On 2014-03-11 17:07 +0100, su_v wrote:
> On 2014-03-11 15:12 +0100, Antonio Roberts wrote:
>> I'm attempting to ungroup this object
>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Two-stroke_engine_moving_parts_%28Montagu%2C_Cars_and_Motor-Cycles%2C_1928%29.svg
>>
>> When I try to do so in Inkscape it identifies the object as having a
>> Conditional Group of 1 Object but then says there are No Groups in the
>> selection when I try to ungroup it.
>>
>> Is this a problem with the file or Inkscape?
>
> Neither - Inkscape trunk does curently not support ungrouping the
> conditional group itself (IIRC it was a recent design decision, but I'd
> have to search for details - might have been mentioned in a bug report
> comment, commit message or on the devel mailing list, I don't recall,
> and I could be wrong about the details, too ;-) )

Here's the related message I vaguley recalled:
<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.devel/42769>

(SVG element <switch> is a 'Conditional group')

>> I'm using Inkscape 0.48+devel+13132+47~ubuntu13.10.1
>
> How to edit the displayed content of the conditional group none-the-less:
>
> 1) open the file in current trunk
> 2) add a new layer (for later use)
> 3) enter the conditional group like a regular group
>    (double-click it, or use <Ctrl+Enter>)
> 4) select all (Ctrl+A) and duplicate it (Ctrl+D)
> 5) move the current selection to the new layer
>    (use context menu entry 'Move to layer ...')
> 6) hide the new layer, and delete the original conditional group
> 7) optionally: open the XML Editor and delete the node
>     <ns3:pgf id="adobe_illustrator_pgf">
>    (proprietary AI data, not used by Inkscape)
> 8) show the new layer, ungroup as needed
> 9) save as under a new file name.


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