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Why my Gradient always Duplicates ?
by Kishore 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

Hello there, I have this strange problem, when I copy(or Duplicate) an object and change the second one's gradient, the first object gradient also changes.I am using Inkscape 0.45. I don't know what am I doing wrong, because of this problem,currently I am creating every object from scratch each time. Kindly help me, Kishore.

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resizing the page moves objects vertically
by Paulo Abreu 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

Hi all. I'm using Inkscape 0.45.1 on MacOSX 10.4.10. I noticed that the objects move vertically when I resize the page vertically. The objects keep a constant distance from the top of the page, which is the part of the page that moves, instead of the bottom of the page, which stays put. This is a big issue when I'm doing precise positioning, with all objects placed using a grid. This does not happen when I resize the page horizontally. The right limit of the page moves, but the objects are placed relative to the left, which does not move. Is this a bug, and I should report it, or a feature, and I should complain ;) ? Thanks, Paulo

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Text on Path
by Corey McGuire 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

I'd hate to be a whiny bitch, but I spent hours trying to figure this out, and I love Inkscape to death and use it fabricate all sorts of crazy<http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/506980536/> shit <http://www.coreyfro.com/heart/dscn2835.jpg>. I finally got-it(tm)<http://www.coreyfro.com/images/Critically%2520Single/24x18%2520critically%2…>but there needs to be better docs or an easier way. As intuitive as most of Inkscape is, when it comes to text on path, the software can behave very unintuatively, and the basic method just is annoying. I was obviously trying to put text on an oval. The trouble I had was positioning text on the arc. The solution is make the oval you want and create the beginning and the end points, but this isn't readily apparent. My own error is that in the past, I have put text around a circle, so before I would simply rotate the circle until I was happy with the position. I think I got this method from a tutorial. With an oval, though, this doesn't work. Still, it would be nice to be able to scoot text around on a path so one doesn't need to tweak the perfect path for the sake of positioning text. If there is a way, please let me know, and please document it. I couldn't find it for the life of me and, for the first time ever, I starting screaming profanities at inkscape -- --- ---- With Great Ideas Comes Great Responsibility ----- Coreyfro: just a maker, just like you -------- -------------- --------------------------

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Re: [Inkscape-user] missing wingdings font
by Don Ong 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Thanks for the tip guys. I managed to find a work around for this. First I would use the missing fonts in OpenOffice Draw, convert the text to curves. Then export them to SVG. Importing them to Inkscape again. Regards, Don > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:26:02 -0400> From: buliabyak@...155...> To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] missing wingdings font> > It is a known limitation mentioned in our release notes: symbol fonts> without a Unicode map do not work. It's actually a limitation of Pango> library. Thanks Chris for the detailed explanation of the reasons> behind this :)> > -- > bulia byak> Inkscape. Draw Freely.> http://www.inkscape.org> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now.> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/> _______________________________________________> Inkscape-user mailing list> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user _________________________________________________________________ Did you know you can import your contact list from Microsoft® Office® Outlook® or Outlook Express to Windows Live Hotmail? http://get.live.com/mail/features

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Insert symbol from font file
by Facundo Casco 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Hi, I was wondering if there is some way to insert a symbol from a font into the document. I think it would be nice to have some sort of 'insert symbol' option with a window that let's you choose a font from those installed on the system or open a font file and presents you with the glyphs in that font. Then you select one (or even more) and it gets inserted in the document as a path. I would be really helpfull if you have some fonts with graphics. Facundo -- =,=

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missing wingdings font
by Don Ong 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Hi All, wonder any of you guys had experienced the missing windings, wingdings2, wingdings3 font in InkScape? Anyone can advise a way we can use it in InkScape? Thanks. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Did you know you can import your contact list from Microsoft® Office® Outlook® or Outlook Express to Windows Live Hotmail? http://get.live.com/mail/features

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3d type effect.
by John R. Culleton 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

It is well known how to create drop shadow effects in various tools including inkscape. What I am asking about is a true 3d effect, such as you see in the opening credits of movies in the 1930's and 1940's. I can see how one can do it manually, with two representations of each character overlapping and lines drawn by hand between corresponding vertices. But is there a less tedious way? -- John Culleton

