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c25356d5978632df6203437e1953bcb29e0c736fTimo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen=head1 NAME

2767104d81e97a109f0aa9758792bfa1da325a97Timo Sirainen

2767104d81e97a109f0aa9758792bfa1da325a97Timo SirainenInkscape - an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editing program.

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen=head1 SYNOPSIS

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen

6cc0546c058f3e6253c6f99727b28dd602712974Timo SirainenC<inkscape [options] [filename ...]>

6cc0546c058f3e6253c6f99727b28dd602712974Timo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainenoptions:

6cc0546c058f3e6253c6f99727b28dd602712974Timo Sirainen

6cc0546c058f3e6253c6f99727b28dd602712974Timo Sirainen -?, --help

6cc0546c058f3e6253c6f99727b28dd602712974Timo Sirainen --usage

0ce5f96804e81cb0f857e7df32c0272f1eed9377Timo Sirainen -V, --version

0ce5f96804e81cb0f857e7df32c0272f1eed9377Timo Sirainen

0ce5f96804e81cb0f857e7df32c0272f1eed9377Timo Sirainen -f, --file=FILENAME

0ce5f96804e81cb0f857e7df32c0272f1eed9377Timo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen -e, --export-png=FILENAME

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen -a, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1

252db51b6c0a605163326b3ea5d09e9936ca3b29Timo Sirainen -C, --export-area-page

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen -D, --export-area-drawing

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen --export-area-snap

211ed7806d8715ec2280ffbf5d10f0d6e4f1beb2Timo Sirainen -i, --export-id=ID

211ed7806d8715ec2280ffbf5d10f0d6e4f1beb2Timo Sirainen -j, --export-id-only

211ed7806d8715ec2280ffbf5d10f0d6e4f1beb2Timo Sirainen -t, --export-use-hints

211ed7806d8715ec2280ffbf5d10f0d6e4f1beb2Timo Sirainen -b, --export-background=COLOR

211ed7806d8715ec2280ffbf5d10f0d6e4f1beb2Timo Sirainen -y, --export-background-opacity=VALUE

9b7eeffb5752b500ac62ba1fd01c4a8c4ada14e9Timo Sirainen -d, --export-dpi=DPI

9b7eeffb5752b500ac62ba1fd01c4a8c4ada14e9Timo Sirainen -w, --export-width=WIDTH

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainen -h, --export-height=HEIGHT

93fa87cf1a96c4f279ec4f5c311820313ba12c34Timo Sirainen

93fa87cf1a96c4f279ec4f5c311820313ba12c34Timo Sirainen -P, --export-ps=FILENAME

93fa87cf1a96c4f279ec4f5c311820313ba12c34Timo Sirainen -E, --export-eps=FILENAME

93fa87cf1a96c4f279ec4f5c311820313ba12c34Timo Sirainen -A, --export-pdf=FILENAME

93fa87cf1a96c4f279ec4f5c311820313ba12c34Timo Sirainen --export-pdf-version=VERSION-STRING

b565a6a7a66fb9f224d00c06a950e3c1c585c18eTimo Sirainen --export-latex

b565a6a7a66fb9f224d00c06a950e3c1c585c18eTimo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen --export-ps-level {2,3}

8cb72c59d5ea4e9e5f638d7ec840bb853f5a188eTimo Sirainen

8cb72c59d5ea4e9e5f638d7ec840bb853f5a188eTimo Sirainen -T, --export-text-to-path

8cb72c59d5ea4e9e5f638d7ec840bb853f5a188eTimo Sirainen --export-ignore-filters

8cb72c59d5ea4e9e5f638d7ec840bb853f5a188eTimo Sirainen

8cb72c59d5ea4e9e5f638d7ec840bb853f5a188eTimo Sirainen -l, --export-plain-svg=FILENAME

cd56a23e21f1df3f79648cf07e2f4385e2fadebbTimo Sirainen

cd56a23e21f1df3f79648cf07e2f4385e2fadebbTimo Sirainen -p, --print=PRINTER

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen -I, --query-id=ID

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainen -X, --query-x

d5cebe7f98e63d4e2822863ef2faa4971e8b3a5dTimo Sirainen -Y, --query-y

d5cebe7f98e63d4e2822863ef2faa4971e8b3a5dTimo Sirainen -W, --query-width

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen -H, --query-height

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen -S, --query-all

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen -x, --extension-directory

