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 -V, --version
15 --debug-info
16 --system-data-directory
17 --user-data-directory
18 -p, --pipe
20 --pdf-page=PAGE
21 --pdf-poppler
22 --convert-dpi-method=METHOD
23 --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing
24 -o, --export-filename=FILENAME
26 --export-overwrite
27 --export-type=TYPE[,TYPE]*
28 --export-extension=EXTENSION-ID
29 -C, --export-area-page
31 -D, --export-area-drawing
32 -a, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1
33 --export-area-snap
34 -d, --export-dpi=DPI
35 -w, --export-width=WIDTH
36 -h, --export-height=HEIGHT
37 --export-margin=MARGIN
38 -i, --export-id=OBJECT-ID[;OBJECT-ID]*
40 -j, --export-id-only
41 -l, --export-plain-svg
42 --export-ps-level=LEVEL
43 --export-pdf-version=VERSION
44 -T, --export-text-to-path
45 --export-latex
46 --export-ignore-filters
47 -t, --export-use-hints
48 -b, --export-background=COLOR
49 -y, --export-background-opacity=VALUE
50 -I, --query-id=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
52 -S, --query-all
53 -X, --query-x
54 -Y, --query-y
55 -W, --query-width
56 -H, --query-height
57 --vacuum-defs
59 --select=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
60 --actions=ACTION(:ARG)[;ACTION(:ARG)]*
61 --action-list
62 --verb=VERB[;VERB]*
63 --verb-list
64 -g, --with-gui
66 --batch-process
67 --shell
68
70 Inkscape is a Free and open source vector graphics editor. It offers a
71 rich set of features and is widely used for both artistic and technical
72 illustrations such as cartoons, clip art, logos, typography,
73 diagramming and flowcharting. It uses vector graphics to allow for
74 sharp printouts and renderings at unlimited resolution and is not bound
75 to a fixed number of pixels like raster graphics. Inkscape uses the
76 standardized SVG file format as its main format, which is supported by
77 many other applications including web browsers.
78 The interface is designed to be comfortable and efficient for skilled
80 users, while remaining conformant to GNOME standards so that users
81 familiar with other GNOME applications can learn its interface rapidly.
82 SVG is a W3C standard XML format for 2D vector drawing. It allows
84 defining objects in the drawing using points, paths, and primitive
85 shapes. Colors, fonts, stroke width, and so forth are specified as
86 `style' attributes to these objects. The intent is that since SVG is a
87 standard, and since its files are text/xml, it will be possible to use
88 SVG files in a sizeable number of programs and for a wide range of
89 uses.
90 Inkscape uses SVG as its native document format, and has the goal of
92 becoming the most fully compliant drawing program for SVG files
93 available in the Open Source community.
94
96 -?, --help
97 Shows a help message.
98 -V, --version
100 Shows the Inkscape version and build date.
101 --debug-info
103 Prints technical information including Inkscape version,
104 dependency versions and operating system. This Information is
105 useful when debugging issues with Inkscape and should be
106 included whenever filing a bug report.
107 --system-data-directory
109 Prints the system data directory where data files that ship
110 with Inkscape are stored. This includes files which Inkscape
111 requires to run (like unit definitions, built-in key maps,
112 files describing UI layout, icon themes, etc.), core
113 extensions, stock resources (filters, fonts, markers, color
114 palettes, symbols, templates) and documentation (SVG example
115 files, tutorials).
116 The location in which Inkscape expects the system data
118 directory can be overridden with the INKSCAPE_DATADIR
119 environment variable.
120 --user-data-directory
122 Prints the user profile directory where user-specific data
123 files and preferences are stored. Custom extensions and
124 resources (filters, fonts, markers, color palettes, symbols,
125 templates) should be installed into their respective
126 subdirectories in this directory. In addition placing a file
127 with a name identical to one in the system data directory here
128 allows to override most presets from the system data directory
129 (e.g. default templates, UI files, etc.).
