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space betwen text-lines
by Florian Ludwig 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

Hi, is there a easy way to set how much space is between to lines of text? The only way i was able to figure out was to enter a blank line just with a space in it and set the font size of it to something small :) thanks in advance, Florian Ludwig

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font selection performance
by Benjamin Huot 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

I used another piece of software for a project instead of Inkscape because of the long wait before I could see the font list after starting to select from the font drop down menu. Is there any way for me to improve the performance via some setting? I am using Inkscape .45.1 on Mac OS X 10.4.9 PowerPC 1.33 GHZ with 1 GB RAM. No other problems on the system.

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Effect xml: xml in string
by Terry Brown 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

I have a standalone python program that generates svg layouts for 'n-up' printing, like four postcards arranged on a page. Or 30 address labels, or whatever. Trying to package it as an Inkscape effect, I run into something like this: svg_xml_string = foo() reader = Sax2.Reader() content = reader.fromString(svg_xml_string) self.document.documentElement.appendChild(content.documentElement) dies with: xml.dom.WrongDocumentErr: Node is from a different document Well duh. :-) So how can I move svg_xml_string into the Inkscape document tree? I've RTFM'ed on PyXML, but didn't find it. Thanks, Terry

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multiple png export
by Pawel Cesar Sanjuan Szklarz 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Hi. I use inkscape to draw icons to web pages. I use the export-dialog to create the final png files. I would like to export multi area using only ones the export-dialog, It is enough to add two new parameters to sp_export_png_file: repeat_x, repeat_y. Then in export.cpp make this loop (pseudo-code): for( i=0; i< repeat_x; i++) { for( j=0; j< repeat_y; j++) { if (!sp_export_png_file (sp_desktop_document (SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP), filename + "_x" + i + "_y" +j, x0+i*width, y0+j*height, x1+i*width, y1+j*height, width, height, xdpi, ydpi, nv->pagecolor, sp_export_progress_callback, base)) } } Another possibility is to add access to sp_export_png_file from the extension API. Thanks. Pawel Szklarz.

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0.46 ?
by Carlos E. Lara 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Hi there im new to inkscape as well as this mailing list. any idea when is inkscape 0.46 roughly going to be released ? thanks ! -- Carlos E. Lara, MS Comp Sci Software Engineer - Computer Gaming University Of Denver

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Cairoification clarification
by Bill Baxter 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Is this page out of date? http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Cairoification Latest I heard on IRC was that Inkscape *is* using Cairo and in the end it's actually *faster* overall than libart. --bb

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Again: Text tool in Inkscape 0.45 autopackage
by Claus Cyrny 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

Hi all, since I didn't get any response to my first query, I have to post this again, since the problem is still there: After installing Inkscape 0.45 from the autopackage, Inkscape freezes when I try to invoke the text tool (both by means of the shortcut and the button). Did anyone else experience this, and is there a fix of some kind for this problem? TIA, Claus -- Home Page - http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ [in English] graf-o-matic 2.0 - http://grafomatic01.twoday.net/ [in German]

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ttf or Adobe Type 1 fonts
by Jan Homan 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I am looking for a tool to convert these kind of fonts into CEF fonts. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks.

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library of Inkscape / SVG "shapes" or "components"
by Niall Mansfield 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I'm using Inkscape for diagrams of computer networks, i.e. the sort of thing that Visio is good for. Is there a gallery or library of "shapes" or "components" anywhere? (Hoped to find something on www.openclipart.org but that site is still down.) Thanks, Niall

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Draw a web site using only Inkscape
by Haakon Meland Eriksen 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hello, everyone! I'm new to the list, and would like to thank the Inkscape developers for making great free (as in freedom) software and for promoting an important open standard, SVG, as the drawing format. Konqueror 3.5.x ( and Apple's Safari?) and Mozilla Firefox 2.x are SVG enabled, which means children can now draw their web site using only Inkscape and put the linked SVG files directly on the web. This is very easy, a lot of fun, and I find the results are colourful and vivid. I've made a simple example - would you like to see? Take a look at http://far.no/svg/web.svg Yours sincerely, Haakon Meland Eriksen

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non standard Inkscape SVG output
by Andy Richardson 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

I have just started using Scribus for page layout and have had an issue with the import of an SGV created in Inkscape. The image has two lines of text running along two separate curves. When I import the SVG into Scribus I get a message that tells the "SVG file contains unsupported features" and the resulting import has broken the text away from the paths. Are there text/path features in Inkscape which are non-standard or is this a Scribus problem? Interestingly enough an import of the same image when saved as an EPS imports fine. Any ideas? Andy

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Help needed on OS X
by Jean-Olivier Irisson 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hello all, To solve a bug I need a little help from the community. I would need the output of this command: ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXine* Just copy paste the line above in a Terminal and then copy paste the output back in an email. I would need this information from users with 4 different setups: - 10.3.* (Panther) with X11 installed (X11User package) - 10.3.* (Panther) with X11 and X11-SDK installed (X11-SDK is available in the developer tools, when you install XCode and such) - 10.4.* (Tiger) with X11 installed (X11User package) - 10.4.* (Tiger) with X11 and X11-SDK installed (X11-SDK is available in the developer tools, when you install XCode and such) Thank you in advance for your help. Jean-Olivier Irisson --- UMR 5244 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, 52 av Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France +336 21 05 19 90 http://jo.irisson.free.fr/work/

