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NAME

       Inkscape - an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editing program.

SYNOPSIS

       "inkscape [options] [filename ...]"

       options:

           -?, --help
               --usage
           -V, --version

           -f, --file=FILENAME

           -e, --export-png=FILENAME
           -a, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1
           -C, --export-area-page
           -D, --export-area-drawing
               --export-area-snap
               --export-margin=VALUE
           -i, --export-id=ID
           -j, --export-id-only
           -t, --export-use-hints
           -b, --export-background=COLOR
           -y, --export-background-opacity=VALUE
           -d, --export-dpi=DPI
           -w, --export-width=WIDTH
           -h, --export-height=HEIGHT

           -P, --export-ps=FILENAME
           -E, --export-eps=FILENAME
           -A, --export-pdf=FILENAME
               --export-pdf-version=VERSION-STRING
               --export-latex

               --export-ps-level={2,3}

           -T, --export-text-to-path
               --export-ignore-filters

           -l, --export-plain-svg=FILENAME

           -m, --export-wmf=FILENAME
           -M, --export-emf=FILENAME

           -p, --print=PRINTER

           -I, --query-id=ID
           -X, --query-x
           -Y, --query-y
           -W, --query-width
           -H, --query-height
           -S, --query-all

           -x, --extension-directory

               --verb-list
               --verb=VERB-ID
               --select=OBJECT-ID

               --shell

           -g, --with-gui
           -z, --without-gui

               --vacuum-defs
               --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing
               --convert-dpi-method=METHOD

               --g-fatal-warnings

DESCRIPTION

       Inkscape is a GUI editor for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format drawing files, with capabilities
       similar to Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, Xara Xtreme, etc. Inkscape features include versatile shapes,
       bezier paths, freehand drawing, multi-line text, text on path, alpha blending, arbitrary affine
       transforms, gradient and pattern fills, node editing, many export and import formats including PNG and
       PDF, grouping, layers, live clones, and a lot more.  The interface is designed to be comfortable and
       efficient for skilled users, while remaining conformant to GNOME standards so that users familiar with
       other GNOME applications can learn its interface rapidly.

       SVG is a W3C standard XML format for 2D vector drawing. It allows defining objects in the drawing using
       points, paths, and primitive shapes.  Colors, fonts, stroke width, and so forth are specified as `style'
       attributes to these objects.  The intent is that since SVG is a standard, and since its files are
       text/xml, it will be possible to use SVG files in a sizeable number of programs and for a wide range of
       uses.

       Inkscape uses SVG as its native document format, and has the goal of becoming the most fully compliant
       drawing program for SVG files available in the Open Source community.

OPTIONS

       -?, --help
               Show help message

       -V, --version
               Show Inkscape version and build date.

       -a x0:y0:x1:y1, --export-area=x0:y0:x1:y1
               In  PNG  export, set the exported area in SVG user units (anonymous length units normally used in
               Inkscape SVG).  The default is to export the entire document page.  The point (0,0) is the lower-
               left corner.

       -C, --export-area-page
               In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS, and EPS export, exported area is the page. This is  the  default  for  SVG,
               PNG,  PDF, and PS, so you don't need to specify this unless you are using --export-id to export a
               specific object. In EPS, however, this is not the default; moreover, for EPS,  the  specification
               of the format does not allow its bounding box to extend beyond its content.  This means that when
               --export-area-page  is used with EPS export, the page bounding box will be trimmed inwards to the
               bounding box of the content if it is smaller.

       -D, --export-area-drawing
               In SVG, PNG, PDF, PS, and EPS export, exported area is the drawing (not page), i.e. the  bounding
               box of all objects of the document (or of the exported object if --export-id is used).  With this
               option,  the  exported image will display all the visible objects of the document without margins
               or cropping. This is the default export area for EPS. For PNG, it can be used in combination with
               --export-use-hints.

       --export-area-snap
               For PNG export, snap the export area outwards to the nearest integer SVG user unit  (px)  values.
               If  you  are using the default export resolution of 96 dpi and your graphics are pixel-snapped to
               minimize antialiasing, this switch allows  you  to  preserve  this  alignment  even  if  you  are
               exporting  some object's bounding box (with --export-id or --export-area-drawing) which is itself
               not pixel-aligned.

