[Ipe-discuss] Help converting old IPE files to newer format

[Otfried Cheong]

On Fri, Nov 4, 2022, at 17:31, David Cardon via Ipe-discuss wrote:
> I  have some old IPE files on my Windows computer that I would like to 
> convert into the newer format.
>
> I downloaded the source code ipe5toxml.c and tried to compile it on a 
> linux machine using the command

Are you sure your files are in Ipe 5 format?   Ipe 5 was never available for Windows and was laid to rest in early 2003.

If your files are in Ipe 6 format, use the program ipe6upgrade that comes as part of the Ipe distribution.   If the files are in Ipe 6 PDF format, you'll need ipeextract followed by ipe6upgrade.

Cheers,
Otfried

ps. If you really need ipe5toxml, just add the -lm flag.  Note that this will produce Ipe 6 output, so you will still need to run ipe6upgrade afterwards.