[Inkscape-user] script for union of all paths of the same color

Hello all,

I would like to find an automatic solution for the following workflow.

* open/import file (eg. eps format) o select all paths of color x (ctr+f in xml editor for first hex-color string) o ctrl++ to union selection o repeat for all remaining colors * export to svg

or, if you will,

http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19402# |open or import file (eg. eps format); for (all colors in drawing) { select all paths of the current color; perform union on selected paths; } export drawing; |

I suppose there should be a solution along the lines of

|inkscape -f input.eps --verb=EditDeselect --select=allPathsOfSameColors --verb=SelectionUnion --export-simple-svg|

However, I have no clue how to go about selecting all paths of the same color or how to iterate over all colors.

Any help or pointers would be very much appreciated.

Cheers Götz