Hi,

I would like to use inkscape in command line in a python script.
What I would like to do is to delete a layer of an svg file, so the command I use is:

which works well. I only have a problem when I want to run inkscape without a GUI (which is usefull in the script if I want to do several times this job). If I do

nothing happens to the file, no layer is deleted.

Does anyone know why it doesn't work and has an idea?

Cheers

Sorry i forgot to mention, I'm using Inkscape 0.47 with Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx).
Regards

The -z (--without-gui) option disables the --verb parms. Mentioned in

• Inkscape manual: Using the Command Line: «It does not appear possible to suppress the GUI when using the --verb argument.»
• Bug #168616 “running FileSave verb from command line doesn't work”
• Bug #361237 “Provide scriptable method of saving files”

Verbs can also not be used in 'shell' mode.

OK, thanks a lot for your answer! I guess i 'll have to find a way to suppress the layers in the XML code itself...