I'm new to inkscape; I just ran across it this week. (apt-get it after reading the vector graphic's story). It's really impressive!
I spent some time trying to import a PDF. This is a long standing PTA problem that usually has me importing it into the gimp as a tiff. I tried digging farther with my renewed energy and found only dead ends for PDF -> SVG converters. There are some, but they are all proprietary. There is even some site that lets you put your pdf into it and they will mail you a SVG (didn't work for my pdf anyway.)
I eventually tried pstoedit: pstoedit -f plot.svg myfile.pdf myfile.svg inkscape myfile.svg
Which got close, but lost all the text. What is the current state of PDF or postscript import? Are there some other tricks/tools anyone might recommend?
Thanks, Jeff