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Clones align different than originals
by Lars Behrens 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Hi there, when working with clone objects I noticed that they align different than their originals: - create a path, e.g. a square, with nodes fitting into the grid - create a clone: it has no nodes, thus it does align to the grid with its shape. Is that a supposed behavior, or should I file a bug report or RFE? And for a quick solution now: Does anyone have an idea to work around this? TIA Cheerz Lars

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My recent experience with Inkscape
by Michael Grosberg 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

I've been working with Inkscape a lot lately, and while it was mostly a lot of fun, I could think of a number of small changes that could make Inkscape even better. Most of them seem to not be so difficult to implement as far as I can tell. I'm not sure if this is the right place, but I didn't want to just post a bunch of enhancement requests - I'd rather get some user and developer feedback first. So, here's my list: The layer window icons are not identical to those on the layer menu. While this makes Inkscape similar to Gimp, it also makes its own visual language inconsistent! I think Inkscape should be consistent with itself first. Plus, the layer icons on the menu are so much better looking. I'd like to see menu items and keyboard shortcuts to globally turn snap on and off. Ideally, they should be similar to Adobe's (with the same keyboard shortcut), and placed in the "View" menu. Yes, these all exist in the document preferences, but I find I turn snap on and off a lot, even while working on a single path (imagine wanting to snap just one or two nodes here and there), and I see a need for something more useable than having a large floating dialog that takes a lot of screen space. Similarly, I'd also like to have menu items to toggle different snap modes on and off. They should be placed in a sub-menu right after the "snap" toggle, and the sub-menu labeled as "Snap To...". If the "global snap" mentioned above is turned off, then (as in Adobe products) these have no effect. Hiding and locking is not very easy right now. For example, I don't see a way to hide or lock multiple selections. There's a need for "Hide selected", "Lock selected", "Unhide All", "Unlock All" menu items in the "Object" menu. Possibly also "Hide" and "Lock" as right-click menu items. Inkscape should remember all floating dialogs' show/hide status on exit so that if they were visible when Inkscape terminates, they are visible in the next session. "Swatches" should probably move from the "Object" menu to the "view" menu as they are not related to objects. I don't think the "Export Bitmap" dialog should switch between "Page", "Drawing" or "selection" when the selection is changed. In my experience, sometimes you export the entire page a number of times, while making small changes here and there. All the while, the export dialog automatically switches to "selection" whenever you do something and then switches back to "drawing". You have to return it to "drawing" all the time. I can see how the current setup is useful - when exporting multiple selections as multiple files - but I think the earlier use pattern I mentioned is more common. At least, a method to turn this behavior off should be supplied. When copying and pasting objects between files, stops in gradients should be automatically renamed so that objects don't accidentally receive the wrong gradient because of two different gradients in the two files having the same name. Yes, this happened to me a number of times! The last one is an important bug fix for us Windows users: make all dialogs and tool windows float above the canvas. I remember this was done in Gimp about a year ago. I think it had something to do with the version of GTK used. I also remember seeing it as an open bug in some previous Inkscape version prior to release - what happened with that? Were there no volounteers found to fix it? I'd like to hear your feedback, especially developers! Michael

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[inkscape] export to AI
by Cedric Sagne 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Hi to all I need to export to Adobe Illustrator. I understand that I need ghostscript (which is installed on my machine - windows for my scribus build already) but I am not sure if my Inkscape 0.44 has it - where can i check if it's set up properly. I also understand some features will not be supported, such as transparency. Why does AI not appear in my list of file types? Is it because Ghostscript is not properly set up? Thanks for your help. Cedric --------------------------------- Sponsored Link $200,000 mortgage for $660/mo - 30/15 yr fixed, reduce debt, home equity - Click now for info

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getting started editing text
by Seymour Fine 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

I am a novice at Inkscape (0.44.1 with WinXP) and have a problem getting started editing some text. I clicked on the text tool (A) and then on the text but the formatting changes that I try to do, do not happen. What am I missing? I tried in vain clicking the selection (upper left) arrow.

