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RE: [Inkscape-user] Puzzle with a puzzle
by Hibbs, Phil 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

Because you have to draw them manually? You could make them a little larger than they need to be and then send them behind the black lines, but it's a little untidy. __________________________________________________ Phil Hibbs | Capgemini | Rotherham Technical Consultant __________________________________________________ This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Puzzle with a puzzle
by Hibbs, Phil 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

>I couldn't find a combination to get visible >elements bounded by paths to be coloured Now there's a good idea for a feature. Click on the drawing to create a shape that fills the area bounding the click point. Clicking on a line would create a path that bounds the line, clicking on one of the squares of the rubik's cube would create a four-sided shape of exactly the right size. I can imagine it might be tricky to do, though. __________________________________________________ Phil Hibbs | Capgemini | Rotherham Technical Consultant __________________________________________________ This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.

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Puzzle with a puzzle
by unknown＠example.com 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

Nicu's fantastic SVG clipart resource includes a Rubik-style cube. http://clipart.nicubunu.ro/svg/toys/rubik.svg I have a puzzle. What is the simplest set of operations which can allow me to recolor the squares (combining paths, breaking them apart, turning into bitmap, back again, filling derived paths etc.) I guess I need to decompose all the overlapping shapes into line segments, build them into shapes then somehow fill them. So I have an unusual puzzle - how to mess up a perfectly solved Rubik's cube. Surely it can't be that hard. People on this user list are BOUND to know how to do it, and I'm stuck. Cefn http://cefn.com

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Returned mail: unreachable recipients: brent@...1042...
by unknown＠example.com 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

The original message was received at Sat Sep 3 13:13:05 2005 Likely reason for failure: 550 unknown user <brent@...1042...> _____________________________________________________________

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Puzzle with a puzzle
by Hibbs, Phil 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

>What is the simplest set of operations which can >allow me to recolor the squares (combining paths, >breaking them apart, turning into bitmap, back >again, filling derived paths etc.) Here's my starter for 10 (well, 11, plus a repetition, so 15 really) 1. Ungroup 2. Select the coloured squares and remove the stroke 3. Select everything, then un-select the three coloured squares 4. Stroke to Path 5. Union, so all black lines are a single object 6. Select black lines 7. Duplicate three times, so there are four sets of black lines 8. Select yellow square, then select black lines (one set of) 9. Difference, which cuts the yellow square into nine, and destroys one set of black lines 10. Repeat 7. and 8. for the other colours 11. Break apart the coloured squares, so their colours can be set individually. Can anyone streamline this process? __________________________________________________ Phil Hibbs | Capgemini | Rotherham Technical Consultant __________________________________________________ This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.

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CDR
by Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Hi list, I would lilke to know if Inkscape can read ".cdr" files or if exist any convertor from cdr to svg. Sincerely Ezequias

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Inkscape Book update
by Tavmjong Bah 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Hi, In celebration of the 0.42.2 release, I have made a new release of my book on Inkscape. It now covers more that 90% of the Inkscape user interface. It is still a work in progress. The chapters at the beginning and end need work and it is a bit short on examples. The book documents v0.42. It will be updated for v0.43 when that release gets closer in time. You can have a look at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php Constructive comments and corrections are always welcome. Tav PS. Would it be possible to add a link to the book from the Documentation page ( http://www.inkscape.org/doc/index.php ) ?

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$B$+$*$j$A$c$s$K(B2 $BEYL\$NCf$@$7$J$N$@!*!*(B
by unknown＠example.com 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

　　http://free-deai.1192296.net/oldlog/20050728.php 相変わらず出会い系サイトにドップリの小次郎です！今日は29歳のOL、かおりちゃんとエッチしてきたのだ！。 7月終わりに出会って以来、2度目のデートなのだ。相変わらずスタイル抜群で、大人の魅力全開！　　http://free-deai.1192296.net/oldlog/20050728.php 今日も、前回と同様にホテルに直行！さすがセフレは話が早いね！またまた中出ししちゃったよー！中出しサイコー！かおりちゃんサイコー！！エッチの後は食事をご馳走になったのだ！！ダブルでご馳走様でした！！　　http://free-deai.1192296.net/oldlog/20050728.php 拒否はこちら。　 kyohi@...1027... .