130 The default location of the profile directory can be overridden
132 with the INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR environment variable.
133 -p, --pipe
135 Reads input file from standard input (stdin).
136 --pdf-page=PAGE
138 Imports the given page of a pdf file. Numbering starts with 1.
139 --pdf-poppler
141 By default Inkscape imports PDF files via an internal (poppler-
142 derived) library. Text is stored as text. Meshes are converted
143 to tiles. Use --pdf-poppler to import via an external (poppler
144 with cairo backend) library instead. Text consists of groups
145 containing cloned glyphs where each glyph is a path. Images
146 are stored internally. Meshes cause entire document to be
147 rendered as a raster image.
148 --convert-dpi-method=METHOD
150 Choose method used to rescale legacy (pre-0.92) files which
151 render slightly smaller due to the switch from 90 DPI to 96 DPI
152 when interpreting lengths expressed in units of pixels.
153 Possible values are "none" (no change, document will render at
154 94% of its original size), "scale-viewbox" (document will be
155 rescaled globally, individual lengths will stay untouched) and
156 "scale-document" (each length will be re-scaled individually).
157 --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing
159 Do not automatically fix text baselines in legacy (pre-0.92)
160 files on opening. Inkscape 0.92 adopts the CSS standard
161 definition for the 'line-height' property, which differs from
162 past versions. By default, the line height values in files
163 created prior to Inkscape 0.92 will be adjusted on loading to
164 preserve the intended text layout. This command line option
165 will skip that adjustment.
166 -o, --export-filename=FILENAME
168 Sets the name of the output file. The default is to re-use the
169 name of the input file. If --export-type is also used, the
170 file extension will be adjusted (or added) as appropriate.
171 Otherwise the file type to export will be inferred from the
172 extension of the specified filename.
173 Usage of the special filename "-" makes Inkscape write the
175 image data to standard output (stdout).
176 --export-overwrite
178 Overwrites input file.
179 --export-type=TYPE[,TYPE]*
181 Specify the file type to export. Possible values: svg, png, ps,
182 eps, pdf, emf, wmf and every file type for which an export
183 extension exists. It is possible to export more than one file
184 type at a time.
185 Note that PostScript does not support transparency, so any
187 transparent objects in the original SVG will be automatically
188 rasterized. Used fonts are subset and embedded. The default
189 export area is page; you can set it to drawing by
190 --export-area-drawing.
191 Note that PDF format preserves the transparency in the original
193 SVG.
194 --export-extension=EXTENSION-ID
196 Allows to specify an output extension that will be used for
197 exporting, which is especially relevant if there is more than
198 one export option for a given file type. If set, the file
199 extension in --export-filename and --export-type may be
200 omitted. Additionally, if set, only one file type may be given
201 in --export-type.
202 -C, --export-area-page
204 In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS exported area is the page. This is the
205 default for SVG, PNG, PDF, and PS, so you don't need to specify
206 this unless you are using --export-id to export a specific
207 object. For EPS this option is currently not supported.
208 -D, --export-area-drawing
210 In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS, and EPS export, exported area is the
211 drawing (not page), i.e. the bounding box of all objects of the
212 document (or of the exported object if --export-id is used).
213 With this option, the exported image will display all the
214 visible objects of the document without margins or cropping.
215 This is the default export area for EPS. For PNG, it can be
216 used in combination with --export-use-hints.
217 -a x0:y0:x1:y1, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1
219 In PNG export, set the exported area in SVG user units
220 (anonymous length units normally used in Inkscape SVG). The
221 default is to export the entire document page. The point (0,0)
222 is the lower-left corner.
223 --export-area-snap
225 For PNG export, snap the export area outwards to the nearest
226 integer SVG user unit (px) values. If you are using the default
227 export resolution of 96 dpi and your graphics are pixel-snapped
228 to minimize antialiasing, this switch allows you to preserve
229 this alignment even if you are exporting some object's bounding
230 box (with --export-id or --export-area-drawing) which is itself
231 not pixel-aligned.
