svg -> png broken with newer inkscape version? about gebbdoom HOT 13 CLOSED

Can you tell me what is the output of the command

which inskcape

Also what OS are you using?

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$ which inkscape
/usr/bin/inkscape

This is on Arch Linux.

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That is the path used in make.sh. What is the exact error message you are getting?

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Hi,

when I run make.sh, there is no error message. So I edited the make.sh to remove output redirect:

-               inkscape $exportOption="$dst" --without-gui --export-dpi=100 "$src" > /dev/null 2>&1
+               inkscape $exportOption="$dst" --without-gui --export-dpi=100 "$src"

So then it outputs stuff like this:

$ ./make.sh
    Pango version: 1.48.2
Convert screenshots_svg/3do_motherboard.svg to PNG (100dpi).
Warning: Option --without-gui= is deprecated
Unbekannte Option --export-file=/home/fs/git/gebbdoom/src/screenshots/3do_motherboard.png
Convert screenshots_svg/3do_vectors.svg to PNG (100dpi).
Warning: Option --without-gui= is deprecated
Unbekannte Option --export-file=/home/fs/git/gebbdoom/src/screenshots/3do_vectors.png
Convert screenshots_svg/486_layout.svg to PNG (100dpi).
Warning: Option --without-gui= is deprecated
Unbekannte Option --export-file=/home/fs/git/gebbdoom/src/screenshots/486_layout.png

with Unbekannte Option being unknown option.

Changing the inkscape command to the one given in the initial post works without a problem with my version of Inkscape.

Hope that helps a bit.

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That is the path used in make.sh. What is the exact error message you are getting?

Not sure I understand this remark. In the make.sh here there is no path used at all. It's just running plain inkscake here, so looking it up in the $PATH environment variable. Or am I missing something?

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The script attempts to detect what version of inkscape is available and then uses either --export-file or --export-png. In your case it seems the outcome of this line

[[ $(inkscape --version | awk -F '[ .]' '{ print $2 }') -gt 0 ]] && exportOption="--export-file" || exportOption="--export-png"

If not doing what is expected.

What value does the following command returns

inkscape --version | awk -F '[ .]' '{ print $2 }'

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Inkscape seems to have deprecated command --export-file since 1.0rc1.
--export-file should be replaced by --export-filename indeed.

--without-gui is an old option, already deprecated in 0.92. It can be removed without impact.

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Probably no the right thing to support older versions of inkscape. If we do, make.sh will become a mess.

The fix would be to request a minimum version of inkscape in make.sh, fail if it is not there, and use the appropriate flags.

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Dropping support for older versions of Inkscape is sensible in the long run. Now fixing this precise bug doesn't require adding any mess to make.sh. See for yourself:

1. Updating options and keeping the support (for now): deluxe@a5ff5b7
2. Checking version and cutting support: deluxe@8a21e04

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#1 Maybe trigger older version of Inkscape to start the GUI doesn't it?
#2 Looks like the way to go.

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$ inkscape --version | awk -F '[ .]' '{ print $2 }'
    Pango version: 1.48.2
1

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1. does not trigger GUI on version 0.92.x of Inkscape but may indeed trigger GUI on even older versions.
2. cut the support clearly.

I'll test 2. on Linux and make you a Pull Request.

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Fixed by #32.

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