April 2010 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Download for inkscape for use with Vista 64 bit
by Bibi Morris 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Does anyone know where a version of inkscape can be downloaded for use on a Windows Vista 64 bit operating system? Thanks in advance Bibi

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Grouping text and shadow loses blur
by Judy Wilson 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

I am trying to take a piece of text, make a white copy to make a shadow which I have slightly blurred with the Object Fill and Stroke tool, but when I select one, hold down the shift key to have both selected, then Group them, the white shadow loses it blur. What am I missing? Thanks! Judy Wilson in Belize

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Input Devices Settings in current bzr version not stored permanently
by Alexander Roalter 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

The input devices settings (for extended input, e.g. tablet) have changed some time ago to a different format. Now, I can set the stylus device to Screen to have it pressure sensitive as expected, and it is also stored as this in the preferences.xml, but on reload if forgets this setting. My stylus device is called Stylus0, the eraser Eraser0. Setting the eraser to screen mode, in the preferences.xml I see something like <group keys=";;;;;... axes="x;y;pressure;xtilt;ytilt;wheel" mode="screen" id="E:Eraser0" /> but no such entry for stylus or Stylus0 exists and is created... -- Cheers, Alex

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Printing problem with imported PDF and added bitmap
by Philip Rhoades 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

People, I am using: inkscape-0.47-2.fc12.x86_64 I: - opened a PDF form - added some text but also my signature - saved the changed form as SVG and exported as a new PDF - sent the PDF to the responsible person (a Windows user) but although she can see the signature on the screen, it doesn't print (I presume she is using an Adobe viewer). I think she was able to get around it by doing a print screen and saving to a doc file? This could be a problem if it happens all the time . . Ideas? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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arrow, always black
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

Manao ahoana, Hello, Bonjour, I needed to draw a diagram of servers and therefore needed many arrows. I found how to have arrows with: - draw a line - right click on it - Fill & Stroke - Stoke Style - Star/Mid/End Markers But the "Marker" is always black. I want it the color of the line I draw. How to? Inkscape O.47. Misaotra, Thanks, Merci. -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche & Developpement +261 34 29 155 34 / +261 33 11 207 36

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Inkscape symbol templates (newbie question)
by Johnny 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

I am relatively new to Inkscape, and am looking to use it for general vector drawings, but in particular drawing diagrams (single line electrical diagrams). As such, is there anything similar (sorry for the comparison) to Visio's symbol templates, where one can store recurring symbols and simply insert them (and create custom symbols to add as the need arises)? Any ideas on how best to manage this in Inkscape (or indeed any other recommendations?) would be greatly appreciated; likewise if there are any single-line symbols available? Thanks, Mattias

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0.48 About Screen Contest - Community voting time
by Joshua A. Andler 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Hey all, As with previous releases it's not time for the community to vote on the About Screen submission for 0.48. Please read more here: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/blog/31687017/ Cheers, Josh

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How to use Type 1 fonts in Inkscape?
by Ananda Murthy R S 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello, I am using Inkscape-0.47 on Zenwalk Snapshot which is a derivative of Slackware. I have installed Ghostscript Standard Type 1 fonts installed in /usr/share/fonts/Type1 directory. But these fonts are not visible in Inkscape. How to make them available in Inkscape? Thanks for your help. Anand

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Why Bazaar?
by Carl Symons 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:00:37 -0400 > From: John Culleton <john@...1668...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Why Bazaar? > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <201004061200.37373.john@...1668...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Why oh why do we need yet another depository program? I can handle svn. I > can even handle cmake, though it is a pain. But why not make the nightly > update of Inkscape 48 available as a plain old tar ball? > > The leaders of this project need to understand that users like me use a lot > of open source software, Open COBOL, Tiny COBOL, Gimp, Scribus, Gvim, > Mozilla in all its variants, Tcl/Tk and so on. Most of these projects stick > to the familiar ./configure, make, make install sequence. Scribus just to be > difficult insists on the cmake route, and I have finally puzzled that out. > I can handle svn (replacement for cvs) with a little help. But what is > Bazaar (perhaps bizarre would be a better name) and who else uses it? > Bazaar is a distributed version control system that offers many features that are anti-bizarre. For a software development project--particularly one that is physically dispersed and has multiple levels of commit privileges such as most open source projects--Bazaar offers substantial benefits. The Canonical/Ubuntu/Kubuntu/?buntu crew has moved most revision control to Bazaar...because bzr makes it easy for marginally-techies to contribute. This site explains further...http://jam-bazaar.blogspot.com/2007/10/bazaar-vs-subversion.html The leaders of projects are not in cahoots about what system to use for versioning, make-ing, etc. There is no FOSS governing body dictating tool selection. And for every "user like me", there are many users not like you that also have preferences. "Scribus just to be difficult..." Well probably not "just" with the intention of being difficult. It might have something to do with--make is Unix-ish, while Scribus is cross platform. Many users of open source software run on platforms other than ...N*X. Many M$ Office users have abandoned Publisher in favor of Scribus. Chin up, John. These technical details are part of the FOSS fun. 8^) Carl

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Text Rasterisation
by Andreas Neustifter 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Hi! I didn't find anything on the Interwebs, so I resort to here: I have a Inkscape document that has several texts in in and most of them are properly (as text) output to PDF. But there are some that are rasterised and I do not get it why this is so. I have cleaned up the XML and even if I copy the XML style attribute from a properly rendered text to a rasterised one it gets rasterised. Any hints? Thanks so much, Andi

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