August 2014 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

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 and Uniconvertor
by Ken Springer 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

One problem solved, now on to the next. LOL My friend needs to save an SVG file created in Inkscape in a vector file format Windows users and software can use. I suggested .wmf, but she gets an error message that says Uniconvertor failed, with a lot of errors listing which lines failed. That's my understanding of what failed. This is the computer... Windows 7 64 bit 8GB RAM Inkscape .48.5 R10040 Have I chosen the correct format? Or perhaps enhanced metafile? I just tried to do the same (Mac OS X Mountain Lion), but the resulting wmf file did not open correctly in Libre Office Drawing component. I sent it to my friend and it did not open correctly as a .wmf file, but the PDF export created on my Mac works fine. Unfortunately, at her end, it needs to be a vector file, a PDF will not suffice. We appreciate the help. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Springer "All progress depends upon the unreasonable person." George Bernard Shaw "Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country!" President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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How can I fix Inkscape's rendering of this file?
by Jeff Winterpants 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Hello! I am writing a web app that exports SVGs. One such SVG is attached. Though it renders properly in web browsers including Chrome and Firefox, Inkscape renders it poorly. * Firefox rendering (correct): http://i.imgur.com/vvla9QX.png * Inkscape rendering (incorrect): http://i.imgur.com/s8f2aXs.png. Note that the numerical axis tick labels are offset to improper locations. Additionally, the document size is too small to contain the entirety of the graphic. * Batik rendering (slightly incorrect): http://i.imgur.com/xFFqFMs.png. For reference, I tried Batik. It renders the SVG better than Inkscape, but the numerical axis tick labels on the bottom ("Subject") axis are too high, even though those on the top ("Query") axis are correct. How can I change the SVG so Inkscape will render it properly? Thanks! Jeff

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New blog post - "Does open source boost mental health?"
by Phil Shapiro 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Inkscape mentioned and linked to several times in this blog post. http://opensource.com/life/14/8/does-open-source-boost-mental-health Kindly share with anyone you know who would be interested in this. phil -- -- Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@...2324... http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."

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Save as html5 canvas
by john Culleton 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

This choice exists in 0.91 but on a small test document seems not to work. The error message is too long to quote but the bottom line is: TypeError: descriptor 'strip' requires a 'str' object but received a 'unicode' Do I need auxiliary programs? -- 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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Auxiliary programs.
by john Culleton 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Two questions: 1.What is the list of auxiliary programs that one can use from within Inkscape? I am thinking of LaTeX, Imagemagick, Gimp, Ghostscript etc. 2. Should these programs be loaded before loading or compiling Inkscape or can they be added later? This factor may vary from program to program. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Book indexing, interior layout, cover design. http://wexfordpress.com

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Rounding the corners of a rectangle
by Ken Springer 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Windows 7 64 bit 8GB RAM Inkscape .48.5 R10040 A friend of mine is using Inkscape for the first time and cannot get rounded corners on the outside edge of a rectangle. Selecting the round join in Stroke style gives a rounded corner, but the radius of the corner is far smaller than desired. I have a Mac, and very little experience with Inkscape also. I can't get a larger radius either. How do we do this? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Springer "All progress depends upon the unreasonable person." George Bernard Shaw "Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country!" President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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exporting pdf files: request for assistance
by ⒶRTHUR HENRY LILLIOTT 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

dear inkscape users, can someone please help me with exporting pdf files: i am trying to save pdf files of isolated text within a larger file. i isolate the text on the page and specify the export-area-is-page. but it appears that a larger file still creates a larger pdf file, regardless if i specify export-area-is-page or not. is this correct? i am trying to create pdf with minimum size, so this is relatively important. and the object id doesn't really work for these pdf's. so my question is: does the pdf take into account, or include the size of the whole file, when creating a single pdf file? and lastly, is there a difference to converting to paths, before or after exporting a pdf file? thank you for taking the time to read and reply to this email. your assistance is much appreciated. regards, arthur. -- *@rthur henry lilliott* *ⒶRTHUR HENRY LILLIOTT* -- *@rthur henry lilliott* *ⒶRTHUR HENRY LILLIOTT*

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Same build-different screen
by john Culleton 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

I have built the latest pre2 version (3529). when I sign on as root I get two rows of icons on the right side of hte window. When i sign on using a little used signon called "baker" (not the real name) I get the same display. But when I sign on using my usual user name "able" I only get a single row of icons on the right. Clearly there is a preference hid somewhere. I tried rm -r .cache/inkscape while signed on as able. but the alternative display persists. In all cases I am using /usr/local/bin/inkscape Any suggestions? -- 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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Set working directory from the command line
by John Kirkilis 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

In Inkscape's "Save" section of Preferences, it provides the option to either use the current working directory. The checkbox reads: Use current directory for "Save As..." The hint text reads: When this option is on, the "Save as..." dialog will always open in the directory where the currently open document is; when it's off, it will open in the directory where you last saved a file using that dialog. When Inkscape is opened with no file specified on the command line, I assumed the Save As... dialog would come up focused on the directory that the user had "cd" to before invoking Inkscape from the shell, but the dialog always goes to my home directory. Is this a matter of how our virtualized Linux environment is set up? Is there a way to pass a path on the Inkscape command line to explicitly set Inkscape's "working directory"? I didn't see any such parameter in the Inkscape command line help file.\ RHEL is the platform. John

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