File Size Accumulation Bug
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Inkscape |
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Bug Description
The size of the files I am working on seem to grow completely out of proportion with the content of the file. For example, if the sum of each of the elements that have imported into a combined file equals 10 MB, the file may grow into an unmanageable file of 40-50MB after a while.
This seems to happen each time I delete an elements and import a new one - which may be changed version of the one I deleted. After deletion, there is no visible trace of the element, but the file size remains the same, and when I import the new version of the element, it adds to the total size of the file, which grows and grows each time changes are made that way.
In other words, if seems as if the data from the imported elements (files) remains stored in the combined file also after deletion.
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To allow further investigation, please attach a sample SVG file, and provide more details about the steps "(…) delete an elements and and import a new one (…)": what file formats are you importing, and how? Could you attach such a drawing which you import into an existing Inkscape SVG document, too?