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Inkscape 1.4 released!
by Marc Jeanmougin 13 Oct '24

13 Oct '24

================ = Inkscape 1.4 = ================ Thanks to all the work from our community, we are proud to announce that Inkscape version 1.4 is now released. ---------------- You can find out about the new features at: https://inkscape.org/news/2024/10/13/inkscape-launches-version-14-powerful-… and download it for your platform on: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.4/ then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at https://inkscape.org/support-us/ ---------------- Inkscape 1.4 is the latest major release of Inkscape, following more than one year of development after the 1.3 major release, and paving the way for the next version of Inkscape. The highlights of this release are: - Filter Gallery: it has never been so easy to find the best filter for your needs! This new dialog features previews, categories and search. - Modular grids & improved axonometric grids: set the grid angle by ratio for isometric designs and use modular grids to plan layouts and make icons! - Swatches dialog and palette file handling improved: quick access to dialog layout controls, search for colors, and open different palette file formats! - Unified font browser preview: when activated in the preferences, use it to quickly browse through your font collection. Try it out and give your feedback! - Customizable handles: Power users with CSS knowledge can now customize the styling and basic shape of all the handles! - Fast image clipping with the Shape Builder: raster graphics can now be clipped into multiple sections using the Shape Builder. - Affinity Designer File Import - Support for internal links in exported PDF files - A whole new icon set - There's even more: faster extensions, new templates for folding booklets, additional options in Ruler and Taper Stroke LPE, new keyboard shortcuts, changed node deletion behavior, preview in Spray tool, many new command line options, more supported color palette formats (e.g. CIELAB, Adobe Color Book and Adobe Swatch Exchange), updated translations and many bug fixes. The new features are showcased and illustrated at https://media.inkscape.org/media/doc/release_notes/1.4/Inkscape_1.4.html . ----------------------------- Join an Inkscape project team ----------------------------- Inkscape is always happy to welcome new contributors in various areas: code[1], translation[2], UX[3], testing and bug triaging[4], documentation[5] or even outreach[6]! The main ways to get involved are listed onhttps://inkscape.org/contribute/ The preferred points of contact are: [1]https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.… + https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_devel (or libera.chat/#inkscape-devel) [2]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_translation [3]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_ux [4]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_testing [5]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/documentation [6]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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SVGs from Inkscape do not display correctly in Firefox or EoG
by Fernando Lozano 28 Sep '24

28 Sep '24

Hi there, I already asked at my employee company (Red Hat) and Ask Fedora, so far got no useful answers. I even created a bug on Fedora (link later in this message) I'm a long time Fedora user and occasional Inkscape user. My main use of inkscape is post-processing of SVG files generated by online tools such as google slides. On Fedora 40 and Inkscape 1.3.2 I find that Firefox and Google Chome cannot render SVGs from Inkscape. They display an empty/white page. And Eye of Gnome displays the same files as an empty transparent background. Issues and workarounds I found on google, such as exporting to SVG 1.1 and configuring preferences related to paths on SVG 1.1 didn't make any difference. To check that I was not crazy, I created a VM with Inkscape 1.1.1 (from RHEL 9) and files from that, strarting from the same google slide, work well on both the older Firefox in that VM and the newer Firefox on my Fedora machine. It seems to be an issue from Inkscape itself. It may be someting specific to SVG files creates from Google Slides. Funny thing is that, a few months ago, SVGs from google wouldn't display in web browser, and would work only after cleaning from Inkscape. Now it's the opposite: the files from google do work as-is, but stop working after cleaning from Inkscape. I opened 2313610 - SVG files from Inkscape don't render in a web browser (nor eog) 4 [1] on Fedora bugs about this issue. It contains two test files, one the export from google slides, other after edits by Inkscape. On the Fedora forums, someone proposed a proprietary tool, Boxy SVG. It can take the file from google slides and make edits, and the results from it work on both EoG and Firefox. But it lacks many features I'm used to from Inkscape, and I'd prefer staying with open source software. And Boxy fails to display files from Inkscape, displaying an empty write rectangle, just like firefox and chrome do. So is this a bug or regression with Inkscape itself? Or something specific to Fedora's build? I got the same issues with both the Flatpack and the RPMs from Fedora. []s, Fernando Lozano Links: ------ [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313610

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Thank you
by Steve Litt 15 Sep '24

15 Sep '24

Thanks for Inkscape. I use it almost every day for my websites and other things. SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com

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Debian inkscape current stable repo?
by Tobias Damisch 05 Sep '24

05 Sep '24

Hi there community of my favorite vector graphics editor, I have made the switch to Linux Mint Debian Edition lately, and found that it, naturally, does not accept ppa style packet sources, and the native debian apt repo sadly offers only an outdated version of inkscape. Using the AppImage works, but has disadvantages, as it is not possible to just dock it to the taskbar under Cinnamon, and when I write my own .desktop file for it, still it doesn't group well on the taskbar, and it does not automatically upgrade to the current stable version like using the ubuntu ppa does. Is there a debian-style package source for current stable? I couldn't find one. Other suggestions on solving the above issues? Cheers, Tobias

