Text split extension doesn't work with absolute X coordinates lists

[p90]

Hi,

while trying to use the split text extension, I noticed a bug.
I tried to split a line into words but get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "split.py", line 218, in <module>
    b.affect()
  File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex.py", line 268, in affect
    self.effect()
  File "split.py", line 205, in effect
    nodes = self.split_words(node)
  File "split.py", line 118, in split_words
    x = float(line.get("x"))
ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 163.22353 213.23334 220.00522 266.94574 273.71765 320.34149 327.1134 374.05392 380.82581 427.44968 434.22156 481.16208 487.93402 534.5578 541.32971 588.2702 595.04218 641.66602 648.43787

For me, it looks like it expects to get one coordinate at a time but gets all of them in one go for some reason.
Whatever it is, the extension does not seem to be working if you want to split a text into words.

I added the svg file with the line I wanted to split as an attachment.

[p90 (acc-ubuntuone)]

Ah, forgot to mention I am running Inkscape 0.91 r13725.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Confirmed on Crunchbang Waldorf, Inkscape trunk revision 13951.

The error is due to the fact that each character of your text has an absolute position (the x attribute of the text and span elements has one value per character). And apparently, the extension doesn't handle that kind of text that, if I remember correctly, can't be created in Inkscape (excepted with the XML editor...) directly but can show when importing text from PDF files.

That said, the span contains a single "word": 0102030405060708090, that can't be split in words. The best you can do with it is:
1. Select the text and use Text>Remove manual kerns.
2. Use the Extension>Split Text extension in "letters" mode.
But it's not exactly what you want...

[Nathan Lee (nathan.lee)]

No updates on the issue, but closing as part of migration to GitLab. Issue is still tracked at https://gitlab.com/inkscape/extensions/-/issues/142

Please feel free to file new bugs about the issues you're seeing at http://inkscape.org/report.