Comment 10 for bug 1434721

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John Portnov (rocketscientist008) wrote : Re: [Bug 1434721] Re: Crash when opening WMF file

Perhaps you are correct. I will email you AutoCad dxf version soon.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Alvin Penner <email address hidden> wrote:

> just one more quick comment. I was able to load the svg file obtained
> from the emf, after a few minutes. When I chose the Inkscape menu item
> Edit->Select All it took a few minutes to respond, when it did respond,
> it said that I had selected 73,470 objects of type Path. This is a bit
> too much, so I suspect the original conversion to emf was deficient.
>
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> Title:
> Crash when opening WMF file
>
> Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> On 2015-03-20 14:16 (+0100), John Portnov asked this question:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/263913
>
> Original question:
> ==================
> I need to load my WMF File into InkScape so that I can work with it and
> save it as svg file eventually.
>
> Based on what I read, InkScape allows you to open wmf files. When I
> place WMF file in InkScape it closes and/or crashes.
>
> I have done open, import, and dragged WMF file into InkScape. The
> result is that InkScape closes without warning.
>
> Version info:
> =============
> I got InkScape (0.91 version) yesterday and believe that I have the
> latest version of it.
>
> Test case:
> ==========
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/22kxob0phnn73te/test12.wmf?dl=0
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