2.2 Inkscape’s “Hello, World!”
Studying a new programming language traditionally starts with a “Hello, world!” example. This is a minimal, yet real and working, program that simply outputs the string “Hello, world!” somewhere and then quits. Let’s go through a minimal yet real Inkscape editing session which includes starting the program, creating some objects, editing them, and saving the result.
Starting Inkscape is no different from starting any other program. Depending on your OS and personal preferences, you can click the icon, select it from a menu, or type inkscape on the command line. Whatever you use, you will end up with a default Inkscape interface:
Figure 2-1. The first look at Inkscape
Inkscape’s window displays a white work area, called ...
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