July 2006 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Inkscape & Graphing with Perl
by Bryce Harrington 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Hi all, I've been making a lot of graphs lately, and have found Inkscape quite useful for prettying them up. I stuck a couple screenshots on the website: http://inkscape.osuosl.org/screenshots/svg_tt_graph_bar_before.png http://inkscape.osuosl.org/screenshots/svg_tt_graph_bar_after.png The first is the raw graph produced by the SVG::TT::Graph::Bar module from CPAN. This is a handy module but it doesn't give as much control over appearance as I wished... But in Inkscape I tinkered with it a good bit, and got the latter. I made good use of the grid, paste in place, and layers for this. Took about 20 min total. Bryce

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Major Issue
by Rick Spillane 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

I posted to the list before about this, but I guess I wasn't specific enough. However has anyone else but me noticed that Export to Bitmap doesn't really work? It seems to particularly break when you use gradients with additional interpolation points at arbitrary offsets. I find this particularly amazing since obviously the program is able to rasterize to screen, however it seems incapable of redirecting this same output to a memory buffer than PNGing it. How is Inkscape going to print my drawing correctly if it can't even render it to a bitmap? I only ask this because I am making a poster, and it costs a good amount of money to print one of these suckers, I'd like to make sure that I'm going to get what I expect first. Does anyone have any idea of what is going on? I'd really appreciate any light that can be shed on the matter, thanks! -- Rick necro351@...155...

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How do you unlock objects?
by unknown＠example.com 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

Dear friend, newbie here. We have locked some objects (some rectangular shapes) on the page, in order to work on the page without accidentally modifying the objects. How do you unlock them when you need? Thanks in advance. Corrado -- symbulos uk ltd, co. no. 5441973, UK VAT reg no. 865302135 website http://www.symbulos.com

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error with pdf: a resource is missing
by Marco A. S. Netto 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

Hello all, I'm using inkscape to create some pdf pictures to include in my latex documents. When I use some figures from openclipart in my documents, for example, people/people_juliane_krug_08c.svg I receive the following message from acroread: "A resource is missing". I've never seen this problem before. Does anybody have any idea? Thanks in advance, Marco On 7/16/06, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been making a lot of graphs lately, and have found Inkscape quite > useful for prettying them up. I stuck a couple screenshots on the > website: > > http://inkscape.osuosl.org/screenshots/svg_tt_graph_bar_before.png > http://inkscape.osuosl.org/screenshots/svg_tt_graph_bar_after.png > > The first is the raw graph produced by the SVG::TT::Graph::Bar module > from CPAN. This is a handy module but it doesn't give as much control > over appearance as I wished... But in Inkscape I tinkered with it a > good bit, and got the latter. > > I made good use of the grid, paste in place, and layers for this. Took > about 20 min total. > > Bryce > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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Go figure.
by John R. Culleton 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

I downloaded the stable tarball to my Slackware system and immediately ran into compile problems. So on a hunch I downloaded Inkscape-current and it compiled like a champ. I had previously downloaded/installed the Freerock gnome package. Slack no longer contains Gnome. BTW it still doesn't work: --------------------------------------- *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x0865ebc0 *** Emergency save activated! Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now. If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it. ----------------------------------------- I am thinking of adding another partition just to get a working Inkscape. Is there a Linux distro that comes with Inkscape? -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Best format for printing.
by John R. Culleton 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

