January 2022 - Inkscape Users

Fwd: Scribus 1.5.8 released
by Maren Hachmann 25 Jan '22

25 Jan '22

Forwarding for your interest: -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.5.8. Like previous releases, work on version 1.5.8 focused mostly on bugfixes and code optimizations, the latter of which are expected to lead to reliability and speed improvements. We have also begun to prepare Scribus for using Qt6, which will make our work easier for future releases. Most important changes General - UI Improvements for dark mode and some icon updates and window interactivity - Improvements to file import (IDML, PDF, PNG, TIFF, SVG) - Improvements to PDF export - Improvements with respect to tables (undo/redo, styles) - Improvements to the Story Editor - Improvements to the build system - Translation updates Technical/OS-related updates - Scribus 1.5.8 now includes Python 3 and is built for mac OS Catalina or higher. Additional Notes The complete changelog is available here: https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=112. More details are available from the Scribus Commit Mailing List archive (http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus-commit/), beginning with revision 24637 in April 2021. Please note that while some bug fixes still may be backported to the 1.4.x branch, we do not plan an official release of this version anymore. If you think you need the changes, you have to check out the SVN repository and build 1.4.9svn from source. We encourage all Linux and *BSD distributions to switch from 1.4.x to this new version, since it's not only much more versatile but also more stable. Download For download links and checksums please visit: https://w.scribus.net/wiki/index.php/1.5.8_Release Credits The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites. We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie for sponsoring. The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany), Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA), Software Consulting Services (USA), freieFarbe e.V. (Germany), bauwerk Kommunikationsdesign (Germany) as Special Supporters and donors of color palettes and other content since the 1.4.x release, just like we are grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some of his work as Scribus Templates. Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release.

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Problem with line spacing
by Freddy Fisker 14 Jan '22

14 Jan '22

On the system OpenBSD I have a problem with Inkscape. When I write a text of several lines, the first two lines have the normal line spacing, but the next lines have the double line spacing. It is a great problem for me because older documents get the same problem, when I open them. OpenBSD tell me to write here to Inkscape. On OpenBSD it is version 1.1.1p1 of Inkscape I am using. Best regards Freddy Fisker

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Re: Changing document size wipes out gradient [SOLVED]
by Steve Litt 07 Jan '22

07 Jan '22

>On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 12:59 AM Steve Litt <slitt(a)troubleshooters.com> >wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Be very careful, with any document containing gradients, when >> performing File=>Document Properties=>Resize. >> >> I had a rectangle with a radial gradient above a big rectangle and >> below a schematic diagram. The drawing, which had taken me about 8 >> hours, was finished. All I needed to do was resize it and save. When >> I resized, the gradient disappeared and the rectangle was a solid >> color. I attempted to re-do the gradient, but this time it was too >> bright and ended too abruptly. >> >> I haven't decided how to deal with this yet, but I just wanted to >> advise you: Don't apply a gradient to anything until your drawing is >> the proper size, look frequently to make sure your gradient(s) remain >> the same, and if you have gradients, back up after every single save. Somebody privately emailed me advising me to check the following box to eliminate this symptom: Edit>Preferences>Behavior>Transforms>Transform Gradients This indeed cured the problem. I will be hammering this hard on my Wednesday night presentation. I don't know why transforming gradients isn't the default behavior --- after all, gradients are placed in objects, and all objects can be transformed (moved). In the rare instance when you don't want the gradient to follow the object, it's easy enough to grab the handle(s) and move the gradient after the fact. A little more about the symptom. I reproduced it just now, and the problem isn't that the gradient handles disappear, but instead that things re-center and the handles go offscreen. By zooming out I was able to locate and move the gradient handles. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Beginning and Intermediate Inkscape Presentation at GoLUG
by Steve Litt 02 Jan '22

02 Jan '22

Hi all, The "Beginning and Intermediate Inkscape" presentation at the monthly online GoLUG meeting will be at 7PM Eastern (New York) time on Wednesday, 1/5/2022. This is a Jitsi meeting at https://meet.jit.si/golug . Details about the presentation are at http://golug.info . Hope to see you there. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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