211ed7806d8715ec2280ffbf5d10f0d6e4f1beb2Timo Sirainen

211ed7806d8715ec2280ffbf5d10f0d6e4f1beb2Timo Sirainen --verb-list

2767104d81e97a109f0aa9758792bfa1da325a97Timo Sirainen --verb=VERB-ID

211ed7806d8715ec2280ffbf5d10f0d6e4f1beb2Timo Sirainen --select=OBJECT-ID

211ed7806d8715ec2280ffbf5d10f0d6e4f1beb2Timo Sirainen

59151b71059df1190acd75d8717ed04a7920c862Timo Sirainen --shell

59151b71059df1190acd75d8717ed04a7920c862Timo Sirainen

59151b71059df1190acd75d8717ed04a7920c862Timo Sirainen -g, --with-gui

59151b71059df1190acd75d8717ed04a7920c862Timo Sirainen -z, --without-gui

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainen --vacuum-defs

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen --g-fatal-warnings

2767104d81e97a109f0aa9758792bfa1da325a97Timo Sirainen

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainen=head1 DESCRIPTION

2767104d81e97a109f0aa9758792bfa1da325a97Timo Sirainen

683eebe490bbe5caec246c535a10ea9f93f5c330Timo SirainenB<Inkscape> is a GUI editor for B<Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)> format

683eebe490bbe5caec246c535a10ea9f93f5c330Timo Sirainendrawing files, with capabilities similar to B<Adobe Illustrator>,

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo SirainenB<CorelDraw>, B<Xara Xtreme>, etc. Inkscape features include versatile

5238111c460098d9cc8cc22527026138a278b9a4Timo Sirainenshapes, bezier paths, freehand drawing, multi-line text, text on path,

5238111c460098d9cc8cc22527026138a278b9a4Timo Sirainenalpha blending, arbitrary affine transforms, gradient and pattern fills, node

6ef7e31619edfaa17ed044b45861d106a86191efTimo Sirainenediting, many export and import formats including PNG and PDF, grouping,

2767104d81e97a109f0aa9758792bfa1da325a97Timo Sirainenlayers, live clones, and a lot more. The interface is

68a4946b12583b88fa802e52ebee45cd96056772Timo Sirainendesigned to be comfortable and efficient for skilled users, while

de954ff15b495be13007a8aca2c09fd1d356a283Timo Sirainenremaining conformant to B<GNOME> standards so that users familiar with

de954ff15b495be13007a8aca2c09fd1d356a283Timo Sirainenother GNOME applications can learn its interface rapidly.

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo SirainenB<SVG> is a W3C standard XML format for 2D vector drawing. It allows

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainendefining objects in the drawing using points, paths, and primitive

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainenshapes. Colors, fonts, stroke width, and so forth are specified as

2767104d81e97a109f0aa9758792bfa1da325a97Timo Sirainen`style' attributes to these objects. The intent is that since SVG is a

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainenstandard, and since its files are text/xml, it will be

2767104d81e97a109f0aa9758792bfa1da325a97Timo Sirainenpossible to use SVG files in a sizeable number of programs and for a

0ce5f96804e81cb0f857e7df32c0272f1eed9377Timo Sirainenwide range of uses.

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo SirainenB<Inkscape> uses SVG as its native document format, and has the goal of

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainenbecoming the most fully compliant drawing program for SVG files

03f5c621d06d6b6d77a145196c9633a7aa64dc78Timo Sirainenavailable in the Open Source community.

