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Re: [Inkscape-user] Missing header
by Diederik van Lierop 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

> Make error line 179: problem compiling: In file included from > src/sp-filter.cpp:35: > src/display/nr-filter.cpp:28:50: error: > display/nr-filter-component-transfer.h: > No such file or directory > src/display/nr-filter.cpp: In member function 'void > NR::Filter::_create_constructor_table()': > src/display/nr-filter.cpp:326: error: 'FilterComponentTransfer' has > not been declared > > There is no "nr-filter-component-transfer.h" header. I've also checked > the commit logs, nothing about it, neither is it on the svn server. > > Anybody else running into the same problem? > Yes, you're not the only one. I can still run Inkscape though. Regards, Diederik

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Missing header
by JonY 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

Hi, I am getting an error during compile time for Revision: 15641. Make error line 179: problem compiling: In file included from src/sp-filter.cpp:35: src/display/nr-filter.cpp:28:50: error: display/nr-filter-component-transfer.h: No such file or directory src/display/nr-filter.cpp: In member function 'void NR::Filter::_create_constructor_table()': src/display/nr-filter.cpp:326: error: 'FilterComponentTransfer' has not been declared There is no "nr-filter-component-transfer.h" header. I've also checked the commit logs, nothing about it, neither is it on the svn server. Anybody else running into the same problem?

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Wacom intuos2 on Windows
by Andy Gavin 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

Hi I've managed to get hold of an intuos2 a4 graphics tablet and am having difficulty using it with inkscape on Windows XP. I don't seem to be able to get any of the pressure features of the pad to work. If I go to the Input Devices... and select that the dialog that pops up is malfunctioning. It has Puck, Pressure Stylus and Erasure Stylus each listed twice on the drop-down. Selecting any of these has no effect on the pane below which becomes blank if any are selected. It is not possible to exit this dialog using the save button. Has anyone else had this problem? How would I fix it? I'd really love to get inkscape working :) Andy. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/

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librsvg gives "width too large" for Inkscape SVG
by Benjamin Esham 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

Hello all, I was trying to create an image for Wikipedia (which renders SVGs with librsvg), but it refused to render the image. I downloaded librsvg; when I tried to render my image with its test program, I got: (process:13861): librsvg-WARNING **: rsvg_start_svg: width too large (process:13861): librsvg-WARNING **: Error loading SVG file. The SVG itself is available at [1], with other versions available at [2]. It was created with Inkscape 0.44.1 on Mac OS X. I have tried saving as both "Inkscape SVG" and "Plain SVG"; I have also copied all of the objects into a "fresh" SVG file, but to no effect. Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my image, and how I can fix it? Thanks a ton! [1] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Usenet_Big_Nine.svg [2] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Usenet_Big_Nine.svg -- Benjamin D. Esham E-mail/Jabber: bdesham@...155... | AIM bdesham128 | PGP D676BB9A He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. — Winston Churchill (attributed)

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Screencasts of new features...
by ryan lerch 03 Aug '07

03 Aug '07

Hi all, just thought i would hit the list to tell you all that i have been doing a set of blog posts recently covering the upcoming neat features in 0.46. So far i have covered: On Canvas Gradient Editing: http://ryanler.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/inkscape-on-canvas-gradient-editing/ Touch Selection: http://ryanler.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/147/ Flood Fill (Bucket Fill) http://ryanler.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/inkscape-upcoming-feature-flood-fil… Engraving Toolbox (Tracking a Path) http://ryanler.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/upcoming-inkscape-features-engraver… Engraving Toolbox (Node Sculpting) http://ryanler.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/upcoming-inkscape-features-engraver… If you have any more ideas / requests, just shoot me an email, and ill see what i can do... Cheers, ryanlerch

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Cursors
by unknown＠example.com 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

Next question - is it possible to have a 100% (full screen) cross-hair cursor in Inkscape? Second question ...how can anyone work without one! ************************************** Terry Ridings <ropework@...289...> Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

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Transfering between layers
by unknown＠example.com 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

I am at the new and learning stage with Inkscape Layers - I am importing vector graphics that was previously was on different layers, that information has been lost in the transfer and I am now trying to re-establish the layer detail. I simply want to move items from Layer 1 to the new layers I have established, the help files don't seem to cover this. All and any suggestions most welcome. With thanks, Terry

