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=== General ===
=== General ===
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* Fixed accented characters in context menus for input fields in non-English languages on Windows ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3152 Bug #3152], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Fixed accented characters in context menus for input fields in non-English languages on Windows ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3152 Bug #3152], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Added back the ability to set a keyboard shortcut for swapping fill and stroke paint of an object ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3502 Bug #3502], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Added back the ability to set a keyboard shortcut for swapping fill and stroke paint of an object ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3502 Bug #3502], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Fixed the size of the text background for the measurements created by the Measurement tool when converting a measurement to objects ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3412 Bug #3412], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Fixed the size of the text background for the measurements created by the Measurement tool when converting a measurement to objects ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3412 Bug #3412], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Fixed a crash when double-clicking on a 3D box ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3538 Bug #3538], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Fixed a crash when double-clicking on a 3D box and one when panning, then switching to 3D box tool ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3538 Bug #3538], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
 
* Text that was dark blue on dark background with a dark theme in the Keyboard shortcuts preferences and the Text and Font dialog is now readable (bold instead of different color) ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/910 Bug #910], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535]
TODO: check and rephrase the following, if needed:
* When there are no recently used files to show, a text tells you about it now instead of the submenu just remaining empty ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/2926 Bug #2962], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Fixed switching tools for Czech locale (LC_COLLATE=cs_CZ.UTF-8), and probably other locales too but only on Linux or OSes that set this (so not Windows). (#3571 (closed), !4477 (merged), d0e1ff62)
* Fixed a crash that happened when the option 'Check attributes and style properties on Editing' was enabled and the document was edited while there was additional whitespace inside group items in the SVG code ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/2799 Bug #2799], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/4580 Bug inbox#4580], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/7148 Bug #7148], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Fix crash on LPE to path if original-d is M 0 0 and references are bad (this is a rare situation, but may well occur to "normal" user) (#3599 (closed), !4515 (merged), e0e0620a)
* The Export button is no longer greyed out for the next export, when an export options dialog was canceled while batch exporting ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3605 Bug #3605], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Re-enable the batch export button if cancelled (#3605 (closed), !4519 (merged), 6b9550fe)
* Fixed a crash when converting an LPE path (e.g. when exporting to PDF) to a normal object when the original path was corrupted ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3599 Bug #3599], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Fix crash checking and detecting wrong element type with debugging mode "Check attributes and style properties" (and extraneous white-space in non-text elements if xml:space="preserve" set) (#2799 (closed), !4513 (merged), 2fe9cf9a)
* The Circle and 3D Box tools work again when using Inkscape in Czech language on Linux ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3571 Bug #3571], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4535 MR #4535])
* Improve sub-menu appearance when no recent files are found (An entry "No items found" is shown instead of a weird blank bar) (#2926 (closed), !4488 (merged), a3c85c7f)
* Fixed im- and exporting images when using the snap packaging format on Linux ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3624 Bug #3624], [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/3639 Bug #3639] [https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4510 MR #4510])
* Fonts used in the document are legible in dark mode (now bold instead of blue) (#910, !4474 (merged), 7fe10487)
* Fixed Inkscape freezing when starting with many fonts installed and the Text and Font dialog open ([https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4491 MR #4491])
 
 
* Re-add swap fill-and-stroke shortcut, make remove filters do something in CLI mode (#3502 (closed), !4410 (merged), 0f8d9ddc)
* Fix sub-menus not showing if translated with accent in some Windows OS locales (e.g. Central European), (#3152 (closed), !4392 (merged), 0b545f95)
 


=== Dialogs ===
=== Dialogs ===

Revision as of 23:27, 21 June 2022


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Release highlights

Definitely not released yet.

Inkscape 1.2.1 is a maintenance and bugfix release, which brings you an important fix for a bug where a loss of data occurred, that could only be discovered when the file was saved and opened again. In addition to this critical bug fix, more than xx bug fixes, xx crash fixes, xx fixes for extension failures, xx improved user interface translations and improved documentation.

Bug fixes

General

  • Fixed accented characters in context menus for input fields in non-English languages on Windows (Bug #3152, MR #4535)
  • Added back the ability to set a keyboard shortcut for swapping fill and stroke paint of an object (Bug #3502, MR #4535)
  • Fixed the size of the text background for the measurements created by the Measurement tool when converting a measurement to objects (Bug #3412, MR #4535)
  • Fixed a crash when double-clicking on a 3D box and one when panning, then switching to 3D box tool (Bug #3538, MR #4535)
  • Text that was dark blue on dark background with a dark theme in the Keyboard shortcuts preferences and the Text and Font dialog is now readable (bold instead of different color) (Bug #910, MR #4535
  • When there are no recently used files to show, a text tells you about it now instead of the submenu just remaining empty (Bug #2962, MR #4535)
  • Fixed a crash that happened when the option 'Check attributes and style properties on Editing' was enabled and the document was edited while there was additional whitespace inside group items in the SVG code (Bug #2799, Bug inbox#4580, Bug #7148, MR #4535)
  • The Export button is no longer greyed out for the next export, when an export options dialog was canceled while batch exporting (Bug #3605, MR #4535)
  • Fixed a crash when converting an LPE path (e.g. when exporting to PDF) to a normal object when the original path was corrupted (Bug #3599, MR #4535)
  • The Circle and 3D Box tools work again when using Inkscape in Czech language on Linux (Bug #3571, MR #4535)
  • Fixed im- and exporting images when using the snap packaging format on Linux (Bug #3624, Bug #3639 MR #4510)
  • Fixed Inkscape freezing when starting with many fonts installed and the Text and Font dialog open (MR #4491)

Dialogs

Themes

Tools

Crash fixes

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Extension bug fixes

Complete as of 2022/05/24, see https://gitlab.com/inkscape/extensions/-/network/master for details

Crash fixes

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Bugfixes in particular extensions

  • A few typos in the pdflatex extension (MR extensions#475) have been fixed.
  • The help messages and tooltips of the Interpolate, Restack and Extrude extensions have been improved (MR extensions#471)

Improvements that apply to all extensions

Improvements for development / deployment

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Translations

The following UI translations received updates:

  • Basque
  • Czech
  • Greek
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Slovenian
  • Turkish

The following documentation translations received updates:

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Contributing to interface translations

Want to help with translations? Learn how to help!

Documentation

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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

These issues could not be fixed in time for the 1.2.1 release.

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Other releases

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