slow and cannot save when trying to resize eps files
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I start the program by:
unset GTK_IM_MODULE && inkscape &
Cause I need it to input text, otherwise it will simply crash, https:/
As soon as I do something, such as resizing a plot, it gets very slow even it ran completely fine and smooth before this action. It gets worse, it stops saving from this point, not to any file formats. In fact, if I try to save it to a existing file, it will ruin the file. I cannot open it again in any programs I have.
I mostly import eps files(exported from mathematica if it matters), and making figures.
My computer brief configuration:
Quad core, 2.8GHz
3Gb Ram
ati hd 3450, binary driver downloaded from ati.amd.com
Compiz on or off didn't make a difference.
Operating system: ubuntu 9.10 upgraded from 9.04.
And I installed Inkscape through apt-get.
The "workaround" is:
- open a empty file(same as above: unset GTK_IM_MODULE && inkscape &)
- save it in "Inkscape svg" format.
- then import my eps files.
In this way, things are working well, I can edit, save etc. without any trouble.
tags: | added: eps importing |
Changed in inkscape: | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
1) Which version of Inkscape do you use?
2) With 'resizing' do you mean scaling by either dragging the bounding box handles of the selected object or group with the mouse or applying a transformation via 'Object > Transform… > Scale'? What other editing commands cause the same problem?
3) Could you attach a sample EPS file that exposes this behavior?
4) Could you attach one of the 'ruined' files that can't be reopened in Inkscape? Did you have a look at it in a texteditor?