Inkscape doesn't read palettes from local directory

[Matt Hancock]

This is on Ubuntu 16.04 and Inkscape 0.91. Inkscape does not appear to read from the directory `~/.config/inkscape/palettes/`. For example if I have a file, MyPal.gpl, in the previous directory:

GIMP Palette
Name: MyPal
Columns: 5
#
  8 76 97 Untitled
 85 145 127 Untitled
107 171 144 Untitled
225 240 196 Untitled
234 121 121 Untitled

it doesn't appear in Inkscape (even after restarting Inkscape). However, if I place the file in the directory, `/usr/share/inkscape/palettes/`, then the palette does appear in the Inkscape swatches (after restarting Inkscape).

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Thanks for taking the time to file a report!

Not reproduced on Windows XP (32-bit), with Inkscape 0.91 and 0.92. The palette installed in the user config directory is correctly loaded.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

And not reproduced on Xubuntu 16.04, Inkscape 0.91 and 0.92.

[Mc (mc...)]

Hi, How did you install inkscape ? (ppa (which one)? snap ?)

[Matt Hancock (chestervonwinchester)]

just `sudo apt-get install inkscape`.

On 01/21/2017 12:53 PM, Mc wrote:
> Hi, How did you install inkscape ? (ppa (which one)? snap ?)
>

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Possibly related to:
* Bug #1447971 “User palettes not available if all shared system
                palettes are deleted from installation”
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1447971
  (fixed in 0.92)

Did you delete the palettes installed in /usr/share/inkscape/palette ?

[Matt Hancock (chestervonwinchester)]

No. The directory and its contents are unchanged except the addition of
my custom color palette. Also, the custom color palette only exists in
the /usr/share/inkscape/palettes directory. If it is moved from this
directory to ~/.config/inkscape/palettes, then it does not appear in
inkscape.

On 01/21/2017 01:44 PM, su_v wrote:
> Possibly related to:
> * Bug #1447971 “User palettes not available if all shared system
> palettes are deleted from installation”
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1447971
> (fixed in 0.92)
>
> Did you delete the palettes installed in /usr/share/inkscape/palette ?
>
> ** Tags added: color preferences ui
>

[Matt Hancock (chestervonwinchester)]

I tried this on a separate machine with the same OS, and could not reproduce the bug. In other words, inkscape read from the local config directory correctly.

I tried again on the machine that I originally reported the issue, which has since been rebooted, and it worked fine. There are two explanations:

1) Inkscape places local swatches at the top of the swatch list (not in a universal alphabetical order). Maybe I am an idiot and did not notice it sitting at the top of the list initially.
2) Reboot magic?

Since 1) seems more likely, I think this should be closed as not a bug.