Software Update: Inkscape 0.48.5

The fifth update of Inkscape version 0.48 has been released. Inkscape is an open source and cross platform program for editing het vector graphics. It shares similarities with programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand and Xara X, but the big difference is that Inkscape works with Scalable Vector Graphics, an open standard developed by the W3C. The implementation of SVG is, however, incomplete. SVG fonts can now be designed in Inkscape, but cannot yet be used to render text on the canvas. Below is an overview of the most important changes that have been made since version 0.48.2.

Release notes/0.48.5

Important bug fixes

• Adobe Illustrator SVG files containing entities can be loaded again
• Support for Poppler 0.26
• Support for Boehm-GC 7.4.0 and later
• Several crash bugs were fixed
• 64-bit compilation is now possible on Windows

Release notes/0.48.4

Important bug fixes

• A security bug was fixed.
• Some major bugs causing crashes when using extensions or the filters editor were fixed.
• A bug affecting the outline mode was fixed.
• Inkscape can now be built on platforms with new versions of the Poppler library (v0.20 and higher). (bug #1005565) Relative path names can be used again on the command line for EPS/PS and other file types handled by script extensions (bug #695120)

translations

• Basque, Belarusian, French, Ukrainian: UI translation updated

Release notes/0.48.3

Regression fixes

• Pre-0.46 grids are now correctly imported. Bug #221040

Important bug fixes

• Clipped and masked objects are selected correctly. Bug #365458
• The units feet and picas are now correctly handled for grids. Bug #885500
• Finally, the grid origin is moved when resizing the page (eg when clicking clicking “Fit page to selection”)! Bug #240689
• The emphasized grid lines of the axonometric grid now move properly according to the origin of the grid.