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Ruler LPE improper behavior after doc unit change
by brynn 02 Apr '17

02 Apr '17

Hi Friends, This is coming from a report on Inkscape Community forum: https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=567.0 Even though the member marked it fixed, I'm not sure the fix was really an appropriate fix. Short version The user couldn't get the Ruler LPE to work properly. In the topic, you can see screenshots from the user's file and also when I tested using their file. Their SVG file is also attached, in case someone wants to test. But here's link for convenience: https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=567.0;a… The user was able to make the LPE function properly by changing the Scale factor to 1.0. However, I suspect that will result in some other unwanted change (either a different page size than is set, or a DPI different from 96....or something?). At first, I was confused, and I thought there might be a problem with the scale factor, because I thought a new doc should start with scale factor = 1.0. But now the user reports that it did originally start with mm units and scale factor 1.0. When they changed to px, Inkscape correctly changed the scale factor. So now, I think that points to the LPE not liking the unit change very much. Could someone who understands this better than me, have a look at that please? Does there need to be a bug report? Thank you very much, brynn

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Completely disable snap to cusp
by Chris Tooley 26 Mar '17

26 Mar '17

Hello all, I am attempting to do precise vector modification and I keep getting "snap to cusp" sort of thing happening which is *not* what I want. How do I completely disable this? I seem to recall trying to figure this out a long time ago and not being successful, and it's super irritating :) I can see where I can change the snap delay but that's not adequate. I would prefer if it was a checkbox to enable/disable snapping? I am comfortable with editing a preferences file in the CLI if necessary. Thanks, Chris

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Align objects side by side with fixed spacing
by Christoph Raab 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

Hi everyone, I have e.g. 100 objects of the varying size. How can I get them all next to each other, with equal gaps? (For example, no gap.) I've found one way to sort of attain this this result: start with them all further apart than needed, then iteratively scale each object ob by a small amount and "make horizontal/vertical gaps between objects equal" - until the desired gap is needed. But of course that's very slow. Does anyone know a proper/easier way to do this? Best, Christoph

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command-line tools for JessyInk
by Xyne 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Hi everyone, On a few occasions when I needed a pdf document, I have been unable to export JessyInk presentations using the usual procedure due to Inkscape freezing when opening the Firefox-exported files. I ended up writing a little Python module and command-line tool to directly export the slides from the command line. Some of you may find it useful, especially when you have a deadline a few hours way and Inkscape suddenly chokes on your presentation ;) It supports JessyInk effects and views and exports each slide+effect/view as a separate svg file. These can then be converted directly with Inkscape on the command line to the format of your choice (e.g. with "inkscape -A ..."). Because it uses Inkscape to render the final slides, the slides appear exactly as designed in Inkscape. The script also includes functionality (via various subcommands) to extract, embed or deduplicate images, scrub sodipodi:absref attributes and unused defs, deduplicate markers[1], etc. The list will likely continue to grow. There is also a ji2pdf wrapper script to generate a pdf presentation from the JessyInk svg file. ji2pdf depends on pdfunite from poppler but could easily be changed to use another method to join resulting slides (e.g. imagemagick). There's also a wrapper script based on PhantomJS in the source archive but I haven't used it since writing ji2pdf. For an up-to-date list of features, check the help message on the project page[2]. Packages are available on Arch Linux (via the AUR[3] and my repos[4]). If any of the Inkscape or JessyInk devs are reading this, thanks for all your work! Regards, Xyne [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1550902 [2] http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/svgtools/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/svgtools/ [4] http://xyne.archlinux.ca/repos/

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Inkscape Site Down
by rachristman 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

