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Logo for SVG Open 2009
by Jon A. Cruz 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Hello all, I just wanted to put out that SVG Open 2009 is looking for header graphics for their new website... which is about to go live. SVG Open 2008 had a subtle header with outlines of the castles in Nuremberg, so is probably not good for this year's conference in California. If anyone is interested, this is a great opportunity to showcase both SVG and Inkscape. I believe that the site will be able to serve SVG directly for browsers that support it.

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How to make a mask?
by Paul Bolger 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

I've been trying to work out how to produce a mask, to be used for compositing an image with ImageMagick by a CMS. What I need is a white background and a rounded border (with a stroke of one or two pixels), then with the middle punched out so an image on the layer below shows through the hole. I've tried making three layers, one solid white, one with a rounded rectangle with rounded corners with a transparent fill, and a copy of the previous with no stroke but with a solid fill, and tried various combinations of 'mask' and 'clip' but I can't seem to find it. Can someone help me before I resort to chucking it into Photoshop and cheating? Paul Bolger

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Exporting a pdf with an Inkscape generated png
by Matt Jordan 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Thanks to JiHO, bulia byak, and minombresbond for responding. I'm replying to the digest so please forgive me if I address all responses at once. In a nutshell, the latest version of Inkscape does in fact work very well for rasterizing blurs and including them in pdfs at the proper resolution. The only issue I ran into when I did a test print this afternoon was that the rasterized blurs gave off a bounding box effect when printed that didn't show up (to my eye, at least) when the pdf was viewed on screen. The bounding box effect was, specifically, a discoloration of of the background under or behind the bounding box. Is there some setting or technique for eliminating this effect? If so, then this approach would work beautifully for getting what's on screen onto the printed page. My back-up approach will be to output pngs and then use Scribus to layout the cover (though I'll probably skip the CMYK step suggested by minombresbond since Amazon's POD service apparently doesn't require CMYK). And, to answer JiHO, I have both Ubuntu Linux and Windows XP available. I prefer Ubuntu, but do some of the color work on the XP box because it has a superior monitor. (My Ubuntu is on a laptop with a so-so lcd monitor.) Anyway, thanks again for the help. Matt Jordan

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Call for help: Screenshots needed for 0.46
by bulia byak 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

As we're nearing the release, we need more screenshots to show off the new features in 0.46, to be published at http://inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php?lang=en. Here's a page describing how to create good screenshots: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/MakingScreenshots. Use the information on that page and the best of the existing screenshots in our gallery as inspiration. At the very least, we need to illustrate: - 3D box tool - SVG filters - more live path effects (we only have one screenshot for path along path) - gradient tool's on-canvas mid stops - a (meaningful) illustration of the color management at work - new extensions - new grid and guide features - perhaps something with custom markers, along the lines of http://needcoffee.deviantart.com/art/Gradients-To-Path-78650259 - any complex, stunning, impressive Inkscape art even if it does not use the new features :) See the release notes for a list of all new features: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046 You can send your submissions to me for publishing on the site. Thanks in advance! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Exporting a pdf with an Inkscape generated png
by unknown＠example.com 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Hi, I'm using Inkscape to create a book cover that'll be published through Amazon's CreateSpace service. CreateSpace requires a pdf. I can output my Inkscape svg as a beautiful pdf except for one thing: I'm using a few blurs in the book cover and, of course, they don't render correctly. So I thought about outputting the whole cover as a png (which renders everything correctly, including blurs), importing the png back into Inkscape, and then outputting that as a pdf. I figured that, going that route, I'd need the png to be of sufficient size so that it'll print correctly at 300 dpi - since the png is no longer vector. So, is there a way to "tell" the resulting pdf to use my gigantic 2400 x 1575 pixel png but fit it in an 8 x 5.25 inch document? Thanks, Matt Jordan ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Google's Summer of Code 2009 - Let's take the bull by the horns!
by Joshua A. Andler 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Hey all, I just received word that Inkscape has been selected as a mentoring organization for Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) 2009. Let's make our fifth year, the best yet! Will any potential mentors quickly chime in so we have an idea of who wants to participate this year? As things have been before, we will have to request the number of slots we would like. Knowing that, the sooner we can get a feel for how many people want to mentor, the better. This would also be a good time for any potential student participants to start putting together their proposals. For reference, our wiki page containing information and ideas about GSoC 2009 is at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Googles_Summer_Of_Code_2009 As of this point, any and all interested community members are encouraged to take a look at that page and help to improve or add proposal ideas. Thanks everyone, we wish all participants good luck at making this another successful Summer of Code! Cheers, Josh

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PNG output is not anti-aliased well
by Sagara Wijetunga 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

