May 2020 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Positioning objects by center
by Robert Nickels 29 May '20

29 May '20

From other CAD software, I'm accustomed to being able to position an object in a drawing by it's center. For example, I want to locate a 1/2" circle at grid coordinates X 1.000, Y 1.000. In Inkscape, I can create my circle, no problem, and I can enter the X and Y coordinates of 1.000 and 1.000 and the circle appears - but the lower left-hand corner of the box that surrounds the circle is at that location, not the center of my circle, which is in fact at X 1.250 Y 1.250. My question is, how can I change the reference point, "handle", or whatever it's called in Inkscape to the center rather than the outside corner of this box? I can't believe this is not the default, but I also have not been able to figure out what Inkscape calls this, and how to change it. Thanks! Bob

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suggestions UI
by drschafer＠comcast.net 28 May '20

28 May '20

I'm a new user of Inkscape .92 but very long time graphics user (pixel, vector, 3D) and would be a better user if the UI was more customizable and so suggest these possibilities for change, or at least user options: Ability to move tool panel from being stuck at left edge to floating so we can put it where most useable. In all my programs I keep it near right edge of main screen. Ability to move toolbars on top.monitor screen wide enough to have both toolbars on one row instead of 2 rows Allow for use of color palette to be floating. and able to roll-up to a simple panel row; maybe even on toolbar row with dropdown arrow click Probably most important would be ability to drag any panel (or toolbar that changes into a panel) onto a second monitor. I normally use main monitor for workspace and tool panel and remaining tools/panels/etc. on the second monitor. All of above lends toward better efficiency and full screen use of workspace for artboards. Thankfully I can make the program window wide enough to let part of it on second monitor in default mode now. Doug

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LinuxUser is looking for German-speaking author(s) for Inkscape articles and / or workshop
by Maren Hachmann 19 May '20

19 May '20

Hi all, the German magazine 'LinuxUser' is looking for one or more German-speaking authors for writing articles about Inkscape (e.g. workshops, a review of 1.0). They are explicitly looking for someone who is *NOT* a member of the Inkscape community to exclude any bias. If you think that could be you, please send an email to redaktion(a)linux-user.de and also check out the hints for authors at http://www.linux-user.de/Autorenhinweise . Maren

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Re: starting Inkscape 1.0.0 (4035a4f) on Mac Mojave
by Alistair Kwan 07 May '20

07 May '20

An update: Inkscape 1.0beta2 (2b71d25, 2019-12-03) runs without problems. After successfully starting up and shutting down 1.0beta2, now 1.0.0 isn't starting at all.

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starting Inkscape 1.0.0 (4035a4f) on Mac Mojave
by Alistair Kwan 07 May '20

07 May '20

A couple of weeks ago, Inkscape 1.0.0 was running happily on my Mojave machine. Today, it won’t start. Instead, MacOS gives this error message: The last time you opened Inkscape, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again? There are two option buttons: Don’t Reopen, and Reopen. Both have the same effect: Inkscape vanishes. I have tried: - trashing pref files - trashing app support files - trashing Inkscape.app and re-installing from a fresh download Context: Inkscape 1.0.0 (4035a4f) MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 RAM: 24 GB Processor: 3.2 GHz core i5 Where should I be looking next to fix this?

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Inkscape 1.0 released
by Marc Jeanmougin 04 May '20

04 May '20

================ = Inkscape 1.0 = ================ Inkscape version 1.0 is now released. ---------------- You can watch our showcase at: https://inkscape.org/release-video-1-0/ and download it for your platform on: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0/ then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at https://inkscape.org/support-us/ ---------------- Inkscape 1.0 is a major milestone for the Inkscape project, following the update of our user interface toolkit GTK to GTK+3, which allows us to support custom theming and HiDPI screen resolutions, and to provide a native app for macOS (as a preview). We also introduced a long list of new features outlined in detail and illustrated at https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0 . The highlights of this release are: * Easier theming options * macOS support * HiDPI screen support * Rotating and mirroring of canvas * Alignment of object with on-canvas handles * Split view and X-Ray modes to inspect path geometry * Searchable symbols dialog * New live path effect selection dialog * PowerPencil Live Path Effect to draw variable width strokes with graphic tablets * Many new useful live path effects (corner rounding tool, offsets, measures...) * Performance improvements for path operations on large number of paths * Default coordinate origin has been moved to the top left * Improved text line-height support * Variable font support * Browser-compatible flowed text * Extensions now use Python 3 ----------------------------- Join an Inkscape project team ----------------------------- Inkscape is always happy to welcome new contributors in various areas: code[1], translation[2], UX[3], bug triaging[4], or even outreach[5]! The main ways to get involved are listed on https://inkscape.org/contribute/ The preferred points of contact are: [1] https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.or… + https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_devel (or freenode/#inkscape-devel) [2] https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-translator.lists.inksca… [3] https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_ux [4] https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/bug_migration [5] https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors A warm thanks to everyone involved in making this release possible! -- The Inkscape team

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