Hi,
I'm writing an extension and I wanted to know if it's possible to call a function from Inkscape's menu from within my python code?
So, if I've just created a text object like so:



is there a way I can run the Path->Object to Path (or Shift+Ctrl+C) tool on that text?
I've had a lot of trial and error finding things I can and cannot do from inside my extension, but lack of an API means I don't even know where to begin with some things, like this.

Thanks for your help,
Antony

Hi Antony,

look into the output of

inkscape --verb-list

to see a list of all available commands that can be used from inside an extension.

Then look into an extension that actually calls one of those, by using the Inkscape commandline interface with a copy of the file that will overwrite the original file (it starts in a separate process), like https://github.com/Moini/inkscape-exten ... iplecut.py

(there may be better ways to implement this, I'm no expert on pipes etc.)

Well, that seems like a really difficult way of doing things.
I've got a separate issue which may need this to solve, but may not be easily solvable anyway, I'll open a new topic about it.

Yes, but it is how it is currently. They are working on implementing C++ extensions, which can do more than the python ones, even add tools.

Ok then.
When using the verbs to do actions from the command line, is there any way to pass any other parameters?
I can call --verb EditSelectAllInAllLayers, but what I really want it to do is EditSelectSameObjectType where the object type is a circle (i'm guessing that counts as an 'arc'?).
And can you 'chain' multiple commands together? Could I call:
inkscape --verb EditSelectAllInAllLayers --verb SelectionUnGroup --verb EditSelectSameObjectType <somehow tell it to select arcs) --verb SelectionSimplify --verb FileSave --verb FileQuit
Which would select everything, ungroup it all, then select all the arcs, and simplify them, then save the file.
Is that possible?

Antony.Marshall wrote:Ok then.
When using the verbs to do actions from the command line, is there any way to pass any other parameters?

- No, unfortunately not. If you're using things that open a dialog, you can use your preferences.xml file (or a custom one) to pass in the parameters.

Antony.Marshall wrote:And can you 'chain' multiple commands together? Could I call:
inkscape --verb EditSelectAllInAllLayers --verb SelectionUnGroup --verb EditSelectSameObjectType <somehow tell it to select arcs) --verb SelectionSimplify --verb FileSave --verb FileQuit

- Yes. That's how Inkscape works from the command line. Also see line 65++ of the linked file above.