Inkscape on Mac with ImageMagick

[jansuhr]

I'm developing a plugin that uses ImageMagick to clear the background of images that have a clipping path. Just using ImageMagick doesn't anti-aliasing the clipping path and gives a jagged edge.

Inkscape could be a solution to this and seems to work in windows for me. The plugin I'm working on will use the Command Line.

Is there some standalone CLI version of Inkscape that doesn't open up the program and just process in the background?

I have so far made a Link for the inkscape-bin.app to reach it from /usr/local/bin/ but trying some commands give a long list of errors and messages.

What is the best way to get it to work for the Command Line.

Thanks

Jan
 

[brynn]

Welcome Jan!

Unfortunately, not many developers visit here.  (something which I hope to change in the not too distant future)  And that is a developer type of question!

The best place to get help would be the developers mailing list.  http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/inkscape-devel

Or, there's an IRC channel for developer questions.  However, it will be holding the board meeting starting in about 20 minutes, and lasting for an hour.  irc://irc.freenode.org/#inkscape-devel

But there's also a user's channel where many developers also participate.  So if it is urgent, you could start there.   irc://irc.freenode.org/#inkscape  Or else, the mailing list, as already mentioned.

Have you seen the resources on the website about writing new extensions?  https://inkscape.org/en/develop/extensions/
And there are some command line info too.  https://inkscape.org/en/doc/inkscape-man.html

Maybe you could find some answers there too?