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Dashed path in inkscape
by Bibi Morris 15 May '09

15 May '09

I am in need of a way to do a dashed path in inkscape. When I use the stroke to path it shows up on my SVG as a dashed path, but when it import that to my cutting machine it will cut as a regular path, not one that has holes in it. What I need is a single line with little pieces missing on the line. Does anyone know of an easy way to do this in inkscape? Bibi

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Inkscape 0.46 on Ubuntu 9.04 - Lost Raster Effects
by heathenx 15 May '09

15 May '09

I have an interesting problem. I just noticed that with Inkscape 0.46 (built on April 8th) installed on Ubuntu 9.04 from the default repos has no Raster effects listed from the effects menu. This is the first time that I noticed it was missing since installing Ubuntu 9.04 in late April. They are listed in my SVN version (r21302) that I have compiled but the entire effect listing is broken. Do others have this problem? heathenx

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Multiple duplicate, best practice?
by Lars Behrens 14 May '09

14 May '09

Hi there, what is the best way to copy an item multiple times (let's say 30), when you have a fixed start and end point? Up to now I set the first and last object and then press [ctr] + d 28 times, then distribute them all with "distribute and align". Not quite elegant... There's that "Multiple Clone" tool, but that seems to be a bit too complicated for me, as it never does what I want :-) Is there a howto for it? Maybe someone of you can give me tip? TIA, Lars

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Multiple duplicate, best practice?
by Lars Behrens 14 May '09

14 May '09

Am Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2009 schrieb Steven M. Ottens: > An approach would be to copy your item and move it to the end point. > Then choose Effects>Generate from Path>Interpolate. Then you could > say that you want 28 steps and it should create 28 copies nicely > distributed between the begin and end point. The object needs to be a > path though IIRC. Oh, this is quite handy! Let's wait, if the limitation to path will be a problem but for now, this helps me. Thanks! Lars

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Shape Tool
by Joe Ward 13 May '09

13 May '09

I have opened a map in Inkscape, and I want to draw several stars to mark points on the map where attractions may be found. I choose the star shape tool from the tool bar, put the cursor on the spot where I want to put the first star, click and drag. It draws a star, but some distance from the point where I want it, and not a predictable distance or direction from where I put the cursor. Then I tried to select it in order to move it to the point where I want it, by clicking on it with the selection tool. It won't select. If I leave it selected after drawing it, I can't drag it where I want it. If I copy it and paste it, it pastes under the point where the word "paste" was in the edit dialog. How is this supposed to work? -Joe Ward

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Tool pointer pixmaps
by Guillermo Espertino 13 May '09

13 May '09

I've uploaded some improved (imho) pixmaps for the tool pointers in this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/325145 --- The changes are: - Tweaked the appearance of 3dbox and eraser - added crosshairs to connector and bucket fill - new icon for bucket fill - Unified the appearance of pen and pencil tools - Unified the size and position of the color dropper icon The icons had different sizes and positions relative to the crosshairs, so I tried to unify that. Now the modified icons fit in a 26x26 square at the upper left of the total area (32x32) so there is space in the bottom left for potential modified versions (for instance adding a + sign for addition, like the gradient tool has). Some icons (bucket fill, color dropper and connector) have a slightly different hotspots now, so they'll have to be adjusted. There are others that can be adjusted, but with these changes at least the set is more homogenous in size and style. The pen icon for the bezier tool is in my opinion confusing, since the pen icon in the UI is assigned to the calligraphic tool. Nobody seems to matter, though. ---- The only change needed is to check and correct the tool hostpot in some of them, but I guess that would be a trivial change (that I don't know how to perform :-) What do you think?

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Transform stroke into path
by unknown＠example.com 13 May '09

13 May '09

Hi, Is there a way to transform a stroke into a path? eg you create a shape, with a stroke. Then you want to remove parts of the stroke. Cutting the shape simply creates the stroke again around the modified shape, i would like to have the path created by the stroke as an object by itself. cedric

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Easy community task - Social PR
by Cedric Sagne 13 May '09

13 May '09

There is a group on LinkedIn. I think all of us on this list should be inclined to join. Ideally I would see a link to LinkedIn / group on inkscape.org Cedric

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Easy community task - Social PR
by Joshua A. Andler 04 May '09

04 May '09

Hey All, With the About Screen Contest for 0.47 underway, one of the easiest things we all can do to help is to spread the word via social networking means. Whether it be blogging, tweeting (or RTs), posting on forums, you name it... the more of us that talk about, the more attention it will get. This contest PR effort could prove to be a good test of some of the needed PR mechanisms to make the announcement of 0.47 (when it is released) as loud, far reaching, and relevant as possible. So, again... the announcement which needs to be shown love (digg style button, yes it requires registration like digg) is here: http://news.deviantart.com/article/79268/ The more people that show the article love, the more people it will end up attracting the attention of on DA (which is important since it is the largest online art community/potential userbase). Want to help get us new users? This alone is one of the most effective methods. Note, even if you're not interested in signing up at DA to show love, you should still spread the word. :) Cheers, Josh P.S. Yes, I will put out a similar call to action when we're looking to do the PR push for the 0.47 release. Consider this our test run. :)

