Inkscape Wiki inkscape_wiki https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Inkscape MediaWiki 1.36.1 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Inkscape Wiki Inkscape Wiki talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Translations Translations talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk 0 200 123446 123291 2026-04-04T17:50:08Z Moini 110984 /* User Documentation */ 123446 wikitext text/x-wiki This is a freeform area for Inkscape development and discussion. Curious about [[wiki syntax]]? {| style="width: 100%;" |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="width: 33%; background: #EEE; padding: 1em;" | == Project Info == * [http://www.inkscape.org/ Inkscape Homepage] * [[About Inkscape]] * [[FAQ]] — Frequently Asked Questions * [[Tools]] — Supporting Tools and Applications * [[Galleries]] * [[Inkscape coverage|Coverage]] — Awards, articles, presentations, books about Inkscape * [[Inkscape popularity|Popularity]] * [[Inkscape invariants|Inkscape's Mission]] * [https://inkscape.org/en/community/ Communication] — How to reach us * [[Announcement to Sodipodi]] — This started it all * [[Branding]] * [[Travel Reimbursement Policy]] * [[Funded Project System Development]] * [[:Category:Hackfest|Hackfests]] ** upcoming/proposed events: ** past events: *** [[Inkscape Summit 2025 Nuremberg|2025 Nuremberg]] *** [[Hackfest2023_Bensberg|2023 Bensberg]] *** [[Hackfest2019 SCALE|2019 Pasadena (SCALE)]], [[Hackfest2019 Saarbrücken|2019 Saarbrücken (LGM)]] *** [[Hackfest2018|2018 Boston]], [[Hackfest2018 LGM|2018 Seville (LGM)]], [[Hackfest2018 Kiel|2018 Kiel]] *** [[Hackfest2017|2017 Paris]] *** [[Hackfest2016|2016 Leeds (LGM)]] *** [[Hackfest2015|2015 Toronto (LGM)]] | style="width: 33%; padding: 1em;" | == User Documentation == * [[Installing Inkscape|Installation]] * [[International and Local Communities]] * [[Inkscape glossary]] * [[User manual information]] — Inkscape manual and how to contribute * [http://inkscape.org/en/learn/tutorials/ Tutorials] * [[Inkscape SVG vs. plain SVG]] * [[Output format requirements]] * [[Extension requirements]] — (slightly outdated) * [[Extension reference]] — What each extension does (slightly outdated) * [[Installing fonts]] * [[Emergency save]] — Recovery in case Inkscape crashed * [[Release notes]] ** ''[[Release notes/1.5|Inkscape 1.5]] &mdash; development branch'' ** '''[[Release notes/1.4|Inkscape 1.4]]''' &mdash; ''current stable main release'' ***'''[[Release notes/1.4.3|Inkscape 1.4.3]]''' &mdash; ''current bug fix release'' ***'''[[Release notes/1.4.4|Inkscape 1.4.4]]''' &mdash; ''future bug fix release'' * [[Announcing Releases]] (slightly outdated) * [[Release Process Debrief]] (slightly outdated) * [[Tricks and tips]] — Miscellaneous advice (slightly outdated) *[[Customizing Inkscape]] – Change icons, shortcuts, menus, toolbars and other parts of the user interface | style="width: 33%; background: #EEE; padding: 1em;" | == Help Inkscape Without Coding == * [[Help wanted]] * [[Bug management]] ** [[Projects #Bug_Triage]] * [[Testing]] ** [[macOS alpha|macOS]] * [[Translation information]] * [[WebSite]] * [[Inkscape Classes]] * [[Conferences]] * [[Fundraising Ideas]] * [[Creating Inkscape distributions]] — How to build packages * [[Updating tracker items]] * [[Tutorials and help]] * [[How to start a page]] — How to use the wiki * [[Creating screencasts]] * [[About-Screen contest]] * [[social media|Participate in social media]] |} <div style="margin-top: 1em; padding: .5em 1em 1em; border: 1px solid #62C012;"> == Developer Documentation == {| style="width: 100%;" |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="width: 50%; padding-right: 1em;" | === First Steps === * [[Working with Git]] — How to obtain the source code. A quick start on how to use our version control system. * [[Compiling Inkscape]] * [[Developer manual]] — Various important information, be sure to read this before coding * [[Debugging Inkscape|Debugging]] — Random tips to help debug problems * [[Janitorial tasks]] — Small tasks that need doing * [[Doxygen documentation]] * [[Working with CMake]] — Getting started with CMake coding for configuring and building Inkscape === Developer tutorials === * [[Architectural overview]] — A high-level look at Inkscape * [[Preferences subsystem]] — Creating and using preference values <!-- * XML subsystem — How to manipulate the XML representation of a document * Display subsystem — How to make things appear on the canvas * Tools subsystem — How to create a new tool --> * Extensions ** [[Extension subsystem]] — An overview of the functionality provided by extensions and the possible implementations ** [[Script extensions]] — Extend Inkscape easily using scripting languages (Python, Perl, …) ** [[Python modules for extensions]] — Some helpful routines for use in Python script extensions ** [[INX extension descriptor format]] * [[Creating Live Path Effects]] * [[Using libsigc++ signals]] === User Interface Discussion=== *[[Interface translation]] * [[Adding interface verbs]] *[[Accessible graphics]] *[[Dialogs reorganization]] *[[Modal interfaces]] *[[Text usability]] — Text tool and dialog *[[KeyboardShortcutsToDo]] **[[Keyboard profiles]] — How you can help *[[Statusbar API]] * [[Animation-(Timeline)]] *[[Free Desktop Graphic Suite]] *[[Skeletal Strokes]] — Brushes, Strokes, Pressure Sensibility... | style="width: 50%;" | ===Development Discussion === *[[Roadmap]] — Outdated *[[Tracking Dependencies|Dependencies]] — What libs are needed to build Inkscape *[[C++20]] — Which C++20 features can be used *[[New feature proposals]] * [[Extension architecture proposals]] *[[Coding Style|Coding Style Discussion]] *[[File types]] *[[Creating a multicolor icon|Icons]] *[[Color management]] *[[Printing subsystem]] *[[SVG Tiny Compliance]] * [[SVG Test Suite Compliance]] — [[W3C]] full test suite *[[CSS Support]] *[[Google Summer of Code]] * [[Improved Media Management]] *[[UI Mockup Screenshots]] * [[Swatch Book]] *[[Tablet Dialog]] *[[ViewBoxToDo]] — View box support info * [[Caching]] *[[Canvas Rendering Profiling]] *[[UI and Document coordinates‎]] * [[GtkMMification]] — Replace C boilerplate with gtkmm objects *[[CMake Tasks]] — Converting the Inkscape build system to CMake *[[Bug Reporting Workflow]] — Options for improving Inkscape bug workflow from user to developer ===Miscellaneous=== *[[Inkscape-specific XML attributes]] — Documentation of attributes from Inkscape's XML namespace *[[Environment variables]] — Overview of important environment variables that modify the behavior of Inkscape and its dependencies. *[[Extension repository]] — An Internet central for Inkscape extensions *[[Related programs]] *[[Sponsors list]] *[[Contracting Process]] *[[Wiki Playground]] ===[[Lib2geom]]=== *[[Lib2geom]] *[[Working with 2Geom FAQ]] — Real-life questions answered about using 2Geom in real code *[[Lib2geom py2geom]] — Python bindings to 2geom. With this you can use the power of 2geom in Python scripts. ===Historical pages=== These pages are outdated, but linked here for posterity. *[[Working with Bazaar]] — Our former control version system, no longer used. See [[Working with Git]] for current instructions. * [[Creating a new SPObject]] |} </div> ==See also== * [[:Category:Wiki Attic|Wiki Attic]] — Pages that are no longer relevant but kept for historical value __NOTOC__ [[Category:Top level categories]] d3ocu791yc74jduav50kgotvplw3wu1