October 2014 - Inkscape Users

Get Previews from the Open Clip Art Library
by E. G. A. 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Just an absolute newbie running Inkscape 0.48.2 in a well working, really beautiful, vintage declared but loved computer (2.1 GHz PowerPC G5 & Mac OS X.5.8). To get Previews from the Open Clip Art Library*, it is needed to be registered at the openclipart.org site and fill up the user account data in the Inkscape Preferences**? * File > Import from Open Clip... ** Import/Export > Open Clip Art Library Username & Password. Thank you. -- Eneko Gotzon Ares

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Inkscape svg vs. plain svg.
by john Culleton 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

I know that some features of Inkscape svg go beyond the official svg standard and hence may not be interpreted properly by web browsers etc. Is there a list of these features somewhere? -- 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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MISTAKE IN WINDOWS TILING
by Fernando Cuesta Núñez 28 Oct '14

28 Oct '14

Hi there: I´ve found a mistake in the Spanish version 0.48.4 r9939 in the window Tiling. In the tab Simmetry at bottom where said *Altura, anchura* it must be* Anchura, altura*. They are changed in the translation to Spanish version. Regards Fernando Cuesta

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about scaling patterns
by Brynn 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

Hi Friends, This isn't about a problem I'm having, although the question comes up in a project I'm working on. I'm just curious about this behavior of scaling patterns. If I apply a pattern fill to an object, and I scale that object with either Selection tool or Transform dialog, the pattern is scaled, along with the object. However, if I scale the object by moving nodes, the pattern stays the same size, and just gets different boundaries. So for example, I fill a square shaped, closed path with a pattern. Let's say it's 100 x 100 px. If I scale with Selection tool or Transform dialog, so that the square now is 60 x 60 px, the pattern is scaled proportionally smaller. But if I move the nodes inwards (by 20 px each way), so that the square is now 60 x 60 px, the pattern does not get scaled. Why doesn't the pattern get scaled, when nodes are moved, like it does when scaled with Selection tool or Transform dialog? And I do understand how to edit patterns with the Node tool. So that's not the issue. I just want to understand why one way of scaling, affects the pattern, and another way of scaling, does not affect the pattern. Is it possibly related to a bug? Or if this is expected behavior, I'm just curious why moving nodes doesn't cause the pattern to change. Can someone explain? (just for my curiosity) Thank you very much :-) brynn

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OPERATIONS BOOLEAN WITH TRACKS
by Fernando Cuesta Núñez 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

Hello there: I want to make the operation "D*ifference*" with two tracks. One of them is a group created with a clon in mosaic: one straight line 1 x 30 column and turned 6º. The other track is a square that it was converted into an object. If I apply the operation *Difference *the information bar says: one of the objects is not a track and it can't do the boolean operation I don't understand why there is an object different than a track. Thanks in advance. Fernando

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A seamless pattern extension/procedural template update
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

Hi to all. I made a big update (0.4) to the extension "seamless pattern". Is commited to experimental branch, or you can take from my inkspace[1] to use in 0.48 or up. Also have a you tube video inside the inkspace page. The video has anotations but im not english so any help to improve is welcome. [1]http://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/1358/ Regards, Jabier.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] New extension for seamless pattern and tesselations
by Brynn 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

Oh, I see. I didn't realize it was a template. I thought that was just an example. Would it be possible to have Guides around the yellow square inside the gray square? It would make something to snap to, for a good alignment. I guess the user can unlock those, and add guides themselves. But since it's a template, it would be convenient if the guides were already in place.....if it's possible. Maybe not possible, since the guides would have to know where they belong, depending on the size they choose. But just a thought :-) Thanks for making this, and thanks for your help :-) By the way, maybe you want to answer this: https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/255633 ? Or if you don't mind, I could post a link to the template, if you don't have time. Thanks again :-) -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz" <jabier.arraiza@...2982...> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:56 AM To: "Brynn" <brynn@...3089...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] New extension for seamless pattern and tesselations

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New extension for seamless pattern and tesselations
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 18 Oct '14

18 Oct '14

Hi to all. Here are a new extension/procedural template to make seamless pattern and tesselations. Here are the code and a video. http://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/1268/ Regards, Jabier.

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Freedom from systemd
by Steve Litt 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Hi all, On Debian Wheezy, a look at dependencies indicates that Inscape depends on dbus, via libgnomevfs2-0 and some other dependency routes. Modern dbus has been co-opted by systemd, which I, and a lot of other people, are refusing to put on their computers. What would it take to get rid of all direct and indirect dependencies on systemd? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

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Snap of non-scaled contours and snap with alignment function
by Knut Bredemeier 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Dear Inkscape experts, I'm just testing the useful features of snapping but there are some points why I find the handling of this feature by Adobe products easier. Maybe you can help me with my problems (I'm using Inkscape-0.91pre2-1): 1) Snap of non-scaled contours I've disabled the scaling of contous. When I take a line with an arrow end and snap it to a path or anything the countour is scaled during the procedure and when I release the mouse button the countour scales back to the original but this also moves the snapped point. This is definately not a feature. Is there anyone whi discovered the same effect or is there maybe a workaround oder is it a bug? 2) Snap with alignment I'd like to scale one side of an rectangle and snap it to a boundary of another rectangle which has some distance. In Adobe Illustrator I can move over the path to be aligned to and now this path is included in the snapping selection. This is a very useful handling. Has someone an idea if this is possible or might been included in future versions? Knut

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