February 2008 - Inkscape Users

Script to slice inkscape (for web heads)
by m h 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Hey all- I've written a script to slice from inkscape. Details/script can be found at my blog [0]. Comments/suggestions welcome. -matt 0 - http://panela.blog-city.com/slicing_web_pages_with_inkscape_and_python.htm

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Red Spiral Challenge
by Aaron Elmquist 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Does anyone know how to creat the red spiral with the continuous gradient in Tavmjong Bah's "A Guide to Inkscape" I took a couple cracks at it last night without much sucess. ~Aaron

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How to upgrade to Inkscape 0.46
by Ocetalo 26 May '08

26 May '08

Greetings Sorry, I seem to be always late to everything. Had no idea ver. 0.46 was already released. Is it fully stable? Could you please explain me how to upgrade to 0.46? Do I have to uninstall 0.45 and install 0.46? I'm a Windows (Vista) user. Thanks in advance. -- Favor no cambiar el ASUNTO Please don't change SUBJECT

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Type1 Fonts on Windows XP
by Norvell Spearman 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

How do I configure Inkscape for Windows to see the Type1 fonts I have installed? The GIMP sees them fine (which also uses freetype), as does OpenOffice.org. The font names and corresponding pfb file names even show up in my .fonts.cache-1 file but I still can't see them in Inkscape. Thanks for any answers. Inkscape 0.45 Windows XP SP2 -- Norvell Spearman