       --export-margin=VALUE
               Adds a margin around the exported area. The size of the margin is specified in units of page size
               (for SVG) or millimeters (for PS/EPS/PDF).  The option currently has no effect for  other  export
               formats.

       -b COLOR, --export-background=COLOR
               Background  color  of  exported  PNG.   This  may  be any SVG supported color string, for example
               "#ff007f" or "rgb(255, 0, 128)".  If not set, then the page color set in Inkscape in the Document
               Options dialog will be used (stored in the pagecolor= attribute of sodipodi:namedview).

       -d DPI, --export-dpi=DPI
               The resolution used for PNG export.  It is also  used  for  fallback  rasterization  of  filtered
               objects when exporting to PS, EPS, or PDF (unless you specify --export-ignore-filters to suppress
               rasterization).  The  default  is  96  dpi, which corresponds to 1 SVG user unit (px, also called
               "user unit") exporting to 1 bitmap pixel.  This  value  overrides  the  DPI  hint  if  used  with
               --export-use-hints.

       -e FILENAME, --export-png=FILENAME
               Specify  the filename for PNG export.  If it already exists, the file will be overwritten without
               asking. Use `-' as filename to write the image data to standard output.

       -f FILENAME, --file=FILENAME
               Open specified document(s).  Option string may be  omitted,  i.e.  you  can  list  the  filenames
               without -f. Use `-' as filename to read the vector data from standard input.

       -g, --with-gui
               Try to use the GUI (on Unix, use the X server even if $DISPLAY is not set).

       -h HEIGHT, --export-height=HEIGHT
               The  height of generated bitmap in pixels.  This value overrides the --export-dpi setting (or the
               DPI hint if used with --export-use-hints).

       -i ID, --export-id=ID
               For PNG, PS, EPS, PDF and plain SVG export, the id attribute value of the object that you want to
               export from the document; all other objects are not exported.  By default the  exported  area  is
               the  bounding  box  of  the  object;  you  can  override  this  using --export-area (PNG only) or
               --export-area-page.

       -j, --export-id-only
               For PNG and plain SVG, only export the object whose id is given in --export-id. All other objects
               are hidden and won't  show  in  export  even  if  they  overlay  the  exported  object.   Without
               --export-id,  this  option is ignored. For PDF export, this is the default, so this option has no
               effect.

       -l, --export-plain-svg=FILENAME
               Export document(s) to plain SVG format, without sodipodi: or inkscape: namespaces and without RDF
               metadata. Use `-' as filename to write the image data to standard output.

       -x, --extension-directory
               Lists the current extension directory that Inkscape is configured to use and then exits.  This is
               used for external extension to use the same configuration as the original Inkscape installation.

       --verb-list
               Lists all the verbs that are available in Inkscape by ID.   This  ID  can  be  used  in  defining
               keymaps or menus.  It can also be used with the --verb command line option.

       --verb=VERB-ID, --select=OBJECT-ID
               These  two  options  work  together to provide some basic scripting for Inkscape from the command
               line.  They both can occur as many times as needed on the command line and are executed in  order
               on every document that is specified.

               The  --verb  command  will  execute  a  specific  verb as if it was called from a menu or button.
               Dialogs will appear if that is part of the verb.  To get a list of the verb  IDs  available,  use
               the --verb-list command line option.

               The  --select  command will cause objects that have the ID specified to be selected.  This allows
               various verbs to act upon them.  To remove all the  selections  use  "--verb=EditDeselect".   The
               object IDs available are dependent on the document specified to load.

               Note that the --verb command requires a GUI, and thus cannot be used with the --z option.

