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You might want to take a look at Inkscape Extensions. Most extensions are even written in Python.
Alternatively, SVGs are just text files containing XML, so you can just use any other method of automating text- and XML-file manipulation.
My advice is to not use the XQuartz version, it's garbage to use on MacOS. Try this native build : https://inkscape.org/fr/gallery/item/6061/Inkscape-osxmenu-r12922-1-gtk2-quartz-10.7-x86_64.dmg
I'ts not the latest version, but it's perfectly stable and usable.
In the future keep an eye on these releases : https://github.com/valerioa/Inkscape-MacOS-Curated-Build/releases
They don't work right now, but it's currently the only way to hope for a recent native build.
Want to give the beta of 0.92 a shot? https://inkscape.org/en/download/development-versions/
You will likely be better off feature-wise and not be worse off performance-wise.
We had ~5 years between 0.48 & 0.91, and SO much was refactored in that time it's tough to guess. It could just be the change of renderer which is the largest change between those releases.
The hammer is likely to be it's own shape, so you can just delete it. Hard to tell without seeing it, but press CTRL + A to select everything then hold down CTRL + SHIFT and tap G a few times. This will ungroup everything. The hammer should now be selectable on its own and you can delete it.
Follow these tutorials to get some basic skills for your text manipulation:
I think what you're saying is often true, but if you look at the specific work done on this second of probably three point releases it may change your mind:
https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.92.2
Not trying to ask for your money, but I think the developers on this particular project deserve a lot more credit than they typically get for doing very unattractive work behind the scenes.
Wow, thanks! This worked.
I had the one provided from Ubuntu software.
Now I removed it, and installed PPA from Inkscape web: Ubuntu PPA (Inkscape 1.1.1 (1:1.1+202109281946+c3084ef5ed)
This is how it should be :)
Thanks!
I have no experience with SVG animation in Inkscape, and it seems you have to use some extensions or external tools to do that, see this official page about animations on Inkscape.
Inkscape supports mac, a specific version is listed on the download page, see if that works for you. [I am not a mac user]
Stay safe! :)
You can also donate directly to the project which helps with hackfests and other costs.
Not sure exactly what you mean. Does it revert the units shown in the toolbar when selecting object(s) to mm? Or when using the ruler to measure things? I think the former is fixed in document settings(?) and the latter by going into the config for the ruler tool (? double-click it)? Something like that.
If you create an A4 document for instance, the user-units of the document will be mm, so Inkscape probably assumes that you want to work in mm. Units like "pixels" have no real meaning when related to a paper-size, so if you created a document of some standard paper-size you will probably see a lot of mm or inches in the GUI (depending on settings). If you create a document that is set to be say 128x128 pixels then I would expect it to default to show you px everywhere, because then it seems like you want to work on something not to be printed, but I did not try that.
There is a lot of traffic on the inkscape developer mailing list about units and what happened in 0.92. It is a bit confusing because of what a "pixel" (or "px") is to different people and different standards. Older versions of Inkscape more or less just ignored those issues. Now that they are trying to fix things there might be a few minor versions to have everything sorted out (if this problem is something related to that). There is already a release-candidate for 0.92.1.
You can most definitely download as old versions as you want, if you want to: https://inkscape.org/en/release/0.91/ (see the list of versions to the right of the screen)
Thanks for the reply! Do you mean the option called background color?
here is the problem, you can see the logo has a black background added after I save it https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=8B18AEF0DB7575E5!13961&authkey=!ANI5cCh7ZMCRFiA&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg
hope that makes it clearer to you
You can find the development builds here . While I wouldn't call it a UI overhaul, the development builds have quite a few UI changes (a revamped objects dialog for instance).
(Of course, the best way to know the changes is to try them yourself :) )
I don't think extensions are the right way to do this. In this case, it'll probably be a lot easier to use Inkscape from the command line or in a script (without GUI).
Take a look at Inkscape's man page to see the list of available options. For example, there's --export-area, --export-dpi, and --actions or --verbs to manipulate the document before exporting.
>''This PPA does not support bionic''
Okay, so it seems like the Inkscape 1.1 PPA has NOT been packaged for Mint 19/20 yet.
HOWEVER, I know 1.0.2 will go on to Mint 19.X, so this page will install Inkscape 1.0.2 onto your system.
