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Inkscape site slow?
by Jasper van de Gronde 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Is it just me or do other people also experience rediculous load times for the Inkscape site? (homepage and Wiki main page, I didn't dare go any further) With rediculous I mean something like a minute, or even several minutes.

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Boolean intersection of bitmap and vector shape?
by Richard Querin 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Is there some way to import a bitmap into Inkscape and then trim the bitmap to match some arbitrarily drawn shape? I've tried doing a boolean 'intersection' between an imported bitmap and a closed curve object I've created to no avail. Do I have to trace the bitmap first? Any hints or tips how best to do it would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I'm experimenting with screencasting and have created a quick Inkscape screencast to try it out: ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfMDIK4uvV8)

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Mask/Clip is kinda hard to use
by Donn 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

On Tuesday 05 December 2006 11:17, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Paste Inside sounds like a very nice concept. Provided you can paste inside > and In Place. It was nice. Very nice. It had the superb quality of being entirely intuitive. You draw some larger shape. You select a bunch of any other stuff. You select the big shape and Paste Inside. Bang! Your stuff now lives inside the big shape - as if in a new world - like a new canvas almost! You could select the stuff inside, move-it, node-edit it, fill it, etc. Anytime you wanted stuff out, you sub-select it and Cut it. Bang! > An Outliner that lists objects and shows clipping/masking/cloning > relations would be helpful :) It would only be useful if the user-interface of mask/clip remains so hard for humans to actually use. Thanks for you other info! /d

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Re: [Inkscape-user] pattern mismatch - the reason for it
by Henning Lorenz 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

I discovered now the reason for the mismatch: The problem is that inkscape takes the path AND its stroke width into account when processing a tile clone, i.e. the offset of the new rows and columns is not based on the centre of the line but on the outline of it which depends on the stroke width (see attached screen shot). However, to produce a pattern which is good for a patternfill it is necessary that this process is based only on the centre of the line, i.e. the offset of the new rows and columns is independent from stroke-width. (Screenshot: thin line results in small offset, thick line results in larger offset - take the grid as a reference; to make the pattern suitable for a fill pattern each line has to be place on the grid without offset) A solution is to diminish stroke width to 0, do the tile-clone, and then adjust the stroke width to the wished value. However, the problem reoccurs when this pattern is used as a fill pattern! Even there the stroke width is taken into account! This could be easily fixed with a clipping mask. But the latter does not work with the command "objects to pattern", it results in an empty pattern. Henning On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:37:39 -0500, bulia byak wrote: > On 11/29/06, Henning Lorenz <henning.lorenz-wmbx2sCzPmCzQB+pC5nmwQ@...2053...> wrote: >> Then I changed the colour in the source, but there is a principal >> question: Is something wrong and if so, what? And why doesn't this affect >> the "pattern-pinstripes-diagonal" pattern? >> Maybe I just missed an important point in constructing patterns in >> inkscape? > > It's hard to visualize what you're talking about without a sample or > screenshot. However one thing you should be aware of is this: "Object > to pattern" creates a rectangular pattern with its sides parallel to > x/y axes. Only after that can you rotate or skew it. So if your > existing pattern is rotated or skewed, then converting it to objects > and then back to pattern will not give the same result. If you want to > edit it, first rotate the pattern so it's rectangular, convert to > objects, edit, convert to pattern, and rotate back to the original > angle.

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blend function in inkscape
by adwin wijaya 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Hi, I am new in Inkscape and I am happy with the function that provided in Inkscape. It is great ... and I would like to learn on how to use this tool :D I would like to know, whether there is function Blend like in Adobe Illustrator ? I would like to know if there is the equals function in Inkscape. I tried extrude / expand path but It doesnt do the same function as in Illustrator .. or I just dont know how :D If extrude path is the equal function as blend, then I would like to know how to blend using path as well. .. thnks ... note: I am using Inkscape 0.441 in Windows. adwin Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com

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Mask/Clip is kinda hard to use
by Donn 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Hello, I don't know if I'm alone in this, but the mask/clip options in vers x.x are very hard to use. The results are hard to predict. Colours of objects will change (depending on fore/back ground order etc). Also, the difference between clip and mask is not clear. I come from a (distant) background in Macromedia Freehand and in that world they had a concept called "Paste Inside". 1. Now that made perfect sense and was perfectly predictable. One did not have to setup a bunch of "tests" on the side. 2. You could select items within the mask, and easily edit/move them. In Inkscape 0.44, I get the feeling that those items are new and experimental, perhaps they will get a better user interface - I'm not sure where the coders are at now, I know they move really fast on a thousand fronts. Anyway, any pointers? /d