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color sets generator
by Alexandre Prokoudine 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Hi, Because it was asked here before :) I've just discovered a small nifty utility to generate color triads: http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/ You will need gtkmm (>2.5) and libgnomeui (>=2.0). Alexandre

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Public Domain
by Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Hi list, I would like to know if there is any restriction to publish some drawing from http://www.openclipart.org/ been part of a commercial document (like a book). 1-I know thar this subject is not about inkscape, but the drawing are all svg type. 2-I don't want to subscribe to another users list (I have more than 6 now) I hope not bother you. sincerely Ezequias

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convert eps to svf
by Chris Brown 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

I'm having trouble importing an eps file into inkscape. Here are the headers found in the file: %%Creator: Adobe Illustrator(TM) 7.0 %%AI8_CreatorVersion: 9.0 %%For: (C C) (C) %%Title: (a10747.eps) %%CreationDate: 8/29/2005 8:55 AM %%BoundingBox: 326 533 383 615 %%HiResBoundingBox: 326.9521 533.0879 382.752 614.0161 %%DocumentProcessColors: Cyan Magenta %%DocumentSuppliedResources: procset Adobe_level2_AI5 1.2 0 %%+ procset Adobe_ColorImage_AI6 1.1 0 %%+ procset Adobe_Illustrator_AI5 1.3 0 %%+ procset Adobe_cshow 2.0 8 %AI5_FileFormat 3.0 %AI3_ColorUsage: Color %AI3_IncludePlacedImages %AI7_ImageSettings: 1 Any ideas? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Postscript and PDF: Text not as path
by Bernhard Walle 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hello, is there an option so save text as text in Inkscape when exporting Postscript or PDF? Something must be implemented because when saving as EPS, there is a checkbox for this, but this is missing for PS and PDF. It would be very nice because the display quality in Adobe Reader is much better and the text can be copied. Regards, Bernhard

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optimize SVG
by Adib Taraben 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hello all, once upon a time ..., no seriously couple of weeks ago I have been contacted by Joseph Merdas ( shemeri_at_hotmail_dot_com ). He writes a thesis about optimizing SVG. He had couple of questions and needed some answers. I promised him to contact the inkscape list with the many friedly peopels dealing with svg every day for further feedback and background info. Joseph examines how to optimize SVG in different ways: -optimize for render speed, -optimize for size -etc He has ideas about some tricks that also inkscape is using by simplify feature, also reordering the elements, moving the attributes, etc. One of his concerns is that the change in the structure of a document may corrupt the document for build-in ECMA-script proccessing. Because the elements are differtly orderd, are vanished or have different attributes etc. and so the DOM is deifferent. Now he has the first result ready. An java implemented optimizer, that also checks the rendering results. I would please everyone to give some feedback. His project page can be found at: http://myfriendsnet.com/svg/survey.php Many thanks, Adib.

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Question about rgb to CMYK
by Sally Goldin 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hello- Does anyone know whether this program has the capability of converting a photo that has been scanned in RGB color to CMYK color? Can replies be sent to my e-mail address? Thanks!!! Sally Goldin, Personal Historian Tell Me A Story -- Oral and Written Histories (415) 337-1629 sally@...1015... CHECK OUT MY WEB SITE: www.sallygoldin.com