       -p PRINTER, --print=PRINTER
               Print  document(s)  to  the  specified  printer  using  `lpr  -P PRINTER'.  Alternatively, use `|
               COMMAND' to specify a different command to pipe to, or use `> FILENAME' to write  the  PostScript
               output to a file instead of printing.  Remember to do appropriate quoting for your shell, e.g.

                   inkscape --print='| ps2pdf - mydoc.pdf' mydoc.svg

       -t, --export-use-hints
               Use  export  filename and DPI hints stored in the exported object (only with --export-id).  These
               hints are set automatically when you export selection from within Inkscape.  So, for example,  if
               you  export  a  shape  with id="path231" as /home/me/shape.png at 300 dpi from document.svg using
               Inkscape GUI, and save the document, then later you will be able to reexport that  shape  to  the
               same file with the same resolution simply with

                   inkscape -i path231 -t document.svg

               If  you  use --export-dpi, --export-width, or --export-height with this option, then the DPI hint
               will be ignored and the value from the command line will be used.  If you use  --export-png  with
               this  option,  then the filename hint will be ignored and the filename from the command line will
               be used.

       -w WIDTH, --export-width=WIDTH
               The width of generated bitmap in pixels.  This value overrides the --export-dpi setting  (or  the
               DPI hint if used with --export-use-hints).

       -y VALUE, --export-background-opacity=VALUE
               Opacity  of  the background of exported PNG.  This may be a value either between 0.0 and 1.0 (0.0
               meaning full transparency, 1.0 full opacity) or greater than  1  up  to  255  (255  meaning  full
               opacity).  If not set and the -b option is not used, then the page opacity set in Inkscape in the
               Document  Options  dialog  will  be  used  (stored  in  the  inkscape:pageopacity=  attribute  of
               sodipodi:namedview).  If not set but the -b option is used, then the value of 255 (full  opacity)
               will be used.

       -P FILENAME, --export-ps=FILENAME
               Export  document(s)  to PostScript format. Note that PostScript does not support transparency, so
               any transparent objects in the original SVG will be  automatically  rasterized.  Used  fonts  are
               subset  and  embedded.  The  default  export  area  is  page;  you  can  set  it  to  drawing  by
               --export-area-drawing. You can specify --export-id to export  a  single  object  (all  other  are
               hidden);  in  that  case  export  area  is  that object's bounding box, but can be set to page by
               --export-area-page.  Use `-' as filename to write the image data to standard output.

       -E FILENAME, --export-eps=FILENAME
               Export document(s) to Encapsulated PostScript format.  Note  that  PostScript  does  not  support
               transparency,  so  any  transparent objects in the original SVG will be automatically rasterized.
               Used fonts are subset and embedded. The default export area is drawing; you can set it  to  page,
               however see --export-area-page for applicable limitation. You can specify --export-id to export a
               single  object  (all  other  are hidden). Use `-' as filename to write the image data to standard
               output.

       -A FILENAME, --export-pdf=FILENAME
               Export document(s) to PDF format. This format preserves the transparency  in  the  original  SVG.
               Used  fonts  are subset and embedded.  The default export area is page; you can set it to drawing
               by --export-area-drawing. You can specify --export-id to export a single object  (all  other  are
               hidden);  in  that  case  export  area  is  that object's bounding box, but can be set to page by
               --export-area-page.  Use `-' as filename to write the image data to standard output.

       --export-pdf-version=PDF-VERSION
               Select the PDF version of the exported PDF file. This option basically exposes  the  PDF  version
               selector  found  in  the  PDF-export dialog of the GUI. You must provide one of the versions from
               that combo-box, e.g. "1.4". The default pdf export version is "1.4".

       --export-latex
               (for PS, EPS, and PDF export) Used for creating images for LaTeX  documents,  where  the  image's
               text  is  typeset  by  LaTeX.  When exporting to PDF/PS/EPS format, this option splits the output
               into a PDF/PS/EPS file (e.g. as specified by --export-pdf) and a LaTeX file.  Text  will  not  be
               output  in  the  PDF/PS/EPS  file,  but  instead  will  appear in the LaTeX file. This LaTeX file
               includes the PDF/PS/EPS. Inputting (\input{image.tex}) the LaTeX file in your LaTeX document will
               show the image and all text will be typeset by LaTeX. See  the  resulting  LaTeX  file  for  more
               information.  Also see GNUPlot's `epslatex' output terminal.

