After lowering SVG output numeric precision in preferences (tested with '1' and '2') Inkscape.app hangs after launch and has to be forcefully quit. Renaming preferences.xml or editing it and changing numericprecision="2" back to "8" lets Inkscape launch and run without issues.
Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61)
XQuartz 2.3.3.2 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple42)
Inkscape 0.47pre1 r21720, built Jul 6 2009
console.log:
Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-qdHmAu/:0".
inkscape-bin(13731,0xa0388720) malloc: *** error for object 0x57a5080: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
Emergency save activated!
inkscape-bin(13731,0xa0388720) malloc: *** error for object 0x57a2a10: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
inkscape-bin(13731,0xa0388720) malloc: *** error for object 0x57a2a10: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now.
If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org
with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it.
attached: sample of inkscape-bin (created with Activity Monitor.app)
- confirmed on Windows XP, Inkscape 0.47 pre0.
- my result was different from above, but still unacceptable. I drew a rectangle, changed the prefs to 2 digits after the decimal, saved it; changed the prefs to one digit, saved it. Quit Inkscape. Confirmed that the saved files looked reasonable, although they both appeared to have the same precision, which was only one digit after the decimal.
Then restarted Inkscape only to have it close itself automatically after 5 seconds with no exit message. It was impossible to run Inkscape after this, it would shutdown after 5 seconds. It was necessary to revert to the original prefs to get it to run again.