--verb=ObjectFlowtextToText does not work

Steps to reproduce:

  • run inkscape ./${file}f.svg --verb=EditSelectAll --verb=ObjectFlowtextToText --verb=FileSave --verb=FileClose --verb=FileQuit

What happened?

ObjectFlowtextToText does not work

What should have happened?

flowRoot should be converted to text

Inkscape Version and Operating System:

  • Inkscape Version: Inkscape 0.92.4 (5da689c313, 2019-01-14)
  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.316]
  • Operating System version: Version 1809 (Build 17763.316)

Original File

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_article-creation-2_ml.svg (18:26, 28. Feb. 2019)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/d/db/20190228200855%21Wikipedia_article-creation-2_ml.svg

Smaller Working Input Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg width="878.55" height="802" version="1.0" viewBox="0 -3 878.55 802" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
 <flowRoot transform="translate(0,-3)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"><rect x="363.28" y="622.34" width="116.13" height="32.755" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"/></flowRegion><flowPara>ഒരു പുതിയ</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="matrix(.93708 0 0 .9019 13.132 18.978)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"><rect x="354.35" y="646.17" width="152.86" height="83.376" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"/></flowRegion><flowPara>ഒരു പുതിയ</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="translate(0,-3)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion><rect x="350.38" y="681.9" width="151.86" height="32.755"/></flowRegion><flowPara>ലേഖനം</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="matrix(.9644 0 0 .87167 16.412 68.432)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"><rect x="346.41" y="690.83" width="143.92" height="45.658" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"/></flowRegion><flowPara>ലേഖനം</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="translate(-12.238,-48.438)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"><rect x="384.13" y="733.51" width="157.82" height="33.748" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"/></flowRegion><flowPara>സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="matrix(.69057 0 0 .82256 88.942 112.28)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion><rect x="355.34" y="719.62" width="247.15" height="54.592"/></flowRegion><flowPara>സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="translate(-24,-29)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"><rect x="692.82" y="617.38" width="165.76" height="41.688" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"/></flowRegion><flowPara>ഒരു</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="matrix(.85642 0 0 1 52.654 3)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion><rect x="688.85" y="634.25" width="259.06" height="45.658"/></flowRegion><flowPara>റീഡയറക്ട്</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="matrix(.74599 0 0 1.0253 145.82 -28.378)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion><rect x="676.94" y="687.85" width="276.93" height="58.562"/></flowRegion><flowPara>സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="matrix(1.0154 0 0 .85866 -72.117 64.342)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"><rect x="88.339" y="640.21" width="224.32" height="95.287" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"/></flowRegion><flowPara>മറ്റൊരു </flowPara><flowPara>പദം </flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="translate(-12.238,-48.438)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"><rect x="63.525" y="699.76" width="128.04" height="32.755" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal"/></flowRegion><flowPara>ചിന്തിക്കുക</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="matrix(.76351 0 0 1.076 -9.2858 -61.512)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion><rect x="63.525" y="692.82" width="235.24" height="55.584"/></flowRegion><flowPara>ചിന്തിക്കുക</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="matrix(1.0054 0 0 1.0322 -10.79 -29.658)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion><rect x="491.32" y="387.1" width="227.3" height="50.621"/></flowRegion><flowPara>ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട പദമുണ്ടോ</flowPara></flowRoot>
 <flowRoot transform="translate(-12 -3)" fill="#000000" font-family="Arial" font-size="32px" letter-spacing="0px" text-align="center" text-anchor="middle" word-spacing="0px" style="font-feature-settings:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;line-height:1.25" xml:space="preserve"><flowRegion><rect x="491.32" y="417.87" width="231.27" height="41.688"/></flowRegion><flowPara>പദമുണ്ടോ?</flowPara></flowRoot>
</svg>

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png: Input

Output with GUI and with user and marking everything seperatly

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