I also consider this a major shortcoming in Inkscape, to be honest. I want to copy and paste a lot between Inkscape documents, but if the colors of the pasted objects change it is no use. Thanks a lot for your suggestion! Now I need to find something similar in Windows...
 
 


From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of greg fenton
Sent: 11. oktober 2007 04:31
To: Inkscape User Community
Cc: Inkscape List Devel
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Losing colours when copying

On 10/10/07, Michael Wybrow <michael.wybrow@...131... > wrote:
the gradients are named the same in different coloured balloon images, so the pasted blue balloon just references the red balloons gradients in the pasted version since they are named the same.

I'm not sure if this should be considered a bug or not (multiple pasted balloons use the same gradients). 

Michael,

Your suggestion was right.  I used VIM and did:

  :%s@\(["#]\)\(linear\|radial\)Gradient@\1\2GradientRed@...2363...

for the red file, ...GradientBlue for the blue file and ...GradientYellow for the yellow file. 

I was then able to copy and paste from each of those files into a new file and not lose their colours.

So the way I see it is a feature request:

FEATURE: when copying from one image to another with same-named style attributes, have the option to rename those styles (especially if the definition of same-named styles differ between buffers).

[Thanks too ACSpike on #inkscape!!]

Thanks!
mG.

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