When will native OSX packages be available at inkscape.org?

Asked by Paaguti-hotmail

I'm writing my PhD thesis with GPL tools only:
1) LaTEX
2) Emacs (as main editor)
3) GNUPLOT
4) INKSCAPE
5) EPStoPDF
6) GNU Make

I don't have the time to get into the MACOS development cycle right now.
But I need a native MACOS Inkscape with command line support (I use it to convert from my
illustrations from SVG to EPS in the Makefile).

It would be very nice if _native_ OSX packages for test would be available from inkscape.org...

THANKS A LOT for considering :-) This might also help to get new bugs detected and fixed.

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Windell Oskay (windell) said :
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I acknowledge up front that this doesn't actually address your question, but there are some alternatives to consider.

First, according to existing bug reports ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/181639 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/435812 ), inkscape does work from the command line on the mac-- it's just that you need to pass full paths to it. From a makefile, that doesn't add much hassle at all.

Second, there are alternative ways to move SVG to EPS. I primarily use pstoedit to move things between different formats like these. It's GPL software. I installed it on my Mac using Fink, and it works well enough (for me at least) that I'd recommend trying it. It's a command line utility, and should easily be amenable to use through makefiles.

Keep in mind that these are just things I'd suggest as a mac user; I'm not in the development cycle either.

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Paaguti-hotmail (paaguti-hotmail) said :
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Hi,

thanks a lot for your comments and suggestions... I'll give it a try.
Although this one stop tool concept of Inkscape in Linux is too cool
to give it up. You want to make a new figure, you call it interactively
and you have the GUI. You just want to convert... use the command
line.

I'll try Fink, as long as it doesn't involve installing the SDK.

Cheers,/PA

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Windell Oskay (windell) said :
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Not sure which SDK you're referring to; I don't think that I installed one. :)

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Paaguti-hotmail (paaguti-hotmail) said :
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I was referring to http://gtk-osx.sourceforge.net AFAIK they have GIMP running natively on OSX!!! :-)

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su_v (suv-lp) said :
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> I was referring to http://gtk-osx.sourceforge.net

Currently the build scripts for Inkscape do not use jhbuild from gtk-osx.sf.net but are based on installing all needed dependencies via MacPorts (which needs Xcode installed). See <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingMacOsX#Compiling_Inkscape_with_native_GTK_using_MacPorts_.5Bexperimental.5D> how to compile Inkscape with GTK+/Quartz (aka native or 'Aqua' version) on OS X, but please be aware that the current state is experimental and some things don't work, due to issues in the Quartz module of GTK+ as well as issues with the code for the osx menu integration in Inkscape's sources (search the bug tracker for reports tagged with gtk-osx [1] to see some of those issues which have been reported, others have been discussed in the inkscape-devel mailing list [2].

[1] <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bugs?field.tag=gtk-osx>
[2] <http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.devel>

> But I need a native MACOS Inkscape with command line support

I'll repeat my recommendation I already gave to your earlier question: If you want to use Inkscape in linux-style on osx, please install it via MacPorts (port install inkscape) - IMHO you can't expect that an osx-style bundled and relocatable application (Inkscape.app) can be used the same way as '/usr/bin/inkscape' on linux - independent whether the osx application has been built and linked with GTK+/X11 or GTK+/Quartz (so called 'native' or 'Aqua' version).

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