add documentation tab

diff --git a/share/extensions/dxf_input.inx b/share/extensions/dxf_input.inx
index a1410fd3b9c04e41f8eb4e0f1214038be7c698e3..5ad63c565d4f1274547a22ccf4a1ff20b9d7a3da 100644 (file)
--- a/share/extensions/dxf_input.inx
+++ b/share/extensions/dxf_input.inx
@@ -4,19 +4,31 @@
        <id>org.inkscape.input.dxf</id>
        <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">dxf_input.py</dependency>
        <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">inkex.py</dependency>
-       <param name="auto" type="boolean" _gui-text="Use automatic scaling to size A4">true</param>
-       <param name="scale" type="string" _gui-text="Or, use manual scale factor">1.0</param>
-       <param name="sep1" type="description">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</param>
-       <param name="encoding" type="enum" _gui-text="Character Encoding">
-               <item value="latin_1">Latin 1</item>
-               <item value="cp1250">CP 1250</item>
-               <item value="cp1252">CP 1252</item>
-               <item value="utf_8">UTF 8</item>
+       <param name="tab" type="notebook">
+               <page name="options" _gui-text="Options">
+                       <param name="auto" type="boolean" _gui-text="Use automatic scaling to size A4">true</param>
+                       <param name="scale" type="string" _gui-text="Or, use manual scale factor">1.0</param>
+                       <param name="sep1" type="description">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</param>
+                       <param name="encoding" type="enum" _gui-text="Character Encoding">
+                               <item value="latin_1">Latin 1</item>
+                               <item value="cp1250">CP 1250</item>
+                               <item value="cp1252">CP 1252</item>
+                               <item value="utf_8">UTF 8</item>
+                       </param>
+               </page>
+               <page name="help" _gui-text="Help">
+                       <_param name="inputhelp" type="description">- AutoCAD Release 13 and newer.
+- assume dxf drawing is in mm.
+- assume svg drawing is in pixels, at 90 dpi.
+- layers are preserved only on File-&gt;Open, not Import.
+- limited support for BLOCKS, use AutoCAD Explode Blocks instead, if needed.
+               </_param>
+               </page>
        </param>
        <input>
                <extension>.dxf</extension>
                <mimetype>image/x-svgz</mimetype>
-               <_filetypename>AutoCAD DXF (*.dxf)</_filetypename>
+               <_filetypename>AutoCAD DXF R13 (*.dxf)</_filetypename>
                <_filetypetooltip>Import AutoCAD's Document Exchange Format</_filetypetooltip>
        </input>
        <script>

diff --git a/share/extensions/dxf_input.py b/share/extensions/dxf_input.py
index fcf5125afe8b13b988aa717ed9bdc84a9768a22b..7c5e4d0f91b390a80df04e02499879a34758622d 100644 (file)
--- a/share/extensions/dxf_input.py
+++ b/share/extensions/dxf_input.py
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ parser = inkex.optparse.OptionParser(usage="usage: %prog [options] SVGfile", opt
 parser.add_option("--auto", action="store", type="inkbool", dest="auto", default=True)
 parser.add_option("--scale", action="store", type="string", dest="scale", default="1.0")
 parser.add_option("--encoding", action="store", type="string", dest="input_encode", default="latin_1")
+parser.add_option("--tab", action="store", type="string", dest="tab", default="Options")
+parser.add_option("--inputhelp", action="store", type="string", dest="inputhelp", default="")
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args(inkex.sys.argv[1:])
 doc = inkex.etree.parse(StringIO('<svg xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"></svg>'))
 desc = inkex.etree.SubElement(doc.getroot(), 'desc', {})