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Stars / polygons - only get polygons.
by Kinsley Turner 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

G'day, I get the feeling this is going to be a stupid question, but the 'polygon' checkbox no longer seems to do anything for the Star tool. I only ever get polygons. Is there something I've done to cause this? thanks, -kt -- Please consider our environment before printing this email. WARNING - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in error, please delete and inform us by return email. Because emails and attachments may be interfered with, may contain computer viruses or other defects and may not be successfully replicated on other systems, you must be cautious. Westpac cannot guarantee that what you receive is what we sent. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email by Westpac, please contact us immediately. It is also important to check for viruses and defects before opening or using attachments. Westpac's liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. This email and its attachments are not intended to constitute any form of financial advice or recommendation of, or an offer to buy or offer to sell, any security or other financial product. We recommend that you seek your own independent legal or financial advice before proceeding with any investment decision. Westpac Institutional Bank is a division of Westpac Banking Corporation, a company registered in New South Wales in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Westpac is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority and is registered at Cardiff in the United Kingdom as Branch No. BR 106. Westpac operates in the United States of America as a federally chartered branch, regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141.

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Blur + L-System pretty screenshot
by ValessioBrito 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Hi, Blur + L-system = Big lightning, view: http://valessio.ul-jb.org/img/shot/inkscape_0.45_RaiosLsystem.png "0.45" = 0.44+Devel SVG: http://valessio.ul-jb.org/projetos/inkscape/tutoriais/raios/raios_l-system.… Howto in pt_BR: http://twiki.softwarelivre.org/bin/view/InkscapeBrasil/SoltandoRaiosComInks… :-) .ValessioBrito I love everything this...

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(no subject)
by anas emad 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

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How to make a contour surface
by Tonny Madsen 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hi all, I have a small web site (http://rcp-company.com) where I have inherited a number of images. Now I would like to make some changes, but as I would like to keep the basic look and feel I would like to generate a randon "contour surface" as already used on the existing web site. But how can one do that in inkscape? I have tried some of the effects, but not found anything that is usefull. So if anybody knows how to do this, then plase let me know. Alternatively, if anybody just happens to have file handy, then I would be very pleased if I could use it directly /tonny -- Tonny Madsen The RCP Company

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Sidebar with palettes and dialogs instead of scattered
by Johan Engelen 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:31:12 -0800 > From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 03:01:24PM +0100, Thorsten wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm almost certain that I'm not the first person to > ask/request this, > > but I'll dare none-the-less: > > > > How about having a sidebar in Inkscape in which one can > reveal/hide the > > palettes/dialogs like layers, alignment, color swatches, etc.? > > I think JonCruz is working towards this direction. He could probably > use some help if you're interested in learning some gtk. > This is one of the things I hope to work on when I have more time to do so (i.e. from next month)! :D Cheers, Johan

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Getting vector graphic from Corel Draw into Inkscape
by Sebastian Noack 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hi, I got a CDR file from a customer. I have a copy of Corel Draw 11. So I opened the file in my version of Corel Draw and exported it as CGM, according to the Inkscape FAQ. But I can't open the CGM file generated by Corel Draw 11 in ooimpress. Then I tried to export it as SVG and AI file (Version 7). I had to note that this what Corel calls SVG should rather be called Corel-XML because it is completely incompatible with any other SVG-Viewer/Editor. Firefox just showes an error message about an unknown namespace, Imagemagick could just render aprox. 10% of the graphic, but Inkscape still does a relative good job, by rendering aprox. 85% of the vector graphic. I was already able to open SVG files generated by Corel Draw, which contains just a few trivial objects, in inksape without problems. But if the graphic is a little bit more comlex than just a converted text, you can forget Corel Draw's SVG encoding, if you intend to open it by something else than Corel Draw itself. Inkscape claims to be able to import Adobe Illustrtor. But in my case it failed. I think either Corel Draw generates similar crap when genereating AI files as when generating SVG files or Inkscape is just incompatible with Version 7 of Adobe Illustrator. So, is there any known reliable method, which works to get a vector graphic from Corel Draw into Inkscape? And which version of adobe Illustrtor is supported by Inkscape? Regards Sebastian Noack

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Sidebar with palettes and dialogs instead of scattered windows?
by Thorsten 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hi, I'm almost certain that I'm not the first person to ask/request this, but I'll dare none-the-less: How about having a sidebar in Inkscape in which one can reveal/hide the palettes/dialogs like layers, alignment, color swatches, etc.? I constantly find myself faced with numerous open palettes/dialogs and the F12 key doesn't really cut it for me in that regard. Any comments?

