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Another video.
by Jabier Arraiza 11 May '17

11 May '17

Hi all, here is another video with new feats from a suv chalenge propose to me, thanks. All can enjoy in 0.92+devel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIzrQ2lpzuw See all!

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SVG Clickmap Landmines
by Steve Litt 10 May '17

10 May '17

Hi all, I think I understand SVG clickmaps now, how to make them, how to troubleshoot them, and the like. But it took a long time to learn because I kept running into time consuming problems. There's documentation about those problems, but it's scattered all over the web, and much of it's contradictory. I'd still be trying to put it together if not for the help of several people on this mailing list, and I thank you for that. So to ease the path of those who follow me, I put up a map of the landmines one's likely to run into while learning/using SVG clickmaps. Once a person knows these landmines exist, he/she can go about his/her business, and if something goes wrong, a simple reference to the landmines page substitutes for hours of web search and experimentation. Here's the URL of the SVG clickmaps landmines page: http://troubleshooters.com/codecorn/svg_clickmaps/landmines.htm SteveT Steve Litt May 2017 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting http://www.troubleshooters.com/28

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Yin / Yang symbol - how to get rid of fine line
by Philip Rhoades 09 May '17

09 May '17

People, How would I get rid of the fine, black vertical line in the centre of the top half of this symbol I created? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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New video "clonezilla"
by Jabier Arraiza 09 May '17

09 May '17

Hi all. here are my last video about clone original path LPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAJAxKNY8lA Hope you like it.

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Buried shovel warning
by Steve Litt 08 May '17

08 May '17

Hi all, If you're working with Object Properties you might be tempted to check "Lock" so the object can't receive focus on a web page. Makes perfect sense. But be aware that it also prevents the object from receiving focus in Inkscape itself, so there's no way to unlock it short of going into the XML itself and deleting the line that locks it. I did it with Gvim, you might be able to do it with Inkscape's XML view: I didn't try. SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Pothole alert
by Steve Litt 07 May '17

07 May '17

Hi all, There's a pesky pothole you can fall into on the Embedded Script Files subtab of the Scripting tab of the Document Properties dialog. You click the plus sign, a script ID appears in the Script ID list, so you say "good, now I'll type in all the functions into the Content field." Bzzzt, you've just lost time, and without just the right moves it will be all the time you spent typing into that little, unenlargeable Content field. You had forgotten to highlight the script ID, and the second you do, all your functions vanish. Or, if you save and go on to other things, you lose all your functions. ALWAYS make sure you highlight the script ID BEFORE typing into the Content field. Better yet, type your functions in an editor, where you have all the room you need and all your familiar editing facilities. Then, click the plus sign, highlight the new script ID, and then copy your functions from your editor and paste them into the little Content field. If you ever notice that you've typed functions into the content field without highlighting the script ID, copy all your work out of the content field, paste it into an editor, highlight the script ID, and then copy from the editor and paste back into the content field. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt May 2017 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting http://www.troubleshooters.com/28

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Javascript inside Inkscape
by Steve Litt 06 May '17

06 May '17

Hi all, I've pretty much got it down for clickmapping with SVG elements using onmouseover, onmouseout and onclick to run Javascript from my HTML file. Now I'm trying to do the whole thing inside my SVG file, for simple stuff. For instance, I have a text/tspan element and a rectangle. When I hover the rectangle I'd like the text to change (perhaps from "init" to "hovered"). A few questions: In what program must I look at my SVG file in order to see the effects of its internal javascript? Inkscape? Chromium? Something else? When doing javascript exclusively from within my SVG file, what syntax should I use in order to change the text in a tspan? The following failed to work, doing nothing: msg = document.getElementById(tspanmsg); msg.node.textContent('shunk'); If I removed the "node." from the second line above, that didn't work either. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt May 2017 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting http://www.troubleshooters.com/28

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Be careful making a group clickable
by Steve Litt 05 May '17