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Help on Fedora Core 4
by Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hi list, I am new on Inkscape, but I would like to know how to solve my problem to install inkscape. I download the inkscape. The file is that: inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586.rpm I tryed to install it with the folowing command: [root@...1021... inkscape]# rpm -ivh inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586.rpm The error message is below: error: Failed dependencies: perl-base is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libatkmm-1.6.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libcrypto.so.0.9.7 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libgc.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libgdkmm-2.4.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libglibmm-2.4.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libpangomm-1.4.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libsigc-2.0.so.0 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libssl.so.0.9.7 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 perl(SVG) is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 Ps: I saw if perl was intalled with the command rpm -qa perl and the message presented was : perl-5.8.6-15 So perl is installed here ok ? I would like to recieve some information about my problem Best regards Ezequias

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How to print transparent graphics?
by Bernhard Walle 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hello Inkscape users, transparency is a great feature, I really like it. :-) But how to print in Inkscape? PS doesn't support transparency, PDF is currently only PS converted with Ghostscript. Scribus is far from import my SVGs in the same way than drawed in Inkscape (at least if I use flowed text). So, does anybody have an idea? The only thing which comes in mind is to render as PNG with a reasonable resolution and print that -- but that's a lot of work if the size should be the same as in the SVG file. Thanks for your ideas! Regards, Bernhard

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No text printed
by Bernhard Walle 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hello, if I print using "Print..." in the file menu, no text is printed. If I print using "Print direct", all works. Is this a known issue or am I doing something wrong? Also, the dots in "Print..." are confusing because no print dialog appears. Regards, Bernhard

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stroke width issue
by Royden Yates 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

I am working in Inkscape 0.42 (autopackage and apt installed on 2 Ubuntu linux boxes (autopackage is hoary, apt is breezy)). With a .svg file exported from paths in Gimp 2.2.8, on both installations, the stroke width dialogue behaves strangely, incrementing the stroke width only upwards by large amounts and then locking out at 1000.0 px. Width then is adjustable just by entering a number rather than the using the scrolls and even then it goes to a different value than the one entered. This behaviour goes away if I import the file into Scribus and reset the stroke width (Scribus behaves properly on this) and then export it and then open in Inkscape. This does not happen if svg file is Inkscape created. I have looked at bugs but nothing seen. Before I submit, is this behaviour known? Thanks in advance for any insights, R -- Royden Yates

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open source alternatives article on newsforge
by Alan Horkan 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

Inkscape gets a mention, a quick paragraph http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/08/17/2041231.shtml?tid=152&tid=1… Not sure why exactly their is an expectation that Inkscape would include HTML export. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

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0.42.2 still crashes when being started
by Timo Gransch 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

Hi! I just reported this bug on Sourceforge - as 0.41 and 0.42 did, my self-compiled Inkscape 0.42.2 crashes right after being called on my Slackware 10.1. Please see item 1275076 in the bug tracker for detailed information (the bt output of gdb is added as a comment). Unfortunately the only way to use inkscape on my computer is to install the inkscape-0.41-i486-1jed.tgz binary package, which is outdated. Does anyone else have this problem? Regards, Timo

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Win XP Pro SP2 Crash on Open/Save Dialogs...
by JTS 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

For some reason, after downloading Inkscape 0.42.2, I've had nothing but problems with it. Whenever I try to open a file or save a file, once the dialog pops up, it just locks and eventually I have to end the process in the Task Manager. Has anybody else had this problem or know how to circumvent this little issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated. JTS ... and bits of sick

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transparent
by Ciro Soto 26 Aug '05

26 Aug '05

I have a line drawing in black that I want with a transparent background. How do I do that in inkscape? I always get the white background. thank you Ciro

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Layout of "Open File" window
by Michael Devogelaere 26 Aug '05

26 Aug '05

Hi, Is it possible to change the lay-out of the "Open File" Window on a computer running Windows 2000/XP ? With inkscape 0.39 that window is the standard "Open File" window used in other applications (Desktop, My Computer, My network places etc). With recent versions, the layout changed to a custom window (Personal, Desktop, Drive-letters) which loads much slower when selecting a directory containing 2000 SVG's (probably related to the preview-window). That window also doesn't show the network places: they need to me mapped to a drive letter before they appear in the list. Can the lay-out of that window be changed (some gtk-setting ?) or is that impossible ? Any help would be appreciated ! Kind regards, Michael Devogelaere.