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Transfering between layers
by Diederik van Lierop 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

> Create all the layers you need with the Layer menu or the layer > palette (SHIFT+CTRL+L), then select all the objects you want on one > particular layer and go to the Layer menu: Layer > Move selection to > layer above/below (SHIFT+PgeUp/PgDown) until you reach the correct > layer for this selection. > > JiHO > --- > http://jo.irisson.free.fr/ > This is how I've been doing it, but it's cumbersome if you have a large number of layers. Why don't we add a third option "Move to layer ... ", which opens a sub-menu with "Layer one", "Layer two", "Layer three". This is much faster, as we can choose the desired layer directly. I think I've seen something like this in another application (AutoCAD maybe?). Diederik

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[Fwd: Inkscape-announce post from skeeter.glenn@...2319... requires approval]
by Ted Gould 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Skeeter, I forwarded your message to the inkscape-user list instead of inkscape-announce. There may be someone there who is familiar with Epic. --Ted -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Glenn, Skeeter <skeeter.glenn@...2319...> To: inkscape-announce(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Epic and Inkscape cross reference question Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 08:37:04 -0700 We use Epic as out xml editor and use Inkscape as our SVG editor. We have imbedded SVG graphics into our xml documents. We would like to place cross reference tags into our SVG that hot link into sections of the xml documents. As an example in our xml document we would have a flagnote "FL1" talking about a part of the SVG graphic we want to point attention at. When the end user would be reading the xml document, they could click on the "FL1" located inside of the SVG and it would take them to that part of the xml document that describes that SVG. So, how do I create that link from the SVG "FL1" to the xml document "FL1"? Remember that the svg is imbedded with in the same xml. Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints. Skeeter Glenn

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New drawing tool idea
by Joey Marshall 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Hello, For the past month I have been thinking over an idea I would really like to see made in an opensource vector program. Inkscape is my favorite so I'm posting this here. I think this would be a really great tool but would also take quit a bit of work (or at least I think it would, feel free to prove me wrong.) What I want: The tool is somewhat of a line tool. Similar to the freehand tool in that it creates a vector line, but enhanced. The differences would rest on the that is drawn. Instead of the curves that the freehand tool draws, the line would be composed of joints evenly spaced apart (the spacing would in general be small, but be user customizable). Each joint should have their x,y cords as well as a width property (it may be better to organize that different, but each joint needs to have this property, which would be a variable number set by a stylus used to display the line, I'll get to this in a moment). In addition a joint must be able to reside in multiple lines. The reason being so that two lines can "connect" to each other. Each line would simple be a stroke; the button clicks, the mouse moves, the button lets up - a line. So say you draw a line in the shape of a big C. Then you want to join the open end and have tails sticking out on ether end. You would start above the C shape on the rightmost side and draw your line down. As you draw you can hold down on CTRL to connect the line to any other you pass over (Or maybe have it so after you draw the line you can press a hotkey and it connects itself to any other lines it intersects with). That's all for the user drawing the lines, now for how it would display it. I'm not totally sure about how to do this (as if I am on any of this) but I was thinking it should draw out to look like a pen or pencil stroke (maybe have the general width be user defined so it could look big and fat to like a brush stroke). This is what I was wanting the width attr in the joint for. Maybe for displaying it create a line (or rather a complex polygon shaped like a line) that moves through all the points with the width (distance between the two edges on the sides of the line) changing with the width attr in the joints. Did any of that make sense? Ok, two more things. Coloring and editing. For editing I want something cool :) What I was thinking was that you can press down on CTRL or right click or something near a line and start drawing. As you go it moves and morphs the line to how you are drawing. It would have to automatically add and remove joints to keep evenly spaced. Is that at all clear? Lastly the coloring. I don't know how this could be made into inkscape easily (not that any of this would be easy) but I would want the ability to be able to fill in enclosures in the lines (also be able to change the color of a line but that wouldn't be difficult.) I could only really think of one way to do this. It would find all the joints of the lines that it needs to fill in and create a polygon from them (the joints). Perhaps have them be the actual joint objects (is this very feasible in C/C++?) so that when a line is moved after it is filled in the fill would update with it. Anyway, that is what I would really like to see in a vector editor like inkscape (I would love to see it in inkscape.) There are probably still several design holes that I overlooked but I think I conveyed what is in my mind. This would take a lot of work but I think it would be a very valuable tool to have. I tired playing around with it myself using cairo and PyGTK but wasn't able to get very far (I need to learn to stay as far away from the DrawingArea and Pixbuf/Pixmap as possible... ether that or get it figured out once and forall). If anyone thinks this would be cool and might want to implement it that would be awesome! At the moment I couldn't really fund anyone to do this and I'm not even sure this is something that would be wanted in inkscape. Please let me know anyone if you're interested or I'm unclear about something or what ever! Thanks for listening! Joey

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Colour of End Markers
by Peter Hillier-Brook 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Stupid question, for which I apologise, but can anyone tell me how to apply a coloured stroke fill to an arrowhead end marker? The line that it terminates is filled and stroked to my satisfaction and I'd assumed that end markers would follow suit, but no, they remain stubbornly black. I've searched 'Help@ and Tavmjong's splendid Inkscape Guide to no avail, so here I am with what must be an FAQ. Peter HB

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Seeking documentation of Python bindings
by Kent Tenney 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Howdy, I'm interested in scripting extensions for Inkscape with Python. I've found the example scripts. I haven't yet found; - an explanation of the xml in the .inx file - the api available to Python scripts - a discussion of how Inkscape processes the share/extensions dir Googling hasn't been very productive. Thanks, Kent

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new ways to scroll and zoom
by bulia byak 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

I know adding prefs settings for individual shortcuts is evil, but since we don't yet have a UI for editing keymaps, and these features were requested A LOT, I think in this case it's justified: * You can now enable Space+mouse drag to pan canvas, as it does in Adobe Illustrator. This mode is enabled by the "Left mouse button pans when Space is pressed" checkbox in the Scrolling tab of the Inksape Preferences dialog. By default it is off and pressing the spacebar key switches you to Selector and back, as it always did in Inkscape. * By default, rotating the mouse wheel scrolls the canvas vertically and Ctrl+wheel zooms in and out. Now, if you turn on the "Mouse wheel zooms by default" checkbox in the Scrolling tab of the Inksape Preferences dialog, this behavior is reversed: mouse wheel zooms without Ctrl and scrolls with Ctrl. This new mode should be familiar for users of AutoCAD and CorelDraw. * In the Zoom tool, right mouse button always zooms out instead of calling the context menu (which is rather useless in this tool anyway). -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Ruler Preferences
by Rob Lowe 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

By default, the rulers on an Inkscape document have an origin in the lower-left hand corner. Is there a setting or pref or config line I can change to move the origin to the upper left-hand corner?

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Objects along path.
by Moritz Moeller 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

Hello, I wonder if it is possible in any way to apply an object to a path like in Corel or Illustrator. I.e. an object which is stretched and deformed along the length of a path. I could e.g. take a triangle and applying it to a path would yield a path with a spiky tip and a blunt base, the with of the triangle. If that object was life, i.e. changing the original triangle would change the path, that'd be even more useful. Another nice feature would be the ability to set the width of a path wither anywhere or at least at any knot -- w/o converting the path into outlines. Cheers, Moritz

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Font disappears after upgrade on OS X
by John Haiducek 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

I upgraded inkscape from 0.44 to 0.45 on OS X. One of my fonts is no longer available, and of course it's one I was using for a project. The particular font is Onyx, for what it's worth. I tried running fc- cache -fv as myself and as root; fc-cache gives no errors but inkscape still can't see my font. I tried copying the font from my home directory where it was into the system font directory and no luck there either. Can anyone help me get inkscape to see this font again? John Haiducek

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Re: [Inkscape-user] How to aligne objects along a path?
by Diederik en Rezi 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Hi Lynx, Have you tried snapping the center of the small circles to the contour of the big circle? Snapping options can be controlled in the document properties dialog. If you make sure that the center of the whole group of small circles is coincident with the center of the big circle, you can also make the small circles tangentially aligned by holding CTRL-SHIFT while scaling the whole group of small circles. If you want to try the snapping though you might want to use one of the latest precompiled versions (windows only) or compile the SVN version yourself, because snapping has improved a lot since v0.45.1 Diederik > Hello! > > I'm wondering how to aligne circles along a big circle and along a spiral. Is that passible at all? > > Thanks > Lynx