05 May '17

Hi all, My clickmap has several screw heads, each being a group consisting of a circle, a path in the shape of a cross for a phillips screwdriver to go into, and an elipse that acts as a highlight. Each screw head group has an onclick event, and it fires just fine. But... In the Javascript function that receives the onclick event, evt.target is not the group, it's the individual geometry within the group that got clicked. So depending on the exact position of the mouse when clicking, it could be the circular head, the path of the cross, or the elipse highlight. Why an onclick for the group returns a target that's one of the group's items is beyond me. Here's how I dealt with it in the HTML page: function screwclick(e){ var parnt = e.target.parentElement; var circle = parnt.getElementsByTagName("circle")[0]; circle.style.fill = "gold"; } I found the parent of evt.target, then found the circle that was part of that parent, and then colored the circle. Before I figured out how to do that, sometimes the cross was turning gold, and sometimes the highlight was turning gold. Now only the circle turns gold. This could really fool a person who isn't looking for it. SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Inkscape scripting
by Steve Litt 02 May '17

02 May '17

Hi all, File->Document_properties->Scripting_tab I've looked all over the web and all through my help->user manual and can't find anything about this. For one thing, I need to know how to give an embedded script a human-friendly name. I also need to know what to put in the content: Is it Javascript, and how does it differ from html based Javascript. Anyone know of any documentation on this? Theoretically, I could creat a very simple clickable map exclusively in <svg>, without the containing <html>. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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How to assign a class to an object in Inkscape?
by Steve Litt 01 May '17

01 May '17

Hi all, When I do HTML, which is DOM based, I'm able to assign a class property to any element I want. In Inkscape, I've not been able to assign a class property. Does anyone know how that could be done --- it would really simplify some stuff I'm doing. If Inkscape has no provision for a class property on elements, will it at least leave as-is any class properties I put in with a text editor? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Awk SVG insertion scripts
by Steve Litt 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

Hi everyone, My experimentation tells me that life's much easier if I put the <svg/> element and all it contains in my HTML file, rather than trying to import it with <img/> or <object/>. So I made the following scripts to put the <svg> part of a (presumably Inkscape created) SVG file into an HTML file wherever the following is located: <div class="token">myfile.svg</div> Be sure to use doublequotes around "token": These are simple scripts. Script 1: insertsvg.awk myfile.html Script 2: justsvg.awk mysvg.svg Let's say these two Awk files were executable and on the path. In your myfile.html, place the following line (alone on its line) where you want the <svg/> element to be inserted: <div class="token">mysvg.svg</div> Now, assuming myfile.html and mysvg.svg are both in the current directory, just do the following: ./insertsvg.svg myfile.html > myfile_complete.html Now myfile_complete.html no longer has the div.token, but in its place has the entire <svg/> element from mysvg.svg. This means when you include your Inkscape built SVGs in HTML files, theres an easy automated way to do it without having to resort to cut and paste. And now for the scripts: /* ======= insertsvg.awk ==============*/ #!/usr/bin/gawk -We {printthisline = 1} /<div\s\s*class="token"\s*>\s*[^<]*\s*<\/div>/{ printthisline = 0 svgfile = \ gensub(/\s*<div\s\s*class="token"\s*>\s*([^<]*)\s*<\/div>\s*/, \ "\\1", "1") system("./justsvg.awk " svgfile) } printthisline == 1 {print} /* ======= justsvg.awk ==============*/ #!/usr/bin/gawk -We BEGIN {insvg = 0} /\s*<svg/ { insvg = 1 } insvg == 1 { print } /\s*<\/svg\s*>/ { insvg = 0; exit 0 } HTH, SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Path->Inset too big
by Steve Litt 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

Hi all, Path->Inset slightly pulls back the edges of a path. It shaves a tiny bit off the edges of the path. Path->Outset does the opposite: It moves the edges a little bit outward. Neither is a proportional grow or shrink. Anyway, I'm trying to apply Path->Inset to a bunch of objects very close to each other, just to give a little more visible separation. The trouble is, I can't find an adjustment for how much you want to inset, and even one application of Path->Inset trims off far too much from the edge. Does anyone know how to set the amount that gets taken away from the edge when you Path->Inset? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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A few comments on making clickable SVG in Inkscape
by Steve Litt 29 Apr '17

29 Apr '17

Hi all, I just finished making a clickable SVG in Inkscape, embedding the <svg/> in an HTML file, and verifying that it works. Much of it is obvious, so let me start with the unobvious stuff first: If, for convenience, you use Ctrl+D to dup shapes, I think they're all clones of the first one. You need to de-clone them. But you're not done yet... Shapes in Inkscape have a tenacious habit of reverting their ID and label to Inkscape-assigned values rather than the values you assign in object->property. Make your last two steps decloning and manually setting the ID and label, and BE SURE TO CLICK THE SET BUTTON OR THEY'LL REVERT. Your events go in the area uncovered when you object->properties and then click "Interactivity". Each possible event is listed, and all you do is put in the javascript you want executed on that event. Don't wrap the Javascript in doublequotes. SIZING THE DRAWING ------------------ Be SURE that your leftmost object's leftmost portion is at X value 0. Make sure your bottommost object's bottommost portion is at Y value 0. Note that in Inkscape, at least until they change it a few versions from now, Y=0 is at the bottom of the page, not at the top. When you're done drawing, once again line up the left with X=0 and the bottom with Y=0, select everything, do the following: * File->Document_properties * Resize page to drawing or selection * Note that the height and width changed when you did the preceding. * Add double the desired image padding to both height and width. (I added 2mm to each) * Select everything on the drawing, and move slightly so it's centered within the page. * Save the document, you're done with sizing. Be aware that if the lower left of your document isn't anchored to x=0, y=0, clicking will be off or not happen. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Inkscape Borked :(
by Abrolag 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

I've just got around to updating my main machine from debian jessie to stretch (I only ever do this when a release freeze is well established) and it's fine for everything except Inkscape. Existing files are all over the place - especially where text is concerned, and trying to change a font in any way causes Inkscape to freeze. I tried to compile an older version but configure doesn't seem to recongnise libraries that are installed (yes I included .dev) or calls for ones that I can't find anywhere. debian has no fall-back system so it would seem the only solution would be to scrap the entire install and go back to jessie. This is something I *really* don't want to do. -- W J G

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The SVG blues
by Donn Ingle 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Seems SVG is more and more invisible to the big companies. Here's sad tale of Amelia Bellamy-Royds's experiences with SVG and its seeming demise. (http://codepen.io/AmeliaBR/post/me-and-svg) I wonder how the Inkscape devs (et al.) feel about this. Could Inkscape not take a new route, perhaps bake-in some new features*, now that the SVG standards seem to be moot? * Multiple pages in one file — and export to multi-page PDFs. A real symbol system — within and *between *documents. Custom colours that don't rely on that fake gradient trick (And make them work between documents too!) Animation time lines. Output to gif, video and so forth. Perhaps to HTML5 Canvas with some js framework too. Scripting, Blender-style, right there in the app. In Python and JS perhaps. Opening of Gimp native files (xcf) into layers, perhaps. Use of 3D objects and materials, from Blender (say) directly in the canvas — some kind of OLE layer thing. I am sure there are many more. I think Inkscape could have, by now, matched what Flash, Freehand and Corel et al. had 20 years ago! It did not go there because it, honourably, stuck to the SVG standards. Inkscape is the best thing we have for graphic design on Linux (at least), but it's still way too primitive. Could we dare to think bigger? Start our own standard? Just wondering. Is this a disaster or an opportunity? /d

