This is a read-only archive of the inkscapeforum.com site. You can search for info here or post new questions and comments at I am using InkScape 0.48.4 and I can't open SVG files. In particular the Tango icons found at "http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tango_icons" are all SVG files that Inkscape can't open.
When I try and open the file I get the dialog message:
"Failed to load the requested file ...."
Are the Tango files "corrupted"? Or is there a problem with InkScape?
TIA
Brent
Can't import/open Tango SVG files
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tylerdurden
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Re: Can't import/open Tango SVG files
I downloaded one and it seemed to open in Inkscape ok.
Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939 WinXP
Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939 WinXP
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- Address-book-new.svg
- (19.11 KiB) Downloaded 312 times
Have a nice day.
I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06), 64 bit win8.1
The Inkscape manual has lots of helpful info! http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/
I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06), 64 bit win8.1
The Inkscape manual has lots of helpful info! http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/
Re: Can't import/open Tango SVG files
which icon ?
maybe there are some includes of external files with broken link and/or access problems
maybe there are some includes of external files with broken link and/or access problems
Re: Can't import/open Tango SVG files
Oops, operator error. 
It looks like the problem is the way I downloaded the svg files. I used a download manager and gave it the url and it downloaded all of the .svg files. But what it downloaded was not the actual .svg file.
When I went to the download page of each icon, and downloaded the file one by one, Inkscape was able to open it no problem.
I don't know why each Tango icon is a separate file. It would be a lot easier if they were all zipped up.
Downloading the icons one at a time will be a pain. I'll have to see if I can figure something out.
Thanks for the help.
Brent
It looks like the problem is the way I downloaded the svg files. I used a download manager and gave it the url and it downloaded all of the .svg files. But what it downloaded was not the actual .svg file.
When I went to the download page of each icon, and downloaded the file one by one, Inkscape was able to open it no problem.
I don't know why each Tango icon is a separate file. It would be a lot easier if they were all zipped up.
Downloading the icons one at a time will be a pain. I'll have to see if I can figure something out.
Thanks for the help.
Brent
Re: Can't import/open Tango SVG files
official tango icons site seems down right now.
you can grab the icons @ http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/ma ... rig.tar.gz
unzip the file with 7zip or winrar then look into the scalable directory
you can grab the icons @ http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/ma ... rig.tar.gz
unzip the file with 7zip or winrar then look into the scalable directory
Re: Can't import/open Tango SVG files
v1nce wrote:official tango icons site seems down right now.
you can grab the icons @ http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/ma ... rig.tar.gz
unzip the file with 7zip or winrar then look into the scalable directory
Excellent! Thanks for the link.
Brent