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text case effects
by bulia byak 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

A group of new effects in the Text submenu performs various case conversions on selected text objects: converting to UPPERCASE, lowercase, Sentence case, Title Case, as well as flipping case (switching uppercase to lowercase and back) and rANdoMiZInG cAse. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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change the drag line
by Christopher M. Logan 14 Jul '07

14 Jul '07

When I'm creating straight lines with the Bezier tool, sometimes i have to trace over black lines. The current Bezier tool line is "red'. Is there a way to change the default color of the line to white or some other color? -Christopher

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dxf to svg conversion
by Stéphane ANCELOT 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

some improvements have been done to dxf2svg have a look at http://sancelot.wordpress.com Best Regards Steph

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installed bar code font wont appear
by Don Ong 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hi All, I wanted to add some barcode information to my work in Inkscape, but for some reason Inkscape wont display for me to select the barcode font "Code EAN13" . But in GIMP, Ms Word, Excel and other programs in windows, I can see and select the font and it appears just fine. Website for barcode Font. http://grandzebu.net/index.php?page=/informatique/codbar/ean13.htm Is there some conflict or tweak in Inscape which I can try to resolve this? Thanks. Regards, Don _________________________________________________________________ Did you know you can import your contact list from Microsoft® Office® Outlook® or Outlook Express to Windows Live Hotmail? http://get.live.com/mail/features

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Being able to work with Adobe Illustrator files in Inkscape (workaround)
by chacmool 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hello, I would like to share something that I have found extremely helpful, before I migrated completely to linux I had adobe illustrator and photoshop etc. But then I left window because of all its problems and now I use linux exclusively. The problem that I had faced in the past was whenever I had to use drawings I had made in adobe illustrator cs and obviously because of format differences I couldn't open them with inkscape. Well today I was excited to have found a workaround to this problem. before I continue you will need to have the program called GIMP installed in addition to Inkscape Here is my solution: 1) Go to the folder where you have your adobe illustrator file 2) Right click on the adobe Illustrator file and choose to open it with GIMP, this will cause GIMP to load 3)GIMP will ask you a few things via a new window you, if you know what you are doing feel free to modify them if not you can just click ok 4) Once the file loads in GIMP you can go to file-->Save AS, then type the name that you want and change the extension of the file to JPEG. After you do that click OK 5) when you click ok GIMP will notify you that it needs to export the drawing, go ahead and slide the quality to 100% and click ok 6) after your drawing has been converted to JPEG open up Inkscape and go to --->File-->Import bitmap, then browse to the folder where the JPEG file is stored and click open. This will then place your drawing in the INKSCAPE program. 7)When you have the drawing there you can use the Pen tool in Inkscape to trace over your artwork once you are done you can discard the imported JPEG and save your file as native inkscape file. As you can see this solution requires some work to be done but hey, at least you are able to use your Adobe Illustrator files and not panic about not being able to open them like what happened to me in the past. I hope this helps, if some one else has an easier solution feel free to let me know. Also maybe the developers of Inkscape can ask the ones who develop GIMP to see what sort of converter they use to be able to open Adobe Illustrator files. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Being-able-to-work-with-Adobe-Illustrator-files-in-In… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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noob. Can someone help me build/run?
by xl cheese 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

I want to dust of my programming skills and thought I'd play with inkscape in my spare time. Trying to use Eclipse on a Ubuntu 7.04 system. I did this command to copy the svn locally: (/home/wes/inkscape) svn checkout https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/inkscape/inkscape/trunk inkscape Now that I have the source code how do I make it run in Eclipse? So far I have created a new project called WesInkscape in the dir /home/wes/inkscape/src I can't seem to build it or run it. The inkscape wiki page for eclipse doesn't help. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migrati…

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Preventing patterns from shifting
by Benjamin Esham 07 Jul '07

