September 2006 - Inkscape Users

Book updated for Inkscape 0.44
by Tavmjong Bah 22 Oct '06

22 Oct '06

Hello, I have uploaded a new version of the book "A Guide to Inkscape". The book has been updated for Inkscape 0.44. It covers all the new features such as: Clipping & Masks, Layers Dialog, Style Indicator, and Docked Color Palette. The version for Inkscape 0.43 is still available for those who haven't upgraded. See: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/ As always, comment are welcome. Enjoy, Tav

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Inkscape for windows
by Leopold Palomo Avellaneda 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Dear people, first off all I have to say that I'M NOT A WINDOWS USER. After, my boss, that is a windows user, would like to use inkscape. We have tried to install it and basically we didn't have any problem. The question is that we would like to know which dependencies needs inkscape to run in windows, because we cannot use any import feature. So, we cannot open any ps, eps, etc file. We have tried to install python and perl, (without any success, or the import feature doesn't work four us), but I have to say that I don't know very much the windows platform (I'm very happy with the apt-get ;-) So, please, could you tell me which software is necessary/recommend to run a full inkscape in the Win platform? Somethink like to build it: x, y, z: To run it, xa, yb, etc. Best regards, Leo -- Linux User 152692 Catalonia

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blender-like navigation in inkscape
by Karol Krenski 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Hi list, Lately I gave blender a try and was really impressed by its GUI. Blender is known to be hard for beginners, but I believe advanced users can be really productive there. I especially like the three shorcuts: g (grab/move) s (scale) r (rotate) They all work for an active object. Take the rotate operation - it is faster than inkscape's: 1) double click the object 2) select the rotation handle I wonder if it would be possible to create a blender-like, alternative shortcut-theme. This is not a complain against inkscape's GUI - it is great and I can be productive with it, but won't you agree blender's GUI would be faster for advanced users? regards, Karol

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Inkscape doesn't use the preferred language on OS X
by Guillaume Grenier 01 Oct '06

01 Oct '06

I can't get Inkscape to use the preferred language on OS X -- the UI always stay in English no matter what language is set the System Preferences. I'm using the latest versions of Inkscape (0.44.1) and OS X (10.4.7). (The behavior was the same under 10.4.4.) Any way to (re)solve this? g. -- Guillaume Grenier - grenier.g@...2018... "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." (Dwight Eisenhower)

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Terrible crashes in 44.1
by Michael Grosberg 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

I've just installed 44.1 and discovered, to my great dismay, that on my system (Windows XP SP2) it crashes every 5 minutes. Unfortunately, I deleted my installation of 44.0, which used to work fine. Is there any place from which I can download 44.0?

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Re: [Inkscape-user] The burden of searching
by Stefan Graubner 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Gian Paolo Mureddu wrote: > I'm not sure this is the case, but I assume you are using Windows®? No, I am using GNU/Linux (Ubuntu) with a very lightweight WM (wmii) and Gnome. For shure, browsing SVG-graphics with Nautilus is comfortable but that depends on the desktop you have. In my opinion a good search facility should be archieved through inkscape an /not/ by external application or desktop-libraries. /Steve aka fzap

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The burden of searching
by Stefan Graubner 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

I'm using Inkscape for many issues and over the years a large quantity of SVG graphics has amassed themselves spread over different folders. While I'm reusing many pieces I find myself in a situation previewing folder after folder in the open-dialog. This is very unsufficient because it steals time for real artworking. I've tried 'inkview' but when I find the right graphic I have to remind folder & filename and all that sequential. Then I tried SOC project "clipart browser" [1], which seems to be the best approach to find graphics. It works fine with a local and OCAL[2] repository and searches also for svg-keywords. clipartbrowser shoud be a part of inkscape. I can also imagine to integrate 'tagging'-functionality seen on social bookmarks projects or OCAL's new cchost[3]. Best regards Steve aka fzap [1] http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/clipartbrowser/ [2] http://openclipart.org [3] http://openclipart/cchost/

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Layers: what for?
by Paul Smith 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Dear All Could someone please tell me what for are layers intended? I have never used such a thing, and that is why it intrigues me. Thanks in advance, Paul

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Printing Banners/Posters
by Jon jts 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

For those who print custom sized documents using Inkscape, I ran across another app which seems to work very well printing BOTH banners AND posters. Check out Posteriza 1.1.1 (www.posteriza.com). So far this app has printing everything I've drawn (if thats what you can call my attempts to draw). I can enlarge to HUGE sizes. Save your Inkscape document as either a bmp or png file (the two I've tried to date). Open in Posteriza, make the size changes, and print away (and yes, HPs can print banners - I've finally had success with mine - I say this for my benefit. I was ready to throw the printer out the window). I sincerely hope that others can use this information. I've received so much support as I attempt to print odd sized things, I want to repay in any way that I can. Inkscape is very cool and fits absolutly perfectly in my class where students just love it. Now that I can print their work with no porblems (so far), the kids are almost too excited. Again, thank you everyone!!! jt -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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different font sizes in Scribus and Inkscape
by wayne 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

When I print out the same text phrase in both Inkscape (0.44) and Scribus (1.3.3), using the same pt. sizes and typestyle, they come out looking different. The Inkscape printout is noticeably smaller than Scribus. Any tips as to how I can remedy this situation? Thanks, Wayne

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