July 2018 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

organizing external extensions - need a little help
by brynn 03 Sep '18

03 Sep '18

Hi Friends, I'm working on a project to list all the external extensions, on the same page where I have all the best tutorials listed (https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php) I already have a list made -- approx 300 of them. And I've made an attempt at organizing them. I'm using the current Extensions menu as a starting place for categories. That seems like the most logical way in which users might search for them (or expect to find them). The Render and Export categories have so many that I've made sub-categories. Plus I made a new one called Animation, which holds both animation and presentation type of extensions. But I'm stuck with approx 45 of them which I'm not sure where they would belong. Plus, I might not have gotten the ones I did organize in the proper place. Often extensions might fit in more than one category, but usually one is better than the other. I wonder if anyone might have some time, to help me out with this? I've uploaded an ODT file as an attachment in this forum topic (which I've also requested any forum members who might have time to help). https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=1261.0 For clarity, these are specifically what I need help with: -- At the bottom (last 3 pages) is a category called "Unsure". Those are the ones I need the most help with. Ideally I'd like all of them categorized....except that there are several extensions I found which don't have descriptions, and their titles aren't very helpful with knowing what they do either. So there could realistically be a few left over which can't fit into a category. -- There are subcategories in Render and Export called "Other" (among several other subcats). There should be several extensions from "Other" which can fit into other subcategories. -- Generally if you notice any that I put in the wrong place, please move them to the correct place. For anyone who can help, please just edit that file, and upload it somewhere. (The file itself is just my working list. It's not going on the webpage, so don't worry about the formatting or font. I'll deal with that when I code the page.) I really appreciate any help which anyone can offer. And I think it will benefit the community as well, to have sort of a master list available, so users don't have to spend so much time searching the internet. Thank you very much, brynn

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texture extension
by Andrew Kurn 02 Aug '18

02 Aug '18

This is to announce a new extension. It generates random blobs in a rectangle for use in a texture. There are controls for the roundness, sharpness, branchiness, number of blobs, and size. Hope you like it. If you can think of more controls to add, drop me a line. Andrew

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Why is inkscape no longer able to handle jpeg files
by Bernhard Kleine 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

I have win7-64 and are running inkscape .92, gimp, lightroom and many other programs. The jpeg files from lightroom 4.4 are no longer accepted by inkscape. Everytime I want to load a jpeg it throws an error. Very strange! Once converted by gimp to png they are accepted. Most propably this is a bug. Please let know what to provide to report the error correctly. BTW Where do I find the saved files during a shutdown? Regards Bernhard -- spitzhalde9 D-79853 lenzkirch bernhard.kleine@...961... www.b-kleine.com, www.urseetal.net - thunderbird mit enigmail GPG schlüssel: D5257409 fingerprint: 08 B7 F8 70 22 7A FC C1 15 49 CA A6 C7 6F A0 2E D5 25 74 09

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custom objects?
by Bernie Cosell 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

I'm a newcomer to Inkscape so apologies if this is obvious... is it possible to set up a bunch of "custom" objects? i can do it by putting them in a separate window and copying them, but it'd be handy to have them tucked in below box, circle, star, etc. i was thinking about this because i just recently did that in visio {i think they're called "stencils" there}. thanks {and kudos:Inkscape is really quite amazing} /Bernie\ Bernie Cosell bernie@...3350... com — Too many people, too few sheep —

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Linux Humble Bundle
by John Cliff 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Hi All, Just thought I'd point out that theres a Linux Humble bundle on currently that includes the Book of Inkscape by Dmitry Kirsanov in the $8 level. Cheers John

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extension categories vs menu
by brynn 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Hi Friends, As I mentioned in a different mailing list, I'm working on creating a centralized list of all the external Inkscape extensions, which I'll add to the list of tutorials that I've created on my website/forum (https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php). I have them all listed (not uploaded yet), and I'm almost finished categorizing them, as best I can. I'm going to list them according to where I expect they would show up in the current Extensions menu. I think that will make it easier for users to find them. As soon as I finish, I'll probably ask for help (maybe I'll even post the request later in this same thread, because I'm very close to finished), because some of them I don't even understand, and others don't understand well enough to know where they should belong. Plus, many of them could really fit in more than one category. But meanwhile, I'm a little confused about something in the current Extensions menu. I notice that the Stylesheet submenu is separate from the Web submenu. I'm just curious why Stylesheet isn't a submenu *under* the Web category. Can someone explain? Thanks for your help, brynn

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Yesterday was SMIL and today is Mesh Gradients
by Victor Westmann 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Hi fellow inkscapers, I was amazed to read that inkscape already has Mesh Gradients (since version 0.92) just like Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator got this exact same feature in the version 8 (released in 1998). 20 years ago. But it seems that Mesh Gradients will be removed from the SVG 2.0 specification. My question is WHY? That made me really sad and wondering: isn't there anything we can do to prevent that from happening? Can we make a petition or talk to Mozilla/Chrome/Opera/Vivaldi browser so they can implement this and this feature, as soon as it gets traction, to be kept in the 2.0 spec of SVG technology? Ideas anyone? Is this too unrealistic or we can do something about it? I remember google chrome almost removed SMIL feature from Google Chrome but then the feature got traction and started being used more and more... so they kept it.

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Website Testing (upgrades)
by unknown＠example.com 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

Dear Devlopers and Users, The Inkscape Website is going through some upgrades, from python 2.7 to python 3.5 and from django 1.8 to django 1.11. There's a pile of other upgrades since I rebuilt the dependencies from scratch, but these are the main ones. I've deployed the new version to http://inkscape.sandcats.io:8091/en/ and I encourage people to hit the website and test functionality. Try different things and feel free to report issues to the inkscape-webgitlab issues tracker if you can (to keep the mailing list clear) but if you can't issues track, then fallback to emailing here. When ready, we'll hopefully be deploying this new version to a new server too, so it's all moving hopefully forwards. Thanks for your help everyone. Best Regards, Martin Owens Inkscape Website Developer

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Measurement preferences
by Will Godfrey 10 Jul '18

10 Jul '18

I work exclusively in millimetres, but Inkscape keeps reverting to pixels. This is extremely annoying, and I can't seem to find any way of *permanently* setting all such measurements to mm. Am I missing something, or can this be changed? -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

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Extension to create simple texture
by Andrew Kurn 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

I have written an extension to fill a rectangle with parallel lines, regular or random for use as a texture. Have a look here for doc, pictures and download: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape-streaks/wiki/Streaks/ I will load pix to the gallery soon. Andrew

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