Hi We are the makers of the Tomahawk Desktop operating system (http://www.tomahawkcomputers.com/). We use Inkscape (ver. 0.46) to create all of our vector graphics. Certain graphics we created are not sharp, ie. not anti-aliased well. Please see following graphics: http://www.tomahawkcomputers.com/bsd-unix.html http://www.tomahawkcomputers.com/real-time.html http://www.tomahawkcomputers.com/images/real-time-small.png The source of the clock is from Oxygen icon set: actions/chronometer.svgz What could be the issue? Is there some settings to make somewhere? Or is it a known issue to be fixed? Best regards Sagara

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editing freehand
by Hendrik Boom 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

I often draw a wiggly line, then realize that it's not quite right, and I'd like to redraw part of it. Ideally, I'd mark a part of it to be replaced, and then free-hand draw another pieve of wiggly line to replace it. Now the only way I've found to edit an existing line is by adding and removing control points and turning the tangents -- far too cumbersome for what I'd like to do. Is there any way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? To edit a portion of a line freehand? -- hendrik

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Extracting formulas from curves?
by Philip Rhoades 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

Felipe, I have a statistical relationship in mind and I find it is convenient to use Inkscape to create the graphs of what I think it should look like under different conditions. Having done that, it would be nice to be able to extract the formula for each curve that I have drawn. The curve of the relationship that I am thinking of should have only a single y value for each x coordinate, so it should be a function. Thanks, Phil. > From: Felipe Sanches <felipe.sanches@...2592...> - 2009-01-30 02:02 > well.. maybe. > it is a bezier curve. It is a parametric curve whose coordinates are > defined by quadractic equations: > x(t) = a*t² + b*t + c > y(t) = d*t² + e*t + f > finding the values of a,b,c,d,e and f involves looking at the > coordinates of the control points of that curve and doing a bit of > math > Not all bezier curves can be described as 1 parameter functions, > though... I think that it is indeed possible to do that with the one > you provided since it appears to have a single y value for each x > coordinate, thus it satisfy the requirements to be called a function. > what are you trying to do with this math stuff? > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Philip Rhoades <phil@...2593...> wrote: > > People, > > > Is there a way of extracting the formula for the curve from the attached svg > > ie in something resembling a conventional y = f(x) format? > > > Thanks, > > > Phil. > -- > Philip Rhoades > > GPO Box 3411 > Sydney NSW 2001 > Australia > E-mail: phil@...2593... -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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user requires help on Mac
by Taraben Adib 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

Hello Mac Users, I received an email from a mac user requireing some help. See email below: He can not print. The error message says "errror while opening the printer connection" As I am not an mac user I can not help. Is there someone able to help? Greez, Adib. --- >Hallo, ich habe Ihr Programm auf meinem Mac und finde es super, jedoch kann ich keinen Drucker damit aktivieren. >Die Fehlermeldung lautet : Fehler beim öffnen der Druckverbindung. >Vielleicht können Sie mir helfen ? >Mit freundlichem Gruß: O.Adler >--

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eraser tool opinions?
by bulia byak 15 Mar '09

15 Mar '09

Now that the Eraser tool is in SVN for quite some time, what do people think of it? Is it useful? In what mode do you use it, if at all? Disclaimer: as you may remember I was against this tool from the beginning, considering it redundant. Its Delete mode is equivalent to Alt+drag followed by Del in Selector, and its Cut mode is now equivalent to Alt+drag in Calligraphic pen which I just added: * When drawing with <b>Alt</b>, Inkscape <b>subtracts</b> the path you have created from the selected path (with <b>Shift</b>, it adds to the selected path). This allows you to quickly patch or fix problems in a stroke you have drawn without leaving the tool. So, do we really have to spend the prime toolbar space on a tool which does what other tools already do? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Prezi-like functionality
by Arnout Standaert 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Hi list, Probably some of you have already seen Prezi, an web application for "non-linear" presentations. That doesn't sound too clear, but see http://www.prezi.com for an example, or http://www.aether.hu/prezi for an introduction. It basically breaks the traditional slide-show format of presentations and turns it into a fancy dynamic flight-simulator-like concept. Very refreshing and ubercool after years of Powerpoint slides :-) As far as I know, there is currently no other software doing something like this. But IMHO, Inkscape would be very much suited for this. Currently, it has the ideal editing tools to compose the presentation material itself, but it lacks the animation interface to provide the navigation and zooming aspect in the presentation itself. With all the SVG animation plans, Prezi-like presentations would seem to be within reach. My question: are there tools/applications available that provide the zooming/path-based animation functionality for Inkscape-produced SVG files? Or can this be done using Inkscape itself and scripting (Javascript?)? I suppose the latter would come down to hand-coding and building a lot from the ground up, or are there tools available that can help with that? Opinions and suggestions appreciated, wwwald

