Hello guys,
I would like to ask for some insights and hints as to how to solve the following small problem. I am creating plots for my thesis. These plots are created in Matlab and I edit them later in Inkscape. What I mostly do is to change markers for points in the plots, annotate the plots, and the like.
Now the problem. I have a plot with 5 lines, each line corresponding to an experiment. Each line has 180 points somewhere around it; these points are the actual data about the theoretical line. Now, I need to *replace* each of points by a beautiful marker of mine. The reason is that Matlab creates only a limited number of rather ugly markers. These markers are also converted (either by Matlab or epstool) into strokes each having 70 points :( :( So, Inkscape slows down and my file bloats.
What I was doing so far and what I am tired of is that I manually select a point and its cloned marker and then using the alignment dialog align them over each other. Then I remove Matlab's markers for good.
While this works OK, you can imagine how tired I am. I was playing with the idea of manually parsing the XML file in Perl but I rejected the idea as sure way to mess up the document. The Matlab's markers have custom color that I assigned to them so that I can easily find the points I need to replace...
Does anybody have an insight into how to do this is more or less Inkscape fashion? I am not afraid of scripting in Inkscape, but I haven't gotten a chance to try it yet. Or am I missing some obvious "group and align the whole" idea?
Thank you for tips!
David