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I need an SVG viewer
by Steve Litt 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

Hi all, I need a lightweight, fast loading SVG viewer. I don't want to use Inkscape, even if it can be called without the ability to edit, because it takes too long to load. Any suggestions? SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com

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Question related to path and path ends
by vincent Dupaquis 24 Aug '24

24 Aug '24

Hello, I am not an artist at all, and find inskcape very convinient for doing schematics explaining processes, block diagrams etc. I have 2 questions related to paths and path ends. - When trying to align a path (with an arrow at the end) with another box, I always end-up with the path end "glueing" itself to the box's border. I would have expected that the arrow's end glues itself instead of the path itself, else you are obliged to manualy move the path backwards by a few pixels. - Sometimes I want to "extend" a path with another one. Imagine I have a path going from left to right, with an arrow on its right end. If I want to add another path on its left end, I can do this, for instance starting from the left hand, and going upwards elsewhere. When I do so, at the end, the arrow ends-up being at the new and, instead of staying on the right end, as originaly. I suspect this is because on the original path I had the arrow end being at the "final" end (compared to be beginning), and that by extending the path, I changed the "final" end, the arrow setting itself on this new end instead of staying where it was before. I wanted to share with you these 2 things I am used to now, as they could be frustrating for a new user. Last, thanks for introducing pages in the recent Inkscape version !!! Best regards, Vincent. -- *Vincent Dupaquis* Software security & Cryptography expert 06 24 58 17 05 /Europarc de Pichaury Bâtiment B8 1330 rue Guillibert Gautier de la Lauzière 13290 Aix-en-Provence/ www.trusted-objects.com <http://www.trusted-objects.com>

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I suggest access to the text tool be placed in the Text submenu
by Steve Litt 17 Aug '24

17 Aug '24

Hi all, In the next version, I suggest access to the text tool be placed in the Text submenu, either right above or right below Text>Text_and_Font. So it would be Text>Text_tool. I haven't looked at the source code in 7 years, but I think this would be as simple as adding menu item Text>Text tool and having it call win.tool-switch('Text') on left click. Icons and hotkeys are wonderful time savers, but in my opinion they don't relieve the need of a functionality being reachable from the menu, so the functionality is reachable without dangerous trial and error. Also, for some unknown reason, Shift-t didn't invoke the text tool, although F8 did. I tried looking for the key bindings, but all I found was in an extension called "Jesseink", and those weren't what was needed. So what do you think? Would you be able to add the text tool to the text menu? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com

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Substituting colors in Inkscape
by Steve Litt 08 Aug '24

08 Aug '24

Hi all, I have a sketch .jpg whose lines are green. I want to convert the green lines to #FF86F8. Is there a way to do this in Inkscape? I know this is really a job for a pixel editor, but now that Gimp requires a PhD to operate, and all the rest of the Linux pixel editors are junk, I'm hoping to get Inkscape to do it. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com

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Are there workarounds for dependence on deprecated-simple extensions?
by Kevin Cole 06 Aug '24

06 Aug '24

Hi, I'm running - Pop! OS 22.04 LTS - Inkscape 1.1.2 (0a00cf5339, 2022-02-04) - Python 3.10.12 Recently, I went looking for an SVG to POV converter and found the Inkscape Extensions Gallery had an Inkscape to POVray extension -- with a link to a newer, improved version on an external site. Also, while browsing the gallery I thought I might someday use the Render Barcode extension. However, they both want to use simplepath, simpletransform, cubicsuperpath, and cspsubdiv, which I find in /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex/deprecated-simple/, but which the extensions themselves do not find. Is there a standard, recommended way to handle the problem? __________ ** (org.inkscape.Inkscape:3132384): WARNING **: 11:07:04.374: Failed to find resource file 'simplepath.py'. Looked in: ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/simplepath.py /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/simplepath.py ** (org.inkscape.Inkscape:3132384): WARNING **: 11:07:04.374: Failed to find resource file 'simpletransform.py'. Looked in: ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/simpletransform.py /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/simpletransform.py ** (org.inkscape.Inkscape:3132384): WARNING **: 11:07:04.375: Failed to find resource file 'cubicsuperpath.py'. Looked in: ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/cubicsuperpath.py /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/cubicsuperpath.py ** (org.inkscape.Inkscape:3132384): WARNING **: 11:07:04.375: Failed to find resource file 'cspsubdiv.py'. Looked in: ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/cspsubdiv.py /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/cspsubdiv.py

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Discoverable way to do the same thing as the Text Tool
by Steve Litt 02 Aug '24

02 Aug '24

Hi all, I use the Text Tool, the little icon containing an A and a cursor, quite a bit and am now writing documentation on how to do things. To a newbie all those icons get confusing, so I'm looking for way to use the text tool from the menu system, and couldn't find it. I know I can also press the t key, but this isn't really discoverable either. How do you invoke the Text Tool from the menu system? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com

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