inkscape-layers

Splits Inkscape SVG layers into individual SVG documents

Usage

inkscape-layers v0.2.1
  by Robert Lude <rob@ertlu.de>

Usage:
  inkscape-layers input_file options

Options:
  -o output_directory, --output-directory output_directory
    Specifies where to put the resulting SVG files
  -n name_mode, --name-label, --name-id, --name-index
    Specifies how to name the resulting SVG files. Acceptable values for name_mode are:
      label   Default. Uses the user-defined layer name from Inkscape
      id      Uses the layer's id attribute
      index   Uses the layer's position in the original SVG file
  -v visibility_mode, --visibility-all, --visibility-visible
    Specifies whether or not to skip invisible layers, or rather which layers to isolate.
    Acceptable values for visiblity_mode are:
      visible   Default. Only exports layers which are visible
      all       Exports each layer

Examines input_svg for each Inkscape layer and exports them to the same directory as input_svg with "-" and the layer's name appended to the end before the file extension.

If output_directory is specified, the files will be placed in that directory.

For example, inkscape-layers test.svg will produce test-1.svg, test-2.svg, test-3.svg because the included test.svg has three layers, named "1", "2", and "3".

Building

git clone --recursive git@github.com:robertlude/inkscape-layers.git
cd inkscape-layers
make

Installing

sudo cp ./inkscape-layers /usr/bin

Requirements

• libxml++ must be present
• g++ with support for C++11 must be present

Warnings

• This program was not tested on SVGs with unnamed layers or layers with duplicate names.
• This program was not tested on SVGs with sublayers.

Will these cause the command to fail? I don't know, but I thought you should be aware.

History

v0.2.1

• Bug fix: Invisible layers are now made visible during export

v0.2.0

• Added visibility options

v0.1.0

• Added naming options