232 -d DPI, --export-dpi=DPI
234 The resolution used for PNG export. It is also used for
235 fallback rasterization of filtered objects when exporting to
236 PS, EPS, or PDF (unless you specify --export-ignore-filters to
237 suppress rasterization). The default is 96 dpi, which
238 corresponds to 1 SVG user unit (px, also called "user unit")
239 exporting to 1 bitmap pixel. This value overrides the DPI hint
240 if used with --export-use-hints.
241 -w WIDTH, --export-width=WIDTH
243 The width of generated bitmap in pixels. This value overrides
244 the --export-dpi setting (or the DPI hint if used with
245 --export-use-hints).
246 -h HEIGHT, --export-height=HEIGHT
248 The height of generated bitmap in pixels. This value overrides
249 the --export-dpi setting (or the DPI hint if used with
250 --export-use-hints).
251 --export-margin=MARGIN
253 Adds a margin around the exported area. The size of the margin
254 is specified in units of page size (for SVG) or millimeters
255 (for PS/PDF). The option currently has no effect for other
256 export formats.
257 -i ID, --export-id=OBJECT-ID[;OBJECT-ID]*
259 For PNG, PS, EPS, PDF and plain SVG export, the id attribute
260 value of the object(s) that you want to export from the
261 document; all other objects are not exported. By default the
262 exported area is the bounding box of the object; you can
263 override this using --export-area (PNG only) or
264 --export-area-page.
265 If you specify many values with a semicolon separated list of
267 objects, each one will be exported separately. In this case the
268 exported files will be named this way:
269 [input_filename]_[ID].[export_type]
270 -j, --export-id-only
272 For PNG and plain SVG, only export the object whose id is given
273 in --export-id. All other objects are hidden and won't show in
274 export even if they overlay the exported object. Without
275 --export-id, this option is ignored. For PDF export, this is
276 the default, so this option has no effect.
277 -l, --export-plain-svg
279 Export document(s) to plain SVG format, without sodipodi: or
280 inkscape: namespaces and without RDF metadata. Use the
281 --export-filename option to specify the filename.
282 --export-ps-level=LEVEL
284 Set language version for PS and EPS export. PostScript level 2
285 or 3 is supported. Default is 3.
286 --export-pdf-version=VERSION
288 Select the PDF version of the exported PDF file. This option
289 basically exposes the PDF version selector found in the PDF-
290 export dialog of the GUI. You must provide one of the versions
291 from that combo-box, e.g. "1.4". The default pdf export version
292 is "1.4".
293 -T, --export-text-to-path
295 Convert text objects to paths on export, where applicable (for
296 PS, EPS, PDF and SVG export).
297 --export-latex
299 (for PS, EPS, and PDF export) Used for creating images for
300 LaTeX documents, where the image's text is typeset by LaTeX.
301 When exporting to PDF/PS/EPS format, this option splits the
302 output into a PDF/PS/EPS file (e.g. as specified by
303 --export-type) and a LaTeX file. Text will not be output in the
304 PDF/PS/EPS file, but instead will appear in the LaTeX file.
305 This LaTeX file includes the PDF/PS/EPS. Inputting
306 (\input{image.tex}) the LaTeX file in your LaTeX document will
307 show the image and all text will be typeset by LaTeX. See the
308 resulting LaTeX file for more information. Also see GNUPlot's
309 `epslatex' output terminal.
310 --export-ignore-filters
312 Export filtered objects (e.g. those with blur) as vectors,
313 ignoring the filters (for PS, EPS, and PDF export). By
314 default, all filtered objects are rasterized at --export-dpi
315 (default 96 dpi), preserving the appearance.
