May 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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downloaded version in turkish
by Giovanna Di Pietro 29 May '12

29 May '12

Hi, I just downloaded the official release for mac (for OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard ) and it is in turkish! how can i change it to german or english? thanks, giovanna

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gel effect on type.
by john Culleton 28 May '12

28 May '12

There are various tutorials/howtos on the web about spplying a gel effect to type. Anyone have a favorite (with an url that is currently working) to suggest? Thanks in advance. John Culleton

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Where to put ICC color profiles.
by john Culleton 28 May '12

28 May '12

I have icc profiles avialable in Scribus but not in inkscape 48.2. Where does inkscape look? Slackware Linux. John Culleton

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CommandLine: passing parameters to verbs
by Joscha Feth 24 May '12

24 May '12

Hello, Is there a way to pass parameters to verbs, when using the inkscape commandline? I can't seem to find anything, so my guess is no - but in any case it would be needed for --verb=DialogAlignDistribute Cheers, Joscha

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Failed to convert a pdf file to an eps file via inkscape.
by Hedong Yang 24 May '12

24 May '12

Hi all, I ran the Inkscape, opened the pdf file and then "save a copy" in the eps format. As shown in the attached files, the coordinate information is missed in the converted eps file. The information about the my computer and Inkscape is listed as follows. OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS amd64 Inkscape : 0.48.3.1 r9886 (Installed from the Canonical source) While I tried on another machine with Inkscape 0.48.2 r9819, the conversion is perfectly done as expected. So have I missed something to be installed? Or is there a bug for the newer version of Inkscape? Suggestions are welcome! Regards, Hedong May 23,2012

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editing .svg files
by unknown＠example.com 23 May '12

23 May '12

I have some .svg files that I create with the tools at blockdiag.com (it does a good job of turning progromatic data into a valid graphic), but there are a lot of times when I would like to grab a chunk of the resulting digram and move it around. The problem I have had trying to use Inkscape to do this is that I can select and grab a block, but the lines stay put. I really want to grab the objects and the endpoints of the lines that are within the selection window and move the endpoints along with the objects. Is there an easy way to do this that I have been overlooking? David Lang

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missing element (graticules) after ps/eps/pdf import into inkscape
by rdbriggs 15 May '12

15 May '12

Good day everyone, I'm trying to import a GMT generated map (ps file) into inkscape (so I can add an extra layer and lots of text) but the graticules disappear. The map is attached. It was generated with this command (pscoast -R-180/180/-90/-60 -Js0/-90/1:40000000 -B30g30/g10 -Dc -G200 -P -V > map1.ps). Once imported into inkscape the graticules disappear. They are, however, still visible in the import window. Does anyone have an explanation for this and how I can fix it (I'm guessing it is an inkscape problem because they are visible with the gs, pdf viewers), In fact do others see this behaviour ? regards, Rob Briggs This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php

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