly calls Inkscape to
476 perform command line tasks (such as export or conversions).
477 In shell mode Inkscape expects a sequence of actions (or verbs)
479 as input. They will be processed line by line, that means
480 typically when pressing enter. It is possible (but not
481 necessary) to put all actions on a single line.
482 This option can be combined with the --active-window parameter,
484 to execute the shell commands in an already opened Inkscape
485 document.
486 The following example opens a file and exports it into two
488 different formats, then opens another file and exports a single
489 object:
490 file-open:file1.svg; export-type:pdf; export-do; export-type:png; export-do
492 file-open:file2.svg; export-id:rect2; export-id-only; export-filename:rect_only.svg; export-do
493
495 The main configuration file is located in
496 ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml; it stores a variety of
497 customization settings that you can change in Inkscape (mostly in the
498 Inkscape Preferences dialog). Also in the subdirectories there, you
499 can place your own:
500 $HOME/.config/inkscape/extensions/ - extensions.
502 $HOME/.config/inkscape/fonts/ - fonts.
504 $HOME/.config/inkscape/icons/ - icon sets.
506 $HOME/.config/inkscape/keys/ - keyboard maps.
508 $HOME/.config/inkscape/paint/ - patterns and hatches.
510 $HOME/.config/inkscape/palettes/ - palettes.
512 $HOME/.config/inkscape/symbols/ - symbol files.
514 $HOME/.config/inkscape/templates/ - new file templates.
516 $HOME/.config/inkscape/ui/ - user interface files.
518
520 The program returns zero on success or non-zero on failure.
521 A variety of error messages and warnings may be printed to STDERR or
523 STDOUT. If the program behaves erratically with a particular SVG file
524 or crashes, it is useful to look at this output for clues.
525
527 While obviously Inkscape is primarily intended as a GUI application, it
528 can be used for doing SVG processing on the command line as well.
529 Open an SVG file in the GUI:
531 inkscape filename.svg
533 Export an SVG file into PNG with the default resolution of 96 dpi (one
535 SVG user unit translates to one bitmap pixel):
536 inkscape --export-filename=filename.png filename.svg
538 Same, but force the PNG file to be 600x400 pixels:
540 inkscape --export-filename=filename.png -w 600 -h 400 filename.svg
542 Same, but export the drawing (bounding box of all objects), not the
544 page:
545 inkscape --export-filename=filename.png --export-area-drawing filename.svg
547 Export two different files into four distinct file formats each:
549 inkscape --export-type=png,ps,eps,pdf filename1.svg filename2.svg
551 Export to PNG the object with id="text1555", using the output filename
553 and the resolution that were used for that object last time when it was
554 exported from the GUI:
555 inkscape --export-id=text1555 --export-use-hints filename.svg
557 Same, but use the default 96 dpi resolution, specify the filename, and
559 snap the exported area outwards to the nearest whole SVG user unit
560 values (to preserve pixel-alignment of objects and thus minimize
561 aliasing):
562 inkscape --export-id=text1555 --export-filename=text.png --export-area-snap filename.svg
564 Convert an Inkscape SVG document to plain SVG:
566 inkscape --export-plain-svg --export-filename=filename2.svg filename1.svg
568 Convert an SVG document to EPS, converting all texts to paths:
570 inkscape --export-filename=filename.eps --export-text-to-path filename.svg
572 Query the width of the object with id="text1555":
574 inkscape --query-width --query-id=text1555 filename.svg
576 Duplicate the objects with id="path1555" and id="rect835", rotate the
578 duplicates 90 degrees, save SVG, and quit:
579 inkscape --select=path1555,rect835 --actions="duplicate;object-rotate-90-cw" --export-overwrite filename.svg
581 Select all objects with ellipse tag, rotate them 30 degrees, save the
583 file, and quit.
584 inkscape --actions="select-by-element:ellipse;transform-rotate:30" --export-overwrite filename.svg
586 Export the object with the ID MyTriangle with a semi transparent purple
588 background to the file triangle_purple.png and with a red background to
589 the file triangle_red.png.
590 inkscape --actions="export-id:MyTriangle; export-id-only; export-background:purple; export-background-opacity:0.5;export-filename:triangle_purple.png; export-do; export-background:red; export-background-opacity:1; export-filename:triangle_red.png; export-do" filename.svg
592 Read an SVG from standard input (stdin) and export it to PDF format:
594 cat filename.svg | inkscape --pipe --export-filename=filename.pdf
596 Export an SVG to PNG format and write it to standard output (stdout),
598 then convert it to JPG format with ImageMagick's convert program:
599 inkscape --export-type=png --export-filename=- filename.svg | convert - filename.jpg
601 Same as above, but also reading from a pipe (--export-filename can be
603 omitted in this case)
604 cat filename.svg | inkscape --pipe --export-type=png | convert - filename.jpg
606
608 INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR
609 Set a custom location for the user profile directory.
610 INKSCAPE_DATADIR
612 Set a custom location for the Inkscape data directory (e.g.
613 $PREFIX/share if Inkscape's shared files are in
614 $PREFIX/share/inkscape).
