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Call for volunteers (non-programming stuff!)
by Joshua A. Andler 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hey All, Volunteers needed! Do you want to contribute to Inkscape but don't program? We can still use your help! We need volunteers for the following tasks: Testing SVN/Nightly Build (windows and osx especially) Reviewing and triaging Bug Reports Updating Tutorials & Documentation Reviewing Release Notes for accuracy/completion Writing PR/Announcements for our upcoming release Those are needs we always really have, but, we can always use an extra hand in the lead-up to release. Right now, if we could have a lot of attention put on our bug tracker for confirming bugs, figuring out what has been fixed, tagging things, and just getting it in better shape for the bug hunt, it will make a world of difference to the people trying to fix things. If anyone is interested in participating, please feel free to reply, hop on irc/jabber to discuss, or just jump right to it. :) If you need any information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Cheers, Josh

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Problem with wiki
by Jon A. Cruz 13 Apr '09

13 Apr '09

I think I might have just seen a hidden problem with the wiki. I went to update a page on our versions, and saw contents for our release notes instead. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Tracking_Dependencies The history listed things as expected, with the time of the last edit corresponding to the time I updated a table on that page. However, the contents were from that other page. Our servers were down for a bit the other day, so it is possible that something got corrupted. Could all of you take a quick moment to skim things and see if any pages are holding the wrong information? Thanks

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Globe+pictures
by unknown＠example.com 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

> > You could transform a raster image into an array of squares, one for > each pixel. By hand??? Jos > > Or you could do something like this... > > http://rogeralsing.com/2008/12/07/genetic-programming-evolution-of-mona- > lisa/ > > Then once you have a raster image that is vectorized somehow you can use > all of InkScape's vector tools. > > ~Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: heathenx [mailto:heathenx@...155...] > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:05 PM > To: Inkscape User Community > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Globe+pictures > > josfon@...861... wrote the following on 4/9/2009 12:41 PM: >>> On 04/08/2009 10:04 PM, josfon@...861... wrote: >> >> Thanks. >> I thought so already. >> The sphere is not the problem. >> Transforming the photo's is. >> >> Jos >>>> Hey All, >>>> I wonder: is it possible to this in Inkscape? >>> So basically you want to get an array of photos and map them to a >>> sphere... AFAIK you can't to this with Inkscape. I would use GIMP for >>> the task. >>> >>> -- >>> nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com >>> Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org >>> my cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ >>> my clipart collection: http://clipart.nicubunu.ro/ >>> > > > It's really too bad that Inkscape doesn't have a way to deform a raster > image in a like manner as > Xara's mold tool or Gimp's perspective tool. Something dynamic. Would be > rather handy. Perhaps > someday. :) > > heathenx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > 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] Globe+pictures
by unknown＠example.com 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

> On 04/08/2009 10:04 PM, josfon@...861... wrote: Thanks. I thought so already. The sphere is not the problem. Transforming the photo's is. Jos >> Hey All, >> I wonder: is it possible to this in Inkscape? > > So basically you want to get an array of photos and map them to a > sphere... AFAIK you can't to this with Inkscape. I would use GIMP for > the task. > > -- > nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com > Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org > my cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ > my clipart collection: http://clipart.nicubunu.ro/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > 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] Link in PDF
by imigital 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

see attached svg create an invisible text link over object imigital --- On Wed, 4/8/09, Claus Cyrny <claus.cyrny@...22...> wrote: > From: Claus Cyrny <claus.cyrny@...22...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Link in PDF > To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 3:21 AM > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I just exported a map I drew in Inkscape 0.46 > > as a PDF. The map includes a link, but when I > > open the PDF, the link doesn't work. (When I > > open the SVG file in Firefox, the link is there > > alright.) Does Cairo ignore embedded hyperlinks? > > Is there a workaround for this? > > > > The map can be viewed here: > > > > http://static.twoday.net/grafomatic30/files/fmx_09_map.pdf > > > > TIA, > > > > Claus > > > > P.S.: Btw, when checking my Inkscape version, > > I noticed that there's a new SVG used as a back- > > ground image in the "About ..." window, which > > I find really beautiful! Congrats to whoever did > > this! > > > -- > .:: Claus Cyrny - Webdesign | Grafik | Fotografie ::. > > :: Website: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ > ::. > :: Blog: http://grafomatic30.twoday.net/ > ::. > :: Photo.net: http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=714471 > ::. > :: Saatchi Online: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile//105735.html > ::. > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer > Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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] Globe+pictures
by unknown＠example.com 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

