Ted,
Thank you for answering my question about inkscape's extension system.
You wrote: "What is most popular today is to use an external script (ie python) which gets passed the SVG document."
When you say "gets passed the SVG document", do you mean the document currently being manipulated in Inkscape?
Thanks,
Scott Huey
On 4/13/07, Ted Gould <ted@...11...> wrote:
On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 16:02 -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote:
I also thought I would find out if Inkscape had a plug-in or extension system just yet. If it did I thought I might take a stab at making small improvements to the program. I'm not an experienced C++ developer and I'm a little scared about trying to build Inkscape.
Is there an extension or plug-in system in place? Or will I need to build Inkscape to test any changes I might make?
Yes. There isn't currently an API into Inkscape internals, we're waiting to use DOM for that (a standard API). What is most popular today is to use an external script (ie python) which gets passed the SVG document. This can be used for input/output formats or things that are on the Effects menu. Also, extensions can be built directly into Inkscape -- there are quite a few of these also.
--Ted