Prokoudine, as far as installation goes, the package would contain only the ink-scape extension (alongside the adobe and corel plugins.) As such it's only the extension itself that need be worried about. I think I'll continue reading up what google can give me for the next few days and then drop som...

Ah thank you for clarifying that. I imagine licencing issues may be problematic indeed, but as most of the software exists as a licensed dynamic library I may be able to wrangle the chaps above me into allowing me to release the extension code (not that i'd be much use without the library mind.) Wha...

Thank you very much Brynn and LiquidAsh. I've managed to find some info on the wiki, and your tutorial blog has certainly helped me bend my mind into the right gear.
You mentioned A dev called Suv, is that her full username? As It may be an idea for me to PM her.

'Greetings fellows of the internet. My name is John Bargman, and until not too long ago I was, like most, a programming enthusiast with my hand in a few Open-Source pies. However I'm now a programmer by profession working for a company. Long story short I've been asked to develop an Inkscape extensi...

I'm not sure if developers are aware of the demand for Inkscape use among the cutter/plotter user community. So I think it might be good for both parties to have a friendly chat! Good luck! As it happens, I have to agree, as it further happens I stumbled upon this post by accident. And further to t...