How does new batch export folder creation get triggered? (not a question, a combo of bugs)
Summary:
Writing the release notes, I found the info that Inkscape now creates folders in batch export instead of complaining they do not exist (inkscape!5169 (merged)).
Trying it out, I found no way to insert a folder name in batch export (suffix doesn't make sense, and in the field that has 'batch' in it, any folders seem to be ignored:
(results in images written to /tmp, as only batch-id.png)
However, translating Inkscape (or rather, reviewing strings for translators), I found this message: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/blob/1.4.x/src/ui/dialog/export-batch.cpp#L650
Could't make it show up, though.
And then, for fun, I tried single file export, and it created the folder without complaining. Which was never mentioned anywhere, and where Inkscape also does not ask, in case I have mistyped (bad...).
Steps to reproduce:
- open Inkscape
- open Export dialog
- try to make it:
- save in a subfolder with batch export
- save in a subfolder with normal export
What happened?
- Inkscape created a subfolder when it should have asked (in single file mode)
- There was no way to create a subfolder in batch mode (that I could find)
What should have happened?
- Inkscape should ask once if it creates a folder where it wants to export things, no matter which mode. I might have made a typo.
- If subfolder creation is supposed to work in batch mode, by typing in the path, it should be possible to do that via GUI
- Otherwise, the message can be dropped from the batch export dialog file, I assume.
Version info
Inkscape 1.4-beta (1483b83296, 2024-04-23)
Compile (Run)
GLib version: 2.72.4
GTK version: 3.24.33 (3.24.33)
glibmm version: 2.66.2
gtkmm version: 3.24.5
libxml2 version: 2.9.13
libxslt version: 1.1.34
Cairo version: 1.16.0 (1.16.0)
Pango version: 1.50.6 (1.50.6)
HarfBuzz version: 2.7.4 (2.7.4)
OS version: Linux Mint 21.3