Comment 13 for bug 174992

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Ted Gould (ted) wrote : Re: [Bug 174992] Re: perspective.py requires dependency on python-numpy

On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 20:50 +0000, KevinM wrote:
> I'm using Inkscape 0.45.1 on Ubuntu 7.10 X64. I've installed python-numpy and python-lxml, so that I can use the Perspective tool. Depending on what object I use I get different warning Messages. For text I get
> ** (inkscape:17486): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
> ** (inkscape:17488): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
> ** (inkscape:17490): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
> ** (inkscape:17494): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
> For a rectangle I get
> ** (inkscape:17782): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
> ** (inkscape:17784): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
> ** (inkscape:17786): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
> ** (inkscape:17788): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
> Even though these messages are displayed the perspective view is correct.

Yes, these errors are caused by GLib making the temporary file
incorrectly. It makes it so that the .svg is not at the end.
Unfortunately it is only fixed in the newer versions of Glib.