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"To install a new extension, download and unpack the archive file. Copy the files into the directory listed at Edit > Preferences > System: User extensions. Be sure to copy the *.py, *.pyc and *.inx files from inkscape driver directly to this folder. After a restart of Inkscape, the new extension will be available."
Instead of the above, the instructions should clearly describe the proper expected hierarchy and should mention the actual folder names instead of "this folder". This is especially important since downloading the zip from git results in a 4xidraw-master.zip file containing a 4xidraw-master folder.
The foolproof way to achieve the above is simply to provide screenshots from the Inkscape extensions folder, showing all the relevant files and hierarchy. And ideally, providing a dedicated download with only the necessary and sufficient files, as opposed to the automatically packed "-master" zip.
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Here's an example showing what I believe to be the necessary and sufficient setup :
That way there is no guesswork involved, and no assumptions made what the user knows or doesn't know about Git in general and Inkscape extensions in particular.
The provided instructions are ambiguous.
"To install a new extension, download and unpack the archive file. Copy the files into the directory listed at Edit > Preferences > System: User extensions. Be sure to copy the *.py, *.pyc and *.inx files from inkscape driver directly to this folder. After a restart of Inkscape, the new extension will be available."
Instead of the above, the instructions should clearly describe the proper expected hierarchy and should mention the actual folder names instead of "this folder". This is especially important since downloading the zip from git results in a 4xidraw-master.zip file containing a 4xidraw-master folder.
The foolproof way to achieve the above is simply to provide screenshots from the Inkscape extensions folder, showing all the relevant files and hierarchy. And ideally, providing a dedicated download with only the necessary and sufficient files, as opposed to the automatically packed "-master" zip.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: