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  1. Bug #171511 (sf1561300)
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 171511

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Tom Davidson (tjd-mit) wrote :

OK, I get it! Although this actually exposes another bug. The following doesn't work:

cp tree.svg tree_copy.svg;
inkscape --verb=FitCanvasToDrawing --verb=FileSave --verb=FileClose tree_copy.svg ;
inkscape -A tree_crop.pdf tree_copy.svg

The problem is that the FitCanvasToDrawing verb doesn't 'dirty' the document, so the Save verb doesn't save the changes. You can see this by running:

inkscape --verb=FitCanvasToDrawing tree.svg, then choosing File->Save and then File->Save As... and saving a second copy. Only the second copy is saved with the cropping. I'm not sure if this is a general problem with verbs, or specific to FitCanvasToDrawing. If the former, I'll open a separate bug.