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document templates
by Stefan Seefeld 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

hi there, I'm looking for software to help me designing CD labels, and so I tried a variety of tools, all raster based. It strikes me that a vector-drawing editor would be a better fit (IMO), and so I wonder whether inkscape has support for this kind of thing. I believe all that is required is a way to import document templates that provide the 'frame' for users to draw into. Is that true ? If so, the 'glabels' application comes with an impressive set of templates (in xml) which could probably be converted to something inkscape can use. Would that be an option ? Regards, Stefan

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Importing a logo to Inkscape
by Alberto Simões 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

Hi I need to import two logos for a work I'm doing in inkscape. One of them is eps, tiff or jpeg. As I need quality for A3 paper, I needed eps. Inkscape does not load eps. pstoedit does not export to svg (the plugin fails). Ideas? THe other is in FreeHand. I managed to convert to Illustrator, but ImageMgick convert also don't convert it at all. Ideas? THanks. Cheers -- Alberto Simões

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps
by Robert G. Davis 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

File->Inkscape Prefs.->Misc tab. On a related note. When I import a picture (tried PNG and BMP) the image size says the correct resolution but the selection size is too small. Inkscape .39 Robert Davis -----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Henry House Sent: Sat 10/16/2004 12:24 AM To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps På fredag, 15 oktober 2004, skrev Robert Davis: > Can't you tell in Inkscape Preferences to scale as 300dpi and not 72? > Haven't tried it since everything I did was 72. I would do just that if I knew how, but I have not seen control for the resolution of imported bitmaps in the Inkscape Preferences. Can you point me to it? I have Inkscape 0.39. -- Henry House Please don't send me HTML mail! My mail system will reject it. The unintelligible text that may follow is a digital signature. See <http://hajhouse.org/pgp> to find out how to use it. My OpenPGP key: <http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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color of arrow-head
by Steffen Glückselig 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

Hello, I just noticed that changing the color of a line won't change the color of the arrow-head. Is this on purpose? Is there are workaround other than drawing one's own arrow? best regards Steffen -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps
by Robert Davis 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

Can't you tell in Inkscape Preferences to scale as 300dpi and not 72? Haven't tried it since everything I did was 72. Robert Davis On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 07:44 -0700, Henry House wrote: > I have a high-resolution bitmap (300dpi JPEG) that I want to insert into an > inkscape drawing. However, there is no obvious way to specify the resolution > of the image when inserting it, so inkscape scales it such that the image > has enormous dimensions and the bitmap's pixels are the same size as screen > pixels --- suboptimal. Scaling it works, though it is a bit fiddly to scale > the bitmap get back the original size and resolution. I am also worried that > when I print the image of a postscript printer whose resolution is, say, 300 > dpi, that there will be artifacts in the output from the printer rasterzing > the bitmap from 299.99 dpi to its phusical resolution. > > Can anyone suggest a good method to handle this situation? >

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps
by Joshua A. Andler 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

When you say that it is a bit fiddly to scale it back to the correct size... have you done it numerically? Such as right-clicking on the image and going into 'image properties' and modifying the width and height that way? Hopefully that helps... -Josh > -----Original Message----- > From: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user- > admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Henry House > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 7:44 AM > To: inkscape-user@...84... > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps > > I have a high-resolution bitmap (300dpi JPEG) that I want to insert into > an > inkscape drawing. However, there is no obvious way to specify the > resolution > of the image when inserting it, so inkscape scales it such that the image > has enormous dimensions and the bitmap's pixels are the same size as > screen > pixels --- suboptimal. Scaling it works, though it is a bit fiddly to > scale > the bitmap get back the original size and resolution. I am also worried > that > when I print the image of a postscript printer whose resolution is, say, > 300 > dpi, that there will be artifacts in the output from the printer > rasterzing > the bitmap from 299.99 dpi to its phusical resolution. > > Can anyone suggest a good method to handle this situation? > > -- > Henry House > Please don't send me HTML mail! My mail system will reject it. > The unintelligible text that may follow is a digital signature. > See <http://hajhouse.org/pgp> to find out how to use it. > My OpenPGP key: <http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out > more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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embedding SVG in (X)HTML
by Steffen Glückselig 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

Hello, I'd like to embed some SVGs in XHTML. I'd use the object-Element of (X)HTML for that task. I'd like to scale the SVG to fit the dimensions given by the object-element via its width- and height-attributes. Is that possible? What would I have to add to my svg-file or to my html? best regards Steffen

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centering diagonal line points
by Rob Benton 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

I've been working some with inkscape some and I have a problem I'm not sure how to solve. Let me draw a simple diagram: +----------+ | Box 1 | +----------+ / / +----------+ | Box 2 | +----------+ Is there a way I can exactly line up the end of those points to the center of each box? The top point of the line to the middle of Box 1 and the bottom point to the middle of Box 2. I didn't know if there was a good way to do this. Any ideas appreciated. Thanks

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POV-Ray users?
by Jon A. Cruz 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

If there are any POV-Ray users kicking around out there, could you drop me a mail directly and let me know? I've seen a few of you lurking around out there (especially given the new POV-Ray export), and was looking for any guinepigs for a little util I'm working on. Thanks.

