Greetings.
I want use Creative Commons .gpl palette file as explained in http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Colors

Place in /home/USERNAME/.inkscape/palettes or /home/USERNAME/.gimp-2.2/palettes for Inkscape or The GIMP respectively.

I have Inkscape and GIMP installed in my Windows Vista PC. I found the /home/USERNAME/.gimp-2.2/palettes directory in the expected location, but /home/USERNAME/.inkscape/palettes is not there. Why? Please help. Thanks in advance. God bless you.

Your inkscape palettes would be in User Name\Program Files\Inkscape\share\palettes. I do not believe there is a user directory as in the gimp

Yes, now I could do it. Thank you, Capnhud.

Zelus et Radix wrote:Greetings.
I want use Creative Commons .gpl palette file as explained in http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Colors

Place in /home/USERNAME/.inkscape/palettes or /home/USERNAME/.gimp-2.2/palettes for Inkscape or The GIMP respectively.

I have Inkscape and GIMP installed in my Windows Vista PC. I found the /home/USERNAME/.gimp-2.2/palettes directory in the expected location, but /home/USERNAME/.inkscape/palettes is not there. Why? Please help. Thanks in advance. God bless you.

If the directory is not there, you can create it yourself:

mkdir /home/USERNAME/.inkscape/palettes

The difference between this directory and User Name\Program Files\Inkscape\share\palettes is that palettes placed here will only be available to you and palettes placed in the other will be available to everyone on your machine (which in this day and age is almost always limited to you ^_^).

If the directory is not there, you can create it yourself:

mkdir /home/USERNAME/.inkscape/palettes

Isn't this a command for Linux and not windows?

Thanks shawnhcorey. however, I see it won't let me name the directory ".inkscape" but only "inkscape". It says "you must type a file name". Why is that?

capnhud wrote:

If the directory is not there, you can create it yourself:

mkdir /home/USERNAME/.inkscape/palettes

Isn't this a command for Linux and not windows?

mkdir works in windows, you only have to change "/" to "\".

Zelus et Radix wrote:Thanks shawnhcorey. however, I see it won't let me name the directory ".inkscape" but only "inkscape". It says "you must type a file name". Why is that?

you must use console in windows.
type: "mkdir directory_you_want\.inkscape"

you must use console in windows.
type: "mkdir directory_you_want\.inkscape"

Ok I am trying to create the directory in the same place where gimp's user directory is but I do not see the directory.

I used this:
mkdir C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\.inkscape

is this incorrect?

capnhud wrote:

you must use console in windows.
type: "mkdir directory_you_want\.inkscape"

I used this:
mkdir C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\.inkscape

as you see I didn't used spaces instead placed "_", because space is not allowed, you can use "" like this:

Ok what is the difference bwtn using the command prompt and just going to that directory and rigtht-clicking and creating a new folder? Now how do I make inkscape recognize that directory?

capnhud wrote:Ok what is the difference bwtn using the command prompt and just going to that directory and rigtht-clicking and creating a new folder?

Windows Explorer won't let you create a folder that begins with "." because it hates us. The OS itself, and pretty much all software, will have no issues with accessing a folder beginning with ".".

How would I get inkscape to recognize this additional directory in windows?

It doesn't work that way on windows, here is the (usual) path to what you need on windows:

C:\Documents and Settings\[your windows username]\Application Data\Inkscape\palettes

there are also templates and icons folder where you can keep your file templates and icon theme

The inkscape directory that is in application data is the equivalent as the gimps user directory (.gimp-2.4) correct?