On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:25:08 -0700 Andrew Kurn <kurn@...3346...> wrote:
On Fri 29 Mar 2019 02:11 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 21:05:48 -0700
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Did you mean?:
None of the above.
I want the power, as the author of the extension/script to choose what gets selected when the script finishes. Martin's suggestion of adding an attribute to those items that I want to select seems to meet with some approval, so I'm happy to go with that, if it works for the programmers. Other ways would also be acceptable.
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answer the preceding questions inline,succinctly, and unambiguously. Once we're all on the same page the discussion will be much more efficient.
I'm not sure I've met the criterion of succinctness, but I believe my meaning is now unambiguous.
Do you agree, SteveT?
I do, assuming what you mean is that you author an extension or script, it runs on the SVG file, and then when a human pulls up the SVG modified by yours script, the objects your script asked to be selected are signified as selected within the Inkscape program.
SteveT