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Cannot open svg files
by Docsonic 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

I am using the latest build on Win XP and every time I preview or try to open an svg file Inkscape crashes with an 'internal error'. If I try and import an svg, Inkscape crashes with no error, it just closes itself. Thanks, Tony -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cannot-open-svg-files-tp21356502p21356502.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Inkscape and good causes
by Josh Andler 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Hey all, I decided to pass this along as it is in the same basic spirit of open source with the attitude of doing something for a cause greater than one's self (our global community). Recently there was a contest held on DeviantART to promote breast cancer awareness and early prevention that was sponsored by DeviantART, MGM (yes, the studio), and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. With over 1,400 submissions spanning all kinds of art forms imaginable, the Grand Prize Winner chosen was by one of our Inkscapers on DA (and yes she used Inkscape for this), Loraine A. Baird, aka QuicheLoraine. The competition results are here (which contains a link to her winning entry, but also shows a few runners up for reference): http://news.deviantart.com/article/66804/ And her gallery which contains quite a bit of excellent work done in inkscape can be seen here: http://quicheloraine.deviantart.com/gallery/ Congratulations to her, and if you have a DA account it would be nice to drop by and leave her a comment. Cheers, Josh

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Drawing problem
by Joe Ward 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

I want to learn to use Inkscape in conjunction with Scribus to put out a newsletter. I want to create a box to go around a photograph and then import it into Scribus. In Inkscape, I click on the rectangle tool and drag as instructed, and nothing seems to happen. Then I scroll the window, and find that I've drawn a box below the desktop or canvas or whatever it's called. How can I cause the program to draw the box where I click and drag? I uninstalled the program and downloaded and installed it again, but the same thing happens in the second installation. Joe Ward

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Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
by Josh Andler 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

Hey Everyone, As 2008 comes to a close I wanted to wish a happy holiday season to all and to wish everyone a very happy, healthy, safe, and prosperous new year! A big "THANK YOU!" goes out to to all contributors... whether developers, translators, testers, users, or even just advocates or constructive critics, Inkscape would not be where it is today without everything that you all have given. Thanks again and I can't wait to see what 2009 has in store for us all! Cheers! Josh

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JavaFX Exporter
by Gregg Bolinger 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

The other day I grabbed the latest code from the trunk and built Inkscape and installed it. The JavaFX exporter was there but the resulting syntax isn't valid JavaFX 1.0 syntax. It looks to be from some point in the RC line of the SDK. Is this being worked on and if so is there an ETA when the 1.0 compatible exporter will be available? Thanks. -- Gregg Bolinger

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Snapping to Edge of Paths
by Mike Lewis 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Hi, I'm new to inkscape and have used CorelDRAW a bit. One feature I really like is the ability to snap to edges of paths (as well as midpoints and whatnot). Is there something like this in Inkscape? Thanks, Mike Lewis -- Michael Lewis lolrus.org mikelikespie@...155...

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Inkscape to Blender:Planetary gears
by Elwin Estle 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Original gears made in Inkscape with the gear effect, then the .svg's are imported into Blender, extruded and animated. First attempt, 2 gears: http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5567/planetaryxl1.gif Second attempt, 5 gears (1 annulus gear, three planetary gears, and a sun gear). Had a heckuva time figuring out the rotation for the central gear. Run the vid twice. For some reason, the first time it runs way too fast. http://vimeo.com/2425916

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Scripting
by Alessandro Antonello 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

Hi all. I am new in this mailing list and I want some help on writing a little script that I despereted need. I have a huge SVG file. Its resolution is 20000+ by 38000+ and I need to slice it in little PNG peaces with 180x150 pixels. I wrote an batch file (I am a Windows user) that automate this but since it calls the inkscape in the command line to every peace that need to be exported it is very, very, very slow. Some one can guide me in writing a script that could do this in a little less time? I am currently using the version 0.46 of Inkscape in a Windows XP. Regards. -- Alessandro Antonello

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trouble setting correct page size with command-line postscript export
by Jake Beard 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Hi, I have some modeling software which is able to export to SVG. Unfortunately, the SVG exporter isn't perfect, and the documents it exports do not have a width or height set on the top-level SVG element. I'm now trying to use Inkscape from the command line to export these document as PS or EPS, and it understandably is giving me this warning message: ** (inkscape:13070): WARNING **: Could not set export-bbox-page option for this export. And the document that it returns has what looks like inkscapes default page width and height set. The same is true if I use -l to export as plain SVG. I can, however, still query the document using -W and -H to get its bounds, and I can use -D with the PNG exporter to get a raster of the entire document. I'd like to do the same thing with PS export, but I can't seem to figure out how. Is this possible? Right now, the best solution I have been able to come up with is using inkscape to query to documents width and height and inserting them into the document root using sed before finally attempting to use inkscape to export as PS. I think there must be a cleaner solution than this, though. Manually setting the width and height of the generated PS document using command-line flags would be enough, but I can't seem to get it to work. I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer. Thanks, Jake