Thanks The problem is ideed transforming the photo's. Jos > Hi Alvin and others, > > This was probably not the question of the original post. Of course one > can embed raster images in SVG. The question is whether it is possible > to create such a raster (or combined raster/vector) image in Inkscape. > With my current knowledge it is not possible in Inkscape, since SVG > doesn't allow real3d or 2.5D transformations. > > There is however a working-draft announced that would introduce 2.5D > transformations in SVG: > http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-SVG-Transforms-20090320/ > > I invite Inkscape developers to look at this spec draft and provide > feedback. Inkscape is probably the most advanced SVG authoring tool and > it would be cool if Inkscape would be one of the first implementors of > the new draft specification. > > It would open a lot of interesting new applications and design > opportunities in the world of 2.5D. > > Thanks, > Andreas > > Alvin Penner wrote: >> attached is an .svg file with the above image. >> this was done on Windows XP with the latest development version of >> Inkscape. >> It was necessary to embed the image in order to make the file >> relocatable. >> http://www.nabble.com/file/p22962591/Globe_frame%252Bpicures.svg >> Globe_frame%2Bpicures.svg >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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SVG Open Call for participation
by Ted Gould 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

Hello, For those who are interested the Call for participation for SVG Open this year has gone out. Very exciting, and specifically I can comment on how nice conferences are on the Google campus. All the information is in this mail, of course Inkscape related SVG topics would be interesting to most of the participants. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2009Apr/0052.html It would be cool to have a good showing at the conference. --Ted

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Globe+pictures
by unknown＠example.com 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

Hey All, I wonder: is it possible to this in Inkscape? Cheers, Jos

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Link in PDF
by Claus Cyrny 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Hi all, I just exported a map I drew in Inkscape 0.46 as a PDF. The map includes a link, but when I open the PDF, the link doesn't work. (When I open the SVG file in Firefox, the link is there alright.) Does Cairo ignore embedded hyperlinks? Is there a workaround for this? The map can be viewed here: http://static.twoday.net/grafomatic30/files/fmx_09_map.pdf TIA, Claus P.S.: Btw, when checking my Inkscape version, I noticed that there's a new SVG used as a back- ground image in the "About ..." window, which I find really beautiful! Congrats to whoever did this! -- .:: Claus Cyrny - Webdesign | Grafik | Fotografie ::. :: Website: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ ::. :: Blog: http://grafomatic30.twoday.net/ ::. :: Photo.net: http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=714471 ::. :: Saatchi Online: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile//105735.html ::.

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DeviantART & Wacom Contest
by Joshua A. Andler 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hey All, One of the last major contests held on DA was won by an Inkscape user. There is something to be said for both people's creativity and their tools of choice. :) So, if you'd like a chance to win a brand new Wacom Intuos4, money, some proprietary software that you can throw in the waste bin ;), and all that fun stuff, check out: http://news.deviantart.com/article/76573/ And yes... my recommendation is to use Inkscape. Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Working with colors (grayscale and invert) -- FORGET IT :S
by Alberto Simões 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Stupid me. Found it! Cheers Alberto 2009/4/7 Alberto Simões <hashashin@...155...>: > Hello, friends. > > I know inkscape is a vectorial tool, and not a raster one. But I think > these two operations make sense as well on vectorial images (at least > I am needing them). So, my question is: > > Does inkscape have options to: > - convert an image to grayscale; > - invert image colors; > > TIA > Alberto > > -- > Alberto Simões > -- Alberto Simões

