On 02/03/2010 05:54 PM, mahesh kumar wrote:

hi,

can anyone help me on how the file format for inkscape was made? on which basis, and how to build it and all...

SVG, the file format used by Inkscape is a standard defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): http://www.w3.org/standards/techs/svg

Using a standard file format is one of Inkscape's main strengths.

pls, give me some suggestions on its basics. i want to build a new file format of a pagination application. It will be very helpful if you suggest me...

I would advise you *against* doing that, it make no sense to reinvent the wheel and create yet-another-file-format only you application can understand. Use instead an existing standard, like Open Document and enable interoperability with the rest of the world.

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:54 PM, mahesh kumar wrote:

pls, give me some suggestions on its basics. i want to build a new file format of a pagination application.

Do you mean a desktop publishing application like Scribus or InDesign?

Alexandre