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Inkscape mentioned in Linux Magazine
by Alan Horkan 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

http://inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ArticlesAndPresentations Inkscape is mentioned in Issue 47 of Linux Magazine (published in the UK, and has a sister publication in Germany). It features a a roundup of various vector graphics applications titled "Line by Line". Gestalter, Inkscape, Karbon 14, OpenOffice.org Draw, Skencil (formerly known as Sketch), Sodipodi and Xfig are reviewed. Paraphrase/summary of the section on Inkscape, my comments in [brackets], direct literal quotes are in inverted commas. Inkscape is new. Inkscape unashamedly borrows ideas from other projects. "Some dialogs have been taken directly from Sodipodi" [author seems to have missed that Inkscape started as a fork of Sodipodi] Installation considered complicated, needs gtkmm and libsigc. "Neatly organized main window" Uses SVG, can read many formats (AI, Postscript, Skencil,...) [author doesn't realise this trick is achieved by using Skencil] Seperate window for each drawing ... "meaning the tools are accessible at all times". Fully featured drawing tools, usual primitives also has starts, spirals. Calligraphic lines also supported. Notes the help files and tutorials are in SVG allowing you to experiment with them. [clearly this is an idea that reviewers appreciate] Author has issues with the Grid, complained the snap to grid option did not work (also complained about it in Sodipodi). Eventually mentions that he is using inkscape 0.39, and says despite the version number Inkscape is very stable. Positive information from the other reviews I think is worth noting and might be learned from if we want to get better reviews. multipage support. karbon 14 supports WMF OpenOffice.org Draw PDF export Conclusion section of the roundup says roughly, OpenOffice.org best, most features. After that Skencil, then after that again "Inkscape is probably the best of the rest and has developed into a clear-cut, but powerful illustration tool in a very short time. This is obviously the one to keep an eye on for the future". Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ Inkscape, Draw Freely http://inkscape.org Free SVG Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org

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Inkscape /Scribus IRC meet
by Plinnell 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Hi all, Bryce , Jon Phillips and I have discussed casually a second IRC meet. Now is a good time. Scribus. 1.2 is done and before we dive into 1.3 we can outline some of our thoughts. Our tentative time date is 19 Sept 2004 1000 UTC. Let me know how this works.... Notes and a draft topic list: http://inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ScribusInteroperability Cheers, Peter

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not a bug report
by Stevie J 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Hi there, I've just recently downloaded the latest Windows build of Inkscape. I found it easy to install, easy to use, powerfull and it let me draw exactly what I wanted to easily and quickly. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone involved in the development, you guys done good!!!! :-) Cheers, Steve ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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--disable-gc
by MenTaLguY 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

I've introduced a --disable-gc ./configure option to aid in debugging. It disables the garbage collector completely and does not link the executable with libgc at all. note: The same heap corruption is still happening in this build, so this categorically rules out libgc as part of the problem. However, I am leaving --disable-gc in CVS as it is still helpful when debugging (it's not the default; you will have to specify it). Just be aware that a --disable-gc build will leak memory, since it is generally not freed. -mental

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Improvements in command-line PNG export
by bulia byak 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

* You can now specify the background opacity (--export-background-opacity or -y). * If no background color (-b) or background opacity (-y) specified, the values from the document (sodipodi:namedview) are used. * You can now export an area corresponding to a single object by specifying the ID of the object with the --export-id or -i switch, for example: inkscape -e mypath.png -i path966 mydoc.svg * When exporting with -i, you can add --export-use-hints or -t to tell Inkscape to use the filename and DPI export hints stored for that object when it was last exported from the GUI. For example, inkscape -i path966 -t mydoc.svg will export path966 to the PNG file with the same filename and resolution as you used for exporting it from wihtin Inkscape, so you don't need to specify them on the command line. These changes (see the man page for full details) allow you to easily script exporting parts from complex documents and to better integrate GUI editing with command-line use.

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default template
by Jon Phillips 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

I was just trying to design a default template and wonder if the best place for default templates is in our share folder, a folder (on my install by default that is installed here: /usr/local/share/inkscape and is owned by root:root with 755). Thus, only non-root user can put files into these folders like templates, tutorial, etc. I wonder if we are placing these files in the proper location. Should we not be installing them in the user's home preference folder: ~/.inkscape Even if we don't install all these files here, then we should definitely read for existence of these folders and files, and most importantly templates/default.svg from the user readable/writable preferenes folder. Do you all agree with me? Many users will not have root access, and that is bad for user preferences to be changed at that level. What if we had multiple users on a system, aka, a school that uses Inkscape. Then each user could not have their own preferences for default templates, etc. Jon -- Jon Phillips KOREA.PH.010.3140.7483 USA.PH.858.361.2811 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) CVS Book (http://cvsbook.ucsd.edu/) Scale Journal (http://scale.ucsd.edu/)

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Trace dialog
by Bob Jamison 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

I started a small dialog that sets the parameters of tracing. All it does at the moment is set the brightness threshold for black&white conversion. Others controls will come later. You might try playing with it, using /share/clipart/tux.png. Bob

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Various publications about Inkscape.
by Jon Phillips 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

That is great...can you place these onto this page on the Inkscape wiki. We try to collect press! Thanks for finding these! http://inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ArticlesAndPresentations Also, Ted and others that have been presenting, please put up your presentations and where...MRDOCS...you presented haven't you? Jon On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 20:11, Gazal, Geraud (MED) wrote: > Hi all, > > www.linuxgraphic.org is a French web site dedicated to graphic creation > under linux (strange, isn't it ?). > * Yesterday it has published a small tutorial (in French) dedicated to > inkscape users (but applicable to any graphic creation app, I think) : how > to have a 'mirror effect'. Quite nice. I will ask the site if they are ok if > I translate this doc in English and then make it available from the inkscape > website. > The tutorial is there : > http://linuxgraphic.org/section2d/articles/miroir_Inkscape/index.html > * They've also announced the release of Open Clipart 0.06 on the main page. > > Linux+ (http://www.lpmagazine.org/en/modules/news/) European (Polish) > magazine translated and published in French, English, German, Spanish and > Czech has issued an article on Inkscape too. I have the French version. I'll > produce a sum up + translation in English on mailing list. > > > > Regards, > > Matiphas > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop > FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user -- Jon Phillips KOREA.PH.010.3140.7483 USA.PH.858.361.2811 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) CVS Book (http://cvsbook.ucsd.edu/) Scale Journal (http://scale.ucsd.edu/)

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man page source?
by bulia byak 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

I want to update the man page. Which file to edit? Inkscape.pod seems much more editable, but inkscape.1.in is more recent in the CVS, as pjrm changed it directly: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/inkscape/inkscape/inkscape.1.in?rev=1… So, which one is the real source?

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TAGS broken
by bulia byak 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

Generating tags does not work recently: inkscape/src $ make tags make: *** No rule to make target `refcounted.h', needed by `TAGS'. Stop. Can anyone please look into it? I need tags for editing but I don't know where to look.

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