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how do i enable log display

Asked by Shirley Harrison

I have a svg file which shows only the image a message says enbale lo display how do I do this

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mahfiaz (mahfiaz) said : 		#1

If you want to debug Inkscape, here it is: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Debugging_Inkscape

But it seems like you actually are expecting the SVG file to contain more objects than just a image. When and what exactly does it say, what makes you search for log display?

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Shirley Harrison (shirlp01) said : 		#2

Enable log display by setting dialogs.debug 'redirect' attribute to 1 in preferences.xml is the message
I purchased a vsg file to create cutting files but I can only get an image, I was told to use inkscape but I still can only get images, I have downloaded the files to windows 7 & my laptop which is Vista with the same reults, I only get images not the whole file

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Best mahfiaz (mahfiaz) said : 		#3

Open Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Inkscape\preferences.xml file with any text editor, notepad should be fine (although it may not show lines correctly), find <group id="debug" redirect="0"/> and change 0 to 1, save, open Inkscape again.

This is answer to your original question. This turns debugging messages on so you ought to see, what is wrong with the SVG file (or maybe simply unexpected). And you could always file a bug report and attach the file there, if your licence for that file allows it.

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Shirley Harrison (shirlp01) said : 		#4

Hi thanks for that, I found almost by accident that the reason I couldn't see the lines was because they were the same color, I right clicked on the image & kept clicking ungroup & the lines appeared, I then changed the colour & I could see them & presto I was in business, thanks for your help, I have a long way to go to understand how it works but I am getting there