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0.2/gnulinux/ubuntu/ppa/dl/
Worse case scenario, you'll need to go with a snap package or flatpak, if they have it in the Software Manager.
When I used Linux Mint, I used this page to get (at the time) 1.0 on my system. This SHOULD put 1.1 on.
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.1/gnulinux/ubuntu/ppa/dl/
Enjoy!
Yes, with autohotkey.
Here's a link to the syntax https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/ImageSearch.htm
I automate tasks with:
Imagesearch (screenshots that I saved as PNG files) to click on buttons that might change location
Mousegetpos Tooltip Click To find, memorise while I script and then click on specific coordinates
And send to make use of Inkscape's own numerous hotkeys Link: https://inkscape.org/doc/keys.html
If you choosing to use autohotkey; There's a reddit group on autohotkey as well as a discord group but I've never run into someone that uses it with Inkscape (mostly gaming actually but the options are endless, it does most of my work for me actually lol) so feel free to dm me and shoot me questions later on if you get stuck somewhere :)
Found this post via Inkscape Tutorials.
Libre Square, where this post is made, also appears to be a new blog with an Inkscape focus, so check it out and follow if you use Medium.
This is a discussion from the Inkscape forums, with a suggestion to get a checkerboard:
https://inkscape.org/forums/questions/transparent-background-marked-with-checkerboard/
There is an extension for 0.9x: https://inkscape.org/~taoari/%E2%98%85inkscape-fillet-and-chamfer
In 1.0 there is the "Corner (fillet/chamfer)" LPE. Don't know if it's the upgrade of the previous.
From This Tweet:
> ... The page has a problem (windows links to /1.0/ and not /1.0alpha2/) but you can find windows installers on https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0alpha2/windows/
If you want a quick & dirty solution, download the icon here and give it a gradient fill (import the original pic you posted above into Inkscape & use the dropper to pick up the colours from it).
https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/363335/finger_print_id_touch_touch_id_icon
I'd always support taking the time to learn how to do stuff yourself, but sometimes you just need a result quickly... :)
If it helps, this is the font manager I ended up going with: http://fontba.se/
I was specifically looking for fonts that support Kanji characters, and was able to group them into a folder so the next time I go to do a project with Japanese lettering I can just look through that folder rather than my full font list. ...I'm a bit of a font hoarder.
I also found the color preview thing to be useful. I set the preview colors to the font color/background color I used in my Inkscape project rather than just black/white.
There are workarounds in the link below, but it is unfortunately a problem with how Inkscape renders things that they aren't fixing anytime soon.
theres-seam-or-artifact-between-adjacent-objects-sharing-same-border-or-between-patterns
also there is a software called laidout that has a very promising feature of making engraving style patterns http://laidout.org/screenshots/img-engraver-withpaths-0.095.1.html the software is linux only at the moment.
Google Play link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simdin.moss
Little Journeys is a casual, action/ arcade game with a 3D low-poly graphics and physics engine behind. With a simple two-finger touch control, the player flies a blimp with the task of transporting passengers here and there. There are dozens of fairly short missions grouped into levels. Each mission map is designed from scratch. There are a number of customizations, trophies, and challenges included. The game is free to play.
solved by amazing inkscape forum guy: https://inkscape.org/forums/beyond/filterscolorinvertinvert-lightness-in-command-line/
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inkscape --batch-process --actions="EditSelectAllInAllLayers;org.inkscape.effect.filter.Invert.noprefs;export-filename:inverted.svg;export-do;" file.svg
Very nice! Did you make that for Inkscape challenge? if you don't know about it, you can participate here before 31 Jan 2022:
https://inkscape.org/forums/competitions/inkscape-challenge-1-january-2022-31-january-2022/
if i spend more time of this I am sure I could come up with better result but I don't feel liuek doing more so maybe this svg will help you somehow :D (click on arrow to dowlad)
https://inkscape.org/\~AdamBelis/%E2%98%85ugly-experiment-with-crystal-pattern
I made this (design, not animation) from a tutorial in this collection. They are mostly geared towards game character and asset design but there is a lot of cool stuff.
looks like you are using an older version. Extensions from the latest version won't work with versions < 1.0. Can you try updating to a newer version - https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.1.1/)?
I've wanted this myself. As a programmer I can see that the algorithm is pretty simple, so there could already be an extension that does this, like the remove-duplicate-lines extension, but haven't taken a hard look yet.