03f5c621d06d6b6d77a145196c9633a7aa64dc78Timo Sirainen

d7e72877b7a5085c3addf9729d0bfbe1b5357853Timo Sirainen

d7e72877b7a5085c3addf9729d0bfbe1b5357853Timo Sirainen=head1 OPTIONS

d7e72877b7a5085c3addf9729d0bfbe1b5357853Timo Sirainen

d7e72877b7a5085c3addf9729d0bfbe1b5357853Timo Sirainen=over 8

03f5c621d06d6b6d77a145196c9633a7aa64dc78Timo Sirainen

03f5c621d06d6b6d77a145196c9633a7aa64dc78Timo Sirainen=item B<-?>, B<--help>

03f5c621d06d6b6d77a145196c9633a7aa64dc78Timo Sirainen

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo SirainenShow help message

c0435c854a0e7246373b9752d163095cc4fbe985Timo Sirainen

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen=item B<-V>, B<--version>

8cdb3234fe3c77e477c7a0e6934678f58fc54d4dTimo Sirainen

8cdb3234fe3c77e477c7a0e6934678f58fc54d4dTimo SirainenShow Inkscape version and build date.

8cdb3234fe3c77e477c7a0e6934678f58fc54d4dTimo Sirainen

8cdb3234fe3c77e477c7a0e6934678f58fc54d4dTimo Sirainen=item B<-a> I<x0:y0:x1:y1>, B<--export-area>=I<x0:y0:x1:y1>

ecc81625167ed96c04c02aa190a1ea5baa65b474Timo Sirainen

In PNG export, set the exported area in SVG user units (anonymous length units normally used

in Inkscape SVG). The default is to export the entire document page. The point (0,0)

is the lower-left corner.

=item B<-C>, B<--export-area-page>

In PNG, PDF, PS, and EPS export, exported area is the page. This is the default

for PNG, PDF, and PS, so you don't need to specify this unless you are using --export-id

to export a specific object. In EPS, however, this is not the default; moreover, for EPS,

the specification of the format does not allow its bounding box to extend beyond its content.

This means that when --export-area-page is used with EPS export, the page bounding box

will be trimmed inwards to the bounding box of the content if it is smaller.

=item B<-D>, B<--export-area-drawing>

In PNG, PDF, PS, and EPS export, exported area is the drawing (not page), i.e. the bounding box

of all objects of the document (or of the exported object if --export-id is used).

With this option, the exported image will

display all the visible objects of the document without margins or cropping. This is the default

export area for EPS. For PNG, it can be used in combination with --export-use-hints.

=item B<--export-area-snap>

For PNG export, snap the export area outwards to the nearest integer SVG user unit (px) values. If you are using the

default export resolution of 96 dpi and your graphics are pixel-snapped to minimize antialiasing, this switch

allows you to preserve this alignment even if you are exporting some object's bounding

box (with --export-id or --export-area-drawing) which is itself not pixel-aligned.

=item B<-b> I<COLOR>, B<--export-background>=I<COLOR>

Background color of exported PNG.

This may be any SVG supported color string, for example "#ff007f" or "rgb(255, 0, 128)".

If not set,

then the page color set in Inkscape in the Document Options dialog will be used (stored in the pagecolor= attribute of sodipodi:namedview).

=item B<-d> I<DPI>, B<--export-dpi>=I<DPI>

The resolution used for PNG export.

It is also used for fallback rasterization of filtered objects

when exporting to PS, EPS, or PDF (unless you specify --export-ignore-filters to suppress

rasterization). The default is 96 dpi, which corresponds to 1 SVG user unit

(px, also called "user unit") exporting to 1 bitmap pixel.

This value overrides the DPI hint if used with --export-use-hints.

=item B<-e> I<FILENAME>, B<--export-png>=I<FILENAME>

Specify the filename for PNG export.

If it already exists, the file will be overwritten without asking.

=item B<-f> I<FILENAME>, B<--file>=I<FILENAME>

Open specified document(s).

Option string may be omitted, i.e. you can list the filenames without -f.

=item B<-g>, B<--with-gui>

Try to use the GUI (on Unix, use the X server even if $DISPLAY is not set).

=item B<-h> I<HEIGHT>, B<--export-height>=I<HEIGHT>

The height of generated bitmap in pixels.

