On 28/9/10 22:04, Mike McNally wrote: > I'm using Ubuntu Lucid, Inkscape 0.47 r22583 (Apr 4 2010) > > I've got a file in my ~/.inkscape/palettes directory that has in the recent > past worked fine in Inkscape as a swatch file. (It's a simple GIMP format > file.) However, the file isn't working for me on a new Ubuntu installation, > and I can't figure out what it is I need to do to get the program to use the > file. There don't seem to be any configuration options or preferences about > the swatch file, and from everything I've read it just looks at anything in > that "palettes" subdirectory. I've checked permissions and ownership of the > directories and the file, and everything looks fine to me (all files owned > by me and readable). > > Is there some trick to getting this working? Inkscape 0.47 uses ~/.config/inkscape instead of ~/.inkscape (Inkscape 0.46) for the user preferences and resources. Put your palettes into ~/.config/inkscape/palettes and Inkscape will load them the next time you restart it. see also: <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.47#Preferences> hth, ~suv ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user