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Question about modifying paths
by Kyungjun Lee 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Hi, Is it possible to modify paths, as a poor man's alternative to texture-mapping a polyhedron? If yes, how easy is it to do with Inkscape..? :) Cheers, Kyungjun Lee

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How to aligne objects along a path?
by unknown＠example.com 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Hello! I'm wondering how to aligne circles along a big circle and along a spiral. Is that passible at all? Thanks Lynx

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How to aligne a group of objects by aligning one of them?
by unknown＠example.com 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Hello! Just got into another problem: I have group of objects grouped together and now want to aligne that whole group by alining on of the objects of the group to something. The one object of the group should pull the rest of the group with it when it gets aligned. Is that possible? Thanks Lynx

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How to include the tex (pstricks) output in latex?
by unknown＠example.com 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Hello! I coudln't find instructions on how to include the tex-output of inkscape in a latex document. Does this output method support transparent gradients? If not what is the best way to get drawings with transparent gradients included in latex? Thanks Lynx

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whiteboard
by Florian Ludwig 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Hi there, does anyone used the whiteboard function succesfully? I tried 3 different jabber server and two of them (jabber.org and amessage.info) brought my a "login: no second SASL challenge offered by server" error and afterwards crash inkscape with an "internal error." The third server (gmx.de) worked. But i can sign into the other two with pidgin without a hassle, so any guess whats the problem? A not implemted auth type in inkscape? Espacially that jabber.org didn't work disappointed my a bit. greetings, Florian

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what about an inkscape location in second life ?
by RoSourceforge 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

I would like to create a place for inkscape in second life. Open source (software or not) would be welcommen, can we try ? R.

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problem with the scribble-xinput program of gtk
by seventeen 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Hi, I compiled the source code scribble-xinput.c and excute it. When I click on the "Input Dialog" button, a window pops out, In the window, There are several devices to choose from: pad-cintiq21ux stylus-cintiq21ux eraser-cintiq21ux cursor-cintiq21ux and several Mode: Disabled Screen Window If I choose stylus, then choose screen, there is segmentation Button press on device 'stylus-cintiq21ux' I get "segmentation fault (core dumped)" If I choose other combinations, then nothing happened, I tried to print out the device source, and it is null. I do have a tablet that works for inkscape, which in turn use gtk. I really don't where the problem is? Does anyone have similar experience or know how to solve it? should be code? or my tablet? or something else? Thanks, -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/problem-with--the-scribble-xinput-program-of-gtk-tf41… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Controlling interpolation
by David Bolton 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

I am trying to interpolate between two curves. Currently the curve does a little flip mid interpolation (see attached). Are there any hacks to make the top of the first curve interpolate to the top of the second curve? -- David Bolton http://davidbolton.info

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extract pen values
by huei-han Jhuang 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

Hi, I am looking into the source codes of inkscape and try to find in what file it retrieves pen values from the tablet(I use wacom tablet), like pen positions, and pressure. Can anyone direct me to the file? Thanks,

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Embedding SVG in webpages
by Dan H 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

Hello, I know this isn't exactly an Inkscape issue, but I gather there is some knowledge in this group so I'm asking here (and before getting tarred and feathered over at comp.infosystems.authoring.html for non-topicality). I want to embed an SVG image in a webpage using the <object> tag. This works well, but I'd like the image to be scaled to a certain fraction of the page's width. After all, the "S" in SVG stands for scaleable. But when I add a "width" attribute to the object tag, it just cuts off the embedded image rather than scaling it. I know SVG support is missing or buggy on most browsers, but I'd still like to experiment with it. I'm using Opera 9.20 on Linux. Unfortunately, Inkscape's command-line parameter --export-width isn't honored with the --export-plain-svg option; otherwise I'd just do some downscaling in my webpage-generating makefile. Thanks for any hints, --D.

