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Beyond the Basics Supress EPS import prompt when running a conversion from the commandline.
  1. #1
    visusys visusys @visusys

    I am invoking inkscape through a PowerShell script that saves AI/EPS/PDF files to SVG. But when I run the script on an EPS file I get a GUI window:

    https://i.imgur.com/JorkSQ2.png

    Does anyone know how to suppress this prompt? I want it always to default to 'disabled'.

    inkscape.com myfile.eps --export-area-drawing --export-plain-svg --export-filename myfile-out.svg

    The above is the command I'm using.

    Any help greatly appreciated.

  2. #2
    inklinea inklinea @inklinea⛰️

    This works on Ubuntu, not able to test in Windows at the moment.

    The file /usr/share/extensions/eps_input.inx this is a core extension file, not in the user extension folder

    If you comment out as shown below:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <inkscape-extension xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension">
        <name>EPS Input</name>
        <id>org.inkscape.input.eps</id>
        <dependency type="extension">org.inkscape.input.pdf</dependency>
        <dependency type="executable" location="path">ps2pdf</dependency>
        <param name="crop" type="bool" gui-hidden="true">true</param>
    <!--
        <param name="autorotate" type="optiongroup" appearance="combo" gui-text="Determine page orientation from text direction"
        gui-description="The PS/EPS importer can try to determine the page orientation such that the majority of the text runs left-to-right.">
            <option value="None">Disabled</option>
            <option value="PageByPage">Page by page</option>
            <option value="All">All</option>
        </param>
    -->
        <input>
            <extension>.eps</extension>
            <mimetype>image/x-encapsulated-postscript</mimetype>
            <filetypename>Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps)</filetypename>
            <filetypetooltip>Encapsulated PostScript</filetypetooltip>
        </input>
        <script>
            <command location="inx" interpreter="python">ps_input.py</command>
            <helper_extension>org.inkscape.input.pdf</helper_extension>
        </script>
    </inkscape-extension>

  3. #3
    Lito Lito @Lito

    @visusys you can edit the file /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/eps_input.inx and replace:

        <param name="autorotate" type="optiongroup" appearance="combo" gui-text="Determine page orientation from text direction"
        gui-description="The PS/EPS importer can try to determine the page orientation such that the majority of the text runs left-to-right.">
            <option value="None">Disabled</option>
            <option value="PageByPage">Page by page</option>
            <option value="All">All</option>
        </param>

    with

        <param name="autorotate" type="string" gui-hidden="true">None</param>

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