Is it possible to use this extension from command line?

[Carsten Høyer]

I would like to be able to input a config file for gcodetools and and svg and then generate a gcode file by running inkscape as a cli. Is something like that possible?

[Nick]

yes. basically, all inkscape's extensions are cli utilities, but you will have to find how the parameters are transferred.
What are you planning to use it for?

[Carsten Høyer]

Hey @cnc-club, sorry for the late reply. December went fast.

My use case is converting svg to gcode for plotting. The plots are made with PaperJS.

I ended up running inkscape and gcodetools with node-inkscape. I was unable to provide gcodetools with options from cli, so I did a terrible hack: Before running inkscape I symlink custom inx files into the extensions folder. Those inx files are a copy of the gcodetools files, where I set the parameters the way I want them. Then I call those inx instead of gcodetools. After I have run Inkscape I delete the symlinks. It works. Its bad :)

I am thinking there might be better ways to do this, using a JavaScript library instead of bridging to Inkscape. But I have not found one, that makes paths on par with gcodetools.