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20 Third Party Apps You Can't Live Without
by Jon Phillips 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

Cool, Inkscape made the list on osnews.com: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8717 FYI! Our app is publicly known and used! We are currently number 8 on gnomefiles.org as best rated app! Jon

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can't build latest cvs
by Michal Žeravík 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

Hi there, I'm getting this during build from latest cvs: if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/usr/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/usr/include/atkmm-1.6 -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -MT sp-image.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/sp-image.Tpo" \ -c -o sp-image.o `test -f 'sp-image.cpp' || echo './'`sp-image.cpp; \ then mv -f ".deps/sp-image.Tpo" ".deps/sp-image.Po"; \ else rm -f ".deps/sp-image.Tpo"; exit 1; \ fi sp-image.cpp: In function `GdkPixbuf* Inkscape::IO::pixbuf_new_from_file(const char*, GError**)': sp-image.cpp:361: error: `gdk_pixbuf_set_option' undeclared (first use this function) sp-image.cpp:361: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) make[2]: *** [sp-image.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/michal/cvs/inkscape/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/michal/cvs/inkscape' make: *** [all] Error 2 Any ideas? Michal

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cannot import raster-images
by Steffen Glückselig 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

Hello (again), I am trying to import a jpg-image but this fails. Instead a 'broken image'-image is displayed. This happens when dragging&dropping from explorer, but also when using the import-menuentry. I am using Bob's latest build. best Steffen

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background
by Istvan Seidel 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Hello list, At first: do i have to wirte my question in english? German would be better. When i export my .svg document from incscape to .png and watch my .png in other programs like e.g. gqview or others the background of my grapics is filled with grey and white squares. How can i tell incscape to export with white, or other colored background? Witch linux cad- program does incscape work together best? I Have also installed 'qcad' and 'xfig', and i am trying to draw living rooms from upside, and want to transform it in 3D view. It would be great, if i cold import a scanned image into the program, and work with it. best regards : Istvan

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Bob's or Daniel's
by Steffen Glückselig 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Hello, What's the difference between Daniel's and Bob's Win32 builds? I am donwloading form Bob's site with 120Kb/s (with a DSL-connection that should usually do 80 maximally ;-)). So is there a difference besides speed? best regards Steffen

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[Inkscape-devel] 0.40pre1 (fwd)
by Bryce Harrington 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:33:16 -0700 From: Ted Gould <ted@...10...> To: Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [Inkscape-devel] 0.40pre1 Okay, I've made a tarball for 0.40pre1 so that people can make packages for testing. This is not feature complete for 0.40, but it would be nice if everyone could use this to find more bugs. We want to continue our tradition of having quality releases! Also, we'd like to find any packaging bugs that may have shown up. https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=991… Thanks everyone for their help! --Ted

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Layers
by Luis E. Hernandez 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

Forgive me if this sounds like a newbie question but where the heck are the layer controls???

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Fill Opacity
by Robert Davis 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

Playing with .40cvs from a couple of days ago. Brought in an SVG, from .39, with some rectangle gradiant fills and now they are partial opacity. Noticed in the XML editor that fillopacity was set for .75. Could only find the setting in the XML editor and changing to 1.0 fixed that object. Robert Davis >From MAILER-DAEMON Fri Oct 29 08:16:20 2004 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:16:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@...301...> Message-Id: <200410291516.i9TFFvf16357@...302...> To: <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="i9TFFvf16357.1099062966/elvirus.progress.com" Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. Report problems to http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 0.0 SF_CHICKENPOX_SLASH BODY: Text interparsed with / 0.0 SF_CHICKENPOX_MINUS BODY: Text interparsed with - 0.0 SF_CHICKENPOX_AT BODY: Text interparsed with @ 0.0 SF_CHICKENPOX_PERIOD BODY: Text interparsed with . 0.0 SF_CHICKENPOX_EQUAL BODY: Text interparsed with = 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message Subject: [Inkscape-user] Returned mail: see transcript for details Sender: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-BeenThere: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9-sf.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Id: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Post: <mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=inkscape-user> This is a MIME-encapsulated message --i9TFFvf16357.1099062966/elvirus.progress.com Content-Type: text/plain The original message was received at Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:15:55 -0400 (EDT) from localhost [127.0.0.1] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <jep@...300...> (reason: 550 5.1.1 <jep@...300...>... User unknown) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to ntegp01.progress.com.: >>> RCPT To:<jep@...300...> <<< 550 5.1.1 <jep@...300...>... User unknown 550 5.1.1 <jep@...300...>... User unknown --i9TFFvf16357.1099062966/elvirus.progress.com Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; elvirus.progress.com Received-From-MTA: DNS; localhost Arrival-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:15:55 -0400 (EDT) Final-Recipient: RFC822; jep@...300... Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Remote-MTA: DNS; ntegp01.progress.com Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.1.1 <jep@...300...>... User unknown Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:15:57 -0400 (EDT) --i9TFFvf16357.1099062966/elvirus.progress.com Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Received: from webserv.progress.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elvirus.progress.com (8.10.2/8.10.2/PSC-4.01) with ESMTP id i9TFFsf16346 for <jep@...300...>; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:15:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from shmispc2.com ([66.255.198.185]) by webserv.progress.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/PSC-5.10) with SMTP id i9TFFji7027718 for <jep@...300...>; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:15:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:15:35 -0500 To: "Jep" <jep@...300...> From: "Inkscape-user" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: Thank you! Message-ID: <bydizmcjxvdpxpncmci@...300...> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--------hozxpnknwtclmvvaekur" ----------hozxpnknwtclmvvaekur Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><body> :)) <br> </body></html> ----------hozxpnknwtclmvvaekur Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------------------ Virus Warning Message (on the network) Joke.cpl is removed from here because it contains a virus. --------------------------------------------------------- ----------hozxpnknwtclmvvaekur-- --i9TFFvf16357.1099062966/elvirus.progress.com--

