September 2007 - Inkscape Users

Fwd: tablet support question: UC-LOGIC 9x12 and e3works tablet compatibility
by Vlad Olenin 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hi, I've just installed the Inkscape. I have e3works 5x3 tablet. It was detected by the Inkscape and is listed under the devices. The only thing is that the Y axis is inverted for some reason: you move the pen down, the cursor moves in the opposite direction, ie up. The axis is inverted right around the middle of the page. To explain more, if you pick the freehand tool and place it at the top edge of the 'paper', the drawing will start from the bottom edge of the screen (while the 'pen' cursor itself will be at the top, where it should be). As you move the pen down, the line is being drawn from bottom up. As you close the center of the page the cursor 'meets' the line. As you keep on drawing past the center of the page, the cursor goes down while the line itself keeps on going towards the top. The tablet worked OK with other Vector or Bitmap graphic editors (PaintShopPro, Xara, etc) I tried. Is it smth that can be fixed through the configuration or it's a bug? Also, I'm planning to get UC-LOGIC 9x12 tablet. I wonder if anyone has used this tablet with the Inkscape and if everything works properly with it... Thanks, Vlad

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Install latest development build package
by Asif Lodhi 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hi, I have Fedora 7 and want to install the latest development build (autopackage based installation package). I don't know whether my install will go file on Linux if I download the autopackage. Isn't there a simple directory installation that I can simply download and copy in one of my directories? Like the one you have for Windows? It would be great if you could point me to such a directory installation tarball? Otherwise, I fear that after downloading I will fall into resolving the dependency hell. -- Best regards, Asif

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
by Lucas Franco 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

<Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net>Hi, I want to show a tutorial for the SPANISH speakers users, "Making a cloud", If anyone can translate, better (My english is very very bad :D). Is very simple and is the first time what i write a tutorial. I waiting for your opinions. The link: http://www.taringa.net/posts/info/902926/%5BTutorial%5D-Nube-con-vectores_.… -- Lucas Franco

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Fill with multiple outline segments
by Robert Funnell 23 Sep '07

23 Sep '07

I'd like to be able to create a single filled object whose outline has multiple segments, with the multiple segments having different colours and styles. I have a fudged example at http://audilab.bmed.mcgill.ca/~funnell/test_fill_multsegs.svg where I've overlaid 2 objects to get the desired visual effect. Is there a way to do this in such a way that I can later edit the shape of the outline and have the fill adjusted automatically? Thanks.

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Gray screen after launching Inkscape and X11
by khali dog 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

Hi, I am new to the list. I have just downloaded Inkscape (Inkscape-16090-i386.dmg) on my imac. I use OSX 10.4.10 and I followed very closely the steps and installed the X11 from the installation DVD. When I opened Inkscape, it launched with X11. However the screen that I see is only a gray screen with the Inkscape window (pls see attached picture). I cannot see my desktop nor other applications. Is it normal? I want to have Inkscape working with other application without the necessary quitting Inkscape. Please help. Thanks.

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Date of 0.45.1?
by Steve Litt 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Hi all, Using RPM files found on pbone.net, I just installed a newer Inkscape. But when I do help->about_inkscape, it says it's 0.45, built Feb 6, 2007. Is that the latest stable Inkscape? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/

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PDF Creation
by Paulo J. Matos 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Hi all, I have two files to insert into latex document, which I would like to insert as PDF (not eps or png, those work just fine). They are both attached. All my tries were in vain, from blank PDFs (saving directly to PDF) to corrupted PDFs (plain SVG -> IM convert), or cut images (eps -> ps2pdf). Any ideas on how to get these to PDF? Cheers, -- Paulo Jorge Matos - pocm at soton.ac.uk http://www.personal.soton.ac.uk/pocm PhD Student @ ECS University of Southampton, UK

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Opening .AI files in Inkscape development version
by D. Jones 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

