Internally, inkscape uses pstoedit -f plot-svg to convert eps to svg. Inkscape shows several bugs when importing eps.
I will also add some files to reproduce these problems. The problems I describe happen for me on inkscape 0.46-0ubuntu2, but the origin (in my opinion) of the problem, namely eps import through pstoedit -f plot-svg, has been there since May 2007. I would like to add further information to this bug report. A workaround is to open the SVG file in a different window, and copy & paste the graphic into the window you are working with.Īccording to previous discussions with developers, the bad behavior may in part be caused by problems with Inkscape's handling of a "viewboxes" element (see bug #168370) produced by pstoedit. It initially appears to work well, but then from that point on, if one tries to add text with the "text tool", the font sizes are very weird, ending up as a multiple of 720. Import by manually running "pstoedit -f plot-svg" from the command line to convert the EPS file to SVG: this method produces the biggest problems. Other than this glitch, it appears to work correctly.ģ. The odd thing here is that the imported graphic is very, very small. Import through the GUI, #2: start with a blank canvas and "import" the file (choose "Import" under the File menu, Ctrl-I). Import through the GUI, #1: open the file in the file dialog (Ctrl-O). Now, there are (at least) 3 methods to import this file into Inkscape, and the outcome is bad, in different ways, for two of the three methods:ġ. Starting with a blank canvas in Inkscape, draw something (e.g., a circle) A common workflow that leads one to quickly encounter this bug is using Inkscape to combine files produced by different programs into a single figure (e.g., for a scientific publication).ġ. This bug affects anyone who attempts to edit an EPS file produced by an external program (e.g., matlab, gnuplot, and even files produced by Inkscape and saved as EPS). The issues were largely worked out in a previous report (#168777), but the bug triager closed it because it was "messy" and encouraged a fresh report. This is related to multiple unresolved bug reports marked with many different statuses and priorities (#168448, #169125, #168777, #168370). 9, 2008), importing EPS files works inconsistently and, depending on the particular strategy chosen, with a frustrating bug. Using version pre0.46 (built from SVN on Feb.
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