add documentation tab

diff --git a/share/extensions/dxf_outlines.inx b/share/extensions/dxf_outlines.inx
index 7d09fd1e9c68d26f2c63016f7918e8c8c9f75c5c..a557deb94155e9711d5dc37ef8f81a69888c7ace 100644 (file)
--- a/share/extensions/dxf_outlines.inx
+++ b/share/extensions/dxf_outlines.inx
@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <inkscape-extension xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension">
-    <_name>Desktop Cutting Plotter</_name>
-    <id>org.ekips.output.dxf_outlines</id>
+       <_name>Desktop Cutting Plotter</_name>
+       <id>org.ekips.output.dxf_outlines</id>
        <dependency type="extension">org.inkscape.output.svg.inkscape</dependency>
        <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">dxf_outlines.py</dependency>
        <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">inkex.py</dependency>
-    <param name="ROBO" type="boolean" _gui-text="ROBO-Master output">false</param>
-    <output>
-                <extension>.dxf</extension>
-               <mimetype>image/dxf</mimetype>
-                <_filetypename>Desktop Cutting Plotter (*.dxf)</_filetypename>
-                <_filetypetooltip>Desktop Cutting Plotter</_filetypetooltip>
-                <dataloss>true</dataloss>
-    </output>
-    <script>
-        <command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">dxf_outlines.py</command>
-        <helper_extension>org.inkscape.output.svg.inkscape</helper_extension>
-    </script>
+       <param name="tab" type="notebook">
+               <page name="options" _gui-text="Options">
+                       <param name="ROBO" type="boolean" _gui-text="enable ROBO-Master output">false</param>
+               </page>
+               <page name="help" _gui-text="Help">
+                       <_param name="inputhelp" type="description">- AutoCAD Release 13 format.
+- assume svg drawing is in pixels, at 90 dpi.
+- assume dxf drawing is in mm.
+- only LWPOLYLINE and SPLINE elements are supported.
+- ROBO-Master option is a specialized spline readable only by ROBO-Master and AutoDesk viewers, not Inkscape.
+               </_param>
+               </page>
+       </param>
+       <output>
+               <extension>.dxf</extension>
+               <mimetype>image/dxf</mimetype>
+               <_filetypename>Desktop Cutting Plotter (R13) (*.dxf)</_filetypename>
+               <_filetypetooltip>Desktop Cutting Plotter</_filetypetooltip>
+               <dataloss>true</dataloss>
+       </output>
+       <script>
+               <command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">dxf_outlines.py</command>
+               <helper_extension>org.inkscape.output.svg.inkscape</helper_extension>
+       </script>
 </inkscape-extension>

diff --git a/share/extensions/dxf_outlines.py b/share/extensions/dxf_outlines.py
index 3888bc7e3fe75042abba59ae0964dcc88d2ece00..ecdc6ce40f481495f14d807c9107f18193585ca6 100755 (executable)
--- a/share/extensions/dxf_outlines.py
+++ b/share/extensions/dxf_outlines.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class MyEffect(inkex.Effect):
     def __init__(self):
         inkex.Effect.__init__(self)
         self.OptionParser.add_option("-R", "--ROBO", action="store", type="string", dest="ROBO")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--tab", action="store", type="string", dest="tab")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--inputhelp", action="store", type="string", dest="inputhelp")
         self.dxf = []
         self.handle = 255                       # handle for DXF ENTITY
         self.csp_old = [[0.0,0.0]]*4            # previous spline