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Web based integration?
by Jason Hawley 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

Is anyone aware of a web based (browser compatible) application of inkscape? Cheers, Jason

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Trim/extend feature questions
by Kalman KHIRALY 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

Hi! I would like to achieve a trim/extent feature like in many CAD-like application can be found. Here is a little screenshot what I trying to do: http://khiraly.googlepages.com/trim_extend.png Here are the steps what I did: There are two lines and a circle, so 1. I converted the circle to path 2. I opened up the circle 3. I duplicated the line, and go to the Path->Cut Path menuitem 4. I repeated the above step to the other line Sadly this precedure involves some imprecisement, I zoomed into, and created this screenshot: http://khiraly.googlepages.com/circle-imprecise.png Can somebody propose a precodure where the result is mathematically correct, and does not have imprecisement? Needless to say, that I cant union the three paths together... Or should I wait until a trim/extend tool arrives? (I use rev 20844, from today) Any ideas? Best regards, Khiraly

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wacom and linux
by Donna Benjamin 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

Hi Everyone, I've been asked to get an idea of who is using linux desktops for graphic work. Are you using a wacom tablet with inkscape / gimp / blender etc on linux? If yes, can you send me a brief outline of who you are and how you're using it? Work? Play? Art? Industry? Age? Country? Feel free to spread the word if you have friends using linux for graphix get 'em to drop me a note too. cheers! Donna -- Donna Benjamin - Executive Director Creative Contingencies - http://cc.com.au ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414 open source - facilitation - web services

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Enlarged Area of Drawing
by hippie dream 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hello Inkscape List, Thanks for a wonderful program. I have a fairly simple question which I can't figure out from internet searching. I am making a diagram and I would like to have a box in the upper left hand corner of the drawing show an enlarge portion of my drawing. 1) Is there an easy way to do this? By easy I mean if there an option for a box that limits graphic to inside the box... kind of .svg within an .svg? 2) If not and I have to do it manually, then I will relate my other problem right now. I was going to do this manually by drawing a rectangle then simply copy/paste the necessary items into my box to manually create the enlarged area. But for some reason whenever, I try to draw rectangle I get nothing but a box of dashed lines that disappears as soon as I don't click on it. Any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong? Anyways thanks alot in advance. I am running Ubuntu 8.10 Sam -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Enlarged-Area-of-Drawing-tp22290789p22290789.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Inkscape new Interaface Icon sizes
by Plácido Sousa 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi, I am trying to update the default icon set. I' ve Installed development versions os inkscape in both Linux and Windows There's a new interface options in setting where you can choose from small/medium/normal icons (cool). normal :: 24x24 px medium :: 16x16 px ?!? small :: 16x16 px Can anyone (developer - probably not the best place to ask this!!!) confirm that this is the way inkscape is going. previously some icons were 22x22 px I am considering doing two icon files - 16x16 :: small - 24x24 :: normal It would be even better if both icon's sizes could be in the same place so that inkscape picked the correct size. In my opinion, at such a small size, vectorial icons don't scale in a sharp way. -- > Plácido André Sousa http://chezplacide.blogspot.com placidoaps@...155... .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^

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Splitting/break apart text
by Gunnar Lestander 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

I have imported a PDF with a electronic schematic and have found that text are kept together all over the drawing and not just over linebreaks. XML editor looks like: ==========================- <svg:text id="text1"> <svg:tspan id="tspan1"> "Choose power supply" <svg:tspan id="tspan2"> "with jumper" <svg:tspan id="tspan3"> "between A, B, or C" <svg:tspan id="tspan4"> "R1" <svg:tspan id="tspan5"> "R37" ==========================- They are positioned in the big drawing like this : Upper right corner: "Choose power supply with jumper between A, B, or C" Low to the right: "R1" Center of drawing: "R37" Is there a simple way to break them apart to single lines of text so I can handle/move them individually? Commando, macro or something else to give me somthing like this: ================== <svg:text id="text1"> <svg:tspan id="tspan1"> "Choose power supply" <svg:text id="text2"> <svg:tspan id="tspan2"> "with jumper" <svg:text id="text3"> <svg:tspan id="tspan3"> "between A, B, or C" <svg:text id="text4"> <svg:tspan id="tspan4"> "R1" <svg:text id="text5"> <svg:tspan id="tspan5"> "R37" ===================== // Gunnar Lestander (Sorry if this becomes a repost, since I haven't received a copy from the list to myself)

