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Questions about using the Inkscape vector-graphics application. Questions about how to install the application should go on Super User. Questions about scripting should go on Stack Overflow.

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Inkscape scripting: how to show / hide a layer and export?

. --> I've seen https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9652573/inkscape-command-line-programming and tried this command (and plenty of variations to it): inkscape -z --file=cartoon.svg --select=English … Can I do this with Inkscape verbs or should I work with the XML and try setting the style attribute to display:inline or display:none? …
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Inkscape: why do coordinates in GUI and XML differ?

I can query the image origin with inkscape -X and inkscape -Y and the image dimensions with inkscape -H and inkscape -W. That also gets me the numbers from the GUI. Exporting with these values works. … This is Inkscape 0.91 on Linux, in case that matters. …
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How to automatically repeat labels on a page in Inkscape?

I make labels for my beer bottles in Inkscape. With each new batch of beer I need to change the label. When I am done I want to print 8 labels on each page. …
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Inkscape scripting: how to show / hide a layer and export?

Ok, I messed around with various XML parsing modules and ended up with the following Perl code. use XML::LibXML; use XML::LibXML::XPathContext; my $file = "file/to/open.svg"; my $xml = XML::LibXML-> …
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Inkscape: text on path gets clipped

I have an oval shape, and want to have text on its right side. I selected both shape and text and clicked Text > Put on Path. The text appeared at the bottom of the shape and I moved it to the right b …
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Inkscape: How can I prevent background to shine through path?

I have a background layer (gray in the example) and on top of that a foreground layer with black line art. I converted the line art to a path (using Path -> Trace Bitmap). How do I prevent the back …
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