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Printing in Inkscape
by Brian Burger 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Hi all, I'm running Inkscape 0.42 on Ubuntu 5.10, and I can't get Inkscape to talk to my printer... It's an HP Deskjet 5740, and Inkscape is pretty much the only app that won't work with it. I tried replacing "lp" in the printer dialogue command line with "lpr", but that didn't work either... is there some method of getting Inkscape to just talk to the Gnome Printer Manager for printing? I've tried exporting as EPS and PDF to print in other apps - Evince or Acroread - but exporting to those formats seems to mess up the SVG gradients, and exporting to another format just to print is a workaround, not a fix! Hopefully someone can help - I've had a look thru the documentation and some of the Inkscape websites with no luck so far... Brian

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Onion skin ?...
by Klerman 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hello, I just downloaded InkScape, and I'm in the middle of reading tutorials and playing with it. What I can't find anywhere is how to trace a drawing using this program. I used to place the bitmap in a second layer and then using a pen tool I was able to trace it in another layer. What is the technique to achieve the same with InkScape ?. TVMIA, Klerman

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Two new contests at deviantART!
by Joshua A. Andler 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

We have two new contests going over at deviantART! The first contest is for an Inkscape calendar (which has a deadline of next Monday, 12/12/05) and which we will be choosing 12 winning images. The second contest is for Inkscape T-shirt designs to help fund Inkscape development (which we have no arbitrary number of winners for, if it's good it'll probably be accepted as one of many designs). You can read more over at: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/7226595/ -Josh

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Icon modification
by Hibbs, Phil 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Original icon: A landscape, made of ink. Modified icon: A landscape, made of ink, with a pair of googly eyes stuck on the mountaintop. I prefer the original. __________________________________________________ Phil Hibbs | Capgemini | Rotherham Technical Consultant __________________________________________________ This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.

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Re: patched
by unknown＠example.com 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

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Icon modification
by Karol Krenski 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hi list, I added eyes to inkscape's logo so that it fits other icons on my desktop. People who are into cartoons (like me) may like it. The logo has white, 50% alpha border so that it looks nice on dark desktop: http://www.inf.sgsp.edu.pl/pub/MALUNKI/IKONY/ Karol

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some clever script for automation of plot annotation?
by David Soukal 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hello guys, I would like to ask for some insights and hints as to how to solve the following small problem. I am creating plots for my thesis. These plots are created in Matlab and I edit them later in Inkscape. What I mostly do is to change markers for points in the plots, annotate the plots, and the like. Now the problem. I have a plot with 5 lines, each line corresponding to an experiment. Each line has 180 points somewhere around it; these points are the actual data about the theoretical line. Now, I need to *replace* each of points by a beautiful marker of mine. The reason is that Matlab creates only a limited number of rather ugly markers. These markers are also converted (either by Matlab or epstool) into strokes each having 70 points :( :( So, Inkscape slows down and my file bloats. What I was doing so far and what I am tired of is that I manually select a point and its cloned marker and then using the alignment dialog align them over each other. Then I remove Matlab's markers for good. While this works OK, you can imagine how tired I am. I was playing with the idea of manually parsing the XML file in Perl but I rejected the idea as sure way to mess up the document. The Matlab's markers have custom color that I assigned to them so that I can easily find the points I need to replace... Does anybody have an insight into how to do this is more or less Inkscape fashion? I am not afraid of scripting in Inkscape, but I haven't gotten a chance to try it yet. Or am I missing some obvious "group and align the whole" idea? Thank you for tips! David

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Tiling
by Albert 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

I am playing with tiling as a possible solution to drawing mandalas. Using 'Symmetry: reflection+reflection' in TileClones, with a 2x2 array, comes close, but requires selecting Create in the TileClones everytime a new object is added to the group of the main tile. When an object in this main tile group is moved, resized, or deleted, then the clones immediately reflects the change, but not when a new object is added to the group. Apparently, when a new object is added, the id of the group is changed and it then is no longer linked to the clones. I am a total newbie with this program, so I was hoping for some advice on how to force the main tile to remain with it's old id, linked to the clones, when a new object is added to its group. Thanks ahead for any help.

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Thumbwheel widgets on tool bar too small
by Albert 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

The thumbwheel widgets on the second toolbar for X,Y,W and H are too small. For numbers greater than 99, e.g. 165.68, the second digit after the decimal point is clipped so as to be unreadable. I am running Ubuntu Breezy Linux at 1024x768 resolution. Can anything be done on my end to fix this?

