January 2011 - Inkscape Users

Mis-behaving 0.48
by Jon 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

I am using the standard 0.48 installation on Windows Vista and Inkscape has started mis-behaving. I'm getting the attached extension-errors.log file created. I've tried reinstalling Inkscape, but this has not cured the problem. What's happening and what is the solution (in simple language, please!). Jon

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Broken PDF file produced
by Mahendra Tallur 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Hi again ! I would like to add some more data to my previous mail. I'm using Inkscape 0.48. I assumed the faulty PDF file I obtained was due to my modifying the XML file directly. But it's actually not the case as it also happens with another document I didn't modify this way. Please let me show you some sample files : 1) http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/Plaquette%20-%20Int%c3%a9rieur.svg as you can see, there is in the bottom right corner a polygon which is filled with a pattern which contains many spirals 2) http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/Plaquette%20-%20Int%c3%a9rieur.pdf here is the resulting PDF On my computer : - the PDF takes about 5 to 10 seconds before being displayed !! (core2duo 3 GHz, 4 GB RAM). While the PDF file produced by inDesign (from which I exported this svg before modofying it under Inkscape) was displayed instantly (but, the inkscape produced .pdf was almost 10 times heavier, it seems a couple of parts were converted to bitmaps, I wonder why). - the bottom-right pattern is invisible (under evince / Ubuntu 10.10) when looking from far away. When zooming in, you can make out the polygon shape but it's filled with some kind of random pattern - if I scroll in the document, from the PDF reader, it even makes it *crash* and slows down my system a lot ! (of course, there was no display problem under Inkscape itself) It seems using some exported .svg files definitely don't please Inkscape a lot. Or this kind of patterns at least... PS : I provided some font files used by the document in http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/ Thanks ever so much for reading this ! Mahen

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Issues with patterns (including crashes)
by Mahendra Tallur 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Hi everyone ! First : thanks for the amazing work done by the Inkscape developers ! I'm a new casual Inkscape user :) I'm using it at the moment to carry on the work done by someone who owned inDesign. Thus, I used an .svg file that was exported from this piece of software. The export went fine overall, except some fonts issues (for instance, I could only select the first line in text frames) and colours were generally not good. I fixed almost anything by rewriting the text and changing colours but I encountered a few issues and problems in general with patterns. Indeed : in the document, there are a few polygons which are filled with a pattern which consists in many spirals. For some reasons the colours went wrong during the export but I couldn't change directly the colours used in the patterns. (more generally, I didn't know how to apply the same colours to many objects at the same time) So I converted the pattern back to an object, changed to colours, converted it to a pattern, and applied it to the object. So it did the trick. However I had many issues in the process : 1) Inkscape completely filled my memory twice and the kernel had to kill the task. This happened when using several times in a row the functions to convert patterns to objects or the contrary. All of a sudden, the hard drive began to spin non-stop (I have no swap but 4 GB of ram) and I could barely move my mouse cursor. It also happened when I was using the "node" tool to change the position / rotate etc. the pattern when applied to an object. 2) I managed to crash inkscape when undo-ing some operations that were involving a pattern <-> object conversion Also, I was wondering if there was a simpler way to handle patterns ? (edit them afterwards / change their colours / remove them from the list ?) 3) to make the operation easier, I decided to change some colours directly in the pattern definition in the XML file. It seemed to worked : the drawing was displayed properly in Inkscape or when exporting to .png. But when exporting to .pdf, the modified patterns were invisible or trashed when zooming in. Oops ! Can you guys please tell me if I should file some bugreports ? Maybe those bugs are known and fixed in the upcoming 0.48.1 ? (I'm also the one who filed the bugreport involving a font that was not displayed properly in Acrobat Reader under Windows, but was OK in Linux / OSX....) PS : I may upload the .svg file somewhere, if some of you are curious ! Best regards & thanks again to the team ! Mahen

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Linked offset and keyboard
by Mikael Ståldal 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

How do I change the size of an linked offset using the keyboard? I know how to do it with the mouse, but I need better precision.

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About Inkscape Whiteboard.
by Hiran Venugopalan 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

Hi, My name is Hiran, and I am using Inkscape for designing. I am using it for nearly 3+ years. I remember the old version having an option of Whiteboard. I haven't used it, as I don't had any collaborative works to do. But currently when I checked to use it, I found its removed from latest versions. When I asked in IRC, some one told me that "Pedro" module is removed since it needs from the scratch coding to work properly. I want to know more details. Is the old code available. Is any one working on the project, if someone, some students are ready to take this as an academic project, will there be anyone to mentor / help them. and so on. -- Hiran Venugopalan Usability / IxD Geek, Ubiqurio IRC : HFactor | Phone : 09496346709 | W : http://hiran.in

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bug when importing ai
by Benoit DECHERF 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

Hi, When importing an .ai file with an object having a "blend mode" to multiply, the "blend mode" is lost. I can't find a bug on this. Is it a known issue ? Can I open a bug ? Benoit

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape Accuracy
by Susan Spencer 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Shawn, I think we all understand that the problem you're addressing is a serious one. Inkscape will render older images based on 90ppi at a smaller size when it changes its definition for pixels per unit. Since there had been discussion of absolute size in the thread, I thought that the conversions might be of interest to those who might have a project that requires absolute sizing, even though it is of no help to you. <snif> And thanks for the heads up about 2.54cm/inch. I've been using some sewing books which make recommendations of rounding to the 10th rather than 100th perhaps because they were using pencil & paper, and it worked well enough for them personally. This is ultimately garbage advice, so thanks for pointing that out. Question: Are there differences between Inkscape and other tools regarding pixels per inch? - Susan > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:57:09 -0500 > From: Shawn H Corey <shawnhcorey@...155...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape Accuracy > > Conversion is not the problem. The problem is that the number of pixels > per inch keeps changing. It's currently 90, schedule to change to 96, > and may change again. That means that old SVGs will become 7% smaller > when the new scale is implemented. And that's *all* the old ones since > Inkscape stores their measurements as pixels. > > BTW, it's 2.54 cm per inch. :) > > > -- > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, > Shawn >

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Call for SCALE 9x participation
by Jon Cruz 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Hello all, Inkscape is setting up once again to exhibit at SCALE this year Feb 25-27. http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/ We get a few passes to help man the booth, so if anyone might be able to travel to the conference to help us out, we can get you in. Just let me know off-list if you happen to be interested and able to attend. Thanks.

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tablet software (MacOS only)
by unknown＠example.com 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Hi Can someone using Inkscape on MacBook test this thing? We could then ask them to add Inkscape to the list of supported software http://www.tenonedesign.com/inklet.php Cedric

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tablet emulation (MacOS only)
by unknown＠example.com 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Hi Can someone using Inkscape on MacBook test this thing? We could then ask them to add Inkscape to the list of supported software http://www.tenonedesign.com/inklet.php Cedric

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