May 2005 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

[stoet@...654...: inkscape to pdf]
by Bryce Harrington 10 May '05

10 May '05

----- Forwarded message from gijs <stoet@...654...> ----- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 15:32:28 -0500 (CDT) From: gijs <stoet@...654...> To: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: inkscape to pdf Sorry for not replying to the right thread, but this is in response to creating a nice pdf with inkscape. First of all, it is not straightforward! Second, the other user that suggested using scribus was right that scribus imports inkscape, but in fact it the svg can look quite differently than what it looked like in inkscape. So here is my solution: 1) Use the inkscape commandline commands to export to a png 2) Import the png in XFIG. 3) export the XFIG to PDF For example: inkscape $i --export-dpi=200 --export-png=all.png Save the stuff betwen "----" as "picture.fig" ---- #FIG 3.2 Landscape Center Metric Letter 100.00 Single -2 1200 2 2 5 0 1 0 -1 50 -1 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5 0 all.png -16 1 12567 1 12567 9701 -16 9701 -16 1 ---- Now do a: fig2dev -Lpdf -c picture.fig > figures.pdf Now, you can automatize the whole thing in scripts to make a pdf file of a whole slideshow. Imagine, you have text file that contains a list of svg files, e.g. picture1.svg picture2.svg Now, you want to make a slideshow in pdf? Easy with a script. Make sure you have the xfig file ready, save the file as "inkscape2slideshow" or something like that and do a chmod 755 to make it executable, don't include the ---- ---- #!/bin/bash # inkscape cannot directly print gradients # a way around it is to export as png, import that # in xfig and then print # here is a script to print all files (all) to one big ps file A=`awk '{print $0}' list` rm -f allfigures.ps for i in ${A[*]} do rm -f all.png inkscape $i --export-dpi=200 --export-png=all.png #inkscape -w 1024 -h 768 $i --export-png=all.png fig2dev -Lps -c picture.fig >> allfigures.ps done ps2pdf allfigures.ps rm -f allfigures.ps rm -f all.png ---- Save your list of svg files in 'myslides' and the do: inkscape2slideshow myslides It will take a while, because a lot of stuff needs to be written to disk etc. You can decrease the dpi to decrease or increase quality. Of course, your computer must have installed bash,xfig,ps2pdf. But it works quite well and this is what I use to make my lectures. I can't wait for the day that it is simpler, and actually, I can't wait for the day inkscape has animation. Anyway, I think inkscape is a fantastic drawing program and I would like to use this opportunity to thank the developers for their hard work. Gijs ----- End forwarded message -----

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inkscape2pdf
by Gijsbert Stoet 10 May '05

10 May '05

For all of you looking for a program that can convert inkscape to pdf, I have made the script a little nicer. Just save everything starting with the line #!/bin/bash in a text file and make it executable (chmod 755). This works only on unix compatible systems, and you need xfig, ps2pdf and bash installed. Run this, there are some options: -p (portrait) -l (landscape) -d dpi (90 is default, higher looks better but is slower) Final argument is the filename of a file containing a listof inkscape svg files. The list can contain just one or a more svg files, which allows you to make a nice sideshow. Oh, btw, you can also use inkview, which is very nice, but it seems to ignore the color of the paper, if you set it to anything else as white. I don't know whether that is a bug or whether I did something wrong. Hope it works! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash orientation="PORTRAIT" DPI=90 while getopts pld: option do case $option in ( p ) orientation="PORTRAIT" ;; ( l ) orientation="LANDSCAPE" ;; ( d ) DPI=$OPTARG ;; esac done FILE=($*) FILE=${FILE[(($#-1))]} if [ ! -e $FILE ] then echo File $FILE does not exist. exit fi TMPFIG="tmp.fig" echo "#FIG 3.2" > $TMPFIG if [ $orientation == "PORTRAIT" ] then echo "Landscape" >> $TMPFIG else echo "Portrait" >> $TMPFIG fi echo "Center" >> $TMPFIG echo "Metric" >> $TMPFIG echo "Letter" >> $TMPFIG echo "100.00" >> $TMPFIG echo "Single" >> $TMPFIG echo "-2" >> $TMPFIG echo "1200 2" >> $TMPFIG echo "2 5 0 1 0 -1 50 -1 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5" >> $TMPFIG echo " 0 all.png" >> $TMPFIG if [ $orientation == "PORTRAIT" ] then echo " -16 1 12567 1 12567 9701 -16 9701 -16 1" >> $TMPFIG else echo " 3 22 9715 22 9715 12566 3 12566 3 22" >> $TMPFIG fi A=`awk '{print $0}' $FILE` rm -f allfigures.ps for i in ${A[*]} do rm -f all.png inkscape $i --export-dpi=$DPI --export-png=all.png fig2dev -Lps -c $TMPFIG >> allfigures.ps done ps2pdf allfigures.ps rm -f allfigures.ps rm -f all.png rm -f $TMPFIG