This value overrides the --export-dpi setting (or the DPI hint if used with --export-use-hints).

=item B<-i> I<ID>, B<--export-id>=I<ID>

For PNG, PS, EPS, PDF and plain SVG export, the id attribute value of the object that you want

to export from the document; all other objects are not exported. By

default the exported area is the bounding box of the object; you can override this using

--export-area (PNG only) or --export-area-page.

=item B<-j>, B<--export-id-only>

For PNG and plain SVG, only export the object whose id is given in --export-id. All other objects are hidden and won't

show in export even if they overlay the exported object.

Without --export-id, this option is ignored. For PDF export, this is the default, so this option has no effect.

=item B<-l>, B<--export-plain-svg>=I<FILENAME>

Export document(s) to plain SVG format, without sodipodi: or inkscape: namespaces and without RDF metadata.

=item B<-x>, B<--extension-directory>

Lists the current extension directory that Inkscape is configured to use and

then exits. This is used for external extension to use the same configuration

as the original Inkscape installation.

=item B<--verb-list>

Lists all the verbs that are available in Inkscape by ID. This ID can be

used in defining keymaps or menus. It can also be used with the --verb

command line option.

=item B<--verb>=I<VERB-ID>, B<--select>=I<OBJECT-ID>

These two options work together to provide some basic scripting for

Inkscape from the command line. They both can occur as many times as

needed on the command line and are executed in order on every document that

is specified.

The --verb command will execute a specific verb as if it

was called from a menu or button. Dialogs will appear if that is part

of the verb. To get a list of the verb IDs available, use the --verb-list

command line option.

The --select command will cause objects that have the ID

specified to be selected. This allows various verbs to act upon them. To

remove all the selections use --verb=EditDeselect. The object IDs

available are dependent on the document specified to load.

=item B<-p> I<PRINTER>, B<--print>=I<PRINTER>

Print document(s) to the specified printer using `lpr -P PRINTER'.

Alternatively, use `| COMMAND' to specify a different command to pipe to,

or use `> FILENAME' to write the PostScript output to a file instead of printing.

Remember to do appropriate quoting for your shell, e.g.

inkscape --print='| ps2pdf - mydoc.pdf' mydoc.svg

=item B<-t>, B<--export-use-hints>

Use export filename and DPI hints stored in the exported object (only with --export-id).

These hints are set automatically when you export selection from within Inkscape.

So, for example, if you export a shape with id="path231" as /home/me/shape.png at 300 dpi from document.svg using Inkscape GUI, and save the document,

then later you will be able to reexport that shape to the same file with the same resolution simply with

inkscape -i path231 -t document.svg

If you use --export-dpi, --export-width, or --export-height with this option,

then the DPI hint will be ignored and the value from the command line will be used.

If you use --export-png with this option,

then the filename hint will be ignored and the filename from the command line will be used.

=item B<-w> I<WIDTH>, B<--export-width>=I<WIDTH>

The width of generated bitmap in pixels.

This value overrides the --export-dpi setting (or the DPI hint if used with --export-use-hints).

=item B<-y> I<VALUE>, B<--export-background-opacity>=I<VALUE>

Opacity of the background of exported PNG.

This may be a value either between 0.0 and 1.0 (0.0 meaning full transparency, 1.0 full opacity)

or greater than 1 up to 255 (255 meaning full opacity).

If not set and the -b option is not used,

then the page opacity set in Inkscape in the Document Options dialog will be used (stored in the inkscape:pageopacity= attribute of sodipodi:namedview).

If not set but the -b option is used,

then the value of 255 (full opacity) will be used.

=item B<-P> I<FILENAME>, B<--export-ps>=I<FILENAME>

Export document(s) to PostScript format. Note that PostScript does not support transparency, so any transparent objects in the original SVG will be automatically rasterized. Used fonts are subset and embedded. The default export area is page; you can set it to drawing by --export-area-drawing. You can

specify --export-id to export a single object (all other are hidden); in that case

export area is that object's bounding box, but can be set to page by --export-area-page.