       -T, --export-text-to-path
               Convert text objects to paths on export, where applicable (for PS, EPS, PDF and SVG export).

       --export-ignore-filters
               Export filtered objects (e.g. those with blur) as vectors, ignoring the filters (for PS, EPS, and
               PDF  export).   By default, all filtered objects are rasterized at --export-dpi (default 96 dpi),
               preserving the appearance.

       -m FILENAME, --export-wmf=FILENAME
               Export document(s) to Windows Metafile (WMF) format.

       -M FILENAME, --export-emf=FILENAME
               Export document(s) to Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF) format.

       -I, --query-id
               Set the ID of the object whose dimensions are queried. If not set, query options will return  the
               dimensions of the drawing (i.e. all document objects), not the page or viewbox

       -X, --query-x
               Query  the  X  coordinate  of  the  drawing  or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The
               returned value is in px (SVG user units).

       -Y, --query-y
               Query the Y coordinate of the drawing or, if  specified,  of  the  object  with  --query-id.  The
               returned value is in px (SVG user units).

       -W, --query-width
               Query  the  width  of  the  drawing or, if specified, of the object with --query-id. The returned
               value is in px (SVG user units).

       -H, --query-height
               Query the height of the drawing or, if specified, of the object  with  --query-id.  The  returned
               value is in px (SVG user units).

       -S, --query-all
               Prints  a comma delimited listing of all objects in the SVG document with IDs defined, along with
               their x, y, width, and height values.

       --shell With this parameter, Inkscape will enter an interactive command line shell mode.  In  this  mode,
               you  type  in  commands at the prompt and Inkscape executes them, without you having to run a new
               copy of Inkscape for each command. This feature is mostly useful for scripting and  server  uses:
               it  adds  no  new capabilities but allows you to improve the speed and memory requirements of any
               script that repeatedly  calls  Inkscape  to  perform  command  line  tasks  (such  as  export  or
               conversions).  Each  command  in  shell  mode  must be a complete valid Inkscape command line but
               without the Inkscape program name, for example:

                   file.svg --export-pdf=file.pdf

       --vacuum-defs
               Remove all unused items from the "<defs>" section of the SVG file.  If this option is invoked  in
               conjunction  with  --export-plain-svg,  only  the  exported file will be affected.  If it is used
               alone, the specified file will be modified in place.

       --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing
               Do not automatically fix text baselines in legacy (pre-0.92) files  on  opening.   Inkscape  0.92
               adopts  the  CSS  standard  definition  for  the  'line-height' property, which differs from past
               versions.  By default, the line height values in files created prior to  Inkscape  0.92  will  be
               adjusted  on  loading  to  preserve the intended text layout.  This command line option will skip
               that adjustment.

       --convert-dpi-method=METHOD
               Choose method used to rescale legacy (pre-0.92) files which render slightly smaller  due  to  the
               switch  from  90  DPI  to 96 DPI when interpreting lengths expressed in units of pixels. Possible
               values are "none" (no change, document will render at 94% of its original size),  "scale-viewbox"
               (document will be rescaled globally, individual lengths will stay untouched) and "scale-document"
               (each length will be re-scaled individually).

       -z, --without-gui
               Do not open the GUI (on Unix, do not use X server); only process the files from console.  This is
               assumed  for  -p,  -e,  -l,  and --vacuum-defs options. It cannot be used in conjunction with the
               --verb option.

       --g-fatal-warnings
               This standard GTK option forces any warnings,  usually  harmless,  to  cause  Inkscape  to  abort
               (useful for debugging).

       --usage Display a brief usage message.

CONFIGURATION

       The  main  configuration  file  is  located in ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml; it stores a variety of
       customization settings that you can change in Inkscape (mostly in the Inkscape Preferences dialog).  Also
       in the subdirectories there, you can place your own:

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/extensions/ - extension effects.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/icons/ - icons.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/keys/ - keyboard maps.

       $HOME/.config/inkscape/templates/ - new file templates.

DIAGNOSTICS

       The program returns zero on success or non-zero on failure.

