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PDF Import?
by Jeff Carr 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

I'm new to inkscape; I just ran across it this week. (apt-get it after reading the vector graphic's story). It's really impressive! I spent some time trying to import a PDF. This is a long standing PTA problem that usually has me importing it into the gimp as a tiff. I tried digging farther with my renewed energy and found only dead ends for PDF -> SVG converters. There are some, but they are all proprietary. There is even some site that lets you put your pdf into it and they will mail you a SVG (didn't work for my pdf anyway.) I eventually tried pstoedit: pstoedit -f plot.svg myfile.pdf myfile.svg inkscape myfile.svg Which got close, but lost all the text. What is the current state of PDF or postscript import? Are there some other tricks/tools anyone might recommend? Thanks, Jeff

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Inkscape percentage units
by De Winne, Joris 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

Hello, Is it possible to pass percentage units for x, y, width and height attributes in the xml svg file. Example of what I would like to do: <svg x="10" y="10" width="250" height="250"> <rect width="100%" height="100%" /> </svg> This would mean that we get a rectangle with width=250 and height=250. the problem is it looks like the inkscape viewer can't work with %. Any solution? Joris - - - - - - - DISCLAIMER- - - - - - - - Unless indicated otherwise, the information contained in this message is privileged and confidential, and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and/or attachments is strictly prohibited. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Furthermore, the company does not warrant a proper and complete transmission of this information, nor does it accept liability for any delays. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the message. Thank you.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] New binary portability problem identified
by unknown＠example.com 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

inkblotter wrote: > > FC4, 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4smp > gcc (GCC) 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5) > > In a fresh installation of FC4 (this weekend) I cannot install inkscape > 0.42 in my home directory with this autopackage > > The complaint is: > > Error: Package 'Standard C++ library' was found but was of the wrong > version and the correct version could not be located. > > [IV 3 for @gnu.org/libstdc++] > > > Perhaps if I had let it run as root it might have worked. > > autopackage is way cool but it isn't yet working in FC4 in my home > directory as far as I can tell. It's trying to work.... > > aaron@...749... wrote: > >> Mike Hearn wrote: >> >>> Aaron, can you rebuild the autopackage against *mm 2.4 static libraries >>> and push a -2 release of the package, so users on GTK+ 2.4 systems >>> can use >>> them again? >> >> >> >> Hey, is this one any better? I really don't know how to check. >> >> http://inkscape.modevia.com/ap/inkscape-0.42-2.x86.package >> >> Aaron Spike Mike, any idea what this is about? Aaron Spike

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] New binary portability problem identified
by mike＠...869... 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

> Tried that and I get this "nm: /usr/bin/inkscape: no symbols". Sorry, try "nm -D", or alternatively, "readelf -aW" -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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languages in install
by bulia byak 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

Based on feedback so far, we really need the option to NOT install the language files when installing on Windows, so that Inkscape would only use English. I think this should be a pretty simple patch to the nsis installer file, to ask "Do you want to use English interface, or the language of your Windows system (if Inkscape has a translation for that language)". Added bonus if it can detect WHICH language is going to be used. Any volunteers? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Newbie to Developer Process under Windows
by Douglas Neale 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

Hi List, I'm just starting up with the project and want to run under XP. I have been advised that VC++, which I would have preferred, is too difficult to get going. So I started with the 'Compiling Inkscape for the Win32 Platform' document and cannot unpack a downloaded copy of gtk26 with 7-zip. I get the error 'this is not a supported archive' with both gtk copies on the website using either of the 2 available versions of 7-zip. Downloading with IE produces different size files from using Firefox so I'm guessing it's a download problem. Can anyone point me to an alternative source of the gtk26 library, perhaps in a normal zip format? TIA Douglas Neale

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Inkscape undo system
by David Yip 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

Can anyone point me to some code that would serve as a nice illustration of how the Inkscape undo system works? I've been reading the Session and SimpleSession classes and the way they are used in the functions in document-undo.cpp; is that a good place to begin, or are there better starting points? In particular, I'm wondering what the best way to clear the undo and redo stacks is, as it's crucial to the correct functioning of Inkboard. When a user synchronizes his or her document with another user or with a chatroom, that synchronized state must become the new original state of the user's document. sp_document_clear_undo and sp_document_clear_redo, from their code, seem to be what I want, but I can't quite figure out how to use them to attain the desired effect. -- David

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[Fwd: [Linuxmovies-general] Special CinePaint Event!]
by Jon Phillips 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] New binary portability problem identified
by mike＠...869... 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

I can't tell, I only have net access at work (Windows). But a good way to check would be to run "nm inkscape | grep g_option". Alternatively, find somebody who is running a GTK+ 2.4 based system and get them to try running it. Original Message: ----------------- From: aaron@...749... Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:25:19 -0500 To: mike@...869..., inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] New binary portability problem identified Mike Hearn wrote: > Aaron, can you rebuild the autopackage against *mm 2.4 static libraries > and push a -2 release of the package, so users on GTK+ 2.4 systems can use > them again? Hey, is this one any better? I really don't know how to check. http://inkscape.modevia.com/ap/inkscape-0.42-2.x86.package Aaron Spike -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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Hi. xfig like export combined LaTeX postscript/ transparency ps export
by Marc Weber 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

Xfig has got one possibility to set a special flag on text which means that this text doesn't get exported on combined LaTeX ps but is written to the LaTeX file which means that you're able to also use LaTeX possibilies of typsetting mathematics and so on. Do you think it would be much effort to add this to inkscape, too? Because I *really* prefer inkscape over xfig :) inkscape could became the tool of choice making figures for LaTeX.. xfig is nice but lacks some functionality. The other thing is when exporting to ps inkscape currently just ignores transparency.. All you would have to do having two rectangles ------ -- : rect1 without ++ ---+++||| ++ : overlapping area ---+++||| || : rect2 without ++ |||||| rect2 is above rect1 would be splitting this rectangles into 3 and calculate the color of the + rectangle depending on the transparency of rect2 and color of rect1.. Then all 3 reactangles can be exported as it's done right now. And because the function Stroke to path is already provided (although I'm not sure how well it works using some advanced stroke style) it shouldn't be that hard to implement. What do you think? Marc

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