Hello all,

I would like to find an automatic solution for the following workflow.

• open/import file (eg. eps format)
• select all paths of color x (ctr+f in xml editor for first hex-color string)
• ctrl++ to union selection
• repeat for all remaining colors
• export to svg

or, if you will,

I suppose there should be a solution along the lines of

However, I have no clue how to go about selecting all paths of the same color or how to iterate over all colors.

Any help or pointers would be very much appreciated.

Before some more precise replies...

Check in XML editor (Shift+Ctrl+X) about path/stroke and colour atributes in Inkscape, where options from Find dialog (Ctrl+F) might offer a base for further development of script.

Thank you, Maestral, for your reply.

That what you proposed is exactly what I am doing manually (shift+ctr+x for xml editor --> ctr+f for find --> search in properties --> find #00ffff (or some other hex string, this selects all paths which contain this hex color --> ctrl++ (union all selected paths).

I would like to get an idea whether this can be done via a script or a one liner from the command line.

Although it might look like I`m advertizing them, AutoIt is a very handy and still free tool for customizing Win.

As much as I dislike the mailing list type of forum, that is how Inkscape developers, and advanced users appear to like to communicate. So I'm sure you could reach some advanced users (who could help with script writing) via the user mailing list (and even a lot of developers) https://inkscape.org/en/community/mailing-lists/. So just in case you don't get the right kind of help here, I'm sure you'll get it there

jutzin wrote:I would like to get an idea whether this can be done (…) a one liner from the command line.

No, it cannot be done with a one liner using inkscape on the command line (you'd have to use verbs for this; verbs are used internally (e.g. for the menu items and toolbar buttons), and are not optimal for non-interactive use cases via command line because they take no arguments).

Thanks guys, I will take your advice and a) check with the mailing list and b) try to automatize with auto-it (which is great, no argument there, but not a proper solution for a production environment).