=item B<-E> I<FILENAME>, B<--export-eps>=I<FILENAME>

Export document(s) to Encapsulated PostScript format. Note that PostScript does not support transparency, so any transparent objects in the original SVG will be automatically rasterized. Used fonts are subset and embedded. The default export area is drawing; you can set it to page, however see --export-area-page for applicable limitation. You can specify --export-id to export a single object (all other are hidden).

=item B<-A> I<FILENAME>, B<--export-pdf>=I<FILENAME>

Export document(s) to PDF format. This format preserves the

transparency in the original SVG. Used fonts are subset and embedded.

The default export area is page; you can set it to drawing by --export-area-drawing. You can

specify --export-id to export a single object (all other are hidden); in that case

export area is that object's bounding box, but can be set to page by --export-area-page.

=item B<--export-pdf-version>=I<PDF-VERSION>

Select the PDF version of the exported PDF file. This option basically

exposes the PDF version selector found in the PDF-export dialog of the

GUI. You must provide one of the versions from that combo-box,

e.g. "1.4". The default pdf export version is "1.4".

=item B<--export-latex>

(for PS, EPS, and PDF export)

Used for creating images for LaTeX documents, where the image's text is typeset by LaTeX.

When exporting to PDF/PS/EPS format, this option splits the output into a PDF/PS/EPS file

(e.g. as specified by --export-pdf) and a LaTeX file. Text will not be output in

the PDF/PS/EPS file, but instead will appear in the LaTeX file. This LaTeX file

includes the PDF/PS/EPS. Inputting (\input{image.tex}) the LaTeX file in your LaTeX

document will show the image and all text will be typeset by LaTeX. See the

resulting LaTeX file for more information.

Also see GNUPlot's `epslatex' output terminal.

=item B<-T>, B<--export-text-to-path>

Convert text objects to paths on export, where applicable (for PS, EPS, PDF and SVG export).

=item B<--export-ignore-filters>

Export filtered objects (e.g. those with blur) as vectors, ignoring the filters (for PS, EPS, and PDF export).

By default, all filtered objects are rasterized at --export-dpi (default 96 dpi), preserving the appearance.

=item B<-I>, B<--query-id>

Set the ID of the object whose dimensions are queried. If not set, query options will

return the dimensions of the drawing (i.e. all document objects), not the page or viewbox

=item B<-X>, B<--query-x>

Query the X coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).

=item B<-Y>, B<--query-y>

Query the Y coordinate of the drawing or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).

=item B<-W>, B<--query-width>

Query the width of the drawing or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).

=item B<-H>, B<--query-height>

Query the height of the drawing or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The returned value is in px (SVG user units).

=item B<-S>, B<--query-all>

Prints a comma delimited listing of all objects in the SVG document with

IDs defined, along with their x, y, width, and height values.

=item B<--shell>

With this parameter, Inkscape will enter an interactive command line shell mode. In this

mode, you type in commands at the prompt and Inkscape executes them, without you having

to run a new copy of Inkscape for each command. This feature is mostly useful for

scripting and server uses: it adds no new capabilities but allows you to improve the

speed and memory requirements of any script that repeatedly calls Inkscape to perform

command line tasks (such as export or conversions). Each command in shell mode must be a

complete valid Inkscape command line but without the Inkscape program name, for example

"file.svg --export-pdf=file.pdf".

=item B<--vacuum-defs>

Remove all unused items from the <lt>defs<gt> section of the SVG file. If this

option is invoked in conjunction with --export-plain-svg, only the exported file

will be affected. If it is used alone, the specified file will be modified in place.

=item B<-z>, B<--without-gui>

Do not open the GUI (on Unix, do not use X server); only process the files from console.

This is assumed for -p, -e, -l, and --vacuum-defs options.

=item B<--g-fatal-warnings>

This standard GTK option forces any warnings, usually harmless, to cause Inkscape to

abort (useful for debugging).

=item B<--usage>

Display a brief usage message.

