July 2004 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

RPM for Inkscape 0.39
by Bryce Harrington 18 Jul '04

18 Jul '04

I've posted RPM and SRPM packages for Inkscape 0.39 to the File Downloads section on our SourceForge page. Could someone using Mdk 9.1+ attempt installing the rpm and report success/failure with the install? http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 Bryce

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HELP WANTED: OSX packager for 0.39
by Bryce Harrington 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

Hi all, We have not had Mac OSX packages to provide in the past, but we'd certainly like to! OSX is an important platform for artists, and it would make sense for Inkscape to have a good presence there, as it does on Windows and Linux. Kees and others have verified that it builds and can be run on OSX, so the hardest part is done. The notes are available here: http://inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CompilingInkscape What we need is someone who can create a package that other OSX users can easily download and install. This probably doesn't require any coding know-how, but does require someone knowledgeable of fink and in compiling under OSX. If you're interested, please go ahead, and when you've got a working package, announce it here, and we'll add it to the Download area. :-) Bryce

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need help to compile inkscape 0.39 in macosx
by Albert 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

Hi all I'm trying to compile inkscape-039pre4 in macosx and I'm running into this problem: No package 'gtkmm-2.0' found configure: error: Library requirements (gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 libxml-2.0 >= 2-2.4.24 sigc++-1.2 gtkmm-2.0 ) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. I know I have gtkmm1.2 installed and than I need then to install 2.0, but the question is: inkscape 0.38 did NOT require neither gtkmm1.2 nor 2.0. I thought this would be necessary from 0.40 and onward, not before. When was this changed, or what did I miss? Also, which gtkmm should I install: 2.0-2.2, or 2.4 ? Does anyone know if any of this 2 libs have any problems in macosx ? Thank you for any help. Albert

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two problems with lines and polygons.
by Roberto Ortega 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

I work with maps in a regular basis and I have two problems. Dealing with maps always needs some tools to prepare the base of the projection, contour lines, state borders, and then to convert to the appropiate design tool. These are the two problems: 1) When I convert to SVG the map looks ready to work, but all the lines are discontinuos even that they look continuos in appearence. In other words, they are segment of lines overlapping to each other. Therefore when I select a contour line or a state border, I can not work with it unless I join all the line segments. I tried all the possible options to join to separate lines into one, but I didn't succeded. It seems that the node tool is only for the same object. Can you give me a hint how to tackle this problem?. I also want to fix the problem since the begining, I want to write a small program to fix the SVG file and convert it directly to single lines. I need your advice to do it. 2) Many times I have a closed polygon, therefore I can fill with color, put patterns, etc. (for examlpe a State line). And sometimes I have an open line that is not closed but the two end-nodes touch closed polygons (in this case the border state). I want to convert the open line to a closed polygon using boolean operators. The problem is that I have to preserve both polygons. At the end I need two closed polygons. ( I guess my boolean arithmetic is not good enough). I need some hints. Thank you... Roberto

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Request for Adobe Illustrator files
by Tuukka Pasanen 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Hi, Sorry about cross-posting.. but if anyone got AI files laying around (And have screenshot but it not must) that he/she could send me it/them to test ill2svg.pl. One could do it by Email (straight to me) or send URL to file (if file is bigger than 2M). I promise to use them only for testing ill2svg.pl script.. you can also create such documents if you have Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator. Thanks, Tuukka

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Request for Adobe Illustrator files
by Tuukka Pasanen 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Hi, Sorry about cross-posting.. but if anyone got AI files laying around (And have screenshot but it not must) that he/she could send me it/them to test ill2svg.pl. One could do it by Email (straight to me) or send URL to file (if file is bigger than 2M). I promise to use them only for testing ill2svg.pl script.. you can also create such documents if you have Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator. Thanks, Tuukka

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0.39 Release
by Bryce Harrington 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Bulia has announced and finalized the 0.39 release, and Ted has established the release branch. What this means: * Packagers, please download the tarball and begin making packages * We will put out an announcement within a few days, once we've got some key packages up there. * We are in Release Phase. You can commit to CVS HEAD openly, but try to limit work to bug fixing for a couple days, just in case. * Users, please download and try out the packages as soon as they're ready. Let the packagers know of successful / unsuccessful installs. Congrats everyone! Bryce

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gtkmm-2.4 and Inkscape
by Makurin Roman 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

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[STATUS] devanagari w/ today's 0.39 autopackage
by Joshua N Pritikin 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Inkscape no longer crashes, but the glyphs are still not exactly correct. It is funny: most of the ligatures are applied correctly yet some are not. I tried with both raghu.ttf and gargi.ttf. I'm using pango 1.4.0-4 (debian). What more details can I provide? -- A new cognitive theory of emotion, http://openheartlogic.org

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NooB looking for tips! Two images that overlap on multiple layers!?!
by Ed Ward 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

I have an image that I'm drawing to show the tying of an overhand knot. www.slackliners.com. I'm trying to get the direction arrow to be on top of one part of the image and under the next (image 2). I ended up cutting the arrow in two and it looks like a whole image. The rope (image 3) is a different story. I tried the same cheat but obviously it didn't work. Any tips or commands to re join, or have different parts of images at different levels?? What about when the "ropes" cross being able to cut out the cross lines so it looks like the one side is under the other?? Thanks Clark

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