As a semi-automated way of doing it: make one of the thin closed paths a very different color, save, open the .svg as a plain text file, and look for the path that is that color. For example if you fill one path with a pure red, the file will have fill:#ff0000 as the color. Then you can open the path by editing out the z at the end now the path, as a text path specifier, will be about equally long going out and coming back, so you can just delete half the specifiers and see how it looks.
Repeat for the rest. Doable for a about a dozen paths, and easier than trying to do it graphically.
Project description from Inkscape Gallery:
> Simple Inkscape Scripting makes it easy to automate repetitive drawing tasks. It defines a simple set of Python functions such as "rect" to draw a rectangle and "line" to draw a line. For example, the one-line program
> for r in range(7, 0, -1): circle((100, 100), 10*r, fill=['white','red'][r%2])
> is all it takes to draw a bullseye.
You can't make animations in Inkscape. Ai can but inkscape don't have this feature. For animations you would have to use other program. Also, as I know, everything you do in Inkscape it's yours, the program is a tool. Like, you cam make any sculture for comercial use with a hammer, but you don't have the rigts of the hammer. I think this aplyes for every tool. Ans Inkscape is Open Source.
There is this site in Inkscapes wich talk about animation and other tools you can use for this. (Sorry if it's in portuguese, you can change it in a button on top which is written Português Brasileiro)
Edit: You can make the models in Inkscape and Animate in other program. Most of peaple do this.
Then you've encountered this bug.
You should be able to temporarily downgrade to version 0.92.5, set the mode of your device in the device-dialog to 'Screen', then upgrade again while keeping your settings.
"Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?"
Thanks for the input, I do have flatpak and appimege working it is just not in my app drawer has to run in the terminal or in my downloads folder. Until I upgrade to a ubuntu 20.0 distro.
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0.1/gnulinux/flatpak/
at this point I'd suggest a bug report then (inkscape.org/report).
Please proceed , beacuse if we dive deep , it may harm ua pc . Inkscape will provide support for you
Version 1.1 comes with an extra Miniwaita theme for small screens.
You can get the release candidate of that version here. A stable one should release in a few months.
You can figure it out through command line actions as you mentioned.
Inkscape uses Python as a scripting language. Scripts are reffered to as extensions. You can write your own and place it in the extensions menu. More information under https://inkscape.org/develop/extensions/
Please note that there are already extensions related to what you are describing under "Extensions > Gcodetools"
You can also go to "File > Save As" and pick "Optimized SVG" as the format. It may have the options you're looking for.
Here's a similar issue from the Inkscape forums.
https://inkscape.org/forums/questions/cant-change-color-of-a-qr-code/#c26598
Fill your map with black. Move the flag to the layer above. Set the layer blend mode to Lighten. Dark regions in the lower layer will be lightened by the flag colours above. This should work with vector or bitmap shapes.
You could use a program like GIMP to select the shadowed area using the Fuzzy Select tool and fill the area with the paint bucket tool after selecting the existing colors with the Eyedropper tool. If you set the numbers of colors to 8 than it should round up or down and small gradients or differences.
Since this is based on repeating patterns, I would rotate the image so one of the buildings is vertical and delete everything except the 2 and 3 window floor. You can use the trace function to get the outlines, but it might be easier to just recreate it from scratch since it's based on basic circles and rectangles. Once you have the base outline, group it and duplicate as necessary to recreate the overall image. If you want to recreate the shadows you can create a copy of the red and green towers, crop them down to a small section, change the fill to black with partial opacity and set it between (in layer order) the two towers.
Furthermore, /r/accidentaldiamondclub
No problem! Here is a project I made using some of the Wang tilesets from that page. Check out the animated set of chains and pulleys I made (press 9) https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/127701037/
Some ideas:
- When exporting, make sure to select the DC logo and that the "Selection" button is also selected.
- This box is annoying because it automatically changes depending on what's selected, so it's possible you were just exporting a blank area (e.g. if "Page" was selected but the DC logo is outside the page).
- Check also the image size boxes after selecting, to make sure a big enough image is being exported
- Make sure you actually click the "Export" button (and then "Replace", if asked) on the box; this might sound stupid to point out, but even I continue to forget to do this from time to time...
