Hi all,

I normally work in Inkscape 0.46 (april 2008) on a Windows XP machine. My work is intended to be saved to a PDF and distributed in that format.

This version of Inkscape does not export all features well to a PDF, therefor, I started using a Dev version, a while back, Inkscape20607-0902010619 to be exact.

In that verion, I experienced that my drawings, when exported to PDF, were much larger and rendered terribly slow in Acrobar Reader and Foxit reader. Some drawings would take more than 10 seconds to be shown fully, while it would take less than a second when exported in Inkscape 0.46.
Therefore I switched back to 0.46, avoiding features that would not export well.

Today, I wanted to test if the current Dev version would behave any better. So I downloaded Inkscape 21345-0905140303 and "installed" it. Weird thing is, I cannot save any drawing as PDF.

Here's the steps I perform:

1) start Inkscape
2) draw a rectangle
3) open the file menu
4) select "Save as..."
5) use the Save as type pulldown to select "Portable Document Format (*.pdf)"
6) Enter a name in "File name"
7) click the Save button
8) a small dialog now shows, in which I can change some settings, like PDF version, convert text to path, rasterize filter effects, etc. I leave all as they are.
9) I click OK
10 ) I now get back in the normal screen of Inkscape. No file is written, I have searched my whole system for the file.
11) I close Inkscape
12) Inkscpae responds with an error dialog, saying:

(X) Inkscape encountered an internal error and will close now. [Close]

13) I click Close
14) Now Windows reports that in Inkscape an error occurred and needs to be closed, they offer their apologies for the inconveniences (how polite... )


I have tested this with all kinds of SVG images, form real simple to real complex. I have tried all kinds of combinations in the PDF settings dialog in step 8). All with the same result: no PDF is written.


I have deleted the folder with this DEV version and downloaded it again and "installed" it again, with the same result.


Am I missing something? Am I the only one to see this with this DEV version?

I just downloaded an older DEV verison: Inkscape 21323-0905111537

With this version I experience the same problems: not saving of PDF files.

ErikTiePie wrote:I just downloaded an older DEV verison: Inkscape 21323-0905111537

With this version I experience the same problems: not saving of PDF files.

You have installed Ghostscript?

Regards, N.

Try deleting your preferences. Point 2 in this sites FAQ has details - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2037#goto-delpref

nick_h wrote:

ErikTiePie wrote:I just downloaded an older DEV verison: Inkscape 21323-0905111537

With this version I experience the same problems: not saving of PDF files.

You have installed Ghostscript?

Regards, N.

Unless it is installed together with something else, I haven't. It does not show up in the software applet in the configuration panel

microUgly wrote:Try deleting your preferences. Point 2 in this sites FAQ has details - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2037#goto-delpref

Thanks mate, that did the trick.

That is, I can now use the DEV version to save a PDF.

(unfortunately its still huge and slow, compared to the PDF I saved with 0.46)

It looks like each Inkscape version on my computer uses the same preferences file. My inkscape preferences file was made using version 0.46. Apparently, that xml file is not compatible with the newer DEV version.

Is there a way that I can use both 0.46 and a DEV version next to eahc other, each using it's own preferences file?

Try deleting your preferences. Point 2 in this sites FAQ has details - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2037#goto-delpref

too many thanks for the hint. Helped solve many problems at work.

nabritta wrote:When I open a pdf file from any one web site adobe reader is automatically updating. How to block this update? When I open a pdf file from any one web site , the adobe reader is automatically update its self without ask any question. I need to block its updating. How to?

That's a bad idea - it is important to install all security updates for Adobe Reader. Otherwise you risk to infect your computer by opening a maliciously crafted PDF document from the web.

Getting rid of the preferences seemed to work for me as well but I still have the same problem when I set the DPI for rasterizing at 300dpi, seems to work OK at 150dpi but a time or two even that failed.

Windows Vista
Inkscape 0.48.2 r9819
Acer Aspire 5920