Any news on the site being completely down? Is the most current version of Inkscape available for download elsewhere? thanks, bob -- View this message in context: http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Inkscape-Site-Down-tp4979272.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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can't stop uninstall for 0.92.0
by brynn 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Hi Friends, While trying to help someone with a problem in a forum, I needed to uninstall 0.92.0, 64-bit, exe installer on Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit (and then to install 0.92.1). There was something unusual happening during the uninstall that I had not seen before, and I wasn't sure if I was choosing the right options, so I wanted to cancel the uninstall, until I could investigate the unusual things. But I found there was no way to. Both the Cancel button and Back button, as well as the X Close Window button (top-right corner) are all grayed out the whole time. I even tried Alt + F4, to kill the window. It did kill the Programs and Features window, but not the uninstall dialog. Before I could get out the Task Manager to try and kill the process, the uninstall was finished. Even then, the only available button was Finish. Cancel and Back were still grayed out, as well as the X Close button. Tried Alt + F4 again, but there was no way out of this uninstall. Later, eventually I figured out what caused the unusual things that I saw, and realized they were not a problem after all. But I still think it should be possible to stop the uninstall, just like you can stop the installation process. Searching LP did not turn up any previous report, although as usual, sometimes I don't find the right search words, or I don't recognize technical language, or sometimes the report is buried under a title that doesn't predict it would be there. So should this need a bug report? Or is there some reason why the uninstallation can't be stopped? Thank you very much :-) brynn

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how to ID a 7z version from Inkscape window?
by brynn 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Hi Friends, Trying to help someone in a forum, I was trying to figure out whether the version of Inkscape which would open on double-clicking an SVG file had been installed via EXE installer, and which one wasn't technically installed, but was from an unpacked 7z download. I wanted to know which one was associated with SVG files. As far as I can tell, the About screens are identical. Is there some way to know which version you're using? I tried searching LP, but couldn't find some good search terms. So how to tell which 64-bit version version you have open, if you have both 64-bit exe installed and 7z onboard and unpacked? Thank you very much, brynn

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Inkscape Advocates organizational meeting ~ Fri Mar 10th
by Bryce Harrington 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

Would you like to contribute to Inkscape by helping spread the word about it? Whether you're new to Inkscape or an old hand, we'll be getting together on IRC to chat about ideas for promoting Inkscape to other communities and to the world at large, and we would love to have you there! This advocacy meet-up will be next week on Friday, March 10 in the #inkscape-devel IRC channel and will kick off around noon Pacific time. Our aim is to establish a new regular team in the Inkscape community chartered to undertake outreach efforts, write and distribute marketing materials, and/or announce our releases. Training classes, merchandise, tradeshows, social media actions, press releases, and more are all possibilities on the table. Exactly what we do will be decided by the group itself, so if you have opinions come share them. Date: Friday, March 10 Time: Noon Pacific Place: irc://irc.freenode.org/#inkscape-devel If you've not used IRC before, you'll need an IRC program for your platform (tons are available), or you can use Inkscape's web IRC portal here: https://inkscape.org/en/community/discussion/ Thanks, and hope to hear your ideas come Friday! Bryce

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accessing subpages
by John Culleton 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

It's been years since I used Inkscape. But I remember a facility where one could create a push button by entering about four parameters and this push button would address another entity using I think a URL address. I have the Bah book Fourth edition but I don't know what the function is called. Can someone help me out? All replies appreciated. John Culleton Wexford Press

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Development Project Management System Gsoc 2017
by Rohit Lodha 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Hello, I am Rohit, a sophomore pursuing B.E Computer Science . I have been developing websites and managing them for the last one year for my college and a start-up that I had worked with. I have a huge interest in Python and Django and have build almost all the websites using them. I want to contribute to Inkscape by working on the Development Project Management System during the summer. I have gone through the Janitorial task documentation and also have started searching for patches to fix. I also had a look at the Django Website Development, the inkscape-web repository. Can you please tell me how to proceed or any task you expect me to carry out to be a part of the community ? -Rohit My github profile: https://github.com/rtgdk