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Working with colors (grayscale and invert)
by Alberto Simões 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hello, friends. I know inkscape is a vectorial tool, and not a raster one. But I think these two operations make sense as well on vectorial images (at least I am needing them). So, my question is: Does inkscape have options to: - convert an image to grayscale; - invert image colors; TIA Alberto -- Alberto Simões

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Vertical bottoms (oo-er)
by Cole Henley 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hi I know it has been brought up before[1] but does anyone know if 1) it is possible to hack Inkscape 0.46 to make the vertical ruler zero at the top rather than the bottom of the page (or at least make it user selectable), or 2) whether there are plans afoot in future versions to implement this Personally I find it one of the biggest PITA with Inkscape and very counter-intuitive for my Anglocentric brain. Cheers, Cole [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/20143

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Inkscape and a triangulation tool, such as Gmsh
by Mengda Wu 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hi all, I am looking for a way to generate a 2D triangulation of a shape (in the attachment) by Inkscape using a triangulation tool, such as Gmsh (http://geuz.org/gmsh/) or else. I am wondering if anyone has done this before. It will be great if I can reload the output into inkscape afterwards. Any idea helps. Thanks, Mengda

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Text un-bolds after saving as pdf via Cairo?
by Alex Rettie 04 Apr '09

04 Apr '09

Hello all, this is my first post so apologies for any bad etiquette! I have been using Inkscape to crop pdf's of graphs for a report I'm writing. This involves importing the A4 pdf page, selecting the graph or figure and then fitting the document size to the selection. I then re-save as a pdf via Cairo, which has been working really well! Nice, sharp correctly sized graphs. However, I've noticed that bold text (axis titles) un-bolds after saving, any ideas on how to stop this? I've tried importing at high precision, but no luck. Also there's a drop down box that specifies how text it handled, but I only have the option to "import as text". Thanks in advance! Alex

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Can math support be enabled on the Wiki, please?
by Jasper van de Gronde 04 Apr '09

04 Apr '09

I would very much appreciate it if math support could be enabled on the Inkscape Wiki. Specifically, I'd like to use it for the Advanced Gradients page. I'm sending it to the list(s) because I have no idea who is "in charge" of the Wiki, so if you do know, that would help as well.

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Color Community of Pallete Inkscape
by Valessio Brito 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

make your pallete colors and share! http://www.colourlovers.com/group/Inkscape -- .ValessioBrito - http://valessiobrito.info

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Continue with the bridge version of the logo
by Guillermo Espertino 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

> Any volunteers to do the cleanup? I did some changes, but I found some problems too. Different browsers render text differently, and not all systems have the freesans font used. A solution would be to convert every text to paths, wich increases the size of the file but renders correctly. Opera (for linux at least, what I tested) has problems with gradients to alpha, apparently. Here are my adjustments. Maybe some of them will have to be rolled back to the previous version (the title part) if we'll stick with the text not converted to curves. -Tweaked the bridge. A lot. Joined paths, corrected some shapes, removed strokes, cleanup. -Joined the semi-transparent white outline of the bridge. cleanup -Removed the clip from the sun. cleanup and cut to keep only the visible part. -Joined the outline of the text (looks fine in inkscape, not in browsers... maybe it has to be undone) -Joined the land in one single path. -Joined the clouds (were groups of circles) http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/255376/20092803_01_svgopen2009v4.png (PNG - Size optimized for IE) http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/255376/20092803_01_svgopen2009v4.svg (inkscape SVG - Layers) http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/255376/20092803_01_svgopen2009v4-plain.svg (plain SVG) http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/255376/20092803_01_svgopen2009v4-plain-notext.svg (plain SVG - text converted to paths) The big problem here is the text part. As far as I could see, every browser seems to render it diferently. The one that has the text part converted to paths renders fine in browsers, but is quite large. Maybe some guy with better knowledge than me about SVG can do a manual cleanup of the result and reduce the size (inkscape uses to leave some unnecesary style definitions) ideas? Regards, Gez.

