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KRS

8 Sep 2006 8 Sep '06

7:32 a.m.

Hi,

When I drag an image into Inkscape, the image path is absolute. Is ther a way to make Inskscape using relative path ("../pics/mypic.png") by default? It's useful when I move my working folder on another computer.

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Bryce Harrington

8 Sep 8 Sep

8:43 a.m.

On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 09:32:41AM +0200, KRS wrote:

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Hi,

When I drag an image into Inkscape, the image path is absolute. Is ther a way to make Inskscape using relative path ("../pics/mypic.png") by default? It's useful when I move my working folder on another computer.

One approach you could use is to embed your images in the svg file. Effects -> Images -> Embed All Images

There are probably other ways to do it too.

Bryce

Albert

9:06 a.m.

I second this! I would love to see relative paths.

A note: if the path is broken but the image is in the same directory where the .svg file is, sometimes inkscape can "see" the image anyway. Not consistently though, I wonder if it works for certain image formats only?

Albert

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KRS

9:43 a.m.

Bryce Harrington a écrit :

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On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 09:32:41AM +0200, KRS wrote:

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Hi,

When I drag an image into Inkscape, the image path is absolute. Is ther a way to make Inskscape using relative path ("../pics/mypic.png") by default? It's useful when I move my working folder on another computer.

One approach you could use is to embed your images in the svg file. Effects -> Images -> Embed All Images

There are probably other ways to do it too.

Bryce

Thanks! usefull tip.

bulia byak

5:55 p.m.

On 9/8/06, KRS <fogia@...799...> wrote:

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When I drag an image into Inkscape, the image path is absolute. Is ther a way to make Inskscape using relative path ("../pics/mypic.png") by default? It's useful when I move my working folder on another computer.

When you first import an image, its xlink:href is indeed absolute. But when you save your SVG, it becomes relative, because it is normalized upon save.

-- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

Jon A. Cruz

9 Sep 9 Sep

2:30 a.m.

On Sep 8, 2006, at 12:32 AM, KRS wrote:

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Hi,

When I drag an image into Inkscape, the image path is absolute. Is ther a way to make Inskscape using relative path ("../pics/mypic.png") by default? It's useful when I move my working folder on another computer.

I believe that also avoiding going up in the hierarchy would work currently.

That is, try having your images at the same or child directory of your .svg.

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