Package: inkscape Version: 0.45.1-1 Severity: wishlist I think this is a potential source of confusion to the user. Let us consider this scenario:
1) Edit an SVG graphic and "Save" it; 2) Next, "Save As" an EPS file; 3) Then, quit inkscape. Then, inkscape warns The file . . . was saved with a format (Encapsulated Postscript Output) that may cause data loss! which is spurious because we have already saved it in SVG at step 1. I think this problem is ultimately due to mixing up the following two logics: 1. SVG is the native format of inkscape; other formats can be converted to and from SVG, but the conversion isn't 100% accurate. 2. With a "Save As", the current file "becomes" the target format. If you take logic 1, the current file yourpic.svg should be "exported" to an EPS file yourpic.eps, but shouldn't "become" an EPS file. Your "master copy" is still yourpic.svg. If you take logic 2, you are now editing an EPS file after step 2 of our scenario. Inkscape may be using SVG as its "internal" format, but that shouldn't concern you. When you have saved your EPS file, you should be able to quit inkscape peacefully. If something on the screen cannot be saved due to some incompatibility between inkscape's internal format and EPS, then that should be considered as a bug on the part of inkscape: You are editing an EPS file, but can't save the result of the edit; That's a bug. Since the incompatibility between SVG and EPS can't be fixed (right?), logic 1 is the one which should be adhered to, in my opinion. So, I think instead of "Save As" making the current file "become" an EPS file, we should have "Print to EPS" or "Export to EPS" and the current file should remain an SVG. (In that case, the sole function of "Save As" would be to change the file's name or path.) Hope this helps, Ryo -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages inkscape depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 1.20.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.4.10-1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libcairomm-1.0-1 1.4.2-1 C++ wrappers for Cairo (shared lib ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.3.5-1+b1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgc1c2 1:6.8-1.1 conservative garbage collector for ii libgcc1 1:4.2.2-3 GCC support library ii libgconf2-4 2.20.1-1 GNOME configuration database syste ii libglib2.0-0 2.14.3-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libglibmm-2.4-1c2a 2.14.2-1 C++ wrapper for the GLib toolkit ( ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.20.0-3 GNOME Virtual File System (runtime ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a 1:2.12.1-1 C++ wrappers for GTK+ 2.4 (shared ii liblcms1 1.16-7 Color management library ii liborbit2 1:2.14.7-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB ii libpango1.0-0 1.18.3-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-3 PNG library - runtime ii libpopt0 1.10-3 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.0.17-2 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-1 SSL shared libraries ii libstdc++6 4.2.2-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.9-1 X cursor management library ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxft2 2.1.12-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 2:1.1.3-1 X11 Input extension library ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxml2 2.6.30.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.2-1 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxslt1.1 1.1.22-1 XSLT processing library - runtime ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-6 compression library - runtime Versions of packages inkscape recommends: ii imagemagick 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-2 Image manipulation programs pn libwmf-bin <none> (no description available) pn perlmagick <none> (no description available) ii pstoedit 3.44-2 PostScript and PDF files to editab -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
