Inkscape

It takes 20 seconds to display a "save as" dialog.

Asked by Bruce Mincks

I am creating animations by converting inkscape .svg files into .gifs through ImageMagick. Worked fine until I got my new computer, got online, and got updated with my software. This also represents a transition from SUSE to Ubuntu. Now CTRL+SHIFT+S takes a long time (20 seconds) to show me the dialog. I find that ALT+F goes right to the File menu, but then ALT-S takes just as long as the shortcut. You can imagine the frustration trying to clone one image to indicate movement in the next.

While I'm waiting for the dialog to appear, the screen is essentially frozen.

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Guillermo Espertino (Gez) (gespertino-gmail) said : 		#1

It sounds like a bug. The proper place to report bugs is the Bugs section, please close this question and move to the Bugs section.

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Bruce Mincks (b-mincks) said : 		#2

I'm new to this process. I reported the bug, but does "problem solved" also "close the question?"

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Guillermo Espertino (Gez) (gespertino-gmail) said : 		#3

Yes. That will mark this question as solved (and that's technically correct, because you got a valid answer).
"problem solved" doesn't mean that the bug is fixed. That will be announced in the bugs section when the bug is fixed.

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Bruce Mincks (b-mincks) said : 		#4

> I think I just figured it out. When I migrated from my old
> computer, I retained my old tree of directories. Thinking
> the Ubuntu "Pictures" folder was extraneous, I
> deleted it. This morning I created a new
> "Pictures" directory, and it seemed to clve the
> problem. I didn't have to plant my .svg files there;
> just have such such directory.

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Bruce Mincks (b-mincks) said : 		#5

 I think I just figured it out. When I migrated from my old computer, I retained my old tree of directories. Thinking the Ubuntu "Pictures" folder was extraneous, I deleted it. This morning I created a new
 "Pictures" directory, and it seemed to clve the problem. I didn't have to plant my .svg files there; just have such such directory.

Thanks for respnding.

--- On Mon, 5/11/09, Guillermo Espertino (Gez) <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Guillermo Espertino (Gez) <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #70825]: It takes 20 seconds to display a "save as" dialog.
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> Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 5:38 PM
> Your question #70825 on Inkscape changed:
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Guillermo Espertino (Gez) proposed the following answer:
> Yes. That will mark this question as solved (and that's
> technically correct, because you got a valid answer).
> "problem solved" doesn't mean that the bug is
> fixed. That will be announced in the bugs section when the
> bug is fixed.
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