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0.92.1 macOS unofficial test build
by Tim Sheridan 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Hi all, I (with lots of help from su_v) have been working on getting the macOS DMG build working again with a view to having an official DMG ready for the future 0.92.2 release. The current _unofficial_ test build of 0.92.1 is available here: https://inkscape.org/en/~tghs/★inkscape-0921-tghs_2-x11-107-x86_64dmg Included in this build is a new feature to automatically set the recommended XQuartz configuration. You'll be prompted about this on launch if you've got XQuartz running in its default configuration. This used to have to be set manually, as documented here: https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/. Any feedback is welcome. Since it's a test build, please don't file any bugs; reply in this thread, or contact me directly by email. I'm also around in both the #inkscape and #inkscape-devel IRC channels. Cheers, Tim

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repeated crashes on gradient mesh
by brynn 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Hi Friends, I'm working on a fairly small, fairly simple file with a fairly simple gradient mesh. It's a somewhat high zoom, and maybe I should scale it so I can work at 100%. But I'm not sure if that should matter. Anyway, it keeps crashing (taking out all open Inkscape files with it) when I try to move one particular node. 8 times in a row now. https://inkscapecommunity.com/jd/2nd-av-ani.svg I'm attempting to use the gradient mesh to ultimately make an animation of a light passing through an endless knot (see it in the hidden first layer). On the canvas, I've indicated 2 places where I have 3 mesh nodes on top of each other (to facilitate the light going around the corners with a trailing glow). It's the top node of the left-most stack of nodes. Steps to reproduce. Try to drag the top node of the left-most stack of nodes. Since the 3 nodes are stacked up, I need to move the top 2 off of the 3rd, to be able to select it individually. Whenever I try to drag the top one - BAM! Crash. There are no errors or message boxes. Just bam. (A backup was saved in the first crash.) Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, Inkscape 0.92. If you want me to upgrade to 0.92.1, I can. It's just I'm not aware the mesh was changed in the upgrade (so it seems like it wouldn't matter). Any kind of logs or files I can get for you? I don't know how to use the command line or terminal. But if you tell me what to do, I should be able to do it. Would you like a bug report? Thank you very much, brynn

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Movable Chain
by Hans Carlson 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

I'd like to create a movable chain of sorts... I'm not sure how or if this is possible with inkscape (0.91)... There seems to be lots of tutorials that show how to create a chain using Pattern along Path, the problem is, once the chain is created that's the end of the tutorial. I need to go a step further and actually move/manipulate the chain without deforming the links or changing the length of the chain. Maybe the "Pattern along Path" examples are completely wrong for what I want to do. To put it another way, take a real physical chain... 10' long, sitting on the floor. I can move the chain around, pull on one end, push the chain in the middle, shape it into an S curve, form a circle with the chain, etc. All the while, the individual links are exactly how they started -- they haven't been stretched or bent or deformed in any way. And while the actual length of the chain can very a little bit it's limited by how much slack there is in the individual links. Now, I want to do the same kind of thing in inkscape. I want to create a line long enough to hold exactly 60 circles, 20px in diameter with 5px space between each circle. Then, and this is the important part, I want move and reshape this "chain" around the canvas, just like I can do with a path composed of lots of nodes. But, I don't want the circles to change shape. The space between the circles can change a *little bit*, but should be limited... like the links in a real chain. I'm very new to both vector graphics and inkscape, so I'm not sure if what I'm trying to do is easy, difficult or impossible. I would appreciate some enlightenment.

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inkscape 92.1 screwing up svg
by Gary Hawkins 21 Feb '17

21 Feb '17

HI, I am trying out inkscape 92 and downloaded 92.1 for windows 10 I just spent over an hour manually tracing a file I was hoping to use on my digital cutter - but it seem inkscape has changed the svg lines to an image - as useful as a chocolate fireguard or teapot - and I don't now how it did it but effing annoying!!!! Steps I did I loaded in an image with the design on I manually traced the outline, using black stroke for cutting and red stroke for any folding (non cut) lines I moved the traced lines to a new layer above the current one turned off the eye on the cut lines layer moved the actual image to the centre of the page locked the image layer opened the eye on the cut line layer selected the svg lines and at the bottom of the screen it say it's an image if I go into view>outline my svg lines show and a whwite square with a X - so it HAS changed it to an image so that was a waste of couple of hours as I now have to start all over again. and it WON'T be using inkscape 92!!! in fact inkscape 92 might well be dumped off the system as it's useless if it convert svg lines to images for no reason. NOT IMPRESSED and before anyone asks, I cannot use trace bitmap as that gives double lines and I need single lines and inkscape does not have a centre line trace. Gaz

