January 2009 - 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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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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Re: [Inkscape-user] Extracting formulas from curves?
by Philip Rhoades 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

Felipe, I have a statistical relationship in mind and I find it is convenient to use Inkscape to create the graphs of what I think it should look like under different conditions. Having done that, it would be nice to be able to extract the formula for each curve that I have drawn. The curve of the relationship that I am thinking of should have only a single y value for each x coordinate, so it should be a function. Thanks, Phil. > From: Felipe Sanches <felipe.sanches@...2592...> - 2009-01-30 02:02 > well.. maybe. > it is a bezier curve. It is a parametric curve whose coordinates are > defined by quadractic equations: > x(t) = a*t² + b*t + c > y(t) = d*t² + e*t + f > finding the values of a,b,c,d,e and f involves looking at the > coordinates of the control points of that curve and doing a bit of > math > Not all bezier curves can be described as 1 parameter functions, > though... I think that it is indeed possible to do that with the one > you provided since it appears to have a single y value for each x > coordinate, thus it satisfy the requirements to be called a function. > what are you trying to do with this math stuff? > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Philip Rhoades <phil@...2593...> wrote: > > People, > > > Is there a way of extracting the formula for the curve from the attached svg > > ie in something resembling a conventional y = f(x) format? > > > Thanks, > > > Phil. > -- > Philip Rhoades > > GPO Box 3411 > Sydney NSW 2001 > Australia > E-mail: phil@...2593... -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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eraser tool opinions?
by bulia byak 15 Mar '09

15 Mar '09

Now that the Eraser tool is in SVN for quite some time, what do people think of it? Is it useful? In what mode do you use it, if at all? Disclaimer: as you may remember I was against this tool from the beginning, considering it redundant. Its Delete mode is equivalent to Alt+drag followed by Del in Selector, and its Cut mode is now equivalent to Alt+drag in Calligraphic pen which I just added: * When drawing with Alt, Inkscape subtracts the path you have created from the selected path (with Shift, it adds to the selected path). This allows you to quickly patch or fix problems in a stroke you have drawn without leaving the tool. So, do we really have to spend the prime toolbar space on a tool which does what other tools already do? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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new to Inkscape
by Roeland Huys 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hi, I have been using Inkscape the last 2 years for my professional work. I use it mainly for scientific illustrations. So first of all I'd like to congratulate the Inkscape team for their great and important role in the open source community. Inkscape is for my type of work the best -and only- alternative for expensive software like CordelDraw. I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 and GNOME. I'm using inkscape mostly for schematical purposes: flow charts, electrical or scientific diagrams, etc... Since I'm new to this group, I don't really know the etiquette, but I'll start with my whishlist. Sorry about the length of the list... (Please feel free to comment) * Multiple pages. * Printing: I have issues with it. I cannot set the type of paper for my printer, and the result is often a bad layout. * GRID snapping is a little nightmare for my kind of work. Right now, Inkscape has "snap nodes" and "snap bounding boxes". Both of them are not suitable for me. Suppose you draw an object with irregular shapes (e.g. a group of polygons and text). There should be a modus: "move by reference point". The reference is snapped on the grid, and when moving, the destination of the object is by snapping the reference point ONLY. If you move the object on a grid of say 10px, the object should ONLY move in steps of 10px without exception! As it is now, objects snap on any of the irregular shapes inside it (e.g. text, irregular polygons, etc..) and when you draw schematics, you don't want that. Furthermore, there should be a way to do "Snap to bounding boxes" with snapping to the CENTER of a thick line, NOT to the OUTSIDE of the thick line! Example: enable "snap nodes" and "snap bounding boxes". Draw a circle. The vertices will nicely align on the grid, that's how I want it. Now scale the circle by dragging the handles. Now, the circle will be completely off-grid. * Symbols: being able to make template symbols and insert them in your drawing. The symbols should have a reference point (see snapping), and parameterizable text would be great. The instances should be LINKS to the symbols, so if you edit a symbol, it should change all references. Associated features if you right-click on an instance: "edit template", "edit as new template", "make group object copy" * Being able to use objects from another .svg with a link. This way, we can make libraries of symbols. * Arrows: arrow heads should change color by changing the color of the arrow. * Swap arrows: a button to swap the beginning/end arrows. Would be very useful! * Styles: a custom list of styles Fill+Outline+Text font you can click on to set an object style. Also, double click on a style to set it as 'default'. Today, I have to click around in that dialog too often. * Fill and Outline paint swatches: list of default colors. Standard color lists, like web colors, pantone, etc... * Bug in the software today: exchanging objects across files via the clipboard does not work. * Dialog boxes: you should be able to save their layout! Now I have to open and position them every time I open a file * Dialog boxes: share dialog boxes for different files. I use the program in the same way as we use "GIMP": different open files, and floating dialogs. However, if I click on a dialog box, Inkscape immediately selects another open file, because the dialogs seems to be 'linked' with the document windows. * Text dialog: it seems to be different (not dockable) than the other dialog boxes. I wonder why... That's all for now... Please let me know if this kind of input is useful, and if anybody of the developers is reading this (otherwise, I would not bother typing it next time) Happy new year, Roeland Huys