316 -t, --export-use-hints
318 While exporting to PNG, use export filename and DPI hints
319 stored in the exported object (only with --export-id). These
320 hints are set automatically when you export selection from
321 within Inkscape. So, for example, if you export a shape with
322 id="path231" as /home/me/shape.png at 300 dpi from document.svg
323 using Inkscape GUI, and save the document, then later you will
324 be able to reexport that shape to the same file with the same
325 resolution simply with
326 inkscape -i path231 -t document.svg
328 If you use --export-dpi, --export-width, or --export-height
330 with this option, then the DPI hint will be ignored and the
331 value from the command line will be used. If you use
332 --export-filename with this option, then the filename hint will
333 be ignored and the filename from the command line will be used.
334 -b COLOR, --export-background=COLOR
336 Background color of exported PNG. This may be any SVG
337 supported color string, for example "#ff007f" or "rgb(255, 0,
338 128)". If not set, then the page color set in Inkscape in the
339 Document Properties dialog will be used (stored in the
340 pagecolor= attribute of sodipodi:namedview).
341 -y VALUE, --export-background-opacity=VALUE
343 Opacity of the background of exported PNG. This may be a value
344 either between 0.0 and 1.0 (0.0 meaning full transparency, 1.0
345 full opacity) or greater than 1 up to 255 (255 meaning full
346 opacity). If not set and the -b option is not used, then the
347 page opacity set in Inkscape in the Document Properties dialog
348 will be used (stored in the inkscape:pageopacity= attribute of
349 sodipodi:namedview). If not set but the -b option is used,
350 then the value of 255 (full opacity) will be used.
351 -I, --query-id=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
353 Set the ID(s) of the object(s) whose dimensions are queried in
354 a comma-separated list. If not set, query options will return
355 the dimensions of the drawing (i.e. all document objects), not
356 the page or viewbox.
357 If you specify many values with a comma separated list of
359 objects, any geometry query (e.g. --query-x) will return a
360 comma separated list of values corresponding to the list of
361 objects in --query-id.
362 -S, --query-all
364 Prints a comma delimited listing of all objects in the SVG
365 document with IDs defined, along with their x, y, width, and
366 height values.
367 -X, --query-x
369 Query the X coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the
370 object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user
371 units).
372 -Y, --query-y
374 Query the Y coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the
375 object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user
376 units).
377 -W, --query-width
379 Query the width of the drawing or, if specified, of the object
380 with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).
381 -H, --query-height
383 Query the height of the drawing or, if specified, of the object
384 with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).
385 --vacuum-defs
387 Remove all unused items from the "<defs>" section of the SVG
388 file. If this option is invoked in conjunction with
389 --export-plain-svg, only the exported file will be affected.
390 If it is used alone, the specified file will be modified in
391 place.
392 --select=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
394 The --select command will cause objects that have the ID
395 specified to be selected. You can select many objects width a
396 comma separated list. This allows various verbs to act upon
397 them. To remove all the selections use "--verb=EditDeselect".
398 The object IDs available are dependent on the document
399 specified to load.
400 --actions=ACTION(:ARG)[;ACTION(:ARG)]*
402 Actions are a new method to call functions with an optional
403 single parameter. To get a list of the action IDs available,
404 use the --action-list command line option. Eventually all
405 verbs will be replaced by actions. Temporarily, any verb can
406 be used as an action (without a parameter). Note, most verbs
407 require a GUI (even if they don't use it). To close the GUI
408 automatically at the end of processing, use --batch-process.
409 In addition all export options have matching actions (remove
410 the '--' in front of the option and replace '=' with ':').
411 If only actions are used --batch-process must be used.
413 Export can be forced at any point with the export-do action.
415 This allows one to do multiple exports on a single file.
416 --action-list
418 Prints a list of all available actions.
419 --verb=VERB[;VERB]*
421 The --verb command will execute a specific verb or list of
422 verbs as if they were called from a menu or button. Dialogs
423 will appear if that is part of the verb. To get a list of the
424 verb IDs available, use the --verb-list command line option.