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maximized window extends beyond screen area 0.92 (bug?)
by brynn 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

Hi Friends, I almost posted a bug report on this, but on 2nd thought, maybe it should be discussed whether it's a bug or not. I'm not sure if this is going to be an Inkscape bug, or something about Windows os. But I've never seen this in any other program, and I never noticed this in Inkscape before 0.92. When the Inkscape window is maximized, a small strip of all 4 edges of the window extend past the edge of the screen. Screenshot: https://inkscapecommunity.com/jd/ss/inkswin.jpg It particulary is a problem for the bottom edge for me. That's because I keep my taskbar auto-hidden. So if my mouse strays to the bottom, the taskbar comes up, and then I can't even see the status bar at all. Then I have to wait for it to go back down. So for example, if I want to use the zoom field and spinbox in the bottom-left corner, it's really hard to do. If I want to use the Style Indicator in the bottom-left, you can see that the bottom of almost half of "Stroke:" is beyond the edge. And "Fill:" is overlapping the palette scrollbar. Compare that to the....I guess it's called restore size window. You can see that all of "Stroke:" is showing, and there's even some space below that, like a buffer, before the edge of the window. In the maximized window, you see the toolbar buttons and snap control bar buttons are justified to the edge of the screen, with no space between them and the screen. But in the restore size, you can see there's a buffer there, before the edge of the window. The top, left and right edges don't cause me any touble. But the bottom edge is problematic. Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, and this is a 15 inch laptop screen, non-touch, lcd, 1366 x 768 resolution. Should be reported? Thanks, brynn

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Inability to update a Windows installation
by Robert Funnell 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

On the Inkscape download/windows/ page it says 'exe and msi installers are equivalent but not compatible (i.e. one can not update the installation of the other)'. This seems to imply, for example, that a new msi installer can update a previous msi installation. However, when I try to install using the msi installer, I get a message saying 'Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue', and the existing version needs to be removed before installing the new version. This happened before for 0.91-x64.msi -> 0.92.0-x64.msi and has just happened again for 0.92.0-x64.msi -> 0.92.1-x64.msi. This is under Windows 7. Is this behaviour expected? - Robert

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SVG Questions and Inkscape Forum
by PipingDesignCentral . 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Is it OK if I post an SVG-related question both at http://www.inkscapeforum.com AND here? Paul

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Resizing an SVG
by Kai Hendry 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Hi there, Given an SVG that seems bounded to 100x100 which looks small when embedding into a Web page, how do I alter the SVG from Inkscape to make it take 100% of the space? E.g. https://s.natalian.org/2017-02-16/Compute_AWSLambda_LambdaFunction.svg I did try a few things in the Document Properties without success. Scale seemed to move the object around instead of actually scaling the graphic. I am using Inkscape 0.92 as packaged by Archlinux. https://s.natalian.org/2017-02-16/inkscape.png Many thanks,

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Inkscape 0.92.1 now available
by Bryce Harrington 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