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Changing language in inkscape
by Per Karlström 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

I have installed inkscape on my PC located in Sweden, running winXP Eng Pro. However some menue items are in swedish and some in english. I prefer having all in english. How/where do I chage that? -- Per Karlström Ph.D. Student +46-13-28 29 03 ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering Linköping University 581 83 Linköping

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Demande de confirmation d'inscription à mysql-france
by Yahoo! Groupes 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

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Performance Qs...
by Joshua A. Andler 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

I have just a few Qs regarding performance that I'm just curious about (not complaints, just wanting to understand). 1) Why does inkscape respond much slower when moving grouped/multiple items via arrow keys vs mouse? 1a) Why does it take so long to regain control of objects when they've been moved? (once again, those grouped/multiple objects) 2) Why does it sometimes take up to 2 mins to start responding again after moving grouped/multiple items (via KB)... longest I've seen by mouse is 20 seconds? (sometimes processor is pegged, other times only using 3%, but still not responsive) 3) Why does inkscape explode in RAM so much? Basically if I have an 800k document, why would inkscape be using 133megs of RAM (not always, but if working with it for like 30mins), vs a smaller (500k) document that only uses like 40megs. Thanks -Josh

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Splitting one large image into several small
by Frans Englich 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

Hello all, I have a problem which perhaps isn't strictly related to Inkscape, but perhaps you now the solution for anyway, if it's not possible to solve with Inkscape. I have large SVG images which at the end will be transfered to wood -- they are lineart blueprint acting as templates which the wood will be cut after. The blueprint are large -- 0.5m x 1.0m -- and it's too expensive for me to let a printing office print them, so I am looking for alternative solutions. My plan is to apply a grid on the image, chop it into A4 chunks, and play puzzle afterwards. But how do I convert this large SVG image(or converted to any other format) into a "mosaik" of small images, suitable for printing? Manually would take too long and be too error prone. Anyone has an idea? Cheers, Frans

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re[1]:
by Eddy Short 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

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Visio similarity?
by unknown＠example.com 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

Hi inkscape folks, I only recently got attracted to this project. The thing that attracted my attention is your aim - among others - to offer an open-source replacement for MS-Visio. Now, what I have mostly been doing with Visio as a developer is modelling software development, with methodologies, like ERD-, or all kinds of UML-diagramms. My question is: do you have the goal or plan - and if yes, when - to add similar features and patterns to inkscape? If it is not in your plans, does anybody of you know an open source software for the above described activities? (I don't Poseidon to it) Thanks a lot in advance ===== ------------------------- Xenofon Grigoriadis Pfarrer-Martini-Straße 22 53121 Bonn Tel:0179/1024651 e-mail: xgrigoriadis@...266... ------------------------- ___________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 100MB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de

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front-back print regitration
by Lee Harr 08 Oct '04

08 Oct '04

Hi; I want to print on both the front and back of a piece of paper and have things line up (close to) right... Nothing fancy (home inkjet printer) -- within a couple of millimeters would be fine. Does anyone have a "registration" template to get the correct offset for my printer, in to which I could set my document for printing after I get everything lined up? Or some other (better ;o) suggestions? I don't want to reinvent any wheels here, and my googling has not been very productive. Thanks for your time. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Is there a "switch"
by Jiří Dobrý 08 Oct '04

08 Oct '04

I am newbie to inkscape. I like to have the position coordinates of the objects in the center of them instead of the left bottom corner. Simply just to make concentric circles more easy. Is there any kind of "switch" to do this in inkscape? Thank you very much, please forget my bad english. Multimotyl

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Inkscake in SuSE 9.2 (fwd)
by Bryce Harrington 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 16:51:57 -0400 From: Russell Evans <russell-evans@...259...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...1...> Subject: Inkscake in SuSE 9.2 http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/preview/newfeatures.html SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 includes the following new features: ... Graphics * Inkscape, the new vector drawing program

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unable to do easy landscape work
by Jeremy C. Reed 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

I wanted to print landscape pages. I could choose layout of landscape and I could also choose paper size to reflect landscape size but printing always came out in normal and a lot of my image was chopped off. If I got it to print in landscape mode, then my image or text would be printed wrong direction. My only solution was to rotate my text or image objects 90 degrees (on the display). But that made it hard to read and use for text entry. This was with inkscape-0.38.1. I looked in the FAQ and searched the bug tracker but no note of it. I was unable to get to CVS to find a changelog to review (blame that on Sourceforge). Please consider placing a changelog linked from front page or close by. If it is there, please point me to it. Anyways, my question is: how can I print to landscape mode while my display accurately shows my work without having to turn my head sideways? I am not on this list; please post if moderated. And please CC me on replies. Thank you. Jeremy C. Reed BSD News, BSD tutorials, BSD links http://www.bsdnewsletter.com/ p.s. Anyone use pkgsrc? I will import the new version of inkscape into pkgsrc soon.

