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 -g, --with-gui
70 --display=DISPLAY
71 --app-id-tag=TAG
72 --batch-process
73 --shell
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76 Inkscape is a Free and open source vector graphics editor. It offers a
77 rich set of features and is widely used for both artistic and technical
78 illustrations such as cartoons, clip art, logos, typography,
79 diagramming and flowcharting. It uses vector graphics to allow for
80 sharp printouts and renderings at unlimited resolution and is not bound
81 to a fixed number of pixels like raster graphics. Inkscape uses the
82 standardized SVG file format as its main format, which is supported by
83 many other applications including web browsers.
84 The interface is designed to be comfortable and efficient for skilled
86 users, while remaining conformant to GNOME standards so that users
87 familiar with other GNOME applications can learn its interface rapidly.
88 SVG is a W3C standard XML format for 2D vector drawing. It allows
90 defining objects in the drawing using points, paths, and primitive
91 shapes. Colors, fonts, stroke width, and so forth are specified as
92 `style' attributes to these objects. The intent is that since SVG is a
93 standard, and since its files are text/xml, it will be possible to use
94 SVG files in a sizeable number of programs and for a wide range of
95 uses.
96 Inkscape uses SVG as its native document format, and has the goal of
98 becoming the most fully compliant drawing program for SVG files
99 available in the Open Source community.
100
102 -?, --help
103 Shows a help message.
104 --help-all
106 Shows all help options.
107 --help-gapplication
109 Shows the GApplication options.
110 --help-gtk
112 Shows the GTK+ options.
113 -V, --version
115 Shows the Inkscape version and build date.
116 --debug-info
118 Prints technical information including Inkscape version,
119 dependency versions and operating system. This Information is
120 useful when debugging issues with Inkscape and should be
121 included whenever filing a bug report.
122 --system-data-directory
124 Prints the system data directory where data files that ship
125 with Inkscape are stored. This includes files which Inkscape
126 requires to run (like unit definitions, built-in key maps,
127 files describing UI layout, icon themes, etc.), core
128 extensions, stock resources (filters, fonts, markers, color
129 palettes, symbols, templates) and documentation (SVG example
130 files, tutorials).
131 The location in which Inkscape expects the system data
133 directory can be overridden with the INKSCAPE_DATADIR
134 environment variable.
135 --user-data-directory
137 Prints the user profile directory where user-specific data
138 files and preferences are stored. Custom extensions and
139 resources (filters, fonts, markers, color palettes, symbols,
140 templates) should be installed into their respective
141 subdirectories in this directory. In addition placing a file
142 with a name identical to one in the system data directory here
143 allows to override most presets from the system data directory
144 (e.g. default templates, UI files, etc.).
145 The default location of the profile directory can be overridden
147 with the INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR environment variable.
148 -p, --pipe
150 Reads input file from standard input (stdin).
151 --pdf-page=PAGE
153 Imports the given page of a pdf file. Numbering starts with 1.
154 --pdf-poppler
156 By default Inkscape imports PDF files via an internal (poppler-
157 derived) library. Text is stored as text. Meshes are converted
158 to tiles. Use --pdf-poppler to import via an external (poppler
159 with cairo backend) library instead. Text consists of groups
160 containing cloned glyphs where each glyph is a path. Images
161 are stored internally. Meshes cause entire document to be
162 rendered as a raster image.
163 --convert-dpi-method=METHOD
165 Choose method used to rescale legacy (pre-0.92) files which
166 render slightly smaller due to the switch from 90 DPI to 96 DPI
167 when interpreting lengths expressed in units of pixels.
168 Possible values are "none" (no change, document will render at
169 94% of its original size), "scale-viewbox" (document will be
170 rescaled globally, individual lengths will stay untouched) and
171 "scale-document" (each length will be re-scaled individually).
