Creating an extension - object guides

In this recipe we will go through the creation of a new extension that split an object into sections of equal width using guides. The number of sections will be chosen by the user in a pop up panel.

How to do it...

The following steps will demonstrate how to create a new extension:

1. 1. Open your favorite file browser and navigate to the inkscape/extensions folder inside your personal configuration folder.

2. 2. Create two new text files named object_guides.inx and object_guides.py.

3. 3. Open the object_guides.inx file. Add the usual XML header, the<_name> tag with the title of the extension, and the<id> tag with the definition org.ekips.filter.object_guides:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <inkscape-extension
   xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension">
   <_name>Object Guides</_name>
   <id>org.ekips.filter.object_guides</id>
   

4. 4. Add two dependencies: object_guides.py and inkex.py:

   <dependency...