425 Note that the --verb command requires a GUI.
427 Together with --select provides some basic scripting for
429 Inkscape from the command line. They both can receive many
430 arguments as needed on the command line and are executed in
431 order on every document.
432 --verb-list
434 Lists all the verbs that are available in Inkscape by ID. This
435 ID can be used in defining keymaps or menus. It can also be
436 used with the --verb command line option.
437 -g, --with-gui
439 Try to use the GUI (on Unix, use the X server even if $DISPLAY
440 is not set).
441 --batch-process
443 Close GUI after executing all actions or verbs.
444 --shell With this parameter, Inkscape will enter an interactive command
446 line shell mode. In this mode, you type in commands at the
447 prompt and Inkscape executes them, without you having to run a
448 new copy of Inkscape for each command. This feature is mostly
449 useful for scripting and server uses: it adds no new
450 capabilities but allows you to improve the speed and memory
451 requirements of any script that repeatedly calls Inkscape to
452 perform command line tasks (such as export or conversions).
453 In shell mode Inkscape expects a sequence of actions (or verbs)
455 as input. They will be processed line by line, that means
456 typically when pressing enter. It is possible (but not
457 necessary) to put all actions on a single line.
458 The following example opens a file and exports it into two
460 different formats, then opens another file and exports a single
461 object:
462 file-open:file1.svg; export-type:pdf; export-do; export-type:png; export-do
464 file-open:file2.svg; export-id:rect2; export-id-only; export-filename:rect_only.svg; export-do
465
467 The main configuration file is located in
468 ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml; it stores a variety of
469 customization settings that you can change in Inkscape (mostly in the
470 Inkscape Preferences dialog). Also in the subdirectories there, you
471 can place your own:
472 $HOME/.config/inkscape/extensions/ - extension effects.
474 $HOME/.config/inkscape/icons/ - icons.
476 $HOME/.config/inkscape/keys/ - keyboard maps.
478 $HOME/.config/inkscape/templates/ - new file templates.
480
482 The program returns zero on success or non-zero on failure.
483 A variety of error messages and warnings may be printed to STDERR or
485 STDOUT. If the program behaves erratically with a particular SVG file
486 or crashes, it is useful to look at this output for clues.
487
489 While obviously Inkscape is primarily intended as a GUI application, it
490 can be used for doing SVG processing on the command line as well.
491 Open an SVG file in the GUI:
493 inkscape filename.svg
495 Export an SVG file into PNG with the default resolution of 96 dpi (one
497 SVG user unit translates to one bitmap pixel):
498 inkscape --export-filename=filename.png filename.svg
500 Same, but force the PNG file to be 600x400 pixels:
502 inkscape --export-filename=filename.png -w 600 -h 400 filename.svg
504 Same, but export the drawing (bounding box of all objects), not the
506 page:
507 inkscape --export-filename=filename.png --export-area-drawing filename.svg
509 Export two different files into four distinct file formats each:
511 inkscape --export-type=png,ps,eps,pdf filename1.svg filename2.svg
513 Export to PNG the object with id="text1555", using the output filename
515 and the resolution that were used for that object last time when it was
516 exported from the GUI:
517 inkscape --export-id=text1555 --export-use-hints filename.svg
519 Same, but use the default 96 dpi resolution, specify the filename, and
521 snap the exported area outwards to the nearest whole SVG user unit
522 values (to preserve pixel-alignment of objects and thus minimize
523 aliasing):
524 inkscape --export-id=text1555 --export-filename=text.png --export-area-snap filename.svg
526 Convert an Inkscape SVG document to plain SVG:
528 inkscape --export-plain-svg --export-filename=filename2.svg filename1.svg
530 Convert an SVG document to EPS, converting all texts to paths:
532 inkscape --export-filename=filename.eps --export-text-to-path filename.svg
534 Query the width of the object with id="text1555":
536 inkscape --query-width --query-id=text1555 filename.svg
538 Duplicate the objects with id="path1555" and id="rect835", rotate the
540 duplicates 90 degrees, save SVG, and quit:
541 inkscape --select=path1555,rect835 --verb="EditDuplicate;ObjectRotate90;FileSave;FileQuit" filename.svg
543 Select all objects with ellipse tag, rotate them 30 degrees, save the
545 file, and quit.
