January 2009 - Inkscape Users

Clear Open recent?
by Benct Philip Jonsson 11 Jan '09

11 Jan '09

Is it possible to clear the list of documents in File -> Open recent? /BP

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Cannot open svg files
by Docsonic 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

I am using the latest build on Win XP and every time I preview or try to open an svg file Inkscape crashes with an 'internal error'. If I try and import an svg, Inkscape crashes with no error, it just closes itself. Thanks, Tony -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cannot-open-svg-files-tp21356502p21356502.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Inkscape and good causes
by Josh Andler 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Hey all, I decided to pass this along as it is in the same basic spirit of open source with the attitude of doing something for a cause greater than one's self (our global community). Recently there was a contest held on DeviantART to promote breast cancer awareness and early prevention that was sponsored by DeviantART, MGM (yes, the studio), and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. With over 1,400 submissions spanning all kinds of art forms imaginable, the Grand Prize Winner chosen was by one of our Inkscapers on DA (and yes she used Inkscape for this), Loraine A. Baird, aka QuicheLoraine. The competition results are here (which contains a link to her winning entry, but also shows a few runners up for reference): http://news.deviantart.com/article/66804/ And her gallery which contains quite a bit of excellent work done in inkscape can be seen here: http://quicheloraine.deviantart.com/gallery/ Congratulations to her, and if you have a DA account it would be nice to drop by and leave her a comment. Cheers, Josh

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Drawing problem
by Joe Ward 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

I want to learn to use Inkscape in conjunction with Scribus to put out a newsletter. I want to create a box to go around a photograph and then import it into Scribus. In Inkscape, I click on the rectangle tool and drag as instructed, and nothing seems to happen. Then I scroll the window, and find that I've drawn a box below the desktop or canvas or whatever it's called. How can I cause the program to draw the box where I click and drag? I uninstalled the program and downloaded and installed it again, but the same thing happens in the second installation. Joe Ward

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