February 2007 - Inkscape Users

extensions still don't work
by Arthur Bueno 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

I installed 0.45 (just unpacked the .zip file) and was hoping to be able to use the 'groups to pngs' script now, but always get an error when running it. (the error message ends with: File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\xmlreader.py", line 121, in parse buffer = file.read(self._bufsize) IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor I understand the effects are is dependent on python installation or something, but I can't get it working. In the readme file there is something about extension-dependencies, but it's way over my head, I really don't see what I need to do from that text. Is there any way for a simple non-technical graphics-program-user to just install inscape and get the extensions working on a windows-machine? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.29/673 - Release Date: 06-Feb-07

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Re: [Inkscape-user] extensions still don't work
by Arthur Bueno 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.29/673 - Release Date: 06-Feb-07

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Copying a few nodes from an object
by marc0047 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

Is it possible to copy nodes from an object with the 'Edit Node' tool and paste them? I've tried copying just a few nodes from an object, hit copy, and then paste. Nothing happens. Duplicating the whole object and altering the duplicate works fine, but it would save me some time if I can copy and paste nodes if it's possilble. Any hints would be helpful! Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Copying-a-few-nodes-from-an-object-tf3176536.html#a88… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Line smoothing
by Dave M G 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

Inkscape users, I'm currently trying to find the best Linux/Open Source application for the task of "digital inking". For those not familiar with the term, digital inking is simply tracing over scanned images of pencil art to create a clean image for printing, and possibly colouring. The make or break issue seems to be one of line smoothing. At first I thought that drawing smooth freehand lines was an issue with the Wacom tablet drivers (Linuxwacom), but it seems after some reading it is an application issue. GIMP does not support line smoothing (so far as I can tell). On the LinuxWacom mailing list, someone suggested that Inkscape might have some line smoothing functions. I've actually been using Inkscape for a while now on other tasks, so I'm not unfamiliar with the interface. However, I can't find any line smoothing options. Do they exist? If so, where? Using a vector graphic program for this task, in place of a raster graphics program like GIMP, would not be my first choice, but if I could draw smooth lines in Inkscape, I would happily go with it. Any advice would be much appreciated. -- Dave M G Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft Kernel 2.6.17.7 Pentium D Dual Core Processor PHP 5, MySQL 5, Apache 2

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Inkscape version 0.45
by Nick Tolentino 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

To All, I would like to congratulate members of the Inkscape community for the release of the new version. Mabuhay! Reading the press release, it makes feel like reading a press release of a new Formula 1 race car: evolutionary not revolutionary. It has lots of improvements which makes other programs seem old. They may have all the tools but Inkscape provides the speed and better UI. I am actually more productive with Inkscape! Again congratulations! Nick Tolentino --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.

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Rope tutorial trouble
by Silvana Marques 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

I'm trying this tutorial (http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.45-3D-rope.png) with Inkscape 0.45 for Windows and I can't do the step 5: the clone's color doesn't changes although the clone is turned off - so the color clone cant'be edited by the original. Did I miss any library? Silvana Blog da Silvana: http://silmq.blogspot.com

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] 0.45 release: lessons learned
by Aaron Spike 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

bulia byak wrote: > 1. Do not start the release process until the packagers from all major > platforms report that the current SVN builds and works without major > problems. > > 2. Do not cut the final release until the packagers from all major > platforms report that they are ready (as in, ready _right now_) to > build and upload their binaries. Bryce and I were of the opinion that cutting the release early was important to get Inkscape 0.45 into the upcoming linux distros. The packaging problems are a bit frustrating and embarrassing but I think our priorities are in the right place. A few days to wait for packages versus 6 or more months to get into a distro release. You make excellent points. This has been the practice in the past and should be in the future. This entire cycle was week with regard to packaging. I dropped the ball on the autopackages early on. The mac packages stalled for a long time because of difficulties updating the build to sufficiently new libs. And most recently some bad management on my part allowed us to lose touch with Adib at a critical moment. I think we're over most of these hurdles now and we can start looking for ways to prevent such situations in the future. My first suggestion is redundancy among packagers. Packaging teams should help to increase our buss number. Community members, if you have even a remote interest in packaging please step forward. Aaron Spike

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Getting basic fonts to show up correctly
by marc0047 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

A newbie here trying to understand fonts in Inkscape on Mac OS X (10.4.6): Basic fonts like Arial, Georgia, and Verdana are not showing up with their entire families in the Text and Font box. Arial, for example, doesn't show up, but 'Arial Black', 'Arial Hebrew', 'Arial Narrow', and 'Arial Rounded MT Bold' does. In another example, Georgia does show up, but its other family members, such as italic, bold, and bold italic, are not present. Anyone have tips on solving this issue? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Getting-basic-fonts-to-show-up-correctly-tf3162672.ht… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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.45 Release
by D. Jones 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

It appears that the release for has a problem because when I try to download the file it says the file is only 2MB is this the correct version? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com

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The Export Groups to PNG extension
by Michael Grosberg 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

I'm creating a large number of icons in a single SVG file and I'd like to export them to seperate PNG file. The export to PNg extension is great for that - but I'd like to know if there is a way to limit the export to only part of the groups in the file, say only the selected ones or only on a single layer. cheers, Michael

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