       A variety of error messages and warnings may be printed to STDERR or  STDOUT.   If  the  program  behaves
       erratically with a particular SVG file or crashes, it is useful to look at this output for clues.

EXAMPLES

       While  obviously  Inkscape  is  primarily  intended  as  a  GUI application, it can be used for doing SVG
       processing on the command line as well.

       Open an SVG file in the GUI:

           inkscape filename.svg

       Print an SVG file from the command line:

           inkscape filename.svg -p '| lpr'

       Export an SVG file into PNG with the default resolution of 96 dpi (one SVG user unit  translates  to  one
       bitmap pixel):

           inkscape filename.svg --export-png=filename.png

       Same, but force the PNG file to be 600x400 pixels:

           inkscape filename.svg --export-png=filename.png -w600 -h400

       Same, but export the drawing (bounding box of all objects), not the page:

           inkscape filename.svg --export-png=filename.png --export-area-drawing

       Export  to PNG the object with id="text1555", using the output filename and the resolution that were used
       for that object last time when it was exported from the GUI:

           inkscape filename.svg --export-id=text1555 --export-use-hints

       Same, but use the default 96 dpi resolution, specify the filename, and snap the exported area outwards to
       the nearest whole SVG user unit  values  (to  preserve  pixel-alignment  of  objects  and  thus  minimize
       aliasing):

           inkscape filename.svg --export-id=text1555 --export-png=text.png --export-area-snap

       Convert an Inkscape SVG document to plain SVG:

           inkscape filename1.svg --export-plain-svg=filename2.svg

       Convert an SVG document to EPS, converting all texts to paths:

           inkscape filename.svg --export-eps=filename.eps --export-text-to-path

       Query the width of the object with id="text1555":

           inkscape filename.svg --query-width --query-id text1555

       Duplicate the object with id="path1555", rotate the duplicate 90 degrees, save SVG, and quit:

           inkscape filename.svg --select=path1555 --verb=EditDuplicate --verb=ObjectRotate90 --verb=FileSave --verb=FileClose

ENVIRONMENT

       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       TMPDIR to set the default path of the directory to use for temporary files.  The directory must exist.

       INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR to set the path of the directory to use for the user profile.

THEMES

       To  load  different  icons  sets  instead of the default $PREFIX/share/inkscape/icons/icons.svg file, the
       directory $HOME/.config/inkscape/icons/ is used.  Icons are loaded by name (e.g.  fill_none.svg),  or  if
       not  found, then from icons.svg.  If the icon is not loaded from either of those locations, it falls back
       to the default system location.

       The needed icons are loaded from SVG files by searching for the SVG id with the matching icon name.  (For
       example, to load the "fill_none" icon from a file, the bounding  box  seen  for  SVG  id  "fill_none"  is
       rendered as the icon, whether it comes from fill_none.svg or icons.svg.)

OTHER INFO

       The  canonical  place  to  find  Inkscape  info is at <https://www.inkscape.org/>.  The website has news,
       documentation, tutorials, examples, mailing list archives, the latest released version  of  the  program,
       bugs and feature requests databases, forums, and more.

SEE ALSO

       potrace, cairo, rsvg, batik, ghostscript, pstoedit.

       SVG compliance test suite: <https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Test_Suite_Overview>

       SVG validator: <https://validator.w3.org/>

       Scalable    Vector    Graphics    (SVG)   1.1   Specification   W3C   Recommendation   16   August   2011
       <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/>

       Scalable   Vector   Graphics   (SVG)   1.2   Specification   W3C   Working   Draft    13    April    2005
       <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG12/>

       Scalable   Vector  Graphics  (SVG)  2  Specification  W3C  Candidate  Recommendation  15  September  2016
       <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/>

       Document   Object   Model   (DOM):   Level   2    Core    W3C    Recommendation    13    November    2000
       <https://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/>

GUI NOTES

       To learn Inkscape's GUI operation, read the tutorials in Help > Tutorials.

       Apart  from SVG, Inkscape can import (File > Import) most bitmap formats (PNG, BMP, JPG, XPM, GIF, etc.),
       plain text (requires Perl), PS and EPS (requires Ghostscript), PDF and  AI  format  (AI  version  9.0  or
       newer).