If that doesn't do it, can you please upload the SVG file somewhere? You can email it to me at or open it in a text editor, and copy and paste the contents of it to https://hastebin.com/ , and I'll take a look.
As for Cricut; I've not used it before, but it's possible it doesn't like the bitmap image (the pattern) being inside the SVG file or the DC logo being used as a "clipping" object. I can't help with this, sadly, but hopefully someone else can.
Maybe late, but i just tried to do the same thing and successfully did it with Photopea.
Its free online photoshop clone https://www.photopea.com/
- Open Inkscape SVG in Photopea
- It still recognize Inkscape layers as layer group and all shapes as sub layer. You might need to resize if document is too small.
- Save as PSD, and open it in photoshop. Are all still in vector shapes.
It sounds like the PPA doesn't provide a 1.0 package for the version of Ubuntu your OS is based on (requires Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 20.10 or 21.04). Try downloading the AppImage or Flatpak version instead.
So, two people have tried to help you, and you're being kind of rude to them. I see the other one gave up and it's probably time for me to do so as well, since you're not answering my troubleshooting questions or taking the other person's advice.
Have you read this yet? It discusses EPS formats with Inkscape.
These are some proud art works that I did with Inkscape. I like open source softwares, as I describe myself as developer, month of December has been really artist for me 😅. My goal was to make one illustration per day. Though I only made 18 illustration (gave some time for travelling and college). So my new goal for year 2021 is to make 365 illustration through out the year, even if it is not possible to create 1 illustration per day, nothing stop me to create 2 or maybe more illustration. And also I am close to 100 subscribers on YouTube (channel). I would like to thanks Inkscape and all community members of Inkscape sub-reddit who inspired me.
Seems like you've encountered this bug. Maybe try downgrading Inkscape to version 0.92.5 and check if the problem is in that version too.
It depends on your version of Inkscape. In the .91 and .92 version hover your mouse over the vertical area between the white workspace and black dialog boxes that you have circled. The cursor will change to a vertical line with arrows on either side. Then drag the mouse to the left to reduce the window area. If it won't drag, then it is reduced as far as your screen settings allow. I've noticed in the latest version of Inkscape (1.0) that it is not dragging to the right as much and hope that the developers fix this. The temp fix I use is to hit Fn F-12 to make the dialog box disappear then Fn F-12 to bring it back when I need it. Still it's irritating that they changed the way that the dialogs could be shrunk in the latest version of Inkscape. Send an email to Inkscape.org; if enough ask they may fix. I write about Inkscape on my blog at Https://designedbliss.com.
It helps if you right click the application, go to Get Info, and select Open in low resolution.
https://inkscape.org/forums/questions/inkscape-10-slow-on-mac-os-x-10154/
Yes, you can. Change them in Document Preferences (shift+cmd+d on Mac). choose one in General/display units. Then you can save the document as the default template. In 1.0 directly using save/save as template -for earlier versions overwrite template.svg file (should be stored in the templates directory of the Inkscape package -some like users/myname/programs/Inkscape/templates)
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Looks good! Part of the open source philosophy is to let each tool do it's own thing best. Inkscape is fantastic for illustration, text positioning, and vector management. However, it's not intended as a page layout tool. A great open source tool for page layout is Scribus, which understands SVG very well. In regards to your export options, you have a lot more than PNG and PDF. More below.
"Inkscape can save as SVG, SVGZ, PDF, Postscript/EPS/EPSi, LaTeX (*.tex), POVRay (*.pov), HPGL, and MANY others. Starting with version 0.91, Inkscape can save as: FXG (Flash XML Graphics), SIF (Synfig Animation Studio), HTML5 Canvas, and there are improvements for XAML export." from "FAQ | Inkscape" curated by LeMasney Creative - https://inkscape.org/learn/faq/#what-formats-can-inkscape-importexport
You need to learn about ordering objects. Raising and lowering objects (within the same layer) is very easy using the keyboard.
Okay, I think I understand what you're looking for. I still think that the Rasterbator would do the task. The benefit of using its you don't have to split it up manually.
When it comes to size, that is a nebulous term in an svg. Yes, the Document page has a size and Objects have a size, but size is only relevant to the hardware that is printing your final template. Since you have A4 paper, you would select A4 on the Rasterbator and enter the desired size, and it will split up your image onto multiple sheets.
