Bug#799558: inkscape: SVG files are (re-)opened at arbitrary zoom level; usually showing minor portions of the page, only

[Andreas Neudecker]

Package: inkscape
Version: 0.91-5
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

When opening SVG files, inkscape seems to choose arbitrary zoom levels. In most
cases only a small part of the page is shown. It happens regardless whether the
image has been created/edited with Inkscape before or not. This requires the
user to manually set a usable level for viewing the image or working on it.

After my opinion, images created/edited in Inkscape should be re-opened at the
same zoom level that was used when they were last saved. As a fall-back value,
a zoom level showing the whole page (same as pressing [5]) would be a
comfortable solution.

Regards

Andreas




-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages inkscape depends on:
ii  gconf-service          3.2.6-3
ii  libaspell15            0.60.7~20110707-3
ii  libatk1.0-0            2.16.0-2
ii  libatkmm-1.6-1         2.22.7-2.1
ii  libc6                  2.19-20
ii  libcairo2              1.14.2-2
ii  libcairomm-1.0-1       1.10.0-1.1
ii  libcdr-0.1-1           0.1.1-2+b1
ii  libexif12              0.6.21-2
ii  libfontconfig1         2.11.0-6.3
ii  libfreetype6           2.6-1
ii  libgc1c2               1:7.2d-6.4
ii  libgcc1                1:5.2.1-17
ii  libgconf-2-4           3.2.6-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0     2.31.5-1
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.44.1-1.1
ii  libglibmm-2.4-1c2a     2.44.0-1
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         1:2.24.4-6.1
ii  libgomp1               5.2.1-17
ii  libgsl0ldbl            1.16+dfsg-4
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.24.28-1
ii  libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a      1:2.24.4-1.1
ii  libgtkspell0           2.0.16-1.1
ii  libjpeg62-turbo        1:1.4.1-2
ii  liblcms2-2             2.6-3+b3
ii  libmagick++-6.q16-5    8:6.8.9.9-5
ii  libmagickcore-6.q16-2  8:6.8.9.9-5.1
ii  libmagickwand-6.q16-2  8:6.8.9.9-5.1
ii  libpango-1.0-0         1.36.8-3
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0    1.36.8-3
ii  libpangoft2-1.0-0      1.36.8-3
ii  libpangomm-1.4-1       2.36.0-1
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.50-2+b2
ii  libpoppler-glib8       0.26.5-4
ii  libpoppler46           0.26.5-4
ii  libpopt0               1.16-10
ii  librevenge-0.0-0       0.0.2-2
ii  libsigc++-2.0-0c2a     2.4.1-1
ii  libstdc++6             5.2.1-17
ii  libvisio-0.1-1         0.1.3-1
ii  libwpg-0.3-3           0.3.0-3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxml2                2.9.1+dfsg1-5
ii  libxslt1.1             1.1.28-2+b2
pn  python:any             <none>
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages inkscape recommends:
ii  aspell                0.60.7~20110707-3
ii  imagemagick           8:6.8.9.9-5.1
ii  libgnomevfs2-extra    1:2.24.4-6.1
ii  libimage-magick-perl  8:6.8.9.9-5.1
ii  libwmf-bin            0.2.8.4-10.4
ii  pstoedit              3.62-2+b4
ii  python-lxml           3.4.4-1
ii  python-numpy          1:1.8.2-2
ii  transfig              1:3.2.5.e-4

Versions of packages inkscape suggests:
ii  dia                  0.97.3-1
pn  libsvg-perl          <none>
pn  libxml-xql-perl      <none>
pn  python-uniconvertor  <none>
ii  ruby                 1:2.1.5.1

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