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Effect & Connections column missing in Effect editor
by anand warik 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

I am using Inkscape 0.48 & In my effect editor dialog Effect and connections column missing. Can you all suggest how to toggle it on -- आनंद वारिक

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A question about the Perfect bound cover extension.
by John Culleton 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

This extension is unique in the world of Open Source Software. There is one parameter that is unclear. If one specifies the cover thickness, which in turns changes the spine width, does that number represent the thickness of one side of the spine or both sides? There are choices for PPI, caliper, width, bond weight and so on. But it is not clear whether this assumes that the number entered is for one side of the cover or both sides. For example 360 Digital Books (now owned by Whitlock) provides an number of 0.034 in their spine formula, which represents both sides of the spine. What does the Inkscape extension expect in that parameter, one side or both? The true answer will be added to my updated version of the book referenced below, where I recommend the Inkscape cover template for use with Scribus designed covers. A cover designed exclusively in Inkscape will still need the above question answered. Why don't I just write a book on an Inkscape designed cover? Patience little grasshopper. That is my next project. Inkscape lacks the ability to produce a PDF document with inherent CMYK color model, and also lacks the ability to produce a PDF X/1-a:2001 formatted document as required by many printers, particularly in the USA. Scribus can do both of these, but lacks a built-in Perfect Bound facility like Inkscape. So my current recommendation is to start in Inkscape and finish in Scribus. Design can be in either one or the other, or both. but that is not the present question, which centers around the thickness of the cover stock. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!

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SVG XML re-write malformation
by Christopher Carver 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Community, I am having an issue with Inkscape rendering SVG image differently based on the way the SVG is written out. I start with a simple base case where text is positioned within the drawing and save the file via Inkscape using Inkscape's default file type. I then use PoswerShell to parse the SVG file via XML parser and re-save the SVG file. I did not add, delete, or modify the contents of the file. The only thing that did change was how the elements are pretty printed to the file. The same XML components are there and in the same order. But instead of having a separate line for say each attribute, the attributes would all be on the same line. When Inkscape's reloads the SVG file, I see the alignment of the objects are off. Because the image is saved as an XML document, I would not expect the rendered out come different soley based on line returns in the file between attributes and elements. I wanted to report this to the community at large and see if there is a better workaround than what I found. Below is the simple PowerShell script that opens and saves the SVG file to test with. $path = "C:\Calendar\test.svg"; $xml = [XML](Get-Content $path); $ns = @{dns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"}; $xml.Save($path); I do not believe at this time the issue is with PowerShell, but merely the layout of the XML results in different behavior, though the content is still the same. My workaround consists of saving the SVG image not as default format, but as plain SVG format. While this works, I then forfeit many advantages of using Inkscape, mainly layers in my case. Thank you for your time.

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Remove rectangle
by Rustom Mody 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

Hi folks New to inkscape -- thanks for this super tool! We are wanting to use inkscape for for making (online) lectures. Hope you will be patient with this somewhat non-standard usage :-) There are some other tools more suitable for this like jscribble and xournal however the handwriting with the calligraphy pen of inkscape is really outstanding. The only fly in the ointment is that rectangle in the center. Can I remove it? If not can I make it exactly as large as the screen? Thanks Rusi

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Fw: Release Marketing
by Brynn 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