546 inkscape --actions="select-by-element:ellipse;transform-rotate:30;FileSave;FileClose" --batch-process filename.svg
548 Export the object with the ID MyTriangle with a semi transparent purple
550 background to the file triangle_purple.png and with a red background to
551 the file triangle_red.png.
552 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" filename.svg
554 Read an SVG from standard input (stdin) and export it to PDF format:
556 cat filename.svg | inkscape --pipe --export-filename=filename.pdf
558 Export an SVG to PNG format and write it to standard output (stdout),
560 then convert it to JPG format with ImageMagick's convert program:
561 inkscape --export-type=png --export-filename=- filename.svg | convert - filename.jpg
563 Same as above, but also reading from a pipe (--export-filename can be
565 omitted in this case)
566 cat filename.svg | inkscape --pipe --export-type=png | convert - filename.jpg
568
570 INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR
571 Set a custom location for the user profile directory.
572 INKSCAPE_DATADIR
574 Set a custom location for the Inkscape data directory (e.g.
575 $PREFIX/share if Inkscape's shared files are in
576 $PREFIX/share/inkscape).
577 INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR
579 Set a custom location for the translation catalog.
580 For more details see also
582 <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Environment_variables>
583
585 To load different icons sets instead of the default
586 $PREFIX/share/inkscape/icons/icons.svg file, the directory
587 $HOME/.config/inkscape/icons/ is used. Icons are loaded by name (e.g.
588 fill_none.svg), or if not found, then from icons.svg. If the icon is
589 not loaded from either of those locations, it falls back to the default
590 system location.
591 The needed icons are loaded from SVG files by searching for the SVG id
593 with the matching icon name. (For example, to load the "fill_none"
594 icon from a file, the bounding box seen for SVG id "fill_none" is
595 rendered as the icon, whether it comes from fill_none.svg or
596 icons.svg.)
597
599 The canonical place to find Inkscape info is at
600 <https://www.inkscape.org/>. The website has news, documentation,
601 tutorials, examples, mailing list archives, the latest released version
602 of the program, bugs and feature requests databases, forums, and more.
603
605 potrace, cairo, rsvg, batik, ghostscript, pstoedit.
606 SVG compliance test suite:
608 <https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Test_Suite_Overview>
609 SVG validator: <https://validator.w3.org/>
611 Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification W3C Recommendation 16
613 August 2011 <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/>
614 Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2 Specification W3C Working Draft 13
616 April 2005 <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG12/>
617 Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 Specification W3C Candidate
619 Recommendation 15 September 2016 <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/>
620 Document Object Model (DOM): Level 2 Core W3C Recommendation 13
622 November 2000 <https://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/>
623
625 To learn Inkscape's GUI operation, read the manual in Help > Inkscape
626 manual, and the tutorials in Help > Tutorials.
627 Apart from SVG, Inkscape can import (File > Import) most bitmap formats
629 (PNG, BMP, JPG, XPM, GIF, etc.), plain text (requires Perl), PS and EPS
630 (requires Ghostscript), PDF and AI format (AI version 9.0 or newer).
631 Inkscape exports 32-bit PNG images (File > Export PNG Image) as well as
633 AI, PS, EPS, PDF, DXF, and several other formats via File > Save as.
634 Inkscape can use the pressure and tilt of a graphic tablet pen for
636 width, angle, and force of action of several tools, including the
637 Calligraphic pen.
638 Inkscape includes a GUI front-end to the Potrace bitmap tracing engine
640 (<http://potrace.sf.net>) which is embedded into Inkscape.
