April 2007 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Node Handles Invisible after Shape Creation?
by Axiom X11 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Trying to modify some shapes I made with the pen tool, I noticed that the node handles do not show up after the shape has been created. They do show up while drawing the shape, but once it is closed they seem to be invisible. Is this intentional? I found that you can hold shift and change the shape of the lines, or just grab the lines themselves and strech them like rubber bands, similar to the way they behave in Flash (but not the same). Sometimes though, I would really like to see those handles, so I don't have to guess where they are, and can really fine tune my curves. I found this page, I am not sure if it is relevant, since there is no date on it: http://www.angelfire.com/mi/kevincharles/inkscape/ncwf2.htm I experience this behavior in Inkscape 0.46dev+devel, built Mar 28 2007 and Inkscape 0.45.1, built Mar 21 2007

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What does the blur value relate to?
by Tony Vigil 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

I'm just curious... what does the blur value relate to? Is it a percentage of some max amount of blur? - Tony

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running inkscape on MacOS 3.9
by unknown＠example.com 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hi, hopefully I am in the right mailing list. I have some problems to run Inkscape on my MacOS 3.9 PPC. After executing the program it starts up but shuts down with no error massage. Dose anyone have some suggestions? Thanks sebastian -- "Feel free" - 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX ProMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Window Manager that doesn't clash
by Kat Tanaka Okopnik 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 06:28:20PM +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 09:19:48AM -0700, Kat Tanaka Okopnik wrote: > > > > I've been using icewm for a window manager, and it clashes horribly with > > (among other things) alt-clicking in Inkscape. Understandably, this > > makes working with Inkscape incredibly difficult. > > Every WM with all configurable shortcuts should do, but I guess > the key for window manipulations might still be hard-coded in some. *nod* I looked for a way to change the configuration for icewm, and didn't find anything. (My problem is partly because I'm new to open source, and my husband (editor-in-chief of Linux Gazette) is partial to very basic window managers as well as not really doing much in the way of mouse-based interaction. > Metacity allows selection of a "Movement Key" among Control, Alt, > Super (Windows key). I picked the last as that makes obvious sense > and doesn't clash with aynthing ;) Thanks for the tip, I've just installed it and am about to give that a whirl. -- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor kat@...2161...

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Window Manager that doesn't clash
by Kat Tanaka Okopnik 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hi - I've taken the plunge to all open source, and I'm thrilled with Inkscape except for one maddening thing - I've been using icewm for a window manager, and it clashes horribly with (among other things) alt-clicking in Inkscape. Understandably, this makes working with Inkscape incredibly difficult. Any advice out there on a good window manager to use with Inkscape? I know I can use ratpoison, but then I have the annoyance of trying to use ratpoison with Gimp. I've already searched the list archives and other resources, but I'm hoping that someone out there has solved this problem already, so I won't have to spend days testing out window managers myself. Thanks, -- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor kat@...2161... >From MAILER-DAEMON Mon Apr 02 09:29:40 2007 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 18:28:20 +0200 From: Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@...1631...> To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20070402162820.GA4625@...1906...> References: <20070402161948.GB6421@...2161...> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20070402161948.GB6421@...2161...> Priority: normal X-Mailer: Mutt User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. Report problems to http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Window Manager that doesn't clash X-BeenThere: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: t_w_@...1631..., Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> List-Id: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=inkscape-user> List-Post: <mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:29:40 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 09:19:48AM -0700, Kat Tanaka Okopnik wrote: > > I've been using icewm for a window manager, and it clashes horribly with > (among other things) alt-clicking in Inkscape. Understandably, this > makes working with Inkscape incredibly difficult. Every WM with all configurable shortcuts should do, but I guess the key for window manipulations might still be hard-coded in some. Metacity allows selection of a "Movement Key" among Control, Alt, Super (Windows key). I picked the last as that makes obvious sense and doesn't clash with aynthing ;) -- Thorsten Wilms Thorwil's Creature Illustrations: http://www.printfection.com/thorwil

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getting started
by cartoons 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Can someone on this list help me get started with Inkscape. I have release 0.43. I really like the program's drawing functionalities; however, so far I have not been able to figure out how to create and use .svg files (which I understand is the program's main file type). I draw cartoons and, no matter how good the program is, it is of no use to me if I cannot figure out how to share the stuff I create and post to websites, etc. So far I have figured how to create a basic .svg file and also I've manage to import a .bmp into MS Powerpoint. I created the .bmp by 'exporting to .bmp'. But I cannot just 'copy and paste' images that I create into other programs. Why is this? Thank you. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/getting-started-tf3494507.html#a9760536 Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Win2000TS menu font is white
by Mike Dewhirst 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

I installed Inkscape 0.45.1 built Mar 21 2007 in WinXP and it is fabulous :) Thank you. I installed the same version on a Win2000 Terminal Server and while it works OK - I have difficulty with menu text because it appears white instead of black. It makes all text which appears on a white background invisible. I couldn't find any options for setting the Inkscape menu font color. I experimented with different Windows color schemes but no luck. How can I get the menu fonts to appear black? Thanks for any pointers Mike

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Create favicon.ico
by Tom Smith 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

I created an SVG file in Inkscape and it looks as I would expect it to, regardless of scale. I export it to PNG so that I can then convert it to ICO using The GIMP. The problem is that the exported PNG file is very pixelated and doesn't look near as good as the SVG file. I'm new to Inkscape so I'm probably just not exporting it correctly. Can anyone offer some advise for making this work? Thanks, in advance, for your help. ~ Tom

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