Hi again, After some thought, I wonder if I might not have been very clear about continuing to participate in writing a release announcement. When I first submitted my draft, I did not realize that it was to be written for Inkscape users or artists. In addition to that, I didn't realize that the 3 referenced previous release announcements were NOT written for Inkscape users or artists. When Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra says "all these documents are really code oriented" and "Actually the first sentences are all oriented to the code, who is not attractiv for designer people." I don't know what she means. And to be perfectly clear, I really have not the slightest idea what she means! As an Inkscape user and not a developer (or hacker or coder), I don't have any problem understanding the previous release announcements. So for those reasons, I don't think I have the necessary skills to write the release announcement for 0.91. I'm happy to contribute to the Inkscape community in whatever way I can. But for this, it seems I don't have the right skills. Perhaps these things have already been decided, but it seems like a reasonable point to make. Artists or designers make up only a portion of Inkscape users. As I participate in Inkscape forums, day in and day out, there are plenty of people who are asking for support, who do not come from and an artistic or designer background (maybe as much as half). So if the announcement is to target artists/designers, won't that leave out people from a lot of other professions or backgrounds or communities? Just a thought from a non-marketing person :-) All best, brynn -------------------------------------------------- From: "Brynn" <brynn@...3089...> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 8:15 AM To: "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@...206...>; "Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra" <elisa.dcg@...155...>; "Inkscape-Devel" <Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fw: [Inkscape-user] Release Marketing > To answer all of you at once. I based it on the 3 previous announcements > which were offered as examples. And then I added some details which I > thought Inkscape users would find interesting. I didn't try to make a > major > diversion from previous announcements. > > I'm an Inkscape user. I know little to nothing about development or > coding. > If what I wrote sounds like it is from a developer's or coding > perspective, > it's because I based it on the 3 previous announcements which were > referenced. And for details, I consulted the release notes -- also > written > by developers, I guess. > > If the goal is to write something that most Inkscape users can understand, > that's a whole different story than what the original message requested. > > Also note that I don't know much about marketing either. If you want > something that looks like marketing, I'm not your person. > >> I would leave off filters. While new filters are always great, they >> probably are not of the same importance as the above. > > I wonder if that's more of a developer's perspective? As an Inkscape > user, > the new filters is one of the new things that I anticipate the most. And > I > know other users do too, because of comments I've seen in forums. > >> 5. Performance improvements: Give numbers: rendering speed, memory use. > > Likewise as an Inkscape user, the new renderer seems to me like the > highlight of the whole release! Inkscape users may know more than you > think > they do. I know this is a highly anticipated feature! Much more than the > new Measurement tool and improvements to the other tools. I didn't > include > rendering speed and memory use, because as an Inkscape user, the numbers > don't matter to me. What I see happening on the canvas is what matters. > >> The paragraph mentioning our 4 year gap can probably be excluded >> entirely. Let's not point out our failure to get the release done >> earlier. > > Now THAT sounds like a developer being critical of his own work! I rather > thought the 5 interim bug fix releases in only 4 years was impressive, > plus > a new major release to top it off! > > Anyway, I'll try to write something that announces the new version to > Inkscape users. But again, I don't know anything about marketing. So it > will be just me, an Inkscape user and not much else, explaining the new > version to other Inkscape users. > > If anyone else wants to do this, they should go ahead. I was just trying > to > save you guys some extra work, and it looked like an easy thing to do. > But > it sounds like you want something quite different than what was presented, > and I may not have the skills to do it, as far as marketing. > > Anyway, thanks for your comments :-) > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@...206...> > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 2:58 AM > To: "Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra" <elisa.dcg@...155...> > Cc: "Brynn" <brynn@...3089...>; "Inkscape-Devel" > <Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fw: [Inkscape-user] Release Marketing > >> On Mon, 2014-12-08 at 09:51 +0100, Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> i was waiting for the meeting to discuss a point. I can translate into >>> french. But reading the document i notice a problem. >>> >>> >>> Second me, all these documents are really code oriented. Who are the >>> target of Inkscape : the artist ? Then i think we should creat some >>> text, document marketing or example showing new feature, or pointing >>> very good feature in Inkscape. Actually the first sentences are all >>> oriented to the code, who is not attractiv for designer people. >> >> Brynn, Thanks for taking the initiative on this. >> >> I agree with Elisa that the press release must be targeted towards >> end-users. We developers already know the details. >> >> I would re-order the paragraphs: >> >> 1. An introduction to Inkscape without the history. >> >> "The Inkscape community is happy to announce the release of Inkscape >> 0.91. Inkscape is ... >> >> See http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2015#The_Pitch >> >> 2. New/Improved tools. Why are these important? What can the user do >> with the Measurement tool? What is the purpose of the Symbols dialog? It >> could be interesting to point out that it can read Visio symbol >> libraries. What is the purpose of the the Trace Pixel Art feature? >> >> 3. Newly supported file formats. >> >> 4. New extensions: highlight a few. >> >> 5. Performance improvements: Give numbers: rendering speed, memory use. >> You can briefly mention the Cairo library but most end-users won't know >> anything about Cairo and they won't care when and who did the work. >> >> I would leave off filters. While new filters are always great, they >> probably are not of the same importance as the above. >> >> The paragraph mentioning our 4 year gap can probably be excluded >> entirely. Let's not point out our failure to get the release done >> earlier. >> >> Tav >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! 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Release Marketing
by Josh Andler 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hi All, I'm following up on Bryce's call for volunteers to help out with marketing. We need to have a release announcement prepared for Inkscape 0.91, and we're wanting to try having it prepared by someone who is not one of our developers this time. In case you're wondering why, it is one of the things taken away from Google's Mentor Summit this year. Simply, developers should not write things of that nature as they tend to be too critical of their own work. If you're interested in seeing what we've had in the past, I've linked what was posted to deviantART for 0.48 [1], 0.47 [2], 0.46 [3]. Please let us know if you want to have a go at it (or just respond with a draft). Worst case, if nobody takes it on, I have prepared a version of it following the same formula from the past couple releases. Cheers, Josh [1] http://news.deviantart.com/article/126847/ [2] http://scislac.deviantart.com/journal/Inkscape-0-47-Released-214212648 [3] http://inkscape.deviantart.com/journal/Inkscape-0-46-Released-214165811

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Volunteers needed: 0.91 Release Marketing (Bryce Harrington)
by John LeMasney 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

