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Where to put ICC color profiles.
by john Culleton 28 May '12

28 May '12

I have icc profiles avialable in Scribus but not in inkscape 48.2. Where does inkscape look? Slackware Linux. John Culleton

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CommandLine: passing parameters to verbs
by Joscha Feth 24 May '12

24 May '12

Hello, Is there a way to pass parameters to verbs, when using the inkscape commandline? I can't seem to find anything, so my guess is no - but in any case it would be needed for --verb=DialogAlignDistribute Cheers, Joscha

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Failed to convert a pdf file to an eps file via inkscape.
by Hedong Yang 24 May '12

24 May '12

Hi all, I ran the Inkscape, opened the pdf file and then "save a copy" in the eps format. As shown in the attached files, the coordinate information is missed in the converted eps file. The information about the my computer and Inkscape is listed as follows. OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS amd64 Inkscape : 0.48.3.1 r9886 (Installed from the Canonical source) While I tried on another machine with Inkscape 0.48.2 r9819, the conversion is perfectly done as expected. So have I missed something to be installed? Or is there a bug for the newer version of Inkscape? Suggestions are welcome! Regards, Hedong May 23,2012

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editing .svg files
by unknown＠example.com 23 May '12

23 May '12

I have some .svg files that I create with the tools at blockdiag.com (it does a good job of turning progromatic data into a valid graphic), but there are a lot of times when I would like to grab a chunk of the resulting digram and move it around. The problem I have had trying to use Inkscape to do this is that I can select and grab a block, but the lines stay put. I really want to grab the objects and the endpoints of the lines that are within the selection window and move the endpoints along with the objects. Is there an easy way to do this that I have been overlooking? David Lang

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missing element (graticules) after ps/eps/pdf import into inkscape
by rdbriggs 15 May '12

15 May '12

Good day everyone, I'm trying to import a GMT generated map (ps file) into inkscape (so I can add an extra layer and lots of text) but the graticules disappear. The map is attached. It was generated with this command (pscoast -R-180/180/-90/-60 -Js0/-90/1:40000000 -B30g30/g10 -Dc -G200 -P -V > map1.ps). Once imported into inkscape the graticules disappear. They are, however, still visible in the import window. Does anyone have an explanation for this and how I can fix it (I'm guessing it is an inkscape problem because they are visible with the gs, pdf viewers), In fact do others see this behaviour ? regards, Rob Briggs This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php

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Mysterious disappearance of Bezier- Handles
by niyam bhushan 09 May '12

09 May '12

Hi! While I click and drag with the bezier pen tool, I get those nice bezier handles so can shape bezier curves accurately. The moment I close a path, and then select the node-editing tool, i can click on nodes, but i don't get those bezier-rubberbands or handles, so can shape the curves further. When I convert an object to path, and attempt to re-shape a segment or a curve, I still don't get those bezier-handles anymore. Might I have accidentally switched off their view? Have tried everywhere, can't seem to find the option. How do I get those back please? I could happily edit curves in this version ever since it was released, but it just stopped one fine day a few months ago. FYI, I'm using 0.46-devel on my production-stable ubuntu 9.04 on a macbookpro. Can't change this in a hurry either. Regards niyam

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unlock objects
by "Jörg Kühne" 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Dear list How I can unlock a locked object? Regards Joerg -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de

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snapping
by "Jörg Kühne" 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Dear list How I can snap a simple line to an intersection of two guide-lines? Regards Georg -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de

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by Badoo 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

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Shrinking the results of JPG to SVG conversion
by Pranav Lal 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Hi all, I have a number of *.jpg files that I need to convert to svg. I am using inkscape for the conversion. The problem is that the resulting svg is almost 5 times the size of the jpeg file. I have tried saving the file in compressed plain svg but with no success. The file is still very large. Is there anything I can do to shrink the file? I have run an open source cleanup tool called cleanSVG downloadable from codeplex but that has not helped. I am open to using other JPG to SVG converters if inkscape is not the right tool for this exercise. Natively creating SVG is not an option at this point. Pranav

