I recently upgraded to inkscape 1.4, and I found that something was wrong with the arrow/cross sprites that appear when selecting/snipping an item. Furthermore, if I set the language to Chinese, the text in 'hints' that appear when snapping aren't displayed, and 'boxes' take the place of text. Setting the language to English solves the text problem, but the sprites are still missing. The problem still exists after clicking 'Reset Preferences' in the 'Preferences' dialog.
I use a Windows 11 PC, my previous installation was some portable version of 1.1 beta, and my current installation is 1.4 portable. The only thing I did before running the new version of Inkscape was deleting the folder that contained my previous installation. Before upgrading, inkscape worked fine.
I'd un-install Inkscape, and delete the user profile: (typically C:/users/yourusername/Appdata/roaming/inkscape). Appdata is a hidden file, so set Windows explorer to show all files.
Then I'd install version 1.3.2 using the .msi installer.
Tyler - Are you recommending deleting the preference file or the entire folder and sub folders? Could it be something besides the preferences file in that folder that could be causing issues such as dialogs-state-ex.ini or font-cache.ini? A bad extension in the extension sub folder?
In another thread - one answer from a developer is that the preference file is getting corrupted in v1.4. I am assuming AFTER a preference reset.
@Aero I did set my locale to the US (to install WSA) and use Chinese as my system language, thanks for the help. Interestingly, my previous version of inkscape was installed before the locale change, maybe that's why it showed the text labels correctly. Guess I'd have to stick to English labels. ;-)
@TylerDurden Complete uninstall and downgrading did work, thanks a lot.
I have my own feature request concerning locked layers and snapping. If it is locked, you should be able to disable snapping to it as well. If you can't select a locked object in the canvas, you shouldn't be able to snap to it. I consider it a bug - guess not.
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I recently upgraded to inkscape 1.4, and I found that something was wrong with the arrow/cross sprites that appear when selecting/snipping an item. Furthermore, if I set the language to Chinese, the text in 'hints' that appear when snapping aren't displayed, and 'boxes' take the place of text. Setting the language to English solves the text problem, but the sprites are still missing. The problem still exists after clicking 'Reset Preferences' in the 'Preferences' dialog.
I use a Windows 11 PC, my previous installation was some portable version of 1.1 beta, and my current installation is 1.4 portable. The only thing I did before running the new version of Inkscape was deleting the folder that contained my previous installation. Before upgrading, inkscape worked fine.
I'd un-install Inkscape, and delete the user profile: (typically C:/users/yourusername/Appdata/roaming/inkscape). Appdata is a hidden file, so set Windows explorer to show all files.
Then I'd install version 1.3.2 using the .msi installer.
Tyler -
Are you recommending deleting the preference file or the entire folder and sub folders? Could it be something besides the preferences file in that folder that could be causing issues such as dialogs-state-ex.ini or font-cache.ini? A bad extension in the extension sub folder?
In another thread - one answer from a developer is that the preference file is getting corrupted in v1.4. I am assuming AFTER a preference reset.
https://inkscape.org/forums/beyond/unspecified-fatal-error-encountered-aborting/
That sent shivers down my spine SO - I reset my preference to default. Change the preferences to my particular needs. Then made the file read only.
In this case I'd clobber the entire user directory.
I'm using v1.3.2 because of bugs in the layers menu, and suggest that others use that version unless they absolutely need features in 1.4.
Ok - Thanks Tyler
@gilobri, could be this issue
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/1554
@Aero I did set my locale to the US (to install WSA) and use Chinese as my system language, thanks for the help. Interestingly, my previous version of inkscape was installed before the locale change, maybe that's why it showed the text labels correctly. Guess I'd have to stick to English labels. ;-)
@TylerDurden Complete uninstall and downgrading did work, thanks a lot.
Is this the bug you are referring to?
1.4 Clicking on a locked layer in the Layers dialog selects workspace objects in that layer (#5324) · Issues · Inkscape / inkscape · GitLab
Yep.
I have my own feature request concerning locked layers and snapping. If it is locked, you should be able to disable snapping to it as well. If you can't select a locked object in the canvas, you shouldn't be able to snap to it. I consider it a bug - guess not.
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/10911