November 2007 - Inkscape Users

Automatically set Z-order
by Rob Antonishen 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Is there a way in Inkscape (extension/plugin) to automatically set the z-order of a number of objects? For example, I want to do what is shown by this image: http://www.maj.com/gallery/ffaat/Stuff/howto.png (The objects here are the same just for convenience. They are not necessarily the same, and are not necessarily in a grid). Ideally, I could provide a direction/line and have it change the z-order of all the selected objects in that orientation (though I would settle for top->down and left->right as I could just pre- and post- rotate) I have written script-fu extension for GIMP before, but think that Inkscape is much harder to add to that way... -Rob A>

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Drawing boxes around objects?
by Keith Trnka 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

I think I might've not been so clear on what I was looking for -- an automatic way to do it with a tool, where I'd select my text, then select some tool or script, and have the appropriate size boxes created and grouped automatically. I realize I could just do it manually, but I don't normally have the time for that. thanks, keith

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"fe" filters
by imigital 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

New (to me anyway) find. For those who use "fe" type filters like, <feSpecularLighting ...>, <fePointLight...>, etc. Using XP, gimp-2.4.1 will render svg's with filters applied. Makes for easy file conversions. Anyone know of plan when Inkscape will support these filters? imigital __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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12 Nov '07

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Can't get inkscape --export-area to work on windows
by Marcin Kasperski 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

I am using inkscape in batch mode to convert SVG images to PNG. On Linux it works perfectly. On Windows it works ... until I try using --export-area. Whenever I give --export-area parameter, inkscape silently does nothing. I suspected locale settings but even without fractional parts it does not work... Has anybody succeeded at using inkscape in such way on win? What can be the trick? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Marcin Kasperski | Users typically do not know exactly what | http://mekk.waw.pl | they want and are unable to articulate all | | that they know. (Parnas) ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Import question from a newbie
by Gavin Glencorse 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Hi there, Am looking to import AI, DXF and EPS files into Inkscape but am unsure how to get any further. I know I need Image Magick, dfx2svg, pstoedit and skencil installed to achieve this but don't know how to go about it. Is there an easy way to go about this as I've no experience of using the command line and this was the main reason I downloaded Inkscape. I run a MacBook Pro using OSX 10.4.10 with 2.16 GHz intel Core Duo and 1 GB RAM. Thanks in advance for any help! Regards. Gavin ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html

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Intersection of rectangle and traced object
by Frank Knappe 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Hello, from the png export of an mask file I vreated a path object by using the buitin tracing function. This works great. I now have to show certain areas of the file only. For this I created a rectangle and used the "intersection" routine. This operation works in principle, but there are some side issues. The rectangle has the outer lines with 2mm, whereas the traced object has 0.282mm. The final object after the intersection has also 2mm line which is to coarse for showing certain details. Is this behaviour intented? version 0.46devel from 22102007 Ciao, Frank

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Paint Bucket Tutorial
by Ryan Lerch 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

the tutorial for the paint bucket / flood fill tool is now almost complete. Before we convert this into DocBook XML format, would it be possible for devs and users to have a quick read, and give the tutorial writers some tips on improvements etc. ? the tutorial draft can be viewed here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Scratchpad_paintbuckettutorial thanks in advance, ryanlerch

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Wacom tablet and Linux.
by John R. Culleton 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Has anyone used a Wacom tablet with Inkscape and Linux? -- John Culleton

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Need feedback from multi-monitor users
by Jon A. Cruz 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Hi, In adding support for color management and ICC profiles, I need a bit of feedback from anyone who has more than a single monitor under X11. If you have more than one monitor... 1) Do you have Xinerama running? 2) What do you get from running the following command? xdpyinfo | grep screen Thanks.

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