actual version of gears-dev.inx does not show menu-item under rendering

[StefanL38]

Hi,

I downloaded the two files gears-dev.inx and gears-dev.py to my computer
But in the menu extensions-render the menu-item gear-dev is not shown.
So I did a rollback to a earlier version of gear-dev but then I got the error from issue 24
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'uutounit'

If I combined the new fixed gears-dev.py with the old gears-dev.inx I got another error
something about wrong doctype html don't remember exactly

So finally I googled for the error AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'uutounit'
and did the fix manually again.

Anyway the written instruction
"Copy the two files gears-dev.inx and gears-dev.py to your computer:"
does not work. the file gears-dev.inx need to be revised to create a menu-item "dev-gear" in InkScape

And the instructions should be improved by adding with something like
"a new menu-Item named "Gear-Dev" will show up under
extensions-render

It is very important to give a description of the WHOLE click-path where to find the function.
Imagine a new user knowing almost nothing about InkScape and the instructions just say

click on "dev-gear". The new user will not know where to find it.

best regards

Stefan

[Neon22]

It sounds like you have tried to install it in 0.48. This version is designed for 0.91. Released January 2015.

[StefanL38]

No.
I installed InkScape 0.91 and then copied the two files gears-dev.inx and gears-dev.py into
folder C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions and then I got the things described in the issue

I also made a content-comparison of the old and new file gears-dev.inx

the working versions begins with

<_name>Gear-dev org.ekips.filter.gears-dev gears-dev.py inkex.py 24 1.0 <_option value="MM">Metric Module <_option value="CP">Circular Pitch <_option value="DP">Diametral Pitch

the actual downloadable version downloadable from https://github.com/jnweiger/inkscape-gears-dev/blob/master/gears-dev.inx

begins

<title>inkscape-gears-dev/gears-dev.inx at master · jnweiger/inkscape-gears-dev</title>
<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/opensearch.xml" title="GitHub">
<link rel="fluid-icon" href="https://github.com/fluidicon.png" title="GitHub">

I'm pretty sure the actual downloadable file is corrupted.

best regards

Stefan

[Neon22]

You have not downloaded the file correctly - you are looking at the html of the encapsulating page.
There are many ways to download from Github. Personally I L-click on the filename until I can see the program or text file exposed on screen. Then I R-click on the RAW button and "save link to file". (but your Browser may offer a different name for this operatoin)
When opened the file looks exactly like it was presented in the Github HTML document.
Specifically the python file wil start with "#! /usr/bin/env python"

[StefanL38]

Hi Neon22,

thank you very much for explaining. Now I got the actual version working.

Gitub seems to be for coding-nerds.
What's the advantage of showing links with filenames that look like downloadable files
but are html-encapsulated? This is an uncommon way to present downloads.

I'm used to start reading from the top-left corner.
So I didn't recognized that there is a download-zip-file button in the bottom-right corner.

best regards

Stefan

[Neon22]

no problem Stefan - yes its def for coding nerds :) good luck with the extension

[jnweiger]

This is a very common user error.
We should change the documentation to always say download the zip file, then extract.
That seems to be safest.

Anybody out there do the pull request?

[Neon22]

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