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wiimote+inkscape (YouTube)
by MenTaLguY 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Inkscape featured (briefly) as a demo application for this guy's project to develop Linux drivers for the Wiimote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp1_pZ-AteA&eurl= -mental

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changing all fonts in a document
by Oguz Akyuz 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Hi, Is there a way to change the size of all fonts in a document from 8 to 10 points without breaking my existing groups? Thanks, Oguz

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non-transparency gradient
by Oguz Akyuz 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Hi, How can make a gradient which is not transparent? Thanks, Oguz

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Ann: A new version of FontyPython - TTF manager for Gnu/Linux
by Donn 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

> Heya, you should take a look at http://openfontlibrary.org and email the > list there...there is interest in this type of tool and it would be > great to get you involved in that project. Jon, thanks I'm off there now. /d

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Ann: A new version of FontyPython - TTF manager for Gnu/Linux
by Donn 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Hello all, please forgive the intrusion ... If anyone wants to manage TTF fonts under Linux, then FontyPython should do the trick. I just finished and released version 0.2.0 which is my second release onto: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/fontypython I have attached a screeny so you can get a quick idea of what it's all about. If anyone wants to help me, we could get it working with other font types too. I know nothing at all about Type 1 and company. I hope there are no showstopping bugs, enjoy. Donn.

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Mask/Clip is kinda hard to use
by Donn 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Hello, I don't know if I'm alone in this, but the mask/clip options in vers x.x are very hard to use. The results are hard to predict. Colours of objects will change (depending on fore/back ground order etc). Also, the difference between clip and mask is not clear. I come from a (distant) background in Macromedia Freehand and in that world they had a concept called "Paste Inside". 1. Now that made perfect sense and was perfectly predictable. One did not have to setup a bunch of "tests" on the side. 2. You could select items within the mask, and easily edit/move them. In Inkscape 0.44, I get the feeling that those items are new and experimental, perhaps they will get a better user interface - I'm not sure where the coders are at now, I know they move really fast on a thousand fronts. Anyway, any pointers? /d

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Times New Roman
by Oguz Akyuz 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Hi, I cannot see this font among the default fonts, is this not supported? Cheers, Oguz

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PSfrag replacements problem (importing eps)
by Oguz Akyuz 03 Dec '06

03 Dec '06

Hi, When I import an eps file I lose all the text in the eps file. Instead a text is added which says "PSfrag replacements". I'm using version 0.44.1. I've uploaded the problem eps file into http://www.coolhall.com/dynrange.eps Could you please help me out with this? Thanks, Oguz

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pattern-fills scale according to former transformations of an object
by Henning Lorenz 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

How do I reset former transformations/scaling of an object? When I fill an object with a pattern, it becomes scaled according to earlier scaling applied to the object. However, I want several objects which have different "scaling-histories" to fill with the same pattern in the same scale. How can I do this? Thanks! Henning

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pattern mismatch
by Henning Lorenz 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

I try to construct a regularly spaced, diagonally striped pattern. Beginning with on diagonal line in the upper left corner, "tile clone" produces a mismatch between the columns and the rows. When I construct the pattern by hand and use it on an object I get similar mismatches between the pattern-tiles. An example to visualize the problem: I fetched this pattern from openclipart.org: http://openclipart.org/clipart//special/patterns/pattern-pinstripes-diagona… An object filled with this pattern looks fine. Now, convert with "pattern to objects" (which I did to change the colour) and convert back with "objects to pattern". An object filled with the resulting pattern shows the mismatch. Then I changed the colour in the source, but there is a principal question: Is something wrong and if so, what? And why doesn't this affect the "pattern-pinstripes-diagonal" pattern? Maybe I just missed an important point in constructing patterns in inkscape? Cheers, Henning

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cross compilation
by sylvain 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

Hi,I know it may not be the best mailing list to do that but as i heard you know how to do it and i didn't find resources elsewhere, i'll ask it here.It seems that you manage to cross compile programs using gtk and autotools, so as i try to cross-compile c++/gtkmm programs, i'd like to know if someone could contact me to give me some resources and help about cross-compiling such programs. I apologies for the inconvenience.And thank you. _________________________________________________________________ Essayez Live.com, votre nouvelle page d'accueil ! Personnalisez-la en quelques clics pour retrouver tout ce qui vous intéresse au même endroit. http://www.live.com/getstarted

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Re: [Inkscape-user] delete all guides
by Johan Engelen 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:26:13 +0100 > From: Henning Lorenz <henning.lorenz@...2052...> > > Is there a possibility to delete all guides in a drawing with > one command? It's rather time-consuming to pull some 50 > guides back onto the rulers, one by one. Thanks! Just this week I was made aware of this problem by a friend: creating a guide management UI has been added to my to do list!

