March 2005 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

icon theming
by Jakub Steiner 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

Hi folks, I tried to start tweaking inkscape icons so it's less of a blur but stumbled on some obstacles. As per some discussion on the #inkscape channel I was convinced I could use ~/.inkscape/icons/ to store PNG icons with filenames corresponding to the icons.svg object ids or the old XPM icon set. However this doesn't appear to have any effect. Failing that, I tried doing them in vector. While ~/.inkscape/icons/icons.svg does seem to override the global icons, I'm puzzled about the size. The icons in the toolbar, nor the icons in the menus seem to match the 1:1 zoom of icons.svg thus any effort trying to position elements to the raster grid are useless. My 16x16px icon got scaled down to about 10px in the toolbar. What's the magic here? I'm still convinced that for small resolutions such as the toolbar and definitely menu icons, bitmap icons will take less effort to draw. Even if you do them in vector, you still need to make sure the objects align well to the grid to render sharp. That means either having menu and toolbar render at the same size or doing every icon twice anyway. [1] I see the usefulness of SVG icons, phasing them in gnome icon theme, but for tiny resolutions they don't work without pixel-perfect positioning. [1] - More on this here: http://primates.ximian.com/~jimmac/blog/Artwork/SVG-NG/ cheers -- Jakub Steiner <jimmac@...446...> Novell, Inc.

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More issues on Windows?
by Craig Gotthardt 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

on Sun 3/27/2005 3:21 PM Ted Gould [ted@...10...]asked. > Are there more issues on Windows? > Re: [Inkscape-user] "It also imports several formats like EPS" -howto > on Windows ******************* Answer= YES But first I would like to say thanks for the product, I think it will be very useful. Using Inkscape-0.41-1.win32.exe(file mod dates Feb/8/2005) When I start Inkscape the extensions listed below fail to load. BIGGEST ISSUE IS: Why does GIMP Gradients fail, when the dll is in the plugins folder? Also, if this plugin was working, can it use my existing gradients (if we give it a path), or is it for creating them? I tried dropping a .ggr file into the gradients folder but the editor did not find it. When I create a gradient in the editor and save it, I can only use for that session. The next time I start up Inkscape and select gradient fill there are no existing ones to choose. I believe the Extension scripts you refer to are the .inx files found in "C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions", is this correct? Can these be edited for each user? I tried to get the EPS ext to not fail. I edited (with notepad) the eps_input.inx file and put in "my path" to ghost script in place of the "path" but Inkscape complained and would not start. I put the file back to how it was originally but Inkscape still complained. When I put the backup copy of the file I had made, back into folder Inkscape started again. Is there a certain format the .inx must be saved as, like UTF-8 or something? OR does it check the file dates? I added my ghost script path to "Environment Variables" hoping this would make it find it. Still got error on EPS Input ext. I wonder if it has to do with gs actually being gswin32.exe? All the extensions I can use are exe(windows) type, not compiled by me. Extensions list: Extension failed to load because a dependency was not met: AI Input, AI Output, Dia Input, EPSI Output, EPS Input, GIMP Gradients, Grid, Postscript Input, Sketch Input, SVGZ Output, Text Input, Windows Metafile Input. Craig

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Subscribing to list?
by Preacher Public 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Hi, I'm a long-time follower of Inkscape development, and recently a user (got my first actual work done a couple of days ago). I tried to subscribe to the mailing list through the form in the website, But I didn't get any reply back. So I'm sending this using the email address there. Who can I contact to subscribe? Michael Grosberg

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make bitmap copy plugin
by Michal Žeravík 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Hi all, I've finally updated to 0.41 on my gentoo box and tried Make Bitmap Copy with inkscape-shadow.sh script, but only transparent square image appears. Script is running : convert -mattecolor #000f -frame 12x12 -fx '0' -channel A -blur 12x4 New_document_1-path1291-247.png New_document_1-path1291-247.png and I have <group filter="/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkscape-shadow.sh" filter_param1="4" minsize="30" id="createbitmap" /> in preferences. How can I fix that (or return to default behaviour)? Thank you Michal

