On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 11:08 -0500, R. Alan Monroe wrote:

Is the EPS import functionality available in the Windows build? I couldn't get .39 or .41 to open .eps files.

Also, are there plans to add embedded tiff previews to exported eps? I can add them after the fact with gsview, but it's a slow manual process. (I'm interested in eps because RagTime Solo can't currently handle svg natively)

To all: I'm writing this as an FAQ item, if people could give feedback -- I'll then put it in the FAQ. It is becoming a frequently asked question.

How do I get additional input formats to work in Inkscape (EPS, Sketch, others)?

Inkscape supports a variety of input formats using external tools, where it runs the program for you and puts the output into the Inkscape window. We call these Inkscape Scripts. In order for Inkscape to use these external programs they must be installed on your computer and in a place that Inkscape can find them. In order to get a list of which utilities Inkscape can't find look at the file extension-errors.log which is in Inkscape's preferences directory ($HOME/.inkscape/ on Unix clones).

As an example, here is an error possible in the extension-errors.log file:

Extension "Windows Metafile Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: wmf2svg

This error describes an error with the loading of WMF files. It says that Inkscape was looking for an "executable" (or program) in your computer's path, and the name of that executable is "wmf2svg".

Another common error is that one extension is dependent on another, so without that one working properly, the current one fails. An error of that type looks like this:

Extension "Postscript Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: extension location: path string: org.inkscape.input.sk

Sometimes finding the individual dependencies can be difficult, this is an area of improvement in Inkscape. You can expect future versions of Inkscape to be more helpful in dealing with finding these external dependencies.

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:54:00 -0500, Richard Kowalczyk <richk@...489...> wrote:

2. I have never tried Inkscape on Windows, and I don't see any mention

of Windows specific issues here. Would it be appropriate to include them?

I'm more than sure it would. PS/EPS import is important for many people, and if we cannot make it work on Windows, we must be very upfront about it.

Of course still better would be to make it work on Windows :)

On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 11:08 -0500, R. Alan Monroe wrote:

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Is the EPS import functionality available in the Windows build? I couldn't get .39 or .41 to open .eps files.

[snip]

Inkscape supports a variety of input formats using external tools, where it runs the program for you and puts the output into the Inkscape window. We call these Inkscape Scripts. In order for Inkscape to use these external programs they must be installed on your computer and in a place that Inkscape can find them. In order to get a list of which utilities Inkscape can't find look at the file extension-errors.log which is in Inkscape's preferences directory ($HOME/.inkscape/ on Unix clones).

Aha. In my case it was:

Extension "EPS Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: gs

However, I _do_ have Ghostscript installed. Is that what "gs" refers to?

I think maybe it would be handy if the "One or more extensions failed to load" dialog box had a button to launch the error log directly, so you don't have to go digging for the log. Also, it might be useful for the dialog to have a short list of the titles of the extensions it couldn't load, a la:

* EPS Input * GIMP Gradients * Grid etc.

To me, that makes it a little more user friendly.

Alan