September 2024 - Inkscape Users

SVGs from Inkscape do not display correctly in Firefox or EoG
by Fernando Lozano 28 Sep '24

28 Sep '24

Hi there, I already asked at my employee company (Red Hat) and Ask Fedora, so far got no useful answers. I even created a bug on Fedora (link later in this message) I'm a long time Fedora user and occasional Inkscape user. My main use of inkscape is post-processing of SVG files generated by online tools such as google slides. On Fedora 40 and Inkscape 1.3.2 I find that Firefox and Google Chome cannot render SVGs from Inkscape. They display an empty/white page. And Eye of Gnome displays the same files as an empty transparent background. Issues and workarounds I found on google, such as exporting to SVG 1.1 and configuring preferences related to paths on SVG 1.1 didn't make any difference. To check that I was not crazy, I created a VM with Inkscape 1.1.1 (from RHEL 9) and files from that, strarting from the same google slide, work well on both the older Firefox in that VM and the newer Firefox on my Fedora machine. It seems to be an issue from Inkscape itself. It may be someting specific to SVG files creates from Google Slides. Funny thing is that, a few months ago, SVGs from google wouldn't display in web browser, and would work only after cleaning from Inkscape. Now it's the opposite: the files from google do work as-is, but stop working after cleaning from Inkscape. I opened 2313610 - SVG files from Inkscape don't render in a web browser (nor eog) 4 [1] on Fedora bugs about this issue. It contains two test files, one the export from google slides, other after edits by Inkscape. On the Fedora forums, someone proposed a proprietary tool, Boxy SVG. It can take the file from google slides and make edits, and the results from it work on both EoG and Firefox. But it lacks many features I'm used to from Inkscape, and I'd prefer staying with open source software. And Boxy fails to display files from Inkscape, displaying an empty write rectangle, just like firefox and chrome do. So is this a bug or regression with Inkscape itself? Or something specific to Fedora's build? I got the same issues with both the Flatpack and the RPMs from Fedora. []s, Fernando Lozano Links: ------ [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313610

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Thank you
by Steve Litt 15 Sep '24

15 Sep '24

Thanks for Inkscape. I use it almost every day for my websites and other things. SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com

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Debian inkscape current stable repo?
by Tobias Damisch 05 Sep '24

05 Sep '24

Hi there community of my favorite vector graphics editor, I have made the switch to Linux Mint Debian Edition lately, and found that it, naturally, does not accept ppa style packet sources, and the native debian apt repo sadly offers only an outdated version of inkscape. Using the AppImage works, but has disadvantages, as it is not possible to just dock it to the taskbar under Cinnamon, and when I write my own .desktop file for it, still it doesn't group well on the taskbar, and it does not automatically upgrade to the current stable version like using the ubuntu ppa does. Is there a debian-style package source for current stable? I couldn't find one. Other suggestions on solving the above issues? Cheers, Tobias

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I need an SVG viewer
by Steve Litt 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

Hi all, I need a lightweight, fast loading SVG viewer. I don't want to use Inkscape, even if it can be called without the ability to edit, because it takes too long to load. Any suggestions? SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com

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