Inkscape 0.47 on the horizon (Call for help)
by Joshua A. Andler
Hey All,
I forgot to post to the user and translator lists because I was too
excited. :)
I think we closed out the last of the blocker bugs today!
So, will people please help ensure that the release notes are up to
date? I'm headed there in just a minute to document my latest changes.
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.47
Regarding PR, I am going to continue with what was started here:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/AnnouncePlanning047
If you are an inkscape user who wants to contribute, even if you can't
program, this is the perfect way to give back to the community. Please
help us flesh this out and refine it.
Packagers, please package up Pre3 if you have not already done so as a
practice run... and honestly, I think it would be safe to plan a release
for next week (between Monday the 5th and Friday the 9th), provided
packages are available and no new issues arise.
Any objections to this proposed plan? Any thoughts on if releasing on a
specific day of the week will get more notice?
Oh, and translators... please get any updates submitted asap. Thanks!
Cheers,
Josh
13 years, 5 months
Inkscape 0.47pre3
by Ted Gould
Hello Inkscapers,
I'm happy to be announcing the next pre-release of Inkscape 0.47. It's
a pretty cool job to do. We're hoping that this is the FINAL
pre-release of Inkscape, so make sure it doesn't crash for you as the
final version is likely to be VERY SIMILAR to this one. There's a great
set of patches from a variety of contributors, make sure to check them
out!
I couldn't figure out how to get Sourceforge to make a new releases
anymore, and they took away the ability to make directories from SFTP;
so I put things up at Launchpad. If someone can figure out Sourceforge,
we can put them there as well.
http://launchpad.net/inkscape/main/0.47pre3
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* A few more bits if you REALLY don't trust your ISP
--Ted
13 years, 5 months
Inkscape 0.47 Python help needed
by Gary Hawkins
Hi All,
I am running inkscape 0.47 on my macbook pro running snow leopard (10.6.1)
as 0.47 will not work on snow leopard.
I was trying to convert a line to a dashed line as I have to have them
dashed to use with my electronic die cutter as fold lines, with
extensions>modify path>convert to dashes when I get this error:
{Inkscape has received additional data from the script executed. The script
did not return an error, but this may indicate the results will not be as
expected.
The fantastic lxml wrapper for libxml2 is required by inkex.py and therefore
this extension. Please download and install the latest version from
http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/lxml/, or install it through your package
manager by a command like: sudo apt-get install python-lxml}
I also tried to do a pattern along path with extensions>generate from
path>pattern along path and I get this same error:
I can download the file from the website given but I don't understand
terminal or python enough to mess about with sudo commands (or any commands
for that matter) without having a step-by-step guide to follow/tell me what
it is doing ( I followed a tut online for the Tivo recorders one time and
killed the machine - had to buy a new drive etc - not something I want to do
to my mac!!)
Thanks
Gaz(UK)
13 years, 5 months
[OT] Looking for speakers to talk about inkscape in Long Island
by Justin Dearing
Hi,
I'm trying to setup a talk about open source drawing tools for the long
island linux user group (http://lilug.org). Lilug is a linux user group
that meets in SUNY Farmingdale, in Longisland New York.
I was wondering if anyone on this list would like to talk about inkscape, or
any other OSS graphic tool that runs on linux. The audience would be linux
enthusists, mostly programmers and sysadmins, Most of us don't have a lot of
graphics skills.
Any inkscape developers would be welcome to speak as well.
If you are interested, contact me off list,
Regards,
Justin Dearing
13 years, 5 months
Fill calligraphy outlined shapes automatically
by G33K
Hi everyone,
I'd like to use the calligraphy tool to draw outlines for a shape, and
want to fill the initially transparent interior of that shape with a
different color. The only solution I've found so far is to apply the
"break apart" command, then select the inner shape and change its color
manually. That's a lot of steps, which stops the flow of drawing.
I've already found this extension which tries to solve the problem:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CalligraphedOutlineFill
To lessen the number of manual steps, I'd like to automatically apply
some similar logic after each calligraphy stroke, so that a calligraphy
outline's inner shape can be filled immediately if it's drawn in one
stroke. I think the following steps might suffice:
* After a calligraphy brush stroke, apply "break apart" to the resulting
object.
* If the result is only one shape, then the calligraphy path isn't
closed.
* If there are several shapes, the one with the largest bounding box is
the outline, all others are enclosed inner shapes and are filled in a
different color.
You could even maintain a history of successive calligraphy strokes, or
search the object stack, until the "break apart" command produces more
than one shape.
My question is: is it somehow possible to execute an extension after
each calligraphy stroke? Or is there a way to code this into Inkscape
itself? If yes, is there a similar extension of drawing tool feature
that I could use as a model?
Or have I overlooked some functions that are already built into
Inkscape?
Best regards,
Gerrit
--
http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and
love email again
13 years, 5 months
text and snapping to guide lines
by tj
I have a question concerning the way text objects work with guide lines.
It seems that when I position text objects to a guide line they "snap"
to either the top of the text or the bottom of the text. The problem I
have is when trying to line up headings in a form I am creating the
snapping action doesn't take into account letters with descenders like
Q, q. g, j, y, etc. but set the descenders againest the guide line and
not the body of the letter.
How do you turn off the snapping action?
tj
13 years, 6 months
Info for promoting Inkscape
by Jon A. Cruz
Hi,
In preparing for SVG Open, I'm trying to come up with a new single-
page flyer that can be printed out and given away at conferences and
such to help people get an idea what Inkscape is and what it can do to
help them. One key part of this is to point out some general usages to
which Inkscape can be put. If we can present in one spot how different
uses are all served, we might be able to gain interest of people who
otherwise would have overlooked the product.
For example, some software engineer looking to do some quick UML
sketches might only see some Inkscape artwork and think "Oh, I don't
need to draw pictures, better go find something else." We then miss
out on another potential user. And when we loose a potential user we
also lose another potential *contributor*.
To help hash this out I have started a wiki page for jotting things
down:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Marketing_Scratchpad
Please take a look and see if you might be able to add a bit. Edit
some info, add a missing usage/segment, etc. The more information we
can gather, the better we can refine and then use it.
Oh, and for the flyer itself, we are initially targeting a simple
design that can fit on a single page. It may be printed one-sided or
perhaps double-sided. So the design will include a primary page and a
supplemental page. The primary page will be done so that it is a stand-
alone product. The supplemental page will be the optional second side
for when the flyer is printed double-sided. We also want to design it
so that it is effective when printed out in black and white and also
when it is printed out in color.
13 years, 6 months
Lengthing line causes it to get thicker.
by tj
I am new to inkscape and I noticed something I do not understand. I draw
a line with a certain length and thickness. But, if I change the length
(y) of that line thru the toolbar, the thickness and the y position will
change. Plus, if you then change the thickness, i.e. height, sometimes
it will not take that entry, but substitute another and have to change
it several times before the value you want is retained.
Example, create line 2.5" long with thikness of .006". Modify it thru
the toolbar to a length of 7" and the thickness increases to .014" and
the y position changes by several thousands. Why is the thickness changing?
Does this make sense?
tj
13 years, 6 months
