Comment 1 for bug 498649

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su_v (suv-lp) wrote : Re: all relative links become absolute when "Color Markers to Match Stroke" is used

reproduced with Inkscape 0.47 and 0.47+devel r8894 on OS X 10.5.8

This is not limited to the mentioned extension: apparently extensions that modify existing objects or insert/render new objects trigger a rewriting of the paths stored in 'xlink:href' attributes in the whole document: all
- (manually edited) relative links to imported bitmap images
- object links (implemented as attributes of a wrapped parent group to the selected/linked object)
are changed from relative to absolute filenames.

In parts reproduced with Inkscape 0.46:
only the relative links for imported/linked bitmap images are rewritten, relative object links stay untouched after using an effect like 'Render > Gear...' or 'Modify Path > Color Markers to Match Stroke'.