WriteTeX and Inkscape 1.2 about writetex HOT 8 CLOSED

This was reported in https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/7727, where OP noted that the error logs reported a missing dependency of inkex. If you open the writetex.inx and delete the line that says inkex.py, perhaps that will work?

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@nathanal Thanks for your comment! It seems to be a good idea to remove the line as in Inkscape 1.2.1 the inkex module is changed from a file to a folder. I have tested it on Unbuntu 18.04 machine and removing that line will make the extension load again.

@shivaway can you have a try on your machine to test whether the extension will work after removing such a line?

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hi,
i am having the same issue.
inkscape: Inkscape 1.2 (1:1.2.1+202207142221+cd75a1ee6d)
this github writetex.
ubuntu 20.04.

the extension is displayed in the list of extensions.
but when i click, nothing happens.

thanks

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I can reproduce the error with a non-default Inkscape theme.

Actually, if you wait enough long, an error dialog will pop out with GTK errors. So my guess would be that non-default themes don't have all icon resources as the default theme. If you roll back to the default theme the extension should work as normal.

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hi,
i rolled back the inkscape theme to the system default one.

i got the same behavior.
clicking on: extensions > writetex, does not do anything. it does not launch the extension.
could it be something related to my installation? python versions? my default system theme (yaru-dark)? is there a preferred theme?

so fare, there is me and @ shivaway who had the issue. (plus you on non default theme.)
this extension is very handy and easy to use.
now, i am using textext. a bit different, and it yields warning every time it generates text.

thanks

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Hi, I have the same problem.
Inkscape 1.2.1 (9c6d41e410, 2022-07-14)
Windows 10 and Python 3.8.2.

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The error that keeps popping up is:

C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\pythonw.exe: can't find 'main' module in 'C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin'

Hopefully this helps...

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This worked perfectly! Thank you very much. I depend on this for a lot of different things and it was driving me nuts!

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