Select-All does not work with Unlink a Clone

[Anshul Bhatnagar]

I am trying to replace all the <use> tags with the original <path> tags that they reference in command line (all though this issue exists for GUI based conversion too).

To do this, I cannot just SelectAll and execute the EditUnlinkClone as it gives the error "No clones to unlink in the selection".
The solution I have followed is to make a list of all the IDs of the <use> tags, select them in a script and then execute the EditUnlinkClone verb.

I believe the Select-All and Edit-Unlink-Clone should work in a way that it replaces all the <use> tags and so reporting it as a bug.

ps: I might be interested in fixing this bug to get started with Inkscape

[Martin Owens (doctormo)]

Anshul, I'd be interested in seeing you fix this bug. Although according to the code src/selection-chemistry.cpp:2606 it should loop through each of the selected use elements and replace with the objects as you expect. I couldn't test your situation without your original svg file, but with the file and line number of the code in question you should be able to debug the problem.

Let me know if you need any help.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

> The solution I have followed is to make a list of all the IDs
> of the <use> tags, select them in a script and then execute
> the EditUnlinkClone verb.

JFYI - 'Edit > Find' allows to select by type …

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Related:
- Bug #293896 “Recursive clone unlink in groups”
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/293896