December 2018 - Inkscape Users

First Inkscope Video Podcast is live!
by C R 30 May '19

30 May '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J1r8a0emYc Future podcasts will be shorter, but hey, at least all the technical difficulties were edited out. :) Enjoy! -C

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Looking for a GNU/Linux user with multi-touch touch pad / screen for testing new pinch zoom feature
by Maren Hachmann 26 Dec '18

26 Dec '18

Hi there! Thomas (speleo3) has just implemented pinch-to-zoom for the Inkscape canvas. As our devs don't have the necessary hardware/system combination to test the new pinch-to-zoom feature for the upcoming Inkscape 1.0 on Linux, we're looking for someone who - has a working multi-touch touch screen or multi-touch trackpad - on a Linux system (most easily probably Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives, where we have a ppa for installing) - with current (newer than Dec. 22nd 2018) Inkscape master development version installed (find installation options here: https://inkscape.org/releases/master/ - preferably ppa or self-compiled, as the containerization by snap/flatpak could (maybe?) interfere with testing). Please post your findings here: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/412#note_127007239 Documentation will be available here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0#Canvas (not written yet as of now) Thank you! Maren

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Inkscape app v 0.9.22
by Richard H Purchase 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

Thanks for your reply. Inkscape has started . Kind regards, Richard

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Inkscape app v 0.9.22
by Richard H Purchase 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

Following my last, should have added. Mac OS X 10.13.6 Kind regards, Richard

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App fails to open
by Richard H Purchase 16 Dec '18

16 Dec '18

Have followed the procedures you advised and inkscape fails to open. Please assist. Kind regards, Richard

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Can't brew install because of checksum error
by Jason H 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

How do I install this on OSX? I have tried many fixes, I fixed the 1f037cc29cee8e0c60ab4753d4151741c8170e4849129bac68fdc60925eb971d vs 7ce4f70f1cb03cd0bab7dc94821a89bf71600bd59c763ae0d78c48f33db3d9ac error, that gave me: /tmp/inkscape-20181213-31009-1m3uku/inkscape-0.92.2/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.h:299:9: error: unknown type name 'GBool' GBool isolated = gFalse, GBool knockout = gFalse, ^ I tried: brew install caskformula/caskformula/inkscape --HEAD --branch-0.92 That gave me: /tmp/inkscape-20181213-35698-1n7iyun/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp:1023:48: error: no member named 'getCString' in 'GooString' _font_specification = font->getName()->getCString(); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ I tried: brew cask install inkscape But that wants me to install XQuartz. When it fails: Error when installing Inkscape https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/72 inkscape does not start https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/4 Inkscape Error Installation https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/56 Error installing Inkscape https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/46 Inkscape doesn't start https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/43 problem with Inkscape https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/14 Inkscape crashes on macOS 10.13.3 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/41 Mixed Language display in UI of Inkscape https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/33 Installing inkscape --HEAD on MacOS 10.13.6 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/60 Inkscape brew install fail on OSX 10.12.6 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/39 Installation of inkscape fails on MacOS 10.13.4 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/52 Inkscape brew formula runs successfully but app not in Applications https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/30 inkscape fail on Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/29 Inkscape fails to install on homebrew new install 10.13.3 High Sierra OS X https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/40 Inkscape on osx 10.13.x fails on goo/GooHash.h https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/55 Most of these issues were filed back in June. Most of them are open. What does it take to get Inkscape to work on OSX? I had this working but brew upgrade broke my inkscape.

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REPOST: Display and User units, Scaling, Measuring Paths, Importing PDF
by Philip Rhoades 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

People, I didn't get an answer to this a year ago and the problem has come again so I thought I would repost to see if I have any more luck with responses this time: If I produce a new drawing on an A4 page with Display and User units in mm with a scaling factor of 1.0, I can draw a rectangle of XxY and when I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension with a Scale Factor of 100 and Length Unit in m - I get exactly the right dimensions for the rectangle for its perimeter length and area - all good! However, I have imported a surveyor's map from a PDF file into Inkscape SVG (using defaults) and I need to be able to draw rectangles on it as above in mm (like my test) that will correspond to m in the real world but the drawing is on an A3 page and I have tried scaling and everything else I can think of and Googled a lot but I still can't do what I was able to do with my little test case. So: How can I convert the drawing to be on an A4 page with mm units so the mm correspond to m in the real world and the Measure Path Extension will give me the correct result in m and sqm? The original PDF says the scale was 1:500. I am using: Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11) Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Retrieving current opened .SVG file from python
by xadaux daux 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

Hello!, I'm currently working in a python extension. Is any way to get the currently opened document (not cwd!) filepath in inkscape through python scripting? Thanks!

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