07 Jul '07

Hello all, I started a drawing on a US Letter–sized canvas; it contains a lot of objects that use patterns as fills. To share this drawing, I want to crop a lot of whitespace from the edges. When I do that, however, the positions of the patterns within the objects all change. Is there any way to "lock" patterns so that moving the objects doesn't change their appearance? Thanks for any help, -- Benjamin D. Esham bdesham@...155... | AIM: bdesham128 | Jabber: same as e-mail "Don't you think about anyone but yourself?!" "Of course I do... I just think about myself first." — Ishka and Quark, /Deep Space Nine/

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How to export a pattern filled-shape to be imported correctly by Adobe Illustrator and Firefox
by Paul Gruzdev 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Hi! What is the way AI and Firefox to understand pattern fills of objects, created in Inkscape? I can't achieve this, getting no fill at all when opening in AI or Firefox. I've noticed that the image itself is not embedded inside the SVG. Is there a way to embed it inside? Maybe some Inkscape options that I didn't find?

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Strange movement during scaling
by Georg P. Israel 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Dear all, I have trouble with Inkscape while scaling objects or changing the width of lines. E.g. if I draw a polygon with the line with width=1, then I can have all the vertex of the polygon placed nicely on a grid. If I now change the line width to e.g. 0.5, then suddenly, all the nodes are off grid!! Does anybody know how to prevent Inkscape from this?? Best regards Georg P. Israel

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Inkscape Tutorials
by ryan lerch 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

If you are looking for inkscape tutorials, i am building up a list of ones that i find at http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com . i have posted around 28 so far, but there are heaps more that i have in the pipeline, but not pubished yet. (i dont want to swamp the planet.inkscape.org) also, i try to keep track of the tutorials that have been translated into other languages and provide links to the translated tutorials... so if you find a tutorial and it appears that i have not posted it or if you find a translation of an exisiting tutorial send me an email... cheers, ryanlerch

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Export bitmap function stops at around 900KB, instead of exporting the entire 5MB svg graphic file onto my desktop.
by unknown＠example.com 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Anyone know how I can keep the process from stopping when it's only about 20% done?? I have a PowerBook G4 with a 512MB RAM card (original equipment). I tried upgrading the RAM to 1GB but that didn't work any better.? I want to eventually translate my Inkscape svg file into jpeg format so I can get the thing printed at imagestation.com. Jeff ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

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Text on Path - question
by Thomas Zastrow 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Hi there, I put a text on a circle. Now, I want to delete the circle because I just need the text string. But when I delete the circle, the text goes back to a linear position ..?? Thanks for any help, Tom -- ---------------------------- http://www.thomas-zastrow.de German Forum - DTP under Linux: http://www.opendtp.de ----------------------------

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A question about node positioning.
by Alexander Roalter 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Hello, in the past I designed a lot of civic arms using Freehand 9 and MX, and became quite friendly with it, though I always had to run it in VMware. I was long since then on the search for a replacement, and years ago stumbled upon sodipodi and now inkscape. It fulfills almost all my needs, and far exceeds (in terms of usability w/ keystrokes, cloning/mirroring etc.) the possibilities I came to use in Freehand. One thing though remains, which I'm at a loss in making them work as I want them to. a) If I have a path, which is made up of various nodes (as happens with every shape, say a circle and a square, merged into a a b +-------------+ | | | | | | | | + c + d \_ _/ --_ _-- --+-- e shape. This later is comprised of five nodes (a..e). But if I want to place them on predefined positions, there's no possibility to do so, e.g. having Node e on (300, 0). I can either use the mouse to drag it near this point (but will never manage to do it exactly), or use the XML editor, in which I don't see the point (b/c it's such a royal pain searching through it and finding finally this point. obviously this should then be done for all five points) I can also use the grid and snap to grid functions, but I don't want to be limited to only integer numbers, sometimes I want a point to be at 0.155,10.245 (or something else), So: is there a possibility to enter the coordinates one drags the node with the mouse (this would certainly also be cool for the handles of nodes) -- cheers, Alex -- Cheers, Alex

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Using Wacom Graphire 4 in GIMP (Mac OS X/X11)
by Victor Domingos 01 Jul '07

