tag figure with optional template extension

inkscape_extensions/tag_figure.inx

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<inkscape-extension xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension">
+  <_name>tagfigure</_name>
+  <id>org.ekips.filter.tagfigure</id>
+  <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">tag_figure.py</dependency>
+  <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">inkex.py</dependency>
+  <param name="name" type="string" _gui-text="Tag figure/layer name:">figure_name</param>
+  <param name="template" type="string" _gui-text="(Optional) use template:"></param>
+  <effect>
+    <object-type>all</object-type>
+    <effects-menu>
+       <submenu _name="FigureFirst"/>
+    </effects-menu>
+  </effect>
+  <script>
+    <command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">tag_figure.py</command>
+  </script>
+</inkscape-extension>

inkscape_extensions/tag_figure.py

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+sys.path.append('/usr/share/inkscape/extensions') # or another path, as necessary
+sys.path.append('/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/extensions')
+sys.path.append('C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions')
+#import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+#ET.register_namespace('figurefirst', 'http://www.figurefirst.com')
+
+# We will use the inkex module with the predefined Effect base class.
+import inkex
+# The simplestyle module provides functions for style parsing.
+from simplestyle import *
+
+class FigureFirstFigureTagEffect(inkex.Effect):
+    """
+    Modified from example Inkscape effect extension. Tags object with axis tag.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        """
+        Constructor.
+        Defines the "--name" option of a script.
+        """
+        # Call the base class constructor.
+        inkex.Effect.__init__(self)
+        #import matplotlib
+        #Define string option "--name" with "-n" shortcut and default value "World".
+        self.OptionParser.add_option('-n', '--name', action = 'store',
+          type = 'string', dest = 'name', default = 'none',
+          help = 'Name figure')
+        self.OptionParser.add_option('-t', '--template', action = 'store',
+          type = 'string', dest = 'template', default = 'none',
+          help = 'Name template (optional)')
+        inkex.NSS[u"figurefirst"] = u"http://flyranch.github.io/figurefirst/"
+        try:
+            inkex.etree.register_namespace("figurefirst","http://flyranch.github.io/figurefirst/")
+        except AttributeError:
+            #inkex.etree._NamespaceRegistry.update(inkex.addNS("name", "figurefirst"))
+            #This happens on windows version of inkscape - it might be good to check
+            #and see if the namespace has been correctly added to the document
+            pass
+
+    def effect(self):
+        """
+        Effect behaviour.
+        Overrides base class' method and inserts "Hello World" text into SVG document.
+        """
+        # Get script's "--what" option value.
+        name = self.options.name
+        template = self.options.template
+
+        # Get access to main SVG document element and get its dimensions.
+        svg = self.document.getroot()
+        # or alternatively
+        # Create text element
+        if len(self.selected.values())>1: 
+            raise Exception('too many items')
+        else:
+            el = self.selected.values()[0]
+
+        newElm = inkex.etree.Element(inkex.addNS("figure", "figurefirst"))
+        newElm.attrib[inkex.addNS("name", "figurefirst")] = name
+        if template != 'none':
+            newElm.attrib[inkex.addNS("template", "figurefirst")] = template
+        #print inkex.NSS
+        el.append(newElm)
+
+
+# Create effect instance and apply it.
+effect = FigureFirstFigureTagEffect()
+effect.affect()