D Jones <wrote> I see this error message when I try to open .AI files Extension "AI 8.0 Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency: type: executable location: path string: gs what does this mean? "bulia byak" <wrote> This means you don't have Ghostscript installed. Anyway, with devel version it is recommended to use a newer AI format (version 9 or later) and the AI [PDF-based] file type in the Open dialog. But I do have ghostscript installed. ------------------------------ From: Ted Gould <ted@...10...> > I see this error message when I try to open .AI files > > Extension "AI 8.0 Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met. > Dependency: > type: executable > location: path > string: gs > > what does this mean? --Ted wrote: When you open the file, or when Inkscape starts up? Where do you see this message? What OS? This message is what i see in the error log. When i try to open certain ai files on Windows XP the message that Iimmediately shows in inkscape is the following Failed to load the requested file C:\Documents.........\Sport_Vereniging_Estrella.ai which is from this url http://tinyurl.com/2oalhk ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting

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./configure failure on 0.45.1
by Steve Litt 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi all, I'm using Mandriva 2007 32 bit Linux with 1.5GB of RAM and a single core Athlon processor. I'm trying to compile the Inkscape 0.45.1 tarball. During ./configure, I got the following error: checking for INKSCAPE... configure: error: Package requirements (gdkmm-2.4 glibmm-2.4 gtkmm-2.4 gtk+-2.0 >= 2.8.0 libxml-2.0 >= 2.6.11 libxslt >= 1.0.15 cairo sigc++-2.0 >= 2.0.12 gthread-2.0 >= 2.0 libpng >= 1.2) were not met: No package 'gdkmm-2.4' found No package 'glibmm-2.4' found No package 'gtkmm-2.4' found No package 'gtk+-2.0' found No package 'libxslt' found No package 'cairo' found No package 'sigc++-2.0' found At least some of these packages appear to me to be installed: [slitt@...2358... inkscape-0.45.1]$ locate gdkmm /usr/lib/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1.0.30 /usr/lib/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1 [slitt@...2358... inkscape-0.45.1]$ locate glibmm /var/ftp/pub/Mandrivalinux/media/main/libglibmm2.4_1-2.12.0-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm /usr/share/doc/libglibmm2.4_1-2.12.0 /usr/share/doc/libglibmm2.4_1-2.12.0/COPYING /usr/share/doc/libglibmm2.4_1-2.12.0/NEWS /usr/share/doc/libglibmm2.4_1-2.12.0/README /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1.0.24 /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1 /usr/lib/libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1.0.24 /usr/lib/libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1 [slitt@...2358... inkscape-0.45.1]$ locate gtkmm /var/ftp/pub/Mandrivalinux/media/main/libgtkmm2.4_1-2.10.1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm /usr/share/doc/libgtkmm2.4_1-2.10.1 /usr/share/doc/libgtkmm2.4_1-2.10.1/AUTHORS /usr/share/doc/libgtkmm2.4_1-2.10.1/COPYING /usr/share/doc/libgtkmm2.4_1-2.10.1/NEWS /usr/share/doc/libgtkmm2.4_1-2.10.1/README /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1.0.30 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 [slitt@...2358... inkscape-0.45.1]$ Any ideas? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/

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File->Print doesn't respect the file properties settings
by Steve Litt 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi all, When I do File->Print on my drawing, which is defined as landscape letter in File->Document_Properties, no dialog box is displayed. Instead, the printer asks me to insert A4, and when I put a letter page in the manual tray, it prints the drawing landscape,cutting off the right side of the drawing. The printer prints in duplex mode even though my default printer (lp) is defined as duplex off. When I do File->Print_Direct, a dialog box is displayed to allow me to define my print command, and when I set it to: lpr -P lp_dark the page prints exactly as expected. Therefore this isn't urgent, but as something unexpected I figured a report might be in order. I'm using the Inkscape 0.44 that came with my Mandriva 2007 Linux. My printer is an HP4050, which has postscript and does duplexing. Some of my printer definitions are from the CUPS database, while others (like lp_dark) are from the CD that came with the printer, suitably configured in CUPS. Here's some other info on my setup: [slitt@...2358... ~]$ uname -a Linux mydesk.domain.cxm 2.6.17-5mdv #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 14:32:31 EDT 2006 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2600+ GNU/Linux [slitt@...2358... ~]$ head /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 10 model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2600+ stepping : 0 cpu MHz : 1916.821 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no [slitt@...2358... ~]$ head /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 1555692 kB MemFree: 1034620 kB Buffers: 45732 kB Cached: 224408 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 330444 kB Inactive: 148300 kB HighTotal: 655348 kB HighFree: 210040 kB LowTotal: 900344 kB [slitt@...2358... ~]$ Thanks! SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/

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