1. Congratulations on what is simply an amazing build. I had my first voice-to-voice convo with Josh Andler today, and it was a kind of thrill for me. 2. I am happy to help in any way I can to spread the word on the new release in social media and elsewhere. 3. Josh explained how I could edit objects from the lovely new objects palette. I did not know that objects were clones, and so did not know to unlink from original in order to be able to ungroup/edit path. The hint simply says 'ungroup to edit', but that does not unlink the clone from the original, and so the node tool has no effect on ungrouped objects. Is there a way to make this more self-evident? Maybe not before the release, but perhaps in a future revision? Best, and congrats on a great release. John. Take a look at my portfolio: Portfolio <http://lemasney.com/consulting/design-portfolio/> Propose a meeting here: Schedule <http://www.doodle.com/lemasney> Upcoming public talks: public talks <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=pdst7j4q666373rccaibb6osuk%40grou…> John LeMasney | lemasney@...155... | 609-553-9498 | lemasney.com

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file that opens in 3 seconds in Google Chrome takes 10 minutes in inkscape
by Albert Cardona 02 Dec '14

02 Dec '14

Hi all, I wonder whether the file is formed in such a way that inkscape has a hard time with it? Google Chrome's file dialog can preview the file instantly and then renders it within 3 seconds, wheres Inkscape hangs for minutes when trying to preview it or to open it. What inkscape does successfully is, in a few minutes, to save it as PDF from the command line using the -A switch. Saving to PDF shrinks the file from the original 8 MB down to ~800 KB. As a PDF Inkscape has no problem previewing it instantly, and opening it within 20 seconds or so. It's the only way I managed to open the file with inkscape. Given that we generate this file ourselves from our own software ( github.com/acardona/CATMAID/), I would appreciate if someone could look at the SVG example file and let us know what would be best for Inkscape regarding formatting, choice of svg vs g elements, and styling. Example files (original SVG and also the PDF as saved with inkscape -A): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/d10pxph6b1kd77c/AABXs0TJhxDtlBPr6GZ_3bSQa?dl=0 Thank you. Albert -- http://albert.rierol.net http://www.janelia.org/lab/cardona-lab http://www.ini.uzh.ch/~acardona/

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Volunteers needed: 0.91 Release Marketing
by Bryce Harrington 29 Nov '14

29 Nov '14

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 11:27:37AM +0100, Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra wrote: > hi all, > > I'm Elisa. Initially part of doc writer. I'm still here. I can help in > translating into french. Let's see how i could help. > > Elisa Welcome Elisa! Perhaps an initial task for you could be to list some French news sites and add them to the end of the wiki page Josh set up for us: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/AnnouncePlanning091 Bryce > 2014-11-23 9:15 GMT+01:00 Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...>: > > > Hi all, > > > > As the developers put the final touches on the 0.91 release, it's high > > time to plan a media blitz to get this announced to all our users. > > > > I'd like to recruit and organize a formal team to do marketing for > > Inkscape. This'll involve writing copy, planning announce strategies, > > notifying news sites, coordinating with parallel fundraising efforts, > > and more. We'll be organizing an online IRC meeting soon to coordinate > > these activities. Sound like fun? > > > > Ryan Lerch, Josh Andler, and myself are already signed on; we've been > > through the release announcement process before so we're old hands. But > > we're looking for new ideas and fresh blood, so that we can go beyond > > what we've achieved in the past. > > > > Interested? Reply to this email and introduce yourself! > > > > Bryce > > > > P.S. Inkscape's past marketing teams have left us a wealth of notes we > > can use to build from. Two items in particular: > > > > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Announcing_Releases > > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape_coverage > > > >

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Next Inkscape board meeting
by Tavmjong Bah 26 Nov '14

26 Nov '14

Hi, We'll be having an IRC meeting today (Wednesday, November 26th, 20:00 UTC). The agenda and IRC channel info can be found at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings Everybody is welcome to join the discussion. We'll continue the discussion of the Hackfest we'll be holding before the LGM meeting in Toronto as well as discussing fund raising, testing, etc. You can read more about the Hackfest at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2015 Hope to see you there, Tav

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Volunteers needed: 0.91 Release Marketing
by Bryce Harrington 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

Hi all, As the developers put the final touches on the 0.91 release, it's high time to plan a media blitz to get this announced to all our users. I'd like to recruit and organize a formal team to do marketing for Inkscape. This'll involve writing copy, planning announce strategies, notifying news sites, coordinating with parallel fundraising efforts, and more. We'll be organizing an online IRC meeting soon to coordinate these activities. Sound like fun? Ryan Lerch, Josh Andler, and myself are already signed on; we've been through the release announcement process before so we're old hands. But we're looking for new ideas and fresh blood, so that we can go beyond what we've achieved in the past. Interested? Reply to this email and introduce yourself! Bryce P.S. Inkscape's past marketing teams have left us a wealth of notes we can use to build from. Two items in particular: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Announcing_Releases http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape_coverage

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View mode in Inkscape
by Ooker 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

Hi everyone, I have an idea: add a view mode in Inkscape. That means with one click, you will hide all menus and panels; another click, everything appears again. Easy come, easy go. This has some advantages: * Load time of Inkscape and Inkview are not so different. * Inkview is lack of feature. Especially zooming. * Easy to modify the svg, instead of viewing it in Inkview or in browers. * Personally, I would like to have a separate app to view it, rather than implement it into browsers. What do you think? -- Ooker.