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Failed load extension on Win Xp
by Gilles VALFRE 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Hello, Inkscape dont load extension, I have a error on startup "One or more extensions failed to load". Ghostscript and pstoedit are installed on my computer, but Inkscape lookink for them. A idea ?? __________________ Gilles VALFRE G2C environnement Tél : 04-42-54-00-68 g.valfre@...597... ___________________

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More extensiond error issues
by Lars Behrens 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Hi there, although I have gs and pstoedit installed here (Slackware 10.1, Inkscape 0.41) and they are in the path, on startup I still get the error message of missing extensions and have no eps and ps import. *********************************************************************** behrens@...591...:~$ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/www/htdig/bin :/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin :/usr/share/texmf/bin:. behrens@...591...:~$ which gs /usr/bin/gs behrens@...591...:~$ which pstoedit /usr/local/bin/pstoedit *********************************************************************** The log file (in german, missing dia and sketch input is ok): *********************************************************************** Erweiterung "Dia Input" Laden fehlgeschlagen wegen die Abhängigkeiten konnten nicht aufgelöst werden. AbhÃ€ngigkeit:: T_yp:executable ..Speicherort: path Zeichenkette: dia Beschreibung: In order to import Dia files, Dia itself must be installed. You can get Dia at http://somesite.com Erweiterung "Sketch Input" Laden fehlgeschlagen wegen die Abhängigkeiten konnten nic ht aufgelöst werden. AbhÃ€ngigkeit:: T_yp:executable ..Speicherort: path Zeichenkette: skconvert Erweiterung "Postscript Input" Laden fehlgeschlagen wegen die Abhängigkeiten konnten nicht aufgelöst werden. AbhÃ€ngigkeit:: T_yp:extension ..Speicherort: path Zeichenkette: org.inkscape.input.sk Erweiterung "EPS Input" Laden fehlgeschlagen wegen die Abhängigkeiten konnten nicht aufgelöst werden. AbhÃ€ngigkeit:: T_yp:extension ..Speicherort: path Zeichenkette: org.inkscape.input.ps *********************************************************************** As workaround I explicitely entered the path of pstoedit in ps_input.inx but that changed nothing. Any ideas from someone? Cheerz Lars

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] NEW: snapping improvements
by Jon Phillips 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 11:12 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:00:27 -0400, bulia byak <buliabyak@...155...> wrote: > > > - In the "snap points" mode, a text object will snap its baseline > > anchor (the left end of the baseline) to grid or guides. That anchor > > point is visualized as a little square mark when a text object is > > selected. > > Most useful :) Thanks a lot! How is that for user response! Same day turnaround! It also helps when cool users provide mockups of what they like. There are so many ways to contribute to the project! Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > -- Jon Phillips USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...87... http://www.rejon.org Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) CVS Book (http://cvsbook.ucsd.edu) Scale Journal (http://scale.ucsd.edu)

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NEW: snapping improvements
by bulia byak 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

- When several objects (or a group) are selected and the "snap points" mode is active, only the outermost points or nodes will snap, instead of all points in selection. [patch by Eric Jonas] - In the "snap points" mode, a text object will snap its baseline anchor (the left end of the baseline) to grid or guides. That anchor point is visualized as a little square mark when a text object is selected.

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Got logo?
by Mark Woodman 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Hey all, The ROME project is an open-source project to help developers easily read/create syndication feeds in any RSS/RDF/Atom format. So what? So we need a logo. And we figured you some of you folks might be interested in submitting some logo designs created with Inkscape. We're even offering some modest prizes, but we hope you'll submit entries just for the sake of showing us your stuff. For more info: http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javawsxml/RomeLogoContest Thanks and good luck, Mark (on behalf of the ROME Project development team) -- Mark Woodman http://inkblots.markwoodman.com

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text to path
by Narcis Vasiliu 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Hello, It is a way to fit text to path centered at middle of the path? Narcis Vasiliu

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