172 --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing
174 Do not automatically fix text baselines in legacy (pre-0.92)
175 files on opening. Inkscape 0.92 adopts the CSS standard
176 definition for the 'line-height' property, which differs from
177 past versions. By default, the line height values in files
178 created prior to Inkscape 0.92 will be adjusted on loading to
179 preserve the intended text layout. This command line option
180 will skip that adjustment.
181 -o, --export-filename=FILENAME
183 Sets the name of the output file. The default is to re-use the
184 name of the input file. If --export-type is also used, the
185 file extension will be adjusted (or added) as appropriate.
186 Otherwise the file type to export will be inferred from the
187 extension of the specified filename.
188 Usage of the special filename "-" makes Inkscape write the
190 image data to standard output (stdout).
191 --export-overwrite
193 Overwrites input file.
194 --export-type=TYPE[,TYPE]*
196 Specify the file type to export. Possible values: svg, png, ps,
197 eps, pdf, emf, wmf and every file type for which an export
198 extension exists. It is possible to export more than one file
199 type at a time.
200 Note that PostScript does not support transparency, so any
202 transparent objects in the original SVG will be automatically
203 rasterized. Used fonts are subset and embedded. The default
204 export area is page; you can set it to drawing by
205 --export-area-drawing.
206 Note that PDF format preserves the transparency in the original
208 SVG.
209 --export-extension=EXTENSION-ID
211 Allows to specify an output extension that will be used for
212 exporting, which is especially relevant if there is more than
213 one export option for a given file type. If set, the file
214 extension in --export-filename and --export-type may be
215 omitted. Additionally, if set, only one file type may be given
216 in --export-type.
217 -C, --export-area-page
219 In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS exported area is the page. This is the
220 default for SVG, PNG, PDF, and PS, so you don't need to specify
221 this unless you are using --export-id to export a specific
222 object. For EPS this option is currently not supported.
223 -D, --export-area-drawing
225 In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS, and EPS export, exported area is the
226 drawing (not page), i.e. the bounding box of all objects of the
227 document (or of the exported object if --export-id is used).
228 With this option, the exported image will display all the
229 visible objects of the document without margins or cropping.
230 This is the default export area for EPS. For PNG, it can be
231 used in combination with --export-use-hints.
232 -a x0:y0:x1:y1, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1
234 In PNG export, set the exported area of the document, specified
235 in px (1/96 in). The default is to export the entire document
236 page. The point (0,0) is the lower-left corner.
237 --export-area-snap
239 For PNG export, snap the export area outwards to the nearest
240 integer px values. If you are using the default export
241 resolution of 96 dpi and your graphics are pixel-snapped to
242 minimize antialiasing, this switch allows you to preserve this
243 alignment even if you are exporting some object's bounding box
244 (with --export-id or --export-area-drawing) which is itself not
245 pixel-aligned.
246 -d DPI, --export-dpi=DPI
248 The resolution used for PNG export. It is also used for
249 fallback rasterization of filtered objects when exporting to
250 PS, EPS, or PDF (unless you specify --export-ignore-filters to
251 suppress rasterization). The default is 96 dpi, which
252 corresponds to 1 SVG user unit (px, also called "user unit")
253 exporting to 1 bitmap pixel. This value overrides the DPI hint
254 if used with --export-use-hints.
255 -w WIDTH, --export-width=WIDTH
257 The width of generated bitmap in pixels. This value overrides
258 the --export-dpi setting (or the DPI hint if used with
259 --export-use-hints).
260 -h HEIGHT, --export-height=HEIGHT
262 The height of generated bitmap in pixels. This value overrides
263 the --export-dpi setting (or the DPI hint if used with
264 --export-use-hints).
265 --export-margin=MARGIN
267 Adds a margin around the exported area. The size of the margin
268 is specified in units of page size (for SVG) or millimeters
269 (for PS/PDF). The option currently has no effect for other
270 export formats.
271 -i ID, --export-id=OBJECT-ID[;OBJECT-ID]*
273 For PNG, PS, EPS, PDF and plain SVG export, the id attribute
274 value of the object(s) that you want to export from the
275 document; all other objects are not exported. By default the
276 exported area is the bounding box of the object; you can
277 override this using --export-area (PNG only) or
278 --export-area-page.
279 If you specify many values with a semicolon separated list of
281 objects, each one will be exported separately. In this case the
282 exported files will be named this way:
283 [input_filename]_[ID].[export_type]
284 -j, --export-id-only
286 For PNG and plain SVG, only export the object whose id is given
287 in --export-id. All other objects are hidden and won't show in
288 export even if they overlay the exported object. Without
289 --export-id, this option is ignored. For PDF export, this is
290 the default, so this option has no effect.
291 -l, --export-plain-svg
293 Export document(s) to plain SVG format, without sodipodi: or
294 inkscape: namespaces and without RDF metadata. Use the
295 --export-filename option to specify the filename.
296 --export-png-color-mode=COLORMODE
298 Sets the color mode (bit depth and color type) for exported
299 bitmaps
300 (Gray_1/Gray_2/Gray_4/Gray_8/Gray_16/RGB_8/RGB_16/GrayAlpha_8/GrayAlpha_16/RGBA_8/RGBA_16)
301 --export-png-use-dithering=false|true
303 Forces dithering or disables it (the Inkscape build must
304 support dithering for this).
305 --export-ps-level=LEVEL
307 Set language version for PS and EPS export. PostScript level 2
308 or 3 is supported. Default is 3.
309 --export-pdf-version=VERSION
311 Select the PDF version of the exported PDF file. This option
312 basically exposes the PDF version selector found in the PDF-
313 export dialog of the GUI. You must provide one of the versions
314 from that combo-box, e.g. "1.4". The default pdf export version
315 is "1.4".
316 -T, --export-text-to-path
318 Convert text objects to paths on export, where applicable (for
319 PS, EPS, PDF and SVG export).
320 --export-latex
322 (for PS, EPS, and PDF export) Used for creating images for
323 LaTeX documents, where the image's text is typeset by LaTeX.
324 When exporting to PDF/PS/EPS format, this option splits the
325 output into a PDF/PS/EPS file (e.g. as specified by
326 --export-type) and a LaTeX file. Text will not be output in the
327 PDF/PS/EPS file, but instead will appear in the LaTeX file.
328 This LaTeX file includes the PDF/PS/EPS. Inputting
329 (\input{image.tex}) the LaTeX file in your LaTeX document will
330 show the image and all text will be typeset by LaTeX. See the
331 resulting LaTeX file for more information. Also see GNUPlot's
332 `epslatex' output terminal.
333 --export-ignore-filters
335 Export filtered objects (e.g. those with blur) as vectors,
336 ignoring the filters (for PS, EPS, and PDF export). By
337 default, all filtered objects are rasterized at --export-dpi
338 (default 96 dpi), preserving the appearance.
339 -t, --export-use-hints
341 While exporting to PNG, use export filename and DPI hints
342 stored in the exported object (only with --export-id). These
343 hints are set automatically when you export selection from
344 within Inkscape. So, for example, if you export a shape with
345 id="path231" as /home/me/shape.png at 300 dpi from document.svg
346 using Inkscape GUI, and save the document, then later you will
347 be able to reexport that shape to the same file with the same
348 resolution simply with
349 inkscape -i path231 -t document.svg
351 If you use --export-dpi, --export-width, or --export-height
353 with this option, then the DPI hint will be ignored and the
354 value from the command line will be used. If you use
355 --export-filename with this option, then the filename hint will
356 be ignored and the filename from the command line will be used.
357 -b COLOR, --export-background=COLOR
359 Background color of exported PNG. This may be any SVG
360 supported color string, for example "#ff007f" or "rgb(255, 0,
361 128)". If not set, then the page color set in Inkscape in the
362 Document Properties dialog will be used (stored in the
363 pagecolor= attribute of sodipodi:namedview).
