SWIG Scripting Notes

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by Ishmal

The code in this directory is an initial start

at providing application-level scripting to Inkscape

via SWIG and interpreter embedding. Please do not

modify these files until you have become well

acquainted with SWIG and the various methods of

embedding scripting languages in a C/C++ program.

The classes defined in InkscapeBinding.h and

implemented in InkscapeBinding.cpp are destined to

be a thin shell for scripting Inkscape. Since

Inkscape currently is not organized in a heirarchical

tree, nor is it threadsafe, this binding tree will merely

mimic such an arrangement.

Note that this -NOT- the same as ECMAScript binding on an

SVG page. That is another task, coupled with XPath.

Currently, the way to update InkscapeBinding is to:

1. Modify InkscapeBinding.h and InkscapeBinding.cpp

2. Run 'make -f Makefile.tmp wraps'

3. cd to the src or toplevel directory, and build

4. when this works well, commit the files in this directory

#### SWIG is available here:

#### Information on embedding Python is here

#### Information on embedding PERL is available here: