Release 1.0alpha

2 files changed, 698 insertions, 298 deletions

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f6bb83c99..c1a555817 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ include(CMakeScripts/ConfigPaths.cmake)
 
 set(PROJECT_NAME inkscape)
 
-set(INKSCAPE_VERSION_MAJOR  0)
-set(INKSCAPE_VERSION_MINOR 92)
+set(INKSCAPE_VERSION_MAJOR  1)
+set(INKSCAPE_VERSION_MINOR  0)
 set(INKSCAPE_VERSION_PATCH  0)
-set(INKSCAPE_VERSION_SUFFIX "+devel")
+set(INKSCAPE_VERSION_SUFFIX "alpha")
 
 set(INKSCAPE_VERSION ${INKSCAPE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${INKSCAPE_VERSION_MINOR})
 if(INKSCAPE_VERSION_PATCH)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 011fc1558..a52a4cbfb 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,444 +1,844 @@
-583 lines
-Inkscape 0.92
-
-(definitely not released yet - AnnouncePlanning092)
+Inkscape 1.0alpha
 
 Release highlights
 
-Released on ≪YYYY-MM-DD≫.
+Released on 2019-01-16.
+
+  • Themeing support
+  • Origin in top left corner (optional)
+  • Canvas rotation and mirroring
+  • Better hidpi screen support
+  • Control width of PowerStroke with pressure sensitive graphics tablet
+  • Fillet/chamfer LPE
+  • New PNG export options
+  • Path operations and deselection of a large number of paths are much faster
+    now
+
+Important changes
+
+For users
+
+Custom Icon Sets
+
+Icon sets do no longer consist of a single file that contains all icons, but of
+single files for each icon. The directory structure must follow the standard
+structure for gnome icons.
+
+If you would like to create or convert your own icon set to the new format,
+please see the 'hicolor' and 'Tango' icon theme folders in your Inkscape
+installation 'share' directory for suitable examples.
+
+As a side effect of a bug fix to the icon preview dialog (see below), custom UI
+icon SVG files need to be updated to have their background color alpha channel
+set to 0 so that they display correctly (see Bug #1661989).
+
+Third-party extensions
+
+Third-party extensions need to be updated to work with this version of
+Inkscape.
+
+For extension writers
+
+[TBC - not final] Extensions have undergone some fundamental changes.
+Inkscape's stock extensions have been moved to their own repository and were
+updated for compatibility with Python 3. Internally, extensions have been
+reorganized and many functions have been deprecated.
+
+[Extension manager? How-to-guide for updating? New API elements?
+Documentation?]
+
+Instructions for updating old extensions are available at Updating your
+Extension for 1.0
+
+Also note the changed command line options.
+
+For packagers and those who compile Inkscape
+
+  • autotools builds have been dropped. Please use CMake for building Inkscape
+    from now on. More info is available on our website.
+  • libsoup dependency added: we use libsoup for making http requests without
+    the need for dbus and gvfs.
+  • Inkscape now uses a git submodule for the extensions directory. If you have
+    cloned the repository and are not building from the release source code
+    tarball, please note the updated build instructions
+  • On Ubuntu 18.04, Gnome's fallback icon set (package
+    'adwaita-icon-theme-full'), that is needed to display Inkscape's default
+    icons completely, is no longer automatically installed. It has been added
+    as a 'recommends' level dependency.
+  • lib2geom: [insert up-to-date info here]
+
+General: Application
+
+Several small performance improvements in various areas add up to make Inkscape
+run more smoothly than before (e.g. MR #448).
+
+General User Interface
+
+The user interface has been changed to using a more recent version of GTK+, the
+widget toolkit that Inkscape uses to draw the user interface on the screen.
+This new version brings a lot of improvements, especially for users of hidpi
+screens. Updating Inkscape for using it has been a large effort that has been
+anticipated eagerly for a long time, and was a focus of the Boston Hackfest.
+
+Window position / size
+
+Improvements and fixes to the code for handling/restoring window size and
+position [1] . The window manager handles most of the job now which should make
+it much more robust. If you still encounter problems with this, please report
+those to our bug tracker.
+
+HiDPI
+
+Icons
+
+[Please fill in]
+
+
+Y Axis Inversion
+
+During the Inkscape Hackfest in Kiel, a large change by Thomas Holder was
+integrated into the Inkscape codebase. It allows you to optionally set the
+origin of your document to the top left corner of the page. This finally makes
+the coordinates that you can see in the interface match the ones that are saved
+in the SVG data (unit conversions/transformations may be required), and makes
+working in Inkscape more comfortable for people who are used to this more
+standard behavior.
+
+
+  • Option in the preferences' 'Interface' section
+
+    Option in the preferences' 'Interface' section
+
+  • Effect of the option (left upper page corner at 0/0)
+
+    Effect of the option (left upper page corner at 0/0)
+
+Canvas
+
+Canvas Rotation
+
+With Ctrl+Shift+Scroll wheel the drawing area can be rotated and viewed from
+different angles. In the bottom right corner of the Window, the viewing angle
+can be entered manually. Right-click to select between a set of preset values.
+Keyboard shortcuts for clockwise/counter-clockwise/no rotation can be set in
+the preferences.
+
+
+Canvas rotation.gif
+
+Canvas Mirroring
+
+The canvas can now be flipped, to ensure that the drawing does not lean to one
+side, and looks good either way. The vertical/horizontal flipping is available
+from the menu View > Canvas orientation > Flip horizontally / Flip vertically.
+Keyboard shortcuts for flipping the canvas can be set in the preferences (Edit
+> Preferences > Interface > Keyboard shortcuts).
+
+Flip canvas 300px.gif
+
+Pinch-to-zoom
+
+On supported hardware (trackpad, touchpad, multi-touch screen), the canvas can
+be zoomed with the two-finger pinch gesture.
+
+Visible Hairlines Display Mode
+
+This new display mode is available under the "View->Display mode" menu. It
+ensures that all lines are visible, regardless of zoom level, while still
+drawing everything else normally.
+
+This is especially useful for some CNC machines like laser cutters and vinyl
+cutters which use hairlines to denote cut lines.
+
+Visible hairlines.gif
+
+Paths
+
+Changed behavior of Stroke to Path
+
+The 'Stroke to Path' command now not only converts the stroke of a shape to
+path, but effectively splits it into its components.
+
+In the case of applying it to a path that only has a stroke, the behavior is
+unchanged.
+
+For paths that don't only have a stroke, but also a fill and/or markers, the
+result will be a group consisting of:
+
+  • Stroke outline turned to path
+  • Fill (if there was one)
+  • A group of all markers (if applicable; one group per marker, consisting of
+    its outline and its fill turned into a path)
+
+Stroke to path.gif
+
+Unlinking Clones for Path Operations
+
+Clones and Symbols are now automatically unlinked, before a Boolean operation
+(union, difference, etc.), or one of the Path operations 'Combine', 'Break
+apart', or 'Stroke to Path' is performed.
+
+A setting in the preferences at Behavior → Clones → Unlink Clones allows to
+disable the automatic unlinking.
+
+Tools
+
+Calligraphy Tool
+
+A new option to add dots has been added to the tool. Click in place without
+moving the mouse to create a dot, Shift+Click to create a larger dot [needs
+documentation in keyboard shortcut list].
+
+Circle Tool
+
+The circle tool can now also create closed ("filleted") circle shapes (closed
+arcs) with the click of a button.
+
+  • Circle tool shapes in this release
+
+    Circle tool shapes in this release
+
+Eraser
+
+New option to erase as clip, which allows to non-destructively erase (parts of)
+all kinds of elements, including raster images and clones.
+
+Erase with clip.gif
 
-Manipulating Objects
 
-Objects Dialog
+Measurement Tool
 
-New dialog for manipulating the object tree.
+Hovering over a path with the tool now displays the length, height, width and
+position of the path. If you hover over a group, it will show the width, height
+and position of the group. Holding Shift switches to showing info about the
+constituents of the group.
 
-* Drag and drop reordering of objects.
-* Find, lock, and hide individual items.
-* Shows individual objects as well as layers.
-* Ability to change highlight color of objects.
-* Ability to set blend mode per object.
+The tool also has a new option to only measure selected objects when using
+click-and-drag.
 
-Imported from Ponyscape.
+  • New info text from measurement tool (for a group)
 
-Selection Sets Dialog
+    New info text from measurement tool (for a group)
 
-New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by
-document structure.
+  • Measurement tool info text for a single path (in a group with Shift)
 
-Text
+    Measurement tool info text for a single path (in a group with Shift)
 
-Font Features
+  • Measuring only the selected object (the ice cap)
 
-It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative
-glyphs from a font. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must
-also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library.
+    Measuring only the selected object (the ice cap)
 
-Vertical Text
+Pencil Tool
 
-Support for vertical text layout has been improved.
+PowerPencil
 
-* The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now
-    rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard.
-* Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note
-    that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.)
-* The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in
-    rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values.
+Pressure sensitivity can now be enabled for the Pencil tool. This feature makes
+use of the PowerStroke Live Path Effect (LPE).
 
-Accessibility
+New settings for the tool are available for tweaking the behavior of the
+PowerStroke LPE when it is being created with the Pencil tool (and a graphics
+tablet/stylus):
 
-Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute.
-This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to
-reconstruct the text.
+  • Use pressure input (in the tool controls bar): activates the PowerStroke
+    feature, if a pressure sensitive device is available.
+  • Min/Max (in the tool controls bar): determines the minimal and maximal
+    stroke width (0 to 100%). This does not change the number of available
+    pressure levels, but spreads them out in the available line width interval.
+  • Additionally, the PowerStroke LPE itself has been improved, to better work
+    when used in this new way, see the section about LPE updates.
+  • Pressure change for new knot (in the global Inkscape preferences, Edit >
+    Preferences > Tools > Pencil): adds a PowerStroke Knot when the stylus
+    pressure changes by this percentage.
+
+[needs video/gif]
+
+Clipping / Masking
+
+Clip paths and masks now have an inverse mode in the menu, using the PowerClip
+and PowerMask LPEs.
+
+Inverse clip 400.gif
 
 Live Path Effects
 
-Now some suitable LPE's are applied to clips and mask.
-Helper lines come again to live
-Added to pen/pencil shape combo box the option to add a bend path directly
+Live Path Effects received a major overhaul, with lots of improvements and new
+features. The main changes are:
+
+  • Set default parameters: default values for any LPE can be set in the
+    respective LPE's dialog, when it is applied to an object
+
+(Note: we have the 'multiple desktop preferences' problem here: If you have
+multiple Inkscape windows open, the last one will determine what will be saved
+to the preferences file, as preferences changes are only saved when Inkscape is
+closed, and the settings are only loaded from file when a new window is opened.
+)
+
+  • Clip and Mask: improved handling
+  • Fix multiple LPE BBox: a problem with the size of the bounding box when
+    applying multiple LPEs to an object has been fixed
+  • Knots on shapes: show edit knots in LPE shapes
+  • Switch knots: change the handles to the correct LPE handles when one
+    selects an LPE in the list of active LPEs for the selected object.
+
+
+In addition to this, the LPE list now features an icon for each LPE (TBC).
 
-Spiro Live
+  • Set default values for Mirror LPE
 
----
+    Set default values for Mirror LPE
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y)
 
-Based in Spiro Live Path Effect, now show result while drawing.
+Boolean Operations LPE
 
-* Nodes cusp (SHIFT) and Spiro.
-* Handle append path on cusp and Spiro mode with helper preview path.
+[The Boolean Operations LPE finally makes non-destructive boolean operations
+available in Inkscape. It works by adding the LPE to a path, then linking a
+copied path to it by clicking on the 'link to path' button. That way, two
+[more?] paths can be combined to a single shape, and both are still editable.
+Available options:
 
-Spirolive.gif
+  • union
+  • symmetric difference
+  • intersection
+  • division
+  • difference
+  • cut outside
+  • cut inside
+  • cut
 
-BSpline
+] functionality incomplete currently, does not hide linked operand, see https:/
+/gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/20#note_100799480
 
----
+  • Boolean Operations LPE
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE)
+    Boolean Operations LPE
 
-Pen & Node mode
+BSPline and Spiro
 
-Use BSpline Live Effect while creating and editing paths.
+Improvements in Pen/Pencil mode. With "Alt", you can move the previous node.
 
-* Pen and Pencil use
-* Modes cusp(SHIFT) and BSpline while drawing.
-* Handle append parhs with preview helper path.
-* Handle weight of bspline (node tool) with handle movement. SHIFT key
-    required.
-* Handle custom weight snaps with CTRL
+'Clone Original' Improvements
 
-Bspline.gif Bspline2.gif
+This path effect now allows various objects instead of only paths and is even
+more powerful.
 
-Live Path Effect mode
+Demo Video
 
-Bspline3.gif
+Demo Video
 
+Dash Stroke LPE
 
-The options in the Live effect dialog give you control on bspline paths.
+This new LPE creates uniformly dashed paths, optionally by subdividing the
+path's segments, or including dashes that are symmetrically wrapped around
+corners.
 
-* Set to Default weight (0.3333 time of his curve segment).
-* Make cusp nodes.
-* Numeric input for weight.
-* Steps with CONTROL snaps in node/handle editing.
-* Ignore cusp nodes, affect to all other widgets changes and, for example,
-  retain cusp nodes when you change the power.
-* Change only selected nodes, affect to all other widgets changes.
-* Show a helper path with the final shape and the generated new nodes.
+  • Rectangles with dash stroke LPE with various settings
 
+    Rectangles with dash stroke LPE with various settings
 
+Demo Video
 
-Roughen
+Ellipse from Points
 
----
-Roughen.png
+This new LPE creates an optimally fitted ellipse from a path's nodes.
 
+In contrast to the already existing LPE "Ellipse by 5 points" this LPE is more
+flexible (since, depending on the number of points available, it can fit both
+circles and ellipses) and has more features. Especially technical illustrators
+can benefit from these features.
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY)
+See LPE:_Ellipse_from_Points for a documentation.
 
-This filter is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes")
-+ handle units.
+  • Ellipse (5 nodes), circle (3 nodes), circle segment (3 nodes), isometric
+    circle (3 nodes), isometric circle with frame (3 nodes)
 
-The parameters are similar to both extensions + a global randomizer.
+    Ellipse (5 nodes), circle (3 nodes), circle segment (3 nodes), isometric
+    circle (3 nodes), isometric circle with frame (3 nodes)
 
-* Apply to paths, shapes and groups.
-* Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors-
+Embroidery Stitch LPE
 
-Roughen.gif
+This new LPE can add nodes to your paths and create jump stitches, to create
+data that can be converted for use with a stitching machine. To view the
+stitches that you added, activate the 'Show stitches' checkbox, and, if
+necessary, adjust the 'Show stitch gap' value, so you can see the single
+stitches.
 
-Simplify
+There are various options for calculating the order of the stitching, for
+connecting the parts of the drawing and 3 different stitch patterns available.
+It is suggested to play around with these until you like the result.
 
----
-Simplify.png
+For exporting your data, you can, for example, use the HPGL file format and go
+from there.
 
+  • Inkscape Logo with Embroidery LPE (stitches made visible)
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk)
+    Inkscape Logo with Embroidery LPE (stitches made visible)
 
-Send the simplify command to a non-destructive live path effect.
+  • Options: left: methods to order subpaths, right: methods to connect end
+    points of subpaths
 
-* Use on paths, shapes and groups of them.
-* Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors-
-* User can change modify the threshold -preferences dialog- used by a numeric
-  parameter.
-* Apply Simplify on stack.
+    Available options: left: methods to order subpaths, right: methods to
+    connect end points of subpaths
 
-Simplify.gif
+Fill Between Many / Fill Between Strokes LPE
 
-Perspective/Envelope
+New options added:
 
----
-Perspective-envelope.png
+  • Fuse coincident points: [describe]
+  • Join subpaths: [describe]
+  • Close: [describe]
+  • LPEs on linked: [describe] (Fill Between Many only)
 
+Fillet/Chamfer LPE
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8)
+This new LPE adds fillet and chamfer to paths. Also adds a new internal class
+that allows to handle extra info per node, the LPE itself is an example of use
+the new classes.
 
-Apply both deformations by 4 points.
+Demo video
 
-* Two modes, perspective and envelope.
-* Apply on paths, shapes and groups.
-* Apply on vector clips and mask
+  • Chamfer by LPE
 
-Perspective-envelope.gif
+    Chamfer with LPE
 
-Lattice Deformation 2
+  • Chamfer with 2 steps
 
----
-Latice2.png
+    Chamfer with 2 steps
 
+  • Inverse Chamfer with 2 steps
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE)
-[Symmetry video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig)
+    Inverse Chamfer with 2 steps
 
-Add deformations by a mesh.
-Vertical,horizontal or both symmetry.
+  • Fillet with LPE
 
-* Apply to paths, shapes and groups.
-* Apply to vector clips and mask
+    Fillet with LPE
 
-Latice2.gif
+  • Inverse fillet with LPE
 
-Show Handles
+    Inverse fillet with LPE
 
----
-ShowHandles.png
+Knot LPE
 
+New options added:
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo)
+  • Inverse: use the stroke width of the other path as basis for calculating
+    the gap length
+  • Add stroke width: make the gap wider by adding the width of the stroke to
+    the value for the gap length
+  • Add bottom (other?) stroke width: make the gap wider by adding the width of
+    the bottom (other?) stroke to the value for the gap length
+  • Crossing signs: [not final]
 
-A LPE version of Show Handles extension.
+Measure Segments LPE
 
-* Work on paths, shapes and groups.
-* Work on clones
-* Node and Handle shapes resizeables
-* If not a clone, is a destructive LPE, don't save styles, work on a copy!
+This new path effect adds DIN and custom style measuring lines to "straight"
+segments in a path.
 
-ShowHandles.gif
+Demo video
 
-Transform by two points
+  • Measure Segments LPE
 
-TransformByTwoKnots.png
+    Measure Segments LPE
 
+Mirror Symmetry and Rotate Copies LPE
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw)
-[Extended video (Elastic rubber)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM)
+  • Split feature: This new feature allows custom styles for each part of the
+    resulting drawing without unlinking the LPE. Demo Video
+  • The LPE display now updates accordingly when there are objects added or
+    removed.
 
-Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points
-by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the
-idea of the effect.
+  • Separate styles for rotated copies
 
-* Work on paths, shapes and groups with less power.
-* Allow snapping of both control points
-* Allow fix angle or distance.
-* Elastic mode to simulate a flex path
-* From original width, set the control points based on bounding box
+    Separate styles for rotated copies
 
-TransformByTwoKnots.gif
+Power Clip and Power Mask LPE
 
-Rotate copies
+This new LPE adds options to clips and masks.
 
-File:RotateCopies.png
-170px
 
-[Extended video (partial fuse path)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4)
-[Extended video (live editing)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE)
-[Extended video (kaleidoscope)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo)
+PowerStroke LPE Improvements
 
-Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points
-by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the
-idea of the effect.
+  • Width scale setting added: adjust the overall width of the stroke after it
+    has been drawn.
+  • Closed paths: PowerStroke now works much better on closed paths.
 
-* Work on paths, shapes and groups.
-* Allow fuse the result to make kaleidoscope
-* Allow non 360 fuse.
-* Live editing
+Import / Export
 
-Mirror Simmetry
+Linking and embedding SVG files
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo)
-Mirror a item
+On import of an SVG file, there is now a dialog that asks if the user would
+like to link to the SVG file, to embed it (base64 encoded) into an <img> tag,
+or if the objects in the SVG file should be imported into the document (which
+was how Inkscape handled importing SVG files previously).
 
-* Work on paths, shapes and groups.
-* Allow fuse result
-* Different mirror line: Free, X, Y, Middle Document[X], Middle Document[Y]
+[ TBC: The dpi value for displaying embedded SVG files can be set in the import
+dialog.]
 
-Spray tool
+This makes importing SVG files work (almost) the same as importing raster
+images.
 
-[Extended video 1 (No overlap)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos)
-[Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eTG2U3qlb4)
-[Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTdKu7mAZE8)
-[Extended video 4 (Pressure)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30)
-[Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn3vzf-yA_w)
-todo: a video showing all features joined
 
-* New mode eraser
-* Add more pressure toggles
-* No overlap option with optional multiple elements
-* No overlap between colors
-* Configurable offset for overlaps
-* Color picker from center or average area
-* Apply color picked to fill
-* Apply color picked to stroke
-* Invert picked colors
-* Spray over transparent
-* Spray over non-transparent
-* Allow picker enabled sprays to use "Trace Clones" options
+The 'Embed' and 'Extract' options in the context menu for linked SVG files work
+the same as they do for raster images. The 'Edit externally' option will open
+the linked SVG file with Inkscape per default. This setting can be changed in
+the preferences' 'Imported Images' section.
 
-Measure tool
+The displaying of the dialog can be disabled by checking the 'Don't ask me
+again' option.
 
-[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM)
+Linked and embedded SVG images are displayed as their raster representations.
 
-* Persistent measure
-* Reposition of origin/end
-* Convert to measure item
-* Convert to guides
-* Convert measure to quote
-* Reverse origin/end
-* Measure global
-* Measure only current layer
-* Add precision
-* Add scale
+The resolution used for displaying them [TBC: can be set per image? can be set
+in the xxx dialog for the selected image] is the default image import
+resolution set in the preferences' 'Imported Images' section. A change in this
+option will take effect upon closing and reopening the file, and will affect
+all linked SVG images in the file.
 
-Geometric Construction Tool
+Export PNG images
 
-* Helps to create: line segments, circles by specific points, parallels,
-  perpendicular lines, angle bisectors, mirrored paths by applying a Live
-  Path Effect.
+The export dialog has received several new options which are available when you
+expand the 'Advanced' section.
 
-[Needs usage instructions!]
+  • Enable interlacing (ADAM7): when loading images, they will be displayed
+    faster
+  • Bit depth: set the number of bits that code for the color of a pixel,
+    supports grayscale and up to 16bit
+  • Compression type: choose strength of lossless compression
+  • pHYs dpi: force-set a dpi value for the image
+  • Antialiasing: choose type of antialiasing or disable it
 
-Align and Distribute
 
-* NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other
-  in node editing mode.
+  • PNG export options
 
-File Format Support
+    PNG export options
 
-* The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes
-  from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults
-  to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support.
+  • PNG bit depth options
+
+    PNG bit depth options
+
+  • PNG compression options
+
+    PNG compression options
+
+  • PNG antialiasing options
+
+    PNG antialiasing options
 
 Extensions
 
-New
+Extension development
+
+  • All INX Parameters now have the common attribute indent="n" where n
+    specifies the level of indentation in the extension UI.
+  • Add appearance="url" for INX Parameters of type "description". You can now
+    add clickable links to your extension UI.
+
+Plot extension
+
+The new option 'Convert objects to paths' will take care of converting
+everything to a path non-destructively before the data is sent to the plotter.
+[gives wrong error message, maybe not working? https://gitlab.com/inkscape/
+inkscape/commit/dd3b6aa099175e2244e1e04dde45bf21a966425e#note_100908512]
 
-* Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast)
-* Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808)
-* Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained
+Palettes
 
-Plotter Driver
+The Munsell palette has been added to Inkscape's set of stock palettes.
 
-Multiple Pens
+  • Munsell palette
 
-The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens
-to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters:
+    Munsell palette
 
-* Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings
-    into it
-* Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the
-    number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use
-* The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu
+Templates
 
-Serial Connection
+  • The Desktop template has new options for 4k, 5k and 8k screens.
+  • A new template for an A4 3-fold roll flyer was added.
 
-The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection
-settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default
-settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing.
+  • New template options for 'Desktop' template
 
-HPGL Export
+    New template options for 'Desktop' template
 
-The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Graphics Language file) has now the same
-multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver.
+  • New A4 3-fold roll flyer template
 
-HPGL Import
+    New A4 3-fold roll flyer template
 
-The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple
-pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information.
+SVG and CSS
+
+  • Dashes: Inkscape can now load and display files with dashes and/or
+    dashoffsets defined in other units than the unitless user unit (e.g. %, mm)
+    correctly. There is no user interface for editing these values currently,
+    except for the XML editor. Values for the dasharray that are entered in
+    other units (except for %) will be converted to user units when the new
+    values are set.
+
+  • [Please fill in]
+
+Dialogs
+
+Document Properties
+
+  • When resizing the page, the page margin fields can now be locked, so the
+    same value will be used for all margins, but only needs to be entered once.
+  • The guides panel now has controls to lock or unlock all guides, create
+    guides around the page, and delete all guides. These actions also appear on
+    the Edit menu, making it possible to assign custom keyboard shortcuts.
+  • Grids can now be aligned to the corners, edge midpoints, or centre of the
+    page with a button click in the grids panel.
+
+  • Lock to set same margins for page resizing
+
+    Lock to set same margins for page resizing
+
+  • Document properties: Toggle guide lock for document, create page border
+    guides, remove all guides
 
-PDF Import
+    Document properties: Toggle guide lock for document, create page border
+    guides, remove all guides
 
-The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps
-(interpolated or blocky).
+  • Grid alignment options in document properties
 
-Miscellaneous Improvements
+    Grid alignment options in document properties
 
-* Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of
-    selected objects.
-* Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments.
-* Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options.
+Preferences
 
-Extension Development
+  • The Bitmaps subsection has been renamed to Imported Images, as it now
+    applies to both imported (embedded or linked) raster images as well as to
+    imported (embedded or linked) SVG images (i.e. to everything in <img>
+    tags).
+  • The System subsection lists more relevant folders and offers buttons to
+    open those folders with the system's file browser. This makes it easier to
+    find the correct folder, e.g. for resetting the preferences or for adding
+    an extension or a new icon set.
+  • The System subsection now has a button for quickly resetting all Inkscape
+    preferences.
+  • An option for scaling a stroke's dash pattern when scaling the stroke width
+    has been added and can be found at Behaviour → Dashes. It is activated by
+    default.
+  • Autosave is now enabled by default. The default directory has changed (the
+    path is displayed in Edit > Preferences > Input/Output > Autosave: Autosave
+    directory).
 