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Inkscape / GSoC '08 proposal
by Bryce Harrington 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hi all, I'm hearing some rumblings that Google will be running their Summer of Code project again this year, and want to put out a proposal for discussion about how we should handle it this year. SoC has been great for bringing new ideas to Inkscape from a number of sources, yet often the newly written code needs follow up work to sand rough corners or to make it fit more correctly within our architecture. However, between SoC mentoring during the summers, and release work at other parts of the year, core developers haven't really had a good solid amount of time to focus on this digestion. There is concern that another summer's worth of code would put us further behind in this regard. Of course, given the major benefits that have accrued from our past involvement, it would be a shame to have to sit it out! But I think there is a compromise which will solve this, if we set two criteria for this year's involvement: 1. All Inkscape GSoC projects this year must be implemented as extensions, with no changes required to Inkscape's core 2. All mentoring be done by developers who will not be focusing on the 0.47 codebase refactoring efforts. (In particular, developers with good extension development experience.) We will limit the number of candidates we accept to the number of mentors available. I think this approach will prove valuable in a few different ways. First, extension writing is likely going to be a much easier learning curve for students than learning to build and work within inkscape's codebase. Second, it keeps their code distinct and discrete from inkscape's codebase, avoiding any increase in 'entropy' in our core code. Third, it will help add value to our extension community, and give them resources to do achieve things that would have had trouble competing against core codebase feature priorities. Please let me know what are your thoughts on this proposal? If you support it and have written extensions before, would you also be willing to be a mentor? Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-user] 0.46, 0.45 startup problems on Leopard
by jiho 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hi again, On 2008-February-24 , at 22:40 , Stuart Edwards wrote: > On Feb 24, 2008, at 12:27 PM, jiho wrote: >>> 2/24/08 10:22:31 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] >>> (inkscape- >>> bin:686): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. >>> 2/24/08 10:22:31 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] Using >>> the fallback 'C' locale. >> >> This is OK. > Not getting this now with xquartz >> >>> 2/24/08 10:22:32 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] ** >>> (inkscape-bin:686): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: FullScreen >> >> This is just a warning but we are having it a lot. This is related to >> the new version of X11 but I don't know where it comes from on >> Inkscape's side. > Nor this >> >>> 2/24/08 10:22:34 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] >>> (inkscape- >>> [...] >>> (inkscape- >>> bin:686): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GSUB table 85 >> >> These are regular warnings too. > ok, but they are gone too. Glad to know these warnings are gone. But actually this makes me think there's an other problem. Indeed, they should be there actually... read on. >>> This may shed some light on the X11 problem >> >> The X11 problem is the following: on Panther+Tiger X11 must be >> started >> to run X11 applications so we started it manually in Inkscape >> launcher, on Leopard, X11 is automatically launched when an >> applications queries the DISPLAY variable (and X11 thing). So we just >> had to surround the code which started X11 in the launcher by an if >> condition ( if version is < 10.5 then start X11, else just skip it ). >> This has been included in all recent devel versions of Inkscape (all >> those compiled on Leopard at least) and has been "backported" to >> 0.45.1. So all those should work on Leopard. > So this definitely doesn't seem to be happening with Leopard or > 0.45.1 (see below) It does work and has worked on several systems already so that makes me think the problem is elsewhere. >> [...] >> - get the latest X11 from Xquartz (*much* better than the default one >> on Leopard, and kind of official >> >> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X112.1.4 > done - unfortunately the net result is no change as far as 0.46 is > concerned. I downloaded 0.45.1 and it opens briefly, triggers X11 > which opens and then Inkscape is gone. There are no Inkscape > related console messages. What log are you watching? By default when you open Console.app on Leopard you're on a sort of table view in which messages come in from several places. Just switch to LOG FILES > System log in the side bar. Here's what I get when I start Inkscape devel (latest on modevia), with X11 not yet running, on OS X 10.5.2, Xquartz 2.1.4. I've inserted markers where appropriate: >>>>>> Monday, 2008 February 25 00:07:09,652Europe/Paris ----> Starting Inkscape Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Gtk- WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: Using the fallback 'C' locale. Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: xauth: creating new authority file /Users/jiho/.serverauth.15224 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: xinit: Detected Xquartz startup, setting file=X, argv[0]=/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/ Contents/MacOS/X11 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: XQuartz starting: Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: X.org Release 7.2 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: X.Org X Server 1.3.0- apple10 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: Build Date: 20080213 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: TransformProcessType: Success Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: Xquartz: run by launchd for fd 0 >>>>>> Monday, 2008 February 25 00:07:23,286Europe/Paris ---> Inkscape window appears Feb 25 00:07:14 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GDEF table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:14 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GSUB table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:14 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GPOS table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:17 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GDEF table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:17 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GSUB table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:17 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GPOS table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:34 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: rlCopy.c:59: null pointer >>>>>> Monday, 2008 February 25 00:08:07,286Europe/Paris ---> Quitting X11 Feb 25 00:08:23: --- last message repeated 1 time --- Feb 25 00:08:11 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: Quitting XQuartz... Feb 25 00:08:11 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: xinit: connection to X server lost. The locale issue has been here for ever, I guess it's something in our starting script but it is harmless. Then come messages from Xquartz The Pango errors take some tim to appear and are, in my experience, associated at least in part with the use of Lucida Grande as Inkscape's UI font. Once again, the font is still displayed fine. This is harmless Then again messages from Xquartz when quitting. So basically, if you get any of these messages, don't worry, it's the normal behavior (not perfect but it works). We'll try something else now: do you have any custom templates or the like in ~/.inkscape? Could you try moving away those and your preferences. In aTerminal: mkdir -p inkscape-bkp mv ~/.inkscape* inkscape-bkp Then start Inkscape. To put them back in place: mv inkscape-bkp/.ink* ~ rmdir inkscape-bkp If this is indeed the problem, please try to find which file causes it (by moving back only part of your customizations. Are comfortable enough with a terminal?) and then submit a bug report with it on Launchpad. > From: rygle <pittos@...2434...> > Jiho (and others), > > If any of these issues are common enough, can you please contribute > some > wisdom to the http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/InstallHelp > InstallHelp section on the wiki? > > I'm not a Mac user, but after some frustration helping my brother > install > decided I could make a meaningful contribution for Mac users that > could help > them navigate the X11 version nightmare. But this stuff I have no idea > about. Well I would if I could. These different versions of X11 are a mess. The bug reports open on this are usually still lacking information while precise steps were given. I've never had a single problem with it so I don't have first hand experience. The information currently in the wiki is excellent IMHO. You did a great job. And if everyone followed these I think we would have had much less bug reports in the Panther-Tiger transition. As for Leopard, I personally use Xquartz but would not recommend it to people unless they have problems (like Stuart here). As usual: "Don't fix what ain't broken". The update Apple shipped with 10.5.2 should have improved the matter enough anyway. Cheers, JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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Using Inkscape to prepare presentations
by Hannes Hochreiner 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Dear all: I have used Inkscape for a while now, and the more I use it, the more I like it. Congratulations to the whole community and thanks a lot for your work! Among other things, I use Inkscape to edit illustrations for my presentations. One thing that I don't like about the process, is that I create the images, then export them to PDF and afterwards import them into Keynote. It's not very convenient and that got me thinking about a way to improve the process. After looking at different approaches for web slide shows (based on HTML, CSS, SVG and JavaScript in various combinations), I plugged together a small JavaScript programme that turns an Inkscape image into a slide show. Every layer of the image becomes one slide. The beauty of the approach is that the set-up and the definition of the transitions can be done from within Inkscape and everything is contained in the SVG image file. To view the presentation the SVG image can be loaded into any browser with JavaScript and SVG support. So far, I tested it successfully in Firefox and Safari on OSX and in Firefox on WindowsXP. There is lots more that could still be done to improve the code and to integrate it better with Inkscape, but I wanted to see what people think about it before I continue to work on improvements. You can download the image (presentation) from the link below. I hope you'll have fun playing around with it. Feedback and pointers to other approaches for solving the same problem are always appreciated. http://hochreiner.net/projects/jessy/jessy.svg The image above uses the DejaVu fonts. If you don't have them on your system, other fonts will be used and the results will look slightly different. Cheers, Hannes