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New Tutorial: Making Icons with Inkscape
by Ben Powers 26 Aug '05

26 Aug '05

"Howdy-Ho, Vector-eenos," When I First started using Inkscape a few months ago, I searched for a tutorial that would help me understand how to accomplish something with Inkscape, a practical tutorial. Maybe I didn't search hard enough, but I found very few of them at the beginner level. When I start to learn something new, I like to have a goal in mind, so I have something to work towards. Well as luck (or God ;) would have it, an opportunity surfaced for me, I was invited to contribute an icon to the pool of candidates for the Ardour free DAW (http://ardour.org) "This is my chance to write a tutorial at the same time, so others could benefit from my learning experience", was the thought. So I snapped some screenshots, fired up vim, and lo and behold, here I am writing this letter. My tutorial is illustrated and available at : http://bennyp.no-ip.org/new/inktut.php Feel free to share it and change it under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike license 2.0 (Canada) If you wish to link to it, that's no problem either, although it's preferable for me that you mirror it instead. Enjoy!!

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Website re-design contest on deviantART!
by Joshua A. Andler 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Hey all! The inkscape deviantART community is holding a contest for a makeover to the Inkscape website (http://www.inkscape.org). All of the details (which I will post below as well) can can be found at: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/6322909/ ---begin dA announcement--- Hey there fellow Inkscapers! Many of us have seen Inkscape evolve from back in the days of Sodi Podi into the powerful program that we currently know it as. Unfortunately the website has not quite followed along at the same pace. ;) Which brings us to the next official inkscapers contest, a makeover for the website! Basics: *The goal is to show off what inkscape can do when put to use in the area of Web Design. *You will need to make a new Header, Footer, and CSS to replace the existing ones. *Upload a preview image & 7z/zip/tar file of your submission to your gallery or scraps on deviantART and post a link below. Rules: *All submissions must be standards compliant (XHTML 1.0 Transitional & CSS) and render the same across all browsers (within reason of course). *Any images that you create for it need to be done 100% in Inkscape. We will require any original SVG files to use in case something needs to be tweaked down the road, and also to allow us to potentially serve up SVGs for the browsers that support it. *It must be a very clean and professional design. *It must include the Inkscape logo in the site header. *Any submissions using copyrighted materials (unless appropriately licensed for our use) or offensive/inappropriate content will automatically be disqualified. *Have fun! Deadline: *September 15, 2005 Prize: *Having your design be our new look and feel for the website... and of course credit for your work. Judging: *Preliminary judging will be done by the Inkscape community on deviantART, when we have an official “Top 3”, the judging will then be turned over to the inkscape developers for final judging. Please note that when it is turned over to the developers for voting, once they have chosen the winner, they may have requests for modifications. Relevant links: *Inkscape Website – http://www.inkscape.org/ (where you can go and grab the current source) *Inkscape downloads page – http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 Submissions: *Please upload a preview image & 7z/zip/tar package of your submission to your gallery or scraps on deviantART and post a link below. Good luck to all who enter! ---end dA announcement--- -Josh (aka ScislaC on dA) PS: For those unaware of what deviantART (dA) is, dA is the largest community art site on the net. To find out more go to http://www.deviantart.com/

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Re: New Tutorial: Making Icons with Inkscape
by Ben Powers 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Every Time I try to edit the wiki, I get cant write /home/groups/i/in/inkscape/wiki_db/keep/O/OtherProjects.kp: Read-only file system at /home/groups/i/in/inkscape/cgi-bin/wiki.pl line 2854. > My tutorial is illustrated and available at : > http://bennyp.no-ip.org/new/inktut.php Could you please add this to: http://inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OtherProjects#outsidetut ralf

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RE: [Inkscape-user] An Inkscape mascot is definately needed
by Hibbs, Phil 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

>The Inkscape logo is nice and it can look very good with >some polish (see >http://openclipart.org/clipart//computer/icons/inkscape.svg) That looks rubbish, the gradient fill spoils the "ink" look completely. __________________________________________________ Phil Hibbs | Capgemini | Rotherham Technical Consultant __________________________________________________ This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.

