Re: [Inkscape-devel] Units in Inkscape

11 Sep 2014


      +1e9 for writing this in such a clear way.
One question for completeness: what is Inkscape implementing now with regard
to this "view" and what is not?
Example: I opened a new document in an A4 page with mm as default units. I
placed two vertical guides then manually edited their origin positions to
10,110 mm and 110,10 mm (the GUI is all in mm). Then I drew a rectangle
between the two origins.
The final file contains:
<svg
   ... blah blah blah
width=&quot;744.09448&quot;    (? not mm and 90 DPI)
   height=&quot;1052.3622&quot;    (? not mm and 90 DPI)
   inkscape:version=&quot;0.91pre2 r13550&quot;
   viewBox=&quot;0 0 210 297&quot;
... blah blah blah
&lt;sodipodi:namedview
     inkscape:document-units=&quot;mm&quot;
     units=&quot;mm&quot;
... blah blah blah
&lt;sodipodi:guide
       orientation=&quot;1,0&quot;
       position=&quot;35.43307,389.76377&quot;    (? not mm, from bottom
left and 90 DPI)
       ...
&lt;sodipodi:guide
       orientation=&quot;1,0&quot;
       position=&quot;389.76377,35.43307&quot;    (? not mm from bottom left
and 90 DPI)
       ...
And:
&lt;rect
       style= ... blah blah blah
       id=&quot;rect3341&quot;
       width=&quot;100&quot;
       height=&quot;100&quot;
       x=&quot;9.999999&quot;    (? why?)
       y=&quot;187&quot; />    (? is this 297-110 i.e. from top left?)
It's a mix between mm and non mm and top-down coordinates...
My expectation was to find the numbers I entered inside the file (i.e. 10,
110 and 100) so it seems that there still are some inconsistencies to be
fixed.
I use guides a lot to shape my drawings (entering their coordinates in mm)
so having objects in mm and guides in px (@ 90 DPI!) is a contradiction and
neutralizes all efforts towards precision.
Regards.
Luca
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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Units in Inkscape

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