Yeah, have to agree there to some degree. Inkscape does what it does best, SVG, and EPS can come secondary. However theres no reason it cant do EPS just as well as it does SVG. EPS IS important to DTP, as SVG should become. I cant say that there are "other DTP tools" that do what Inkscape does though, certainly not on Linux anyway. Scribus vectors work quite well, but Inkscape really is where its at for vector editing.
From the point of view of Scribus, it is our SVG importer that needs work to
bring it to the standard of the SVG that Inkscape exports. Some of it does depend on whether the SVG is "plain" or not. It also depends on whether you are taking over AI on doze and working with PS and ID, or working with Scribus on whatever platform.
Craig
On Wednesday 09 March 2005 19:00, Bob Jamison wrote:
Hi, all,
Here is my poor IMHO, please ignore:
As far as I'm concerned, Inkscape is an SVG editor, and it is becoming one of the best. If that lends itself to DTP, then that is wonderful! If not, then there are other DTP tools. SVG tools, on the other hand, are rare, and it would be a shame to dilute the core functionality of this one. Import and export of EPS are secondary.
Again, that's just my humble opinion. I'll go lurk in the corner again now. ;-)
(Off topic: If someone has a good algorithm to improve the octree pruning for color quantization, please let me know. The set of final colors selected needs some improvement; they are a bit dreary.)
Bob
Jakub Steiner wrote:
On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 13:34 -0400, bulia byak wrote:
- After all, who is this document for? Those who like AI the way it
is will never switch, so it seems stupid to target them in such a document. I think we need to target those who are used to AI but are
That doesn't need to be the case. I absolutely love Adobe Illustrator, yet I was seeking an alternative for a long time. The biggest difference you have with Inkscape is that it's free software. I can love the functionality and interface and still seek an alternative because it's nothing else but platform dependent, $$$-bound upgrades requiring, patent filled, proprietary package.
On the other hand I agree you should concentrate on designing rather than copying. We seem to have a disagreement on the task-based design approach though. ;)
cheers
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