I've been working on a map for an alternative history project I've been working on. I saved the SVG file in Inkscape two days ago, but now when I open it it's just an empty file. Trying to view it with windows file explorer extensions does not show anything either. However, the file is still shown in windows as over 350 MB, and when I open it as a text file it still has a ton of text. When I open it in Microsoft Edge, I get the attached error.
I can't find this "AttValue" line anywhere in the text file, and I can't attach the SVG file because it's too big. I'd attach the text file, but I'm really scared to save anything related to the file.
Look at the location of the 'Autosave Directory'. If you have not been working on lots of files since. There may be an affected copy there.
If you cannot find any autosave files, then I would make a copy of this file. The open it in a decent text editor.
In Windows that would usually be Notepad++ or vscode (both free), have a general look at the file, and navigate to the line number mentioned in the error.
Vscode is good, because if you have a lot of embedded images, it has a scrolling preview on the right hand of the window, so you can jump past massive embedded blocks.
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Hello,
I've been working on a map for an alternative history project I've been working on. I saved the SVG file in Inkscape two days ago, but now when I open it it's just an empty file. Trying to view it with windows file explorer extensions does not show anything either. However, the file is still shown in windows as over 350 MB, and when I open it as a text file it still has a ton of text. When I open it in Microsoft Edge, I get the attached error.
I can't find this "AttValue" line anywhere in the text file, and I can't attach the SVG file because it's too big. I'd attach the text file, but I'm really scared to save anything related to the file.
Is anyone familiar with this?
The first think to do is look for an autosave, this is always tthe first and best option to try as soon as you can.
https://inkscape.org/forums/questions/have-you-set-your-autosave-check-it-now/
Look at the location of the 'Autosave Directory'. If you have not been working on lots of files since. There may be an affected copy there.
If you cannot find any autosave files, then I would make a copy of this file. The open it in a decent text editor.
In Windows that would usually be Notepad++ or vscode (both free), have a general look at the file, and navigate to the line number mentioned in the error.
Vscode is good, because if you have a lot of embedded images, it has a scrolling preview on the right hand of the window, so you can jump past massive embedded blocks.