May 2018 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Autoreply: Important Inkscape Vectors Meeting - This Saturday
by unknown＠example.com 31 May '18

31 May '18

Marcel Tippmann Ich bin bis einschließlich 01.06.2018 nicht im Büro. Ihre E-Mail werde ich nach meiner Rückkehr schnellstmöglich bearbeiten. I am out of office until 01.06.2018 . I will respond to your e-mail upon my return to the office.

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Important Inkscape Vectors Meeting - This Saturday
by Ryan Gorley 31 May '18

31 May '18

Hello Vectors and Community, I'd like to invite all who are interested to attend the Inkscape Vectors meeting this Saturday, June 2, 15:00 UTC (See time conversion <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Inkscape+Vectors+…>). This meeting will be conducted by chat only at: https://teams.freecreatives.org/inkscape/channels/town-square June 13th is the one year anniversary of our first meeting as a team! We've seen progress, but we're still learning and have room for improvement. Accordingly the main topic (see agenda discussion <https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/59>) of the upcoming meeting will be organization and governance for the group moving forward. Brynn will be leading the meeting. It's a big deal. I hope you'll join us! -- Ryan

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using a group for a clipping path
by brynn 31 May '18

31 May '18

Hi Friends, It's just come to my attention that it's possible to use a group as a clipping path. Should that be possible? If so, don't the multiple objects have the potential to cause trouble, if the file becomes very large and/or complex? I mean, if nothing else, it certainly has the potential to add unwanted or unneeded weight to the file. Just on observation, it's not possible to edit the clipping path, when a group is used. In my simple test, the green clipping path is only showing around one of the objects in the group. And it's displaced. There's an SVG file attached to this message: https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=1160.0 The silly distorted face is a group which is ready to be used to clip the dark blue rectangle. So you can see that it does work to use a group for a clipping path. And if you switch to the Node tool after that (and enable the clip path button), you can see that the smile path is displaced, and is the only part of the group which is showing as the clipping path. Is all this expected behavior? What legitimate purpose is there, for using a group as a clipping path? I've always gone to such pains (apparently) to use a single path for clipping. I guess if a group can be used, then a compound path, with mutliple subpaths could be used as well? I just don't understand why it's possible. Thanks for comments. brynn

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Survey about Inkscape UX
by JORGE LUIZ FRANZON ROSSI 23 May '18

23 May '18

Hi! I’m a Computer Science student at Federal University of Technology in Brazil and my group it’s doing a research about Inkscape. The focus of this work is at studying Human-Computer Interaction aspects, by collecting opinions from community and analyzing issues related to User Experience at Launchpad. It would be a great help if you can take a few minutes of your time to answer the questions of this form. Your identity will not be revealed and your answers are anonymous. If you wish to receive the research results, please leave your email address below. Best regards. Survey here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GkAXdEQrxWpolJPgQag5nmuRsRUwaITkn8SW_w4RqK…>

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unable to open older version
by brynn 20 May '18

20 May '18

Hi Friends, I've just downloaded a fresh copy of version 0.48.5, the 7z package. But when I try to open inkscape.exe file, I get an error. This is on Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, but approx 1 year old laptop. Application was unable to start correctly 0xc0000005. (only available button is OK, or X to close) I have done some searching on the error, and tried some of the troubleshooting steps - at least the ones I understand. No success yet. Of course it's not vital that I get this version open, but I do occasionally need older versions to help users with problems. As far as I can recall, I have had this version open a few months ago - maybe 4 to 6 months ago. I have no idea what might have changed. But since that's the format for Windows errors, I'm thinking it's a problem with Windows. Does anyone have any experience with this, or have any idea how to fix? Thanks for any comments, brynn

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How to eliminate aria-label, flowRoot and rdf from my SVGs
by Steve Litt 02 May '18

02 May '18

Hi all, I've created a bookwriting format called Stylz, which can be turned into an HTML doc or ePub by running a program. I check the ePubs with a very strict program called epubcheck, and the only errors it still finds are errors in my SVG images, even after I saved the SVGs as plain-svg. Specifically, it complains about my <rdf> elements, my <flowRoot> elements, and my aria-label attribute. Can I just remove the two elements and delete the attribute, or do I need to do something else to preserve the look of the image while getting rid of these three? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt April 2018 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Inkscape Vectors Meeting - This Saturday
by Ryan Gorley 02 May '18

02 May '18

Hello All, This is just a friendly invitation to join the Inkscape Vectors meeting this Saturday. All are welcome to participate by video/voice/chat. Details can be found at: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/57 Come with your ideas and enthusiasm. I look forward to seeing you there! Ryan

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Inkscape Vectors Meeting - This Saturday
by Ryan Gorley 01 May '18

01 May '18

Hello All, This is just a friendly invitation to join the Inkscape Vectors meeting this Saturday. All are welcome to participate by video/voice/chat. Details can be found at: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/57 Come with your ideas and enthusiasm. I look forward to seeing you there! -- Ryan

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