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possible bug: page vertical resize changes coordinates
by Paulo Abreu 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

Hi there, I'm using Inkscape 0.45.1 under MacOSX. I have a problem when I resize a page vertically: the elements of the drawing move with the resize, because their distance remains fixed from the _top_ of the page, instead of from the bottom of the page. When a page is resized vertically, the height of the page changes. The bottom is the zero, so it remains fixed, and it is the top that moves. However, the coordinates of the elements of the drawing move with the top. I think this is not desirable: their coordinates are from the bottom of the page, so they should remain in the same position in respect to the bottom of the page. Unfortunately, this is not what happens. For example, if I align my drawing with the grid and then resize vertically, the elements are completely misaligned, because the grid remains fixed from the bottom of the page, but the elements don't. This does not happen when I resize a page horizontally. In that case, it is the right border that moves, but the elements of the drawing maintain their positions in respect to the left border, where the horizontal zero is. This is the desirable behaviour, IMO. I am thinking of filling a bug report, but I'm new to Inkscape. I want to be sure that I'm right and that this is indeed a bug and not a feature that was implemented for some reason that I don't understand. Can some one comment on this? Thanks, Paulo

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Re: [Inkscape-user] possible bug: page vertical resize changes coordinates
by Paulo Abreu 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

Hi Andreas: > In SVG the coordinate system origin (0/0) the origin is on the top > left. > That might be the reason. > > But then, the ruler in Inkscape tells the opposite, zero is on the > bottom > of the page, which actually contradicts the SVG coordinate system. > Maybe > the inkscape developers wanted to stick to what other vector > illustration > programs do and not to the SVG conventions. Thanks for the clarification, this explains the behaviour. However, I think it is an error to implement things this way. Either stay with the other illustration programs' way (0 on the bottom left corner), or with the SVG way (0 on the top left corner), but don't mix both ways in one drawing. I would like to suggest this to the developers. Do you know how I can do that? Thanks, Paulo

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Importing ps files.
by John R. Culleton 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

A program Mup typesets music files. The output is true PostScript, not bitmaps. Can this kind of PS file be imported into Inkscape, massaged and then saved without converting everything to a bitmap? -- John Culleton ATTN Publishers/authors: If you don't read you don't succeed. Free short list of publishing/marketing books. http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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When will inkscape 46 be released?
by Bibi Morris 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

Does anyone know when Inkscape .46 will be released? Those of us who use it for creating GSD files for out personal cutting machines, are chomping at the bit for the release that fixes our font problem with non-alphabetic font names. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Bibi Morris -- Inkscapes by Bibi Morris All cutter files designed exclusively in Inkscape Find my Cutting designs at http:\\inkscapesbybibi.cuttersmarket.com www.Cuttersmarket.com Private Inkscape, and WB/CR/Silhouette classes available

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Inkscape SVG extension / CMYK support
by Cedric Sagne 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

All, I submitted this question a week ago and want to thank all persons who took the time to reply to it, including Chris Lilley of the W3C SVG Working Group with whom I had a very interesting offlist talk to find out how Inkscape and SVG specs work together. I want to thank Chris specially for his time and understanding. Many threads grew from it and if I managed to bring up an issue which is relevant to a majority of people and that things which are not possible today will be possible in the future, so much the better. Cedric

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Guide to Inkscape website
by Tavmjong Bah 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

Hi, Just to let people know. I am moving to a new house and will lose my Internet connection for one to three weeks. If something happens to my book's website, I will not be able to fix it until I have the new connection. Tav -- Tavmjong Bah Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape SVG extension / CMYK support
by Cedric Sagne 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

Thanks all for your replies on CMYK support in Inkscape. At this point in time my only concern, far far away from theories on logo design is: Is it planned that a SVG or Inkscape SVG file can save the colours defined in the CMYK colour space can be imported in Scribus creating the corresponding CMYK colour and not RGB colour? If the impossibility to do it is based in SVG specs (which is still not a yes or no for me after so much contradictory information), is it time for Inkscape to offer a mode which will support features SVG does not support? Cedric

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[Fwd: preview problems]
by Matteo Landi 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

hi all i'm writing to you because i'm having some troubles with the previews of some icons i made with inkscape. In fact the preview is different from the real saved image, and when i re-open the image, it looks perfect! The problems appears during the saving! The previews become different! Have you any idea about a possible solution? Here a link to the incrimed icons http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/24/1108407/Desktop.zip Tnx in advance M@