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Outline mode
by Bibi Morris 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Thanks so much the Personal cutter community will love the option to set as outline, it works perfectly and we absolutely love it! Bibi

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Text to path question
by unknown＠example.com 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hi I'm new here so hello. I can't find any posting guidelines, so apologies if I transgress any boundaries. I've looked in the help, the wiki, the faq, and several in the Linux User Group have had a go at this, and we can't work it out. If you download the file here <http://www.johnallsopp.co.uk/logoTest/>*, you'll see I've got text around a circle. The top text is fine, but the bottom text I want to read from left to right. I've tried all types of transformation, I've tried drawing the circle differently. I haven't tried making a separate path with a matching curve, so I suppose that might work but it's a kludge. Is there a proper way to do this or isn't it possible? Thanks in advance. J * just opening it in Firefox shows no text, I had to save it and open it in Inkscape.

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Where are the blur-effects?
by Thomas Zastrow 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hi there, after some tries, I managed to compile Inkscape 0.441 ;-) But where are these amazing blur-effects ... ?? I can't find them in the fill-dialog (Screenshot: http://www.thomas-zastrow.de/temp/screenshotInkscape.jpg). Or Am I to stupid ..?? Thanks for your help! Tom -- ---------------------------- http://www.thomas-zastrow.de German Forum - DTP under Linux: http://linuxdtp.thomas-zastrow.de ----------------------------

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NEW: more outline mode goodies
by bulia byak 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

* The window title displays "(outline)" next to the file name when that editing window is in Outline mode. * The bug whereby stroked shapes didn't change stroke width when swithing to Outline mode or back is fixed. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Recent Win32 builds?
by Arnout Standaert 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

Hello list, I'm just wondering where to find up-to-date Inkscape builds for Windows. There have been a few Windows-specific fixes lately, so I'm curious to see all the new stuff that has been introduced. The last "daily" build I can find via the homepage (http://inkscape.org/download/) dates back to October 25th, and has the recently discussed "freeaddrinfo" crash bug on startup, so it's unusable for me. Any pointers would be much appreciated, Arnout

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] [Fwd: Re: Registration Mark]
by MenTaLguY 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 00:18 -0800, Jon Phillips wrote: > This would be a killer extension to have.... > > Make registration marks and/or make crop/cutline marks! Whoa! > > ACSpike, what do you think? Bulia? Others? Well, that's a different sense of "registration mark", but in fact I do know a number of folks who would like a crop mark feature. -mental

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape-user [Creating a Painted Look]
by D. Jones 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

D. Jones wrote: > How would I do this in Inkscape? > http://www.imageox.com/image/12175-title-0-0.gif The resolution is too low to have good results using automatic trace, but you can easily draw bezier curves on top of it (manual trace), like this quick one: http://nicubunu.ro/pictures/12175-title-0-0.svg -- nicu Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org my cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ But how did you do this. I tried to read the svg document source but I really do not understand how to read these type of documents. I usually just follow tutorials ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your email and see which of your friends are online - Right on the New Yahoo.com (http://www.yahoo.com/preview)

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Creating a painted look
by D. Jones 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

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NEW: display mode toggle and other goodies
by bulia byak 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

* A new menu command (View > Display Mode > Toggle) and a new keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+<keypad 5>) switch the display mode from Normal to Outline and back. * An object with mask and/or clipping path, when viewed in Outline mode, now displays both the object itself and its clipping path and mask as objects, using different outline colors. By default, clippaths use green outlines, and masks use blue. These colors, as well as the colors of the regular object outlines (default black on light background and white on dark background) are now changeable by editing the "wireframecolors" group in the preferences file (~/.inkscape/preferences.xml). * An object with no fill and no stroke, invisible and not selectable by mouse clicking in normal more, can now be picked by a mouse click in the Outline mode using its visible outline. * To cater for specialized uses, such as preparing input for personal media cutters, Inkscape now has an option to start in the Outline mode upon launch. To enable this, add the following line to your preferences.xml file: <group id="startmode" outline="1"/> placing it after the <group id="options"> opening tag. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Registration Mark
by Aaron Maxwell 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Hi all, Is there a canned way to make a registration mark in a text field? Obviously, we can just draw a circle and position it around a floating letter "R". Is there a cleaner way to do it? Thanks in advance. -Aaron

