[CliffStoll]

And, I’m guessing, plot with –mode plot
without specifying any layer?

(I assume this will plot in bottom-to-top order as seen in the Inkscape layer sidebar)

[CliffStoll]

I’m confused.

I thought that –mode plot meant that the entire file would be drawn. All layers. It’s unclear to me how to interrupt a drawing other than to press a button. ie, what command do I use to say, “After writing FRAGILE, pause”

How is a plot interrupted? Ie, after writing the first few characters, I can push the pause button. But how do I do this programmatically?

Thanx!

[CliffStoll]

Many thanks Windell!

I’m playing with the exclamation point naming; works just as you say for the Plot command.
But an exclamation point named layer seems to be skipped over when used in the bash cli:
axicli filename.svg –mode layers –layer 1 layer –norotate etc
## after this command, the pen is at Home.

axicli filename.svg –mode layers –layer !2 layer –norotate etc
## nothing is plotted by this command.

What I’m trying to do is:
axicli filename.svg –mode layers –layer 1 layer –Don’t_Go_Home
## after this command, the pen is up and at end of the layer 1

axicli –Get_X_Y_Position X, Y
## return the pen location

## now I calculate the position to walk to and then walk to the pen change location, do the pen change, and walk back to X, Y

## then plot the next layer, without ever going home.

(notice that I’m trying to avoid learning svg coding — guess I may have to)

Best wishes, -Cliff

[CliffStoll]

Running Inkscape 1.1 on my iMac vs the 0.92 on the Raspberry pi.
I’ve used the mac (with iPad-sidecar) to draw .svg images using Inkscape. Then transport the .svg to the Pi on a thumb drive, and the pi plots ’em on the Axidraw.

So I’m flipping between 2 different revisions of Inkscape, as well as 2 operating systems. Lots of “That menu item doesn’t exist” and “That tool doesn’t seem to work here”. Dialogs are different. Lots of wasted time hunting for things.

I think I may give up on the Pi, and find an old mac to run the Axidraw. Easier than juggling versions.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by CliffStoll.

[CliffStoll]

Sigh … after an hour of prodding, I’ve discovered Raspberrypi 4B is a 32 bit system.

It appears that all Inkscape releases since 0.92 (2019) are for 64 bit systems.

The Inkscape 0.92 Preferences for “Interface” doesn’t have origin selection. This was added in version 1.0

Using old 0.92 version also explains why I’ve been confused using current documentation.

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