615 INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR
617 Set a custom location for the translation catalog.
618 For more details see also
620 <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Environment_variables>
621
623 The canonical place to find Inkscape info is at
624 <https://www.inkscape.org/>. The website has news, documentation,
625 tutorials, examples, mailing list archives, the latest released version
626 of the program, bugs and feature requests databases, forums, and more.
627
629 potrace, cairo, rsvg, batik, ghostscript, pstoedit.
630 SVG compliance test suite:
632 <https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Test_Suite_Overview>
633 SVG validator: <https://validator.w3.org/>
635 Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification W3C Recommendation 16
637 August 2011 <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/>
638 Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2 Specification W3C Working Draft 13
640 April 2005 <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG12/>
641 Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 Specification W3C Candidate
643 Recommendation 15 September 2016 <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/>
644 Document Object Model (DOM): Level 2 Core W3C Recommendation 13
646 November 2000 <https://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/>
647
649 To learn Inkscape's GUI operation, read the manual in Help > Inkscape
650 manual, and the tutorials in Help > Tutorials.
651 Apart from SVG, Inkscape can import (File > Import) most bitmap formats
653 (PNG, BMP, JPG, XPM, GIF, etc.), plain text (requires Perl), PS and EPS
654 (requires Ghostscript), PDF and AI format (AI version 9.0 or newer).
655 Inkscape exports 32-bit PNG images (File > Export PNG Image) as well as
657 AI, PS, EPS, PDF, DXF, and several other formats via File > Save as.
658 Inkscape can use the pressure and tilt of a graphic tablet pen for
660 width, angle, and force of action of several tools, including the
661 Calligraphic pen.
662 Inkscape includes a GUI front-end to the Potrace bitmap tracing engine
664 (<http://potrace.sf.net>) which is embedded into Inkscape.
665 Inkscape can use external scripts (stdin-to-stdout filters) that are
667 represented by commands in the Extensions menu. A script can have a GUI
668 dialog for setting various parameters and can get the IDs of the
669 selected objects on which to act via the command line. Inkscape comes
670 with an assortment of effects written in Python.
671
673 To get a complete list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts, view
674 doc/keys.html, or use the Keys and Mouse command in Help menu.
675
677 Many bugs are known; please refer to the website
678 (<https://www.inkscape.org/>) for reviewing the reported ones and to
679 report newly found issues. See also the Known Issues section in the
680 Release Notes for your version (file `NEWS').
681
683 The codebase that would become Inkscape began life in 1999 as the
684 program Gill, the GNOME Illustrator application, created by Raph
685 Levien. The stated objective for Gill was to eventually support all of
686 SVG. Raph implemented the PostScript bezier imaging model, including
687 stroking and filling, line cap style, line join style, text, etc.
688 Raph's Gill page is at <http://www.levien.com/svg/>. Work on Gill
689 appears to have slowed or ceased in 2000.
690 The next incarnation of the codebase was to become the highly popular
692 program Sodipodi, led by Lauris Kaplinski. The codebase was turned
693 into a powerful illustration program over the course of several year's
694 work, adding several new features, multi-lingual support, porting to
695 Windows and other operating systems, and eliminating dependencies.
696 Inkscape was formed in 2003 by four active Sodipodi developers, Bryce
698 Harrington, MenTaLguY, Nathan Hurst, and Ted Gould, wanting to take a
699 different direction with the codebase in terms of focus on SVG
700 compliance, interface look-and-feel, and a desire to open development
701 opportunities to more participants. The project progressed rapidly,
702 gaining a number of very active contributors and features.
703 Much work in the early days of the project focused on code
705 stabilization and internationalization. The original renderer
706 inherited from Sodipodi was laced with a number of mathematical corner
707 cases which led to unexpected crashes when the program was pushed
708 beyond routine uses; this renderer was replaced with Livarot which,
709 while not perfect either, was significantly less error prone. The
710 project also adopted a practice of committing code frequently, and
711 encouraging users to run developmental snapshots of the program; this
712 helped identify new bugs swiftly, and ensure it was easy for users to
713 verify the fixes. As a result, Inkscape releases have generally earned
714 a reputation for being robust and reliable.
715 Similarly, efforts were taken to internationalize and localize the
717 interface, which has helped the program gain contributors worldwide.
718 Inkscape has had a beneficial impact on the visual attractiveness of
720 Open Source in general, by providing a tool for creating and sharing
721 icons, splash screens, website art, and so on. In a way, despite being
722 "just an drawing program", Inkscape has played an important role in
723 making Open Source more visually stimulating to larger audiences.