=back

=head1 CONFIGURATION

The main configuration file is located in ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml; it stores

a variety of customization settings that you can change in Inkscape (mostly in the

Inkscape Preferences dialog). Also in the subdirectories there, you can place your own:

B<$HOME>/.config/inkscape/extensions/ - extension effects.

B<$HOME>/.config/inkscape/icons/ - icons.

B<$HOME>/.config/inkscape/keys/ - keyboard maps.

B<$HOME>/.config/inkscape/templates/ - new file templates.

=head1 DIAGNOSTICS

The program returns zero on success or non-zero on failure.

A variety of error messages and warnings may be printed to STDERR or

STDOUT. If the program behaves erratically with a particular SVG file

or crashes, it is useful to look at this output for clues.

=head1 EXAMPLES

While obviously B<Inkscape> is primarily intended as a GUI application,

it can be used for doing SVG processing on the command line as well.

Open an SVG file in the GUI:

inkscape filename.svg

Print an SVG file from the command line:

inkscape filename.svg -p '| lpr'

Export an SVG file into PNG with the default resolution of 96 dpi (one SVG user unit translates to one bitmap pixel):

inkscape filename.svg --export-png=filename.png

Same, but force the PNG file to be 600x400 pixels:

inkscape filename.svg --export-png=filename.png -w600 -h400

Same, but export the drawing (bounding box of all objects), not the page:

inkscape filename.svg --export-png=filename.png --export-area-drawing

Export to PNG the object with id="text1555", using the output filename and

the resolution that were used for that object last time when it was exported from the GUI:

inkscape filename.svg --export-id=text1555 --export-use-hints

Same, but use the default 96 dpi resolution, specify the filename,

and snap the exported area outwards to the nearest whole SVG user unit values

(to preserve pixel-alignment of objects and thus minimize aliasing):

inkscape filename.svg --export-id=text1555 --export-png=text.png --export-area-snap

Convert an Inkscape SVG document to plain SVG:

inkscape filename1.svg --export-plain-svg=filename2.svg

Convert an SVG document to EPS, converting all texts to paths:

inkscape filename.svg --export-eps=filename.eps --export-text-to-path

Query the width of the object with id="text1555":

inkscape filename.svg --query-width --query-id text1555

Duplicate the object with id="path1555", rotate the duplicate 90 degrees, save SVG, and quit:

inkscape filename.svg --select=path1555 --verb=EditDuplicate --verb=ObjectRotate90 --verb=FileSave --verb=FileClose

=head1 ENVIRONMENT

B<DISPLAY> to get the default host and display number.

B<TMPDIR> to set the default path of the directory to use for temporary

files. The directory must exist.

B<INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR> to set the path of the directory to use for the

user profile.

=head1 THEMES

To load different icons sets instead of the default

B<$PREFIX>/share/inkscape/icons/icons.svg file, the directory

B<$HOME>/.config/inkscape/icons/ is used. Icons are loaded by name

(e.g. I<fill_none.svg>), or if not found, then from I<icons.svg>. If the

icon is not loaded from either of those locations, it falls back to the

default system location.

The needed icons are loaded from SVG files by searching for the SVG id with

the matching icon name. (For example, to load the "fill_none" icon from

a file, the bounding box seen for SVG id "fill_none" is rendered as the

icon, whether it comes from I<fill_none.svg> or I<icons.svg>.)

=head1 OTHER INFO

The canonical place to find B<Inkscape> info is at

http://www.inkscape.org/. The website has news, documentation,

tutorials, examples, mailing list archives, the latest released

version of the program, bugs and feature requests databases, forums,

and more.

=head1 SEE ALSO

potrace, cairo, rsvg(1), batik, ghostscript, pstoedit.

SVG compliance test suite: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Test/

SVG validator: http://jiggles.w3.org/svgvalidator/

I<Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification>

I<W3C Recommendation 14 January 2003>

L<http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/>

I<Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2 Specification>

I<W3C Working Draft 13 November 2003>

L<http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG12/>

I<SVG 1.1/1.2/2.0 Requirements>

I<W3C Working Draft 22 April 2002>

L<http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2Reqs/>

I<Document Object Model (DOM): Level 2 Core>

I<Arnaud Le Hors et al editors, W3C>

L<http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/>

=head1 GUI NOTES

To learn Inkscape's GUI operation, read the tutorials in Help > Tutorials.

