this option is a relatively new feature that has been placed there deliberately in order to give the user the opportunity to choose between linking or embedding the image. Previously this choice was not available.
attached is the dialog that is shown in Windows, using Inkscape 0.48. ** Attachment added: "linkembed.PNG" https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/635373/+attachment/1569016/+files/linkembed.PNG -- Opening PNG in Inkscape shows nonsense "png GDK pixbuf Input" alert https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/635373 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs