April 2013 - 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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discrete color scale object becomes continuous in eps export
by unknown＠example.com 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

dear all, I have a inkscape problem that I do not understand. An object showing a discrete color scale is converted to a continuous scale in the eps export. here is the example file http://www.climate.unibe.ch/~muthers/exchange/drawing.svg this is the exported file http://www.climate.unibe.ch/~muthers/exchange/drawing.eps any help is appreciated! inkscape version is 0.48.4 on arch linux. cheers, stefan

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DBus api signals
by cabieces julien 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hi, I have to produce a "plugin" for Inkscape. Python exception functionnalities are not enough for what I want to do so I came to try the DBus Api. With this one, I can communicate from my plugin to Inkscape but not in the other way. The only implemented signal is "ObjectMoved" but I need to know when Inkscape modifies a node, adds an attribute or things like that. I look after the dbus extension code and it seems that the signals that I want are described in proposed-interface.xml and are not yet implemented. Is there any way to achieve what I want to do? Is there further development forecast for dbus extension? Is this possible to propose eventually patch? Thanks for the reply Julien

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Text to path in a circle
by Javier Garcia 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Hi, I'm using text to path to put text around circle, in the outter part. It works ok, but how can i put the text in the inner part of the circle? 0.48 Javi

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Base layer color.
by john Culleton 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Quick question: Is the base layer of a new Inkscape document by default white or by default transparent? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Trying to create a rubber stamp effect
by Javier Garcia 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hi, I have found this tuto about creating a rubber stamp effect: http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rubber_stamp_inkscape/ It says I should do an intersection between the image and the calligraphic drawing, but for me it doesn't work.., I mean, Inkscape doesn't do any intersection..Of course I select both objects before trying the intersection. I attach a file. 0.48 Javi

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Importing graphs from Excel
by Jurgen Gaeremyn 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hello list, for an article I need to edit a graph made in Excel (2007). This is my current workflow: 1. In Excel: Print to PDF (using Cute PDF) 2. Open the PDF file in Inkscape The big caveat is: text items don't behave well at all. They are really naughty :p -> when changing fonts or size, the spacing doesn't adapt (so text gets squashed when a bigger font is chosen) -> certain text elements that don't belong together, all of the sudden become one item (f.e. the scale items and the R² text, but the ² is a different text block) Currently, the only solution I see, is retyping all the text manually. Obviously, this is quite a waste of time. I hope some of you know a better solution for this... Thanks, Jurgen.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Web design using Inkscape.
by unknown＠example.com 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

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Dissolve surrounded colors of a cropped image with the background
by Javier Garcia 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hi, I have two layers: a background in yellow and a cropped image in the other layer. Now I want to dissolve the cropped image in the background, how can i do that automatically? I know I have the smudge tool, but the results are not so good for me... http://postimg.org/image/c433e336d/ 2.8.2

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