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Autofill
by Gary Hawkins 22 Nov '14

22 Nov '14

Hi, I wonder if we could have a auto fill option. if the page is set to A4 we create a shape or text or whatever and then select it, then copy it and then have an option to paste as many copies as possible that will fit on the page size for users that don't have a page then maybe they could draw a rectangle the size they want and auto fill could be set to use that size. handy for labels with logos but also for repeat cuts of the same sized objects. Gaz

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Website Menus
by Martin Owens 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Dear Website Users, Some of you may have experienced the menu explosion bug that the website has come down with. I've put in place a fix for both javascript (so it won't cause an infinite loop) and for the menus themselves which were getting progressively worse as the caches refreshed. Please test and don't hesitate to make a bug[1] if you notice anything wrong. Best Regards, Martin Owens [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape-web

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Live Effects and Images
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

Hello, im member from a group of people interested in libre graphics called "Grafica Libre", one member ask me for a new effect. The request is for made triangulation delaunay from a image. I think could be ?easy made from extension -there is existing code- but i want to do from a LPE because: I want to put a KNOT in each extemium of a triangle -shared with continuous triangles- who act as modifier of the final result. The thread[1] give me a brunch of links but to me the one i like more is this[2] I want to put similar controls to the LPE + ability to touch triangles, maybe could remove knots -and triangles- The problem: I ask previusly by IRC about using images in LiveEffect for use in the perspective LPE with something as "original-src", i take a response about in IRC "not a good idea inkscape strore hacked versions of images like illustratos do", but this case is diferent, because only obtain data from the image. So there is a objection about this use? Finaly... There is a multiplataform image libray bundled in inkscape for c++ or python? Regards, Jabier. [1]http://listas.usla.org.ar/pipermail/grafica-libre/2014-November/003912.html [2]http://snorpey.github.io/triangulation/

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Libre Calendar 2015
by Jehan Pagès 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hello all, I am Jehan, a GIMP developer, and user of Free Software. Anyway, a small non-profit I manage, association LILA, is organizing for a month a calendar sale with several artists using Free Software. http://librecal2015.libreart.info/ The artists are: Patrick David, Aryeom Han, Henri Hebeisen, Gustavo Deveze and Brian Beck (2 photographers, 2 illustrators, a 3D graphics illustrator). All of them use Free Software for their work and all the artworks in the calendar will be released as Creative Common Attribution. A part of the sale profit will go to the artists, and we also want to donate to a selection of Free Software: GIMP, Blender, Inkscape and Scribus. Basically they are some of the main software for Libre Graphics, after all! So if I post here, that's first to promote the project. And second, I wanted to ask the Inkscape project maintainers if that would be possible to relay the funding? A blog post, or a news on the website, or relaying through social networks (I see Inkscape is on Twitter and G+), or any mix of these would be awesome. Thanks, and continue to do a great program, we often use it! In any case, if you like our small project, don't hesitate to go and buy a calendar. :-) Thanks! Jehan Association LILA

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MISTAKE IN WINDOWS TILING
by Fernando Cuesta Núñez 28 Oct '14

28 Oct '14

Hi there: I´ve found a mistake in the Spanish version 0.48.4 r9939 in the window Tiling. In the tab Simmetry at bottom where said *Altura, anchura* it must be* Anchura, altura*. They are changed in the translation to Spanish version. Regards Fernando Cuesta

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about scaling patterns
by Brynn 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

Hi Friends, This isn't about a problem I'm having, although the question comes up in a project I'm working on. I'm just curious about this behavior of scaling patterns. If I apply a pattern fill to an object, and I scale that object with either Selection tool or Transform dialog, the pattern is scaled, along with the object. However, if I scale the object by moving nodes, the pattern stays the same size, and just gets different boundaries. So for example, I fill a square shaped, closed path with a pattern. Let's say it's 100 x 100 px. If I scale with Selection tool or Transform dialog, so that the square now is 60 x 60 px, the pattern is scaled proportionally smaller. But if I move the nodes inwards (by 20 px each way), so that the square is now 60 x 60 px, the pattern does not get scaled. Why doesn't the pattern get scaled, when nodes are moved, like it does when scaled with Selection tool or Transform dialog? And I do understand how to edit patterns with the Node tool. So that's not the issue. I just want to understand why one way of scaling, affects the pattern, and another way of scaling, does not affect the pattern. Is it possibly related to a bug? Or if this is expected behavior, I'm just curious why moving nodes doesn't cause the pattern to change. Can someone explain? (just for my curiosity) Thank you very much :-) brynn