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Breaking text apart ?
by Gunnar Lestander 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

I have imported a PDF with a electronic schematic and have found that text are kept together all over the drawing and not just over linebreaks. XML editor looks like: ==========================- <svg:text id="text1"> <svg:tspan id="tspan1"> "Choose power supply" <svg:tspan id="tspan2"> "with jumper" <svg:tspan id="tspan3"> "between A, B, or C" <svg:tspan id="tspan4"> "R1" <svg:tspan id="tspan5"> "R37" ==========================- They are positioned in the big drawing like this : Upper right corner: "Choose power supply with jumper between A, B, or C" Low to the right: "R1" Center of drawing: "R37" Is there a simple way to break´them apart to single line text so I can handle/move them individually? Commando, macro or something else to give me somthing like this: ================== <svg:text id="text1"> <svg:tspan id="tspan1"> "Choose power supply" <svg:text id="text2"> <svg:tspan id="tspan2"> "with jumper" <svg:text id="text3"> <svg:tspan id="tspan3"> "between A, B, or C" <svg:text id="text4"> <svg:tspan id="tspan4"> "R1" <svg:text id="text5"> <svg:tspan id="tspan5"> "R37" ===================== // Gunnar Lestander

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by Sam Albers 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

tonightsthenight@...155... -- ***************************************************** Sam Albers Geography Program University of Northern British Columbia 3333 University Way Prince George, British Columbia Canada, V2N 4Z9 phone: 250 960-6777 *****************************************************

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Splitting text
by Gunnar Lestander 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

I have imported a PDF with a electronic schematic and have found that text are kept together all over the drawing and not just over linebreaks. XML editor looks like: ==========================- <svg:text id="text1"> <svg:tspan id="tspan1"> "Choose power supply" <svg:tspan id="tspan2"> "with jumper" <svg:tspan id="tspan3"> "between A, B, or C" <svg:tspan id="tspan4"> "R1" <svg:tspan id="tspan5"> "R37" ==========================- They are positioned in the big drawing like this : Upper right corner: "Choose power supply with jumper between A, B, or C" Low to the right: "R1" Center of drawing: "R37" Is there a simple way to break them apart to single line text so I can handle/move them individually? Commando, macro or something else to give me somthing like this: ================== <svg:text id="text1"> <svg:tspan id="tspan1"> "Choose power supply" <svg:text id="text2"> <svg:tspan id="tspan2"> "with jumper" <svg:text id="text3"> <svg:tspan id="tspan3"> "between A, B, or C" <svg:text id="text4"> <svg:tspan id="tspan4"> "R1" <svg:text id="text5"> <svg:tspan id="tspan5"> "R37" ===================== // Gunnar Lestander

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Tango icons as default set
by Guillermo Espertino 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Plácido Sousa sent an improved version of the current default icon set to the user list. It's a clear improvement over the current, and in my opinion, it should be made the default set since there is no consensus about the Tangoified theme and the default has some evident problems. The proposed set from Sousa is a polished version of the same icons we have now, so the familiarity won't be a problem and the people -like me- who think the current set needs desperately some love will be more comfortable with the new look. What do you think?

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Iconset
by Guillermo Espertino 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Great work Plácido! I think you really worked around the most evident issues of the theme and achieved a very coherent style. Even though I still prefer the Tangoified set, I think your theme is a clear improvement and it should replace the default set asap. I'd like to know what the rest think. In my opinion your set should be the default if there is no consensus about the Tango set. Gez

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Iconset
by Plácido Sousa 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Hi all, I've been improving (I think!) the inkscape iconset (work in progress). I've resized and simplified some of the icons to make them look better in my Linux distro (Ubuntu 8.10 - haven't tried others). If the feedback is positive I'll try them in Microsoft Windows to see what I can do! (Sorry! I don't own a Mac) SVG file - icon.svg - and a screenshot as an attachment. bye -- > Plácido André Sousa http://chezplacide.blogspot.com placidoaps@...155... .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^

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Example of Inkscape + Javascript support
by Valessio Brito 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

See firefox or browser support svg+script. http://valessiobrito.info/projetos/debconf/debconf9/tshirts/ChoiceTshirt.svg Thanks JucaBlues for inserting dialogs to edit scripts. -- .ValessioBrito - http://valessiobrito.info

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why doesn't this work?
by Elwin Estle 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

I am trying to make a simple wedge shape that is 1/6 of a hexagon. So I used the polygon tool to make a hexagon. I convert it to a path. I duplicated it, shrunk it down some and used a boolean operation to cut a smaller hex shaped hole in the exact center of the larger hexagon. Then I used the node tool to select the extraneous nodes and delete them. Now I have two lines, both part of the same path, but not connected. When I select two end points on the lines and try to join them with a new segment, I get an error saying I haven't selected two nodes!!! So just for the heck of it, I used the bezier tool to make two separate lines, combined them to a single path and then tried to connect two end nodes with a new segment. Worked just fine. I could try to do the shape I am after this way, but getting everything positioned right might be something of a pain. I am just wondering why the first technique doesn't work. Seems like it should...