01 Jul '07

Hi! I am testing a Wacom Graphire 4 tablet in my Mac (PPC) and appearently I can't use its pressure sensitivity in GIMP. Has anyone managed to use a graphics tablet in GIMP, under Mac OS X? Is X11 for Mac compatible with this feature? I also tryied in Inkscape, but it only behaves like a mouse, pointing and clicking, with no pressure signs... Anyone can help, please? Thanks, Victor Domingos http://lojamac.com/blog

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Seeking Inkscape Teacher for SVGOpen
by Doug Schepers 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Hi- We are looking for someone to teach a half-day course in using Inkscape for SVGOpen 2007. SVGOpen is an annual SVG conference, and this year, it is being held in Tokyo. The class would be the afternoon of September 4, 2007. https://www.svgopen.org/ The teacher should be very familiar with Inkscape, and would ideally have some knowledge about the SVG format. This is not intended to be a design course, but it would be nice if the teacher has a good design sense, or even training in design. If the teacher is comfortable with other design tools, such as Illustrator, that might help in answering student questions. The teacher should speak adequate English, but a Japanese translator may be available. The class should give a broad overview of the functionality of Inkscape. Beyond that, the subject matter is left to the discretion of the teacher. The teacher would receive a free pass to the whole conference. It would be a good reference on a resume, and an interesting experience. If you are interested, please contact me at inkscape@...2298... Thanks very much! Regards- -Doug -- Regards- -Doug

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(no subject)
by unknown＠example.com 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

I'm attempting to use the Effects on Mac (PowerBook G4, 10.4.10) which utilise some Python libraries what I've understood. I've followed the instructions found at : http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingMacOsX#Enabling_python_eff… installed PyXML and numpy and even changed the Python version to 2.4 thinking that PyXML functions with that, but still no go. The instructions found in the above link states that on OS X 10.3 the file path to the site-packages folder is different than on 10.4 which in my case isn't so. The Python packages which I have (2.4 and 2.5) are separated according by framework: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages not like this: /Library/Python/2.3/site-packages/ Can the problem be laying here which in that case what is there to be done?

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A Japanese Inkscape site
by Bryce Harrington 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Nyx, thanks for pointing out your Japanese user site - I'm forwarding it to the user list for anyone who is interested. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from Nyx <nyx@...2300...> ----- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:28:42 +0900 (?$BEl5~ (?$BI8=`;~)) From: Nyx <nyx@...2300...> To: bryce@...16... Subject: A Japanese site X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=EMPTY_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=3.2.0 Hello. I am a novice user of Inkscape in Japan whose handle is Nyx. Inkscape is great, but I found that there were few Japanese information source about Inkscape. So I decided to start a site for myself. Currently it has only personally written manual and FAQ translation. Hopefully I can add some more contents in future. The site address is: http://inskcape.nyx.bne.jp/ I was not sure if it was appropriate to contact you about it, but I thought it might interest you. Thank you very much for providing powerful and attractive tool. I hope my site will be some help to Japanese users. -- Nyx ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Seeking Inkscape Teacher for SVGOpen
by Doug Schepers 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hi- I wrote: > > The teacher would receive a free pass to the whole conference. > It would be a good reference on a resume, and an interesting > experience. I should have also mentioned... unfortunately, we don't have the budget to supply transportation or lodgings to the presenters, but the offer of free access to the conference stands. Regards- -Doug

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Text over an arc for a logo.
by John R. Culleton 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

