What happens when a style is saved?

[sturgman]

Could you explain what happens when a style is saved? Inkscape does not have a "style library" functionality as far as I know. Are you defining the styles in some kind of svg file and importing them somehow? Thank you!

[Gilles Castel]

The code responsible for savings styles / objects is located in the styles.py file.

First, the code copies the object by pressing Ctrl+C:

inkscape-shortcut-manager/styles.py

Line 79 in da65ba2

 self.press('c', X.ControlMask) 

Then the get(TARGET) retrieves the content from the clipboard in the format specified by TARGET, which is a constant equal to 'image/x-inkscape-svg'. So this retrieves the svg code for the object.

Then the code writes this svg to a file located in the configuration directory (~/.config/inkscape-shortcut-manager/objects/name.svg or /styles/name.svg)

inkscape-shortcut-manager/styles.py

Line 105 in da65ba2

 (directory / f'{name}.svg').write_text(get(TARGET)) 

When you apply a style, this file gets copied to your clipboard and the program presses Ctrl+Shift+V, which is 'paste style'.

Hopes this clears things up a bit!

[sturgman]

That is awesome. Thank you so much for the explanation!

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On Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 8:20 AM Gilles Castel ***@***.***> wrote: The code responsible for savings styles / objects is located in the styles.py file. First, the code copies the object by pressing Ctrl+C: https://github.com/gillescastel/inkscape-shortcut-manager/blob/da65ba20709e4d2d1116669efa219bfbeb8ed0ed/styles.py#L79 Then the get(TARGET) retrieves the content from the clipboard in the format specified by TARGET, which is a constant equal to 'image/x-inkscape-svg'. So this retrieves the svg code for the object. Then the code writes this svg to a file located in the configuration directory (~/.config/inkscape-shortcut-manager/objects/name.svg or /styles/name.svg) https://github.com/gillescastel/inkscape-shortcut-manager/blob/da65ba20709e4d2d1116669efa219bfbeb8ed0ed/styles.py#L105 When you apply a style, this file gets copied to your clipboard and the program presses Ctrl+Shift+V, which is 'paste style'. Hopes this clears things up a bit! — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#11 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA7ODQFUECG4IKMG676L3Z3RYM6IBANCNFSM4OC6E24Q> .