-* It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes
-    (Bug #171287).
+  • Important folders can be opened from the preferences
 
-Filters
+    Important folders can be opened from the preferences
 
-New
+Symbols
 
-* Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness
-    conditions.
+  • The Symbols dialog can now handle a lot of symbols without delay on
+    startup, and also allows searching. Symbols and symbol sets now displayed
+    in alphabetical order.
 
-Other dialogs
 
-Document Properties: Licences
+  • Symbol sets ordered alphabetically
 
-All selectable licences have been updated to most current version.
+    Symbol sets ordered alphabetically
+
+  • Searching for symbols
+
+    Searching for symbols
 
 Filter Editor
 
-Filter list now displays how often a filter is used.
+  • The filter primitives now also have a symbolic icon (one whose color can be
+    changed).
 
-Other user interface
+Customization
 
-Node Snapping
+Customize all files in the share folder
 
-Snapping in the node tool has been improved:
+All files in /share can be over-ridden by placing files in the user's
+configuration folder (e.g. ~/.config/inkscape). Configurable contents now
+includes extensions, filters, fonts, gradients, icons, keyboard shortcuts,
+preset markers, palettes, patterns, about screen, symbol sets, templates,
+tutorials and some user interface configuration files. Only the file
+'units.xml' cannot be overridden.
 
-* When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes
-    will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections
-* When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer
-    will now snap
+Fonts
 
-Checkerboard Background
+  • Inkscape can now load fonts that are not installed on the system. By
+    default Inkscape will load additional fonts from Inkscape's share folder (/
+    share/inkscape/fonts) and the user's configuration folder (~/.config/
+    inkscape/fonts). Custom folders can be set in preferences (see Tools → Text
+    → Additional font directories).
 
-It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows
-one to clearly see the transparency of objects.
+  • Set custom font folders
 
-View Box
+    Set custom font folders
 
-One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets
-the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user
-unit (pixel size).
+Keyboard shortcuts
 
-Lock Guides
+  • Allow to use "Super", "Hyper" and "Meta" modifier keys
+  • Improve shortcut handling code. This should fix a lot of issues and allow
+    to use a lot of shortcuts which were inaccessible before, especially on
+    non-English keyboard layouts.
 
-Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually.
+User interface customization
 
