=== modified file 'scour.inkscape.py'
--- scour.inkscape.py	2010-09-01 02:10:58 +0000
+++ scour.inkscape.py	2011-04-02 01:58:08 +0000
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@
         self.OptionParser.add_option("--indent",
             action="store", type="string", dest="indent_type", default="space",
             help="indentation of the output: none, space, tab (default: %default)")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--protect-ids-noninkscape", type="inkbool",
+            action="store", dest="protect_ids_noninkscape", default=False,
+            help="don't change IDs not ending with a digit")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--protect-ids-list",
+            action="store", type="string", dest="protect_ids_list", default=None,
+            help="don't change IDs given in a comma-separated list")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--protect-ids-prefix",
+            action="store", type="string", dest="protect_ids_prefix", default=None,
+            help="don't change IDs starting with the given prefix")
         self.OptionParser.add_option("--enable-viewboxing", type="inkbool",
             action="store", dest="enable_viewboxing", default=False,
             help="changes document width/height to 100%/100% and creates viewbox coordinates")

=== modified file 'scour.inx'
--- scour.inx	2010-10-04 23:19:40 +0000
+++ scour.inx	2011-04-02 01:58:08 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
                 <_item value="tab">Tab</_item>
                 <_item value="none">None</_item>
             </param>
+            <param name="protect-ids-noninkscape"  type="boolean" _gui-text="Preserve manually created ID names not ending with digits">false</param>
+            <param name="protect-ids-list"  type="boolean" _gui-text="Preserve these ID names, comma-separated">false</param>
+            <param name="protect-ids-prefix"  type="boolean" _gui-text="Preserve ID names starting with">false</param>
         </page>
         <page name="Help" _gui-text="Help">
             <_param name="instructions" type="description" xml:space="preserve">This extension optimizes the SVG file according to the following options:
@@ -42,7 +45,10 @@
     * Work around renderer bugs: emits slightly larger SVG data, but works around a bug in librsvg's renderer, which is used in Eye of GNOME and other various applications.
     * Enable viewboxing: size image to 100%/100% and introduce a viewBox.
     * Number of significant digits for coords: all coordinates are output with that number of significant digits. For example, if 3 is specified, the coordinate 3.5153 is output as 3.51 and the coordinate 471.55 is output as 472.
-    * XML indentation (pretty-printing): either None for no indentation, Space to use one space per nesting level, or Tab to use one tab per nesting level.</_param>
+    * XML indentation (pretty-printing): either None for no indentation, Space to use one space per nesting level, or Tab to use one tab per nesting level.
+    * Preserve manually created ID names not ending with digits: usually, optimised SVG output removes these, but if they're needed for referencing (e.g. #middledot), you may use this option.
+    * Preserve these ID names, comma-separated: you can use this in conjunction with the other preserve options if you wish to preserve some more specific ID names.
+    * Preserve ID names starting with: usually, optimised SVG output removes all unused ID names, but if all of your preserved ID names start with the same prefix (e.g. #flag-mx, #flag-pt), you may use this option.</_param>
         </page>
     </param>        
     <output>