Option like --reuse-existing would speed up command line operations
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
New
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I would like to speed up those command line requests to Inkscape which require a window to run by avoiding launching a new window each time.
All the operations I'm trying to script fail if I try to run headless so I have to run it with a gui. This is an understandable limitation perhaps, however currently I have to wait for a new inkscape instance to load from scratch for every file.
Having a --use-existing flag which allows the running instance of Inkscape to be controlled would be very useful here, since load and save from a previously running Inkscape window is pretty fast.
If this feature was available I would estimate the difference could be as much as 2000% speedup for what I'm trying to do.
tags: | added: cli |
Changed in inkscape: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
This would be solved once verbs can be used in the already implemented shell mode.
related to or duplicate of /bugs.launchpad .net/inkscape/ +bug/626854>
Bug #626854 in Inkscape: “--verb actions not possible in --shell mode”:
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See also: /bugs.launchpad .net/inkscape/ +bug/259303>
Bug #259303 “Server Mode: Option to run Inkscape as a command line server”:
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