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Inkscape mini-conference?
by Niall Mansfield 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

I'm a long-time Inkscape user, and we use it in the production of many of our books. The UKUUG (the UK's Unix and open systems User Group) runs two technical conferences a year. This summer, the group wants to get as many different free software projects involved as possible. The venue is already booked and most of the arrangements are made, so adding extra tracks or mini-confs is easy. Possible Inkscape-related ideas: - an Inkscape developers summit. We can provide a dedicated meeting room. - a separate "mini-conf" running alongside the UKUUG conference. - an InkScape track within the main conference. - a "Getting started with Inkscape" tutorial for newbies, or an advanced tutorial? If you've any ideas, or would just like to bounce ideas around, give me a shout. More info: Conference wiki: http://summer2009.ukuug.net/ (very basic so far) A5-sized call for participation: http://summer2009.ukuug.net/download/summer-cfp-a5.pdf Venue: The Conservatoire, Birmingham City University, B3 3HG Dates: Friday-Sunday 7-9 August 2009 If you're interested, subscribe to the Summer Conference mailing list: http://lists.ukuug.org/mailman/listinfo/summerconf -- Niall Mansfield UIT Cambridge Ltd. England

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Continue with the bridge version of the logo
by Andreas Neumann 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi SVG Open organizers and Inkscape users, As per the voting on doodle (http://doodle.com/g6q8szftsz3cnrg5) it seems like most people prefer the Golden gate theme. I personally prefered the "Mountain/Sun" scheme, but I think the bridge theme is nice as well and we should now continue to improve it. Thank you all of the involved Inkscape and SVG Open people for your contributions and congratulations to Jozef for winning the voting. The latest version (with some minor improvements, thanks Frank!) can be found at http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/255376/20092803_01_svgopen2009v3b.svg Things that should be changed: * The text on the bottom/right should be changed to "Mountain View CA, USA, Oct. 2-4 2009" - not that it is "Mountain View" (two words) and we should more clearly indicate that it is located in the US. If we use an abbreviation for October than it should still fit * Export into plain SVG * Cleanup of the code (size reduction) * Test if the text/fonts render correctly in all systems and browsers * Make sure it renders correctly in all browsers (currently the hills render as black in my Opera on Linux for some reason? Gradient or filter problem?) * potentially add some SMIL (e.g. moving clouds) for smil-enabled browsers (please do it subtile) * Make a PNG version for IE Any volunteers to do the cleanup? Jeff - you already did it last time? Thanks and all the best, Andreas

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Open Clip Art Library Release 0.19 Announcement and OCAL10K Goal Exceeeded
by Jon Phillips 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