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OPERATIONS BOOLEAN WITH TRACKS
by Fernando Cuesta Núñez 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

Hello there: I want to make the operation "D*ifference*" with two tracks. One of them is a group created with a clon in mosaic: one straight line 1 x 30 column and turned 6º. The other track is a square that it was converted into an object. If I apply the operation *Difference *the information bar says: one of the objects is not a track and it can't do the boolean operation I don't understand why there is an object different than a track. Thanks in advance. Fernando

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A seamless pattern extension/procedural template update
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

Hi to all. I made a big update (0.4) to the extension "seamless pattern". Is commited to experimental branch, or you can take from my inkspace[1] to use in 0.48 or up. Also have a you tube video inside the inkspace page. The video has anotations but im not english so any help to improve is welcome. [1]http://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/1358/ Regards, Jabier.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] New extension for seamless pattern and tesselations
by Brynn 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

Oh, I see. I didn't realize it was a template. I thought that was just an example. Would it be possible to have Guides around the yellow square inside the gray square? It would make something to snap to, for a good alignment. I guess the user can unlock those, and add guides themselves. But since it's a template, it would be convenient if the guides were already in place.....if it's possible. Maybe not possible, since the guides would have to know where they belong, depending on the size they choose. But just a thought :-) Thanks for making this, and thanks for your help :-) By the way, maybe you want to answer this: https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/255633 ? Or if you don't mind, I could post a link to the template, if you don't have time. Thanks again :-) -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz" <jabier.arraiza@...2982...> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:56 AM To: "Brynn" <brynn@...3089...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] New extension for seamless pattern and tesselations

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New extension for seamless pattern and tesselations
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 18 Oct '14

18 Oct '14

Hi to all. Here are a new extension/procedural template to make seamless pattern and tesselations. Here are the code and a video. http://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/1268/ Regards, Jabier.

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Freedom from systemd
by Steve Litt 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Hi all, On Debian Wheezy, a look at dependencies indicates that Inscape depends on dbus, via libgnomevfs2-0 and some other dependency routes. Modern dbus has been co-opted by systemd, which I, and a lot of other people, are refusing to put on their computers. What would it take to get rid of all direct and indirect dependencies on systemd? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

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Snap of non-scaled contours and snap with alignment function
by Knut Bredemeier 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Dear Inkscape experts, I'm just testing the useful features of snapping but there are some points why I find the handling of this feature by Adobe products easier. Maybe you can help me with my problems (I'm using Inkscape-0.91pre2-1): 1) Snap of non-scaled contours I've disabled the scaling of contous. When I take a line with an arrow end and snap it to a path or anything the countour is scaled during the procedure and when I release the mouse button the countour scales back to the original but this also moves the snapped point. This is definately not a feature. Is there anyone whi discovered the same effect or is there maybe a workaround oder is it a bug? 2) Snap with alignment I'd like to scale one side of an rectangle and snap it to a boundary of another rectangle which has some distance. In Adobe Illustrator I can move over the path to be aligned to and now this path is included in the snapping selection. This is a very useful handling. Has someone an idea if this is possible or might been included in future versions? Knut

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Getting Inkscape to work with a graphic tablet (XP-pen)
by Michael Grosberg 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

So I just bought this cheap pressure-sensitive graphic tablet for my home rig. It doesn't do all that the big league tablets (i.e. Wacom) can do - no tilt detection for example - but who needs that? it's the pressure that I care about. Anyway, it works admirably with Photoshop, Krita, and Blender, But I can't seem to get it to work with Inkscape. I can see it's recognized in the Input Devices dialog: tablet and pen are there. I enabled the pen and set it to use screen coordinates. moving the cursor works, no problem. But drawing doesn't. When I try to draw something - anything, pen, pencil, rectangle, circle - nothing happens. Well, not quite nothing. using the pen is supposed to be equivalent to a left click but it seems to invoke the right-click menu sometimes. Other times it seems to shift the view, zooming in and panning to the left. Yet other times it does nothing. Anybody got suggestions as for what I could try to do to fix it? If it helps, this is the model I have - http://www.xp-pen.com/products/960.htm And I'm using Inkscape 0.91 pre-2 on a Windows 7 64bit machine.

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Can Inkscape convert PNG into true SVG?
by Ian Yang 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

I tried converting a PNG into a SVG. But what Inkscape did was just embed the PNG into the SVG. That isn't what I want and the created SVG can't be re-sized appropriately on web browsers like a true SVG. Can Inkscape convert PNG into true SVG?

