December 2005 - Inkscape Users

Re: patched
by unknown＠example.com 05 Dec '05

05 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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