with pointers from ofnuts.
I give you relative loading methods for loading an (exported) .svg path.
which are RELATIVE (percentage), RELATIVE WIDTH KEEP ASPECT RATIO, RELATIVE HEIGHT KEEP ASPECT RATIO in additional to ABSOLUTE(pixels) which is the same as existing "Import..."
Right click a path (you have to have at least one path present even if it's just an empty path).
And choose "Import SVG Path with load method...."

download zipped .py file

more details...

Just the linux testing

This is possibly more useful than the save-load plugin. This using a 'plain' svg from inkscape.


A bit of a jumble on the canvas, but in the paths dialogue
imported absolute (selected and filled)
imported relative (stroked path)
imported keep aspect

There is that information pop-up, not a problem, but could it be suppressed.
Still needs an existing path. Just a node does.

A quick try in a Gimp 2.9, no warnings, which is a good sign.

I still dont understand the purpose of this script.
Checked the previous threads, but still not clear.

Installed the plug-in and tried it, but i dont get it.

Is this about scaling ?

What does ABSOLUTE(pixels) mean ?
Is it canvas-size ?

ABSOLUTE (pixels) - for example if a a path was 10x20 rectangle path on a 50x50 image at time of export. When import using this method the path will be 10x20 rectangle doesn't matter what your current image size is. It doesn't scale anything at all.

RELATIVE (percentage) will scale based on your current image's width and height.
RELATIVE WIDTH KEEP ASPECT RATIO - will scale based on your current image's width but keeping aspect ratio. (so if for example the path was exported a perfect circle, the imported path would still be a circle because it's keeping aspect ratio).
RELATIVE HEIGHT KEEP ASPECT RATIO - will scale based on your current image's height but keeping aspect ratio.

I left a debug statement in there. will remove it soon.

Edit: debug message removed (release 2) (updated download link)

This option was planned to solve - is it possible to add the option for selection?
When the selection exist the result is unpredictable....

it works on selection, as long as you select a relative method as absolute only uses the top left corner of selection, it doesn't scale according to selection bounding box (because it's absolute). Relative methods work.
Make sure you have latest version (2).

Tran this is a fantastic plugin.

Interestingly, if you don't pay attention to your path selection size in whatever SVG program you're using, the path could be totally off the grid or invisible in GIMP because it lies outside or beyond the background layer's parameters.