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Inkscape 0.47 About Screen Contest
by Joshua A. Andler 04 May '09

04 May '09

Hey all, The Inkscape team and community is proud to announce the About Screen contest for the upcoming release of Inkscape (0.47). The contest begins... well, right now! The deadline is May 25th, 2009. As with the past contests we've had, it is being done via DeviantART ( http://www.deviantart.com/ ). You can find out more about it at: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/24582792/ Additionally, if you have a DeviantART account, please show the news some "love" (via the digg style button), so we can hopefully get the story promoted to the front page. http://news.deviantart.com/article/79268/ Good Luck! Have fun! Draw Freely. -Josh

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Special Bug Hunt Spree this weekend (May 9-10)!
by Joshua A. Andler 04 May '09

04 May '09

Hey All, As mentioned in the proposed release schedule, this weekend, May 9-10 we will have a special effort to squash as many bugs as possible in a 48 hour period. If you can make time to participate it would be greatly appreciated by all. Even if you aren't a programmer, you can help to confirm that bugs are indeed fixed by others. Dates: May 9-10 Place: #inkscape on Freenode (or Jabber for the cool kids ;)) Goal: Fix at least a quarter of our goal of 500pts (125pts in 2 days). Reward: Being part of making 0.47 our best and most stable release ever. Be there or be square! Cheers, Josh

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Trouble with kerning
by Julie 04 May '09

04 May '09

Hello, I can't seem to adjust the kerning in text. I've been able to adjust it in the past (alt + arrows), but now it just won't work. I'm using Vista OS. Any thoughts on how I can fix this problem? Thank you. Julie

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Printing PDF files - problem
by unknown＠example.com 04 May '09

04 May '09

Inkscape 0.46 Ubuntu 8.1 Does anyone have a suggestion When I print to file (PDF) the system always produces 2 pages, even if I set the print range at "1" Is this an Inkscape problem or how Cairo handles the output? I have tried putting a small image in the centre of the page, just in case something was spilling over, and get the same result With thanks Terry

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Inkscapers traveling to LGM
by Jon A. Cruz 02 May '09

02 May '09

Hi, Do we have any Inkscape people traveling to LGM other than myself? For travel reimbursement they would like us to get them a list of people ASAP so they can address things, and want a single contact person to list things for them.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Fill pattern and eps export
by Paul Rigby. 01 May '09

01 May '09

---- Original message ---- From: Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...206...> Sent: 29 Apr 2009 12:59pm +02:00 To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Fill pattern and eps export On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 12:29 +0200, Lars Behrens wrote: > Hi there, > > when exporting to eps (and also to pdf) I lose all the fill patterns in my > drawing. I'm using the standard hatch patterns like "Stripes 1:8" with > Inkscape 0.46. Is there a trick to conserve them? > It's a bug in 0.46. A wrong transformation is applied to the pattern. Should be fixed in SVN (and 0.47). Tav ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Fill pattern and eps export
by Lars Behrens 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Hi there, when exporting to eps (and also to pdf) I lose all the fill patterns in my drawing. I'm using the standard hatch patterns like "Stripes 1:8" with Inkscape 0.46. Is there a trick to conserve them? TIA! Cheerz, Lars

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Hello and some questions about scripting in inkscape
by Rubén Quiñones 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Hello all, I'm a low-level user of inkscape, I just open image files from a Geographical Information System in svg format, modify them and export to png/pdf files. As soon as I realized Inkscape has support to the python language scriptting, I try making a script that do for itself the frecuently-used actions I actually do in the files (Just modify some xml attributes of the same objects and export it to png). As I don't Know python language (I program in C/C++/vba) , May anyone guide me where I could get examples for that? I've just looked for in the inkscape wiki, but I'm a bit lost. Thanks for your time Rubén Quiñones Ruiz

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Hello and some questions about scripting in inkscape
by Rubén Quiñones 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Hello all, I'm a low-level user of inkscape, I just open image files from a Geographical Information System in svg format, modify them and export to png/pdf files. As soon as I realized Inkscape has support to the python language scriptting, I try making a script that do for itself the frecuently-used actions I actually do in the files (Just modify some xml attributes of the same objects and export it to png). As I don't Know python language (I program in C/C++/vba) , May anyone guide me where I could get examples for that? I've just looked for in the inkscape wiki, but I'm a bit lost. Thanks for your time Rubén Quiñones Ruiz

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Iconset - Work in progress
by Plácido Sousa 26 Apr '09

26 Apr '09

Hi, Sending iconset. Still work in progress. -- > Plácido André Sousa http://chezplacide.blogspot.com placidoaps@...155... .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^

