Hi,

if i want to call a new instance of inkscape,
how the best way to find the place of the executable?

If there is no better solution i can only try to determine program path and search for it.
Thought inkex contain a function for such a purpose but cant find something.

greetzs

Program Files ( x86) - Inkscape ( the icon ) on Windows 8.1

Off topic: Which file extensions are allowed to be attached here?
Red error message on .png - .svg - .jpg - haven't tried .zip

Hello
If you want to use for extensions, I think this could help:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1427 ... ing-python

Yes, i want to call a new instance from an extension. (I guess i should make my questions more clear )
Ok, but i imagine some problems if i search trough directories for the programfile.

It can be installed outside the normal programm directory so i have to scan the whole disk!
And if the user have 2 versions installed, how to choose the right one my extension called from?

Guess i it maybe run in an error for the 2nd situation.

Hi.

iconberg wrote:It can be installed outside the normal programm directory so i have to scan the whole disk!

No need to scan the whole disk.
Several ways to get the current working directory in python, simplest is; os.getcwd()

You can also access the system path variable, turning it into a list with split on ";" and search the resulting list for "inkscape".
See the os path spec in python.

RGDS
Ragnar

ragstian wrote:No need to scan the whole disk.
Several ways to get the current working directory in python, simplest is; os.getcwd()

But is the python included for linux and mac too, thought linux inkscape comes not with an included python!
For win i could use this and step up to get the inkscape.exe, right.

Hi.

iconberg wrote:But is the python included for linux and mac too, thought linux inkscape comes not with an included python!

From your subject line it can be deducted that you asked specifically about windows as linux and ios does not use *.exe files.

The working directory should still "point to" the directory where the script resides and not the directory where python resides, (this has to be verified).
One thing to bear in mind is that extensions can be installed in either the inkscape executable path or the user directory path.

RGDS
Ragnar

Does the extension 'Extensions > Arrange > Restack' work for you on Windows?

If yes (I presume it does), check its code, and use that as an example how to implement (cross-platform) support to launch the inkscape executable on the command line from within an extension script.

Didnt expected that it works but it does
I guess the pyhton process gets the enviroment from the parent.
Thanks.