eps export should have non-tight bounding box (or clarify that it doesn't)
Migrated from https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170458
Original title: Export to EPS: selection only
Steps to reproduce:
- Invoke "Save as..." or "Save a copy..." and choose .eps as output format
- Choose any the PS Level, Text Output, Rasterize and Bleed options as necessary
- Select "Output page size" option (Document page/Exported object)
- Press "OK"
What happened?
.eps is saved to drawing size, regardless of size settings. It dosn't even respect the misleadingly-worded "Exported object": what does that mean? Is the entire drawing now considered an object where in every other reference to "object" in Inkscape is each separate...well, object, be it a path, a rectangle object, an ellipse object or a text object. Otherwise, it's a group...or a drawing...or a page.
What should have happened?
- Inkscape should respect output size setting
- Inkscape should offer Output options: Page/Drawing/Selection/Object ID in a clear, non-programmer manner
Steps to reproduce:
- Create a group of objects
- Invoke "Save as..." or "Save a copy..." and choose .eps as output format
- Choose any the PS Level, Text Output, Rasterize and Bleed options as necessary
- Enter the group ID in "Limit export to the object with ID ____"
- Press "OK"
What happened?
Inkscape outputs a blank .eps document with the dimensions of the identified group
What should have happened?
Inkscape should output a document with the ID'd group
Inkscape Version and Operating System:
- Inkscape Version: lasted tested with
- 1.0beta2 (074b463, 2020-02-02)
- 0.92.4 (5da689c313, 2019-01-14), MacPorts
- 0.92.4+68~ubuntu18.04.1
- 1.1-dev (969dcdb233, 2020-03-27), snap package
- Operating System: macOS/Ubuntu
- Operating System version: 10.12.6 (16G2136)/18.04.4 LTS
Additional Information/Comments:
- Probably related: inkscape#996
- It appears (summarily) this problem does not exist for saving to .pdf
Edited by Nathan Lee