Hi

I have written an extension for adding an object to an existing SVG file, but I'm unable to save the file after the changes has been done. (using the same extension script)

Can anyone help me with this? How can i save the SVG file using inkex?

Thanks

# Save the current svg contained in self
with open('/home/name/Pictures/output_test0.svg', 'wb') as output_file:
    self.save(output_file)

# Generic python method for saving any svg element - svg, path, rect etc
# This useful if you want to output mutiple svgs - each different
# For example with different stroke widths / colours etc.

svg_copy = self.svg.copy()
with open('/home/name/Pictures/output_test1.svg', 'w') as svg_file:
    svg_text = svg_copy.tostring().decode('utf-8')
    svg_file.write(svg_text)

# Here we just find the first ellipse in the document and export as text

with open('/home/name/Pictures/output_test2.svg', 'w') as svg_file:
    ellipse = self.svg.xpath('//svg:ellipse')[0]
    ellipse_text = ellipse.tostring().decode('utf-8')
    svg_file.write(ellipse_text)

# This is a generic method for exporting and svg ( or svg copy )
# pretty_print tries to make it look nicer

from lxml import etree
svg_filepath = '/home/name/Pictures/output_test3.svg'

with open(svg_filepath, 'w') as svg_file:
    svg_text = etree.tostring(self.svg, pretty_print=True).decode('utf-8')
    svg_file.write(svg_text)

You can also use:

sys.exit()

At the end of def effect - that will return to inkscape without updating the svg in the gui ignoring any changes you have made in the extensions system. So you can export without changing the current svg you are working on.

@inklinea Really grateful for this, works perfectly!

Thank you!!!