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New version of Inkscape Guide
by Tavmjong Bah 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Hi, I've posted a new version of my guidebook to Inkscape. It can be found at the usual place: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/ This version includes many small additions and quite a few editorial changes. The astute will notice a new book cover. I've reached an agreement with Prentice Hall, aka Pearson, aka SourceForge Community Press for publishing the guide book. For the moment, it will remain as a PDF download. My agreement with the publisher includes the condition that the guide remain freely available on my website. (Except for three tutorials written especially for the new PDF book.) The agreement also allows for translations of the web version. The advantage of the new PDF book? The book has been professionally (albeit, quickly) edited. Lots of formatting problems have been corrected. And there are three new tutorials: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/NeonSign.html http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/BankNote.html http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Bottle.html The disadvantage is that the price will double and only a version formatted for Letter size paper will be available (it should print fine on A4 though). The new websites hosting the PDF version are already there but one cannot yet actually download the book. That should be changed tomorrow. Until then, the previous version of the book is available at: http://stores.lulu.com/tavmjong I would like to thank Ted Gould for getting the process started with the publisher. I would also like to thank all the people who have given me suggestions and corrections. Tav -- Tavmjong Bah Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/

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Customization
by seth friedman 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Hi everyone, I'm new to the list. I'm an origamist (what? yes thats right). Hopefully one of you does origami as a hobby and so is familiar with names like Robert J. Lang, John Montroll, Satoshi Kamiya etc. and so also are familliar with origami diagrams. Attached is a page from one of my first full diagrams. In total its 12 pages long. It takes quite a bit of time and effort to make these with a high standard of quality, but it would certainly take less time if I was able to customize my documents, just to make things a little more convenient. I'm just gonna throw out a bunch of items. One or two of them may have been addressed already on this mailing list. Rotation snap. Inkscape seems to give many options for this. 7.5, 15, 30, 45 etc. It seems it wouldn't be too much trouble to be able to input a custom value. For me its usually 22.5. *Something like "styles" Its annoying to constantly have to input different values into the fill and stroke window. I should be able to just chose a preset style, that would for example, make the line .8 pt with a dot dash stroke. Then another style that is 1 pt, and has an arrow end marker and a solid stroke pattern etc. *Different arrow heads. I tried to find this out on the wikipage, but couldn't. How do I customize arrow heads? Different size maybe (I think they're too small) and also a different shape that I have in mind. *Something like an image palette. How can I draw little images (you can see the kind that I mean in between step 5 and 6 on the attached doc) and have them easily accessible, so I don't have to go through old documents and copy and paste, each time I re-use them (which is often). I'm sure you know the feeling that you can never remember all the problems you have, but once you encounter them you remember again. Well these are the things that I remember now. Hopefully you'all can help me out. Best, Seth Friedman

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape SVG extension / CMYK support
by Cedric Sagne 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Steve, Tracing any design would still export a SVG file with RGB colours when you save it. For the moment once the SVG is imported in Scribus, I have to reencode colours manually, remove unused colours then save as an EPS with a specially sized document and store the little fellow in a safe vault... not exactly a model of convenience. Fortunately good logos only have a handful of colours and sensible design means you create a PMS / Process colour text file as a memory aid (usually on customer requirements anyway) and supply that to your customer in the logo package. Therefore my second question : is it on the roadmap to create a specific Inkscape SVG which would support features that SVG standards do not support (even if it has to be a mode, and therefore get away from pure SVG and not be backward compatible) Cedric > perhaps you could produce your logo in an application > which does support CMYK... then... in Inkscape 0.45, > trace this. I used a higher number of color passes. > > Its not 100% inkscape, but maybe just right for logos ? > >> Also, I believe SVG does not support CMYK colour space colours (as per >> Tavmjong Bah's brilliant userguide), and this is important for logos and >> even EPS export gets imported in Scribus with RGB colours.... >>

