Release notes/0.92.5
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Release highlights
Not yet released
Inkscape 0.92.5 is a stability and bugfix release.
Important changes
The Inkscape project has opened a new, user-facing bug tracker on gitlab at https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/issues/ . Please use this new tracker to report 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 now supports GTK2 themes from common distros via the gtk2-common-themes content interface
Regression fixes
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Notable bugfixes
- As of Windows 10 (version 1809) fonts are installed into a new user-specific folder by default. Allow Inkscape to recognize those fonts. (#50)
- The default Perl interpreter executable on Windows was changed from "perl.exe" to "wperl.exe" which should usually avoid flashing a console window. (#66)
- Fix crash when moving group after deleting a connector from it. (#205)
- Fix crash on PNG export (Commit #6cf2c8)
- 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 (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)
- Fix crash in Clone Original LPE (Commit #515569e7)
- Fix crash in SIOX foreground tracing (Commit #424477f6)
- Fix crash when importing / selecting a large PNG image (Commit #72836e91)
- Fix crash on undo when the text dialog is open (Commit #40c7e4f8)
- Fix a crash after deleting a connector (Bug inkscape#205)
- Fix a crash for connector tool avoidance functionality (flatpak) (https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/commit/c4d311853e68039eb885fd95b25165c2256063fe Commit #c4d31185)
- Fix a crash when selecting all with text on path (https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/commit/1a07842b3b8870ba06238a2a09ce97e0a07761e2 Commit #1a07842b)
- Fix a crash when putting text on path with Objects dialog open (Commit #f5a38658)
- Fix a crash of the paint bucket tool (flatpak) (Commit #cbeb0db7)
- Fix a crash on Boolean division (flatpak) (Commit #094d2341)
- Fix a crash when resizing objects (Commit #5095c1b4)
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 from January, 15th 2019 until release date).
Translations
The following UI translations received updates:
- Hungarian
- Korean
- Croatian
- Turkish
The following installer translations received updates:
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The following documentation translations received updates:
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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.