such feature can be really useful! it is called "Convert to bitmap" in Corel. i don't know how similar feature is called in other programs, but i think "convert" is a good name, because it's exactly what the option does. what do you think about changing it?
Not sure. It creates a copy, not converts, i.e. the original is not deleted.
is it possible to set the dpi and/or bitmap color mode of the converted bitmap?
Not via a GUI yet. But you can set it in preferences.xml thus:
<group id="createbitmap" resolution="300">
This sets the DPI to 300.
<group id="createbitmap" minsize="250">
This calculates DPI so that the minimum dimension of the bitmap will be 250 pixels. So, large objects will not result in proportionally larger bitmaps, but the relation of the size of the pixel to that of the object will be approximately the same. This is the default.
As for colorspaces, see my next message on drop shadows.