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Aligning object centers to polygon
by Roune Linus 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Hi there. If I understand the problem correctly then you can align the centre of your path to the star nodes by first placing a node on the centre of the path by Effects > Modify Path > Add Node and then enter a value a bit larger than half the with of the path. For instance if the line is 400px long then enter a value of 210. Then only one extra node will be added and that to the centre. Then in Document properties define the Object Snapping to 'Snap node to objects' and 'Snap to object nodes' and deselect anything else including the grid snapping option. Now use the edit path node tool and select all the nodes of the line and drag the centre node to the polygon node. If you wanted the centre of the line to snap to the centre of a polygon vertex then repeat Add Node procedure. Hope I understood the problem correctly, Linus On Jul 22, 2007, at 23:15 , inkscape-user- request(a)lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > From: "bulia byak" <buliabyak@...155...> > Date: July 22, 2007 7:06:45 PM GMT+03:00 > To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape- > user(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, "Diederik van Lierop" > <mail@...2312...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Aligning object centers to polygon > vertices > Reply-To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape- > user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > > > On 7/22/07, Benjamin Esham <bdesham@...155...> wrote: >> > Just draw a star with star tool and position your path at the >> tips. If you >> > need absolute precision, you can turn on snapping to object >> paths and snap >> > them exactly to the star tips. >> >> Thanks for the replies! My problem is that I need to align the >> *center* of >> each path to the points of the star. Since there is not >> necessarily a node >> at the exact center of each path, I don't think the snapping >> approach will >> work. > > Actually, it should snap the object's rotation center (which you can > place anywhere you want) as you drag the object. Diederik, what do you > think? I was under the impression that it already does, but looks like > it's not, so this needs to be enabled. > > -- > bulia byak > Inkscape. Draw Freely. > http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Newbie question: concentric circles?
by stuseven 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

I think this should be simply, once you learn to draw a regular circle - which is, I believe, done by holding the CTRL key, as you drag the ellipse tool. After drawing your circles, you can size them very exactly, using the "menu bar", or otherwise. ghoyle1 wrote: > > I'm a brand-new Inkscape user, and I was wondering what's the best method > for constructing a ring of concentric circles (like a target). > > Thanks, > > Guy Hoyle > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Newbie-question%3A-concentric-circles--tf4125264.html… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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problem / losing indent text lines Inkscape SVG
by stuseven 22 Jul '07

22 Jul '07

After working with Inkscape SVGs for a while, I've discovered another problem... this concerns the difference between (there shouldnt be one, that is) an original SVG with multiple text lines, and the saved version of this. I have an SVG with three lines of text, all produced with the text tool... .....This is line one / indented This is line two This is line three ...but... when I save this SVG, the first line loses the indented spaces LINE One now here This is line two This is line three I am thinking this has to do with all three lines being one object... in other words, Inkscape is just aligning all text to the left extreme, even though this isnt where I placed it. Anybody know how to fix this ? Is it a bug... a setting I havent used... or just normal behavior for multiple lines of text ? thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/problem---losing-indent-text-lines-Inkscape-SVG-tf412… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Black box instead of text
by Klas Nordberg 22 Jul '07

22 Jul '07

Hi, I tested to produce a simple SVG image with Inkscape with some text and then uploaded it to Wikipedia. However, in Wikipedia the text box is just a black rectangle with no text. Inkscape version is 0.45.1 The image can be viewed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Test1.svg where also the SVG file can be found. My question: where is the problem (ie black rectangle instead of text)? In Inkscape? In Wikipedia? In my browser (IE 7)? Klas

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Monotype Corsiva - Inkscape for Windows
by LRN 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

I run OpenOffice 2.1 and Inkscape 0.45 on my Windows XP system. Monotype Corsiva, which is installed on my system, does not show up in Inkscape as it does in OpenOffice Writer. I've enclosed PDFs from each program as examples. Is there some kind of font conversion I need to do before being able to use Monotype Corsiva with Inkscape? Thanks. --- Ravi http://www.nabble.com/file/p11725454/InkscapeCorsiva.pdf.pdf InkscapeCorsiva.pdf.pdf http://www.nabble.com/file/p11725454/OpenOfficeCorsiva.pdf OpenOfficeCorsiva.pdf -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Monotype-Corsiva---Inkscape-for-Windows-tf4122979.htm… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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SVG and CSS
by Dan H 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