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Videos from linux.conf.au
by Jon A. Cruz 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

The first of the Inkscape-related videos from linux.conf.au is up online now http://codewideopen.blogspot.com/2009/02/color-talk-at-linuxconfau.html Hopefully Andy's and Donna's will be up soon. Once they are, I'll send out another note.

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Remove Object Fill and Stroke in Palette
by Plácido Sousa 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Hi, In some programs I remember to see a "color palete" (white with a red cross) to remove the color of object Fill or Stroke. Is there a similar thing with Inkscape? -- > Plácido André Sousa http://chezplacide.blogspot.com placidoaps@...155... .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^

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installing inkscape on a gentoo webserver... help !
by David Mourvillier 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Hi everybody, I'm a french user, writing in english like i can, sorry by advance :) I'm trying since many days to install inkscape on my gentoo webserver, but i was not sure it was possible. Today i found this doc : http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingGentoo describing how to install inkscape-0.44 on gentoo like i want, and i try, but result is : !!! Couldn't download 'baselayout-1.12.10.tar.bz2'. Abor * Fetch failed for 'sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.10-r5' * Messages for package sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.10-r5: * Fetch failed for 'sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.10-r5' I had this problem 3 days ago, but after many manipulations and the emergements of depedencies, and the ./configure installation of 0.46 version via a tar.gz file, this had finished to happen. My problem of yesterday, about what i have post in the inkscape forum, was : """ I am not sure but it seems that inkscape can be installed on a remote web server, mine is a gentoo linux kernel 2.6.27.10-grs (OVH release 2). I just want to be able to use the inkscape --export-... command lines on my webserver, cause it is the better svg to pdf (print quality) converter i found. Isn't it ? I am trying : emerge inkscape (wouhou !... oho...) it needs a lot of other things, emerge, emerge, or install from tar.gz, and all seems ok now, except for a package : No package 'giomm-2.4' found i don't found it with emerge, i found many occurences of the files contents of 'giomm-2.4', and, reading, i understood it is a part of glibmm-2.15 and of newer versions of glibmm (if i understood) here : http://www.murrayc.com/blog/permalink/2 ... -gio-in-c/ <http://www.murrayc.com/blog/permalink/2008/01/28/giomm-gio-in-c/> But my glibmm is : (emerge --search glibmm ) Latest version available: 2.14.2 Latest version installed: 2.14.2 oho... On this web server, i have apache 2, php, mysql running for my clients, i am a little afraid to modify its config. Before trying to install inkscape, i had verified if i can, and how install inkscape on my web server in guides and forums. I don't know a lot of things about linux, and about webservers... i know a little, and i learn a lot. So can you tell me if what i try is possible, or if not, if you know another (free) way to convert svg to pdf (with embedded free fonts) on my webserver ? """ Now i ask me "Need I really giomm-2.4" to use only inkscape command lines, and is it possible to install inkscape without it ?? Please, help me, or tell me who can perhaps help me, Thanks a lot, regards David Mourvillier

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Open-source graphics gig [Fwd: [yellowdog-announce] Job posting -- Graphic Designer]
by Ted Gould 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Hey, This came across my desk, I have no affiliation with Terra Soft other than I used Yellowdog a while back. It'd be cool if an Inkscaper got this position though :) --Ted -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Announce List for all Terra Soft products (moderated) <yellowdog-announce@...2599...> Reply-to: "Announce List for all Terra Soft products \(moderated\)" <yellowdog-announce@...2599...> To: FSS Announce <yellowdog-announce@...2599...> Subject: [yellowdog-announce] Job posting -- Graphic Designer Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:27:03 -0700 Yellow Dog Enthusiasts, We are pleased to announce a job posting for a "Graphic Designer". This is a contract, part-time position with need to be near the Loveland, Colorado offices. Job description and form: http://us.fixstars.com/jobs/graphic-designer.shtml --FSS Team _______________________________________________ yellowdog-announce mailing list yellowdog-announce@...2599... http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-announce

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Shortcuts Show/Hide
by Plácido Sousa 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Hi all, Let's say I use the "Ctrl+Shift+F" shortcut to show the Fill and Stroke Dialog. Wouldn't it make sence that if I press it again the dialog would disappear? -- > Plácido André Sousa http://sites.google.com/site/chezplacide/Home http://chezplacide.blogspot.com placidoaps@...155... .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^