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I'm walking for healthy babies
by Joshua Blocher 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

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crisp lines and floating point
by Máirín Duffy 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hi, I need a sanity check from you, my fellow Inkscape users, if you don't mind: Draw a 1 px straight vertical line using the pen tool, holding down Ctrl to make sure it's straight. Is there any way to do this such that the line does not end up on an X value that is X.5, where X is any integer? Same for a 1 px straight horizontal line - no matter where I click, no matter which snapping options I enable, that sucker will only land on Y values of something + 0.5. Is this right? Is there anyway to avoid this? I've trained myself to manually go in and delete the 0.5 and not even think about it, but I'm trying to explain something to a new Inkscape user and I feel quite silly explaining my odd way of going in to the X and Y coordinate boxes and erasing the .5 off the end of the number to her. Thanks, ~m

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Default font selection
by gespertino＠...155... 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

> Open 'Text > Text and Font?', select the font you want to use as new > default, and click on the 'Set as default' button in the lower left > corner of the dialog. > > See also: > <http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text-Formatting.html#Text-Form…> > hth, ~suv The solution is correct, but I think there is also a bug around, although I couldn't track the origin yet. I've experienced that unexpected default font change a lot of times and I think there is some operation that's mistakenly setting it. Maybe it's copying and pasting styles or something. I'm not sure since I couldn't find a way to reproduce it consistently. My 2 cents.

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Export a single Group in a page to PDF
by Roshan James 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

Hi All, I am using inkscape to draw lots of small diagrams to include in my thesis. Is there some way I can export only a single group on my inkscape svg to a PDF? Currently I do this by right clicking on the group and memorizing the group id number. Then I go to "Save as" and select pdf, enter the filename and in the PDF export dialog I type in the group number to limit the export to only that element. Is there a way to make this easier? If I could somehow select a group and then export the currently selected thing, that would be *much* more convenient that memorizing 5 digit numbers every time I want to export something. Roshan

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Default font selection
by Brian Burger 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

Is it possible to force Inkscape to use a certain font as the default in the Text tool? My install seems to have defaulted recently to "IM Fell Flowers" which is a handsome decorative set of woodcut flowers and other printer's decorations, but not something useful on a day to day basis. Former it used something basic and readable like Liberation Sans. I've had a quick rummage through the various Preferences windows and the documentation, and can't find anything relevant. Inkscape 0.48.x on Ubuntu, if that matters. Thanks, Brian www.warbard.ca

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GSoC 2012 Student Application Deadline approaching
by Josh Andler 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Hi, If you're a student who is going to be applying for Summer of Code with Inkscape, this is a reminder that your applications/proposals should be submitted as soon as possible. The deadline is April 6 19:00 UTC. It is recommended to submit sooner rather than later so we can try to help refine your proposals if necessary. Good luck! Cheers, Josh

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SVG font feature
by S Barmeier 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

I am trying to collect an number of characters to generate a font file (for oracle bone script). I am importing (inkscape) SVG files into inkscape to assign the path to a particular character. My characters are usually 700 x 1000 inkscape units large. In the Preview Text some are the right size, some are substantially smaller than expected, looking more like a superscript. The characters in the attached screenshot are all the same size on the inkscape page. Is this a problem with the preview feature, or a problem with the SVG font feature? Thank you for any help. Severin

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Splash screen gone
by Lars Behrens 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Hi there, somehow my splash screen is gone (Inkscape 0.48.2 r9819), can't remember if I disabled it :-) And what's worse: can't find how to renable... Could someone help me? TIA! Cheerz, Lars

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Can't change color of a clone
by Vincent Tschanz 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Hi, I'm using Inkscape 0.48, ubuntu 11.10. I can't change the color of a clone without unlinking it. I tried to reproduce the steps here : http://maururu.net/2007/using-clones-in-inkscape/ But Inkscape don't let me change the color. I can change the blur level, the opacity, but not the color, or the stroke.

