Inkscape

Feature request: python interactive console

Bug #1095558 reported by Dov Grobgeld
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Inkscape
In Progress
Wishlist
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Bug Description

It would be useful to have an interactive python console within inkscape that allows user line-by-line interaction with inkscape from a python level (e.g. like in ipython).

An addition/alternative would be to have script editor (e.g. based on gtkscintilla) that allows editing python scripts and then run them. I image a tool Tool/Python editor that when opened creates a new window that has an interface similar to gedit with an additional button Run that executes the current script in a new python context and allows jumping to errors. This tool should also provide a menu with File/Load,Save,Load recent.

References:

- http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/interactive/qtconsole.html - An interactive console based on qt.
- http://gemshell.sourceforge.net/ - A gtk shell interaction that may be used for a gtk shell.

Tags: python
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sgmanohar (sgmanohar) wrote :

Am I right in thinking that there is an earlier version of inkscape with just such a script editor?
And if so, why can't this just be linked to a 'run' button, so that it passes the current document through the python script?
It would be so useful!

jazzynico (jazzynico)
Changed in inkscape:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Qantas94Heavy (qantas94heavy) wrote :

Some work on a possible Python console is being developed here: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/417

Changed in inkscape:
status: New → In Progress
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