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<b>Unhide the Effects menu</b><Br> | <b>Unhide the Effects menu</b><Br> | ||
- On the "Misc" tab of the "Inkscape Preferences" dialog check the box labeled "Enable script effects" | - On the "Misc" tab of the "Inkscape Preferences" dialog check the box labeled "Enable script effects" (0.42CVS onwards only) | ||
- Close and reopen Inkscape | - Close and reopen Inkscape | ||
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5: copy contents of XML-XQL-*\lib\XML into C:\Perl\site\lib\XML | 5: copy contents of XML-XQL-*\lib\XML into C:\Perl\site\lib\XML | ||
6: copy XML-XQL-*\XQLParser\Parser.pm to C:\Perl\site\lib\XML\XQL | 6: copy XML-XQL-*\XQLParser\Parser.pm to C:\Perl\site\lib\XML\XQL | ||
<b>Plugin Effects</b><br> | |||
- I have absolutely no idea. Please record your success here. :) | |||
<b>What if it doesn't work?</b><br> | |||
- Run Inkscape from the console | |||
- Use the error messges printed to the console to diagnose the problem (very often missing dependencies) | |||
- On Windows you will have to redirect output to a text file like this: "inkscape > output.txt" |
Revision as of 13:18, 20 June 2005
Setting Up Effects in Inkscape
For effects to work you need to be using inkscape .42 or a recent nightly build.
For info about what effects can do, screenshots, and how to make your own go to Aarons Site
Unhide the Effects menu
- On the "Misc" tab of the "Inkscape Preferences" dialog check the box labeled "Enable script effects" (0.42CVS onwards only) - Close and reopen Inkscape
Python Effects
on Debian GNU / Linux
- apt-get install python python-xml
on Microsoft Windows
- Tutorial on Getting Effects to work on Windows 2000/XP
Perl Effects
on Debian GNU / Linux
- apt-get install perl libxml-xql-perl
on Microsoft Windows
- install ActivePerl - install XML::XQL::DOM (perhaps like this?) 1: install prereqs with ppm: install xml-dom install parse-yapp install datemanip 2: download xml-xql from: http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/T/TJ/TJMATHER/XML-XQL-0.68.tar.gz 3: open command prompt and locate perl"s lib directory with: perl -e "print qq(@INC)" (mine was C:/Perl/site/lib) 4: unpack xml-xql archive 5: copy contents of XML-XQL-*\lib\XML into C:\Perl\site\lib\XML 6: copy XML-XQL-*\XQLParser\Parser.pm to C:\Perl\site\lib\XML\XQL
Plugin Effects
- I have absolutely no idea. Please record your success here. :)
What if it doesn't work?
- Run Inkscape from the console - Use the error messges printed to the console to diagnose the problem (very often missing dependencies) - On Windows you will have to redirect output to a text file like this: "inkscape > output.txt"