July 2008 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

LUG Radio UK, Linux World
by Tavmjong Bah 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Hi, I just want to check that there won't be an Inkscape booth at Lug Radio UK. Is that right? Also, is anybody planning on setting up a booth at Linux World? I know there has been one at least once in the past. The publisher of my book is willing to send copies to be displayed at these (or any other) conferences. BTW, the 2nd Edition (for 0.46) should be out soon. Tav

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Inkscape and Latex fonts
by Paulo J. Matos 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Hello all, I use inkscape to create my latex diagrams, then I export them to eps or pdf to include them in slides or papers. One thing that bothers me is that the fonts are different (latex and inkscape fonts). Is there a way to draw the text in the inkscape diagram with the font used on the document the diagram is included? Cheers, -- Paulo Jorge Matos - pocm at ecs.soton.ac.uk http://www.personal.soton.ac.uk/pocm PhD Student @ ECS University of Southampton, UK

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Can inkscape export an .ai file?
by Alvin Penner 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

unfortunately, there is a bug associated with that output type, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/235833 Alvin Penner

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Can inkscape export an .ai file?
by Richard Querin 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

Hi, I've read in the docs that it can, but I don't get that as one of my choices in the SaveAs drop down list of file extensions. Do I need to install something else to get Adobe Illustrator export working? Thanks ,RQ

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Install 46 on Slackware 12.1
by John Culleton 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

It seems that even the latest Slackware is missing a jillion libraries needed by Inkscape. But I note there are complied rpm versions for other versions of Linux. Are these self contained? Or do they need the jillion libraries at runtime? Here is the missing library list from my ./configure: No package 'gdkmm-2.4' found No package 'glibmm-2.4' found No package 'gtkmm-2.4' found No package 'sigc++-2.0' found -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

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SVG source images get goofed up when combined
by Quentin Hartman 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

I often use Inkscape to build network diagrams. I've collected a number of SVG images (mostly from Tango Icons) which I use as objects in those diagrams. On my Ubuntu Hardy box today I discovered that once I get a number of objects into a document, if I import a single new object, the colors on it get all messed up upon import. This never happened before. Opening the object alone, or importing it into a new document works fine. Have any of you seen this behavior in .46? If so, have you figured out a work-around? Might it have something to do with the (new?) color management stuff? I chose not to attach files to the list because they are rather large, but I would be happy to send examples to anyone interested in exploring this off-list. -- -Regards- -Quentin Hartman-

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Word balloon tail fill question
by Caryn A. Tate 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Thanks so much for all of the tips. My balloons and their tails are looking much better now! Much appreciated, Caryn EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me

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Word balloon tail fill question
by Caryn A. Tate 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Hi, I have an issue with creating the tails on word balloons for a comic with Inkscape. Keep in mind I'm a brand new user, so I'm sure the solution is a simple one. I use the ellipse tool to create the word balloons themselves, and I use the Bezier tool to create the "tails" to/from the balloons. My problem is that I'm creating the word balloons and tails *on top of* art (utilizing the Layer tool), and I can't find a way to fill the tails solid with white, to prevent the artwork from showing through. I understand how to fill the ellipses themselves and keep them solid, but the tails I can't seem to figure out. Can someone help? Also, I'm completely open to pointers, so if you do something differently than what I described, please let me know. Thanks in advance! EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me

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Inkscape to Silverlight
by Ronn Ross 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hello all, I'm using the xaml save function in Inkscape to create maps to use in silverlight. The two problems I have ran into are: 1. Inkscape saves the name of an element as name="" instead of x:name="". 2. The lablel of an element is completely dropped instead of converting it into the tag="" attribute in xaml. Does anyone have any ideas of how I can make this change? Thanks in advance

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"chisel effect" with filters?
by Rob Antonishen 06 Jul '08

06 Jul '08

I am using a recent nightly build (and really like the filter effect defaults provided). One think I can't figure out is how to add an exponent to a blurred layer to make embosses more like chisels. Attached is an example from xara that I am trying to emulate. Any suggestions from the filter effect gods? -Rob A>

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