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Arrrows
by Johan Engelen 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:46:27 +0100 > From: "Wolfgang Schulz" <w.schulz@...158...> > > Sorry for asking the stuff with the arrows - I didn't find it in the > archive. Where is the difficulty with the arrows. One of the problems is this that the actual length of the line has to be changed: the arrow is an added item to a line, the line is still drawn the normal way. Because it has some thickness it will also have some thickness at its endpoint, while the requirement is that the endpoint is sharp (the arrow's tip). In order for this to work the line should be made a bit shorter. At the moment this has to be done manually, but perhaps in the near future I can make it so that Inkscape automatically changes the length of the line. Unfortunately I don't have time to work on it for at least this month, sorry. Don't know how it will work with snapping though... Regards, Johan Engelen

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Arrows
by Wolfgang Schulz 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Hello, I following the Inkscape project for some time and 2 things prevent me of using it and also introducing it in our company (using the Windows version 0.44.1): - My colleagues have to draw some simple technical drawings with arrows. When I use the raster - draw a straight line - change the beginning and the end of a line to an arrow, The tip of those arrows are outside the end or the beginning of the line (start and endpoint are on the raster). I suppose this is a bug - please help me if I'm doing something wrong. - In the Windows Version I can't import any vector graphic other than SVG - at least I didn't find any option. Any hint is welcome. Is there any plan to add support for e.g. Corel Draw files? Thanks Wolfgang -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer

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NEW: two new examples
by bulia byak 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

With all the recent additions - clipping, masking, and especially blur - Inkscape is now able to produce extremely photorealistic art. In the share/examples folder in Inkscape distribution, you will find two brand new, stunningly realistic images of shiny cars: car.svgz by Konstantin Rotkevich and gallardo.svgz by Michael Grosberg. Enjoy! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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[Fwd: Adding a new input device to inkscape - Trust TB-4200]
by Nicholas Robinson 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Adding a new input device to inkscape - Trust TB-4200 From: "Nicholas Robinson" <npr@...2032...> Date: Wed, 25 October, 2006 10:36 pm To: inkscape-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm new to inkscape. I have a Trust TB-4200 graphics tablet that I would like to use properly with inkscape - i.e. make use of the pressure sensitivity. It works well as a pointing device, although it occasionally switches between behaving as a tablet and a mouse. Is there an easy way of adding this device to the list of known input devices? As installed, inkscape only knows of a Synaptics device - but enabling this stops the device working altogether. Thanks for any help you can give. Nick

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Flowed text missing in browser
by Jonas Grave 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Hi, I have created a SVG with regular and flowed text. When I view the SVG i my browser the flowed text does not show. Only if I convert it to a path (Object to Path). Is this the way to do it? Regrads, Jonas

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Is there a way to set up inkscape so that it will open in Outline mode?
by Bibi Morris 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

I use Inkscape to create files for my Wishblade. There is an entire group of scrapbookers who use it for this purpose, we have figured out how to set our default view to landscape, but is there a way to change the display mode to Outline as a default? Thank in Advance Bibi

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Remember window position?
by Michael Grosberg 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

CAn Inkscape be set up so that it remembers the position and status of the various windows between sessions? (whether a global or document-specific setting) I'd just like to have the layer and the fill and stroke windows visible and in place whenever I start inkscape.

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Dotted lines?
by Axiom X11 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Is it possible to make a line compose of small round dots. Inkscape is very good at making dashed lines, but I want one with dots. Like this: http://www.nuvox.com/images/home_hdr.gif

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Documents with more than one page?
by Thomas Zastrow 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hi there, Am I right that it is not possible in Inkscape to create documents with more than one page? Best, Tom -- ---------------------------- http://www.thomas-zastrow.de German Forum - DTP under Linux: http://linuxdtp.thomas-zastrow.de ----------------------------

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How do I do 2 point perspective using inkscape?
by Paul Elliott 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

How do I do 2 point perspective using inkscape? I could not find it in the documentation. You know parallel lines meet at a point on the horizon? I would like to draw something as a flat surface, and then put it on the ground and have inkscape figure out how to do the distortion. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott@...2026... PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117

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Book updated for Inkscape 0.44
by Tavmjong Bah 22 Oct '06

22 Oct '06

Hello, I have uploaded a new version of the book "A Guide to Inkscape". The book has been updated for Inkscape 0.44. It covers all the new features such as: Clipping & Masks, Layers Dialog, Style Indicator, and Docked Color Palette. The version for Inkscape 0.43 is still available for those who haven't upgraded. See: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/ As always, comment are welcome. Enjoy, Tav