       Inkscape  exports  32-bit  PNG  images  (File  >  Export PNG Image) as well as AI, PS, EPS, PDF, DXF, and
       several other formats via File > Save as.

       Inkscape can use the pressure and tilt of a graphic tablet pen for width, angle, and force of  action  of
       several tools, including the Calligraphic pen.

       Inkscape includes a GUI front-end to the Potrace bitmap tracing engine (<http://potrace.sf.net>) which is
       embedded into Inkscape.

       Inkscape  can  use  external  scripts  (stdin-to-stdout  filters) that are represented by commands in the
       Extensions menu. A script can have a GUI dialog for setting various parameters and can get the IDs of the
       selected objects on which to act via the command line. Inkscape  comes  with  an  assortment  of  effects
       written in Python.

KEYBINDINGS

       To  get  a  complete  list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts, view doc/keys.html, or use the Keys and Mouse
       command in Help menu.

BUGS

       Many bugs are known; please refer to the website (<https://www.inkscape.org/>) for reviewing the reported
       ones and to report newly found issues.  See also the Known Issues section in the Release Notes  for  your
       version (file `NEWS').

AUTHORS

       This  codebase  owes its existence to a large number of contributors throughout its various incarnations.
       The following list is certainly incomplete, but serves to recognize the  many  shoulders  on  which  this
       application sits:

       Maximilian  Albert,  Joshua  A. Andler, Tavmjong Bah, Pierre Barbry-Blot, Jean-François Barraud, Campbell
       Barton, Bill Baxter, John Beard, John Bintz, Arpad Biro, Nicholas Bishop, Joshua L. Blocher, Hanno  Böck,
       Tomasz Boczkowski, Henrik Bohre, Boldewyn, Daniel Borgmann, Bastien Bouclet, Hans Breuer, Gustav Broberg,
       Christopher  Brown, Marcus Brubaker, Luca Bruno, Brynn (brynn@inkscapecommunity.com), Nicu Buculei, Bulia
       Byak, Pierre Caclin, Ian Caldwell, Gail Carmichael, Ed Catmur, Chema Celorio,  Jabiertxo  Arraiza  Cenoz,
       Johan  Ceuppens,  Zbigniew Chyla, Alexander Clausen, John Cliff, Kees Cook, Ben Cromwell, Robert Crosbie,
       Jon Cruz, Aurélie De-Cooman,  Kris  De  Gussem,  Milosz  Derezynski,  Daniel  Díaz,  Bruno  Dilly,  Larry
       Doolittle,  Nicolas  Dufour, Tim Dwyer, Maxim V. Dziumanenko, Johan Engelen, Miklos Erdelyi, Ulf Erikson,
       Noé Falzon, Frank Felfe, Andrew Fitzsimon, Edward Flick, Marcin Floryan, Fred, Ben Fowler,  Cedric  Gemy,
       Steren  Giannini,  Olivier  Gondouin, Ted Gould, Toine de Greef, Michael Grosberg, Bryce Harrington, Dale
       Harvey, Aurélio Adnauer Heckert, Carl Hetherington, Jos Hirth, Hannes  Hochreiner,  Thomas  Holder,  Joel
       Holdsworth,  Christoffer  Holmstedt,  Alan  Horkan,  Karl  Ove  Hufthammer, Richard Hughes, Nathan Hurst,
       inductiveload, Thomas Ingham, Jean-Olivier Irisson, Bob Jamison, Ted Janeczko, Marc Jeanmougin,  jEsuSdA,
       Lauris  Kaplinski, Lynn Kerby, Niko Kiirala, James Kilfiger, Nikita Kitaev, Jason Kivlighn, Adrian Knoth,
       Krzysztof Kosiński, Petr Kovar, Benoît Lavorata, Alex Leone, Julien  Leray,  Raph  Levien,  Diederik  van
       Lierop,  Nicklas  Lindgren, Vitaly Lipatov, Ivan Louette, Fernando Lucchesi Bastos Jurema, Pierre-Antoine
       Marc, Aurel-Aimé Marmion, Colin Marquardt, Craig Marshall, Ivan Masár, Dmitry G. Mastrukov, David Mathog,
       Matiphas, Patrick McDermott, Michael Meeks, Federico Mena, MenTaLguY, Aubanel Monnier, Vincent  Montagne,
       Tim  Mooney,  Derek  P.  Moore,  Chris  Morgan, Peter Moulder, Jörg Müller, Yukihiro Nakai, Victor Navez,
       Christian Neumair, Nick, Andreas Nilsson, Mitsuru Oka, Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira, Martin Owens,  Alvin
       Penner,  Matthew  Petroff, Jon Phillips, Zdenko Podobny, Alexandre Prokoudine, Jean-René Reinhard, Alexey
       Remizov, Frederic Rodrigo, Hugo Rodrigues, Juarez Rudsatz, Xavier Conde Rueda,  Felipe  Corrêa  da  Silva
       Sanches,  Christian  Schaller,  Marco  Scholten,  Tom  von  Schwerdtner,  Danilo  Šegan, Abhishek Sharma,
       Shivaken, Michael Sloan, John Smith, Boštjan  Špetič,  Aaron  Spike,  Kaushik  Sridharan,  Ralf  Stephan,
       Dariusz  Stojek, Martin Sucha, ~suv, Pat Suwalski, Adib Taraben, Hugh Tebby, Jonas Termeau, David Turner,
       Andre Twupack, Aleksandar Urošević, Alex Valavanis, Joakim Verona, Lucas Vieites, Daniel  Wagenaar,  Liam
       P.  White,  Sebastian  Wüst, Michael Wybrow, Gellule Xg, Daniel Yacob, David Yip, Masatake Yamato, Moritz
       Eberl, Sebastian Faubel