Of course, printing a raster image ruins the benefit of vector-- especially since Rasterbator limits images to 4000px. But, you are using it for a cutting template, and that would be enough resolution.
Another solution would be a multipage extensison, try google searching or see if this one works for you
Well, you'll want to have a good understanding of c++ and GTK3 (the framework that draws inkscape's interface (not the svg editing Viewport, that's a custom renderer)).
You can learn more about developing for inkscape at https://inkscape.org/develop/
The "Fill bounded areas" creates the area and after that you need to change the area color.
All you need is in the "Fill and stroke" section of the link below.
https://inkscape.org/doc/tutorials/basic/tutorial-basic.html
While the next big update will have this feature it sadly isn't out of testing yet. A good solution in the mean time might be this rounded corners plugin: https://inkscape.org/~crowhoot/%E2%98%85rounded-corners
Sometimes its a bit figgity to get it just right but its probably the best solution next to beta testing the next big version. That said it's a huge boon to the community to have active testers that report bugs and improve the software so if you can stomach it the Inkscape community thanks you!
Inkscape currently does not support color management for file export.
https://inkscape.org/learn/faq/#how-create-graphics-cmyk-color-space-inkscape
in case anyone else finds this comment, I'll add a link to a .dmg for the inkscape 1.0 alpha 2
https://inkscape.org/gallery/item/14635/Inkscape_1.0.0alpha2_190818-863a58d.dmg
Inkscape 1.0 will be able to load additional fonts that aren't installed on the system: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0#Load_additional_fonts
Right now, it hasn't been released yet, but there's a 1.0 alpha 2 you can try. https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0alpha2/
Shameless self plug - for rounding arbitrary corners of a rectangle you can use my plugin. For more complex shapes use the chamfer and fillet plugin.
Umm... I'm probably not the best person to ask really as I'm pretty amateur myself and haven't even been doing much since this post. Did you mean to reply to my post from months ago or were you meaning to make your own post?
This right here will get you through a lot of the main stuff and then some...
You can copy an object and paste the style to another object (Shift + CTRL + V).
Theres also an extension that gives an object a stroke in the fill colour. (https://inkscape.org/~jabiertxof/%E2%98%85stroke-color-as-fill)
Hey, here's the file for you to take a look at: http://www.sendspace.com/file/pqtk34
It's not a font, it's part of a logo that I drew by hand then vectored. All the letters were fine, except the E's and the G, because of the negative space. The thing that really bugged me, though, was that the top of the G behaved exactly as I wanted it to, but the bottom of the G and the negative space in the E's did act the same. I still don't know why part of the G worked, seeing as the solution I came up with doesn't explain it. The path for the negative space of the top of the G was never linked to the outside path, but for some reason, linking the bottom part seemed to fix the problem. Parts of Inkscape seem to have a lot going on behind the scenes that isn't easy to look at, so it might remain a mystery to me.
You can try an online converter like https://convertio.co/svg-ai/ (literally the first Google result for "svg to ai converter", there are loads of handy things like this around)
Alternatively, will your laser cutter software import .DXF files? They are a relatively standard format for 2d plotting machines like lasers and paper/vinyl cutters, and Inkscape will export a drawing as DXF.
I don't know of a way to automatically randomize fonts, but you can use a character map to pick which variations you want to use. My favorite is main type, I use the free version, https://www.high-logic.com/font-manager/maintype
I use it to pick the different glyphs for Samantha font all the time. I'm not sure but it would probably work for the font you're using too, aside from open type vs true type (which I'm really not sure about; I thought I've used both but I could be wrong).
I have the same issue which in my case is particularly odd because the font in question (Vesper Libre) works under Inkscape on my laptop but will not be listed under Inkscape on my desktop (though in any other application). Both are running Win10, Inkscape 0.92.4 and I've installed the very same font from the very same network drive on the same day.
I don't know about an extension, but there are standalone programs that replicate wooden artist dolls that are used for the same purpose.