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Can Inkscape convert PNG into true SVG?
by Jon A. Cruz 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Yes. Once the PNG image is loaded in, select it and then perform a "trace bitmap" on it. Ian Yang <ian.html@...155...> wrote: >I tried converting a PNG into a SVG. But what Inkscape did was just embed >the PNG into the SVG. That isn't what I want and the created SVG can't be >re-sized appropriately on web browsers like a true SVG. > >Can Inkscape convert PNG into true SVG? > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer >Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports >Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper >Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer >http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-user mailing list >Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Suggestions for tiling a car wrap
by John Fisher 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

I am building a tiny electric car, and it has bikini-level fiberglas body components, about 30 sq ft. We've settled on a fish-scale graphic design to be done with vinyl car-wrap. I've never done a big tiling job, and I'd like to have a lot of color&detail variation, very much like a real fish. Any suggestions, or a tutorial I missed? -- John Fisher Znyx Networks

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About Screen Contest - 3-way tie for third!
by Josh Andler 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Hey all, There was a 3-way tie for third that needs to be broken... more voting is needed from the community to wrap this up this part of the contest. http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/blog/487392705/ For the record, the two entries which have solidified their place are as follows. 1st - http://grassydeviant.deviantart.com/art/Splash-contest-entry-482486783 2nd - http://jfbarraud.deviantart.com/art/InkMotelBlinking4-480823055 It's a shame we don't support animation because if you go to the second place entry's page and click the download link to the right you get to see the full effect. Cheers, Josh

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Translate flowed text boxes
by Vasco 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Hi, I discovered some strange things when moving textboxes around. I will first describe this behavior and then describe what my problem is. I create a text box, with flowed text. In the XML this looks like <parent> <flowid> <rect /> </flowid> <text /> </parent> When I move this box around, not the position of the rect that is changed, but a global translate is applied to the parent entry. I discovered this, because our printer somehow renders the text box, and hiding whats behind. This is not a problem when the text is at the same place as the box, but it is a problem when you moved the text and the box did not move along. This behavior seems strange at the first glance, however, it is somehow logical from the internal XML structure. I wrote a little extension to shift these boxes arround: https://bitbucket.org/vascotenner/inkscape-fix_text_boxes/overview Groet, Vasco

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Inkscape 0.91 About Screen Contest - Community Voting
by Josh Andler 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

Hey all, The submission period for the About Screen Contest has closed. It's now time for voting to take place. Please help decide the winner of the contest. After this round of community voting the top 3 entries will be passed on to the developers for a final vote. As usual, the voting is taking place on DeviantArt and you will need to be a user there to cast a vote. To vote please go to the voting journal entry at http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/blog/485998934/ . Good luck to all who entered! Cheers, Josh

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heikkitapio.jussila@...155... has indicated you're a friend. Accept?
by unknown＠example.com 28 Sep '14

28 Sep '14

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Expand and contract entire document.
by john Culleton 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

I know that the vector components on an svg page can be expanded or contracted using Inkscape. But Suppose I have an Inkscape svg document that I want to make bigger or smaller to fit a different page size etc. I there a practical way to expand/contract the entire document and all its contents in proportion as well? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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How can I snap the rectile (center of rotation) to the node?
by SAITOU Toshihide 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

How can I snap the rectile (center of rotation) to the node? When I change the rectile in the selection mode, node is hidden and not selectable. I looked for the input box to set the coordinate of rectile, but it doesn't exist, and also I looked for the context menu of the node to attach the rectile to this node, but there is no such menu. So it seems I can't do it. SAITOU Toshihide

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Problem with Inkscape startup?
by Michael Grosberg 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

I'm a heavy inkscaper at work and I use it every day. At home, though, not so much. But I recently had to work for home, so I launched my copy of Inkscape which turned out to be a rather old one and, to my dismay, noticed that I had to wait about 10 seconds after the Inkscape window appears before I could do anything. So, downloaded a fresh copy of 0.91-pre2 and sadly, the same thing. Here's what I'm seeing: *Inkscape window appears after a few seconds (maximized). no dockables. *Nothing happens until I click on the canvas. *After I click, program seems to halt, window title says "not responding" *After 10 seconds, dockables appear, program can be used Now, I'm not seeing this at work. My home system is recent and stronf. Windows 7, 64bit, 8GB RAM, solid state HD. so if anything it should be even faster than at work, but something is stopping it. Did anybody run into a similar problem? I tried deleting preferences, no change. Oh, one more thing, might be related: a few icons are showing a "missing file" icon instead of the normal one. preferences, undo, redo.

