Sodipodi

Sodipodi

Sodipodi running on Debian GNU/Linux
Developer(s)	Lauris Kaplinski
Discontinued	0.34 / February 11, 2004 (2004-02-11)
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux, Microsoft Windows
Type	Vector graphics editor
License	GNU General Public License
Website	sourceforge.net/projects/sodipodi

Sodipodi is an open source vector graphics editor, discontinued in 2004, which is the predecessor to Inkscape.

Development

Sodipodi started as a fork of Gill, a vector-graphics program written by Raph Levien. The main author is Lauris Kaplinski, and several other people have contributed to the project. The project is no longer under active development, having been succeeded by Inkscape, a 2003 fork of Sodipodi. Sodipodi means "mish mash" or "hodgepodge" in Estonian child-speak.

The primary design goal of Sodipodi is to produce a usable editor for vector graphics, and a drawing tool for artists. Although it uses SVG as its native file format (including some extensions to hold metadata), it is not intended to be a full implementation of the SVG standard. Sodipodi imports and exports plain SVG data, and can also export raster graphics in PNG format. The user interface of Sodipodi is a Controlled Single Document Interface (CSDI) similar to GIMP.

Sodipodi is available for Linux and Microsoft Windows. The latest version is 0.34, released on 11 February 2004. Released under the GNU General Public License, Sodipodi is free software.

Derivatives

Sodipodi started a collection of SVG clip art containing symbols and flags from around the world. This work helped inspire the Open Clip Art Library.

Inkscape started as a fork of Sodipodi, founded in 2003 by some Sodipodi developers with different goals, including redesigning the interface and closer compliance with the SVG standard.

See also

• List of vector graphics editors
• Comparison of vector graphics editors

External links

• Interview with Lauris Kaplinski