January 2010 - Inkscape Users

Save by default in Documents (MacOS X 10.6)
by Oïhénart 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Hi, I want to fix in our schools the default place to save in Inkscape. By default, it saves in home directory, i want to change it to Home directory/Documents. Even if i choose it one time, ween i relaunch Inkscape (0.4.7), the default place is always the same. An idea ? Many thanks in advance Christian

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How to add object properties
by Bram 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Hi list, I want to add some new properties to the inkscape "object properties" window. I would like to use inkscape for the generation of some specific interface files but need more than "id","onclick","onmouseover",etc. It would be somewhat of a solution to just use "onclick" as "I/O input" but it would be so much nicer to be able to rename or add these properties. Is it possible to change these things from within inkscape ? Kind regards Bram

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manual text kerning in 0.47
by David 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

Dear all, I am teaching myself Inkscape (0.47) under Linux (Ubuntu 9.10). So today I looked at manual text kerning, but it just doesn't work, even though I am faithfully following instructions I found online. So, I created some text, double-clicked it, and moved in between single letters. Then I tried Alt-RightArrowKey, and nothing happens. Same thing with the other arrow keys. Shift-Alt-ArrowKeys also no luck. Needless to say, rotating can't be done either. Am I doing sth. wrong here, or is that a bug? Thanks for your helpful comments! David

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bug in DXF output - latest release
by Jack Armstrong 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

release 0.47 apparently has broken saving a file as DXF format... Any ideas what happened? Jack

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Automatically fitting A4 image to A4 page?
by Philip Rhoades 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

People, After I have scanned an A4 page, it would be nice to import it into Inkscape and automatically fit it to the A4 outline to continue work on the page (to add text and signature images etc to it) but it doesn't seem possible? I have to manually scale the image which is fairly tedious . . Suggestions? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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Call for booth volunteers - SCALE8x
by Jon Cruz 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hello, This is a general call to see if anyone might be able to volunteer some time to help man the Inkscape booth/area at SCALE8x next month in Los Angeles. If you might be able to lend some time, we have a few conference passes as an exhibitor. So if you can get there, we can get you in. :-) It's a great experience, and very low pressure. Don't feel intimidated; step on up.

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Snap problem
by Abrolag 25 Jan '10

25 Jan '10

This is something I've been meaning to comment of for ages :? I've been in the habit of grouping objects for schematic components then surrounding them with an invisible bounding box (thinnest possible line with no colour) that is 1mm grid aligned. This has worked perfectly on older versions of Inkscape so I could quickly and precisely position these objects. However with 0.47 the snap behaviour has become extremely difficult to handle. It seems now that every single point in the object will try to act as a snap focus and accurate positioning is a nightmare :( Can anyone suggest a way to get bounding box only snapping? -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

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Windows 7
by Jerome Gunderson 25 Jan '10

25 Jan '10

Does Inkscape support Windows 7 ? Jerome

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Export SVG: Size doesnt match original file
by Alvin Penner 22 Jan '10

22 Jan '10

I think so, unless someone else has a better idea. If it's any consolation the scale factor is predictable, you would need to make your original drawing 80% of its current size. Unless Illustrator allows you to change the screen units. Inkscape assumes that the default resolution is 90 dpi. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Export-SVG%3A-Size-doesnt-match-original-file-tp27175… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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printing from inkscape not the expected size
by Gary Hawkins 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Hi I'm posting this for a friend so if you need more info I'll have to ask her <grin> My friend has a canon IP5200 printer and when she prints from inkscape the image comes out smaller. For e.g. trying to print and cut a 14 x 28 oblong. All measures up in inkscape, paper set to A4 both in inkscape and the printer, convert to png, print and hey ho.... my oblong has printed out as a 13 1/2 by 27 oblong. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the canon to print at 100%, she does not seem to have a 100% setting or it is not printing at this, I'm not sure which. she is having problems printing direct from inkscape so is exporting to png and printing that as I understand it. Thanks for any help Gaz(UK)

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