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HowTo Disable texts to paths for EMF output from CLI

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Summary:

How do I disable convert texts to paths in my command line argument. Please let me know what is the CLI command I need to give.

Details:

Hi, I used the inkscape CLI command
inkscape.exe", "--file", "source.svg", "--export-emf", "result.emf"
where I gave the svg filename to be converted to emf and the emf file name for conversion. Since I was not giving conversion text to paths in my CLI I presumed it was disabled. But it was not, and hence i was not able to edit the text when i import that emf in PowerPoint. Also, the option is enabled by default in UI as well, and has to be disabled manually:

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How do I disable convert texts to paths in my command line argument. Please let me know what is the CLI command I need to give.

I tested in 0.92 inkscape version and it did not work with the above CLI options.

Regards-Geetha

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Issue without this (original report):

Steps to reproduce:

  1. I convert an svg file into emf by using the below CLI option inkscape.exe", "--file", "source.svg", "--export-emf", "result.emf".
  2. Now I go to microsoft powerpoint (2010 version) and I say insert picture and select this emf. The picture of a bar graph with heading and legends get inserted.
  3. Now I want to change the heading of the inserted file in pptx. I do a ungroup of the entire object.

Reduced Steps:

(given 🡭 by @jhofinger , addition 🡭 by @yashpalgoyal1304 )

What happened?

The issue is each letter of the heading gets selected separately and I am not able to group a set of words and change it like we do in a text box. Even when each letter is getting selected separately still not able to change anything. Not able to change the heading by grouping the letters in a text box and changing it.

What should have happened?

I should be able to select group of words in the heading as text box and be able to change the word. For example if the heading is "Hello World", I should be able to select Hello separately and change is as say "Better World". Even legends I am not ale to do. In the picture I am able to select a box change color etc..

Version Info:

Inkscape Version: 
- Inkscape 0.92.2
- Inkscape 1.0 (b51213c273, 2020-08-10) Pango version: 1.40.14
Operating System:
  NAME="CentOS Linux"
  VERSION="7 (Core)"
  ID="centos"
  ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
  VERSION_ID="7"
  PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Linux 7 (Core)"
  ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
  CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:7"
  HOME_URL="https://www.centos.org/"
  BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.centos.org/"

  CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT="CentOS-7"
  CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="7"
  REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="centos"
  REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="7"
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