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Command line Inkscape under OSX
by Carl D. Sorensen 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

I have installed Inkscape.app under Mac OSX Leopard. Inkscape works just great as a mac app. I have Inkscape 0.46-devel, built jun 23 2008. I have OS X version 10.5.5. Now I want to build the LilyPond web site (www.lilypond.org). This process requires a command line inkscape in order to render some graphics. When I try to run the scripts, I get the following message: inkscape --export-area-drawing --export-png=de/graphics/annotate-example-1.png --export-background-opacity=0 de/graphics/annotate-example-1.svg make[1]: inkscape: Command not found I've tried locating inkscape from the command line shell> which inkscape and it can't be found. I've also tried to find a file named inkscape on my Mac using Finder. I can't find a file named inkscape (which is what I assume would be needed to run inkscape from the command line). I do find Inkscape.app. Is there a path spec I need to add, or a symlink, or something of the sort? Any pointers on how to make Inkscape available from the command line? Thanks, Carl Sorensen

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Re: [Inkscape-user] download the source code for Inkscape
by vmars 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

Thanks for: {The code for the latest stable release (version 0.46) is here: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/inkscape/inkscape-0.46.tar.gz If you are interested in the development version, you should checkout it using svn: http://www.inkscape.org/svn.php?lang=en} My winXP doesn't know what to do with .tar.gz can I get Inkscape in a .zip or .exe file? Thanks! ...Vernon Marsden ô¿ô V e r n WinXp sp2 , wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.9.1-py26.exe , Boa 0.6.1, Delphi5 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vmars956/

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adding xml tags
by stephane ancelot 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hi, To finish my project, aimed to describe a GUI application from SVG , I definitely need a way defining type of GUI element when drawing from inkscape (button, label,scrollbar...) . I am using the id to name the component eg (startstop) and I need another way categorize it (eg button). I do not want the following form : id=rtstopButton, because I would need string treatment when parsing svg to remove "Button" Have you got another idea/way ? Best Regards S.Ancelot

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download the source code for Inkscape
by vmars 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Greetings; Please, where can I download the source code for Inkscape? Thanks! ô¿ô V e r n WinXp sp2 , wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.9.1-py26.exe , Boa 0.6.1, Delphi5 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vmars956/

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Document Metadata
by unknown＠example.com 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Not strictly an Inkscape problem but closely related When I print to a PDF file the Inkscape metadata information doesn't show in the PDF file, does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can write the metadata into the PDF file? Inkscape 0.46 / Ubuntu 8.04 / AMD64 With thanks, Terry

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Inkscape book on Floss Manuals
by Joshua Facemyer 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

A little PR for the Inkscape Docs team: We recently got our Inkscape Manual (the fruit of our Book Sprint) put on Lulu (http://www.lulu.com/content/4617381). You've probably seen the article by the Russian on the inkscape.org which has a link - if not, check it out! The published book, while being a reasonably finished work of good quality, is not comprehensive. We would like it to be more so. Here are some things that will help us to continue with this work: 1. Sales of the current version (somewhat limited 1st EDITION!!!!) on Lulu will help us afford a future Booksprint. 2. Contributions to the manual on our Floss Manuals workspace are greatly needed. Of course, as this needs some coordination, it's best to start on the inkscape-docs list (signup at lists.sourceforge.net) to find out where to begin. 3. Magical powers to generate whatever good thing we want without much effort. If you can help with any of these things, that would be GREAT! In particular, getting word out and posting the link to the Lulu store would be of great benefit. JF

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Problem with fonts in 0.46
by Ocetalo 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Saludos I've got this issue: in the pull down font menu, I can't pick any fonts. The fonts are highlighted, but they're not applied and the pull down menu is not closed, jus as if I've not clicked. Please help. -- Favor no cambiar el ASUNTO Please don't change SUBJECT

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Inkscape makes a new coin
by Alan Lord 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

This is a great story and Inkscape, along with lots of other FOSS, played its part... Alan -- The way out is open! http://www.theopensourcerer.com

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How to resize/reposition a group of objects
by Daniel Cocks 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

I'm currently editing some graphs by using Inkscape and am finding it a slow process to resize the graph. What I would like to do is resize the plot area (which is a few paths) to become bigger and not necessarily proportional, while the axis elements (such as the labels - a mix of paths and texts) are merely moved and do not change in size at all. I can do this by first resizing the plot area normally using the selection tool. Then I can make sure at least one of the axis elements is moved to the limits of the new size (e.g. the top and bottom of the plot area) and then use the distribute tool to evenly arrange them without a change in size. This can be quite fiddly and takes quite a fair chunk of time. Is there some method that I can use in Inkscape currently to speed this up? Alternatively would an addition to object properties - maybe a 'maintain size' property - be a worthwhile idea? If this is enabled on an object and a group resize is being performed, then the object should merely be moved and not resized. I can see some problems occuring with this however (e.g. what would occur if two horizontally laid out objects were to be resized in the vertical direction). What is everyone's thoughts on this? Cheers, Danny