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CMYK-colour
by Tobias Hilbricht 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Dear readers of this list, I try to create a CMYK-colour with Inkscape 0.42 on a Debian Sarge System. However, if I use the CMYK-tab in the filling dialog, I can not enter colours like 5 % C, 50 % M, 75 % and 5 % K, the number always change upon entering the fourth value such that one value is 0 %. Of course I do not get the colour I want. It seems that you can only CMYK colours were one out of the four percentages is zero. Is the CMYK-colour tab working for other users as it should, or is this a bug encountered by others, too? Yours sincerely Tobias Hilbricht

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Announcing Inkscape Testers community
by Bryce Harrington 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Hi all, As discussed a few weeks ago, we'd like to form a new community focused on testing of Inkscape. If you are interested in helping Inkscape in ways other than coding, this may be the place for you. Thanks to rejon's fix to wiki, we now have a place to collect information related to testing of Inkscape: http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TestingInkscape An inkscape-tester mailing list is also available for you: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester There are many ways to test inkscape. Already, many people have contributed greatly to inkscape by simply reporting issues they discover during ordinary use. The Inkscape Tester community will seek to push beyond this by doing more aggressive, focused testing. Our community's goals will include the following long term goals: * Show that Inkscape is fully SVG compliant with all SVG specifications. * Give developers confidence that if bugs are introduced to the codebase, they will be identified and reported to them swiftly. * Ensure Inkscape's files can be loaded into all other compliant SVG software, that Inkscape runs equally well on all platforms, and that Inkscape can be used easily with a range of other open source desktop applications. * Prove that Inkscape's usability is best in class. * Track Inkscape's performance and help motivate its improvement to become the fastest, lightest weight, and most efficient drawing application available. These are ambitious goals, but through testing we can help pave the way for them to be achieved. If these sound like goals you feel like helping to achieve, please join in building a new Inkscape Tester community. http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester Bryce

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Wiki!
by Jon Phillips 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

http://wiki.inkscape.org/ is our new wiki location. I updated on the website. It redirs to: http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl Please help me find any place on the site and in our documentation that refers to the old one. It works! Thanks again to fd.o and anholt who are awesome! * Michael you can add what you wanted to add now... For memory sake, it is hosted under the create.freedesktop.org project...in a folder called wiki_inkscape Jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...87... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...895... IRC: rejon@...896... Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org)

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Gradient fills not exported to postscript or EPS?
by Kinsley Turner 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hey-ho, I exported some diagrams to postscript, then converted these to PDF with ps2pdf under Linux. (very easy, and works well). But I noticed that anything with a gradient fill loses the fill completely. I figured that perhaps the PDF was borken, but even just firing up ghostscript (gv file.ps) shows the same result. I didn't use any transparency in my gradient stops. If you want to test for yourself, create a document with a simple gradient filled shape. Export to PS or EPS, then view this (or convert to PDF and load the sucker into acrosplat.) You'll get an empty shape! Is this a known issue, or have I missed something ? thanks, -Kingsley PS> Any suggestions as to a workaround ? 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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text-to-path not working
by Tim Reeves 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

I'm using Inkscape 0.42 / WinXP and I can't get the text-to-path tool to work. I downloaded some text-to-path example svg files and I can see the result, but I can't do it myself. Any ideas? Thanks.