-SVG and CSS
+  • Inkscape is starting to use glade files for its dialogs so they can be
+    reconfigured by users. Only one is currently supported (filter editor).
+  • The contents of the menus can be configured by customizing the menus.xml
+    file.
+  • Toolbar contents for the command bar (commands-toolbar.ui), the snap bar
+    (snap-toolbar.ui), the tool controls bars for each tool
+    (select-toolbar.ui), the toolbox (tool-toolbar.ui) is now configurable.
+  • The file keybindings.rc allows you to... (TODO: do what? What does it do in
+    comparison to keys.xml? Seems to not work at all... seems to be ancient.
+    Can be deleted?)
+  • The interface colors and some more UI styles can be customized in style.css
+    (very raw themeing support).
+
+Theme selection
+
+In 'Edit > Preferences > User Interface > Theme', users can set a custom GTK3
+theme for Inkscape. If the theme comes with a dark variant, activating the 'Use
+dark theme' checkbox will result in the dark variant being used. The new theme
+will be applied immediately.
+
+New theme folders can be added to the directory indicated in Edit > Preferences
+> System : User themes. A large selection of (more or less current) GTK3 themes
+is available for download at gnome-look.org
+
+Icon set selection
+
+In 'Edit > Preferences > User Interface > Theme', the icon set to use can be
+selected. By default, Inkscape comes with 'hicolor' and 'Tango' icons. In
+addition to this, it offers to use the system icons.
+
+Inkscape also comes with a default symbolic icon set as part of the hicolor
+icon set. These icons can be colorized in a custom color.
+
+Changes to the icon set take effect when Inkscape is restarted, or when the
+entire user interface is reloaded by clicking on the 'Reload icons' button.
+This rebuilds all Inkscape windows. Rebuild takes a couple of seconds, during
+which the Inkscape interface will be invisible.
+
+
+  • Light theme and Tango icon set
+
+    Light theme with Tango icon set
+
+  • Light theme and hicolor icon set
+
+    Light theme with hicolor icon set
+
+  • Dark theme and symbolic icon set
+
+    Dark theme with symbolic icon set
+
+  • Dark theme with custom colored symbolic icon set
+
+    Dark theme with symbolic icon set and a custom icon color
+
+Saving the current file as template
+
+A new entry for saving the current file as a template has been added to the
+'File' menu. You need to specify a name for it, and optionally, you can add the
+template's author, a description and some keywords. A checkbox allows you to
+set the new template as the default template.
+
+  • Save current file as a template
+
+    Save current file as a template
+
+Custom page sizes in Document Properties
+
+Inkscape now creates a CSV file (comma separated values) called "pages.csv". It
+is located in your Inkscape user preferences folder, next to your
+'preferences.xml' file. This file contains the default page sizes that you can
+choose from in the 'Page' tab of the 'Document properties' dialog. You can edit
+the pages.csv file to remove the page sizes you won't use, or to add new ones.
+
+Inkview
+
+Inkview was considerably improved and got some new features:
+
+  • Support folders as input (will load all SVG files from the specified
+    folder)
+    The -r or --recursive option will even allow to search subfolders
+    recursively.
+  • Implement -t or --timer option which allows to set a time after which the
+    next file will be automatically loaded.
+  • Add -s or --scale option to set a factor by which to scale the displayed
+    image.
+  • Add -f or --fullscreen option to launch Inkview in fullscreen mode
+  • Many smaller fixes and improvements
+
+
+Command Line
+
+The Inkscape command line has undergone a large overhaul. The most important
+changes are:
+
+  • verbs/actions .......
+  • order of commands .......
+  • parallel exports ....
+  • shell mode(s)....
+  • ........
+
+  • Probably not in release: xverbs (command line commands that take
+    parameters, e.g. for saving the selection under a specified filename as svg
+    file) (mailing list thread)
+  • New verb allows to swap fill and stroke from command line:
+    EditSwapFillStroke (a keyboard shortcut can now be assigned to it) (bug
+    675690)
+  • Files can now also be saved as Inkscape SVG without calling the GUI save
+    dialog (new command: --export-inkscape-svg)
+  • Inkscape can now import a specific page of a PDF file from the command
+    line, for batch processing (new option: --pdf-page N) - does this still
+    work after Tav's changes?
+
+Translations [as of 2019-01-08]
+
+Translations were updated for:
+
+  • Basque
+  • British English
+  • Catalan
+  • Croatian
+  • Czech
+  • French
+  • German
+  • Hungarian
+  • Icelandic
+  • Italian
+  • Latvian
+  • Romanian
+  • Russian
+  • Slovak
+  • Spanish
+  • Ukrainian
+  • Swedish
+
+The installer was translated to:
+
+  • Korean
+
+Notable Bugfixes
+
+  • Symbols: Visio Stencils loaded from .vss files now use their actual name
+    instead of a placeholder derived from the symbol file's name (bug 1676144)
+  • Shapes on Pen and Pencil tools now retain color and width (bug:1707899).
+  • Text and Font dialog: The font selection no longer jumps to the top of the
+    list when clicking Apply.
+  • Docked dialogs now open on their own when the corresponding functionality
+    is called from a menu or button [TBC: Bug: if minimized, this requires a
+    second click]
+  • The icon preview dialog now correctly shows the page background (Bug #
+    1537497).
+  • Improved UI performance of handling large paths and selections:
+      □ Accelerated path break-apart and Boolean operations by disabling
+        intermittent canvas rendering during these operations.
+      □ Accelerated "deselect" speed by improving internal data structure
+        algorithms.
+
+For an exhaustive list of bugs that have been fixed, please see the milestones
+page for Inkscape 1.0.
+
+Known Issues
+
+[Please fill in]
 
-* The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad',
-    'grad' and 'turn').
-* The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are
-    implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path
-    stroke color.
-* The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is
-    implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a
-    path.
-* The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented,
-    allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters.
-* The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting
-    the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn.
-* The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic
-    auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available.
-* The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike
-    through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered.
-* The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported.
-* The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was
-    added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml;space' attribute.
-* The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented,
-    however, there is no GUI for these attributes.
-* Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected.
-* Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy'
-    attributes.
-* Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes.
-
-New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until
-widespread support in browsers.
-
-New dependencies
-
-The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace
-library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from
-* http://potrace.sourceforge.net
-
-
-Translations
-
-New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada,
-Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Kokani (Roman and Devanagari scripts),
-Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi,
-Odia, Santali (Devnagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu
-(Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts).
 
 
 For information on prior releases, please see:
-* http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape
+
+    http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape
+