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configure error libpng
by Paul Campbell 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

When I try ./configure I get the configure error below. I have libpng 1.2.7 installed. checking for sys/stat.h... yes configure: error: libpng >= 1.2 is needed to compile inkscape > Name : libpng > Version : 1.2.7 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. > Release : 1.el4.2

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delete all guides
by Henning Lorenz 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

Is there a possibility to delete all guides in a drawing with one command? It's rather time-consuming to pull some 50 guides back onto the rulers, one by one. Thanks! Henning

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NEW: grow/shrink selection in node tool
by bulia byak 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

* You can grow or shrink node selection by hovering the mouse pointer over a node and using mousewheel (up = grow, down = shrink) or the keys PageUp (grow) and PageDown (shrink). Growing adds the closest unselected node to the selection; shrinking deselects the farthest selected node. There are two modes that differ by how the closest/farthest nodes are chosen: o Spatial selection (Mousewheel, PageUp/PageDown): distances to nodes are measured directly, regardless of which subpath a node belongs to. o Linear selection (Ctrl+Mousewheel, Ctrl+PageUp/Ctrl+PageDown): node distances are measured along the path, and only the nodes belonging to the same subpath as the hovered node are considered (i.e. other subpaths are never selected). This technique is convenient for quickly selecting an area in a complex path starting from a center - for example, for node sculpting. Let me know if you think linear mode will be more often used than spatial - I can swap the shortcuts so that the more common mode can be used without Ctrl. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Activating? Extensions
by Magnus Gunnarsson 24 Nov '06

24 Nov '06

Dear everybody, I have read about all the wonders that so called extensions can add to Inkscape, but nowhere can I find any descriptions of what extensions are, or how to find/install/activate them. I have downloaded the Mac distribution (0.44), and there is a folder called extensions and a set of files with interesting names, so I think that the extensions are there. However, I see no traces of them in the user interface. What are extensions? What extensions are there? Where can I find them? How do I install/activate/use them? Best regards, MagnusG!

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Problem compiling inkscape
by Thomas Zastrow 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hi there, I again tried to compile the SVN-version under OpenSuse 10.1 and get again the error: ./configure: line 9678: syntax error near unexpected token `XFT,' ./configure: line 9678: ` PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XFT, xft, xft_ok=yes, xft_ok=no)' zastrow@...2050...:~/inkscape/inkscape> ./configure --prefix=/opt/inkscapeNov/ --without.xft configure: error: unrecognized option: --without.xft Try `./configure --help' for more information. I think, I had this error some times befire but than it disappeared? Now it's back again and I can't find a solution on the list or somewhere else ..?? Best wishes, Tom

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Help Wanted: Testing Autopackages
by Aaron Spike 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

The quality of the Autopackage builds could be greatly increased with more consistent testing. There is a need for volunteers running various distros (Slackware, Suse, Mandrake, Fedora, Debian) and various versions of these distros to work with the autopackager to ensure compatibility throughout the release cycle. This work involves regular downloading and installing of inkscape autopackages (about 10MB), submitting detailed bug reports to the autopackager and testing fixes as they are prepared. Snapshot builds for testing live at: http://inkscape.modevia.com/ap/?C=M;O=D Thanks, Aaron Spike

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separate traced objects
by Hago Ziegler 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hallo, I made some designs like this one: http://hagoschaos.de/test/ _W-NJ-07.jpg_ They are A4 or larger. I scanned or fotografed them with high resolution. Now I have PNGs with 300dpi. The one that you can see, is the smallest and simplest. What I'd like to achieve is, to have every little part of the design as a separate object in inkscape. I already imported the files into inkscape and traced them - it gives a good result. But I can't separate the single parts. Is there a way inside inkscape? (I found a way separate the parts it in gimp and trace them separately, but that's a huge lot of stupid work) Regards, Hago

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