Inkscape 0.48 Chill (the winter is heavy everywhere!)
by Joshua A. Andler
Hey all,
This is where 0.48 as a "release" begins! This email will be a little
redundant for developers, but will let users know what the current plan
is. The next stage (Frost) kicks into gear at the beginning of March in
case you were wondering.
For right now:
*New feature development will focus on wrapping up.
*We will identify "make check" issues (we need to make sure things are
"friendly" for packaging).
*We will run an About Screen contest on DeviantART (which I will
announce within the next 24 hours and post all info to both lists).
*Ensure that the Release Notes are at First Draft stage. This is
primarily a developer task, however, if you are a user and follow
development closely and have something to contribute in this area which
we may have overlooked, such as fixed bugs, changes in functionality,
etc. please contribute.
*Update tutorials and other docs (we could use volunteers). Not joking,
if you are an Inkscape user and have the misconception that the only way
you can contribute is by code, you are missing out on one of the most
important things for our users... documentation. If you have time to
spare and some tips for others that you're willing to share, please let
us know.
--- boring developer junk ---
I do want to request from developers... most "big" new stuff be
committed by March 1st if possible (or shortly thereafter).
JonCruz: The swatch previews for "auto" swatches are starting to worry
me given that they have not been working for quite a while now (since
0.47 dev cycle). The same goes for the method of editing color (gradient
editor rather than F&S dialog). If you will not have time to address
these before Freeze, please expect that I will request the feature is
disabled again for this release at that time... I will also request that
in 0.49 that you not re-enable it until you are looking to actively work
on it.
Krzysztof: The new Node Tool is fantastic. I know you're actively
working on it, but I do just want to make sure that you will be able to
set aside a few hours here and there for bugfixing as there are still a
number of bugs and features missing from previous releases.
Arcadie/Michael: The Connector Tool really is not consistent with the
behavior of other tools. If it is not likely to be sorted out by Freeze,
I will request that at least the tool controls button for "add
connection point" be disabled, as it is not user friendly at this point.
Please know that I am not targeting people or criticizing their work.
This is a schedule issue and our date of release was horribly far behind
schedule for the past couple releases. We will just be sticking to
release schedules much more strictly than we have previously, and if
features aren't "bug-free"/complete enough to release on time... there's
always next release! :) Besides, we're going to be in the trenches w/
0.49 for a bit by what has been discussed so far.
Cheers,
Josh
13 years, 6 months
SVG support now embeddable in Firefox 3.6
by Linda Walsh
I don't know about anyone else, but I just found out you
can embed SVG instructions right alongside HTML in a web
document in FF3.6.
But to get it to work, you have to flip on the 'html5.enabled=true'
in about:config.
You can embed SVG images right inside your html now.
Also, the Firebug extension, apparently added support
for SVG's namespace to allow tinkering /debugging / seeing
how SVG works directly in the browser.
An example of intermixed svg is at:
http://burningbird.net/svg/example4.html.
If you have it enabled, you see a turquoise shaded panel on
either side of the text, otherwise, its white.
You don't have to restart the browser to toggle it.
I have the about:config open in a separate window and searched
on 'html5'. Brought up brought up 1 result.
Double clicking on it toggles the value.
the code has
<p>...</p></div><svg preserveAspectRatio='none" viewBox=0 0 400 250" version=1.1" ..
</svg>
</body>
</html>
doctype at top (no mention of svg -- it's just part of the
XHTML).
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>....
So no more hybrid docs or embedded objects...
Trés cool!
Only works in Firefox 3.6, but other browsers expected to follow suit... so in case you wanted an easy test bed for your SVG
outside of inkscape...
:-)
It's coming!...
-linda
(some other links..on HTML5 support.)
http://m.alistapart.com/comments/using-svg-for-flexible-scalable-and-fun-...
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML5_support_in_Mozilla
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_%28HTML5%29
13 years, 6 months
help!
by Michaela Baulderstone
Hi, I have been learning Inkscape for the past few weeks and finally getting
comfortable with this excellent program. My problem began when I downloaded
Inkscape 4.7. Where previously 4.6 worked OK with my Wacom intuos 3, now it
does not work in the document screen. I have googled extensively and the
couple of solutions I found did not help (different ways of resetting pen
settings). Looks like this is a bug...I am a newbie and need all the help I
can get!
Many thanks
PinkDino
13 years, 6 months
NEW: LaTeX export for PDF/EPS/PS
by unknown＠example.com
Hello all,
For all who use LaTeX, please read the text below from the Release Notes
0.48. Or read http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/images/SVG_in_LaTeX.pdf .
(the new feature will be available in development test builds from this
evening on)
===New LaTeX export for PDF/EPS/PS===
Similar to GNUPlot's `epslatex' output terminal, Inkscape can now export
graphics to PDF with an accompanying LaTeX file that overlays the text
over the PDF when inputted in LaTeX. The image's text is typeset by
LaTeX, so for example mathematical expressions are rendered correctly,
and all text will be in the font and style of the LaTeX document (even
when changing the document's font afterwards).
