[Inkscape-devel] Cairo PDF output and pdflatex issues

Hi Folks,

I'm running the Inkscape distributed with Ubuntu 8.04 [Inkscape 0.46, built Apr 7 2008] and PDFLatex included with the distribution.

When I save a drawing from Inkscape as 'Cairo PDF' I am unable to include it into my document with pdflatex:

PDF inclusion: Page Group detected which pdfTeX can't handle. Ignoring it.

I suspect Cairo export is configured to export page groups in anticipation of multi-page Inkscape in the future.... but this is speculation on my part.

What is apparent, however, is that Inkscape cannot be used as a drawing companion with pdfLatex out-of-the-box on the latest Ubuntu.

This is (for me at least) a break in my workflow. Any suggestions for a workaround?

cheers, richard