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new to Inkscape
by Roeland Huys 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hi, I have been using Inkscape the last 2 years for my professional work. I use it mainly for scientific illustrations. So first of all I'd like to congratulate the Inkscape team for their great and important role in the open source community. Inkscape is for my type of work the best -and only- alternative for expensive software like CordelDraw. I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 and GNOME. I'm using inkscape mostly for schematical purposes: flow charts, electrical or scientific diagrams, etc... Since I'm new to this group, I don't really know the etiquette, but I'll start with my whishlist. Sorry about the length of the list... (Please feel free to comment) * Multiple pages. * Printing: I have issues with it. I cannot set the type of paper for my printer, and the result is often a bad layout. * GRID snapping is a little nightmare for my kind of work. Right now, Inkscape has "snap nodes" and "snap bounding boxes". Both of them are not suitable for me. Suppose you draw an object with irregular shapes (e.g. a group of polygons and text). There should be a modus: "move by reference point". The reference is snapped on the grid, and when moving, the destination of the object is by snapping the reference point ONLY. If you move the object on a grid of say 10px, the object should ONLY move in steps of 10px without exception! As it is now, objects snap on any of the irregular shapes inside it (e.g. text, irregular polygons, etc..) and when you draw schematics, you don't want that. Furthermore, there should be a way to do "Snap to bounding boxes" with snapping to the CENTER of a thick line, NOT to the OUTSIDE of the thick line! Example: enable "snap nodes" and "snap bounding boxes". Draw a circle. The vertices will nicely align on the grid, that's how I want it. Now scale the circle by dragging the handles. Now, the circle will be completely off-grid. * Symbols: being able to make template symbols and insert them in your drawing. The symbols should have a reference point (see snapping), and parameterizable text would be great. The instances should be LINKS to the symbols, so if you edit a symbol, it should change all references. Associated features if you right-click on an instance: "edit template", "edit as new template", "make group object copy" * Being able to use objects from another .svg with a link. This way, we can make libraries of symbols. * Arrows: arrow heads should change color by changing the color of the arrow. * Swap arrows: a button to swap the beginning/end arrows. Would be very useful! * Styles: a custom list of styles Fill+Outline+Text font you can click on to set an object style. Also, double click on a style to set it as 'default'. Today, I have to click around in that dialog too often. * Fill and Outline paint swatches: list of default colors. Standard color lists, like web colors, pantone, etc... * Bug in the software today: exchanging objects across files via the clipboard does not work. * Dialog boxes: you should be able to save their layout! Now I have to open and position them every time I open a file * Dialog boxes: share dialog boxes for different files. I use the program in the same way as we use "GIMP": different open files, and floating dialogs. However, if I click on a dialog box, Inkscape immediately selects another open file, because the dialogs seems to be 'linked' with the document windows. * Text dialog: it seems to be different (not dockable) than the other dialog boxes. I wonder why... That's all for now... Please let me know if this kind of input is useful, and if anybody of the developers is reading this (otherwise, I would not bother typing it next time) Happy new year, Roeland Huys

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Tango icons as default set
by worms invasion 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hello, I'm a user of Inkscape, mainly on Windows and very (very) rarely on Xubuntu and Ubuntu. I checked in SVN for the SVG Tango icons and found the file, which I studied carefully. N.B.: I'll give here my "user" point of view, which reflects my taste and my rationale. Please, forgive me if this message isn't always "nice"... it's not meant to be aggressive, it's just that tastes in icons/applications is a passionate thing - so I'm allowed to tell my mind with passion on the matter :-) Well, re. the proposed Tango icon set for Inkscape... I do NOT want to be "forced" to test the Tango icons - let alone to be forced to use them. I hate the Tango icons. :-) The main reasons are: - they are unreadable, "undecodable". I do not need to use a magnifying glass to "decode" the current (non Tango) icon set, the icons are "sharp" and "clear". Compared to them, the Tango icons are... "wtf?... which icon is that...?" I do not want to lose time wondering each time I need to click on an icon (and it happens quite a lot in Inkscape, because I don't use the shortcuts or F-keys). Honestly, I hardly *see* the Tango icons. - they belong to the Linux world. I know they are supposed to be suitable to multi-platform applications, but in the real reality, this isn't the case, and they say "Linux", they say GTK or KDE. As I said before, I use Inkscape on Windows. Why would I need "Linux-like" icons which clash so badly with any Windows (or, I guess, Mac) theme and which I cannot decode anyway? - I do not use any other "free" software which uses the Tango icon set, such as The Gimp or..., so I don't care about "being used" to seeing such or such icons. - I believe each application can have its own style, its own icons. I hate the "applications on a platform must all look alike" concept, it's sterile, it's boring, it's dull. So, my user opinion is: if the Linux users are masochists and want to have Tango style icons for Inkscape, fine, give them a GUI to switch to Tango icons. Me, as a user of Inkscape on Windows, I just want clear, sharp, and decodable icons - just like the current icons! I pray you, Inkscape developers, please, keep the current default set as the default! Thanks! (and again... no personal attack here :-)