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Imported png blurred
by Facundo Casco 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi, I'm working with Inkscape to make some illustrations and noticed some little problem. When I import a png file it losses detail and looks blurred, I attach and image so you see what I'm talking about. Inkscape is a great program and I like it more every time I use it. That's why I want to learn to produce great work with it. Please if anyone knows what can I do to avoid this inconvenience let me know. Tnx. Facundo -- =,=

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Re: [Inkscape-user] non standard Inkscape SVG output
by Cedric Sagne 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi Import of text in SVG in Scribus is really an issue unless converted to path. If it needs to be edited, you should use Scribus's features directly - if not convert to shape. Cedric Creating "non-flowed" text that has been "Put on Path" still > detaches itself from the path when imported into Scribus. Converting the > text to "regular (non flowed) text" by using the "Convert to text" > command also does not fix the problem - the text is still detached on > import.

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Cropping
by Keenan Pepper 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

How can I crop an SVG file with Inkscape? As in, I have an SVG file, and I want a smaller SVG file that contains a rectangular portion of it. Seems pretty basic, right? What's the simplest way to do it? Keenan Pepper

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offtopic: printing a high image
by Khiraly 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi! I know it is a bit offtopic, but maybe somebody can help me out there. I want to print an inkscape tutorial (hence the inkscape mailing list;), but none of the programs is capable to do it. Here is the original image: http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/113/7/3/a_Quick_Guide_to_Inkscape_by_… I tried firefox, but prints only the first page, so the image is cutted at the top. And after that: gimp (with gimp-print plugin), gthumb, inkscape, evince. None of them was I successful. Any ideas?

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Who is Tavmjong Bah aka Stephen Schrenk of Inkscape tutorial fame?
by unknown＠example.com 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Is this the same Steve Schrenk of baseball fame?? How did he come upon the nom de plume of Tavmjong Bah?? I've Googled and Wikipedia'd for all I'm worth and can't find anything about this apparently very creative individual.? Amongst other things, he's also crafted some Arev fonts, whatever they are. Jeff ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

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Who is Tavmjong Bah aka Stephen Schrenk of Inkscape tutorial fame?
by unknown＠example.com 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Is this the same Steve Schrenk of baseball fame?? How did he come upon the nom de plume of Tavmjong Bah?? I've Googled and Wikipedia'd for all I'm worth and can't find anything about this apparently very creative individual.? Amongst other things, he's also crafted some Arev fonts, whatever they are. Jeff ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

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New Tutorial - Color Wheel Example
by Aaron Elmquist 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

I posted a cleaned up solution to the color wheel question asked a couple months back on my deviant site. Looks like the number of tuts on pixel2life.com is picking up steam as well. There's a neat little tut there for creating a rubber stamp effect. To those that have posted comments on the tribal artwork tut, thanks! ironranger.deviantart.com

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my animation with Inkscape + AnimEasy
by ValessioBrito 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

I created a video with inkscape and the extension animeasy. I only used cinelerra to join the audio one. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7011632852132420070 AnimEasy: http://sourceforge.net/projects/animeasy src my_video: http://valessiobrito.info/projetos/inkscape/animeasy/ GPL. :D -- .ValessioBrito - http://valessiobrito.info

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Layers Dialog Mockup.
by ryan lerch 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

The other day, i decided to lock an object using the "lock" checkbox in the properties dialog box, and when i wanted to edit this object again, the only way i could find to unlock it was to edit the XML using the XML editor. This got me thinking, how could an easier way be implented? microUgly and i were throwing around some ideas at http://inkscapeforum.com/ and we thought, why not be able to change these properties of objects in the layers dialog box? anyhoo, the moral to my rambilings is that i did a simple mockup of how this may work: please tell me what you think... mockup: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/images/Layersmockup.png cheers, ryanlerch

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Please remove from mailing list
by Rod Taylor 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Could you please remove my name from the mailing list. Thanks.

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printing partially opaque objects
by David L 16 Jun '07

16 Jun '07

When I try to print objects with alpha values <255, they print as if alpha was 255. If I export them to pdf and then convert them to postscript using pdf2ps, they seem to print with the intended alpha value. I don't know if this is a printer driver problem or what. Clearly inkscape is exporting alpha information that can be used to print correctly (or else it wouldn't print correctly after converting to postscript). However, it's inconvenient to not be able to print directly from inkscape. Does anybody know what might be going on or how I can work around it in inkscape? Thanks, David _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail to go? Get your Hotmail, news, sports and much more! http://mobile.msn.com

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Re : Layers Dialog Mockup.
by Cedric Sagne 15 Jun '07

15 Jun '07

The mockup seems an excellent GUI feature perfectly adapted to what I also believe to be a problem of usability in Inkscape... wow I wish I could code I would start this moment. It is the first idea in a long time where so many people on the list are clearly on the same wavelength, and the implementation suggestion is simple and clever... hey! just like Inkscape itself! Cedric

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forum?
by Dave Niezabitowski 14 Jun '07

14 Jun '07

Are there any forums for support or is it only this mailing list. Mailing lists are sooooo hard to follow and messages are all over the place.

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