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Pulsar17: Move documentation.

2022-03-10T20:50:35Z

Move documentation.

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	~~{{outdated}}~~		The documentation for writing new extensions has been moved to the [https://inkscape.gitlab.io/extensions/documentation/authors/index.html documentation of the extensions repository.]

	~~==Adding Translation Capability==~~

	~~One can add~~ the ~~ability to have Python text messages included for translation~~. ~~To provide an error message, rather than using the Python <tt>sys~~.~~stderr<~~/~~tt>, use the provided <tt>errormsg()<~~/~~tt> function from inkex.py in conjunction with <tt>gettext<~~/~~tt>~~.

	~~You must include the following at the beginning~~ of ~~your Python script:~~
	~~import inkex~~
	~~inkex.localize()~~

	~~Note: In prior versions (0.49), you will have to include~~ the ~~following lines instead:~~
	~~import inkex~~
	~~import gettext~~
	~~_ = gettext~~.~~gettext~~

	~~Where you wish to have an error message, write the following:~~
	~~inkex.errormsg(_("This will be written to Python stderr"))~~

	~~Of course, you may also change "_" to something else if you wish.~~

	~~[[Category:Extensions]~~]

Patrick87: Superseded by inkex API introduced in Inkscape 1.0

2019-12-15T03:10:15Z

Superseded by inkex API introduced in Inkscape 1.0

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	==Adding Translation Capability==		==Adding Translation Capability==

Raphael: Change default advices after v0.91

2016-03-13T09:58:09Z

Change default advices after v0.91

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	==Adding Translation Capability==		==Adding Translation Capability==

	One can add the ability to have Python text ~~mesages~~ included for translation. To provide an error message, rather than using the Python <tt>sys.stderr</tt>, use the provided <tt>errormsg()</tt> function from inkex.py in ~~conjuction~~ with <tt>gettext</tt>.		One can add the ability to have Python text messages included for translation. To provide an error message, rather than using the Python <tt>sys.stderr</tt>, use the provided <tt>errormsg()</tt> function from inkex.py in conjunction with <tt>gettext</tt>.

	You must include the following at the beginning of your Python script:		You must include the following at the beginning of your Python script:
			import inkex
			inkex.localize()

			Note: In prior versions (0.49), you will have to include the following lines instead:
	import inkex		import inkex
	import gettext		import gettext
	_ = gettext.gettext		_ = gettext.gettext

	~~Note: Changes are likely to occur in 0.49. To enable messages translation, you will have to include the following lines instead:~~
	~~import inkex~~
	~~inkex.localize()~~

	Where you wish to have an error message, write the following:		Where you wish to have an error message, write the following:

JazzyNico at 11:07, 18 July 2012

2012-07-18T11:07:56Z

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	import gettext		import gettext
	_ = gettext.gettext		_ = gettext.gettext

			Note: Changes are likely to occur in 0.49. To enable messages translation, you will have to include the following lines instead:
			import inkex
			inkex.localize()

	Where you wish to have an error message, write the following:		Where you wish to have an error message, write the following:

~suv: Undo revision 84290 by Jingshaochen (talk) not the preferred solution for the official package of Inkscape for Mac OS X which includes all needed modules

2012-05-18T06:43:33Z

Undo revision 84290 by Jingshaochen (talk) not the preferred solution for the official package of Inkscape for Mac OS X which includes all needed modules

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	Of course, you may also change "_" to something else if you wish.		Of course, you may also change "_" to something else if you wish.

	~~==Extensions on Mac OSX==~~

	~~sudo easy_install lxml~~
	~~cd /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/lib~~
	~~mv libxml2.2.dylib libxml2.2.dylib.old~~
	~~ln -s /usr/lib/libxml2.dylib~~


	[[Category:Extensions]]		[[Category:Extensions]]

~suv: Undo revision 84296 by Jingshaochen (talk) - not the preferred solution for the official package of Inkscape for Mac OS X which includes all needed modules

2012-05-18T06:43:12Z

Undo revision 84296 by Jingshaochen (talk) - not the preferred solution for the official package of Inkscape for Mac OS X which includes all needed modules

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	==Extensions on Mac OSX==		==Extensions on Mac OSX==

	~~On OSX when running extension, it errors out with this error message:~~

	~~''The fantastic lxml wrapper for libxml2 is required by inkex.py ...''~~

	~~to fix that, do the following:~~

	sudo easy_install lxml		sudo easy_install lxml
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	ln -s /usr/lib/libxml2.dylib		ln -s /usr/lib/libxml2.dylib

	~~source: http://caih.org/open-source-software/fixing-inkscape-in-mac-os-x/~~


	~~----~~

	[[Category:Extensions]]		[[Category:Extensions]]

Jingshaochen: /* Extensions on Mac OSX */

2012-05-17T01:41:10Z

Extensions on Mac OSX

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	==Extensions on Mac OSX==		==Extensions on Mac OSX==

			On OSX when running extension, it errors out with this error message:

			''The fantastic lxml wrapper for libxml2 is required by inkex.py ...''

			to fix that, do the following:

	sudo easy_install lxml		sudo easy_install lxml
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	ln -s /usr/lib/libxml2.dylib		ln -s /usr/lib/libxml2.dylib

			source: http://caih.org/open-source-software/fixing-inkscape-in-mac-os-x/


			----

	[[Category:Extensions]]		[[Category:Extensions]]

Jingshaochen: /* Adding Translation Capability */

2012-05-17T01:26:52Z

Adding Translation Capability

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	Of course, you may also change "_" to something else if you wish.		Of course, you may also change "_" to something else if you wish.

			==Extensions on Mac OSX==

			sudo easy_install lxml
			cd /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/lib
			mv libxml2.2.dylib libxml2.2.dylib.old
			ln -s /usr/lib/libxml2.dylib


	[[Category:Extensions]]		[[Category:Extensions]]

Inductiveload: Brief summary of the gettext translation method

2008-10-07T18:07:10Z

Brief summary of the gettext translation method

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	~~Test~~		==Adding Translation Capability==

			One can add the ability to have Python text mesages included for translation. To provide an error message, rather than using the Python <tt>sys.stderr</tt>, use the provided <tt>errormsg()</tt> function from inkex.py in conjuction with <tt>gettext</tt>.

			You must include the following at the beginning of your Python script:
			import inkex
			import gettext
			_ = gettext.gettext

			Where you wish to have an error message, write the following:
			inkex.errormsg(_("This will be written to Python stderr"))

			Of course, you may also change "_" to something else if you wish.

	[[Category:Extensions]]		[[Category:Extensions]]

Scott Huey: New page: Test Category:Extensions

2007-10-04T17:45:47Z

New page: Test Category:Extensions

New page

Test

[[Category:Extensions]]