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Blur tips
by bulia byak 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Some tips for using blur in Inkscape SVN: 0. Use the Blur slider in the Fill and Stroke dialog. You can blur anything - paths, shapes, strokes, calligraphy, bitmaps, text, clones, groups. 1. Currently, the maximum blur radius is 10% of the object size. Any larger blur will reveal the clear-cut margins - the blurred object cannot (currently) spread wider than the 10%. However it's easy to work around this limitation: group the object that you want to blur with some large fully-transparent object, thus making the group larger than the object, and blur the group. 2. Objects that store their transformation matrices (texts, groups, shapes, but not paths - unless you set "Store transforms" to "Preserved"), when scaled, scale also the blur applied to them. This means you can squeeze an object and its blur will be bigger in one dimension than the other. (It's also possible to do that by setting different blur radii for X and Y, but we don't yet have UI for that, though it works if you set it manually.) 3. You can combine blurring with gradients. For example, an ellipse with elliptic opacity gradient will look much softer and more natural when blurred. An object with a horizontal linear opacity gradient, when blurred, will look like it is more blurred on its transparent side than on its opaque side. 4. Masks and clipping are applied AFTER blur. That is, if you clip an object and then blur it (or blur it first and then clip - it makes no difference), the clipped edges will remain crisp. Often, this is what you want. If, however, you want to blur the clipped/masked edges too (possibly with a different radius), you can use grouping: group the clipped object with some other object (which you can then delete from the group) and blur the group. 5. A recipe for an autoupdating black drop shadow for object of any color: create object; unset its fill (it becomes black); create two clones of it; put one clone on top and paint any color; put the other color at bottom, blur it and shift sideways. Now you can edit the unset-fill original (use Alt+click to select it) and everything will update. Obviously, if you want a drop shadow of the same color as the object itself, just one clone for the shadow will suffice. 6. If an object has a fill that you don't want to blur (e.g. pattern, or if it's a bitmap), but you want to feather its edges, use blurred transparency mask: copy the object; paint it white; blur it as needed; scale the blurred copy down so its blur margins are entirely within the original object; select both the original and the blurred mask; do Object > Mask > Set. 7. You can use the Tile Clones dialog to create patterns of variously blurred clones - either with smooth variation of the blur per row/column, or/and with randomized blurring. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Posts filtered?
by John Culleton 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Recently none of my posts have made it to the list. I signed on using a different email addy (see above) but they still didn't make it. Sugestions? John Culleton

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Error with recompiled 44.1
by John Culleton 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

When I downloaded and compiled 44.1 I get this error: inkscape: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_intern_static_string I use slackware 10.2. I have tried two different Gnome add-ons. Currently I am using Freerock (latest stable version). John Culleton

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Posts not getting through.
by John R. Culleton 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

I keep asking this question but never see it on the list. will try once again. I compiled 44.1 clean but I get this error on execution: inkscape: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_intern_static_string -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Palettes and swatches questions
by Judy Wilson 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

I don't see a color palette on my window. Is it still there? (I'm studying tavmong's online manual-I love it). How do I make a customized color swatch? I use Kubuntu/Ubunut. I've looked on the web and in manuals and can't find what I'm looking for. Thank you! Judy Wilson Belize

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problem export pdf (images) 0.44/Mac OS10.4.8
by Stephane Mottelet 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Hi all, With 0.44 version on Mac OS 10.4.8 (PowerPC), when I export to pdf some drawings with images (png, jpg), the images do no appear in the pdf. Where is the problem ? Thanks for help, S.