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bounceback reply
by Brynn 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

Hi Friends, I haven't been subscribed to this list for very long. So I don't understand this. Whenever I post a reply message to this list, there is always a bounceback reply from marcel.tippmann@...3098... He is out of office, etc..... It doesn't seem to happen for anyone else. But aren't we all sending email to the same address? Why is it only for my messages? If I was using the wrong address, my message would not show up at all....right? I usually use Reply All. Maybe this marcel tippmann is in the Bcc? Maybe? I don't understand. Thanks for explaining to newbie :-) brynn

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Extensión generar caja plegable no funciona en mac
by FERNANDO RAMOS 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

Buen día Estoy tratando de diseñar en Inkscape para mac pero no funciona ninguno de los elementos de Extensiones->Generar (Caja plegable, calendario etc) Alguien puede ayudarme. Les agradezco mucho -- Lic. FERNANDO RAMOS Esp. Gerencia de Proyectos Educativos Docente de Tecnología e Informática

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape-user Digest, Vol 100, Issue 3
by Hedley Finger 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Nazi, Hitler. There, I've done it. This religious argument has reached the end of any meaningful contribution it might make to the sum total of human knowledge. Hedley Typed laboriously on my Galaxy S2 On 02/09/2014 4:19 AM, <inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Send Inkscape-user mailing list submissions to > inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > inkscape-user-owner(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Inkscape-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Inkscape and Uniconvertor (Ken Springer) > 2. Re: Keyboard shortcut for the "edit object"functionality. > (Brynn) > 3. Re: Inkscape and Uniconvertor (Mark Crutch) > 4. Re: Inkscape and Uniconvertor (Steve Litt) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:37:28 -0600 > From: Ken Springer <snowshed1@...3003...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape and Uniconvertor > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <540492B8.90100@...3003...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > > On 9/1/14 11:01 AM, john Culleton wrote: > > <snip> > > Why does the OP prefer jpeg to png? Now what I > > would like is the facility to save pdf in PDF > > X/1-a:2001 format for printers. But I can do > > that conversion in Scribus as needed. > LOL OT for a moment. Over the years, I've noticed things like this > seem to get lost in a long thread. I've probably answered it twice, at > least. <G> In the mood of good humor... > > In some cases, the PNG is simply not necessary. And in the case of the > original post, PNG is definitely not needed. > > Believe it or not, not every one out there wants to waste storing > unneeded data on their hard drive, in this case a lossless file format > w/transparency when that information is simply not needed. When you have > only X amount of free space, why store Y number of PNGs when may > possibly save 3Y JPG files? > > Kind of like having to store a 5 gallon container of paint when you only > need 1 gallon. > > Ken > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 10:24:47 -0600 > From: "Brynn" <brynn@...3089...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Keyboard shortcut for the "edit > object"functionality. > To: <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <C2F484763B0D42768B2C0F15C90AF511@...3090...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I'm not sure I understand. Are you looking for f2 or n, to engage the > Node tool? > http://inkscape.org/doc/keys048.html > > From: Dipak Chaudhari > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 7:35 AM > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Keyboard shortcut for the "edit > object"functionality. > > > Hi, > > I can invoke the "edit object" functionality by double clicking on an > object. I would like to bind a key to this functionality. Is this possible? > > About the Edit object functionality : > For paths, double clicking switches to Node tool; for shapes, to > corresponding shape tool; for text, to Text tool. For groups, double > clicking performs the "Enter group" command. > > Regards, > Dipak > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Slashdot TV. > Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. > http://tv.slashdot.org/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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Inkscape and Uniconvertor
by Ken Springer 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

One problem solved, now on to the next. LOL My friend needs to save an SVG file created in Inkscape in a vector file format Windows users and software can use. I suggested .wmf, but she gets an error message that says Uniconvertor failed, with a lot of errors listing which lines failed. That's my understanding of what failed. This is the computer... Windows 7 64 bit 8GB RAM Inkscape .48.5 R10040 Have I chosen the correct format? Or perhaps enhanced metafile? I just tried to do the same (Mac OS X Mountain Lion), but the resulting wmf file did not open correctly in Libre Office Drawing component. I sent it to my friend and it did not open correctly as a .wmf file, but the PDF export created on my Mac works fine. Unfortunately, at her end, it needs to be a vector file, a PDF will not suffice. We appreciate the help. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Springer "All progress depends upon the unreasonable person." George Bernard Shaw "Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country!" President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Keyboard shortcut for the "edit object" functionality.
by Dipak Chaudhari 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Hi, I can invoke the "edit object" functionality by double clicking on an object. I would like to bind a key to this functionality. Is this possible? About the Edit object functionality : For paths, double clicking switches to Node tool; for shapes, to corresponding shape tool; for text, to Text tool. For groups, double clicking performs the "Enter group" command. Regards, Dipak

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Inkscape 0.91 About Screen Contest is a go!
by Josh Andler 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Hey All, We've reached that time in the dev cycle for the About Screen Contest to happen. If you'd like to find out more about please visit the relevant DeviantART journal link below. http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/blog/479716764/ Cheers, Josh