364 -y VALUE, --export-background-opacity=VALUE
366 Opacity of the background of exported PNG. This may be a value
367 either between 0.0 and 1.0 (0.0 meaning full transparency, 1.0
368 full opacity) or greater than 1 up to 255 (255 meaning full
369 opacity). If not set and the -b option is not used, then the
370 page opacity set in Inkscape in the Document Properties dialog
371 will be used (stored in the inkscape:pageopacity= attribute of
372 sodipodi:namedview). If not set but the -b option is used,
373 then the value of 255 (full opacity) will be used.
374 -I, --query-id=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
376 Set the ID(s) of the object(s) whose dimensions are queried in
377 a comma-separated list. If not set, query options will return
378 the dimensions of the drawing (i.e. all document objects), not
379 the page or viewbox.
380 If you specify many values with a comma separated list of
382 objects, any geometry query (e.g. --query-x) will return a
383 comma separated list of values corresponding to the list of
384 objects in --query-id.
385 -S, --query-all
387 Prints a comma delimited listing of all objects in the SVG
388 document with IDs defined, along with their x, y, width, and
389 height values.
390 -X, --query-x
392 Query the X coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the
393 object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user
394 units).
395 -Y, --query-y
397 Query the Y coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the
398 object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user
399 units).
400 -W, --query-width
402 Query the width of the drawing or, if specified, of the object
403 with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).
404 -H, --query-height
406 Query the height of the drawing or, if specified, of the object
407 with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).
408 --vacuum-defs
410 Remove all unused items from the "<defs>" section of the SVG
411 file. If this option is invoked in conjunction with
412 --export-plain-svg, only the exported file will be affected.
413 If it is used alone, the specified file will be modified in
414 place.
415 --select=OBJECT-ID[,OBJECT-ID]*
417 The --select command will cause objects that have the ID
418 specified to be selected. You can select many objects width a
419 comma separated list. This allows various verbs to act upon
420 them. To remove all the selections use "--verb=EditDeselect".
421 The object IDs available are dependent on the document
422 specified to load.
423 --actions=ACTION(:ARG)[;ACTION(:ARG)]*
425 Actions are a new method to call functions with an optional
426 single parameter. To get a list of the action IDs available,
427 use the --action-list command line option. Eventually all
428 verbs will be replaced by actions. Temporarily, any verb can
429 be used as an action (without a parameter). Note, most verbs
430 require a GUI (even if they don't use it). To close the GUI
431 automatically at the end of processing, use --batch-process.
432 In addition all export options have matching actions (remove
433 the '--' in front of the option and replace '=' with ':').
434 If only actions are used --batch-process must be used.
436 Export can be forced at any point with the export-do action.
438 This allows one to do multiple exports on a single file.
439 --action-list
441 Prints a list of all available actions.
442 -g, --with-gui
444 Try to use the GUI (on Unix, use the X server even if $DISPLAY
445 is not set).
446 --display=DISPLAY
448 Sets the X display to use for the Inkscape window.
449 --app-id-tag=TAG
451 Creates a unique instance of Inkscape with the application ID
452 'org.inkscape.Inkscape.TAG'. This is useful to separate the
453 Inkscape instances when running different Inkscape versions or
454 using different preferences files concurrently.
455 --batch-process
457 Close GUI after executing all actions or verbs.
458 --shell With this parameter, Inkscape will enter an interactive command
460 line shell mode. In this mode, you type in commands at the
461 prompt and Inkscape executes them, without you having to run a
462 new copy of Inkscape for each command. This feature is mostly
463 useful for scripting and server uses: it adds no new
464 capabilities but allows you to improve the speed and memory
465 requirements of any script that repeatedly calls Inkscape to
466 perform command line tasks (such as export or conversions).
