Oh, I didn't know about these templates!

However, I think it's better for users to know how to use the interface, rather than use a template which only sets up the units, and not the page size (unless you happen to want an A4 page).

I'm not clear what you mean by this:

The one thing you cannot do, however, is modify the document units after

Inkscape has opened the startup file.

If you know how to change the units (as I've just learned how to do it correctly) can't they be changed? Or do you mean that the user would have to save a new template if they change the units?

I'm just writing the new FAQ item right now, so I'll include this info about the templates too. But need to understand that last statement (above).

Thanks Alvin :-)

-----Original Message----- From: alvinpenner Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6:29 AM To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units

It may be worth mentioning that you can choose the document units that you prefer when you start up Inkscape. If you use the startup template file C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\share\templates\default.svg (which is the default), then you will find that the document units are mm. You can confirm this by drawing a rectangle that has the width of the full page and then using the XML editor to confirm that the width has been expressed in mm. A typical example would be

<rect style="..." id="rect10" width="210.91072" (should be 210, my hand was shaky) height="88.446426" x="0" y="0.66666663" />

If you prefer to use px as the document units, then use the template file C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\share\templates\default_px.svg. In this case if you draw a rectangle that has the full width of an A4 page you will get:

<rect style="..." id="rect18" width="797.14288" (should be 793.7007, which is 210mm expressed in px) height="357.14285" x="0" y="2.519685" />

If you prefer to use pt as document units, then use the template file default_pt.svg

If you want to permanently modify the startup units, then copy a file like default_pt.svg to overwrite the file default.svg. (after first making a backup, just in case.)

The one thing you cannot do, however, is modify the document units after Inkscape has opened the startup file.

hth, Alvin

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