''(the following description assumes export to PDF, but will work the
same for EPS and PS)''
Two files will be created: a PDF file containing all graphics, without
text; and a LaTeX file with the same name, containing all text, and code
to include the PDF and overlay the text. To include the exported image
in LaTeX, one writes
\begin{figure}
\centering
\def\svgwidth{\columnwidth} % sets the image width, this is optional
\input{image.tex}
\end{figure}
A more thorough description of how to use the new feature (and automate
the exporting/inclusion of the image in LaTeX) is given in this PDF:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/images/SVG_in_LaTeX.pdf
====From the GUI====
When exporting to PDF/EPS/PS from Inkscape's GUI, the usual dialog pops
up after selecting to which PDF/EPS/PS file to export to. In this
dialog, you can find the PDF/EPS/PS+LaTeX option.
====Command line option====
When exporting to PDF/EPS/PS from the command line, adding
--export-latex will turn the LaTeX export on. For example
inkscape image.svg -z -D --export-pdf=image.pdf --export-latex
Cheers!
Johan Engelen
13 years, 7 months
SVG path, convert to absolute?
by Paul Reilly
Hello,
I need to convert SVG vector images with bezier paths from relative to
absolute coordinates.
So it uses big "C" instead of little "c"
id="path3" d="M 47,200 C 47,200 27,140 47,120
I can do this using the GUI, but I'd like to do it via the command line.
I'm using:
inkscape -l drawing.sgv drawing.svg
but there doesn't seem to be a command line option to specify relative or
absolute paths coords?
Any ideas how I might do this via the command line?
Thanks
Paul
13 years, 7 months
Beginner question: How do I get rid of pie segment in ellipse
by John Culleton
I have two objects, a circle and an ellipse, which together make a cartoonish
human eye. But there is a black line from the center to the edge for both
objects. I understand that this is a pie segment in the circle/ellipse. No
matter how I move the little circles on the edge I can't get rid of this line.
If I move too far the entire shape disappears. Move back a tiny increment and
there is the line again.
To put it another way, how do I create either shape without having any pie
slice at all? Just a pure circle or ellipse. I have three books on Inkscape
but none of them seem to cover this problem.
Inkscape 47 on Slackware 13 Liinux.
--
John Culleton
"Create Book Covers with Scribus"
Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95
http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
13 years, 7 months
bug?
by Elwin Estle
I have this oddball behavior going on with copy/paste. I am running 0.47 on a mac with OS X Leopard.
I have a path that I am trying to copy and do "paste in place". However, when I paste the path, what I am getting is an IMAGE, not a path, I can't edit it. It has a white background, which shouldn't be there, and it doesn't paste in place. It pastes off to the left of where it should be. I am wanting to paste it in place on a different layer, but even pasting it on the same layer creates an image, instead of a copy of the original path.
How I determined that it was an image was to go into the XML editor and watched what happened when I did the paste. Sure enough, the XML editor states that the copy is an image, not a path.
What is going on? Have I changed a setting somewhere by accident? Or is this a bug?
13 years, 7 months
Open EPS with Gradient
by Tobias Schulz
Hi,
i have problems with opening EPS files with gradient. The file isnt
rendered correctly. AI-Files are working right.
I tried to convert the eps file with Ghostscript directly (to png and
pdf). This works too, so it should be a problem with inkscape.
Inscape 0.47 Windows 7 or Windows Server 2003
Ghostscript 8.70 and 8.71
Thanks for your help
Tobias
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13 years, 7 months
Re: [Inkscape-user] bug?
by Elwin Estle
Still more update. I opened a new file. Used the box tool to make a box. Copied and pasted it. ...and got a nice .png file on my desktop again. And the copy pasted in Inkscape was an image.
--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@...12...> wrote:
From: Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@...12...>
Subject: Re: bug?
To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 9:52 AM
Further update. I just discovered that all the "pastes" I have done in an attempt to figure out what is going on, have created .png image files on my desktop. This is NOT something I was attempting to do at all. How did they get there? Very weird.
--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@...12...> wrote:
From: Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@...12...>
Subject: bug?
To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 9:38 AM
I have this oddball behavior going on with copy/paste. I am running 0.47 on a mac with OS X Leopard.
I have a path that I am trying to copy and do "paste in place". However, when I paste the path, what I am getting is an IMAGE, not a path, I can't edit it. It has a white background, which shouldn't be there, and it doesn't paste in place. It pastes off to the left of where it should be. I am wanting to paste it in place on a different layer, but even pasting it on the same layer creates an image, instead of a copy of the original path.
How I determined that it was an image was to go into the XML editor and watched what happened when I did the paste. Sure enough, the XML editor states that the copy is an image, not a path.
What is going on? Have I changed a setting somewhere by accident? Or is
this a bug?
13 years, 7 months
Re: [Inkscape-user] bug?
by Elwin Estle
Further update. I just discovered that all the "pastes" I have done in an attempt to figure out what is going on, have created .png image files on my desktop. This is NOT something I was attempting to do at all. How did they get there? Very weird.
--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@...12...> wrote:
From: Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@...12...>
Subject: bug?
To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 9:38 AM
I have this oddball behavior going on with copy/paste. I am running 0.47 on a mac with OS X Leopard.
I have a path that I am trying to copy and do "paste in place". However, when I paste the path, what I am getting is an IMAGE, not a path, I can't edit it. It has a white background, which shouldn't be there, and it doesn't paste in place. It pastes off to the left of where it should be. I am wanting to paste it in place on a different layer, but even pasting it on the same layer creates an image, instead of a copy of the original path.
How I determined that it was an image was to go into the XML editor and watched what happened when I did the paste. Sure enough, the XML editor states that the copy is an image, not a path.
What is going on? Have I changed a setting somewhere by accident? Or is
this a bug?
13 years, 7 months