641 Inkscape can use external scripts (stdin-to-stdout filters) that are
643 represented by commands in the Extensions menu. A script can have a GUI
644 dialog for setting various parameters and can get the IDs of the
645 selected objects on which to act via the command line. Inkscape comes
646 with an assortment of effects written in Python.
647
649 To get a complete list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts, view
650 doc/keys.html, or use the Keys and Mouse command in Help menu.
651
653 Many bugs are known; please refer to the website
654 (<https://www.inkscape.org/>) for reviewing the reported ones and to
655 report newly found issues. See also the Known Issues section in the
656 Release Notes for your version (file `NEWS').
657
659 The codebase that would become Inkscape began life in 1999 as the
660 program Gill, the GNOME Illustrator application, created by Raph
661 Levien. The stated objective for Gill was to eventually support all of
662 SVG. Raph implemented the PostScript bezier imaging model, including
663 stroking and filling, line cap style, line join style, text, etc.
664 Raph's Gill page is at <http://www.levien.com/svg/>. Work on Gill
665 appears to have slowed or ceased in 2000.
666 The next incarnation of the codebase was to become the highly popular
668 program Sodipodi, led by Lauris Kaplinski. The codebase was turned
669 into a powerful illustration program over the course of several year's
670 work, adding several new features, multi-lingual support, porting to
671 Windows and other operating systems, and eliminating dependencies.
672 Inkscape was formed in 2003 by four active Sodipodi developers, Bryce
674 Harrington, MenTaLguY, Nathan Hurst, and Ted Gould, wanting to take a
675 different direction with the codebase in terms of focus on SVG
676 compliance, interface look-and-feel, and a desire to open development
677 opportunities to more participants. The project progressed rapidly,
678 gaining a number of very active contributors and features.
679 Much work in the early days of the project focused on code
681 stabilization and internationalization. The original renderer
682 inherited from Sodipodi was laced with a number of mathematical corner
683 cases which led to unexpected crashes when the program was pushed
684 beyond routine uses; this renderer was replaced with Livarot which,
685 while not perfect either, was significantly less error prone. The
686 project also adopted a practice of committing code frequently, and
687 encouraging users to run developmental snapshots of the program; this
688 helped identify new bugs swiftly, and ensure it was easy for users to
689 verify the fixes. As a result, Inkscape releases have generally earned
690 a reputation for being robust and reliable.
691 Similarly, efforts were taken to internationalize and localize the
693 interface, which has helped the program gain contributors worldwide.
694 Inkscape has had a beneficial impact on the visual attractiveness of
696 Open Source in general, by providing a tool for creating and sharing
697 icons, splash screens, website art, and so on. In a way, despite being
698 "just an drawing program", Inkscape has played an important role in
699 making Open Source more visually stimulating to larger audiences.
700
702 This codebase owes its existence to a large number of contributors
703 throughout its various incarnations. The following list is certainly
704 incomplete, but serves to recognize the many shoulders on which this
705 application sits:
706 Maximilian Albert, Joshua A. Andler, Tavmjong Bah, Pierre Barbry-Blot,
708 Jean-François Barraud, Campbell Barton, Bill Baxter, John Beard, Adam
709 Belis, John Bintz, Arpad Biro, Nicholas Bishop, Joshua L. Blocher,
710 Hanno Böck, Tomasz Boczkowski, Adrian Boguszewski, Henrik Bohre,
711 Boldewyn, Daniel Borgmann, Bastien Bouclet, Hans Breuer, Gustav
712 Broberg, Christopher Brown, Marcus Brubaker, Luca Bruno, Brynn, Nicu
713 Buculei, Bulia Byak, Pierre Caclin, Ian Caldwell, Gail Carmichael, Ed
714 Catmur, Chema Celorio, Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz, Johan Ceuppens,
715 Zbigniew Chyla, Alexander Clausen, John Cliff, Kees Cook, Ben Cromwell,
716 Jon Cruz, Aurélie De-Cooman, Kris De Gussem, Milosz Derezynski, Daniel
717 Díaz, Bruno Dilly, Larry Doolittle, Nicolas Dufour, Tim Dwyer, Maxim V.
718 Dziumanenko, Moritz Eberl, Johan Engelen, Miklos Erdelyi, Ulf Erikson,
719 Noé Falzon, Sebastian Faubel, Frank Felfe, Andrew Fitzsimon, Edward
720 Flick, Marcin Floryan, Fred, Ben Fowler, Cedric Gemy, Steren Giannini,
721 Olivier Gondouin, Ted Gould, Toine de Greef, Michael Grosberg, Bryce
722 Harrington, Dale Harvey, Aurélio Adnauer Heckert, René de Hesselle,
723 Carl Hetherington, Jos Hirth, Hannes Hochreiner, Thomas Holder, Joel
724 Holdsworth, Christoffer Holmstedt, Alan Horkan, Karl Ove Hufthammer,
725 Richard Hughes, Nathan Hurst, inductiveload, Thomas Ingham, Jean-
726 Olivier Irisson, Bob Jamison, Ted Janeczko, Marc Jeanmougin, jEsuSdA,
727 Lauris Kaplinski, Lynn Kerby, Niko Kiirala, James Kilfiger, Nikita
728 Kitaev, Jason Kivlighn, Adrian Knoth, Krzysztof Kosiński, Petr Kovar,
729 Benoît Lavorata, Alex Leone, Julien Leray, Raph Levien, Diederik van
730 Lierop, Nicklas Lindgren, Vitaly Lipatov, Ivan Louette, Fernando
731 Lucchesi Bastos Jurema, Pierre-Antoine Marc, Aurel-Aimé Marmion, Colin
732 Marquardt, Craig Marshall, Ivan Masár, Dmitry G. Mastrukov, David
733 Mathog, Matiphas, Patrick McDermott, Michael Meeks, Federico Mena,
734 MenTaLguY, Aubanel Monnier, Vincent Montagne, Tim Mooney, Derek P.
735 Moore, Chris Morgan, Peter Moulder, Jörg Müller, Yukihiro Nakai, Victor
736 Navez, Christian Neumair, Nick, Andreas Nilsson, Mitsuru Oka, Vinícius
737 dos Santos Oliveira, Martin Owens, Alvin Penner, Matthew Petroff, Jon
738 Phillips, Zdenko Podobny, Alexandre Prokoudine, Jean-René Reinhard,
739 Alexey Remizov, Frederic Rodrigo, Hugo Rodrigues, Jean Franco Amoni
740 Rodríguez, Juarez Rudsatz, Xavier Conde Rueda, Felipe Corrêa da Silva
741 Sanches, Christian Schaller, Marco Scholten, Tom von Schwerdtner,
742 Markus Schwienbacher, Danilo Šegan, Abhishek Sharma, Tim Sheridan,
743 Shivaken, Michael Sloan, John Smith, Sandra Snan, Boštjan Špetič, Aaron
744 Spike, Kaushik Sridharan, Ralf Stephan, Dariusz Stojek, Patrick Storz,
745 Martin Sucha, ~suv, Pat Suwalski, Adib Taraben, Parcly Taxel, Hugh
746 Tebby, Jonas Termeau, David Turner, Andre Twupack, Aleksandar Urošević,
747 Alex Valavanis, Joakim Verona, Lucas Vieites, Daniel Wagenaar, Liam P.
748 White, Sebastian Wüst, Michael Wybrow, Gellule Xg, Daniel Yacob,
749 Masatake Yamato, David Yip
750
752 Copyright (C) 1999-2020 by Authors.
753 Inkscape is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
755 under the terms of the GPL version 3 or later.
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