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Setting the Coordinates of Gradient Nodes
by Ole Ersoy 23 Mar '12

23 Mar '12

Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set the coordinates of gradient nodes. If I click the node tool while the gradient handles are visible, I can see the X,Y coordinate fields in the toolbar, but they are blurred out. TIA, - Ole

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Google Summer of Code 2012
by Josh Andler 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

Hi All, I just wanted to shoot out a message to let people know that we've been accepted as a mentoring organization again this year. If you know any college or graduate school students who would qualify and be interested, please let them know, we would like to talk to them. :) Cheers, Josh

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Blending one photo into another.
by john Culleton 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

Before I spend a lot of time trying the impossible: In Gimp it is possible to take two overlapping bitmap images (like photos) and blend one into the other using a gradient on the topmost bitmap? Inkscape has the ability to blend two vector objects in this manner. But what about bitmaps? If I vectorize the top image will that make it possible? (Unfortunately vectorized photos often come up huge.) John Culleton

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Arrow end markers and stroke length
by Daniele Nicolodi 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

Hello, I use Inkscape to draw diagrams, however I have some problems to draw nice looking arrow end markers. The problem is that when I have an arrow pointing to a box, the arrow gets overlapped to the contour of the box. That can be solved quite easily defining a marker which has its anchor point at the proper distance from the end of the stroke to which it is applied (such that the cuspid of the arrow is stroke width / 2 from the end of the stroke segment it is applied to). However, this solution leaves a small segment of the stroke past the arrow marker (see atachment, I would like to get rid of the small red segment on the right of the black arrow). The "manual" solution is to draw the connecting stroke lines a little shorter than required to connect the boxes. However, this is very tedious and error prone to do, and makes the connection tool useless. There is a way to obtain what I have in mind? Does the plugin interface allow to define new tools, like the connector tool, in which I can embed the behavior I would like? Should I look into extending the connection tool? How difficult would that be? Thank you. Cheers, -- Daniele

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library problem cross compiling for windows using mingw32
by Auguste Pop 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

hi, i was trying to cross compile inkscape under linux for windows using mingw32. i downloaded inkscape-devlibs and made a softlink to the uncompressed directory at /target in accordance with the .pc files. and after./autogen.sh and LDFLAGS=-L/target/lib CPPFLAGS=-I/target/include PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/target/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --host=i486-mingw32, i got an error: >> configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.24 gtk+-2.0 >= 2.20 libxml-2.0 >= 2.6.11 libxslt >= 1.0.15 cairo >= 1.10 sigc++-2.0 >= 2.0.12 gtkspell-2.0 gthread-2.0 >= 2.0 libpng >= 1.2 gsl glibmm-2.4 giomm-2.4 gdkmm-2.4 gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.10.0) were not met: >> >> Requested 'libxslt >= 1.0.15' but version of libxslt is 1.0 >> >> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you >> installed software in a non-standard prefix. >> >> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables INKSCAPE_CFLAGS >> and INKSCAPE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. >> See the pkg-config man page for more details. i have tried both 0.48.x branch (rev 9886) and the trunk branch (rev 11027). the same error. any ideas? best regards,

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Distro with 48.2 package.
by john Culleton 25 Feb '12

25 Feb '12

Is there a Linux distro that includes Inkscape 48.2? I have the usual trouble getting all the libraries installed on slackware. The libraries are there but Inkscape compile doesn't find them. It is faster for me just to create another partition and use the package manager. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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02/25 IRC Meeting Agenda
by Josh Andler 25 Feb '12

25 Feb '12

Hey all, Here is a slightly modified agenda for the irc meeting in ~2 hours. Sorry that the formatting is probably not ideal, it's my first shot as this is the first official meeting that I can remember in the past 8 years. Just a reminder, the meeting is scheduled for UTC 02/25 0800. *Inkscape 0.48.3.1 packaging *Inkscape 0.49 -Remaining refactoring goals --Handling of svg:switch not as a kind of group, but as a "transparent" element that is effectively replaced by the best choice in the SP tree --SVG 1.1 fallback for flowtext (probably depends on the above) --UI & Document coordinates --Markers matching stroke by default (user preference vs current default behavior) --Better architecture for LPEs (similar to SVG 2.0 vector effects) --User visible version numbering -Status -Release Plan *GSOC 2012 -Focus -Goals -Mentoring -Getting new students *SVG2 -Implementation strategies --Fallback support for older versions of the spec and inkscape specific features (markers inheriting properties for example) -Low hanging fruit -Most important features to our userbase --Helping Tavmjong with the Mesh branch -Initial Vector Effects support (non-destructive boolean ops might be a good target) *CSS3 support *Javascript support *Membership changes on the Inkscape Board *What we need in upstream libraries (including 2geom) *Old/unfinished code -Lessons learned -Cleanup *Release schedule moving forward -Fixed schedule -Schedule timing -Developer needs -Translator needs *Platform specific issues (and responsibilities) *Regular IRC Meetings (monthly is ideal, quarterly would be as a good minimum) Looking forward to seeing whoever shows up. I want to have these meeting be painless, but this initial one might be a little more in-depth given that it's our first and we probably have a bit to share/discuss and document. I will try to keep us focused if we stray. Cheers, Josh

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2/25 IRC Meeting Agenda (draft)
by Josh Andler 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Hey all, I just wanted to send out a draft agenda for the upcoming irc meeting and also seek feedback about what others would like to add to the list. I will send out a finalized version a couple hours before the meeting time. Just a reminder, the meeting is scheduled for UTC 2/25 0800. *Inkscape 0.48.3.1 packaging *Inkscape 0.49 **Status **Release Plan *GSOC 2012 **Focus **Goals **Mentoring **Getting new students *SVG2 **Implementation strategies **Low hanging fruit **Most important features to our userbase *CSS3 *Javascript *Membership changes on the Inkscape Board *What we need in upstream libraries (including 2geom) *Old/unfinished code **Lessons learned **Cleanup *Release schedule moving forward **Fixed schedule **Schedule timing **Developer needs **Translator needs *Platform specific junk (OSX, Windows, etc... and yes, it's junk and unless people are going to contribute code, we won't stay focused on it too long) Cheers, Josh

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Inkscape 0.48.3.1
by Ted Gould 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Hey, So if you're on these mailing list, you know the deal :-) There are a couple build fixes in this update. Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.3.1/ Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/inkscape/0.48.x/0.48.3.1 MD5 Sums f0fcc02088cc643634806064e7ab4ec3 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.bz2 3e956cd9cf6cf0a22b64a821f5a4084d inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.bz2.asc ccf8ccd9e66199badb8c35ea3851a888 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.gz aded57e1a851a5f3d763fd892c085fe1 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.gz.asc b1bbe021af4eab8a4c6bb2e4833c6eaf inkscape-0.48.3.1.zip d9f81d36f1e5a9679911dbc12d53d2b9 inkscape-0.48.3.1.zip.asc SHA1 Sums 23344555a1b5cc7909ad01d926cfaddb67bfbde9 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.bz2 780bf43ce5148df35420926702b05afadfade239 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.bz2.asc 9a09a97d184e09c2ee7f9956bfe073b7313e919e inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.gz c8b963d43f56fb7bf42e9474b1b0de7d91be3433 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.gz.asc b6de562e8c11442afb3d67a59d4d6f82f0c6edd6 inkscape-0.48.3.1.zip a17c423b151110d2dab6fd770beb20aaf134caa4 inkscape-0.48.3.1.zip.asc --Ted

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newbie question...
by Nathan Rollins 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

