> Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:38:37 +0100
> From: suv-sf@...125...16...
> To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] verb DialogLivePathEffect: how to use it ?
>
> On 2013-12-07 12:14 +0100, Alain Meunier wrote:
> > Ok,
> >
> > is my only option a fork ?
>
> Not sure - maybe wait for more replies (or ideas) in the thread you
> started on the developers' mailing list about the same issue before
> immediately jumping to this conclusion...
>
> What would you do with that fork - completely rewrite Inkscape's
> internal verb system? Implement a new scripting API? (Please note that
> trunk already has a new dbus-based scripting API - though I do not know
> atm whether it has hooks for applying and editing path effects directly).
>
> An alternative option instead of forking is to work on a feature branch,
> and submit any solution you might implement as merge proposal [1]. But
> that's up to you (whether you want to contribute to enhance inkscape, or
> whether you prefer to create and maintain a fork).
>
>
> Regards, V
>
>
> [1] <https://help.launchpad.net/Code>
>
>
> >> Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:04:32 +0100
> >> From: suv-sf@...16...
> >> To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> >> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] verb DialogLivePathEffect: how to use it ?
> >>
> >> On 2013-12-05 14:58 +0100, Alain Meunier wrote:
> >> > I would like to understand how to apply a hatch effect on an object.
> >> >
> >> > I saw the "DialogLivePathEffect: Manage, edit, and apply path effects
> >> > (Shift+Ctrl+7)" option, but I would like to know how to set it right.
> >> >
> >> > --select=myobject --verb DialogLivePathEffect
> >> >
> >> > but then, nothing. How does that work ? I would like to edit the
> >> > different values inside as well..
> >>
> >> The verb, as indicated by its name, simply opens the dialog (it is used
> >> internally for the menu item to open the path effect editor). Path
> >> effects cannot be _applied_ via verbs from the command line (i.e.
> >> without interaction in the GUI).
> >>
> >> Verbs in Inkscape are rather limited: they do not take any parameters.
> >> AFAIU this prevents implementing support for applying and editing path
> >> effects from the command line via verbs (except maybe for path effects
> >> which do not have any parameters, like the 'Spiro Splines' effect).
> >>
> >>
> >> hth, V
> >>
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