May 2007 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Quickly Removing Guides
by David Niezabitowski 28 May '07

28 May '07

Is there a way to quickly remove a guide? Something like, Shift+Click? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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Setting dimensions.
by John R. Culleton 28 May '07

28 May '07

The default dimension setting for the marginal scales in Inkscape is in pixels which makes sense for most developmental work. But I prefer to work in inches, since my finished products (book covers) must be laid out very precisely in inches to get the spine to come out right. Of course one can create the components in inkscape and then stitch them together in e.g., Gimp, Scribus or even TeX. But I prefer to deal with the whole product in one program if possible. In Gimp there is an item in the lower left corner that resets the scales in e.g., inches. Does Inkscape have a corresponding setting somewhere? -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Perspecitve.
by Paweł Gęga 28 May '07

28 May '07

Hi there, Is there any way to apply perspective modification to some object? ..Like skew? Inkscape is the best but I can not find out how to apply such modifications... P.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Gradient fill Quality (Linux user)
by Paweł Gęga 28 May '07

28 May '07

Sorry, for stupid attachments, Please find attached links with my gradient examples: http://id1.icis.pcz.pl/paul/1.png http://id1.icis.pcz.pl/paul/2.png

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Of Tutorials and Manners
by Aaron Elmquist 28 May '07

28 May '07

I need some input on the open source community on this one. I ran across a simple but neat tutorial on gimptalk.com on how to do woven tribal artwork with GIMP. I've since adjusted the method for inkscape and put a short 5 step tutorial together on how to do the appropriate path manipulations. I would like to post this somewhere. I have tried to contact the original author "Clay Ogre" but have not received a reply. Would I be stepping on anyone's toes if I posted this? If not where could I post it? If so, I'll just keep it as a reference for myself. ~A

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Gradient fill Quality (Linux user)
by Paweł Gęga 28 May '07

28 May '07

Hi there, I would like to ask about inkscape gradient fill option. When I use gradients I can easily recognise tone steps in the gradient ..especially when I am using few gredient filled objects with different transparency levels. What might be the reason ? I using Debian , Xorg 24 bit Color Depth. When I draw the same picture under windows with AI or Photoshop the gradients are more smooth. Thanks, Paul

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unable to copy objects between documents
by David L 28 May '07

28 May '07

Hi, If I generate text from cairo and create an svg output, I'm able to see the text from inkscape, but attempts to copy that text to a new document fail. As an example, in the source code that I provided in my previous post entitled "object size function of page format?", an svg file is created with an "X" in the center of of a square. If I copy the grouped object containing the square and the "X" into a new document, only the square appears... the X doesn't show up. Where did it go? Thanks, David _________________________________________________________________ Like the way Microsoft Office Outlook works? You�ll love Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migrati…

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Problem with Z order in basic tutorial
by John R. Culleton 27 May '07

27 May '07

Everything works as advertised until I get to the Section on Z-Order. The altl+click and alt+drag either finds the green rectangle or the whole page, which is not what is intended. I use a fairly vanilla verson of Slackware Linux 11 and KDE 3.5. My Inkscape alleges that it is Inkscape 0.45. Cheers, -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Is there an Inkscape mascot or plans for one?
by Valerie VK 26 May '07

26 May '07

I apologize if there is and I simply didn't find it, but a google search mostly turned up results for people using Inkscape to create mascots for Other programs. XD I'm wondering if there's an Inkscape mascot or discussions about one, because I hope to make an Inkscape anime tutorial for my friends eventually, and I thought it might be a good idea to somehow base the design off of something from Inkscape. If Inkscape does not have a mascot yet though, I'll just come up with a random design. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front

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Offtopic? Reading .qxd in Linux
by Kat Tanaka Okopnik 25 May '07

25 May '07

This isn't strictly Inkscape oriented. I'm running an all-linux system, and I really need to read some of my old work, which was saved in .qxd (Quark Xpress) format. Anyone out there managed this with a *nix box? -- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor kat@...2161...

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