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bitmap image opacity
by Michal Žeravík 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

Hi there, would it be possible to set opacity of imported bitmaps? Michal

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doubleclick on object switch to edit mode
by Michal Žeravík 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

Hi, I have got an idea: When I doubleclick to any object (from select mode - F1) I'd like to switch automaticly to edit mode (F2). What do you think about it? Michal ps. good work with layers and text-on-path

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Using potrace to produce SVG files for Inkscape
by Bill Peel 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Some of my initial attempts at using potrace to produce electronic components in SVG format for use with Inkscape can be seen at the URL below. The embedded figures are in SVG format so you will need a browser with an SVG plugin or save the figures and open them in Inkscape. http://www.isu.mmu.ac.uk/~za9ra01/svgstuff/svg-libs.html I have another Inkscape SVG file containing a collection of various transistor symbols which I have not put up on the web yet. Thanks Bill Peel

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[Inkscape-devel] Notes on tracing (fwd)
by Bryce Harrington 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Anyone interested in helping Bob make an SVG document out of this? Bryce ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:29:17 -0500 From: Bob Jamison <rjamison@...192...> To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Notes on tracing I wrote up a few paragraphs about using the tracer, in OpenOffice format, here: http://troi.hous.es3.titan.com/~rjamison/inkscape/files/tracing.sxw ...if anyone would like to help in documenting this stuff... Maybe produce an SVG document. We could use some help. Bob ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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[Inkscape-devel] Happy Birthday Inkscape!
by Bryce Harrington 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Has it only been ONE year? Yep, today, October 26, 2004 is Inkscape's first anniversary. This time last year we registered Inkscape with SourceForge and poured ourselves into converting it over to C++. Our first public announcement of the founding of the Inkscape project occurred a bit over a week later, on Nov 6th, to be followed closely by our first release to Freshmeat on Nov 10th. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3416220&forum_id=3970 It's been an amazing year with the project. We've had five very solid releases, each a major advancement over the previous. We've taken a project from scratch to being included standard in nearly every major Linux distro. Tens of thousands of people use Inkscape today! Most importantly, we've succeeded in building a very open and prolific development team, and have been fortunate in gaining a very supportive and friendly user community. For the year to come, I think we can look forward to gaining solutions to many of the features and issues we're worrying about right now like PDF, extensions, Gtkmm, etc. CSS will probably be a major effort, but one we'll gain a huge amount of benefit from. I think (hope) we'll see expansion of Inkscape's audience to include technical drawing in a big way. I'd like to put some effort into building up a healthy donation system since we already have users asking about that. I also hope we can continue to expand the size of the development team and the userbase. We should continue to encourage users to peek under the hood and fiddle with stuff; I'm hopeful the extensions system will also provide an easy way for users to get involved. We would also do well to expand our efforts at demoing and presenting Inkscape at trade shows and conferences. Congratulations and thank you to everyone that's helped us get this far, and look forward to seeing what Inkscape can achieve in 2005. :-) Bryce ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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New Win32 Build
by Joshua A. Andler 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Thanks to Bob Jamison there is a new win32 build as of today. I just thought anyone doing testing on windows boxes might want to know. http://troi.hous.es3.titan.com/~rjamison/inkscape/builds/Inkscape0410261 427.zip -Josh

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Talented artists wanted, announcing GUADEC#6 logo competition (fwd)
by Alan Horkan 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

