Comment 5 for bug 600472

Thanks for your response and suggestion:
results are as follows: all objects are exported and displayed correctly

I find it to be unacceptable to require my customers to convert objects to paths to get it to work correctly. Not only does it make the text string uneditable, it requires that the user operating my machine to know how to use the program. I am trying to make the user interface very simple for operators of my new machine. Most I am willing to make the operator of my machine do is open file and run an extension.

I want to create a new extension that makes a copy of the file, and then automatically convert it to paths and then move it as you described, then output it to a file. However, I can't find the document or the inkscape object model. Best I have found so far is:
http://inkscape.modevia.com/doxygen/html/ObjectTree.php

I have been programming for 35 years and have written plugins for adobe illusrator and coreldraw. There has to be a way to control the application from a python script.

Can you point me to the correct website or example that might allow me to write the code.