Apart from SVG, Inkscape can import (File > Import) most bitmap formats

(PNG, BMP, JPG, XPM, GIF, etc.), plain text (requires Perl), PS and EPS (requires Ghostscript), PDF

and AI format (AI version 9.0 or newer).

Inkscape exports 32-bit PNG images (File > Export PNG Image) as well as AI, PS, EPS, PDF, DXF,

and several other formats via File > Save as.

Inkscape can use the pressure and tilt of a graphic tablet pen for width, angle,

and force of action of several tools, including the Calligraphic pen.

Inkscape includes a GUI front-end to the Potrace bitmap tracing engine

(http://potrace.sf.net) which is embedded into Inkscape.

Inkscape can use external scripts (stdin-to-stdout filters) that are represented by

commands in the Extensions menu. A script can have a GUI dialog for setting various

parameters and can get the IDs of the selected objects on which to act via the command

line. Inkscape comes with an assortment of effects written in Python.

=head1 KEYBINDINGS

To get a complete list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts, view doc/keys.html, or use the Keys and Mouse command in Help menu.

=head1 BUGS

Many bugs are known; please refer to the website (inkscape.org) for reviewing the reported ones and to

report newly found issues. See also the Known Issues section in the Release Notes for

your version (file `NEWS').

=head1 AUTHORS

This codebase owes its existence to a large number of contributors

throughout its various incarnations. The following list is certainly

incomplete, but serves to recognize the many shoulders on which this

application sits:

${INKSCAPE_AUTHORS}

This man page was put together by Bryce Harrington

E<lt>bryce@bryceharrington.orgE<gt>.

=head1 HISTORY

The codebase that would become Inkscape began life in 1999 as the

program Gill, the GNOME Illustrator application, created by Raph

Levien. The stated objective for Gill was to eventually support all of

SVG. Raph implemented the PostScript bezier imaging model, including

stroking and filling, line cap style, line join style, text, etc.

Raph's Gill page is at http://www.levien.com/svg/. Work on Gill appears

to have slowed or ceased in 2000.

The next incarnation of the codebase was to become the highly popular

program Sodipodi, led by Lauris Kaplinski. The codebase was turned

into a powerful illustration program over the course of several

year's work, adding several new features, multi-lingual support, porting

to Windows and other operating systems, and eliminating dependencies.

Inkscape was formed in 2003 by four active Sodipodi developers, Bryce

Harrington, MenTaLguY, Nathan Hurst, and Ted Gould, wanting to take a

different direction with the codebase in terms of focus on

SVG compliance, interface look-and-feel, and a desire to open

development opportunities to more participants. The project progressed

rapidly, gaining a number of very active contributors and features.

Much work in the early days of the project focused on code stabilization

and internationalization. The original renderer inherited from Sodipodi

was laced with a number of mathematical corner cases which led to

unexpected crashes when the program was pushed beyond routine uses; this

renderer was replaced with Livarot which, while not perfect either, was

significantly less error prone. The project also adopted a practice of

committing code frequently, and encouraging users to run developmental

snapshots of the program; this helped identify new bugs swiftly, and

ensure it was easy for users to verify the fixes. As a result, Inkscape

releases have generally earned a reputation for being robust and

reliable.

Similarly, efforts were taken to internationalize and localize the

interface, which has helped the program gain contributors worldwide.

Inkscape has had a beneficial impact on the visual attractiveness of

Open Source in general, by providing a tool for creating and sharing

icons, splash screens, website art, and so on. In a way, despite being

"just an drawing program", Inkscape has played an important role in

making Open Source more visually stimulating to larger audiences.

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

B<Copyright (C)> 1999-2016 by Authors.

B<Inkscape> is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it

under the terms of the GPL version 2 or later.

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