I just wanted to post this here in case anyone might be willing to help out designing a logo for this years GUADEC. - Alan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:35:28 +0200 Subject: Announcement: GUADEC#6 logo competition ## GNOME Foundation and GUADEC#6 commitee announce logo competition ## http://www.guadec.org In 2005 the Sixth Annual GNOME User And Developer European Conference (GUADEC#6) is organized by the "GNOME Foundation" in cooperation with "Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation" and "GNOME Deutschland". This is a good chance for any talented graphician to show off their work but anyone can submit a logo if they think they have what it takes. The winner will have their logo displayed on guadec.org for at least 1 year along with a credit to them and a bottle of well known wine from Stuttgart region. Furtheron the logo will be put on each conference T-Shirt of GUADEC#6. The competition can be entered by anyone. After the submission period is over (29.Nov 2004) the GUADEC#6 organization comitee will vote for their favourite design. So why not submit a logo? The rules and schedule can be found at http://www.guadec.org/logo-competition.html GOOD LUCK and spread the word, the more submissions the better! ## Bookmarks: ## http://www.guadec.org ## http://www.gnome.org ## http://opensource.region-stuttgart.de ## http://www.gnome-de.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Call for bug check
by Jon A. Cruz 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Alan Horkan wrote: >tried saving as >'abc.......ab' > >(the dots are unknown characters, some Hebrew some Arabic insterted using >windows charmap. the two characters after abc look like accented versions >of 'A' and 'a' but the other characters do not even display in the text >entry and instead I just get empty rectangles) > >got the following error. > >Could not build file name from 'file:///U:/Desktop' and >'abc.......ab': >Invalid byte sequence in conversion input > > Guess what? As far as I can tell, that's not an Inkscape error, but a GTK+ one. It seems to be that the file dialogs won't allow you to build filenames/paths that do not map into the current "filename" 8-bit encoding. If you have multilingual support (via Microsoft MUI or some such), you could try switching to a language that has those characters, then switching back and using the MRU list to access them. Also (and if you can't switch language), you could use some text editor that supports UTF-8 to edit your preferences.xml directly and stick that name into your MRU list. Hmmm... I wonder if it's time to use Inkscape to draw a little 'zone' diagram of the program and all the different points that could be affecting non-ASCII names? Hmmmm....

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Exporting EPS
by Steffen Glückselig 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Hello, I searched a way to export my graphics as eps (to use them with latex) but couldn't find an option in inkscape. Is it possible at all? If not, does anyone know of a tool that converts svg to eps? (Or even a better, more comfortable way to include svg in latex?) regards Steffen

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Call for bug check
by unknown＠example.com 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Can anyone on Windows check the following bugs for me? 925033 win32: non-ascii filenames still don't work 934062 win32: international characters in home path 1052307 Saving fails because of UTF-8 Error In generall, the steps to check these are 1) run a version of Inkscape that is belived to have the bug 2) try to reproduce the bug 3) report if it was reproduceable or not 4) once the bug is being reproduced, update to a version of Inkscape that should have it fixed 5) try to reproduce the bug the same way as worked for step 2 6) report if it is still reproduceable. With that in mind, I mainly need to get people to verify the bug via steps 1 through 3. Getting them checked on Windows 95/98/ME and also on Windows NT/2K/XP is helpful, as they are very different bases. Thanks, Jon

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Shape-tutorial
by Steffen Glückselig 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Hello, I've just stumpled over the new tutorial on shapes and played around with it. I've noticed that some features described in the tutorial won't work with me. Most of the CTRL+click and Shift+click things do not work, e.g. I also couldn't find the handles for resizing an ellipse. There are just the two handles for creating arcs. I am using Inkscape for windows. Must be a build from last week... Before I forget: The tutorial is great. I learned a lot. Inkscape is marvelous! :-) best regards Steffen

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] RE: Le tutoriel \'effet mirroir avec inkscape\'
by Gazal, Geraud (GE Healthcare) 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

