June 2005 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Start with Inkscape - several questions
by Tobias Hilbricht 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Dear readers of this list, I had a first look at Inkscape, and several questions occured to me on the first test: * Does Inkscape support palettes? Where can I "store" and save colours for further use? * Is the CMYK colour picker working in version 0.41? Here I can only use RGB. * How can I print the tutorials on A4 paper? The tutorials look very nice, but printing them the usual way does not work, and I dont like reading on screen. * The pointer position in the lower left corner - how can I have it using the same unit as used for the document (millimeters or point or other choices)? * What is "Inkscape SVG" as opposed to "Plain SVG" when saving a document? Thank you for helpful hints in advance Yours sincerely Tobias Hilbricht

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center alignment about guidelines
by David Soukal 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hello, I was wondering whether it's possible to have objects "snap" to guidelines with their center rather than edges (the bounding box). I think this feature would come handy and wouldn't have to be difficult to implement (perhaps). Or maybe have the object snap with the center of rotation instead of center--even though this is probably not the cleanest idea. On a similar note, it would also be nice, if the Align & Distribute dialog box could align object around "nearest" or selected guideline. I would, for example, like to have objects centered around their respective centers vertically, which is easy to do now, but how do I center these object around a guideline? But this a variation on the question in the paragraph above. Or is such a functionality there already? David

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Re: Re: corrected
by unknown＠example.com 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

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Drop Shadows
by frank gaude' 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

I see in the Help file 'tips' that blur drop shadows are not yet implemented. But that I should read the [[usr]/share/extensions/inkscape-shadow.README file. There is not such file that I can find in the Linux file tree. I do see .sh files and a svg_dropshadow script. Can anyone tell be how to do blurred drop shadows in Inkscape now, in version .41? I'm new to Inkscape and Scribus, coming from InDesign CS and Paint Shop Pro 9. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Frank frank gaude' (aka tanzen) at web site http://yantrayoga.typepad.com/noname or subscribe to Email list at NoNameDesigns-subscribe@...699...

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NEW: flowed text UI
by bulia byak 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

* Inkscape now features a complete support for flowed text: o Creation of flowed text is simple. Just drag anywhere on canvas (except over an existing text object) using the Text tool to create a rectangular frame. After you release mouse, the frame is created and you can type text into it. o Resizing a frame is as simple as dragging the handle in the bottom right corner to change its width or height. Drag with Ctrl to restrict resizing to horizontal or vertical. Such resizing can be done by Text tool, Node tool, or any shape tool; however, only Text tool also highlights the frame border when a flowed text is selected. o Transforming a flowed text is straightforward. It is selected as a single object including both the frame and the text, and can be moved, scaled, rotated etc. * Dragging with the Text tool creates a regular flowed text object whose frame is internal (does not appear as a standalone object on canvas) and rectangular. You can, however, create a different kind of flowed text: linked flowed text that can use as its frame any existing shape, including non-rectangular ones. It can also use a chain of frames, with the text flowing from one frame to the next one in chain. o To create a linked flowed text, select a text object and one or more shapes or paths, then use the Flow into Frame command (Alt+W) in the Text menu. When two or more shapes or paths were selected, they become a chain of frames for this flowed text. o A linked flowed text is in some ways similar to a clone. It will reflow when the frame is changed, but it is a separate object that can be moved away and transformed independently from its frame. As with a clone, when a linked flowed text is selected, you can use Shift+D in Selector to jump to its first frame (this is useful if the frame is invisible or locked). o Statusbar description of a selected object will identify regular text, flowed text, and linked flowed text as different kinds of objects. * Full on-canvas editing of flowed text is now possible. Just click in any flowed text object with text tool and type - the text will reflow automatically within its frame. Letterspacing and linespacing adjustments (but not manual kerns) work in flowed text as well. * The Unflow Text command (Alt+Shift+W) converts a flowed text into a single-line regular text object, cutting its link to its frame. * Another command, Convert to Text, also converts flowed text to a regular text object, but does this preserving appearance (i.e. all lines are kept where they were). The resulting object does not reflow anymore but it is still editable. It is recommended to use this command if you have flowed text in a document but want it to be viewable in SVG 1.1 renderers. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: information
by unknown＠example.com 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

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Saving as .ai doesn't work
by Claus Cyrny 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

Hi, when trying to save an Inkscape file as Adobe Illustrator .ai, I get the error message saying that the file cannot be saved. What am I doing wrong, or is this some kind of bug? I am using the "Save as ..." option, with .AI selected (Inkscape 0.40). Thanks, Claus -- Profile: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/profil/en/ (in English) Djangology: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/djangology/ (deutsch) Glossar "Computergrafik": http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/glossar/ (deutsch)

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*IMPORTANT* Please Confirm Your Account
by support＠lists.sourceforge.net 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

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Re: Re: hi
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26 Jun '05

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cleaner markup SVG ellipse rect polygon?
by Alan Horkan 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

I realise Inkscape inherited a lot of code from Sodipodi and Sodipodi was using SVG as a means to an end rather than trying to produce clean markup that could be easily edited manually but what I would like to know is if there are any plans or exisiting request for Inkscape to use the standard ellipse rect and polygon tags? (If I could think of something to search for I might stand I better chance of finding an existing RFE but a quick skim of the first few pages didn't turn up much). I grabbed a nightly build and produce a simple file with a Rectangle, an Ellipse and a Star but when I inspected the markup all were represented in the file using Paths. (From a techincal point of View it is interesting that Convert Object to Path doesn't actually convert anything.) I realise the Inkscape ellipse supports more functionality than can be represented by an ellipse but I think using the tags where possible would produce much cleaner markup which is very useful to people like me who like to obsessively tweak their images and carefully hand edit the markup. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

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