The easiest to use I found is "DesignDoll"
Ok, good question, I'm making something simple that I do not think exist, but it likely does in some form, so ofc none of us would know how to find it on the web
I want to make a simple mutli dimensional personality growth map/chart
Here's an example of something simple when I was looking over examples (that someone linked) of what a tool does https://www.figma.com/community/file/1004521728592709351
For learning curve ofc already said in op that different things have very different degrees of the learning curve
Difference won't work on groups. Each of those objects is a group. Difference only works on two paths at a time. Ungrouping some of those revel they are several paths. I ungrouped everything, combined the separate parts to make one path on each logo. Duplicated the vector pattern 7 times and did difference on each logo and the copies of the pattern.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8tmuknfs8mx2896/poster_e2.svg?dl=0
There is an extension I have been meaning to try that is supposed to allow some boolean operations like difference to be done on multiple selections, not just two at a time. Just hadn't gotten to it yet. https://inkscape.org/en/~Moini/★multi-bool-extension-cut-difference-division
Note there seems to be multiple versions or forks of the extension, not sure which is best.
AFAIK you can download xquartz first then download the inkscape dmg file or vice versa.
https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/
The instructions do not make clear even though if you read it does imply that.
Also this may help after you install xquartz and need to start inkscape and run into problems
https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkscape/comments/73tcj6/inkscape_fails_to_start_on_macos_1013_high_sierra/
First you have to make sure every color has its own path. What you're looking for after that are boolean operations.
Check this link: https://inkscape.org/en/doc/tutorials/advanced/tutorial-advanced.en.html
Read sections titled "Subpaths and Combining" and "Boolean Operations".
The same tutorial is also available from within Inkscape under "Help -> Tutorials -> Inkscape:Advanced". I'd highly recommend going through the entirety of "Inkscape:Basics" first.
First you have to make sure every color has its own path. What you're looking for after that are boolean operations.
Check this link: https://inkscape.org/en/doc/tutorials/advanced/tutorial-advanced.en.html
Read sections titled "Subpaths and Combining" and "Boolean Operations".
The same tutorial is also available from within Inkscape under "Help -> Tutorials -> Inkscape:Advanced". I'd highly recommend going through the entirety of "Inkscape:Basics" first.
When you select a circle with the node tool (F2) you'll see 3 handles (or 4).
The square ones are for resizing the circle.
Round handles allow cutting to form an arc or a slice of that circle.
You can drag these handles to adjust the angle of said slice/arc. If you hold Ctrl while dragging the slice will snap to 15° increments.
Make sure both round handles overlap. That will make the circle full without drawn radii.
I'd recommend going through the tutorial. From the menu select "Help -> Tutorials -> Inkscape: Shapes".
It's also available online. Though it's much smarter to load it in Inkscape so that you can fiddle with the shapes as you read it.
Edit: There's a crash. If you Shift + Click an arc handle to go back to a full circle Inkscape will crash.
Can someone verify that? (Win 10 x64 Inkscape 0.92.1)
For an update, the OP of the Google+ post pointed me here. Sadly that's only for OS X. Asking the IRC got me to this different but awesome monochrome icon theme.
Did you restart or log out and back in after installing XQuartz as per the instructions on our website? https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/
As it was explained to me by our main OS X developer: "launch services are installed and activated (after a reboot) by the installer of XQuartz; launch services also handle $DISPLAY
launch services: --> on-demand launching of X11 server if an application needs it"
There are different ways to do this, but for your case it seems best that you create a rectangle which you use to cut the main shape. This is located in the path menu.
See the section on Boolean operations https://inkscape.org/doc/advanced/tutorial-advanced.html
I don't use Wikipedia as a source. What Krita and Photoshop have are pixel informations which are preserved in X,Y coordinate, and they can extend to outside of the canvas area. No undo levels is needed. Original pixels can still exist beyond canvas area.
Here's a Krita file - https://expirebox.com/download/25dfa1525c61839440c4881d7c0028d3.html
If you use Krita, and go to the crop tool, press the grow button. When you extend the crop area beyond the canvas boundary, you'll note that the information are still there. That's a picture of a cat. This is exactly like Photoshop nondestructive cropping.
Inkscape is inherintely a single page program. It does not do multiple pages. This is mainly because SVG itself doesn't support multi-page.
The commercial program Illustrator isn't mulipage capable either, but has allows multiple artboards. The free layout program Scribus is multi-page. Commercial layout program InDesign is multi-page. CorelDraw is multi-page, doubling as vector and layout.
You could use a utility to join PDF files. Searching for PDF join you can find web based services also.
https://pdfsam.org/pdfsam-basic/
If you drag and drop a PDF onto Inkscape, then another it will add each to the document, but it will all be on one page