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Printing in landscape
by wayne 10 May '05

10 May '05

I'm using Inkscape .41 and I'm not able to print in landscape format. Whenever I configure my HP laserjet1300 printer to print in landscape, it comes out in portrait orientation. I'm using Mandrake 10.1. Any clues as to what I can do? Currently, I'm rotating my images onto a portrait page. Thanks, Wayne

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[stoet@...654...: follow up on the inkscape to pdf]
by Bryce Harrington 09 May '05

09 May '05

----- Forwarded message from gijs <stoet@...654...> ----- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 16:00:42 -0500 (CDT) From: gijs <stoet@...654...> To: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: follow up on the inkscape to pdf I made one mistake in the previous mail regarding a script for making a pdf. If you want to use the script to make a slideshow using the inkscape2slideshow script, the file containing the svg filenames must be called 'list'. Of course, you can easily change the script. ----- End forwarded message -----

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stroke style and position
by Gezim Hoxha 09 May '05

09 May '05

Hi all, I'm new to this list (and to inkscape) so I first would like to congratulate and thank the developers and whoever contributed to inkscape. Here is my question: Say I have an object. And for this object I would like a border (i.e. stroke). How would I make sure that this border (stroke) is completely _outside_ the object and does not at all overlap with the object? Thanks for your help, -Gezim

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SVG to PDF?
by Claus Cyrny 09 May '05

09 May '05

Hi, I have a question: How do I convert an Inkscape SVG file to PDF? TIA, Claus

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eps error (bad encoding)
by Aewyn 07 May '05

07 May '05

Hi! I just try to print from inkscape; as I know the only way to produce a reasonable sized document is save as .eps Is is ok, but all my accent characters (őúéáűó) goes to its unicode formats, so the result is totally unusable. Please help, how can I disable it (in source I think). Thanks, Aewyn

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Inkscape CVS package error: more information
by Christopher B. Wright 05 May '05

05 May '05

OK, so I downlaoded the latest inkscape .cvs package and tried to install it. This is the message I get in the install window: Installing executables... Installing manual pages for section 1... Installing icons... Installing menu items... Copying files to /usr/share Copying files to /usr/lib Error: Package Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor could not be installed I don't know if that's particularly useful, but there it is. Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@...537...)

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Open Clip Art Library Release 0.13 Announcement
by Jon Phillips 04 May '05

04 May '05

May 4, 2005 UTC - Release 0.13 of the Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) is now available for download on-line as an individual package consisting of 3459 images submitted by over 200 artists from around the globe. This release also marks the start of the community-based "Planet Open Clip Art Library." Visit http://planet.openclipart.org to read about the various developers, artists, and contributors. If you would like to join the community, please submit your RSS feed URL and optional hackerogotchi link using the new feedback form on the project's main page. In preparation for the continually warming weather (in some parts of the world), the project is calling for submissions themed around "Summer" during the month of May. Use the following URLs to download the latest release of the Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org/downloads/0.13.2/openclipart-0.13.2.tar.bz2 http://www.openclipart.org/downloads/0.13.2/openclipart-0.13.2.tar.gz http://www.openclipart.org/downloads/0.13.2/openclipart-0.13.2.zip The Open Clip Art Library (http://www.openclipart.org/) aims to create an archive of clip art that can be used freely for any use. All graphics submitted to the project are placed into the Public Domain according to the Creative Commons Public Domain Declaration.

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by unknown＠example.com 04 May '05

04 May '05

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