This is an interestng problem that was posed on another list. It involves text enclosed in a rectangle which is altered with a shallow arc across the base instead of a straight line. Therefore the text becomes progressively smaller toward the center and then increases in size again toward the right side. The text remains vertical. The serifs follow the arc. This url points to an example: http://www.saylesdesign.com/portfolio/corpident/project4zoom.htm Further the designer wants the two characters at each end to remain unchanged. The arc takes up 1/3 of the rectangle's width. The text has spaces in it, such as "Joe's Bar and Grill." What tools would you suggest to use in Inkscape for a problem like this? -- 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 _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Generate from path
by Neil 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Cherry Blossom wrote: > I have not been able to duplicate the > example in the Inkscape Manual, Generate from Path Chapter, the Text on > Path, single, stretched ribbon option. > > http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Effects-GenerateFromPath.html#… > > When I done all the steps, a pop up box with Python.exe comes up and > appears to be trying to turn my text object into the ribbon path, but > nothing happens. I had no problem with the Spiral and Text on Path. > > Has anyone been able to do the text on path, single stretched ribbon > option. I would appreciate a step by step tutorial!!! Hi Cherry I see you got this resolved at Inkscape Forum - www.inkscapeforum.com It was me who wrote the tutorial for you ;) Cheers Neil -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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Problems with Connector Lines
by Andreas Neumann 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hi, I have problems using the connector lines. I am editing a document with medium complexity (not too many objects) and at the beginning it worked fine, but after a while the connector lines started to behave very strange (only in this document). When I draw a new connector line, lets say from one circle to another circle and I connect it from the center of the first circle to the center of the second circle it would always snap to the top of both circles and not to the center. Also, the connector line would render on top of the two circles, not below, as it used to behave at the beginning. If I start a new document, everything is fine again. Is there a document specific setting for connector lines that I screwed up? I also checked that the two circles don't have the "inkscape:connector-avoid" attribute set to true in the SVG tree (XML editor), which is not the case. Any ideas what might be wrong in my document? Thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Neumann Böschacherstrasse 6, CH-8624 Grüt/Gossau, Switzerland Email: a.neumann@...2251..., Web: * http://www.carto.net/ (Carto and SVG resources) * http://www.carto.net/neumann/ (personal page) * http://www.svgopen.org/ (SVG Open Conference) * http://www.geofoto.ch/ (Georeferenced Photos of Switzerland)

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Book on Inkscape
by Denis Fernandez Cabrera 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

Hello, people. I may have missed it on the mailing list, but I don't think anyone has commented on this book, and I don't see an announcement on the website either. Since, as far as I know, this is the first Inkscape book to be published, I'd say that it should deserve a bit of publicity. So, the data: "Inkscape Starter Kit", by Emilia de Castro Guerra, published by Pearsons Education France, some 250 pages, plus CD-ROM. Amazon link: http://www.amazon.fr/Inkscape-Apprenez-pratiquez-cr%C3%A9ez-1C%C3%A9d%C3%A9… I've found the book quite nice for beginners. It would be useful for people wanting to give courses on Inkscape, so that the students have some guide to follow. There are also some tricks and in-depth exploration of functionalities that can be helpful to more advanced users, if only to formalize all that things that we learned by trial-and-error and instinct. Unfortunately, the book is in French (techie and simply written, I suppose, because I don't know the language but I was able to understand most of it). It'd be interesting if they translated it into english or other languages. Denís. -- ########################### # Denís Fernández Cabrera # # denis@...2126... # # gatonegro.ceibes.org # ###########################

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space betwen text-lines
by Florian Ludwig 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

Hi, is there a easy way to set how much space is between to lines of text? The only way i was able to figure out was to enter a blank line just with a space in it and set the font size of it to something small :) thanks in advance, Florian Ludwig

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font selection performance
by Benjamin Huot 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

I used another piece of software for a project instead of Inkscape because of the long wait before I could see the font list after starting to select from the font drop down menu. Is there any way for me to improve the performance via some setting? I am using Inkscape .45.1 on Mac OS X 10.4.9 PowerPC 1.33 GHZ with 1 GB RAM. No other problems on the system.

