January 2009 - Inkscape Users

Is it just me or...
by Abrolag 25 Jan '09

25 Jan '09

I've been using Inkscape (seemingly forever) for all my schematic drawings, and find it works extremely well for me. However there is one thing I find really annoying. Often I'll pick up a small object to copy - a connecting 'blob' for example - what then happens is that as soon as I move to where I want to place the object the pointer turns into a fist totally obscuring the place I want to copy to. This is because I *always* want to put the object on top of another - crossing lines, in this case. I have to just do the copy somewhere near, then try and position it relying on 'snap to grid' to line it up properly. Alternatively I have zoom in massively so that the object in now larger than the fist and I can see it again. For my purposes it would be far better if the pointer either stayed as a pointer all the time (with the hot-spot at the tip) or if it had to change, for it to become fine cross-hairs. Does anyone else find this a problem? -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk

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Disabled may LPEs
by unknown＠example.com 24 Jan '09

24 Jan '09

Hello all, For those of you who use the nightly builds of 0.46+devel, many LPEs have been disabled. This is because many were not fully functional, or were bugged. We've moved them to an 'experimental' section, where we can improve them to later enable them again. If you are using LPEs that are now gone, please let us know, so we know on which LPEs to work! Thanks, Johan

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Tango icons as default set.
by Guillermo Espertino 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Since the Tango icon set for inkscape seems to be pretty complete and revised, I'd like to propose making it the default set in SVN (of course mantaining the current set as an alternative for people who preferes it). I know it is already possible to test the set easily, but I think that making it the default set will force users (of the development versions) to test it and will be a good opportunity to see if the general consensus is to leave it or roll back to the current set. It may be helpful to discover some bugs, too. What do you think?

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Don't quite understand tweak tool
by Dave M G 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Inkscape users, I've recently discovered the the tweak tool, and it's been a real help in shaping objects and pen strokes. However, it has a side effect I can't quite understand. If I'm working on one end of an object, the vertices on the other end of the object will get shifted and move around to undesired positions. It seems like the Tweak tool is trying to preserve the volume of the shape, so if I pull the bottom side down, the top side will also shift down somewhat. I looked up information about the Tweak tool on the web, and it seemed that the "Fidelity" setting was the one that controlled the overall influence over the shape. But, despite what I've read, whether I set it to 0 or to 100, I still get this overall distorting of the shape. Ideally, I want to just move around vertices within the area defined by the size of the brush, or immediately adjacent. I don't want to see influence over the whole object. Is there a way I can contain the Tweak tool to localize it's influence more? I hope my descriptions and questions are clear. Any advice would be much appreciated. -- Dave M G

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Copying or Duplicating Selected Nodes
by Mr. Shawn H. Corey 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi, Is is possible to copy or duplicate selected nodes and not the whole object-path? Sometimes I only want part of a path copied. To do this, I have to duplicate the entire path and delete the nodes I don't want. It would be more convenient just to duplicate the nodes I want. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. "It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years." --John von Neumann, circa 1950

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape Problem
by unknown＠example.com 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

> -----Original Message----- > From: Yann Papouin [mailto:yann.papouin@...155...] > Sent: zaterdag 17 januari 2009 14:21 > To: Engelen, J.B.C. (Johan) > Cc: th.v.d.gronde@...226...; > inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net; > inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Inkscape Problem > > I don't think it's rev #20438, Actually I'm compiling all > versions between a specified range. Me too > > I can said today that #20433 is not crashing and #20437 is > crashing. (tested with the same file : tango_icons_new-1.15.svg) then I guess we are working on a different crasher. Mine is a bit more hidden as it only crashes from within gdb.

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Beveled strokes?
by Claus Cyrny 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Hi, I would like to know if there's a chance to incorporate the feature "beveled strokes" into Inkscape sometime in the not-too-distant future. (I'm not sure if SVG supports this, though). Years ago, when I was still using Windows, I had Canvas 7 installed, that had this feature, and I really liked what one can do with that. Greetings, Claus -- Claus Cyrny : Webdesign | Grafik | Fotografie :: Web: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ ::.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape Problem
by unknown＠example.com 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

> -----Original Message----- > From: Yann Papouin [mailto:yann.papouin@...155...] > Sent: zaterdag 17 januari 2009 11:21 > To: Jasper van de Gronde > Cc: Inkscape Devel List; Inkscape User Community > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Inkscape Problem > > It's between rev #20425 and rev #20437 It's rev #20438

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Inkscape Problem
by Hago Ziegler 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

Hi, I use to download my Inkscape from inkscape.modevia.com/win32 The last version that worked was from 2008 12 30 With all later versions I had a very basic problem with the text-tool: when I open the fonts-dialog the program freezes and tells me, that it has to be shut down. see: http://hagoschaos.de/ink Regards, Hago

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Dialog boxes...
by Roeland Huys 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Hi, What do you guys think of following issues? (I have posted it on Launchpad): I usually work with many different files open at the same time. Everytime I open inkscape, I have to re-open and re-position my dialog boxes. This is very cumbersome... -> Would there be a way to remember the positions and states of the dialog boxes? Both for floating and docked dialogs? Furthermore: I discovered this problem when working with many open documents. I use the program in the same way as we use "GIMP": different open files, and floating dialogs. The idea is that if I open a second document, I can use the dialog boxes which are already on my screen. If I raise another document (e.g. click on the taskbar), the dialog boxes should remain where they are, and I can use the same dialog boxes for a different document. This does not work now: * when opening different files by launching inkscape by clicking in the file browser ("Nautilus"), the different open files do not share the same dialogs. This is unwanted! * when opening different files by opening the file within inkscape, there is this bug: 1. Open a drawing "A.svg" 2. Open some dialogs (e.g. line style) using "floating" dialogs. 3. Open another drawing "B.svg" by File->Open . The file "B.svg" is raised on top, the dialogs remain (OK) 4. Click on an object in this drawing 5. Now click on the line style dialog. Immediately, "A.svg" raises!! This is unwanted behaviour! Cheers, Roeland.

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