July 2005 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

This is driving me nuts!
by Elwin Estle 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

I have downloaded InkScape 4.2 both the windows and linux versions. So far I really like it, very cool. But so far there is one feature that I just cannot seem to get to work: Text to Path. I draw the curve (bezier), I make some text, I select the text and the curve together with shift-click, I go up to the menu for text and select "text to path"...and absolutely nothing happens. I have read the insructions for this several times to see if I am missing something, but I am doing exactly what they tell me to do, and I get zip. This is one of the major reasons I was interested in this program. I get the same result with both win and linux versions. Halp! Please! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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plotters and Inkscape
by Shawn Milo 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

Hi. I just subscribed to the list, and so forgive me if I'm bringing up a settled topic. :o/ I was just wondering if Inkscape handles plotters. If not, what software (pref. open-source) do you guys use for running your plotters on Windows, Mac, and Linux? My wife uses a Roland plotter to cut vinyl and flock. Right now, the only app she has is Dr. Stika, which she says is crap. The only other package she knows of is Ultra-something, and it's like a thousand bucks. She manipulates the images in Illustrator and Photoshop, but needs better software to actually run the plotter. I was hoping that Inkscape supported this functionality, maybe with a plugin or third-party add-on. Is there any hope? Thank you, Shawn Milo

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Inkscape 0.42 on Mac OS X
by John Cradock 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

I can't seem to get Inkscape 0.42 to run on my PowerBook running Mac OS X 10.4.2. If I double-click on Inkscape to launch it, X11 starts up just fine, but Inkscape never starts. If I try to launch Inkscape after X11 is already running, the Inkscape icon appears briefly then disappears on my dock. Any ideas, anyone? Any help is appreciated. John Cradock kananga@...155...

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DDC '05 Inkscape presentation
by Bryce Harrington 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

I've posted the presentation I gave at the Desktop Developer's Conference in Ottawa last week here: http://www.bryceharrington.com/Present_desktopcon/ Looks like Firefox can display most of it directly, but a few slides are missing some of the elements, so I've also uploaded it as a tarball. To view it, open the tarball, cd into Present_desktopcon/ and then run $ inkview *.svg Also, there is a Slideshow/ directory with some examples of art that folks have done with Inkscape. Bryce

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stroke stroking stroke
by wayne 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

I'm having problems adjusting the outline thickness in the Stroke Style window. Once I start changing the thickness, it jumps up high and won't go below 16pt. anymore while the default seems to be 1000 pt. This is too thick to be of any use for me. Is it only me or does this happen to others too? Thanks, Wayne Inkscape 0.42 Mandriva 2005LE

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Install problem
by Bungee 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

I installed the static RPM for v 0.42 without any apparent problem, but when I try to run it I get the following error: inkscape: symbol lookup error: inkscape: undefined symbol: g_option_error_quark Version 0.41 runs without problems. I am using Mdk v 10.1. Has anyone else had similar problems? -- Bungee

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Clone Tool and Feature Discussions
by Christopher Ellison 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

As to a 'realistic' use...maybe it doesn't exist. The only nice reason for it that I had thought of was that I could rotate or do operations on any of clones rather than restricting my operations to the original (really my comment came from noticing how Geometer's Sketchpad handled clones). Granted, this isn't much of an 'advantage' especially since you can always find the original. However, if you are dealing with many clones, it might be easier just to work with whatever clone you wanted. Again, if the original and the clone are indistinguishable (meaning operations on either affect both), I think that this is more true to the idea of what a 'clone' is thought to be by most users. However, as mentioned earlier, 'clone' is the name that was given to it, and the users will adapt. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...69...> Reply-To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net CC: Michael Wybrow <mjwybrow@...901...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Clone Tool and Feature Discussions Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:34:40 -0700 On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 04:39:00AM -0300, bulia byak wrote: > > It seems the the current clone implementation is more like a "copycat" or > > "leader/follower" type relationship. It would be nice if Inkscape allowed > > for BOTH mechanisms: copycat and clone. > > "Two-way" cloning is not in SVG, and I doubt it will be. Frankly I > don't see much advantage in it. Can you describe a realistic use case? In a way, this is what defs are for. You establish a single definition for an item and then editing it changes all referenced instances of it. So if a realistic use case is established, I think it could be done with the functionality already in inkscape. Bryce ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Clone Tool and Feature Discussions
by Christopher Ellison 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

