On 2008-March-17 , at 18:12 , J.B.C.Engelen@...1578... wrote:
To: jiho; inkscape-devel List Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] sorting out PS/EPS/PDF export mess
I agree completely with this. It makes sense to "save"/"save as" in svg format, and export anything else, since that's the only format Inkscape actually edits.
BTW, is there a difference between "export" and "save a copy"?
I don't understand the difficulties with the current system. Save = understood Save as = save as different filename. Whatever filetype you want.
To me that's the issue: being able to save current drawing as whatever file type => be annoyed by the nag screen telling you to save it back as svg, and risk data loss if the nag screen is discarded. Why allow the user to shoot him/herself in the foot when there's an easy alternative?
Save a copy = save as different filename but afterwards stay working on current filename. Again, whatever the type.
This is OK. Just redundant with export. Since there's an export panel, that can stay open all the time, with lots of options already there, I was thinking that integrating all export under it would be the best UI.
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