Comment 4 for bug 171451

I am also interested in seeing embroidery file formats supported by inkscape. My mom has a machine that uses the .PES file format and half dozen or so proprietary Windows programs that can either read or convert to/from .PES.

I've scoured the net trying to find more information on .PES and tried asking Brother for file format details without success. The inkscape wiki page at

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Embroidery_file_formats

links to http://www.achatina.de/sewing/main/TECHNICL.HTM

which has some information on the file format, but not enough for a reverse-engineering novice like me to get far. There is some more information at http://www.softhelp.ru/fileformat/pes/pes.htm.

The bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171650 is a more general request for embroidery file format support within inkscape, but it was closed with a referral to an inaccessible (to me) sourceforge page.

If an inkscape developer see this, what is the preferred location for discussing this issue? The wiki? This bug? The launchpad "Answers" area? One of the inkscape mailing lists?