The Inkscape project announces an update to its 0.92.0 release, bringing important bug and regression fixes, updated translations, and improved documentation. Download 0.92.1 packages from: https://inkscape.org/en/download/ Inkscape 0.92.1 is a stability and bugfix release. Below lists the main changes. For a more complete list, see: https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.92.1 == Regression fixes == * Text: baseline-spacing related issues with regular and flowed text in legacy Inkscape SVG files (Bug #1655483 and others). * Text: Default baseline spacing stored in relative units is always converted to document units (Bug #1645016) * Path effects: Crash on ungroup if group contains elements with path effects (Bug #1657591) * Clipboard: Pasting a path effect from clipboard fails (Bug #1656093) * Clipboard: Fix copy&pasting of groups which contain elements with path effects (Bug #1656527) * Selection: Node tool can selected objects on locked layers (Bug #1656141) * Clones: Critical warnings with clones and symbols (Bug #1653184) * About screen missing for several UI languages (Bug #1659426) * Selection: Missing transformation handles after reset of rotation center (Bug #1657874) == Important bugfixes == * Bitmap images: Crash when opening files with invalid image links (Bug #1660142) * Bitmap images: Fix path separators in relative image links (Windows) (Bug #1659347) * File import: Failure to open CDR/Visio/WPG files from paths with special characters (Windows) (Bug #1656763) == Translations == * Catalan: Tutorial translation ("Basic") added * Czech: UI translation updated * English (GB): UI translation updated * French: UI translation updated * French: Man page, Readme and Keys & mouse reference updated * German: Man page and Keys & mouse reference updated * Icelandic: UI translation updated * Italian: UI translation updated * Latvian: UI translation updated * Russian: Tutorial translation ("Tracing Pixel Art") added * Russian: UI translation updated * Spanish: UI translation updated * Slovak: Tutorial translation ("Tracing Pixel Art") added * Slovak: UI translation updated * Ukrainian: UI translation updated == Documentation == * Shortcuts: Add shortcut '7' for cycling through path effect parameters in node tool (Bug #1656713) * Shortcuts: Add new Shift+I shortcut to keys and mouse reference (Bug #1644609) * Man page: Add new --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing command line option (Bug #1661811) == Known issues == * DPI Change: Dialog needs better explanation of available options (Bug #1659229) * DPI Change: Provide command line options for batch-processing legacy files (Bug #1659489) * DPI Change: known issues with 'Scale elements' option (Bugs 1653230, 1653230, 1653236, 1654342, 1654796, 1654880, 1654903, 1655005, 1655053, 1660228) * DPI Change: Default grids in documents created with Inkscape 0.91 don't scale correctly (Bug #1653893) * Renderer: Artifacts in Gaussian blur effects with default quality settings (Bug #1656383) * Node editor: Deselecting selected nodes of complex paths takes a long time (Bug #1652100) * Fill and Stroke: HSL color selector may show corrupted colors, defunct 5th slider (Bug #1635982) == Help Support Inkscape == We are already at work both on another bugfix update (0.92.2) targeted in a few months and a future development release (0.93) with more fundamental changes to the codebase. If you wish to track either of these developments, you can learn more at: https://inkscape.org/en/download/development-versions/ The Inkscape Project thrives due to your support. We are a volunteer-driven community built from thousands of contributions of time, skill, and funds, to create a powerful open source tool that is made available for free to everyone in the world. We invite you to join our community and participate in helping advance Inkscape towards new objectives. Come help us chart out the new directions that Inkscape needs to take! Inkscape is created *by* the community *for* the community. Your donations also help further Inkscape's mission. You can donate to Inkscape's general fund, or target your donation to support our SVG Standards work or Hackfests. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/community/ Become a donor at: https://inkscape.org/support-us/ Download Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/download/ Watch our showcase at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI1hxXt9U4c --------------------------------------------------------------------

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editing gradient mesh on fill vs stroke
by brynn 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

Hi Friends, I was just about to make a bug report, because it looked like as soon as I applied a gradient mesh to a stroke, it would break the mesh I had just applied on the fill (and vice versa). But at the last minute before I posted, I noticed some buttons on the control bar that I had not noticed before. Why do we have to click a special button to be able to edit the mesh? Why can't we just select the object and edit, like with everything else in Inkscape? There must be some reason? I see that by clicking both buttons, and leaving them engaged, we have normal expected behavior. But I'm still curious why it's made like this. Also, I wonder if having both buttons enabled should be the default? Thanks for comments, brynn

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Inkscape 0.92.1pre2 (release candidate) now available
by Bryce Harrington 12 Feb '17

