> I manually changed the IDs; sorry. I had no idea
> that would break the references.
Use the "Label" field in the object properties dialog to add a custom tag to the object. IDs have to be unique, therefore it is better not not manually edit them and keep them as assigned by Inkscape.
> If this is the case I would request an enhancement to see
> the effect of changing the IDs live
Could you file a separate feature request for this?
> where is the reference data located in the XML?
It is stored with the linked object i.e. the text object:
<textPath xlink:href="#path3159" …>
> I manually changed the IDs; sorry. I had no idea
> that would break the references.
Use the "Label" field in the object properties dialog to add a custom tag to the object. IDs have to be unique, therefore it is better not not manually edit them and keep them as assigned by Inkscape.
> If this is the case I would request an enhancement to see
> the effect of changing the IDs live
Could you file a separate feature request for this?
> where is the reference data located in the XML?
It is stored with the linked object i.e. the text object: "#path3159" …>
<textPath xlink:href=
see also: <http:// www.w3. org/TR/ SVG11/text. html#TextOnAPat h>