On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:42 AM, John & Melonie Curwood wrote:

results.  some file types I could load or save in my Ubuntu Linux version of Inkscape but not in the Windows version.

Yes, e.g. EMF is not supported on Linux.

1. is there a plug-in that is needed for the .dia file type?

You need Dia installed. http://live.gnome.org/Dia

2. why are some formats only able to be saved or opened in the linux

version of Inkscape?

Because the rely either on applications or API available on just one platform only.

Are there certain components or plug-ins that are installed with the linux version that aren't with the windows version.

Yes. The version 0.46, for instance, isn't shipped with UniConvertor which is used for opening CDR (v0.47 will).

I can send through a list of the file types in particular if that helps.

Please do :-)

Alexandre