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Effects menu dont showing
by Laszlo 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Hi! I have upgraded to 0.43 in debian SID (couple of day ago). I dont have the Effects menu anymore (0.42+0.43pre2 had it) I have python-xml installed, and there are the effects in /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/ Does anybody know how can I figure out why the Effects menu does not exist? Best regards, Khiraly

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newbie trouble with grid snapping
by Albert 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

I have just installed and am learning inkscape 0.42. I can see a rectangle snapping to guide lines, however I cannot see it snapping to grid lines. I have set snap distance from the default 0.4 to several hundred with no noticible difference in snapping to grid lines. What am I missing?

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Quick Tips
by Laszlo 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi! I would love to see some quick tips for inkscape. There is some exercice which is not obvious to done. So I have made 2 quick tips, hope somebody find it useful. I have linked the source (.png-s and svg) too, if somebody want to modify it, or correct grammatically (Im not a native speaker). How to modell in mirror mode: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/mirrorModellingDone.png source: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/mirrorModelling.tar.gz How to make an edge: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/joinTwoNodes.png source: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/joinTwoNodes.tar.gz Remarks? Khiraly

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PDF Support in Inkscape
by Bryce Harrington 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi all, I've been noticing a LOT of requests for PDF/PS support in Inkscape. Either export or import or both. I'm fairly certain that this is the #1 top feature need for Inkscape right now. Over the past year or so, I've been fishing around for a volunteer to implement this. But unfortunately I'm coming up dry. Ain't no one I can find with an itch to implement this, not on a volunteer basis anyway. However, there are a TON of users with this need. Some of whom, I'm fairly certain, would be willing to pledge some money towards it. Maybe a little, maybe a lot, who knows. I think if enough people pitched in funds, we could actually make this happen. This is one feature I think we as a community could just force through, by hiring some mercenary to attack and kill it for us, hardcore style. Can you all tell me what you think? I really have no solid idea if enough people would be open to this plan. Are you a user that'd be willing to pledge $100 or more towards this? Are you a developer that'd be willing to commit to doing this work for some $k? Or do you have some ideas on how we could make this need get met? Please email me and let me know what you think. Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re: [Inkscape-user] PDF Support in Inkscape
by unknown＠example.com 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Nicu Buculei wrote: > Bryce Harrington wrote: > >> >> Can you all tell me what you think? I really have no solid idea if >> enough people would be open to this plan. Are you a user that'd be >> willing to pledge $100 or more towards this? Are you a developer that'd >> be willing to commit to doing this work for some $k? Or do you have >> some ideas on how we could make this need get met? Please email me and >> let me know what you think. > > > How about this: we talked at OCAL recently about coloring books [1]. > Once Inkscape is able to create such a book, we put one on sale with an > addition of 1 or 2 USD to the price, all profits going to the person who > implemented PDF export. > I have no idea if this can generate a compelling sum of money (or if it > can generate money at all). > > If this works, i have other similar ideas, for example printing a calendar. > > [1] - http://openclipart.org/wiki/index.php/Coloring_Books > For making a coloring book, I would think our current PDF export via ps=>ps2pdfa would be good enough. Aaron Spike

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latex font
by roberto 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hello i was wondering if it is possible to insert some text, latex formatted, in a figure, like letters with super(sub)scripts or greek letters and so on... i tried to see the options 'text-font' in inkscape but the window options lets me only to change the text inserted in and not any other typesetting specials thank you very for any help -- roberto GNU/Linux, debian sarge 2.6.8-2-386

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help with printing in 0.43
by Michal Žeravík 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi all, please help me diagnose my problem with printing in Inkscape. I've used "Print Direct" ( |lp ) and it's working before (<0.43). Never got "Print" function working. Printed graphics is about 30%. Please advice me how to diagnose/debug this problem. thx michal

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Forums
by Alberic Slegers 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

>Having to constantly check to see whether anyone's >posted anything new on the web forum means that most busy people >(particularly developers) won't read it. Most forum-systems have an email-notification function. >Maybe we could borrow the setup that ruby-forum has (RForum). It is >a web forum which transparently bridges with the ruby-talk mailing <list. Threads on the mailing list show up on the forum, threads on >the forum show up on the mailing list, and you can post from either >one. That sounds great. >One option would be for you to promote the existing forum to >drive usage of it higher. I have a better idea. You (or whoever is in charge of the website) put a link to this forum on the menu at the left. I doubt there is a better way of promoting it. >I'd strongly encourage you to get a real email client. Awww too bad, I only use Thunderbird. Which other one would you suggest?

