June 2011 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Single SVG file to multi-page PDF
by donn 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Anyone know how I could layout/hack a single Inkscape SVG file so that I can get a multi-page PDF out the other end? Inkscape -> layout tricks (maybe layers?) -> some process (maybe command line) -> PDF file with pages. At the moment I am laying-out logos and designs on a single 'page' which can be as tall as 9000 pixels. Is there a way to 'chop' a single PDF page like that into smaller chunks? \d

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Subscription test
by John Culleton 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

I was put on nomail because of too many bounces. I am testing to see if I can receive messages again. -- John Culleton "Death Wore Black" Police procedural: http://www.deathworeblack.com/ "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Axonometric grid mangling shapes after duplication
by unknown＠example.com 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Thanks for that hint. I was expecting something along those lines myself but discarded the 'SVG output' precision value when thinking that it only effects the output when the document is saved like in 'Save a Copy'. I've been doing a lot of that recently. Cheers. That solved the problems I was having. On Fri 1/07/11 12:23 AM , ~suv suv-sf@...16... sent: > On 30/6/11 16:31, spam@...2865... > om wrote:> Before issuing a bug I'm curious if not there's > something which I'm> doing wrong or something present in my own > settings. After applying> the default axonometric grid, setting some nodes on > grid points with> the bezier tool and duplicating that shape that > duplicate's nodes> jump off grid. Similar behaviour happens when > editing a node and the> whole shape shifts. This behaviour isn't present on > a rectangular> grid. > > > > Inkscape 0.48+devel, X11 XQuartz 2.3.6, MacOS > 10.6.7 > Not reproduced with 0.48+devel r10392 on Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Xquartz > 2.4.0)with my usual custom preferences and with default settings. > > A similar effect can be easily reproduced (and is expected, AFAIU) if > using a very low numeric precision (tested with '2') and triggering a > rewrite of the path data (by duplicating or e.g. moving a node). > > 1) What revision are you testing? Do you build it yourself or download > the snapshot binaries from modevia? > > 2) Did you by change reduce the value for > 'Inkscape preferences > SVG output > Numbers: Numeric precision'? > (default is '8') > > > ~suv > > >

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Axonometric grid mangling shapes after duplication
by unknown＠example.com 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Before issuing a bug I'm curious if not there's something which I'm doing wrong or something present in my own settings. After applying the default axonometric grid, setting some nodes on grid points with the bezier tool and duplicating that shape that duplicate's nodes jump off grid. Similar behaviour happens when editing a node and the whole shape shifts. This behaviour isn't present on a rectangular grid. Inkscape 0.48+devel, X11 XQuartz 2.3.6, MacOS 10.6.7 -Linus

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Anyone here use a Wacom tablet?
by John Culleton 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

-- John Culleton "Death Wore Black" Police procedural: http://www.deathworeblack.com/ "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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scrapbooking/papercraft
by Tom Sparks 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

I have a head shot photograph[1] I reduce the color plaette down to 8 colors I create 8 layers, 1 layer for each color Can I trace each layer individually? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_shot -- tom_a_sparks "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only)

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Now the cairo branch is merged...
by Diederik van Lierop 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

On 06/24/2011 02:49 PM, Josh Andler wrote: > Stretch an object which has a stroke with the selector tool, > we finally do this right. (I can see the deluge of bug reports now) ;) > I'm quite thankful ~suv pointed it out. Yay, that had already stopped bothering me a long time ago.. It had too, because it was very annoying and at the same time very hard to fix. I didn't see this fix coming, so thanks a lot! To all: With all these great improvements and side effects, please do not forget to mention them in the release notes (http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.49) BTW, is anyone still working on the new website? It's been quite quiet in that area lately (and hence I'm cross-posting this to the user list). I want to put compilation instructions online for Fedora 15. Will these be retained when posting to the old wiki? Diederik

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force relative coordinates
by Adrian Dusa 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

Dear All, I want to create a path, forcing all points to relative coordinates. I checked "Allow relative coordinates" and "Force repeat commands" in the Inkscape preferences. Toy example: <path sodipodi:nodetypes="ccccccccccccccc" inkscape:connector-curvature="0" id="path2984" d="m 105,0 c 21,1 21,26 8,32 c 42,23 82,78 32,113 c 10,5 10,5 10,30 l -28,0 c 0,23 0,23 61,23 c 17,1 19,12 22,22 c -85,0 -95,5 -105,-23 c -10,28 -20,23 -105,23 c 3,-10 5,-21 22,-22 c 61,0 61,0 61,-23 l -28,0 c 0,-25 0,-25 10,-30 c -50,-35 -10,-90 32,-113 c -13,-6 -13,-31 8,-32 z" style="fill:#b70000;fill-opacity:0.6;stroke:none" /> This looks fine, but when I am moving the path (say 5px to the right), and then back again, the path gets fixed coordinates (which I would like to avoid): d="m 105,0 c 21,1 21,26 8,32 c 42,23 82,78 32,113 c 10,5 10,5 10,30 l -28,0 c 0,23 0,23 61,23 c 17,1 19,12 22,22 c -85,0 -95,5 -105,-23 C 95,225 85,220 0,220 c 3,-10 5,-21 22,-22 c 61,0 61,0 61,-23 l -28,0 c 0,-25 0,-25 10,-30 C 15,110 55,55 97,32 C 84,26 84,1 105,0 z" What would be the best way of forcing the path to (always) relative coordinates? Thank you, Adrian -- Adrian Dusa Romanian Social Data Archive 1, Schitu Magureanu Bd. 050025 Bucharest sector 5 Romania Tel.:+40 21 3126618 \ +40 21 3120210 / int.101 Fax: +40 21 3158391

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Re: [Inkscape-user] force relative coordinates
by crjw 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

>(BTW, the entry "Numeric precision" has a misleading tooltip "How many >digits to write after the decimal dot", whereas the value evidetly means the >total number of valid digits.) Any reason why Inkscape's "precision setting" option limits "significant figures" instead of "decimal places"? Placing a limit on "significant figures" forces arbitrarily higher precision for coordinates near the origin of the drawing. Precision drops logarithmically (in discrete jumps) as the coordinates move away from the origin. E.g. Consider the following horizontal path created with a numeric precision of "8". d="M 0.17036585,0 243.56794,0 507.68921,0 801.52616,0 1128.1785,0" Note how the first coordinate has eight decimal places while the last coordinate has four decimal places. The extra precision on the lower valued coordinates leads to necessary file bloat. When a drawing has thousands of points this bloat becomes significant. I would prefer it if inkscape could let me create paths where each coordinate had a set number of decimal places like this: d="M 0.1704,0 243.5679,0 507.6892,0 801.5262,0 1128.1785,0" -crjw

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Font size in the Latex Export
by Jan Schmidtbauer 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hi, I wonder if it is possible to change the fontsize for the LaTeX export, e.g. to small, for all Latex inputs in the drawing. Maybe there is a python script which generates the Latex code and where I could add a \small Latex command. Thank you in advance for your answers.

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