12 Feb '17

This is a pre-release for the upcoming stable bugfix release 0.92.1. Download it at: https://inkscape.org/en/download/development-versions The release is: 0.92.1pre2 Source Tarball Bzip https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/10661/inkscape-0.92.1pre2.tar.bz2 We are now in final freeze prior to release. Barring any last minute issues, 0.92.1 will be identical to the above tarball except for the version number. We'll let things settle for a few days and hopefully finalize the release this weekend. == Translations == Translation work is done. Please hold off on further updates until we're ready to start work on 0.92.2. == Future Releases == 0.92.2-targeted bugfixing work can begin on the 0.92.x branch once the 0.92.1 tarball's been cut, probably this weekend. A schedule will be established at that time as well, targeting a 0.92.2 release in April. A 0.92.3 release sometime around July seems likely. I'm hoping to continue with subsequent point releases on a roughly 2-3 month interval, so users can depend on the 0.92 series as a 'long term stable' (LTS) product. Work towards 0.93 is already underway in Inkscape's trunk repository. In order to modernize Inkscape for ongoing maintenance, there are several large transitions we need to undertake, including a move to Gtk3, re-engineering the Mac OS X installation packaging, introduction of C++-11 code constructs, dropping of our legacy automake build system, migration of the project to git, and more. We had elected to hold off on these transitions for 0.92 so that release could focus on long term stability first and foremost, with 0.93's focus being on taking the more aggressive steps to move Inkscape forward. I am hoping a 0.93 release can be achieved within the calendar year, though much work remains. Assistance with testing is invaluable and I hope many people will join in following the trunk codebase; however, I know that building Inkscape can be a challenge, and we lack nightly builds on a few platforms, so I may attempt some form of interim snapshot preview release this summer to enable some broader testing before we're too far through 0.93's development cycle. Bryce

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gradient mesh on stroke and fill are opposite
by brynn 11 Feb '17

11 Feb '17

Hi Friends, I want to put a mesh gradient on both the fill and stroke of an object. All the nodes of the fill, and all of the stroke are the same color (a medium shade on the stroke and lighter shade for the fill. The only thing that changes is the opacity or alpha. Wherever the nodes of the fill have higher opacity, I want the nodes of the stroke to have lower opacity. So let's say for example (using a linear gradient as an example) the fill goes from 10% on right end, to 30% on the left end. Then on the stroke, I want 30% on the right end and 10% on the left. Hhmm, there seems to be a bug (or something). I'll make a separate message for that. But my question is: What do you all think is the most efficient way to accomplish this? Can it only be done manually, or is there some extension or maybe even filter which can accomplish it a little faster? Maybe a blend mode? Thanks for comments :-) brynn

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Keyboard shortcut to swap fill/stroke
by Gabriel Grosso 11 Feb '17

11 Feb '17

Hi community! I wonder if there's any shortcut to swap the fill or stroke of an object. Cheers. *------------------------------------Gabriel Alberto Grosso* Oberá, Misiones [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebok.com/iamgabo> [image: Vimeo] <http://www.vimeo.com/iamgabo> [image: LinkedIn] <http://ar.linkedin.com/in/iamgabo>

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Generate G-Code from Inkscape.
by unknown＠example.com 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

Hi, I am new to Inkscape. I have been trying to generate Gcode from Inkscape but not having much luck. I have a CNC machine and trying to get the Inkscape to work for gcode. 1. Help About - Inkscape 0.92 2. Create Text in the Document area. - "this is a test" 3. Select the Arrow tool and make sure you have the sizing arrow around the "this is a test" message. 4. Extensions - GCodeTools - Path to GCode - Preferences a. Set the file name, Directory b. Apply Nothing is Generated Thanks for any help Michael

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colored lines with width
by ToddAndMargo 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

Hi All, I figured out how to make arrow heads. I need to know now how to 1) create a line with width 2) create and/or modify the line color to red Many thanks, -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Having been erased, The document you're seeking Must now be retyped. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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