Saving the figure

[cristianpjensen]

When saving the figure on macOS, using cmd+S, the figure is not automatically saved as a pdf and pdf_tex file. I have to manually use cmd+shift+S to save it as pdf. The file is only saved as SVG when using cmd+S.

Shouldn't the file be automatically saved as pdf when saving the file, according to the README?

[pstaerk]

Had the same problem. Unfortunately the automatic save does not work for me on ubuntu as well.

[pstaerk]

Just ran the debug option that i found in the closed issues.
My inkscape version is Inkscape 0.92.5 (2060ec1f9f, 2020-04-08), which resulted in the wrong savecode in the script. Manually fixing the command worked, but I am unsure why the inkscape_version_number < [1, 0, 0]: did not work in my case.

[cristianpjensen]

I am running inkscape on the 1.1 beta version, I am getting [1, 1, 0] correctly as output. I don't know why the autosave function isn't working for me. Does the autosave only work on < 1.0 or maybe only on linux? I am using inkscape-figures watch before going into vim.

[kiryph]

@cristianpjensen @pstaerk Did you install fswatch, e.g. via $ brew install fswatch?

It is used by main.py for non-linux systems:

inkscape-figures/inkscapefigures/main.py

Lines 102 to 105 in 78d0572

	if platform.system() == 'Linux':
	watcher_cmd = watch_daemon_inotify
	else:
	watcher_cmd = watch_daemon_fswatch

inkscape-figures/inkscapefigures/main.py

Lines 230 to 232 in 78d0572

	p = subprocess.Popen(
	['fswatch', *roots, str(user_dir)], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
	universal_newlines=True)

You should find a running background job with

❯ pgrep fswatch
39997

see also #31