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Windows build crash?
by Arnout Standaert 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hi people, I'm experiencing a problem with the 0610072339 build, available from http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/?M=D. I'm running it on a Windows 2000 system, but it also happens on a WinXP system at home. Recipe: - open Inkscape - choose Text tool, click canvas, type text - choose Arrow tool Result: "Inkscape encountered an internal error and will close now. Automatic backups ..." and so on. I did a backtrace and included it below (hope I did it correctly, let me know if not). I hope it helps to isolate the problem... Regards, Arnout *** backtrace *** $ gdb inkscape.exe GNU gdb 6.5.50.20060706-cvs (cygwin-special) Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-cygwin"...(no debugging symbols found) (gdb) run Starting program: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/inkscape.exe Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libatkmm-1.6-1.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libsigc-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/KERNEL32.DLL Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/msvcrt.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libatk-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libglib-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/iconv.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/intl.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/ADVAPI32.DLL Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/rpcrt4.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/OLE32.DLL Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/GDI32.DLL Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/USER32.DLL Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/SHELL32.DLL Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/shlwapi.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/comctl32.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/ws2_32.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/ws2help.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libgobject-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libglibmm-2.4-1.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libgmodule-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libcairo-2.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libpng13.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/zlib1.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libpango-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/imm32.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libgdkmm-2.4-1.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libpangomm-1.4-1.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libgtkmm-2.4-1.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/liblcms-1.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libfontconfig-1.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/xmlparse.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/freetype6.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/popt1.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libintl-2.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/COMDLG32.DLL Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/Program Files/inkscape/libxml2.dll Loaded symbols for /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/wsock32.dll Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x627014d5 in _libuser32_a_iname () (gdb) bt #0 0x627014d5 in _libuser32_a_iname () #1 0x77fcb63e in ?? () #2 0x025a0000 in ?? () #3 0x40000060 in ?? () #4 0x02ab4028 in ?? () #5 0x0022e998 in ?? () #6 0x62701555 in _libuser32_a_iname () #7 0x00000000 in ?? ()

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Basic problem with font substutition
by Ian 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Thanks for the suggestion Lars. This worked. I upgraded to 0.44.1 for another reason and found the PDF creation to be much better than 0.42.2. With the new version I don't have to convert to paths. Regards Fog_Watch 1 My Inkscape document uses a custome > > asked a thousand times. Any pointers for how to prevent such font > > substitution? > > If you want to be sure that the fonts look the same on every > machine/platform, convert them to paths when exporting to pdf. > > Cheerz Lars > > > Slackware 10.2 > Slackware current :-)

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Artists needed!
by bulia byak 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

With all the recent additions - clipping, masking, and especially blur - Inkscape is finally able to produce some real photorealistic art. This is a call to arms for all Inkscape artists to start working on some stunning examples of what's now possible in Inkscape. We will need them - the more the better - for screenshots, examples, tutorials, etc. etc. One thing I would like to request in particular: A car. It would be very nice to have a complex, detailed, photorealistic SVG image of a shiny impressive car. There are several reasons for why this is desirable. First, cars are sexy (for many people, anyway). Second, they are relatively easy to draw by tracing a photo - you don't need to be much of an artist for that, you just need patience, Inkscape skills, and a good photo to start from. Third, with their glass and brass and polish, well-lit cars are ideal for showcasing "photorealism". And finally, our main competitor at this time, Xara LX, has long used amazingly photorealistic images of cars (among other things) for its promotion, and it worked well. We need such an image if only to give people an idea of how we compare with Xara. Here's a Xara example for inspiration: http://downloads.xara.com/opensource/images/screenshots/realistic/11.jpg (John, I'm cc'ing you personally because I know you did some car traces in the past. Do you think you could make such a photorealistic example from one of your old images?) -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Inkscape video tutorials (Polish)
by Karol Krenski 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Hi list, I'd like to announce that I've created video tutorials for Inkscape 0.44. Those are Polish version, with Polish narration and cover pretty much of Inkscape functionality. They have been announced at Polish Linux sites this week and I have got positive feedback concerning not just the movies, but Inkscape being great program! Added link to the wiki: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/TutorialsAndHelp And this is the movies page: http://www.inf.sgsp.edu.pl/lab/filmiki/filmiki.php regards, Karol

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More information: Trace bitmap, text on path funtions no longer work
by Maia Good 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Well, I remembered that I had not upgraded another computer to a newer version of inkscape, so I tried there (Inkscape-0.44-1.win32.exe). It's also XP Professional SP2. For text on path - worked fine and I realized that the problem was operator error on the newer version... ;-( Sorry. I was attempting to put "flowed text" into a path. That doesn't work. Trace bitmap - worked fine. Here is what I noticed: When I import a bitmap (jpg, png, bmp) into the 0.44-1 version on that computer it says in the status bar "image". Actually, one image that I used, and it traced it anyway, it said... "image with bad reference." On my computer rather than seeing the image import as an image, it sees it as a "rectangle". I attempted to uninstall inkscape and install the version that was on the other computer, but I get the same "rectangle" import. Very strange. SO, definetely an environment problem. But, I have no idea what. Anybody? THANKS. Maia

