Have to regress: no suggestion question. I must discuss a bug I've encountered three days ago. I can't fix it; even Restoro didn't repair it! I was busy with creating one more pattern and ready to try it when I lost all patterns in Inkscape 1.0 Paint Servers. I tried system restore too but that didn't do anything. I know that I am using a beta; could that be a bug or something else? What do you people suggest: go back to v. 92.5? I'll wait for your replies before uninstalling 1.0. You may have an idea to try... One more thing: the patterns.svg file is still there, uncorrupted, with all patterns listed. Why then would they not show in Paint Servers? Everything else in Inkscape works as it should.
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Have put patterns.svg in Paint all right. Made sure it was intact. Well, when clicking on Paint Servers I get the same message that there was an internal error and it must close. Witrh an empty Inkscape screen, when I I click Paint Servers that message gets displayed too... When I import a graphic and do Objec to Pattern, it does get recognized with a number. If I open a shape and click on Fill & Stroke, the new shape immediately fills it. I wonder why that ease doesn't work with Paint Servers. It seems to me that there is a flaw in Inkscape... What else can I try besides uninstalling 1.0 and reinstalling 92.5? Do you need to look at some files/objects/graphics Tyler Durden?
Thank you very much for your success! I marvel at how you were able to get to the bottom of it. How did you do it? I am glad to know the cause of the error. Didn't know that 1.0 now has a stable version; I will uninstall and reinstall things. Then I will let you know. Oh! Do I do anything about the two patterns? I certainly do not want a repeat of that error.
Which other pattern was involved along with 3flowers? I suspect it was the one immediately under it, multihearts; is that correct? Maybe I should delete those two patterns before installing the 1.0? What do you recommend? We don't want a repeat... I wonder why I haven't been confronted with the words Invalid svg file. By the way: how can one rebuild a pattern; does one simply go over the code to fix or is a program needed?
You have allowed me to go a little further, Tyler Durden. Have installed v. 1.0 and was nicely surprised to find Paint Servers available again. Unfortunetly am faced with another difficulty: whereas previously I was able to add pattern after pattern easily, I find myself now unable to add a single one. I am following the prescribed steps scrupulously, but my new patterns don't manage to enter the patterns repository. Does your experience have an idea of where I should look? (All stock patterns show up all right plus one of mine.)
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Have to regress: no suggestion question. I must discuss a bug I've encountered three days ago. I can't fix it; even Restoro didn't repair it! I was busy with creating one more pattern and ready to try it when I lost all patterns in Inkscape 1.0 Paint Servers. I tried system restore too but that didn't do anything. I know that I am using a beta; could that be a bug or something else? What do you people suggest: go back to v. 92.5? I'll wait for your replies before uninstalling 1.0. You may have an idea to try... One more thing: the patterns.svg file is still there, uncorrupted, with all patterns listed. Why then would they not show in Paint Servers? Everything else in Inkscape works as it should.
[Moderator edit: Split from unrelated topic for clarity and visibility.]
What directory is the patterns.svg file in?
Does the Inkscape Preferences>System User Paint Servers point to that location?
2 locations for patterns.svg: Prog. Files>Inkscape>Share>Inkscape>Paint
Prog. Files>Inkscape>Share>Inkscape>Patterns
However, when going to C:\\users\owner\appData\Roaming\Inkscape\Paint
am confronted with the words This folder is empty
Is that where I could correct? How can I fill this void?
Thanks for taking the time to help a novice.
I would put the patterns.svg in the C:\\users\owner\appData\Roaming\Inkscape\Paint and see what happens.
EDIT: I presume you login as owner, if not, you may need to change the directory Inkscape looks at.
Have put patterns.svg in Paint all right. Made sure it was intact. Well, when clicking on Paint Servers I get the same message that there was an internal error and it must close. Witrh an empty Inkscape screen, when I I click Paint Servers that message gets displayed too... When I import a graphic and do Objec to Pattern, it does get recognized with a number. If I open a shape and click on Fill & Stroke, the new shape immediately fills it. I wonder why that ease doesn't work with Paint Servers. It seems to me that there is a flaw in Inkscape... What else can I try besides uninstalling 1.0 and reinstalling 92.5? Do you need to look at some files/objects/graphics Tyler Durden?
It seems to work here with the attached test file.
Please share an example patterns file that has the issue.
Is this what you mean? star + vacant Paint Server
Is this what you mean? star + vacant Paint Server
Well, that is very bad, but I would like to examine the patterns.svg file.
I hope you can discover the cause of the error; I am mystified...
The patterns.svg file is corrupted... two pattern files are mixed together inappropriately. A bug caused this, I am sure.
I suggest to decide which way to go: back to .92xx or ahead to 1.0 release version (not beta). Then try the pattern.
I believe I have reconstructed the three flowers pattern file. But uninstall Inkscape beta and re-install a stable version before using it.
Thank you very much for your success! I marvel at how you were able to get to the bottom of it. How did you do it? I am glad to know the cause of the error. Didn't know that 1.0 now has a stable version; I will uninstall and reinstall things. Then I will let you know. Oh! Do I do anything about the two patterns? I certainly do not want a repeat of that error.
My first clue was a windows preview message "Invalid svg file".
I looked at the file in a text-editor and it contained more than one set of file "Headers", which should never happen.
Then it was a game of separating code from one file. We call it "busy-work"... not difficult, but not a single cut/paste.
Which other pattern was involved along with 3flowers? I suspect it was the one immediately under it, multihearts; is that correct? Maybe I should delete those two patterns before installing the 1.0? What do you recommend? We don't want a repeat... I wonder why I haven't been confronted with the words Invalid svg file. By the way: how can one rebuild a pattern; does one simply go over the code to fix or is a program needed?
All the stock Inkscape patterns (not hatches) are in a single file. That file was mashed-up with the 3Flowers file.
You have allowed me to go a little further, Tyler Durden. Have installed v. 1.0 and was nicely surprised to find Paint Servers available again. Unfortunetly am faced with another difficulty: whereas previously I was able to add pattern after pattern easily, I find myself now unable to add a single one. I am following the prescribed steps scrupulously, but my new patterns don't manage to enter the patterns repository. Does your experience have an idea of where I should look? (All stock patterns show up all right plus one of mine.)
Please share the steps you have used successfully.