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Tango icons as default set
by worms invasion 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hello, I'm a user of Inkscape, mainly on Windows and very (very) rarely on Xubuntu and Ubuntu. I checked in SVN for the SVG Tango icons and found the file, which I studied carefully. N.B.: I'll give here my "user" point of view, which reflects my taste and my rationale. Please, forgive me if this message isn't always "nice"... it's not meant to be aggressive, it's just that tastes in icons/applications is a passionate thing - so I'm allowed to tell my mind with passion on the matter :-) Well, re. the proposed Tango icon set for Inkscape... I do NOT want to be "forced" to test the Tango icons - let alone to be forced to use them. I hate the Tango icons. :-) The main reasons are: - they are unreadable, "undecodable". I do not need to use a magnifying glass to "decode" the current (non Tango) icon set, the icons are "sharp" and "clear". Compared to them, the Tango icons are... "wtf?... which icon is that...?" I do not want to lose time wondering each time I need to click on an icon (and it happens quite a lot in Inkscape, because I don't use the shortcuts or F-keys). Honestly, I hardly *see* the Tango icons. - they belong to the Linux world. I know they are supposed to be suitable to multi-platform applications, but in the real reality, this isn't the case, and they say "Linux", they say GTK or KDE. As I said before, I use Inkscape on Windows. Why would I need "Linux-like" icons which clash so badly with any Windows (or, I guess, Mac) theme and which I cannot decode anyway? - I do not use any other "free" software which uses the Tango icon set, such as The Gimp or..., so I don't care about "being used" to seeing such or such icons. - I believe each application can have its own style, its own icons. I hate the "applications on a platform must all look alike" concept, it's sterile, it's boring, it's dull. So, my user opinion is: if the Linux users are masochists and want to have Tango style icons for Inkscape, fine, give them a GUI to switch to Tango icons. Me, as a user of Inkscape on Windows, I just want clear, sharp, and decodable icons - just like the current icons! I pray you, Inkscape developers, please, keep the current default set as the default! Thanks! (and again... no personal attack here :-)

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I need Inkscape success stories from everywhere
by Ocetalo 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hi there! I want to introduce Inkscape to the SENA <http://www.sena.edu.co/portal>office here in Cartagena de Indias <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariedoucet/sets/72157611795508388/>. The SENA is the national service for training people in several trades. The goal is to convince them to try Inkscape and use it as the program of choice for graphic design courses. I have got technical info and examples, now I need all your Inkscape success stories from everywhere -specially on developing countries and Latin America- about Inkscape achievements and use in working, running business and being involved in big events or campaigns. By the way, a database of succes stories should be built.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] I need Inkscape success stories from everywhere (Odo)
by Odo 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

I made the design of our web site in inkscape www.residencia-galicia.com I also made other designs using inkscape like the fieitas web www.fieitas.com or the whole work for a local linux distro called Galpon minino hmmm i also made our flyers and cards http://odosuiadan.deviantart.com/gallery/#desing-etc -- <<< this email was written with 100% recyclable electrons>>>

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dxf input - subversion build
by Mathew Oakes 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

I am evaluating dxf input... found this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/293940 and can find the dxf_import files mentioned in the install but there is no .dxf option in the import file formats list... is anyone else doing that successfully?

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