February 2017 - Inkscape Users

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by Dennis Melling 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

Please remove me from your mailing list. user - artfull

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] GSoC Text Help (you don't need to be a developer to help with this)
by Josh Andler 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

Wow! Thank you so much! I did not expect such a quick turnaround. I got one other response privately as well so it will likely end up being a nuanced hybrid of the two. Seriously, I was thinking it would have taken days and this was super fast! I literally can't thank you enough! Can I also ask if you're replying from a specific mailing list? I want to make sure we're not underestimating our community on the user list. (Note: I remember you from the 2015 hackfest, so please know I'm not thinking you're a random person :)) Cheers, Josh On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Amelia Bellamy-Royds <amelia.bellamy.royds@...155...> wrote: > Cutting text down to meet arbitrary word/character limits happens to be a > specialty of mine. > > The below version (in Markdown instead of WikiText) is just under 1500 > characters. I dropped the URL to the mailing list sign up, but other than > that I think it's still got all the substance. Figuring out how to sign up > to this list becomes another application task, I guess. > > Of course, feel free to take this & work with it. > > ________ > # Inkscape Application > > Thanks for considering Inkscape for your summer of code! To help us find a > good candidate, we ask a few things: > > ## About You > - What is your name, email, & irc nick? > - What plans do you have for the summer in addition to GSoC (classes, > thesis, job, vacation, etc.)? > - What programming projects have you completed? > - What are your favorite programming tools (editor, etc.)? > - Describe any work on other open-source projects. > - List other GSoC projects you're applying to. > > ## About Inkscape > - When did you hear about Inkscape? > - What do you create with Inkscape? > - What other open-source tools do you use? > - How have you participated in the Inkscape community (e.g. uploaded > drawings, created tutorials, submitted bug reports, asked or answered > questions)? > - How have you contributed to Inkscape development (e.g. bug fixes, > translations, packaging, testing)? > - In exactly **2** sentences, why should we pick **YOU**? > > ## Tasks > - Submit a drawing you've made, showing how you use Inkscape. > - Introduce yourself on the inkscape-devel mailing list and post your > project ideas for feedback, *before* submitting your application > - [Checkout](http://inkscape.org/bzr.php) the Inkscape sourcecode through > Bazaar; review, compile & build it. > - Pick 2 [bugs](https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/) (or add new ones). > Create & upload patches for them; make sure we can connect these to your > GSoC application. > - Prepare a detailed plan (with timetable) of the work you propose to do.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape-user Digest, Vol 129, Issue 1
by unknown＠example.com 03 Feb '17

03 Feb '17

Hi, Brynn! Thanks for staying with this isue! So do you mean that the 9.1 release will work on OSX 10.12? Website says 10.7-10.10, so I figured it wouldn't work... I'll have to wait on following up with MacPorts my laptop was lifted from my bag yesterday! So, I'll have to deal with insurance, etc and it'll be at least week or so before I have my a laptop again. Bit of a shock, but life does do this every now and then:-} Great news that there could be an official release! That would be superb! So, I'll hang in there (here?) and I guess I'll get Inkscape to work at some point! But I'm very glad the community and forum is working well, makes things a lot easier! Cheers, Girilal 2017-02-02 skrev inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net: >Hi Girilal, > Unfortunately, all we can do at this point, is to suggest you contact >Macports support for this. > If you learn what the solultion is, would you please let me know? At >least I'll be able to help other users who try the Macports route. > If you can't get a solution from Macports, at least you should be able >to install version 0.91 from the website, for the time being. There is a DMG >version for 0.91. > There is some encouraging news for the future, and hopefully near >future. A small handful of people have become interested in providing an >official Inkscape release for Macs. I'm not sure if that means a DMG version, >or exactly what it means. But I'll be trying to follow their work, and I'll try >and keep the forum community informed (and mailing list too). > Sorry, I wish I had better news for you. > >All best, >brynn