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arrows on paths -> setting colour ?
by Kinsley Turner 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hi-ho, I've got some beautiful arrows on my inkscape-drawn network diagram, but the arrowheads always stay black! Is it possible to colour them ? How? -kt (my apologies for the belowed) 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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Vector programs and svg
by Karol Krenski 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hi list, I need to send files from inkscape to be printed on a callendar. I can see already that gimp opened gradients a bit different from inkscape. I don't have an easy access to Illustrator and Corel Draw, or whatever else they use in poligraphy. The question is what is the best way and best format to send them the files? I know ps lacks transparent gradients, which I use in the pics. svg would be the best (what's the 'inkscape svg' vs 'plain svg' thing in the save dialogs?) but never seen svg opened in Adobe or Corel. Would instructing them to install inkscape solve the problem? Is inkscape ready for poligraphy? In the worst case I will send them png images... Karol

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imports cdr?
by Adrian Dusa 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Hi, I'm a newbie on Linux and I want to use only open-source software. Not only I switched from Win to Lin, but I want to give up on Corel Draw and start using Inkscape (which in my opinion is the best open-source replacement). Is it possible to import Corel Draw files? I know it's a proprietary format, I just hope some solution could be found. If not, what other format should I export from Corel in order to migrate my files to Inkscape? TIA, Adrian -- Adrian Dusa Arhiva Romana de Date Sociale Bd. Schitu Magureanu nr.1 Tel./Fax: +40 21 3126618 \ +40 21 3120210 / int.101 -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/

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Patterns
by David Gurr 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

I'm new to Inkscape, so if this is a dumb question please be gentle with me ... Is there any way of having predefined patterns available for a drawing? Here's my scenario: - I have a room plans drawn in a CAD application - I generate SVG by printing through the SVGmaker print driver - I'd then like to be able to apply patterns to objects in the room plans without having to import each object and then convert it to a pattern If there's no intrinsic way to do this in Inkscape at present, am I right in thinking that it should be feasible to pre-process the SVG file and include the appropriate pattern definitions within it before I open it in Inkscape? Thanks Dave Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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put [objects] on path ..
by Jay Vaughan 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

hi all, i'm using inkscape to create prototype user interface elements, and one thing i'm trying to work out how to do is 'put objects on path', where i have a grouped list of objects (say, 100 rects) and i want them to individually be 'put' on a path.. so that i can, say, draw a curve, and then 'conform' the rect-group of my object to the path .. sort of like 'put on path' for text, only for rect objects instead. i can't, however, quite work out how to do this .. is there a way to take a large number of rects, and constrain their 'bottom edges' to a path using inkscape? something obvious i'm overlooking, perhaps .. (i don't want to use text, but maybe thats a way to do it ..) -- ; Jay Vaughan

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printing on a win printserver
by Stefan Fuhrmann 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Hello all, I'm using kubuntu on my desktop and have here a win printserver in the lan. In kcontrol is the printer successful created and is ready to work. I tried "smb://...." in the print dialog of inkscape but this don't work! My question is how can I print over the win print-server? what is the correct command? tia stefan

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0.42.2 tagged
by MenTaLguY 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

OK, release folks. 0.42.2 is tagged, containing all the stuff that was originally slated for 0.42.1. Do your release thing, and let's put this paper bag thing behind us once and for all... -mental

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Re: [Inkscape-user] imports cdr?
by Adrian Dusa 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

On Monday, 22 Aug 2005 12:22:49 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Adrian Dusa wrote: > > Hi, > > [...snip...] > > There is no way to import .cdr files in Inkscape, but Corel Draw should > be able (at least in the last versions) to export as SVG. > > -- > nicu Thank you Nicu, it works just about fine (colors and text are not exported but I can handle that). In the mean time, I have a hack of a trouble to upgrade to 0.42 (loads of dependencies to also upgrade) All the best, Adrian -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/