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SVG-AU meets May 11th in Sydney.
by MarkT 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Nakama Sydney are hosting our next meeting in Sydney CBD! A short walk from Martin Place. Please enter the lifts before 6pm! Light refreshments available. Topic of the evening is the recent release of Sarah Drasner's book: 'SVG Animations From Common UX Implementations to Complex Responsive Animation' More details in the links: https://www.nakamaglobal.com/sydney https://www.meetup.com/SVG-AU https://area51.govirtual.com.au/SVG-AU#NextMeeting Hope to see you there! MarkT -----------------------------------------------------------------

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When to use onclick(evt) and when to use onclick(event)?
by Steve Litt 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Hi all, Within a <svg> element in my HTML body, I can use onclick(evt), as exemplified below: ============================================================ <svg width="500px" viewBox="0 15 80 30"> <circle id=circ1 r="6" cx="10" cy="30" onclick="top.doit(evt)" /> </svg> ============================================================ I can change the "evt" to "event" and it still works, but if I change it to anything else, for example "e", it fails. Is evt some kind of reserved word within SVG? By the way, if an item in HTML itself (like a paragraph) has an onclick, you need to remove the "top." and only "event" will work. I have the rudiments of a clickable map using SVG, CSS and Javascript, and am starting to build it into something useful. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Clickable SVG map
by Steve Litt 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Hi all, I've read that, when making an HTML page with a clickable map (a map of the states in America, for instance), it's very doable in SVG. Has anybody done this? If so, did you need to copy and paste the svg code into the HTML, or were you able to work from an image imported with the <img src="mymap.svg"/> tag? Did you need to do something to tell the CSS in your HTML doc's head that you meant #rect1234 in the <css> tree? Does anyone know of a document that unambiguously tells exactly how to do it? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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Clickable measurements
by Susan Spencer 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Use this for measurements On Apr 23, 2017 23:24, <inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: Send Inkscape-user mailing list submissions to inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net You can reach the person managing the list at inkscape-user-owner(a)lists.sourceforge.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Inkscape-user digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Clickable SVG map (Steve Litt) 2. Re: Clickable SVG map (Martin Owens) 3. Re: Clickable SVG map (Victor Westmann) 4. Re: Clickable SVG map (Steve Litt) 5. Re: Clickable SVG map (C R) 6. Re: Clickable SVG map (C R) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:38:35 -0400 From: Steve Litt <slitt@...2357...> Subject: [Inkscape-user] Clickable SVG map To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20170424003835.552d6f01@...3217...> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi all, I've read that, when making an HTML page with a clickable map (a map of the states in America, for instance), it's very doable in SVG. Has anybody done this? If so, did you need to copy and paste the svg code into the HTML, or were you able to work from an image imported with the <img src="mymap.svg"/> tag? Did you need to do something to tell the CSS in your HTML doc's head that you meant #rect1234 in the <css> tree? Does anyone know of a document that unambiguously tells exactly how to do it? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:58:27 -0400 From: Martin Owens <doctormo@...155...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Clickable SVG map To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <1493009907.13767.9.camel@...155...> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I did this many years ago if's an interesting example for you: http://divajutta.com/doctormo/locomap/map.svg But there are lots of svg maps these days. Leaflet does a fairly good job of showing a map which can be constructed from svg paths, you can choose to have open street map tiles or not. Best Regards, Martin Owens On Mon, 2017-04-24 at 00:38 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I've read that, when making an HTML page with a clickable map (a map > of > the states in America, for instance), it's very doable in SVG. Has > anybody done this? If so, did you need to copy and paste the svg code > into the HTML, or were you able to work from an image imported with > the > <img src="mymap.svg"/> tag? > > Did you need to do something to tell the CSS in your HTML doc's head > that you meant #rect1234 in the <css> tree? Does anyone know of a > document that unambiguously tells exactly how to do it? > > Thanks, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt? > April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques > ?????of the Successful Technologist > http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:07:55 -0700 From: Victor Westmann <victor.westmann@...155...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Clickable SVG map To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <CAPOH7=amxU8mZw-EVLr3AbN1=vQ1cLWhO8uwLjHHaFtCQF-2iw@...156...> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, This is really cool. Do we have a map sample on inkscape website? I mean... can we promote our tool as an app that does this? Do you guys think more people would be interested? On Apr 23, 2017 10:00 PM, "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...155...> wrote: > I did this many years ago if's an interesting example for you: > > http://divajutta.com/doctormo/locomap/map.svg > > But there are lots of svg maps these days. Leaflet does a fairly good > job of showing a map which can be constructed from svg paths, you can > choose to have open street map tiles or not. > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > On Mon, 2017-04-24 at 00:38 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've read that, when making an HTML page with a clickable map (a map > > of > > the states in America, for instance), it's very doable in SVG. Has > > anybody done this? If so, did you need to copy and paste the svg code > > into the HTML, or were you able to work from an image imported with > > the > > <img src="mymap.svg"/> tag? > > > > Did you need to do something to tell the CSS in your HTML doc's head > > that you meant #rect1234 in the <css> tree? Does anyone know of a > > document that unambiguously tells exactly how to do it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > SteveT > > > > Steve Litt > > April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques > > of the Successful Technologist > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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Snap Version 0.92.1, Extensions: ImportError: no module named site
by Daniel Johannsen 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Hi, first let me say that this new effect "Perspective/Envelope" is totally awesome. I was waiting for this for a very long time! But with the latest snap installation, i am having trouble to run extensions. No matter if i try to run my own extension or the already included extensions, when i hit the "Apply" Button i get the message: "Inkscape has received additional data from the script executed. The script did not return an error, but this may indicate the results will not be as expected. ImportError: No module named site" I guess that some paths don't point at the right location, e.g., the path to site.py. Maybe something is messed up with the snap and standard file locations? Is there a way to figure out, if my guess is right? Then where to change settings for the extensions to work again? (I am running ubuntu 16.10.)

