Release notes/0.92.5

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Release highlights

Released on 2020-04-09

Inkscape 0.92.5 is a stability and bugfix release.

The most notable improvements are:

  • Python extensions will now run with Python 3
  • Fonts on Windows 10 that are not installed globally are now available to be used in Inkscape

Important changes

The Inkscape project has opened a new, bug and feature request reporting page for users on GitLab at https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/. Please use this new page to report bugs and issues that occur with Inkscape 0.92.5 and with development builds.

Improvements

  • Extensions are now compatible with Python 3 as well as Python 2
  • The option to export to 'Save as...' > 'Cairo PNG' has been removed, as it was frequently confused with the 'Export PNG image' option
  • The snap package (for Linux) now supports GTK2 themes from common distros, via the gtk2-common-themes content interface


Notable bugfixes

  • As of Windows 10 (version 1809), fonts are installed into a new user-specific folder by default. Inkscape can now find and display those fonts, in your fonts drop down list. (Bug #50)
  • The default Perl interpreter executable on Windows was changed from "perl.exe" to "wperl.exe" which should usually avoid flashing a console window. (Bug #66)
  • Inset / Outset and calligraphy tool dots now honor document units (Commits #8b15224a and #53183233
  • Fix stroke to path for dashed paths with round caps (Commit #cb555bdc)
  • Limit size of font preview (Commit #06cb5e15)
  • Files with spaces in names are now opened by the Inkscape snap [Linux] (Commit #1a1d78ad)
  • Default preferences value for 'Rendering tile multiplier' set to a value that yields better performance on modern hardware (note: only applies if you reset your preferences file or install Inkscape for the first time) (Commit #f8dce91b)
  • Remove GCodetools update check (Commit #45b59e76)
  • Remove Trace Bitmap dialog if Inkscape is compiled without potrace (Commit #880a88d9)
  • Remove spell checking dialog if the necessary spell checker library is not installed (Commit #287c3a7e)
  • Fix failing import of certain types of jpg files (usually originating from mobile phones) (Bug #632)

Crash fixes

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More bug fixes

There were even more issues fixed than those listed above, but these probably only affect a small portion of users, or are relevant for development and packaging only.

For a complete list, visit our GitLab issue tracker and see the commit history (all changes since January, 15th 2019 until release date).

Translations

The following UI translations received updates:

  • Croatian
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Korean
  • Turkish

The following installer translations received updates:

  • Hungarian

The following documentation translations received updates:

  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Dutch
  • Croatian
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Korean

Contributing to interface translations

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Documentation

  • Some missing options were added to the man page (command line help)
  • Some missing keyboard shortcuts were added to the keyboard shortcut reference

Contributing to documentation and documentation translation

Contributions to the documentation translations, as well as improvements to its contents, are welcome at the inkscape-docs repository.

Known issues

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