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Edit particular part of SVG only
by DyslexicAwe Talent 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Hello Lars, Very much like you, I am new to the list (albeit not entirely new to Inkscape itself). If Inkscape allows for user scripting, however, which I am not sure if it does, (Edit) I had to google and I found a blog post titled "Inkscape extensions by non developers, for non developers. A primer". The post explains it is possible. To avoid breaking the url across lines, I decided to shorten it, so see https://goo.gl/Fr2Mre to read how non-developers like you and me could create an extension. It's a bit intimidating to think about it, but maybe it could be done by non-developers, I don't know.) then an ordinary user could write a script (or extension) and make the process automatized. Providing that the part you want to edit is selected, the extension would need to: a) create new layer and name it "1st temporary (layer)", b) move currently selection to the newly created temp layer, c) create another layer and name it for example "2nd temp (layer)", d) reverse the selection, e) move new selection (i.e. all but those in the 1st temp layer) to the second temp layer, f) lock and g) hide the 2nd temp layer, This way we would be able to select and edit the parts from "1st temp layer" only, as you suggested. Kind Regards, DyslexicAweTalent P.S. To editors of the list. Maybe you want people who are new to the list, like me, to read the reminders how to contribute to the list, using a numbered list like that (just a humble proposal): 1) If sending a new submission, send it to inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net 2) If replying, the Subject line should be changed from generic "XXX digest" to a "Re:" and more specific subject. Date: 30 Jan 2017 15:41 From: "Lars" <noreply@...3267...> Subject: Edit particular part of SVG only > Say an SVG file has a chair. The chair is composed of several parts. It > has a back, legs, etc. > Can one part be completely isolated?

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Inkscape does not see Times New Roma font
by Rafael Morales Gamboa 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Hello, I am running Inkscape 0.48 on Ubuntu 14.04.1 (Elementary OS Freya), and I have installed Microsoft Core and New fonts. Now it happens that Inkscape can see them all but Times New Roman, and I cannot see way. Any ideas? Regards, Rafael

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape does not see Times New Roma font
by C R 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Try copying the ttf file for the font into the hidden .fonts folder in your home folder. This usually works well for me on Ubuntu based distros. In fact it works so well that I often just clone Google's entire open fonts git repo right into it. :) Hope it helps! -C On 31 Jan 2017 10:16 p.m., "Rafael Morales Gamboa" <rmorales@...3269...> wrote: > Hello, > I am running Inkscape 0.48 on Ubuntu 14.04.1 (Elementary OS Freya), and I > have installed Microsoft Core and New fonts. Now it happens that Inkscape > can see them all but Times New Roman, and I cannot see way. > > Any ideas? > > Regards, > Rafael > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > >

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Re: [Inkscape-user] OSX 10.12 problem
by Girilal Baars 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Hi, Maren and Brynn! Thanks for getting back to me on this! Apologies for my lack of clarity:-) > Which installation method did you choose? X11 (cia MacPorts) > Which instructions did you follow? The ones on the release page for 0.92 OSX: https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/ <https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/> > I'm not a Mac user either. But I've seen this problem posted a few different > times. After using Macports to install Inkscape, everything looks like it was > working. But afterwards, they can't find Inkscape. That is exactly what happened in my case. Can’t find anything named inkscape on my computer! A bit frustrating overall, since I’m not really accustomed to doing stuff in Terminal. But it did look like everything was supposed to be OK. Thanks Girilal

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GSoC Text Help (you don't need to be a developer to help with this)
by Josh Andler 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Hey All, So, I'm looking to complete the application for this year's GSoC (Google Summer of Code, for those unfamiliar). Unlike previous years, they actually want our application hosted with them as opposed to a link to what we want in our wiki. It supports markdown, which is awesome, but when I go to pull what we have and put it in a text editor that counts characters, we're at 2035 characters when we need to be at 1500. Again, this is with the relevant markup which unfortunately counts against us. The source I speak of (for those with a wiki account is): http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=SOC_Application_Template&acti… Is there anyone with the time and inclination to help keep the substance while cutting down on the fat? (It looks lean to me as a start, but as you can tell by this email, brevity isn't normally a strong point for me) Our application needs to be complete by the 9th and this is one piece of it that I could really use a hand on due to my obligations for SCALE which are overlapping right now. I don't know that the main text itself that we host needs to be cut down as much as we should start a second copy that is intended for brevity, with shorturls and all that to help too. Any volunteers? Cheers, Josh

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