Re: about selecting after running extension

On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:25:08 -0700
Andrew Kurn <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri 29 Mar 2019 02:11 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 21:05:48 -0700

[snip]

> > Did you mean?:
> >   
> 
> None of the above.
> 
> I want the power, as the author of the extension/script to
> choose what gets selected when the script finishes.  Martin's
> suggestion of adding an attribute to those items that I want
> to select seems to meet with some approval, so I'm happy to
> go with that, if it works for the programmers.  Other ways
> would also be acceptable.

[snip]

> >          answer the preceding questions inline,
> > succinctly, and unambiguously. Once we're all on the same page the
> > discussion will be much more efficient.
> >  
> 
> I'm not sure I've met the criterion of succinctness, but I
> believe my meaning is now unambiguous.
> 
> Do you agree, SteveT?

I do, assuming what you mean is that you author an extension or script,
it runs on the SVG file, and then when a human pulls up the SVG
modified by yours script, the objects your script asked to be selected
are signified as selected within the Inkscape program.

SteveT