When incorporating an Inkscape drawing in a printable document wihich will be in pdf form, is the best choice to save the drawing also as pdf? When saving an Inkscape drawing in pdf form is the drawing still a vector drawing or does it get translated to bitmap? -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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BUG in coordinate system (v0.44)
by Wolfgang 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Hi, I'm quite new to Inkscape but I the coordinate system handling is not getting clear to me, and I believe there must be a bug. Basically I'm getting started by transformation of a shapefile to svg the important part is (one point to keep it simple): <g inkscape:label="Ebene 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1"> <g id="villages1"> <circle r="0.01009" cy="-20.87945" cx="101.33645" id="villages1_B_Chaloen_Suk" sodipodi:cx="101.33645" sodipodi:cy="-20.87945" sodipodi:rx="0.01009" sodipodi:ry="0.01009" /> </g> </g> The -20.87945 is from conversion, the real coordinate is 20.87945 Degree north and 101.33645 degree east. My full file is (more or less directly after import): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>  <svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd" xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" width="100" height="100" id="svg2" sodipodi:version="0.32" inkscape:version="0.44" version="1.0" sodipodi:docbase="C:\Documents and Settings\s0167070\Desktop" sodipodi:docname="test.svg"> <defs id="defs4" /> <sodipodi:namedview id="base" pagecolor="#ffffff" bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:zoom="14.481547" inkscape:cx="10.67134" inkscape:cy="16.69171" inkscape:document-units="px" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" width="100" height="100" units="px" inkscape:window-width="1280" inkscape:window-height="751" inkscape:window-x="-4" inkscape:window-y="-4" /> <metadata id="metadata7"> <rdf:RDF> <cc:Work rdf:about=""> <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format> <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" /> </cc:Work> </rdf:RDF> </metadata> <g inkscape:label="Ebene 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1"> <g id="villages1"> <circle r="0.01009" cy="-20.87945" cx="101.33645" id="villages1_B_Chaloen_Suk" sodipodi:cx="101.33645" sodipodi:cy="-20.87945" sodipodi:rx="0.01009" sodipodi:ry="0.01009" /> </g> </g> </svg> But the point is displayed at approx 101,120 so 100 px too high. Changing cy from -20.87945 to +20.... shifts the point to 101,79.1.. (reading from Inkscape properties). I assume the coordinate system starts above paper size?! Next thing is that I want to shift the canvas origin from 0,0 to 0,100. Therefore I've added manually x="0 y="100" to the file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>  <svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd" xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" x="0" y="100" width="100" height="100" id="svg2" sodipodi:version="0.32" inkscape:version="0.44" version="1.0" sodipodi:docbase="C:\Documents and Settings\s0167070\Desktop" sodipodi:docname="test.svg"> <defs id="defs4" /> <sodipodi:namedview id="base" pagecolor="#ffffff" bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:zoom="14.481547" inkscape:cx="10.67134" inkscape:cy="16.69171" inkscape:document-units="px" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" x="0" y="100" width="100" height="100" units="px" inkscape:window-width="1280" inkscape:window-height="751" inkscape:window-x="-4" inkscape:window-y="-4" /> <metadata id="metadata7"> <rdf:RDF> <cc:Work rdf:about=""> <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format> <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" /> </cc:Work> </rdf:RDF> </metadata> <g inkscape:label="Ebene 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1"> <g id="villages1"> <circle r="0.01009" cy="-20.87945" cx="101.33645" id="villages1_B_Chaloen_Suk" sodipodi:cx="101.33645" sodipodi:cy="-20.87945" sodipodi:rx="0.01009" sodipodi:ry="0.01009" /> </g> </g> </svg> But this doesnt change anything at all!!! The point is still displayed at 101,120. And I assume the x,y statement is valid. It gets even more strange if you put an additional <svg width="100" height="100"> ... </svg> statement around the last example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>  <svg width="100" height="100"> <svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd" xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" x="0" y="100" width="100" height="100" id="svg2" sodipodi:version="0.32" inkscape:version="0.44" version="1.0" sodipodi:docbase="C:\Documents and Settings\s0167070\Desktop" sodipodi:docname="test.svg"> <defs id="defs4" /> <sodipodi:namedview id="base" pagecolor="#ffffff" bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:zoom="14.481547" inkscape:cx="10.67134" inkscape:cy="16.69171" inkscape:document-units="px" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" x="0" y="100" width="100" height="100" units="px" inkscape:window-width="1280" inkscape:window-height="751" inkscape:window-x="-4" inkscape:window-y="-4" /> <metadata id="metadata7"> <rdf:RDF> <cc:Work rdf:about=""> <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format> <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" /> </cc:Work> </rdf:RDF> </metadata> <g inkscape:label="Ebene 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1"> <g id="villages1"> <circle r="0.01009" cy="-20.87945" cx="101.33645" id="villages1_B_Chaloen_Suk" sodipodi:cx="101.33645" sodipodi:cy="-20.87945" sodipodi:rx="0.01009" sodipodi:ry="0.01009" /> </g> </g> </svg> </svg> Now the point is displayed at 101,-79.1 ! I dont understand why this should be correct! Especially as only the y coordinate is influenced. I really hope that somebody can explain me how I can move my image canvas so that it fits over my local coordinate system. Thanks Wolfgang

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global unit system and transformation
by Wolfgang 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Hi all, I've just started to use inkscape a few days ago to draw a map. But for this I would like to have a user defined coordinate system as my country outline is in "degree". It would be really nice if I could use the geographic grid (ie. for adding point symbols at 19°N, 101°E). But I would need to set somewhere a global transformation to map that system onto the drawing area: 1° equals 3cm on paper, and the origin of the paper =18°N,99E for example. Perhaps something like that is already included and I only couldn't find it? Thanks Wolfgang

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import svg file by reference
by Chris Bare 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

When I import a jpg or png, the svg file contains an external reference to that file. When I import an svg, the file is merged inline. Is there a way to tell inkscape to import the svg by reference instead? I'd like to be able to edit several sub files independent of a master file. -- Chris Bare chris@...1958...

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save as PDF loses jpegs & bitmaps
by Werner van Staden 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

I upgraded to 0.44 (using svn) for the enhanced transparency handling but - altho' I do get vector graphics retaining their transparency when saving to PDF - I am now losing all .png .jpg and bitmaps. They don't show up at all. ldd /bin/inkscape shows that all dependencies are met on my Ubuntu Dapper box running kernel 2.6.15. Am I missing something simple or is this a bug?

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