Hi, I'd like inquire about some features. The clone tool: First of all, it reminds me of Geometer's Sketchpad...a program I used while in high school to make complex geometric drawings. It would be nice if Inkscape implemented some features of Geometer's Sketchpad as, IMHO, it would make drawing easier. When I think of "clone", I think "indistinguishable." As a user, it doesn't make any sense that the original object has properties that the clone does not...namely, if I rotate the original object, then the clone will rotate...but if I rotate the clone, the original will not rotate. It seems the the current clone implementation is more like a "copycat" or "leader/follower" type relationship. It would be nice if Inkscape allowed for BOTH mechanisms: copycat and clone. When you do copycat, the copies will mimic the original, but the original will not mimic the copy. When you do clone, either object will mimic the other object since they are indistinguishable. --- Geometer's Sketchpad has a feature where you could add a "point". Let me give an example of how this was used: You create a circle. You add a "point" to the circle. This point is linked to the circle. If you move the cirlce, the point moves with the circle. Additionally, the point can be moved, but its movement is constrained to the circle. Suppose I make a smaller circle using the point as the origin. This smaller circle is now linked to the point. Thus, if I dragged the point along the bigger circle, I would also be dragging the smaller circle around the circle. This feature would be very nice to have. Suppose I made a curved line. I could add a point to the line, and then I could create another object using that point. Moving the point (along the curved line) would move the object that was created from the point. These 'points' are VERY powerful tools. ---- In Geometer's Sketchpad, one had the ability to clone-reflect an object about a line. Upon doing so, there would be two indistinguishably, linked objects. If you moved one object closer to the reflection line, then the other object would move closer to the reflection line. Notice, it didn't matter which object you chose to move. This would be a VERY NICE feature in Inkscape...and I think it is pretty clear how useful it could be. --- Often, I find that I want to rotate many different objects about the same point...but not necessary all at once. This means, that I need strict placement of the roatation point---as any difference is usually noticable. When dragging the cursor, the coordinates are show in the status bar, but is it possible to exactly specify the coordinates? --- Geometer's Sketchpad also allowed you to draw perpendicular lines....or draw bisecting angles....or make a midpoint between two points. I believe these will be taken care of when Inkscape implements snapping to objects (please correct me if I am wrong). Corel Draw currently supports this. You can snap to the center of an object, the midpoint of a line, to a quadrant, and to a node. Anyway, this is a wonderful program. Thanks. >From MAILER-DAEMON Wed Jul 27 00:20:04 2005 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:20:45 +0200 Message-Id: <10507270920.AA06397@...900...> Mime-Version: 1.0 From: "Postmaster" <postmaster@...900...> To: <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> X-Mailer: <SMTP32 v8.20> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 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Inkscape 0.42 release
by Bryce Harrington 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

This weekend the Inkscape 0.42 release was branched and tagged, and packages posted. Congrats to everyone that participated in this release! With CVS now tagged and branched, this means we are past the hard freeze. The codebase is now open for commits. Regarding CVS access: If you need access, the rule is that you must have two patches accepted. I know a *lot* of people had patches accepted, so there's probably a fair number of you who qualify. If this describes you, please email your SourceForge ID to me or another admin. (Note that you can continue using the patch tracker if you prefer, the CVS access is given for your convenience.) Our final step to complete the release is to get word out about the release. Rejon is creating and distributing release announcements, but I would also like to strongly encourage others to send out word. Please help us get word out about Inkscape 0.42. Tell people about the nifty new features it has; show off examples of the cool things you're able to do with it; write articles about it in some of the online news sites; find new mailing lists or websites to send our announcement; demo it at LUG's or other OSS gatherings; help friends or family members install it. Looking further forward, I think there is a general concensus that we want to get 0.43 out more quickly than 0.42. This is mainly to give the SoC students a chance to participate in an open source project's full release cycle. We're hoping that 0.43 can be done on the order of a month or two. Bryce

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IS on heise
by Ralf Stephan 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

German fans please support inkscape on the heise forum: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/62184 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/foren/go.shtml?list=1&forum_id=82322 There is also a news article on http://www.winfuture.de/news,21596.html ralf

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