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I need Inkscape success stories from everywhere
by Ocetalo 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hi there! I want to introduce Inkscape to the SENA <http://www.sena.edu.co/portal>office here in Cartagena de Indias <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariedoucet/sets/72157611795508388/>. The SENA is the national service for training people in several trades. The goal is to convince them to try Inkscape and use it as the program of choice for graphic design courses. I have got technical info and examples, now I need all your Inkscape success stories from everywhere -specially on developing countries and Latin America- about Inkscape achievements and use in working, running business and being involved in big events or campaigns. By the way, a database of succes stories should be built.

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sUbScRiPtS iN InKsCaPe?
by Henry W. Peters 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Apologize if there is an all too obvious solution at hand... In trying to use Inkscape to draw (say) chemical formula/s... I cannot find a way to make text into subscripts... usually found in the text menu of (say), (ahem) Adobe Illustrator... am I missing something here? Thanks much. Henry

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performance when working with many nodes
by Sam Mason 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hi, I've been using Inkscape to trace bitmaps and noticed that performance is somewhat erratic when working with a path containing thousands of nodes. When initially selecting the path with the node editing tool it draws all the nodes with their appropriate little icon, this takes an age. The other time seems to be when you select a large number of nodes, it draws all the nodes in their selected colour. When I zoom or otherwise force a redraw performance is much better. I'm not sure how the code is structured, but it seems to be optimized for small numbers of nodes being worked with at one time. Would it be possible to only redraw individual node icons when this will take less time than it would take to redraw the whole window. Of course, knowing apriori which is going to be quicker is difficult so maybe a simple test of (say) 100 nodes changing state. -- Sam http://samason.me.uk/

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Silvana Marques diz: Sala eu tenho, só me falta o sofá! (2) - Vakinha.com.br
by Silvana Marques 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

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Re: [Inkscape-user] I need Inkscape success stories from everywhere (Odo)
by Odo 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

I made the design of our web site in inkscape www.residencia-galicia.com I also made other designs using inkscape like the fieitas web www.fieitas.com or the whole work for a local linux distro called Galpon minino hmmm i also made our flyers and cards http://odosuiadan.deviantart.com/gallery/#desing-etc -- <<< this email was written with 100% recyclable electrons>>>

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dxf input - subversion build
by Mathew Oakes 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

I am evaluating dxf input... found this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/293940 and can find the dxf_import files mentioned in the install but there is no .dxf option in the import file formats list... is anyone else doing that successfully?

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Is it just me or...
by Abrolag 25 Jan '09

25 Jan '09

I've been using Inkscape (seemingly forever) for all my schematic drawings, and find it works extremely well for me. However there is one thing I find really annoying. Often I'll pick up a small object to copy - a connecting 'blob' for example - what then happens is that as soon as I move to where I want to place the object the pointer turns into a fist totally obscuring the place I want to copy to. This is because I *always* want to put the object on top of another - crossing lines, in this case. I have to just do the copy somewhere near, then try and position it relying on 'snap to grid' to line it up properly. Alternatively I have zoom in massively so that the object in now larger than the fist and I can see it again. For my purposes it would be far better if the pointer either stayed as a pointer all the time (with the hot-spot at the tip) or if it had to change, for it to become fine cross-hairs. Does anyone else find this a problem? -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk

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Disabled may LPEs
by unknown＠example.com 24 Jan '09

24 Jan '09

Hello all, For those of you who use the nightly builds of 0.46+devel, many LPEs have been disabled. This is because many were not fully functional, or were bugged. We've moved them to an 'experimental' section, where we can improve them to later enable them again. If you are using LPEs that are now gone, please let us know, so we know on which LPEs to work! Thanks, Johan

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Tango icons as default set.
by Guillermo Espertino 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Since the Tango icon set for inkscape seems to be pretty complete and revised, I'd like to propose making it the default set in SVN (of course mantaining the current set as an alternative for people who preferes it). I know it is already possible to test the set easily, but I think that making it the default set will force users (of the development versions) to test it and will be a good opportunity to see if the general consensus is to leave it or roll back to the current set. It may be helpful to discover some bugs, too. What do you think?