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Semi-OT: Free CodeWeavers Software for one day.
by Josh Andler 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Hey all, So, thanks to a collapsing global economy and a bet that they lost, CodeWeavers will be giving away a product of your choice for roughly the next 24 hours for Linux or Mac. http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/33338904.html?elr=KArksUUUU If CrossOver is of interest to you because of games or professional apps that Wine won't run yet (that you can't live without), tomorrow is the day to get your copy of CrossOver for free. :) Yeah, it doesn't necessarily further FLOSS software directly, but for some it makes the transition to Linux more doable. Head to http://www.codeweavers.com/ for your free serial... it may help with crossplatform testing of Inkscape Win32 in Linux and Mac environments... so why not? ;) (then again it may not help at all) Cheers, Josh

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NEW: Auto smooth nodes
by bulia byak 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Thanks to Thomas Holder for the patch: Auto smooth nodes: a new "auto" node type was added, similar to the one Xara Xtreme has. An auto node is a smooth node which automatically adjusts (rotates and stretches) its handles when this node or its neighbors are moved. This adjustment (same as what you get when you convert node type to Smooth, but continuous) keeps the curve at this node as smooth as possible. It feels a bit like Spiro paths; although not as smooth as a Spiro, it may often be preferable as it works without any Path Effect. Whenever you manually adjust the handles of an auto node or drag the adjacent curve, it loses its auto state and becomes smooth; for this reason, it is recommended to edit smooth nodes with the node handles hidden via a toggle button on the controls bar. Auto nodes are represented by little circles, as opposed to smooth/symmetric nodes (squares) and cusp nodes (diamonds). To convert selected node(s) to auto, press Shift+A or use the corresponding node type button on the controls bar. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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INKSCAPE And Windows ME
by Bibi Morris 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Is there a stable version of inkscape that works with Inkscape ME, and if so Where can the download be found? Thanks in advance. Bibi

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testsuite testfiles testcases etc
by unknown＠example.com 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hi all, Maybe there are people out here that have time to kill and want to help on Inkscape but don't want to or can't code C++. I'd like to remind you of this years 'Test Suite' GSoC project, which was imo very succesfull. We need artists that can provide SVG files and PNG renders of them; so no coding required! The testsuite can be found here: https://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/inkscape/gsoc-testsuite For some documentation see: http://www.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/TestingInkscape ("rendering tests") What this testsuite does is provide numerous svg files that are rendered by Inkscape to PNGs. The PNGs are then compared to a reference PNG and Inkscape will score a pass or fail for that particular "testcase" svg file. It is a very nifty procedure/tool to see what Inkscape can and cannot do. Moreover, it can be used to track regressions. So where can you help? Add testcase files! If you've created some crazy drawing that uses complicated SVG structures, or LPEs, or perhaps you have a simple drawing with 'corner cases' (lines with zero length, rectangles with zero length, closed paths with start and end markers, etc...).... those are the files we need ! Note that we need a lot of files where Inkscape does something non-trivial but does it correctly! This way we can ensure that will work in the next version. If you can also provide a reference PNG of the correct rendering, that would be awesome :) Check the testcases directory, perhaps your testcase is already there. You can post the testcases on launchpad, mail it to me, or find another way of getting it to us. Ask the maillist if you'd like SVN write access, if you've shown good work in two patches, it will be granted to you. I'm happy to answer questions about the testsuite, but it's perhaps better to ask Jasper for details (cc'ed in this mail). Cheers, Johan

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Problem displaying unicode characters from eps file.
by Roger McMurtrie 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Inkscape 0.46 Linux Ubuntu I have prepared a diagram using unicode characters (Greek). When I save this diagram as eps, Inkscape displays the correct Greek characters. However, when I import the eps file into non-Inkscape documents, or just display the file with an application other than Inkscape, the characters display as English characters. For example, Delta displays as r4 and lambda displays as w. Can someone tell me how to fix this problem? regards, Roger -- Laser Physics Centre Research School Of Physical Sciences And Engineering Australian National University

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troubles with adobe RGB printer
by Jean-Christophe Roux 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hello, I have a svg file made of black, white and blue (RGBA: 225588ff). When I export the image as a png and send to the printer, I get a very different bleu from what I expected. Talking with the printer, I understant he always assume Adobe RGB. Is there a way to set up inkscape so that I would work with Adobe RGB and have some confidence that color on my screen and on the print will be rather close? Thank you for your help

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SVG-Font
by Hago Ziegler 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi. I don't understand how to use Text -> SVG Fonts... Any help? Regards, Hago

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