On 16/9/09 18:49, Henry W. Peters wrote:
~suv wrote:
On 16/9/09 17:21, John Culleton wrote:
In Gimp and Scribus I can change the rulers on left side and top to show dimensions in inches. Is this possible in Inkscape?
menu 'File > Document Properties…' on the 'Page' tab under section 'General' choose your 'Default units'
This only works for (me in) the currently open document... there is no way (that I could find) to make this change for basic new documents... (no provision for it in the Inkscape Preferences, in the same menu (File). Wondering if this is truly so? & if so, why (probably a dumb question here, but you sometimes don't know unless you ask)?
Units are stored as part of the document, not as global preferences. Therefor you can change the default template to your preferred units or create new templates for the most used default units you need.
Inkscape FAQ: Using Inkscape Can I use different settings for the new documents created by Inkscape? http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Can_I_use_different_settings_for_the_new_documents_created_by_Inkscape.3F