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Effect xml: xml in string
by Terry Brown 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

I have a standalone python program that generates svg layouts for 'n-up' printing, like four postcards arranged on a page. Or 30 address labels, or whatever. Trying to package it as an Inkscape effect, I run into something like this: svg_xml_string = foo() reader = Sax2.Reader() content = reader.fromString(svg_xml_string) self.document.documentElement.appendChild(content.documentElement) dies with: xml.dom.WrongDocumentErr: Node is from a different document Well duh. :-) So how can I move svg_xml_string into the Inkscape document tree? I've RTFM'ed on PyXML, but didn't find it. Thanks, Terry

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multiple png export
by Pawel Cesar Sanjuan Szklarz 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Hi. I use inkscape to draw icons to web pages. I use the export-dialog to create the final png files. I would like to export multi area using only ones the export-dialog, It is enough to add two new parameters to sp_export_png_file: repeat_x, repeat_y. Then in export.cpp make this loop (pseudo-code): for( i=0; i< repeat_x; i++) { for( j=0; j< repeat_y; j++) { if (!sp_export_png_file (sp_desktop_document (SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP), filename + "_x" + i + "_y" +j, x0+i*width, y0+j*height, x1+i*width, y1+j*height, width, height, xdpi, ydpi, nv->pagecolor, sp_export_progress_callback, base)) } } Another possibility is to add access to sp_export_png_file from the extension API. Thanks. Pawel Szklarz.

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0.46 ?
by Carlos E. Lara 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Hi there im new to inkscape as well as this mailing list. any idea when is inkscape 0.46 roughly going to be released ? thanks ! -- Carlos E. Lara, MS Comp Sci Software Engineer - Computer Gaming University Of Denver

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Cairoification clarification
by Bill Baxter 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Is this page out of date? http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Cairoification Latest I heard on IRC was that Inkscape *is* using Cairo and in the end it's actually *faster* overall than libart. --bb

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Again: Text tool in Inkscape 0.45 autopackage
by Claus Cyrny 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

Hi all, since I didn't get any response to my first query, I have to post this again, since the problem is still there: After installing Inkscape 0.45 from the autopackage, Inkscape freezes when I try to invoke the text tool (both by means of the shortcut and the button). Did anyone else experience this, and is there a fix of some kind for this problem? TIA, Claus -- Home Page - http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ [in English] graf-o-matic 2.0 - http://grafomatic01.twoday.net/ [in German]

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ttf or Adobe Type 1 fonts
by Jan Homan 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I am looking for a tool to convert these kind of fonts into CEF fonts. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks.

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library of Inkscape / SVG "shapes" or "components"
by Niall Mansfield 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I'm using Inkscape for diagrams of computer networks, i.e. the sort of thing that Visio is good for. Is there a gallery or library of "shapes" or "components" anywhere? (Hoped to find something on www.openclipart.org but that site is still down.) Thanks, Niall

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Draw a web site using only Inkscape
by Haakon Meland Eriksen 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hello, everyone! I'm new to the list, and would like to thank the Inkscape developers for making great free (as in freedom) software and for promoting an important open standard, SVG, as the drawing format. Konqueror 3.5.x ( and Apple's Safari?) and Mozilla Firefox 2.x are SVG enabled, which means children can now draw their web site using only Inkscape and put the linked SVG files directly on the web. This is very easy, a lot of fun, and I find the results are colourful and vivid. I've made a simple example - would you like to see? Take a look at http://far.no/svg/web.svg Yours sincerely, Haakon Meland Eriksen

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non standard Inkscape SVG output
by Andy Richardson 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I have just started using Scribus for page layout and have had an issue with the import of an SGV created in Inkscape. The image has two lines of text running along two separate curves. When I import the SVG into Scribus I get a message that tells the "SVG file contains unsupported features" and the resulting import has broken the text away from the paths. Are there text/path features in Inkscape which are non-standard or is this a Scribus problem? Interestingly enough an import of the same image when saved as an EPS imports fine. Any ideas? Andy

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Help needed on OS X
by Jean-Olivier Irisson 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hello all, To solve a bug I need a little help from the community. I would need the output of this command: ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXine* Just copy paste the line above in a Terminal and then copy paste the output back in an email. I would need this information from users with 4 different setups: - 10.3.* (Panther) with X11 installed (X11User package) - 10.3.* (Panther) with X11 and X11-SDK installed (X11-SDK is available in the developer tools, when you install XCode and such) - 10.4.* (Tiger) with X11 installed (X11User package) - 10.4.* (Tiger) with X11 and X11-SDK installed (X11-SDK is available in the developer tools, when you install XCode and such) Thank you in advance for your help. Jean-Olivier Irisson --- UMR 5244 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, 52 av Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France +336 21 05 19 90 http://jo.irisson.free.fr/work/