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Re: double lines
by les kraut 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

yes!....Works Great! Thanks! > convert the stroke to a path. On the resulting path, >remove the fill, >add a 2mm stroke, and remove the endcaps via split >path between two non >endpoint nodes and you should have just what you are >looking for. > >Heh, just tried it. It even works. >Very round about, but I think that might give you what >you need. And >perhaps someone else has a better idea. :) > >Aaron Spike ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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images for a magazine...
by Emanuel Glitia 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

hi. I'm writing an article about Inkscape for a Linux magazine in Romania, and I wanted to ask if I may put images from the website in the article showing off features. I would rather use those rather than screenshtos made by myself as they look better for the ammount of time I have. Also if there are inkscape artists here who would allow me to put artwork they made I would be highly interested. For artwork I would have text under the images in the form of "artwork_name - artist's name". Thank you... and big thanks to the creators... I didn't find how I could reach you directly: thank you for this great product! PS: I was just showing it off to my coleagues excited about the great "about"s you have/had, real artwork/desing... and about opening tutorials inside an inkscape document... has a great inpact and also great functionality (you can try it as you do it). PS2: If you think I might not showcase enough a particular great feature the program says please feel free to underline it to me so I don't forget it. Thank you!

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Inkscape 0.42 on CD in German Magazine c't
by Colin Marquardt 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Hi, the issue of the german computer mag c't with Inkscape 0.42 on CD is out (18/2005). The CD contains only the Windows version, but mentions that Linux and Mac OS X are available for download. It's listed on page 146, together with many other programs that are on the CD, like Scribus (which comes as a Linux binary FWIW). Cheers, Colin

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double lines
by les kraut 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

I am trying to draw freehand lines that are parrellel to each other. I would like about a 1mm gap between two 2mm lines. I have looked at everything in the stroke style menu, is there another setting somewhere? Thanks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Mailman logo - how to create something simillar
by Hans Deragon 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

Greetings. I am a neophyte with inkscape. But I wonder if there is an easy way to generate a logo simillar to the mailman logo: http://www.gnu.org/graphics/dragonlogo.jpg Anybody have some tips on how to create the nice waves and the texture? Best regards, Hans Deragon -- Consultant en informatique/Software Consultant Deragon Informatique inc. Open source: http://www.deragon.biz http://facil.qc.ca (Promotion du libre) mailto://hans@...988... http://autopoweroff.deragon.biz (Logiciel)

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Attaching path nodes to objects
by unknown＠example.com 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hi, I'm an Inkscape newbie; Is there any way I can attach a path node to something else (say, a shape)? so that, when the shape is moved, that node of the path moves with it, but the rest of the path stays put (so the shape of the path will change)? -- John.

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Writing an extension
by Karol Kreński 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

I think I may have found the idea to resolve the issue I myself submitted: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1261413&group_id=9… I would like to try and write an extension in perl. I have never writen any plugin, but it looks possible for me to complete. After a quick look at perl dropshadow plugin and SpSVG.pm, the only problem I seem to have is how I should ask inkscape to pass the coordinates of selected nodes. It will have to be passed to my script together with object id. Can anybody help? Karol

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RedHat Magazine on Inkscape
by Robert Crosbie 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Saw this in the latest issue of RedHat Magazine: http://www.redhat.com/magazine/010aug05/features/inkscape/ Cheers, -- Rob. http://woodpendant.com

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RE: [Inkscape-user] images for a magazine...
by Hibbs, Phil 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

>feel free to use any of my images from >http://simarilius.deviantart.com/gallery/ > >Cheers > >John Of course despite my having pointed out the problems with the GPL, all you need is for the image creator to say "You may use them in the article", and the GPL restrictions no longer apply, because the right to redistribute doesn't apply either. That is, in effect, a licence to use them in the article under normal copyright. __________________________________________________ Phil Hibbs | Capgemini | Rotherham Technical Consultant __________________________________________________ This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.

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printing
by Michal Žeravík 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Hi, I noticed Print Direct disappears, so are you planning any neat print dialog with preview? It is long time needed feature. Is it able to set any printing preferences before just print? Michal

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