Release Notes

Inkscape 0.92.1

-~=  Released 2017-02-13  =~-

Note: Please rename file to inkscape-0.92.1.tar.bz2 before unpacking.

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|                          Release Highlights                          |
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Inkscape 0.92.1 is a stability and bugfix release. For a complete list
of bugs fixed in 0.92.1, see the Launchpad milestone page:

https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.92.1

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|                           Regression fixes                           |
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* Text: baseline-spacing related issues with regular and flowed text in
legacy Inkscape SVG files
(Bug #1655483 and others)
* Text: Default baseline spacing stored in relative units is always
converted to document units
(Bug #1645016)
* Path effects: Crash on ungroup if group contains elements with path
effects
(Bug #1657591)
* Clipboard: Pasting a path effect from clipboard fails
(Bug #1656093)
* Clipboard: Fix copy&pasting of groups which contain elements with path
effects
(Bug #1656527)
* Selection: Node tool can selected objects on locked layers
(Bug #1656141)
* Clones: Critical warnings with clones and symbols
(Bug #1653184)
* About screen missing for several UI languages
(Bug #1659426)
* Selection: Missing transformation handles after reset of rotation
center
(Bug #1657874)

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|                          Important bugfixes                          |
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* Bitmap images: Crash when opening files with invalid image links
(Bug #1660142)
* Bitmap images: Fix path separators in relative image links (Windows)
(Bug #1659347)
* File import: Failure to open CDR/Visio/WPG files from paths with
special characters (Windows)
(Bug #1656763)

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|                             Translations                             |
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* Catalan: Tutorial translation ("Basic") added
* Czech: UI translation updated
* French: UI translation updated
* French: Man page, Readme and Keys & mouse reference updated
* German: Man page and Keys & mouse reference updated
* Icelandic: UI translation updated
* Italian: UI translation updated
* Latvian: UI translation updated
* Russian: Tutorial translation ("Tracing Pixel Art") added
* Russian: UI translation updated
* Spanish: UI translation updated
* Slovak: Tutorial translation ("Tracing Pixel Art") added
* Slovak: UI translation updated
* Ukrainian: UI translation updated

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|                            Documentation                             |
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* Shortcuts: Add shortcut '7' for cycling through path effect parameters
in node tool
(Bug #1656713)
* Shortcuts: Add new Shift+I shortcut to keys and mouse reference
(Bug #1644609)
* Man page: Add new --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing command line
option
(Bug #1661811)

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|                             Known issues                             |
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* DPI Change: Dialog needs better explanation of available options
(Bug #1659229)
* DPI Change: Provide command line options for batch-processing legacy
files
(Bug #1659489)
* DPI Change: known issues with 'Scale elements' option
(Bugs #1653230,1653236,1654342,1654796,1654880,1654903,1655005,
1655053,1660228)
* DPI Change: Default grids in documents created with Inkscape 0.91
don't scale correctly
(Bug #1653893)
* Renderer: Artifacts in Gaussian blur effects with default quality
settings
(Bug #1656383)
* Node editor: Deselecting selected nodes of complex paths takes a long
time
(Bug #1652100)
* Fill and Stroke: HSL color selector may show corrupted colors, defunct
5th slider
(Bug #1635982)