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(no subject)
by sadiq h 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

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Changing default units to px?
by Christoph Raab 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

Hi everyone, is there a way to change the default units (for measurements, stroke widths. etc) permanently? I want to use px but need to change the setting with every new document. Best, Christoph

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Book cover template
by ink＠...1668... 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Long ago inkscape offered a perfect book cover template feature. I don't see it now. Can anyone enlighten me on why it disappeared? John Culleton

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open file into existing instance from terminal?
by Orm Finnendahl 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Hi, is there a way to send an existing inkscape instance a file-open message (with the document name as argument) from a terminal or another process? It seems, the dbus interface would be the way to go but the API documentation only mentions a command to open a new document (which works BTW). I'm on linux and inkscape is bzr-inkscape 0.91 -- Orm

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2 entries for 1 object in XML Editor
by brynn 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

Hi Friends, I was just using the XML Editor to try and help someone in a forum. Completely unrelated to their problem, I noticed that 2 entries are being created for each object, in the XML. I've never noticed that before. Have I inadvertently changed some option that might be causing this? Because wouldn't this kind of behavior result in file size that's double what it's supposed to be? Just making up a test file, in case anyone wants it. And doing that, I noticed that it's only happening if the Fill and Stroke dialog is open. After closing the F/S dialog however, it's still happening. Wow, and sometimes adding 3 or 4 entries for each object! But if F/S dialog is not open when the file is opened, it doesn't happen. At first I thought this was something I did wrong. But with F/S dialog being involved, now I wonder if it's a bug? I searched in LP and didn't find anything similar. But there's a good chance any existing report uses terminology that I don't understand or recognize. Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, Inkscape 0.92.1, 64-bit, exe installer. I can test in 0.92pre3, 64-bit, 7z version and 0.91, 32-bit, 7z version, if it would be helpful. What else can I give you, if necessary? Hhmm, another new file doesn't show this. Curious. Well, fwiw :-) Thanks, brynn

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