April 2012 - 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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Re: [Inkscape-user] Shrinking the results of JPG to SVG conversion
by Pranav Lal 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hi all, Just a quick note to say that I need to batch convert the files so I can't open inkscape and do things like trace the bitmap as shown on sites like http://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/convert-a-png-to-a-svg-file works-for-jpg-too/ -----Original Message----- From: Pranav Lal [mailto:pranav.lal@...155...] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 6:23 AM To: 'mailing list!' Subject: Shrinking the results of JPG to SVG conversion Hi all, I have a number of *.jpg files that I need to convert to svg. I am using inkscape for the conversion. The problem is that the resulting svg is almost 5 times the size of the jpeg file. I have tried saving the file in compressed plain svg but with no success. The file is still very large. Is there anything I can do to shrink the file? I have run an open source cleanup tool called cleanSVG downloadable from codeplex but that has not helped. I am open to using other JPG to SVG converters if inkscape is not the right tool for this exercise. Natively creating SVG is not an option at this point. Pranav

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Jessyink renumber effects order
by Johnny 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

Hi all, Jessyink [1]is really a very nice extension to Inkscape to enable doing dynamic presentations, I can really recommend it! There are two versions, I use the latter, Jessyink 2.0.0-alpha1. However, I usually end up adding effects and manually setting the order and eventually running out of numbers. E.g. I start to number the effects by 10, 20, 30, etc. but soon end up having orders 1, 2, 3, 4, ... and wanting to insert a new efect between e.g. 2 and 3. Therefore I wonder, is there some way to renumber the effects to make some space that I have missed? As the svg-files are just text files, I am considering a script to do this to find and renumber the effects; the finding part can be achieved by e.g. ,---- | cat my_svg_file_with_jessyink.svg|grep "sodipodi:role=\"line\">[0-9]*</tspan></text>"|grep [0-9]* `---- This gives all the lines with effect numbers, maybe sed or awk can be used in a loop to renumber in order and increment by a desired step (e.g. 10). Now, my skills are not really up to the task, so before embarking, the question is is this really the best route to go or are there any better ideas? Thanks and cheers! Footnotes: [1] http://code.google.com/p/jessyink/ -- Johnny

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unlock objects
by "Jörg Kühne" 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Dear list How I can unlock a locked object? Regards Joerg -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de

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snapping
by "Jörg Kühne" 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Dear list How I can snap a simple line to an intersection of two guide-lines? Regards Georg -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de

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by Badoo 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

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Shrinking the results of JPG to SVG conversion
by Pranav Lal 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Hi all, I have a number of *.jpg files that I need to convert to svg. I am using inkscape for the conversion. The problem is that the resulting svg is almost 5 times the size of the jpeg file. I have tried saving the file in compressed plain svg but with no success. The file is still very large. Is there anything I can do to shrink the file? I have run an open source cleanup tool called cleanSVG downloadable from codeplex but that has not helped. I am open to using other JPG to SVG converters if inkscape is not the right tool for this exercise. Natively creating SVG is not an option at this point. Pranav

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I'm walking for healthy babies
by Joshua Blocher 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

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crisp lines and floating point
by Máirín Duffy 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hi, I need a sanity check from you, my fellow Inkscape users, if you don't mind: Draw a 1 px straight vertical line using the pen tool, holding down Ctrl to make sure it's straight. Is there any way to do this such that the line does not end up on an X value that is X.5, where X is any integer? Same for a 1 px straight horizontal line - no matter where I click, no matter which snapping options I enable, that sucker will only land on Y values of something + 0.5. Is this right? Is there anyway to avoid this? I've trained myself to manually go in and delete the 0.5 and not even think about it, but I'm trying to explain something to a new Inkscape user and I feel quite silly explaining my odd way of going in to the X and Y coordinate boxes and erasing the .5 off the end of the number to her. Thanks, ~m

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Default font selection
by gespertino＠...155... 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

> Open 'Text > Text and Font?', select the font you want to use as new > default, and click on the 'Set as default' button in the lower left > corner of the dialog. > > See also: > <http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text-Formatting.html#Text-Form…> > hth, ~suv The solution is correct, but I think there is also a bug around, although I couldn't track the origin yet. I've experienced that unexpected default font change a lot of times and I think there is some operation that's mistakenly setting it. Maybe it's copying and pasting styles or something. I'm not sure since I couldn't find a way to reproduce it consistently. My 2 cents.

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