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+import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
+import subprocess
+
+
+def distribute(ids, mode):
+    print(ids)
+    with open("/home/mike/neuron.d/static/currently_editing", "r") as f:
+        currently_editing = f.readline()
+
+    print(currently_editing)
+
+    selected = ""
+    for id in ids:
+        selected = selected + "select-by-id:" + id + ";"
+
+    subprocess.run([
+        'inkscape', '--actions',
+        f'{selected}object-distribute:{mode};export-filename:{currently_editing};export-overwrite;export-do;',
+        currently_editing
+    ])
+    # inkscape --actions="select-by-id:rect878;select-by-id:rect1814;select-by-id:rect1812;object-distribute:hgap;export-filename:/home/mike/neuron.d/static/index/another-one.svg;export-overwrite;export-do;" /home/mike/neuron.d/static/index/another-one.svg
+
+
+def ids_from_xml(xml_string):
+    ids = []
+    root = et.fromstring(xml_string)
+    for child in root:
+        # TODO: match for actual tag somehow
+        if child.tag[-2:] == "}g":
+            copied_objects = child
+            break
+    print(copied_objects.get("id"))
+    for obj in copied_objects:
+        ids.append(obj.get("id"))
+    return ids