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Inkscape 0.47 brings a host of important improvements all across the program:
* Timed autosave: no more lost work
* Spiro splines: an exciting new way to work with paths, fully supported in
Pen, Pencil, and Node tools
* Auto smooth nodes: a new type of node that keeps the path as smooth as
possible as you move it or its neighbors
* New modes in Tweak tool: pushing and jittering whole objects,
scaling/rotating objects, deleting and duplicating using the "soft brush"
* Reworked, much more usable snapping system and a Snapping toolbar
* New path effects, including sketch, hatching, envelope deformation; effects
can be stacked and assigned to groups
* A huge collection of preset filters in the new Filters menu
* New cairo-based PS and EPS export: improved quality, more features
supported, fallback rasterization for filters and transparency
* Spell checker for text objects in a document
* Many new extensions: restacking, calendar, printing marks, cartesian and
polar grids, interpolating attributes
* Optimized SVG code options, now with their own Preferences page
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