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Forums
by Kodoichi 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

>Having to constantly check to see whether anyone's >posted anything new on the web forum means that most busy people >(particularly developers) won't read it. Most forum-systems have an email-notification function. >Maybe we could borrow the setup that ruby-forum has (RForum). It is >a web forum which transparently bridges with the ruby-talk mailing <list. Threads on the mailing list show up on the forum, threads on >the forum show up on the mailing list, and you can post from either >one. That sounds great. >One option would be for you to promote the existing forum to >drive usage of it higher. I have a better idea. You (or whoever is in charge of the website) put a link to this forum on the menu at the left. I doubt there is a better way of promoting it. >I'd strongly encourage you to get a real email client. Awww too bad, I only use Thunderbird. Which other one would you suggest?

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CRIME SCENE DRAWING
by Brian Cochran 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I have complied an SVG library of crime scene symbols (all public domain). They are all in the margin around a canvas making it a single svg document. This makes crime scene drawing very quick and simple. Its sort of a computerized template that law enforcement can easily relate to. The drawback is that the file is large (approx. 4.5 mb). I would like to upload it and get some feedback. Any law enforcement feedback would be even better. If there are any suggestions on how to get this posted please let me know.

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bezir to yarn
by Martin Klaffenboeck 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hello! I'm new to incscape and vector graphics. I created a bezir curve for a Text (looks like hand written with some extras on the start and end, and should look like made of yarn. Now the curve looks fine to me (even if it is very thin at the moment). Now I would like to make it look like a real yarn, but with different colors. So I created a gradient for the colors I want to have. But when I use this, the text seems to be gradiented from left to right, but I would like to have it over my 'yarn'. So is it possible somehow to tell incscape to do Like my bezir curve is a yarn? Do you know what I mean? Thanks for your help. Martin

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Re: [Inkscape-devel] PDF Support in Inkscape
by Alexandre Prokoudine 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

On 12/1/05, John Taber <jtaber@...640...> wrote: > Will there be a WoC (winter of code)? This could be an ideal project for > master degree students and maybe make a great thesis - they could do: > 1) research and summarize all pdf <-> svg issues > 2) create a roadmap of priorities > 3) analyze approaches (cairo, converter, ....) > 4) implement 1 or more approaches > > Maybe OSDL members, others can help create/sponsor more student > internship projects ? http://dneary.free.fr/gimp_bounties.html Interesting reading on related issue Alexandre

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Windows hiding/Layer list
by Kodoichi 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi 1. Wouldn't it be more comfortable for us user to set up a message board on inkscape.org instead of a nerdy mailing list that fills up mailboxes with unwanted discussions? 2. I have been playing around with the Windows version. It's nice, but I'd like to see some features and changes: - When I have the document window opened in fullscreen, then open a dialogue window or similar and work on the document again, the dialogue windows disappear behind it. I've seen this behaviour on The GIMP as well and it's damn annoying. Would it be difficult for a coder to change it so the dialogue boxes and menus stay on top? - I mainly use Expression 3 for vector and really like that there is a layer window, so the user can easily choose and rearrange the objects. I haven't found out if Inkscape has this function as well, I have only seen that drop down menu at the bottom which is quite poor compared to Expression/Illustrator and other programs... is there an option to activate a box listing all the layers or is it planned to code something like that?

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New Extention Collect images/Publish Zip
by Pim Snel 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hello, I've created my first extention for inkscape. Though it needs some work we use it allready and it's is quite usefull. Its called "Publish Zip" and resides in the filters menu. It does the following: - it copies all linked images to the current dir en modifies all links to be relative - it creates a zip containing the document and the linked images. The zip can be mailed and opened by someone else with all images correctly displayed. You can find it here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1364270&group_id=9… known problems: - Document has to be saved first - to create a correct svg-document in the zipfile pubzip has to be run, then the document has to be saved, then pubzip has to be run again. - it fails with an ugly error when document is never saved before. Unknown problems: - only tested on Linux/Debian PPC Regards, Pim Snel -- Lingewoud B.V. | Tel. +31 418 663963 Maasdijk 4 | Fax. +31 418 663053 5328 BG Rossum | pim@...1254... The Netherlands | www.lingewoud.com

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Does not load my previously saved .svg file
by Laszlo 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi! I have saved my .svg file in inkscape (couple of day ago), and I wanted to continue work on this file, but does not load anymore in inkscape. Here is the .svg file: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/valknut-verlihub.svg And should look like this exported .png: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/verlihub.png Can anybody help me, how can I obtain my working copy? Best regards, Khiraly

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Re: Re: approved message
by unknown＠example.com 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

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