467 In shell mode Inkscape expects a sequence of actions (or verbs)
469 as input. They will be processed line by line, that means
470 typically when pressing enter. It is possible (but not
471 necessary) to put all actions on a single line.
472 The following example opens a file and exports it into two
474 different formats, then opens another file and exports a single
475 object:
476 file-open:file1.svg; export-type:pdf; export-do; export-type:png; export-do
478 file-open:file2.svg; export-id:rect2; export-id-only; export-filename:rect_only.svg; export-do
479
481 The main configuration file is located in
482 ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml; it stores a variety of
483 customization settings that you can change in Inkscape (mostly in the
484 Inkscape Preferences dialog). Also in the subdirectories there, you
485 can place your own:
486 $HOME/.config/inkscape/extensions/ - extensions.
488 $HOME/.config/inkscape/fonts/ - fonts.
490 $HOME/.config/inkscape/icons/ - icon sets.
492 $HOME/.config/inkscape/keys/ - keyboard maps.
494 $HOME/.config/inkscape/paint/ - patterns and hatches.
496 $HOME/.config/inkscape/palettes/ - palettes.
498 $HOME/.config/inkscape/symbols/ - symbol files.
500 $HOME/.config/inkscape/templates/ - new file templates.
502 $HOME/.config/inkscape/ui/ - user interface files.
504
506 The program returns zero on success or non-zero on failure.
507 A variety of error messages and warnings may be printed to STDERR or
509 STDOUT. If the program behaves erratically with a particular SVG file
510 or crashes, it is useful to look at this output for clues.
511
513 While obviously Inkscape is primarily intended as a GUI application, it
514 can be used for doing SVG processing on the command line as well.
515 Open an SVG file in the GUI:
517 inkscape filename.svg
519 Export an SVG file into PNG with the default resolution of 96 dpi (one
521 SVG user unit translates to one bitmap pixel):
522 inkscape --export-filename=filename.png filename.svg
524 Same, but force the PNG file to be 600x400 pixels:
526 inkscape --export-filename=filename.png -w 600 -h 400 filename.svg
528 Same, but export the drawing (bounding box of all objects), not the
530 page:
531 inkscape --export-filename=filename.png --export-area-drawing filename.svg
533 Export two different files into four distinct file formats each:
535 inkscape --export-type=png,ps,eps,pdf filename1.svg filename2.svg
537 Export to PNG the object with id="text1555", using the output filename
539 and the resolution that were used for that object last time when it was
540 exported from the GUI:
541 inkscape --export-id=text1555 --export-use-hints filename.svg
543 Same, but use the default 96 dpi resolution, specify the filename, and
545 snap the exported area outwards to the nearest whole SVG user unit
546 values (to preserve pixel-alignment of objects and thus minimize
547 aliasing):
548 inkscape --export-id=text1555 --export-filename=text.png --export-area-snap filename.svg
550 Convert an Inkscape SVG document to plain SVG:
552 inkscape --export-plain-svg --export-filename=filename2.svg filename1.svg
554 Convert an SVG document to EPS, converting all texts to paths:
556 inkscape --export-filename=filename.eps --export-text-to-path filename.svg
558 Query the width of the object with id="text1555":
560 inkscape --query-width --query-id=text1555 filename.svg
562 Duplicate the objects with id="path1555" and id="rect835", rotate the
564 duplicates 90 degrees, save SVG, and quit:
565 inkscape --select=path1555,rect835 --actions="duplicate;object-rotate-90-cw" --export-overwrite filename.svg
567 Select all objects with ellipse tag, rotate them 30 degrees, save the
569 file, and quit.
570 inkscape --actions="select-by-element:ellipse;transform-rotate:30" --export-overwrite filename.svg
572 Export the object with the ID MyTriangle with a semi transparent purple
574 background to the file triangle_purple.png and with a red background to
575 the file triangle_red.png.
