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Set Object Position Via Commandline?
Hi, i was just wondering can you set the X or Y position of a selected object/item via the commandline? I looked online and saw that you can get the position etc but i could not find a way to actually set it so i was wondering if this is possible? Many thanks
Re: Set Object Position Via Commandline?
Hi, I don't even know how to obtain the position of an object from the terminal (could you provide us with an example 
), but the first thing I thought of was to use a regular expression to get or set the position of an object (provided that the object of interest has some unique property like a name). Does that help?
), but the first thing I thought of was to use a regular expression to get or set the position of an object (provided that the object of interest has some unique property like a name). Does that help?Re: Set Object Position Via Commandline?
Ailurus wrote:Hi, I don't even know how to obtain the position of an object from the terminal (…)
Inkscape » Using the Command Line » Query Command Line Options
(and no, one cannot 'set' the position via inkscape command line arguments, one can only _query_ position and bbox size of an individual object per ID, or of all objects of the SVG file)