I have a CG rendering that I want to create a jagged edge along one side - like this: cid:image002.png@...2944... (well, this shows 2 sides; and I will just need the right side.) I created this example with Snagit and I am usually content with the results. But today I am in need of a much larger image: ~10k x 6.6k (pixels) and Snagit just can't cut it. I can create a path that sorta looks like what I want, but I am not sure how to use layers and transparency, etc. to get what I need. This might be a lot to ask through a forum. If so, please feel free to direct me to a tutorial, or some other lesson / resource. Any hints or tips? Thanks a lot! -Nate

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SVG 2 Requirements
by Tavmjong Bah 18 Feb '12

18 Feb '12

Hi, As most of you probably know, Inkscape uses SVG as its native file format. The specification directly influences how easy some features can be implemented by Inkscape (think arrowhead color matching stroke color). The SVG working group is almost finished going through the request for changes to the specification for SVG 2. This is your chance to influence the next version of the spec. See my blog post for more details: http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/?p=375 Tav

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Inkscape 0.48.3
by Ted Gould 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Happy to announce the 0.48.3 release of Inkscape being out the door. Of course this is only the source release, binaries will be along shortly. You can find the LP milestone here: https://launchpad.net/inkscape/0.48.x/0.48.3 Which reports 68 bugs as Fix Released, from 18 different assignees. Both impressive numbers. There are files on that page but also at SourceForge here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.3/ For the paranoid I've also included hashes of the files on my system, love you paranoids! == MD5 == 9038961369c4f8b63e900ca4bfa4da61 inkscape-0.48.3.tar.bz2 4b88d6220b491e94366c2365b90d36cc inkscape-0.48.3.tar.bz2.asc 4623e6be4d4553d7c871b26454de88db inkscape-0.48.3.tar.gz c97bb53225556cf704ca1d2cad4b654f inkscape-0.48.3.tar.gz.asc 2669679a121def72577184c8691f4209 inkscape-0.48.3.zip cedf6bc858ff63d54c0659eaabd2ddba inkscape-0.48.3.zip.asc == SHA1 == 7de7f5cb28d7407a891f02a3cfcfbff962bc3f9f inkscape-0.48.3.tar.bz2 531349ebbcbde497b419b86b14b8f4588e5f592b inkscape-0.48.3.tar.bz2.asc 937c1376bb0d9c00b22b88525826257d67ce237b inkscape-0.48.3.tar.gz e90e00e75a1af5ec0ef9736ebcff843e5def9a5b inkscape-0.48.3.tar.gz.asc 048e65843d61a70858966068a1c98f3e3a8667b6 inkscape-0.48.3.zip eb65f197135c48acfa274f3a16a93761c30b3562 inkscape-0.48.3.zip.asc --Ted

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Re : Inkscape 0.48.3
by Johan Engelen 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

On 16-2-2012 19:32, Nicolas Dufour wrote: > Hi, > > > >> De : Josh Andler<scislac@...155...> >> Ted and all contributors that made this happen, thank you for all your >> work! Windows& OSX packagers, please do your magic. :) > > I'm not the Windows packager, but wanted to compile and test it on XP. And unfortunately, the current revision doesn't compile correctly and returns the following error: > > Make error line 302: problem compiling: src/color-profile.cpp: In static member function 'static std > ::vector<Glib::ustring> Inkscape::ColorProfile::getBaseProfileDirs()': > src/color-profile.cpp:824:5: error: 'cmsUInt32Number' was not declared in this scope > src/color-profile.cpp:824:21: error: expected ';' before 'pathSize' > src/color-profile.cpp:826:46: error: 'pathSize' was not declared in this scope > > IIRC we've already had that kind of issue with the trunk on Windows, and thus I guess backporting the fix would solve the issue. Oh wow, that is very unfortunate :-( Should be fixed now. -Johan

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Inconsistent behaviour?
by Philip Rhoades 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

People, If I create a few objects - rectangles and ellipses - and then select the whole group and rotate it - these two operations behave differently - they should do the same thing?: 1. Clicking on the "Rotate 90 Clockwise" tool button 2. Clicking "]" six times - (2) does what I want - (1) appears to be rotating the individual objects? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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Script to grab outline and create svg files?
by Ferdinand Ramirez 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

