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The release of the new version of Inkscape 1.3.1, which is mentioned to have become one of the largest bug fix packages in the history of Inkscape, with just over 70 bug fixes, 16 improved translations, and more.
For those unfamiliar with the editor, you should know that it provides flexible drawing tools and supports reading and saving images in SVG, OpenDocument Drawing, DXF, WMF, EMF, sk1, PDF, EPS, PostScript, and PNG formats.
Inkscape 1.3.1 Main New Features
In this new version of Inkscape 1.3.1 it stands out that the support for disabling snapping to grid lines. It is currently only available in the snapshot popup, but not in the snapshot bar. When disabled, but 'snap to grids' is enabled, only grid intersections will work as snap targets
Another change That stands out are in the Layers and in the "Layers" dialog box you can added the ability to activate a layer without having to access it by double-clicking on the canvas, plus automatic layer expansion when activated is disabled and Improved behavior when moving and deleting layers.
In the “Page” tool, the issue that blocked editing the size field has been resolved.
Improved visibility handling when using dark colors on the desktop.
In addition, it is highlighted that the ability to search for English terms related to effects dynamic outlines when selecting a localized version of the interface.
Right-clicking now only applies changes to the selected object, instead of to the entire group in which the selected object is located, and a function has been implemented to separate the text into individual letters while maintaining character spacing.
Of the other changes that stand out from this new version:
- The Shape Builder tool guarantees the creation of the required number of nodes.
- Improved conversion of text objects to paths.
- Resolved issues with importing certain types of PDF files that could not be opened in Inkscape 1.3.0.
- macOS and many Linux distributions provide the ability to use gradient dithering to simulate colors by mixing colors available in the palette.
- Resizing handles now have better visibility if using a checkerboard background with a dark desktop color
- Toolbox width now automatically adjusts when icons are resized. When you change its width manually, it will now scale to fit the icons, in steps, so no space is wasted
Finally, if you are interested in knowing more about it about the new version of Inkscape 1.3.1 you can check the details In the following link.
How to install Inkscape 1.3.1 on Ubuntu and derivatives?
Finally, for those who are interested in being able to install this new version in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-derived systems, they should open a terminal in the system, this can be done with the key combination "Ctrl + Alt + T".
And in her we are going to type the following command with which we will add the application repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable sudo apt-get update
Done this to install inkscape, we just have to type the command:
sudo apt-get install inkscape
Another method of installation is with the help of the flatpak packages and the only requirement is to have the support added to the system.
In a terminal we just have to type the following command:
flatpak install flathub org.inkscape.Inkscape
Finally another of the methods offered directly by Inkscape developers, is using AppImage file which you can download directly from the app's website. In the case of this version, you can open a terminal and in it you can download the appimage of this latest version by typing the following command in it:
wget https://inkscape.org/gallery/item/44466/Inkscape-91b66b0-x86_64.AppImage
Done the download, now you just have to give permissions to the file with the following command:
sudo chmod +x Inkscape-91b66b0-x86_64.AppImage
And that's it, you can run the app image of the application by double-clicking on it or from the terminal with the command:
./Inkscape-91b66b0-x86_64.AppImage