When I see the work done by Bulia for his tutorials, I much more see this document as an example (a kind of Inkscape in action) and it can't be compared to the complete and exaustive presentations of the fonctionnalities brought by Inkscape tutorials. -> I'll create an "Examples: Inkscape in action" page on the Wiki, and add this there. Guys from www.linuxgraphic.org have issued a lot of excellent tutorials/examples : I'll ask them permission to perform some other translations and then bring them on the same wiki page if they agree. Regards, Matiphas > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Phillips [mailto:jon@...87...] > Sent: samedi 23 octobre 2004 06:49 > To: Gazal, Geraud (GE Healthcare) > Cc: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net; > inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net; Boyaval Olivier > (linuxgraphic.org); > JP Bourgoy > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] RE: Le tutoriel \'effet mirroir avec > inkscape\' > > > Excellent. Are you going to refactor this into a tutorial to > be included > with Inkscape. This tutorial seems short enough to possibly > include in > the file TIPS AND TRICKS that is included with Inkscape. > Otherwise, go > ahead and post to the wiki where you see appropriate. > > Great! > > Jon > > > > Gazal, Geraud (GE Healthcare) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > here is a translation and update of the 'mirror effect' > tutorial published on the www.linuxgraphic.org web site, by > J.-P. Bourgoy > > > > If you can take a look at it, I'll accept with great > pleasure any correction/update/remark. > > > > I've updated it with the use of clones, added some exported > bitmaps of some icons and inserted a few remarks. > > > > It is in HTML at the moment (edited with Nvu), and can be > put on the Wiki. > > I plan to have a PDF and SVG version (with scribus) asap. > > > > Regards, > > > > Matiphas > > > > PS: please note that the file is a zip file. If necessary, > add a .zip extension to its name. (zip files are filtered by > the proxy of my company, sorry). > > PPS: as the author of the original tutorial had published > his document without any license, this applies also to this > translation >

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two new tips from the tipsandtricks tutorial
by bulia byak 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

I added two new tips to the tutorial. Feel free to send me your favorite Inkscape tips for inclusion - preferably something non-obvious, useful, and not documented elsewhere. Clipping or masking a bitmap By default, an imported bitmap (e.g. a photo) is an <image> element which is not editable by a Node tool. To work around this, convert the image into a rectangle with pattern fill by Alt+I ("Tile"). Now this object can be converted to path, node-edited, intersected with other shapes etc. In Preferences (Misc tab), you can set the option of always importing bitmaps as tiles. Open dialog as an object palette If you have a number of small SVG files whose contents you often reuse in other documents, you can conveniently use the Open dialog as a palette. Add the directory with your SVG sources into the bookmarks list so you can open it quickly. Then browse that directory looking at the previews. Once you found the file you need, simply drag it to the canvas and it will be imported into your current document.

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RE: Le tutoriel \'effet mirroir avec inkscape\'
by Gazal, Geraud (GE Healthcare) 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

Hi, here is a translation and update of the 'mirror effect' tutorial published on the www.linuxgraphic.org web site, by J.-P. Bourgoy If you can take a look at it, I'll accept with great pleasure any correction/update/remark. I've updated it with the use of clones, added some exported bitmaps of some icons and inserted a few remarks. It is in HTML at the moment (edited with Nvu), and can be put on the Wiki. I plan to have a PDF and SVG version (with scribus) asap. Regards, Matiphas PS: please note that the file is a zip file. If necessary, add a .zip extension to its name. (zip files are filtered by the proxy of my company, sorry). PPS: as the author of the original tutorial had published his document without any license, this applies also to this translation

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Little suggestion for "sticky" bitmap exporting
by Paul Libbrecht 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Dear Inkscapers, Here's a first suggestion: a feature I would have wished since ages in Illustrator but... never had a chance to provide... When you export as bitmap a document from a design program, you often want to export it several times. I'd love Inkscape to have a checkbox in the export-as-bitmap dialog that says "and export every time I save". Another file-menu-command such as "export-again" would also help. And maybe "settings-set-for-export" may make sense (at least in some future). paul

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selection cue
by bulia byak 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

A long time ago, when Carl proposed the box selection cue (every selected object is enframed by a dashed box), I did not want to make this the default because I found it to be too intrusive. However, since then I grew to like this more than the default selection cue (every selected object has a diamond mark in the top left corner) and I find that I use the box selcue all the time. It's not so intrusive once you get used to it, and it gives a much better idea of the object extent and is nice for aligning things. Also, previously the selcue was only displayed in selector, where the scale/rotation handles make the selcue box a bit redundant; now however the selcue is displayed in most other tools that have no other handles around the selection. Hence a question: would you agree or disagree if I make bbox selcue the default? In case you don't know how to change it: Preferences > Tools > Selector, change "Per-object selection cue" from "Mark" (current default) to "Box".

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difficulties with ill2svg
by Paul Libbrecht 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Hi List, I am discovering InkScape with great pleasure. It seems to have the confort of Illustrator, of which I've been a fan since version 3.2, but adopts more standards, and maybe even more interactivity! One project I'd like to try is to bring the library of plan-sketches of our furnitures from Illustrator to InkScape... But I am encountering at least the following two issues: - shapes that have "zero-stroke" (that it "printer-dot-thin" more or less) are filled with black - no text is imported I am on the impression that, most probably, I am using a wrong version of the Illustrator documents... but ill2svg says nothing about the supported versions... My attempt was on Illustrator 8 format (Mac line-endings) and Illustrator 5.5 format (Mac line-endings).... should I go as far as Illustrator 3 ? thanks paul

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