starting inkscape with the name of a nonexistent file should create a new default document
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Inkscape |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Right now when you start inkscape and pass it a command-line argument naming a file that does not exist it gives an error:
"Failed to load the requested file whatever.svg"
Instead, it should create a blank document as if it had been invoked with no command line arguments. However, when the user tries to save the file, it should default to the location specified on the command line.
The existing workflow is suboptimal:
inkscape
draw a bunch of stuff
click save
navigate from whatever random directory the file chooser starts in to the directory you really want to save in (often ., and why isn't that the starting directory for the file chooser?)
It would be better if you could
inkscape diagram.svg
draw a bunch of stuff
click save
and be done. This workflow is so common in other tools that inkscape's deviation from the cliche is REALLY jarring.
For bonus points: if there is no parent directory for the path of the not-yet-existing file, pop up a warning dialog,
| tags: |
added: cli removed: rfe |
| Changed in inkscape: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in inkscape: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| summary: |
- starting inkscape with the name of a nonexistent file should not error + starting inkscape with the name of a nonexistent file should create a + new default document |
| Thangalin (thangalin-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #2 |
Related: bug #305191 Opening of a empty file
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