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Inkscape for windows
by Leopold Palomo Avellaneda 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Dear people, first off all I have to say that I'M NOT A WINDOWS USER. After, my boss, that is a windows user, would like to use inkscape. We have tried to install it and basically we didn't have any problem. The question is that we would like to know which dependencies needs inkscape to run in windows, because we cannot use any import feature. So, we cannot open any ps, eps, etc file. We have tried to install python and perl, (without any success, or the import feature doesn't work four us), but I have to say that I don't know very much the windows platform (I'm very happy with the apt-get ;-) So, please, could you tell me which software is necessary/recommend to run a full inkscape in the Win platform? Somethink like to build it: x, y, z: To run it, xa, yb, etc. Best regards, Leo -- Linux User 152692 Catalonia

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Trace bitmap, text on path funtions no longer work
by Maia Good 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Hi, all: Wondering if anyone has experienced the same problem I'm experiencing of functionality disappearing. Trace bitmap, and place text on path no longer work. Let me explain. I've been using inkscape for about a year now, in a Windows XP Professional SP2 environment. I really like the trace bitmap capability. In fact, this is what got me to use inkscape. I want to be able to convert images (especially pictures drawn by children) into vectors for download to my sewing machine for embroidery. For a while, in the beginning of this year, I wasn't doing this type of work so I didn't use inkscape for months. When I got back to it, I downloaded the newest inkscape version. Then (end of June) it was 0.44. Trace bitmap no longer works for me. Since then I've downloaded several versions including some LATEST. In trying to debug I followed step-by-step the instructions in The Northern Pacific Railway Logo - A Tracing Example (http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/ch02s05.html) including using the same image in the example. Nothing works. The trace bitmap function popup window appears, you can click on the different choices and the selections you make show, but if you click preview or ok all you get is the text "Select an image to trace" in the status bar. With placing text on a path again, nothing happens. The worse thing for me is that I deleted the previous version of inkscape I had which had the functionality. By the way, I think it may be an environment problem. I can't believe that this functionality suddenly went. But, I have no clue what could be the problem. What does inkscape depend on? Anybody with ideas? Thank you all. Maia

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svg clipart world map
by Adamsown 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Hi guys I was a bit surprised not to be able to find more choice of svg world maps at the open clip art library. Does anyone know where I can get hold of one? Adam

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Basic problem with font substutition
by Ian 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

I have a simple text document saved as a PDF using Inkscape (0.42.2). If I specify the text to be rendered in something vanilla like Times New Roman or Arial I can see in Evince successfully rendered text. With other more exotic fonts like Bookman Old Style or a Bitstream, some other font has been substituted in when viewed in Evince (or other pdf viewers for that matter). This question must have been asked a thousand times. Any pointers for how to prevent such font substitution? Many thanks for any assistance. Regards Fog_Watch. Slackware 10.2

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Inkscape 44.1 for Windows and OpenType font, Linux printing and PS export
by Marc Olivier Chouinard 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Hi everyone... First of, I love inkscape best drawing software I ever used. But I have a few problems. It seem in windows, inkscape cannot access OpenType font, only TrueType font. Anyway to make OpenType work ? Also I was beable to print on my linux laptop using ubuntu with the default inkscape that came with it (using cups). But it had bugs and missed differents items, so I used the 44.1 package on the website but now I cannot seem to beable to print via CUPS... It just seem to try to pipe to lp. Anyway to fix this ? And last, the PostScript export doesn't work very well. Im trying to do 2 thing, export to PS for printing, and second to create PDF document. When exporting to ps or pdf it always missing items in my design. The only way I was beable to do 'good' postscript right now is in windows and tell it to print to file using the Apple Color Postscript printer, but even then, I got 1 object that doesn't print correctly. Any help on these issues would be great. Thanks Moc

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inkscape & whiteboard (in italian)
by catoblepa 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Hello to all, I'm new here in list.. Look at http://www.catoblepa.org/wordpress/?p=17 -- Davide T.

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Destroy.ttf
by Hago Ziegler 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Hi, I would like to know the name of the font, that was used as base for the creation of destroy.ttf: http://hagoschaos.de/test Does anyone have an idea? Regards, Hago

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