Jonathan, perhaps this can give you some ideas of what to try in the interim until the port is fixed:
http://pav.iki.fi/software/textext/macports-inkscape-textext-howto.html http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=962 http://pav.iki.fi/software/textext/ Good luck Philip On 11.11.2010 10:00, macports-users-requ...@lists.macosforge.org wrote: > On 11/10/10 08:00 , macports-users-requ...@lists.macosforge.org wrote: >> > From: Philip Neukom >> > To:macports-users@lists.macosforge.org >> > Subject: Re: inkscape crashes >> > >> > Sorry to hear that you are having problems with the Macports version of >> > Inkscape. >> > >> > If you have to get some work done, then perhaps you could use the >> > pre-compiled version fromwww.inkscape.org.(??) >> > >> > As long as you also install the most recent X11 from XQuartz >> > xquartz.macosforge.org you should be good to go. >> > >> > I've been using this version and it hasn't crashed so far. >> > >> > Regards, > Yes, I did find the downloadable mac "app" version works OK. However, > the "textext" extension (and probably other extensions) do not work with > this version since it doesn't know about macports installed libraries > (libxml2 for the case of textext). It will be nice to have inkscape > working via Macports again after the various bugs are fixed. > > Jonathan _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users