March 31, 2009 - Release 0.19 of Open Clip Art Library (http://www.openclipart.org), containing over 12,000 high quality scalable vector graphics (SVG) files released into the public domain by over a 1000 artists, is now available for download and use. In celebration of this accomplishment, since OCAL��s last release happened in 2005, and March being 5th anniversary of the Open Clip Art Library (OCAL), the OCAL community set a goal to achieve 10,000 uploaded pieces of vector graphics. The project achieved this with the 10,000th submission from user Boobaloo who uploaded a graphic of an onion. The project congratulates Boobaloo for uploading the 10,000th upload. Also, project congratulates all artists who have uploaded in this anniversary OCAL10K sprint. The project congratulates Nicu who personally crossed the 500 clip art upload barrier and now has 696 pieces of clip art uploaded to the system. All efforts towards the OCAL10K goal helped boost the site��s registrations and focus on releasing monthly packages once more to make this project a flowing river of clip art uploads. Since all contributions to the project are released into the public domain via the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication, anyone may use the Open Clip Art Library files for any use including collections, to make money, and to generate compositions. However, the community encourages anyone who uses the clip art to provide attribution back to the original clip art in the form of a link or to announce the use of the clip art in some form. For the month of April in lead up to the annual Libre Graphics Meeting 2009 in Montreal, May 5-9, 2009, the Open Clip Art Library is setting a goal to achieve 12,000 pieces of uploaded clip art related to spring time, release the 0.20 package of clip art, and to update the site��s software to ccHost 5. The projects asks all who are software developers comfortable with PHP and MYSQL, to consider joining the project now ti help with three critical tasks of adding rendered thumbnails, update the site software to ccHost 5, and to help roll-out our latest software theme. Highlight * An offline HTML gallery to browse through the thumbnails of all clip arts * Over 4,000 new cliparts as compared to release 0.18. * 10,000th upload by Boobaloo: http://openclipart.org/media/files/boobaloo/11895 * Refocused Development around three critical tasks * Call for Participation toward April goals of 12,000 uploads about spring * Call for Participation towards Libre Graphics Meeting 2009 ** http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/ Downloads * http://openclipart.org/downloads/0.19/openclipart-0.19.tar.bz2 * http://openclipart.org/downloads/0.19/openclipart-0.19.tar.gz * http://openclipart.org/downloads/0.19/openclipart-0.19.zip Press Kit * Logos: http://openclipart.org/media/view/media/about * All Clip Art: http://openclipart.org/media/view/media/clip_art About Open Clip Art Library Founded in 2004 from Inkscape, the open source drawing tool, the Open Clip Art Library (http://www.openclipart.org/) aims to create an archive of user contributed clip art that may be freely used. All graphics submitted to the project are placed into the Public Domain according to the Creative Commons Public Domain Declaration. Help by submitting artwork today or join the IRC channel or the mailing list to find out about e.g. web development related contributions: http://openclipart.org/discussion For More Information: http://www.openclipart.org.

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[Fwd: Re: Logo for SVG Open 2009]
by Andreas Neumann 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Here is one quite nice entry to the discussion - from Lucas Franco (Argentina) - thank you Lucas! * I personally like the upper version better * I like the rays around the SVG sun * the Beziér handles are too much for my taste and reduces readability? I don't know ... Andreas

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Logo for SVG Open 2009
by Guillermo Espertino 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Hi. I took the Jozef's banner and did some minor adjustments. It looked very good but, in my opinion, had some minor defects (like some overlappings that could be avoided, some elements too close or too big and things like that. I also added a gradient on the buildings shadows. Here's the file. http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/255376/20092803_01_svgopen2009v3b.svg Gez.

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Release of JessyInk 1.0.0!
by Hannes Hochreiner 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Dear all, after some time in beta, heavy testing and a lot of very helpful feedback from the community, I am glad to be able to release version 1.0 of JessyInk today. I consider this to be the first feature complete and stable release and I hope you'll have fun playing with it. It is available for download either from launchpad (https:// launchpad.net/jessyink) or from GoogleCode (http://code.google.com/p/ jessyink/). JessyInk is a JavaScript that can be integrated into an Inkscape SVG image. When loading the image in a browser, JessyInk turns every layer of the image into a slide of a presentation. Using the JessyInk extensions, different transitions, effects and auto-texts (such as slide numbers) can be assigned. Other features of JessyInk include an index sheet mode and support for a master slide. Special thanks go to Marcel Rouweler and heathenx for their feedback and testing efforts as well as Ted Gould for integrating a patch required by JessyInk into Inkscape. Cheers, Hannes

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Poll on SVG Open 2009 header graphics
by Andreas Neumann 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Hello, I put up a poll online about the SVG Open 2009 header graphics. Please note that none of the entries is final and modifications could still be made. It is just important to find out which header graphics is in favour and can be finalized. Participation link: http://doodle.com/g6q8szftsz3cnrg5 <http://doodle.com/g6q8szftsz3cnrg5> Please vote until April 1. Thanks, Andreas

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