724
726 This codebase owes its existence to a large number of contributors
727 throughout its various incarnations. The following list is certainly
728 incomplete, but serves to recognize the many shoulders on which this
729 application sits:
730 Maximilian Albert, Joshua A. Andler, Tavmjong Bah, Pierre Barbry-Blot,
732 Jean-François Barraud, Campbell Barton, Bill Baxter, John Beard, John
733 Bintz, Arpad Biro, Nicholas Bishop, Joshua L. Blocher, Hanno Böck,
734 Tomasz Boczkowski, Adrian Boguszewski, Henrik Bohre, Boldewyn, Daniel
735 Borgmann, Bastien Bouclet, Hans Breuer, Gustav Broberg, Christopher
736 Brown, Marcus Brubaker, Luca Bruno, Brynn, Nicu Buculei, Bulia Byak,
737 Pierre Caclin, Ian Caldwell, Gail Carmichael, Ed Catmur, Chema Celorio,
738 Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz, Johan Ceuppens, Zbigniew Chyla, Alexander
739 Clausen, John Cliff, Kees Cook, Ben Cromwell, Jon Cruz, Aurélie De-
740 Cooman, Kris De Gussem, Milosz Derezynski, Daniel Díaz, Bruno Dilly,
741 Larry Doolittle, Nicolas Dufour, Tim Dwyer, Maxim V. Dziumanenko,
742 Moritz Eberl, Johan Engelen, Miklos Erdelyi, Ulf Erikson, Noé Falzon,
743 Sebastian Faubel, Frank Felfe, Andrew Fitzsimon, Edward Flick, Marcin
744 Floryan, Fred, Ben Fowler, Cedric Gemy, Steren Giannini, Olivier
745 Gondouin, Ted Gould, Toine de Greef, Michael Grosberg, Bryce
746 Harrington, Dale Harvey, Aurélio Adnauer Heckert, René de Hesselle,
747 Carl Hetherington, Jos Hirth, Hannes Hochreiner, Thomas Holder, Joel
748 Holdsworth, Christoffer Holmstedt, Alan Horkan, Karl Ove Hufthammer,
749 Richard Hughes, Nathan Hurst, inductiveload, Thomas Ingham, Jean-
750 Olivier Irisson, Bob Jamison, Ted Janeczko, Marc Jeanmougin, jEsuSdA,
751 Lauris Kaplinski, Lynn Kerby, Niko Kiirala, James Kilfiger, Nikita
752 Kitaev, Jason Kivlighn, Adrian Knoth, Krzysztof Kosiński, Petr Kovar,
753 Michael Kowalski, Benoît Lavorata, Alex Leone, Julien Leray, Raph
754 Levien, Diederik van Lierop, Nicklas Lindgren, Vitaly Lipatov, Ivan
755 Louette, Fernando Lucchesi Bastos Jurema, Pierre-Antoine Marc, Aurel-
756 Aimé Marmion, Colin Marquardt, Craig Marshall, Ivan Masár, Dmitry G.
757 Mastrukov, David Mathog, Matiphas, Patrick McDermott, Michael Meeks,
758 Federico Mena, MenTaLguY, Aubanel Monnier, Vincent Montagne, Tim
759 Mooney, Derek P. Moore, Chris Morgan, Peter Moulder, Jörg Müller,
760 Yukihiro Nakai, Victor Navez, Jonathan Neuhauser, Christian Neumair,
761 Nick, Andreas Nilsson, Mitsuru Oka, Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira,
762 Martin Owens, PBS, Alvin Penner, Matthew Petroff, Jon Phillips, Zdenko
763 Podobny, Alexandre Prokoudine, Jean-René Reinhard, Alexey Remizov,
764 Frederic Rodrigo, Hugo Rodrigues, Jean Franco Amoni Rodríguez, Juarez
765 Rudsatz, Xavier Conde Rueda, Felipe Corrêa da Silva Sanches, Christian
766 Schaller, Marco Scholten, Tom von Schwerdtner, Markus Schwienbacher,
767 Danilo Šegan, Abhishek Sharma, Tim Sheridan, Shivaken, Rafał
768 Siejakowski, Michael Sloan, John Smith, Sandra Snan, Boštjan Špetič,
769 Aaron Spike, Kaushik Sridharan, Ralf Stephan, Dariusz Stojek, Patrick
770 Storz, Martin Sucha, Sushant A.A., ~suv, Pat Suwalski, Adib Taraben,
771 Parcly Taxel, Hugh Tebby, Jonas Termeau, David Turner, Andre Twupack,
772 Aleksandar Urošević, Alex Valavanis, Joakim Verona, Lucas Vieites,
773 Daniel Wagenaar, Liam P. White, Sebastian Wüst, Michael Wybrow, Gellule
774 Xg, Daniel Yacob, Masatake Yamato, David Yip
775
777 Copyright (C) 1999-2023 by Authors.
778 Inkscape is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
780 under the terms of the GPL version 2 or later.
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