August 2008 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

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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Call for help: Screenshots needed for 0.46
by bulia byak 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

As we're nearing the release, we need more screenshots to show off the new features in 0.46, to be published at http://inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php?lang=en. Here's a page describing how to create good screenshots: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/MakingScreenshots. Use the information on that page and the best of the existing screenshots in our gallery as inspiration. At the very least, we need to illustrate: - 3D box tool - SVG filters - more live path effects (we only have one screenshot for path along path) - gradient tool's on-canvas mid stops - a (meaningful) illustration of the color management at work - new extensions - new grid and guide features - perhaps something with custom markers, along the lines of http://needcoffee.deviantart.com/art/Gradients-To-Path-78650259 - any complex, stunning, impressive Inkscape art even if it does not use the new features :) See the release notes for a list of all new features: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046 You can send your submissions to me for publishing on the site. Thanks in advance! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Problem with fonts in 0.46
by Ocetalo 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Saludos I've got this issue: in the pull down font menu, I can't pick any fonts. The fonts are highlighted, but they're not applied and the pull down menu is not closed, jus as if I've not clicked. Please help. -- Favor no cambiar el ASUNTO Please don't change SUBJECT

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2nd Edition of: Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program.
by Tavmjong Bah 24 Sep '08

24 Sep '08

Hi, I am pleased to announce that the 2nd edition of my book "Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program" is available at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.html A PDF version can be obtained at: http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=9780137004720 (The book has actually been available for the past month but it came out just as I was leaving for vacation.) The 2nd edition covers all the new features of Inkscape version 0.46 including SVG filters, "Live Path Effects", the 3D Box Tool, and the Tweak Tool. Loïc Guégant of Cévennes Libres has done an amazing job of translating the entire book into French. It is available at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html_fr/index.html A partial Spanish translation by Ocetalo is also available and an Italian translation has been started but is not yet available. I would like to thank all the people who have sent me comments and corrections to the previous versions of the book, and to thank Jon Cruz and and Loïc for corrections to the current version. Thanks also to Loïc and Ocetalo for their translation work and to everyone who has contributed to making Inkscape such a great program! Tav

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Export by ID plus xpath
by Pawel Cesar Sanjuan Szklarz 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Hi. >From console it is possible to export selected elements by ID. It is great, but i don't like to remember all the ID and write/maintain a bash script for my projects. I prepare a work around: 1) prepare a layer with all export areas 2) generate by xslt a bash script that export all object in my selected layer. Here is the xslt template: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <xsl:output method="text" indent="yes" encoding="utf-8" /> <xsl:variable name="toExport" select="//svg:g[@id='toExport']/svg:rect" /> <xsl:variable name="filename" select="'project.svg'" /> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:text>#!/bin/bash</xsl:text> <xsl:for-each select="$toExport"> <xsl:call-template name="inkscapeExport"/> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> <xsl:template name="inkscapeExport"> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> <xsl:text>inkscape -z </xsl:text> <xsl:text> -i </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="@id"/> <xsl:text> -e export/</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="@id"/><xsl:text>.png</xsl:text> <xsl:text> -f </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="$filename"/> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> It is possible to add something like this to the console options?? export by xpath??? It can work in this way: inkscape -X '//svg:g[@id='toExport']/svg:rect' "export all the object that fit the xpath //svg:g[@id='toExport']/svg:rect" Pawel Szklarz

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Good Grief to Grids
by Aaron Elmquist 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Okay, I'm getting really cheesed with the grids on Inkscape. Why does the grid spacing adjust when I zoom? And, why is it not at least proportional to the page/objects I'm working on? I cold live with it if it adjusted in constant multiples, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Thanks for the help, Aaron -- ironranger.deviantart.com

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Python binding documentation for effects
by Daniel Hornung 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Hello, afaics, python is the recommended language for writing one's own extensions and effects. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/PythonEffectTutorial gives a nice little overview, and http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/PythonModules provides a little bit more information. My question is: Is there a more comprehensive documentation somewhere about the several modules, classes and their methods and attributes? Or at least a brief summary how to iterate over objects, layers, nodes, etc and how to modify them? Thanks, Daniel -- Psssst! Schon das coole Video vom GMX MultiMessenger gesehen? Der Eine für Alle: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/messenger03

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How to set mm to px ratio
by Jiri Klement 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, Is there a way to specify mm to px conversion when exporting svg using inkscape --export-png? The --export-dpi doesn't help because it's overwritten by --export-width. What I want is have one svg - map. The image will be exported for different zoom levels, so the pixel size of exported image will vary. But pixel width of roads should remain the same. In batik, I can specify road width in mm and then set different different mm to px ratio for each zoom level to get the same road width at all zoom levels. But I can't find such option in inkscape. Is there some way or workaround how to do this in inkscape? -- Jiri

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KDE and SVG
by Jon A. Cruz 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

One SVG Open presenter's overview and his presentation: http://zrusin.blogspot.com/2008/08/svg-in-kde.html The paper is decent, but doesn't give justice to the demos he actually gave live.

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