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Imported png blurred
by Facundo Casco 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi, I'm working with Inkscape to make some illustrations and noticed some little problem. When I import a png file it losses detail and looks blurred, I attach and image so you see what I'm talking about. Inkscape is a great program and I like it more every time I use it. That's why I want to learn to produce great work with it. Please if anyone knows what can I do to avoid this inconvenience let me know. Tnx. Facundo -- =,=

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Re: [Inkscape-user] non standard Inkscape SVG output
by Cedric Sagne 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi Import of text in SVG in Scribus is really an issue unless converted to path. If it needs to be edited, you should use Scribus's features directly - if not convert to shape. Cedric Creating "non-flowed" text that has been "Put on Path" still > detaches itself from the path when imported into Scribus. Converting the > text to "regular (non flowed) text" by using the "Convert to text" > command also does not fix the problem - the text is still detached on > import.

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Cropping
by Keenan Pepper 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

How can I crop an SVG file with Inkscape? As in, I have an SVG file, and I want a smaller SVG file that contains a rectangular portion of it. Seems pretty basic, right? What's the simplest way to do it? Keenan Pepper

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offtopic: printing a high image
by Khiraly 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi! I know it is a bit offtopic, but maybe somebody can help me out there. I want to print an inkscape tutorial (hence the inkscape mailing list;), but none of the programs is capable to do it. Here is the original image: http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/113/7/3/a_Quick_Guide_to_Inkscape_by_… I tried firefox, but prints only the first page, so the image is cutted at the top. And after that: gimp (with gimp-print plugin), gthumb, inkscape, evince. None of them was I successful. Any ideas?

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Who is Tavmjong Bah aka Stephen Schrenk of Inkscape tutorial fame?
by unknown＠example.com 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Is this the same Steve Schrenk of baseball fame?? How did he come upon the nom de plume of Tavmjong Bah?? I've Googled and Wikipedia'd for all I'm worth and can't find anything about this apparently very creative individual.? Amongst other things, he's also crafted some Arev fonts, whatever they are. Jeff ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

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Who is Tavmjong Bah aka Stephen Schrenk of Inkscape tutorial fame?
by unknown＠example.com 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Is this the same Steve Schrenk of baseball fame?? How did he come upon the nom de plume of Tavmjong Bah?? I've Googled and Wikipedia'd for all I'm worth and can't find anything about this apparently very creative individual.? Amongst other things, he's also crafted some Arev fonts, whatever they are. Jeff ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

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New Tutorial - Color Wheel Example
by Aaron Elmquist 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

I posted a cleaned up solution to the color wheel question asked a couple months back on my deviant site. Looks like the number of tuts on pixel2life.com is picking up steam as well. There's a neat little tut there for creating a rubber stamp effect. To those that have posted comments on the tribal artwork tut, thanks! ironranger.deviantart.com

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my animation with Inkscape + AnimEasy
by ValessioBrito 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

I created a video with inkscape and the extension animeasy. I only used cinelerra to join the audio one. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7011632852132420070 AnimEasy: http://sourceforge.net/projects/animeasy src my_video: http://valessiobrito.info/projetos/inkscape/animeasy/ GPL. :D -- .ValessioBrito - http://valessiobrito.info

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Layers Dialog Mockup.
by ryan lerch 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

The other day, i decided to lock an object using the "lock" checkbox in the properties dialog box, and when i wanted to edit this object again, the only way i could find to unlock it was to edit the XML using the XML editor. This got me thinking, how could an easier way be implented? microUgly and i were throwing around some ideas at http://inkscapeforum.com/ and we thought, why not be able to change these properties of objects in the layers dialog box? anyhoo, the moral to my rambilings is that i did a simple mockup of how this may work: please tell me what you think... mockup: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/images/Layersmockup.png cheers, ryanlerch

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