I am new to inkscape and would like to know if it is possible to automate the following process to create svg files (I have manually succeeded in it), and if so, what does the script look like and how should it be executed? In the manual process, I perform the following steps to create the svg file. 1) Open inkscape 2) Open File->Document Properties and set size to 1000 x 1000 3) Type t 4) Drag a rectangle (this step and previous step are needed to activate the Append button used in Step 7) 5) Click on Text -> Glyphs 6) Choose Font family, script and range (this is not English, which is why I need this step) 7) Click characters and click append for each character clicked (more than one character is involved, and I click on the character since I use an English keyboard but the language I am interested is not English) 8) Ctrl-Shift-C to grab the outline of the text 9) Save as svg by clicking File->Save As I need to automate this process to create a number of svg files, some of which are formed due to the outline of multiple characters. Thanks, -Ferdinand

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Create outline texts only when saving/exporting?
by Felix E. Klee 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

I am currently comparing Illustrator and Inkscape for creation of SVG documents for the web. What I like about Illustrator is that it is possible to "Save a Copy..." of a document and specify that all texts should be converted to outlines *only for that copy*. So I can have all the texts editable in the document, and only in the end they will be converted to outlines. Is a similar workflow possible with Inkscape?

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Are the performance improvements of 0.49 already in trunk?
by Alexander (AddisMap) 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

We are using Inkscape to edit SVGs generated by the Maperitive OpenStreetMap renderer. Those files are very complex and Inscape is practially unuseable in the latest stable version. We found on http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.49 that there are performance improvements upcoming. So we installed the package from the PPA 1:0.48+devel+10922+30~natty1. Build 10922 is the latest build in the trunk branch as I see. But using this version, there were no performance improvements notable. Are those announce performance improvements already in trunk or do be have to use some other branch? Best Regards, Alexander

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change color of arrowhead
by Peter Schürch 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

Hi, How do I change the colour of an arrow head from black to (e.g.) red? I can change the line colour but it seems not to affect the color of the arrow head. Any ideas are much appreciated ! Peter Inkscape Version 0.48, Windows 7 -- Meier und Partner AG Freiestrasse 26 8570 Weinfelden Tel +41 71 626 51 15 Fax +41 71 626 51 26 p.schuerch@...2929... <mailto:p.schuerch@...2929...>

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Inkscape deletes whitespace from my xml attributes?
by Andi McClure 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

I am using Inkscape 0.48 (on Mac OS X under X11) to create resources for a video game. A feature I am making heavy use of is the ability to add custom attributes to the XML elements within the SVG document-- I have defined a bunch of attributes like polycode:density="" which are meaningless to Inkscape but my game code knows how to interpret, and I add them to the document using Inkscape's "xml editor" window. This works fine but I am having a problem. Some of my custom attributes contain very long blocks of multiline text, specifically they contain scripts written in Lua. What I find is that Inkscape allows me to put multi-line text into an xml attribute; and I can save as many times as I want, and the multi-line text remains multi-line; but when I *open* a svg document in Inkscape, at that time *all multi-line xml attributes in the entire document get collapsed down to single lines*, and the next time I save all of my xml attributes are single line. This is extremely inconvenient, it confuses my source control and also it could break my code at some point. Why is Inkscape doing this, and how do I make it stop? What I've tried so far: I tried setting an xml:space=preserve attribute on the toplevel svg:svg element in the effected document, but this did not help, it did things to the whitespace * between * elements and broke the display in the XML Editor window, but it did not change Inkscape's behavior wrt whitespace in attributes. Previously, I had a problem where at the same point in time that Inkscape is now eating my whitespace (document open), it was also stripping my custom polycode: namespace prefixes. I eventually fixed this by adding a xmlns:polycode="http://msm.runhello.com/local/svg/polycode0" attribute to the top of each document containing polycode: attributes. (The URL listed is not a valid URL, it's a 404.) Looking on the internet, I got the impression that if I can get Inkscape to load a "DTD" for my polycode: namespace, I can mark in the DTD that the attributes for which I do NOT want whitespace eaten are "CDATA" and this is supposed to make Inkscape leave those attributes alone. However, the document explaining this<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms256097.aspx> also suggested xml parsers like Inkscape should assume any attribute they do not recognize to be CDATA. Will creating a DTD solve my whitespace problems? How do I get Inkscape to load the DTD? And are there any examples of Inkscape-compatible DTDs of this sort out there, since I do not have experience with DTDs? Thanks all.

