no openclipart menu in archlinux

[MrMagne]

In archlinux (inkcsape 0.48) I don't see the menu entry for importing/exporting from openclipart.org, Though
"inkscape --verb=FileImportFromOCAL" opens the dialog, but it doesn't seem to work...
In my preferences I have "openclipart.org" as server name, no username, no password.
Checking in ubuntu (inkscape 0.48) the menu entry is here, with the same preferences....

Is there a configure option to enable this ? a ./configure --help doesn't show this, but it shows a --enable-FEATURE option without listing all possible FEATURES (some optional features are detailed but I'm not sure the list is exhaustive). Searching the wiki doesn't give more inputs on that topic.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Do you have gnome-vfs installed (import from openclipart - as in current trunk and the 0.48.x branch - depends on gnome-vfs) or explicitly configured the sources without gnome-vfs (--without-gnome-vfs)?

The menu entry is disabled if gnome-vfs is not enabled (i.e. not found by configure, or disabled per configure option) because the dialog will not be functional:
<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/RELEASE_0_48_BRANCH/view/head:/src/menus-skeleton.h#L30>

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Gnome-vfs is also used to load non-local files in Inkscape (beyond the import from OpenClipart):
<http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.46#Other_changes_and_improvements>

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Possibly related packaging issues (downstream):
Bug #210336 in Inkscape: “Open Clip Art import fails under Kubuntu”
Bug #496223 in Inkscape: “inkscape should recommend rather than suggest libgnomevfs2-extra”

[Splex (splex)]

the official archlinux package is currently configured like this:
  ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --with-python \
    --with-perl \
    --without-gnome-vfs \
    --with-xft \
    --enable-lcms \
    --enable-poppler-cairo \
    --disable-dependency-tracking

[MrMagne (mr.magne)]

That's probably the problem, maybe it should be more explicit that this feature depends on gnome-vfs. Thanks for the quick reply !

[MrMagne (mr.magne)]

Any plans for switching to gvfs instead of gnome-vfs in inkscape ?

[su_v (suv-lp)]

> Any plans for switching to gvfs instead of gnome-vfs in inkscape ?

The report [1] you first added your comment to is about a refactoring proposal for 'Import from OCAL' using GFile API (AFAIU from glib/gio) instead of depreciated GNOMEVFS:

<https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/ocal-import-dialog-resdesign>
<http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/OCAL_Dialog_Re-Design>

[1] Bug #734417 “OpenClipart Dialog needs improving”
   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/734417>

[su_v (suv-lp)]

> the official archlinux package is currently configured like this:
> …
> --without-gnome-vfs \

Closing as 'Invalid' in Inkscape. Please add a comment and reopen if you don't agree and think this was done in error.