June 2006 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

compiling on ububtu 6.06 amd64 - SUCCESS!
by j michaelson 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

hello, i've been finally got inkscape-20060607-0100 compiled on ubuntu 6.06 amd64. i was using apt-get to sort the dependencies and i've probably installed a load of stuff i don't need. this has been a fairly long and painful process because i'm on dialup. what i'm thinking of doing is getting all the debs from /var/cache/apt/archive and building myself a mini repository. i can then do a fresh install on a different partion and go through the process again and work out which packages are actually needed. from this a single apt-get install command could be worked out that would sort all the dependencies with the minimum of downloading. john.

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compiling on amd64 unbuntu 6.06
by j michaelson 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

hi, i'm trying to build the latest inkscape and i've ground to a halt. i've been running the configure script and sorting out any dependencies i find, but been getting a message about a "sanity check". i don't know what this means and i haven't had much luck finding out. does this mean that a package is missing or that there is something wrong with one of them? i'd be grateful for some advice, i've included the output of the configure script. thanks. john michaelson. john@...1937...:~/a/software/inkscape/inkscape-20060607-0100$ ./configure checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... mawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no checking for intltool >= 0.22... 0.35.0 found checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking for XML::Parser... ok checking for iconv... /usr/bin/iconv checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for style of include used by make... none checking dependency style of gcc... none checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes checking for g++... no checking for c++... no checking for gpp... no checking for aCC... no checking for CC... no checking for cxx... no checking for cc++... no checking for cl... no checking for FCC... no checking for KCC... no checking for RCC... no checking for xlC_r... no checking for xlC... no checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no checking whether g++ accepts -g... no checking dependency style of g++... none checking for strerror in -lcposix... no checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) no checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) no checking dependency style of g++... (cached) none checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... no checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See `config.log' for more details.

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0.44 pre3 tarball
by Aaron Spike 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've just uploaded the tarball for 0.44pre3. It is now available at: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/inkscape/inkscape-0.43%2B0.44pre3.tar.gz… http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/inkscape/inkscape-0.43%2B0.44pre3.sig?do… As the become available, binary packages can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=9911… Let's give a round of applause to our prerelease packagers. Thanks for getting these packages up so quickly. We all appreciate your efforts. Aaron Spike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEhlge1wsJX4VXgboRAkVUAKCqvVvjRNVlzyB314A3MmYg6BcLyACgvqyd 94MlkR/+jObv8NnJGET/UP0= =HEQL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Inkscape-user] xfig copying; ctrl+d is THE solution
by Gijsbert Stoet 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Thanks to everybody pointing out the ctrl+d option (duplicate object); that is absolutely the solution I was looking for, and as somebody pointed out, it is true and convenient that that way you don't even need to release the control key during the whole procedure. Thanks a lot! Another reason to dump xfig (after years of good service though!).

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xfig like copying
by Gijsbert Stoet 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

This is a follow up on my earlier post regarding copying object while retaining horizontal or vertical alignment. I just figured that the easiest way to do this is to: 1) Copy object 2) Paste in place (from the edit menu) 3) then move the new object while holding the ctrl key It is quite interesting to compare the xfig and inkscape interface. Although Inkscape is nowadays 100x better than xfig, the original xfig interface has some nice features with which you can do some things really quick (Maybe that is just because I am used to it. But to give just an example). For example, if you have a drawing and there is a whole bunch of objects that need to be copied, each to different place. In Xfig, you can just click the copy icon, and you are in copy mode. Every object you touch with your mouse+click will be copied. In Inkscape, or any other modern drawing program for that matter, you need to perform a couple of operation to each object. I wonder whether I am the only one whole likes these Xfig features.

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question about copying while maintaining perfect alignment
by Gijsbert Stoet 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

There is a way of copying in Xfig that is really handy, and I wonder whether something similar is available in Inkscape. In Xfig, you can click the copy Icon and then copy the original with the middle mouse button clicked to a position that is either perfectly horizontally or vertically aligned. This is handy if you want a copy of the original perfectly next or underneath the original. In Inkscape I have to do this differently. I first copy and paste the object to a new location, and then I have to manually align it to its original using the alignment dialog. Of course that is not too hard, but in Xfig it is easier. Since this is an operation that I use often, I miss the Xfig way of copying. Maybe it is possible in Inkscape, since there are so many handy key shortcuts I am not yet aware of. I looked this up in the Inkscape tutorials, but could not find it yet. Let me know if there is an easy way to do this. Thanks.

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Symbol & other font in Windows
by Arnout Standaert 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Hi all, I'd just like to signal that the 0606051800 build isn't showing some fonts over here (WinXP SP2). Mainly Symbol, Webdings and Wingdings and some others. They're regular TTF fonts, like the rest, but simply do not show up in the list. Any ideas? Thanks, Arnout

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image scaling
by none none 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Is it a bug or a feature that inkscape can't upsample an embedded raster image? also if an image is rotated it doesn't get done very well (do the same rotation in the gimp and it will be nice and smooth) FYI batik handles upsampling and rotation nicely, although the build I'm using doesn't seem to antialias the edges of images :( Any idea when this will be implemented in inkscape? should i file a bug? Thanks, Alex

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milestone 11
by Benjamin Huot 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

I was looking at the Roadmap, sepecifically Milestone 11/Inkscape.45 and it listed PDF export as an option, but I have already been able to export directly to PDF from the Inkscape export dialog from at least .43 onwards. Does this mean that it will have a PDF export that will be handled by Inkscape itself rather than by Ghostscript or there will be more features or what? http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Roadmap

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Exporting objects as SVG?
by Christopher B. Wright 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

I get the feeling this question was asked on the list sometime back, but I can't honestly remember if it was or not. Currently it's possible to draw a complex image in Inkscape, and export a portion of that image as a bitmap by selecting the "selection" tab on the Export Bitmap panel. What I'm wondering is, is it possible to do something similar with SVG? If I've drawn a complicated object in Inkscape and I want to save parts of that object separately, what do I do? For example: I draw a webcomic and I've been using Inkscape for it for at least three releases so far. It works pretty well, but I have to keep all the characters saved in a single template file for re-use. The more characters I add the larger the file gets, and if the comic gets too complicated pretty soon the hard drive is thrashing just because there are so many unnecessary elements in the file. It would be great if I could save each character as an individual svg file that I could import into a document as needed, but I can't seem to find any option in the menu that does that. Is this possible? Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@...537...)

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