       This man page was put together by Bryce Harrington <bryce@bryceharrington.org>.

HISTORY

       The codebase that would become Inkscape began life in 1999 as the program  Gill,  the  GNOME  Illustrator
       application, created by Raph Levien.  The stated objective for Gill was to eventually support all of SVG.
       Raph  implemented  the  PostScript  bezier imaging model, including stroking and filling, line cap style,
       line join style, text, etc.  Raph's Gill page is at <http://www.levien.com/svg/>.  Work on  Gill  appears
       to have slowed or ceased in 2000.

       The  next  incarnation  of  the codebase was to become the highly popular program Sodipodi, led by Lauris
       Kaplinski.  The codebase was turned into a powerful illustration  program  over  the  course  of  several
       year's  work,  adding several new features, multi-lingual support, porting to Windows and other operating
       systems, and eliminating dependencies.

       Inkscape was formed in 2003 by four active  Sodipodi  developers,  Bryce  Harrington,  MenTaLguY,  Nathan
       Hurst,  and  Ted  Gould, wanting to take a different direction with the codebase in terms of focus on SVG
       compliance, interface look-and-feel, and a desire to open development opportunities to more participants.
       The project progressed rapidly, gaining a number of very active contributors and features.

       Much work in the early days of the project focused on code stabilization and  internationalization.   The
       original  renderer inherited from Sodipodi was laced with a number of mathematical corner cases which led
       to unexpected crashes when the program was pushed beyond routine uses; this renderer  was  replaced  with
       Livarot  which, while not perfect either, was significantly less error prone.  The project also adopted a
       practice of committing code frequently, and encouraging users  to  run  developmental  snapshots  of  the
       program; this helped identify new bugs swiftly, and ensure it was easy for users to verify the fixes.  As
       a result, Inkscape releases have generally earned a reputation for being robust and reliable.

       Similarly,  efforts  were  taken  to  internationalize  and  localize the interface, which has helped the
       program gain contributors worldwide.

       Inkscape has had a beneficial impact on the visual attractiveness of Open Source in general, by providing
       a tool for creating and sharing icons, splash screens, website art, and so on.  In a way,  despite  being
       "just  an  drawing  program",  Inkscape  has played an important role in making Open Source more visually
       stimulating to larger audiences.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 1999–2019 by Authors.

       Inkscape is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL version  2
       or later.

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