November 2007 - Inkscape Users

Script to slice inkscape (for web heads)
by m h 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Hey all- I've written a script to slice from inkscape. Details/script can be found at my blog [0]. Comments/suggestions welcome. -matt 0 - http://panela.blog-city.com/slicing_web_pages_with_inkscape_and_python.htm

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Red Spiral Challenge
by Aaron Elmquist 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Does anyone know how to creat the red spiral with the continuous gradient in Tavmjong Bah's "A Guide to Inkscape" I took a couple cracks at it last night without much sucess. ~Aaron

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Type1 Fonts on Windows XP
by Norvell Spearman 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

How do I configure Inkscape for Windows to see the Type1 fonts I have installed? The GIMP sees them fine (which also uses freetype), as does OpenOffice.org. The font names and corresponding pfb file names even show up in my .fonts.cache-1 file but I still can't see them in Inkscape. Thanks for any answers. Inkscape 0.45 Windows XP SP2 -- Norvell Spearman

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Fwd: Automatically set Z-order
by Rob Antonishen 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Woo-Hoo Thanks to Kurt I was able to pull together an extension. It is ungainly slow because of the whole "calling another instance of Inkscape" deal , but it does work. This provides an option of restacking the selected objects in a direction (left to right, right to left, top to bottom, or bottom to top) as well as the point of each object to compare (top left, bottom middle, etc). Attached are before and after samples, as well as the extension. It registers as "Effects->Modify Path->Restack" I am running on Inkscape 0.46dev+devel, built Apr 28 2007, so ymmv if running .45 -Rob A>

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SVG Viewers
by Cedric Sagne 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Thanks all for info on the SVG viewer topic. It never was the most convenient thing about SVGs (and anyway not Inkscape's fault) so I sort of did with it. I added a new section in the FAQ based on the comments here - a very constructive thread for all of us. Please bring your additional comments on the specific viewer you use. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Viewing_SVG_files_like_an_image… Cédric

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Easily edit names
by Brian Vanderburg II 05 Jan '08

05 Jan '08

A lot of the names can be edited by right-clicking on an item, but some names can't be edited so easily, and even when this works, it is tedious when wanted to give meaningful names to many items. The XML editor could work, but would require a complete find-replace to replace the name. Instead it would be nice if there was a name manager that could show all the name used in a file, what type the name is (group, pattern, image id, etc), and even a preview of the time, and allow renaming it from there and making sure the new name is not used by something else. For example, the name linearGradient3313 doesn't mean much to me in a big file with many gradients. I'd rather name it to be more meaningful so if an item is to use the same gradient, I can more easily recognize it, esp. if it is similar to another gradient. The same goes with other things like patterns, etc, and it would be nice to have an easy-to-use name/id manager for them. p.s Not sure if this is the correct place to send this. Sorry if not. Brian Vanderburg II

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Inkscape and DXF files?
by Jim Ford 05 Jan '08

05 Jan '08

The school where I work has a laser cutter attached to a pc. The pc runs 'PC Design', outputing to the cutter. http://www.techsoftuk.co.uk/techsoft_software.htm As well as it's own propriety files, PC Design will accept dxf files to output to the cutter. I've tried importing dxf files created with Inkscape into PC Design, but they don't get rendered. Are the dxf files created by Inkscape's export non standard or otherwise 'funny'? Does anyone know of a 'workaround' for this problem, please? Jim Ford

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Problem with Inkscape 0.45.1 on Gentoo
by G. Clark Haynes 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Since performing a recent upgrade on Gentoo (which included updating a LOT of core libraries, as well as upgrading Inkscape from 0.43 to 0.45.1), I've had problems with fonts when importing SVG files. An example of the output is: http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/~gch/2007/inkscape-problem/ Basically, I have a workflow where I export SVGs from Matlab, then make minor changes to the figure in Inkscape, and then export an EPS graphic which is used for scientific publication. Currently, it seems like the imported fonts are being very messed up, like all text bits being centered at one point, etc. You can see it in the figure above. The same file opens fine with Mozilla Firefox. I realize that, given that a lot of libraries were recently updated on my machine, this may not be an inkscape problem. What other packages could be causing this? I do not see problems with any other programs on my computer ... Thanks, and I hope I can get this fixed soon! Trying to get a journal publication out the door :-) -- ===================================== Clark Haynes, gch@...2407... http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~gch/ Ph.D. Student, The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University =====================================

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libxml2 and autopackage
by Matt Jordan 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi folks, I'm trying to use the perspective tool with .46 installed with autopackage on Ubuntu Gutsy. Inkscape complains that I don't have libxml2 but I do, so I'm guessing it doesn't know because it's an autopackage install? If so, is there a way to convince Inkscape that I do have libxml2 and tell it where it is? Thanks, Matt

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OFT fonts
by Cedric Sagne 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Opentype fonts do not appear on my font list (Windoze)... Hmmm anything I have not done properly? The wiki is not very talkative about it, anyone has a clue? Cédric

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