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Screenshots needed for the Open Clip Art Library
by Jon Phillips 05 Oct '04

05 Oct '04

Hello all! The Open Clip Art Project is in need of your screenshots of clip art submitted to the project. An Open Clip Art Library developer, Jonadab, has constructed a script for the site (www.openclipart.org), that takes your screenshots (any size, but 1024 by 768 pixels preferred) into a thumnail, posts it to the screenshots page and then puts it into rotation on the main page of the site for the random screenshot viewer. Please contribute your screenshot! http://openclipart.org/cgi-bin/upload_screenshot.cgi Also, if you have any SVG clip art, submit that as well too: http://www.openclipart.org/ Jon

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Open Clip Art Library 0.07 Release
by Bryce Harrington 04 Oct '04

04 Oct '04

The seventh release of the Open Clip Art Library, containing 2300 SVG files, is now available for download from http://openclipart.org/. http://openclipart.org/downloads/openclipart-0.07.tgz (17M) This adds over 300 new items from the past release! Bryce

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Announce SVG::Metadata 0.16 release
by Bryce Harrington 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

SVG::Metadata 0.16 has been released to CPAN and will become available shortly at: https://pause.perl.org/pub/PAUSE/authors/id/B/BR/BRYCE This release enables the --delete option to work for individual svg files specified on the commandline. This capability removes the metadata from the svg image, which is useful if you wish to replace it with new metadata. Enjoy, Bryce On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Bryce Harrington wrote: > > Does the file currently have metadata in it? If so, then you need to > > remove the existing metadata first (I haven't implemented an 'edit' > > capability yet). > > > > You can do this by running 'svg_annotate --delete yukon.svg' on it. > > as i said in another message, the big problem is that 'svg_annotate > --delete yukon.svg' does not produce any result > > > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller wrote: > > > > > >>I have been trying to test the svg_annotate script by running the > >>following command: > >>svg_annotate --title=Canada_Yukon yukon.svg > >>Processing file 'yukon.svg' > >> > >>Problem is that it seems to have no effect, I can't find the title > >>inside the SVG and running ls -la shows me nothing happened to the file: > >> > >>ls -la yukon.svg* > >>-rw-rw-r-- 1 cschalle cschalle 54567 Sep 28 10:57 yukon.svg > >>-rw-rw-r-- 1 cschalle cschalle 54567 Sep 27 20:03 yukon.svg.orig > > >

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nice eps output
by Chris Pickett 29 Sep '04

29 Sep '04

Hi, First of all, I really really love inkscape, and am using it for all my technical drawings. If it had support for easily adding text to objects, and connection points, it would be even better ... but I'm sure these things or similar things have already been requested. I would like to include the attached inkscape .svg file in a latex document. Using the png might work, except that I can't use pdflatex because I am making slides with prosper (which uses eps and is therefore incompatible with pdflatex ...). So I am stuck with eps. If I export it to eps, it renders badly in all viewers I've tried, whether in eps or pdf form (gsview, ggv, acroread, gpdf). I can get it to look nice if I import a png into the gimp and flatten the layers in the image, and then export to eps. However, this (a) is somewhat painful (especially for tens of images), and (b) doesn't preserve the image perfectly. Is there any way to get eps files out of inkscape that the viewers I've listed (preferably acroread) will display properly, without taking the svg->png->eps multi-application route? Thanks, Chris P.S. I have gotten nice eps files out of inkscape before, but only black and white ones without any transparency / alpha-channel stuff.

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units
by Aaron and Sarah Spike 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

The other day I was trying to draw a path to scale in inkscape 0.39 (Debian unstable) so that I could borrow the path data, put it into a pdf and print a path to scale spanning multple pages. I noticed that I don't quite understand units in inkscape and I was hoping someone could help me understand. On the page tab of the document preferences dialog Inkscape appears to use 72 points to one inch. The units in the path data seem to be 90 units to one inch. What units are these? Is there a way to make Inkscape store the path data units as inches or centimeters? If I change the grid units to inches in a new document, the ruler inches change to inches. When I open the document again for editing the ruler units switch back to the default mm and the grid units stay inches. Is there an independant way to control the ruler units or a way to sync them with the grid? Is there a way to change the cursor position units? They default to points but change to ruler units while transformig objects. Thank you, Aaron Spike

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Printing Oddities
by Veall, Crispin 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Hi All, I seem to be having great difficulties printing anything from inkscape onto my printer (Epson Stylus Photo 870). If I attempt to print anything, it comes out as a large grey square, with the vaguest hint of the darkest parts of the image elongated down the right-hand side. I've tried using print direct, print image as bitmap and piping through lp, and kprinter, to no avail. I can print out to a laser printer at work, but that's a raw PS one. Any suggestions on what to check, how to narrow down the culprit, or how to clarify what's wrong most welcome. I've tried to compile inkscape with --gnome-print, but that completely failed (I've raised a bug on this). Apart from that, I'm really impressed with Inkscape - a big thankyou to all who've helped with it. Cheers, Crispin

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