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How can I fix Inkscape's rendering of this file?
by Jeff Winterpants 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Hello! I am writing a web app that exports SVGs. One such SVG is attached. Though it renders properly in web browsers including Chrome and Firefox, Inkscape renders it poorly. * Firefox rendering (correct): http://i.imgur.com/vvla9QX.png * Inkscape rendering (incorrect): http://i.imgur.com/s8f2aXs.png. Note that the numerical axis tick labels are offset to improper locations. Additionally, the document size is too small to contain the entirety of the graphic. * Batik rendering (slightly incorrect): http://i.imgur.com/xFFqFMs.png. For reference, I tried Batik. It renders the SVG better than Inkscape, but the numerical axis tick labels on the bottom ("Subject") axis are too high, even though those on the top ("Query") axis are correct. How can I change the SVG so Inkscape will render it properly? Thanks! Jeff

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New blog post - "Does open source boost mental health?"
by Phil Shapiro 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Inkscape mentioned and linked to several times in this blog post. http://opensource.com/life/14/8/does-open-source-boost-mental-health Kindly share with anyone you know who would be interested in this. phil -- -- Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@...2324... http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."

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Save as html5 canvas
by john Culleton 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

This choice exists in 0.91 but on a small test document seems not to work. The error message is too long to quote but the bottom line is: TypeError: descriptor 'strip' requires a 'str' object but received a 'unicode' Do I need auxiliary programs? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Auxiliary programs.
by john Culleton 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Two questions: 1.What is the list of auxiliary programs that one can use from within Inkscape? I am thinking of LaTeX, Imagemagick, Gimp, Ghostscript etc. 2. Should these programs be loaded before loading or compiling Inkscape or can they be added later? This factor may vary from program to program. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Book indexing, interior layout, cover design. http://wexfordpress.com

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Rounding the corners of a rectangle
by Ken Springer 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Windows 7 64 bit 8GB RAM Inkscape .48.5 R10040 A friend of mine is using Inkscape for the first time and cannot get rounded corners on the outside edge of a rectangle. Selecting the round join in Stroke style gives a rounded corner, but the radius of the corner is far smaller than desired. I have a Mac, and very little experience with Inkscape also. I can't get a larger radius either. How do we do this? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Springer "All progress depends upon the unreasonable person." George Bernard Shaw "Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country!" President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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exporting pdf files: request for assistance
by ⒶRTHUR HENRY LILLIOTT 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

dear inkscape users, can someone please help me with exporting pdf files: i am trying to save pdf files of isolated text within a larger file. i isolate the text on the page and specify the export-area-is-page. but it appears that a larger file still creates a larger pdf file, regardless if i specify export-area-is-page or not. is this correct? i am trying to create pdf with minimum size, so this is relatively important. and the object id doesn't really work for these pdf's. so my question is: does the pdf take into account, or include the size of the whole file, when creating a single pdf file? and lastly, is there a difference to converting to paths, before or after exporting a pdf file? thank you for taking the time to read and reply to this email. your assistance is much appreciated. regards, arthur. -- *@rthur henry lilliott* *ⒶRTHUR HENRY LILLIOTT* -- *@rthur henry lilliott* *ⒶRTHUR HENRY LILLIOTT*

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Same build-different screen
by john Culleton 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

I have built the latest pre2 version (3529). when I sign on as root I get two rows of icons on the right side of hte window. When i sign on using a little used signon called "baker" (not the real name) I get the same display. But when I sign on using my usual user name "able" I only get a single row of icons on the right. Clearly there is a preference hid somewhere. I tried rm -r .cache/inkscape while signed on as able. but the alternative display persists. In all cases I am using /usr/local/bin/inkscape Any suggestions? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Set working directory from the command line
by John Kirkilis 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

In Inkscape's "Save" section of Preferences, it provides the option to either use the current working directory. The checkbox reads: Use current directory for "Save As..." The hint text reads: When this option is on, the "Save as..." dialog will always open in the directory where the currently open document is; when it's off, it will open in the directory where you last saved a file using that dialog. When Inkscape is opened with no file specified on the command line, I assumed the Save As... dialog would come up focused on the directory that the user had "cd" to before invoking Inkscape from the shell, but the dialog always goes to my home directory. Is this a matter of how our virtualized Linux environment is set up? Is there a way to pass a path on the Inkscape command line to explicitly set Inkscape's "working directory"? I didn't see any such parameter in the Inkscape command line help file.\ RHEL is the platform. John

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Setting Inkscape as default SVG editor on Linux
by John Kirkilis 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

Greetings, I'm fairly new to Linux, and we're running RHEL in a virtualized environment. After much searching and various attempts, I haven't come across a standard way to specify that Inkscape is the preferred editor for SVG files. I also can't get it to show up as an option in the Open With... context menu choice in Win7 64-bit. Clues? -John

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