Perhaps this part of the forum could begin by asking, What would you advise a novice programmer for how to go about learning to script Inkscape extensions? I am not really a programmer myself and struggled to find simple, clear documentation that would help me to write my own scripts. The documentat...

Hi, Here is an extension to place text on a drawing from a csv file. This is useful if you want to plot map data etc. A csv file is needed with 3 columns - x position, y position and text (in that order). The csv file needs to have the fields separated by commas Copy the two files into your Inkscape...

Sorry, just me being dopey - There was an extra bracket in the line previous!

I am beginning to wonder if this forum could include a section for writing extensions for inkscape.
The current help pages for writing extensions is a little limited for beginners like myself, who could benefit from advice from others.

Does anyone else share this view?

Hi, I have spent a few weeks now getting to grips with writing extensions and I am getting stuck on this one: The script is very simple, it places text on the page using data from a csv file. The problem is it gives me an error at the point in the script where I try to set the text style. Here is th...

Hi Brynn, Thanks for your quick reply. Although I would appreciate some help from a coder, I aknowledge the frustration someone may feel with dealing with beginners like myself! On the other hand, making the writings of extensions more accessible would surely be good for all of us. Even in the last ...

Hi, I have been learning how to script with python a few hours and looking at the svg codes for about the same time, so I admit I'm a bit clueless. I want to create an extension that scales text depending on it's virtical position on the canvas using a simple algorithm Here is my code so far: #!/usr...

Hi, Just started looking into writing an extension using .inx file and python file. I want to do something very simple and was hoping somone could give me some pointers. I am tring to stretch images to be transfered to a globe. I want to apply a stretch transform to objects that varies depending on ...