I can replicate with bpcleary's steps. My svg had a funky character that looked like a Y. Replaced it with a Y and got on with things.
% inkscape --version Inkscape 0.48.3.1 r9886 (Nov 1 2012) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/499257 Title: saves svg file, that it can't read afterwards Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: Triaged Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: inkscape $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 $ dpkg -s inkscape | grep Version Version: 0.47~pre4-0ubuntu1 Loading attached file in inkscape results in: $ inkscape Rubin-mit-Schnee.svg Rubin-mit-Schnee.svg:2588: parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! Bytes: 0xFF 0x22 0x20 0x69 id="metadata3"><?xpacket begin="�" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?> However, that file was written by inkscape itself and not modified manually by myself after. I think the problem was caused by myself adding metadata to the file (from within inkscape) that contain non-ascii characters, since that was more or less the only thing I remember I did after loading the file in inkscape (when it still worked) and before saving it. After saving it inkscape was not able to read it any more. *t PS: after replacing the character displayed above in the error message with a random ascii character, inkscape was able to load the image with no problem. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/499257/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
