merging paths

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neonic
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merging paths

Postby neonic » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:04 am

Hello, I have recently upgraded inkscape.

In the old version 0.47 I had the ability to merge multiple paths by pressing Ctrl and + together. I used this feature a lot.

With the newer 0.48.1 version I noticed that this feature merges only 2 paths at a time, which is unpractical for me. It means I need to do in multiple steps what I used to do with one push on a button.

I'd like to know if it's still possible to merge multiple paths at once in the new version (like some preference I need to set), or do I need to downgrade to get this feature back? If I need to downgrade, then where could I find the older version?

Thanks!

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Re: merging paths

Postby prkos » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:25 am

I just tried it and Ctrl + + merges more than one object at once, just select all of the objects you want merged and use the shortcut.
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Re: merging paths

Postby neonic » Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:44 pm

That's weird! Yesterday I did that and it didn't work. Today I did the same and it DID work.

I have no idea how this is possible.
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Re: merging paths

Postby Xav » Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:50 am

In my experience it only works if all the objects are paths, or can be trivially converted to paths (e.g. rectangles, circles and so on). If one of the objects is a group or clone it doesn't work. Failures like that are reported in the status line, so it's worth having a look at that if you have the problem in future.
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