Well, I am going to have to reverse my position once again. Here is an improved patch which works well for me, on Windows: Rewrite comment 6 to read:
6. limiting the Python code change to Windows-only seems like a good idea. It could be done with a line of code like this:
if inkex.sys.platform.startswith('win'):
inkex.os.environ['LANG'] = '' # pass this to the spawned Inkscape
Well, I am going to have to reverse my position once again. Here is an improved patch which works well for me, on Windows: Rewrite comment 6 to read:
6. limiting the Python code change to Windows-only seems like a good idea. It could be done with a line of code like this: platform. startswith( 'win'): os.environ[ 'LANG'] = '' # pass this to the spawned Inkscape
if inkex.sys.
inkex.
This patch avoids the crash for me.