Hello, I have a drawing that is full of rectangles which share common attributes. Inkscape puts a style="..." attribute into each rectangle's tag, but it's the same thing repeated over and over. Is it possible to replace these style attributes with class attributes that refer to some style defined in an (inline) CSS? Essentially like CSS and HTML. I don't mind inserting the CSS manually into the SVG file with a text editor; my question is: Will Inkscape support/honor the CSS, and what's the syntax to put a CSS into an SVG file? Well, I guess I could just go and try it out, but I'd like to know if there is a proper and accepted way to do it. Thanks, --D.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Coloring Nodes
by D. Jones 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

On 7/20/07,bulia byak wrote: No. The quadrilaterals of the mesh are all separate objects colored separately. They are then grouped and the group is blurred. Ok from that picture I thought it was something that could be done currently right now. Will just have to wait for gradient meshes in the future then. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Pasting between documents? (Facundo Casco)
by Tony Vigil 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

I didn't know that worked between files opened from the same instance. That's good to know! I'd still prefer copy/paste to work between any file though. - Tony ----- Original Message ---- You can copy/paste between documents now. The trick is to use the same Inkscape instance to open both. Open one document, then, from the menu choose File->Open and open the second one. I can copy paste without problems that way on Win2k. Hope it helps. Facundo

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Coloring Nodes
by D. Jones 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

This image http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.45-gradient-mesh-exp… suggest that inkscape gives you the ability to color nodes. How exactly do you do that? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/

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Pasting between documents?
by Tony Vigil 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

Bulia, would it be possible to include the ability to copy/paste between two Inkscape docs (open at the same time? Perhaps it could be implemented as a new copy/paste menu item. This would allow us to maintain custom style template files that are used to store styles for use in any Inkscape document. - Tony ----- Original Message ---- On 7/20/07, seth friedman <inq314@...155...> wrote: > *Something like "styles" Its annoying to constantly have to input > different values into the fill and stroke window. I should be able to > just chose a preset style, that would for example, make the line .8 pt > with a dot dash stroke. Then another style that is 1 pt, and has an > arrow end marker and a solid stroke pattern etc. Just create several objects with styles you want to reuse, place them on canvas near your drawing, and use Ctrl+C/Ctrl+Shift+V to copy/paste style from them to objects in your drawing. > *Something like an image palette. How can I draw little images (you > can see the kind that I mean in between step 5 and 6 on the attached > doc) and have them easily accessible, so I don't have to go through > old documents and copy and paste, each time I re-use them (which is > often). There was some discussion about this recently. Basically we just need a universal list/table/palette widget that would be used for all markers, gradients, patterns, and just any reusable stuff that the user may want to store or share. -- bulia byak

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Adobe-SVG breaks Inkscape on debian
by stu seven 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

After producing an SVG in Adobe Illustrator, I took this file and loaded it in my debian system... Inkscape immediately broke... will no longer render simple geometrics... square / ellipse / stars... and the same bug affects several other legacy SVG capable applications. This is very serious, as reinstalling Inkscape does not fix the problem ! I wonder who else might have encountered this... what libraries might need to be replaced to get Inkscape running again ? I do not want to do an entire reinstall of debian to get Inkscape working again, but will of course, without an answer to this problem. This again is apparently, something in the Adobe SVG, which I have read have a lot of additional code in them, beyond basic SVG. This is more than a bug... it is malicious. Hope there is an easy answer. thanks _________________________________________________________________ Local listings, incredible imagery, and driving directions - all in one place! Find it! http://maps.live.com/?wip=69&FORM=MGAC01

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Vector map editor and feedback
by Aaron Digulla 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Hello, After a long time, I've come back to have a look at Inkscape again. Some feedback: - Clone is Alt-D on Windows which (in Germany) opens the file (_D_atei) menu. Cloning without the keyboard shortcut is ... clumsy :-) Can you please add a tool to put any menu action into the toolbar? - After working for an hour on my drawing *without saving*, Inkscape crashed (0.45.1). The auto-safe was perfectly usable (after I found it). Well done!! - Is there an extension to draw maps for role playing games? What I would like to see is a palette to select symbols from, a tool to create a legend box (with all symbols and short explanations next to them) and a "stamp" tool to spread clones of the symbols on the "map" and a "fill area" tool for things like forests. The same palette would come in handy when working with clip art libraries. Regards, -- Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark "It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination. Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits." http://www.pdark.de/

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