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Don't quite understand tweak tool
by Dave M G 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Inkscape users, I've recently discovered the the tweak tool, and it's been a real help in shaping objects and pen strokes. However, it has a side effect I can't quite understand. If I'm working on one end of an object, the vertices on the other end of the object will get shifted and move around to undesired positions. It seems like the Tweak tool is trying to preserve the volume of the shape, so if I pull the bottom side down, the top side will also shift down somewhat. I looked up information about the Tweak tool on the web, and it seemed that the "Fidelity" setting was the one that controlled the overall influence over the shape. But, despite what I've read, whether I set it to 0 or to 100, I still get this overall distorting of the shape. Ideally, I want to just move around vertices within the area defined by the size of the brush, or immediately adjacent. I don't want to see influence over the whole object. Is there a way I can contain the Tweak tool to localize it's influence more? I hope my descriptions and questions are clear. Any advice would be much appreciated. -- Dave M G

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Copying or Duplicating Selected Nodes
by Mr. Shawn H. Corey 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi, Is is possible to copy or duplicate selected nodes and not the whole object-path? Sometimes I only want part of a path copied. To do this, I have to duplicate the entire path and delete the nodes I don't want. It would be more convenient just to duplicate the nodes I want. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. "It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years." --John von Neumann, circa 1950

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape Problem
by unknown＠example.com 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

> -----Original Message----- > From: Yann Papouin [mailto:yann.papouin@...155...] > Sent: zaterdag 17 januari 2009 14:21 > To: Engelen, J.B.C. (Johan) > Cc: th.v.d.gronde@...226...; > inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net; > inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Inkscape Problem > > I don't think it's rev #20438, Actually I'm compiling all > versions between a specified range. Me too > > I can said today that #20433 is not crashing and #20437 is > crashing. (tested with the same file : tango_icons_new-1.15.svg) then I guess we are working on a different crasher. Mine is a bit more hidden as it only crashes from within gdb.

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Beveled strokes?
by Claus Cyrny 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Hi, I would like to know if there's a chance to incorporate the feature "beveled strokes" into Inkscape sometime in the not-too-distant future. (I'm not sure if SVG supports this, though). Years ago, when I was still using Windows, I had Canvas 7 installed, that had this feature, and I really liked what one can do with that. Greetings, Claus -- Claus Cyrny : Webdesign | Grafik | Fotografie :: Web: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ ::.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape Problem
by unknown＠example.com 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

> -----Original Message----- > From: Yann Papouin [mailto:yann.papouin@...155...] > Sent: zaterdag 17 januari 2009 11:21 > To: Jasper van de Gronde > Cc: Inkscape Devel List; Inkscape User Community > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Inkscape Problem > > It's between rev #20425 and rev #20437 It's rev #20438

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Inkscape Problem
by Hago Ziegler 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

Hi, I use to download my Inkscape from inkscape.modevia.com/win32 The last version that worked was from 2008 12 30 With all later versions I had a very basic problem with the text-tool: when I open the fonts-dialog the program freezes and tells me, that it has to be shut down. see: http://hagoschaos.de/ink Regards, Hago

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Dialog boxes...
by Roeland Huys 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Hi, What do you guys think of following issues? (I have posted it on Launchpad): I usually work with many different files open at the same time. Everytime I open inkscape, I have to re-open and re-position my dialog boxes. This is very cumbersome... -> Would there be a way to remember the positions and states of the dialog boxes? Both for floating and docked dialogs? Furthermore: I discovered this problem when working with many open documents. I use the program in the same way as we use "GIMP": different open files, and floating dialogs. The idea is that if I open a second document, I can use the dialog boxes which are already on my screen. If I raise another document (e.g. click on the taskbar), the dialog boxes should remain where they are, and I can use the same dialog boxes for a different document. This does not work now: * when opening different files by launching inkscape by clicking in the file browser ("Nautilus"), the different open files do not share the same dialogs. This is unwanted! * when opening different files by opening the file within inkscape, there is this bug: 1. Open a drawing "A.svg" 2. Open some dialogs (e.g. line style) using "floating" dialogs. 3. Open another drawing "B.svg" by File->Open . The file "B.svg" is raised on top, the dialogs remain (OK) 4. Click on an object in this drawing 5. Now click on the line style dialog. Immediately, "A.svg" raises!! This is unwanted behaviour! Cheers, Roeland.

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Clear Open recent?
by Benct Philip Jonsson 11 Jan '09

11 Jan '09

Is it possible to clear the list of documents in File -> Open recent? /BP

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