576 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
578 Read an SVG from standard input (stdin) and export it to PDF format:
580 cat filename.svg | inkscape --pipe --export-filename=filename.pdf
582 Export an SVG to PNG format and write it to standard output (stdout),
584 then convert it to JPG format with ImageMagick's convert program:
585 inkscape --export-type=png --export-filename=- filename.svg | convert - filename.jpg
587 Same as above, but also reading from a pipe (--export-filename can be
589 omitted in this case)
590 cat filename.svg | inkscape --pipe --export-type=png | convert - filename.jpg
592
594 INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR
595 Set a custom location for the user profile directory.
596 INKSCAPE_DATADIR
598 Set a custom location for the Inkscape data directory (e.g.
599 $PREFIX/share if Inkscape's shared files are in
600 $PREFIX/share/inkscape).
601 INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR
603 Set a custom location for the translation catalog.
604 For more details see also
606 <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Environment_variables>
607
609 To load different icons sets instead of the default
610 $PREFIX/share/inkscape/icons/icons.svg file, the directory
611 $HOME/.config/inkscape/icons/ is used. Icons are loaded by name (e.g.
612 fill_none.svg), or if not found, then from icons.svg. If the icon is
613 not loaded from either of those locations, it falls back to the default
614 system location.
615 The needed icons are loaded from SVG files by searching for the SVG id
617 with the matching icon name. (For example, to load the "fill_none"
618 icon from a file, the bounding box seen for SVG id "fill_none" is
619 rendered as the icon, whether it comes from fill_none.svg or
620 icons.svg.)
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 Benoît Lavorata, Alex Leone, Julien Leray, Raph Levien, Diederik van
754 Lierop, Nicklas Lindgren, Vitaly Lipatov, Ivan Louette, Fernando
755 Lucchesi Bastos Jurema, Pierre-Antoine Marc, Aurel-Aimé Marmion, Colin
756 Marquardt, Craig Marshall, Ivan Masár, Dmitry G. Mastrukov, David
757 Mathog, Matiphas, Patrick McDermott, Michael Meeks, Federico Mena,
758 MenTaLguY, Aubanel Monnier, Vincent Montagne, Tim Mooney, Derek P.
759 Moore, Chris Morgan, Peter Moulder, Jörg Müller, Yukihiro Nakai, Victor
760 Navez, Jonathan Neuhauser, Christian Neumair, Nick, Andreas Nilsson,
761 Mitsuru Oka, Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira, Martin Owens, Alvin Penner,
762 Matthew Petroff, Jon Phillips, Zdenko Podobny, Alexandre Prokoudine,
763 Jean-René Reinhard, Alexey Remizov, Frederic Rodrigo, Hugo Rodrigues,
764 Jean Franco Amoni Rodríguez, Juarez Rudsatz, Xavier Conde Rueda, Felipe
765 Corrêa da Silva Sanches, Christian Schaller, Marco Scholten, Tom von
766 Schwerdtner, Markus Schwienbacher, Danilo Šegan, Abhishek Sharma, Tim
767 Sheridan, Shivaken, Michael Sloan, John Smith, Sandra Snan, Boštjan
768 Špetič, Aaron Spike, Kaushik Sridharan, Ralf Stephan, Dariusz Stojek,
769 Patrick Storz, Martin Sucha, ~suv, Pat Suwalski, Adib Taraben, Parcly
770 Taxel, Hugh Tebby, Jonas Termeau, David Turner, Andre Twupack,
771 Aleksandar Urošević, Alex Valavanis, Joakim Verona, Lucas Vieites,
772 Daniel Wagenaar, Liam P. White, Sebastian Wüst, Michael Wybrow, Gellule
773 Xg, Daniel Yacob, Masatake Yamato, David Yip, Sushant A.A.
774
776 Copyright (C) 1999-2022 by Authors.
777 Inkscape is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
779 under the terms of the GPL version 2 or later.
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