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Using Inkscape to prepare presentations
by Jon Bertrand 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Very nice! Great idea! -----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces(a)lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Hannes Hochreiner Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:52 PM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: [Inkscape-user] Using Inkscape to prepare presentations Dear all: I have used Inkscape for a while now, and the more I use it, the more I like it. Congratulations to the whole community and thanks a lot for your work! Among other things, I use Inkscape to edit illustrations for my presentations. One thing that I don't like about the process, is that I create the images, then export them to PDF and afterwards import them into Keynote. It's not very convenient and that got me thinking about a way to improve the process. After looking at different approaches for web slide shows (based on HTML, CSS, SVG and JavaScript in various combinations), I plugged together a small JavaScript programme that turns an Inkscape image into a slide show. Every layer of the image becomes one slide. The beauty of the approach is that the set-up and the definition of the transitions can be done from within Inkscape and everything is contained in the SVG image file. To view the presentation the SVG image can be loaded into any browser with JavaScript and SVG support. So far, I tested it successfully in Firefox and Safari on OSX and in Firefox on WindowsXP. There is lots more that could still be done to improve the code and to integrate it better with Inkscape, but I wanted to see what people think about it before I continue to work on improvements. You can download the image (presentation) from the link below. I hope you'll have fun playing around with it. Feedback and pointers to other approaches for solving the same problem are always appreciated. http://hochreiner.net/projects/jessy/jessy.svg The image above uses the DejaVu fonts. If you don't have them on your system, other fonts will be used and the results will look slightly different. Cheers, Hannes ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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save as... jpg
by bernardokp 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hello everyone, I just downloaded the newest version of Inkscape 0.45. I tried to save my work as a .jpg or jpeg and I noticed that this option has disappeared form the "save as..." window. I remember I was able to do that in older versions. Can anyone tell me what's going on? Thanks a lot, Bernardo -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/save-as...-jpg-tp15741681p15741681.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Can clones override inherited style?
by unknown＠example.com 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hello all, I am trying to set a different stroke color on a clone, but this is only possible when I unset the stroke of the original which makes the original invisible. Is it possible for clones to override the style they inherit from the original? Thanks, Johan

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