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Inkscape Website (Help needed)
by Ian Caldwell 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Hello Folks, It's that time again, I hope everyone is having a happy holidays! I am writing to you all in an urge to complete the new website within the next couple of months. I know we have all been busy with the holidays and what not. Here's a brief update on that status. The website in regards to the design elements have been completed almost all the bare bones pages have been completed and implemented into the design. The design can be seen at dev.inkscape.org . and of course the code can be viewed at https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape-webadmin . The backend code has been partially implemented however a lot is still missing such as user accounts login etc and a web based editor. I'd like to take a moment to thank Chris Morgan for porting over all the pages an Hinerangi Courtenay for the actual design as well as the various others. I can't name everyone in this email but it's definitely been a team effort. On that note there's still a lot to be done. Here's what I think our best plan of attack is. I think our best plan of attack is to take the current site and all of it's factors and put it into a solution such as pinax ( http://pinaxproject.com/) Using pinax allows us to make a custom website without having to have all the components of a CMS but it allows us to easily implement various things with little effort such as account management profiles etc and web based editing. Overall it shouldn't be too much work but we need someone with python/django experience to port our current code/design elements to pinax. >From there once it's implemented we will then of course need the various translation teams to finish translating the content and to port over the rest of the news. So today I am looking for anyone with django/python experience to contribute to getting this website finished. I need people who are motivated and willing to push forward and get this done in the least amount of time possible. If you're willing to contribute or have any further questions on the inkscape website please feel free to reply to this email or to me directly via email or irc (msg inc) Also if there is a company that would like to sponsor development of the website or put in hours. We're willing to list you as a contributor on the website development page. In the past this project has kind of been put a little bit on the back burner due to everyones time constraints which is completely understandable but any help we can get would be great. Thank you, Ian Caldwell

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Participation at SCALE 10x
by Jon Cruz 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Hi guys, Just putting out a general call for anyone who would like to help us man a booth at SCALE 10x this year. http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale10x I know Josh and I will be there, but if anyone else can spend a little time in the booth that would be a big help. The conference has given us a set of free full access passes for that. If anyone is interested in helping, just drop me an off-list email. I'll get you the instructions (which basically cover registering up to the point of paying, then sending me the registration number to finish on my side).

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New Inkscape website?
by Antonio Roberts 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

I remember awhile back a new website was being constructed that looked very finished. What ever happened to it? Ant -- ============================ antonio@...2662... http://www.hellocatfood.com ============================

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Embedding fonts.
by john Culleton 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

The Wiki describes how to create "SVG Fonts" which are embeddable. But the description is down at the source code level. Is there/will there be a high level facility whereby the user can insert text in a particular font and size and then translate that text into an embedded font? I know about outlining a font, but that technique renders the text unreadable to web crawlers. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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a question about path
by Auguste Pop 20 Dec '11

20 Dec '11

Hi, I'm not a native speaker of English, I'll try to explain my question clearly. We can draw an ellipsis in inkscape, and rotate it. When we save it as svg, it is saved as a path, which uses elliptical arc command inside the its d attribute. So, i think this save operation is lossless. We can draw a rectangle in inkscape too. After intersecting an ellipsis with a rectangle and saving the file as svg, we can find out that the intersection is also saved as a path. However, the elliptical arc command is no long inside the d attribute of the path element. The path is depicted by lines and cubic Bézier curves. Mathematically, an elliptical arc can not be losslessly transformed into a polynomial curve. So, this save, or intersection, operation is not lossless. My question is, how good the approximation would be? Do we have any control over this, like we do in simplify? Best regards,

