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Looks great but not available for Mac users.

> For Mac OS X, no packages are available -- > our old (X11/XQuartz) packaging was long overdue to be updated to > current standards and is no longer being maintained. If you wish to > compile Inkscape yourself, then of course, the Inkscape source code is > also available from our website.

From https://inkscape.org/en/news/2017/01/04/inkscape-version-092...

Yes, it is:

https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/

Uses XQuartz, the platform's X11 emulation.

They didn't release new 0.92 packages for Mac and apparently don't plan to.

Noooo! are you aware of any third party binaries?

There's an inkscape cask for homebrew. You should be able to compile it on your own too.

The cask is 0.91, and uses the .dmg file.

I'll subscribe to their dev mailing list and see about volunteering to get the macOS version out.

.92pre4 is available on macports, so they'll probably make .92 available soon.

No, it is not. That is 0.91, not 0.92.

It also never felt right on Mac. This XQuartz stuff etc. it felt slow in comparison to Linux. Recently I switched to Affinity Designer on a special offer. It also supports very good PDF importing/editing (like Inkscape).

The keyboard shortcuts certainly take some getting used to, and using XQuartz means that it doesn't integrate well into the OS. For instance, Cmd+Tabbing doesn't work when you select the application itself; you have to select the XQuartz instance.

The fact that most of Inkscape's controls are bound to function keys, and that function keys require a modifier by default on macOS doesn't help either.

Still... I greatly prefer Inkscape to Illustrator for the type of work I tend to do in it (creating vectors for a vinyl cutter).

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