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Nightly/Testing Builds
by Joshua A. Andler 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Hey All, We seem to be in a bad place with our nightly builds. It would be excellent if we could have a few volunteers step up to produce nightlies (or at least builds from every few days). Anyone who can (or would like to) produce builds for Windows, Linux, and OSX would be making a great contribution to keeping us on track to release 0.47 in the near future. If you are interested, please speak up and we will do what we can to get you producing builds ASAP. For the record, this is how bad the situation is: Win32 - April 18th OSX - March 3rd Linux - nothing from this year (Autopackages are over a year old) So again, if lending some CPU cycles and a little time is all you can do, it is still a LOT for the community. Cheers, Josh

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Inkscape user profiles - for promoting the 0.47 release
by Donna Benjamin 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Hi everyone! In the lead up to announcing the 0.47 release we are preparing an announcement to send to user groups, other open source projects and media outlets. As part of this, we would like to have some stories from Users to help bring this to life. A software release on its own isn't very interesting. It's what people do with that software that really inspires others to give it a go, and get involved. So... Name: This can be your full name, or an IRC nick, etc Photo: Just a headshot or avatar to identify you, and add colour and interest to the profile. Thoughts on Inkscape: What you think about the application, how you discovered it, what you use it for... etc. (up to 200 words) Tip: Something you think is cool/nifty/handy/useful, and would like to share with others about Using Inkscape, Artwork: an example piece of artwork/diagram/graphic showcasing how you use Inkscape. How I did it: Short description of the main tools / techniques used to create that artwork - optionally with step by step instructions if you feel like it. Permission: Give permission for us to use all of the above on the website (and relevant publications) to promote the upcoming Release of Version 0.47 License: Creative Commons - Share Alike. I have created a page on the Inkscape wiki with a template. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/UserStories047 cheers Donna -- Donna Benjamin - kattekrab.net Inkscape: Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics 0.47 is coming... http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Printing PDF files - problem
by Kim Hovorka 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

There has been a printing issue for a long time with inkscape 0.46 and so I have not been able to use it and have to go back to version 0.45 which has been very frustrating. I print out large banner size items and 0.46 does not print properly at all. Sincerely, Kim Hovorka kimhovorka@...12... --- On Fri, 4/24/09, ropework@...289... <ropework@...289...> wrote: > From: ropework@...289... <ropework@...289...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Printing PDF files - problem > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 10:21 AM > > Inkscape 0.46 Ubuntu 8.1 > > Does anyone have a suggestion > > When I print to file (PDF) the system > always produces 2 pages, even if I set the print range at > "1" > > Is this an Inkscape problem or how Cairo > handles the output? > > I have tried putting a small image in > the centre of the page, just in case something was spilling > over, and get the same result > > With thanks > > Terry > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables > unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for > externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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Re: [Inkscape-user] (dev version for win32) Nightly/Testing Builds
by imigital 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Thanks for the updated files. I finally found the files you described. You have to scroll down to the "Snapshots" folder. link http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=9911… I didn't know about this location for Snapshots, just used knew about "Mirrored Win32 Builds" http://inkscape.modevia.com/ Snapshots ---LINKS---------------------------------------------------- Sourceforge Inkscape http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/ Download Browse all Packages http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 Download Browse all Packages Inkscape http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=99112 Download Browse all Packages Inkscape Snapshots http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=9911… ------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, imigital --- On Fri, 4/24/09, Adib Taraben <taraben.a@...2011...> wrote: > From: Adib Taraben <taraben.a@...2011...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Nightly/Testing Builds > To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 7:16 AM > hello, > > I took the opportunity to push a dev version for win32 from > today to > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=991… > it contains the the exe-installer as well the 7z-archive. > > Please note the printing defekt should be fixed in revision > >= 21212 > btw. a nice number ;-) > > Adib. > ---

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"Fragment" Operation
by Rob Antonishen 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Is there any way to perform a "fragment" operation in inkscape? Specifically, if you have multiple overlapping shapes, they all cut each other where they cross. For example, for two overlapping circles, you would end up with two crescents and a lens shape filling the space between. It is relatively easy to do this for two shapes (Duplicate, and perform an intersection, then on the original perform an exclusion followed by a break apart) but for a larger number of shapes the operations grow exponentially. Thanks - -Rob A>

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add fake transpareny without real transparency
by Martin Bretschneider 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Hello, I have a small problem with inkscape 0.46: I have object1 that is above object2. Object1 has some kind of transparency since object2 should also seen through this transparency. This does work well in inkscape and the pdf output (via cairo) is also well. But only adobe reader and foxit reader seem to support pdf transparency, all the poppler based readers like okular, evince, sumatrapdf do not show the transparency. Thus, it is not a problem of inkscape but (maybe) poppler. You can see test files here: svg in zip file: http://www.siteupload.de/dl.php?fid=946719 pdf file: http://www.siteupload.de/dl.php?fid=946716 But I also think that if you want to print this pdf file in a printing shop, there could be problems. My question: Is there a possibility to make inkscape to render a kind of fake transparency (that looks the same as real transpareny with an alpha channel) but that has no alpha channel (adjusting the other color channels of course). So, the exported pdf (or eps/ps that do not support transparency at all) could have the fake transparency. Kind regards, Martin Bretschneider

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