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Re: [Inkscape-user] command line fitCanvasToDrawing (~suv)
by unknown＠example.com 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

> Alternative without needing to press any buttons: > > $ inkscape -f matplotlibOutput.pdf -l matplotlibOutput.svg > $ inkscape -f matplotlibOutput.svg --verb=FitCanvasToDrawing \ > --verb=FileSave \ > --verb=FileQuit > $ inkscape -f matplotlibOutput.svg -A prettyfigure.pdf > $ rm matplotlibOutput.svg > > > hth, ~suv That works! Thanks!! The resultant file is also only 30% as big as the original. Hm, maybe that's bad. Has it lost fonts? The GUI popups are funny, but better than fiddling with other methods, so far. (It would be nice if I could tell X11 to set my display for this process to a sort of /dev/nul of X...) Cheers, Chris

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command line fitCanvasToDrawing
by unknown＠example.com 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

Matplotlib produces pdf figures whose bounding boxes do not enclose all of the contents of the figure (or, usually, are too big). I thought inkscape could easily solve this problem with: inkscape -f matplotlibOutput.pdf --verb=FitCanvasToDrawing -A prettyfigure.pdf But that leaves the pdf unchanged. Have I made a basic error? Thanks, Chris

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Application Error -- HELP!
by Christen 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Running Inkscape on Windows Vista 32-bit. Previously, I had 0.48.1 installed, but last night when I went to run it, I received a pop-up box with the following message: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click OK to terminate the application." Thinking that maybe re-installing it would solve my problem, I got online this morning and downloaded the .exe for 0.48.2 and installed it. When I attempted to run it, I received the same message. Can anyone tell me please what is going on, and if it can be fixed? TIA, Christen

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fill&stroke, alignment don't work
by Carl Symons 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Inkscape 0.48.2 r9819 running on Kubuntu 11.10 none of ctrl-shift-f, right-click fill&stroke, tool bar icon, (menu)object fill&stroke do anything same (lack of) behavior with align and distribute I've reinstalled Inkscape and installed inkscape-trunk. Nothing. Any ideas?

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Simplify inkscape transforms
by Paul Whipp 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

> > For groups, to flatten the transform, ungroup the moved group, and > regroup it (keep the same selection) - it's done rather quickly with > keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+U, Ctrl+G. Watch out for transforms of parent > groups (if nested), though and transforms on parent layers (after > resizing the page or changing its orientation). This works. I already had transforms set to 'optimize' in preferences. Of course I have 60+ groups on an average map so I'll look to scripting this as an extension but you've pointed me in the right direction. Thanks.

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Accessing inkscapeforum.com
by Paul Whipp 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

> > > I'm new to this list which I found after failing to get onto > > inkscapeforum.com (which seems to be dead). > The forum is alive and well - there have been reports though by several > users that they can't access the site without turning off the firewall > of their router. > You could try to access the forum using a web proxy like e.g. > <http://www.webproxy.ca/> > <http://anonymouse.org/> > The forum topic about this issue is: > Problem with router firewall -- DNS misconfiguration?? > <http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5097> Interesting. Thanks for the information I don't have a router firewall and my DNS is fine AFAIK (nothing special setup). The webproxy.ca access does work though. I'm continuing this discussion on the forum via the webproxy.ca provided above. Thanks again.

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Embedding fonts in web svg documents.
by john Culleton 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

In most software (e.g., Scribus, TeX) a font can be embedded in the output document, thus preventing font substitution in a viewer. In inkscape one can simply outline the text, but that makes the text not readable by a web crawler. Is there a way to actually embed a font in an Inkscape svg document intended for web use? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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