So if you want to have default documents with e.g. For Windows it is %APPDATA%\Inkscape (just use it in Explorer as is).For Linux and Mac it is ~/.config/inkscape.The location depends on your operating system: Local directory? System-wide directory? Ugh?Ī local Inkscape directory is the one that is created per user in a system. The same thing happens when you press Ctrl+N or use “File > New > Default” menu item: If it can’t find it, it takes a system-wide available default.svg file, copies it to your local Inkscape directory and uses the newly saved default.svg file. What actually happens when you start Inkscape is that it looks for a file called default.svg in your local Inkscape directory and loads it. Welcome to the world of templates.Ī template in Inkscape is a regular SVG document such as you create every time launch it. Another popular question I keep hearing is in the lines of “Um, how exactly do I set a default page size?”. The FAQ flavored series of Inkscape tutorials continues.

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