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LGM 2008
by Jon A. Cruz 06 May '08

06 May '08

So, Who all is going to make it to LGM for 2008? For those of us not able to make it there this year, knowing who could represent Inkscape and bring up issues, meet people, etc, would be very useful. Thanks.

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Keep Inkscape running after closing single or last document (survey)?
by Hedley Finger 06 May '08

06 May '08

All: Who would like Inkscape to keep running after you close a single document or the last document so that you can immediately start a new document without relaunching Inkscape? I find this behaviour very annoying and contrary to the way most document-oriented applications on all operating systems work. MDI type applications (such as OpenOffice.org) keep a blank grey window frame open into which you can start a new document. SDI type applications (such as the open-source Notepad++ on Windows) open a new blank document when you close the last open document. Gimp keeps a small "launch" palette open when all documents are closed. File > Close should close documents (creating a new empty document if only one document is open). File > Quit should close ALL open documents (giving you the chance to save unsaved work) and then close the Inkscape application. The window frame should have an application-instance close [X] icon at the RH end and the menu bar should have a document close X icon at the RH end. Refer to these bug/enhancement requests at <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/> that also request that Inkscape not quit when a document is closed: #170550, open blank document on 'close' #171935, OSX Don't close the application when closing Inkscape window #171596, Reorganize UI when closing document [MDI] #170803, Close document vs. Quit program Please post your preference to the list and identify yourself as an end-user, developer, or both, and what platforms you use Inkscape on. I am just an end-user on Windows and Ubuntu, using v. 0.46. Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfinger@...2483...>

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Keep Inkscape running after closing single or last document (survey)?
by unknown＠example.com 05 May '08

05 May '08

One more vote in favour of keeping Inkscape running in some way after closing the last document, so that the next one can be opened without a need to re-load Inkscape. I am an end-user, using Inkscape on Linux, Windows 2000 and XP. Kind regards, Helmut Walle. _______________________________________________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender of this email. _______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail message has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal at www.dynamiccontrols.com

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Nicer SVG support outside Inkscape?
by Denís Fernández Cabrera 05 May '08

05 May '08

Hello, This is more of a whish than anything else, but perhaps raising the issue will grab some attention from the developers of other SVG rendererers out there. The basic problem is that graphics generated with Inkscape usually don't display just as nice in other platforms --- specifically, text kerning and colours and other properties get screwed up, as do images sometimes. This is an important blocker to the creation of SVG wallpapers, or icons that contain some of the poorly supported features, or for using SVG and Inkscape for purposes other than illustration. Right now I am preparing a presentation, for example. It isn't too much of a fuss to pass a series of commands through the terminal and generate PNG versions of all the SVGs, but it would just be a smoother process if I could take any image viewer (like Ristretto or Gthumb) and cycle through the images. Inkview does a great work in representing the SVG from Inkscape accurately. So, my question is: why aren't other projects borrowing code from Inkview and using it to paint their own SVGs? There --- I told you it was more of a wish than anything else. :o) Denís. -- Denís Fernández Cabrera mailto://denis@...2126... http://gatonegro.ceibes.org

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Making an axonometric linedrawing by manually tracing a 3D-Cad screenshot
by unknown＠example.com 05 May '08

05 May '08

I do have some questions concerning technical linedrawings with inkscape: 1. I take a screenshot of 3D-CAD a model that is rotated in a standard axonometric view. For example an isometric projection 30°-30°. 2. I import the screenshot into inkscape. 3. In "inkscape preferences" dialog in option "steps" Is set "rotation snaps every" to 30°. 4. By holding down "Strg" I can easily trace the screenshot. However when I have the 3D-CAD model rotated to some other axonometric view, for example 25-25°. This helpful technique is no more possible, since I can only choose from a list of predifined values in "rotation snaps every". I´d like to put in any kind of value. Should this be on the wishlist? Another question: I want to move an object along a defined axis. When I hold down "strg" I can move a selected object along the vertical and horizontal axis. Are there ways and techniques in inkscape to do that kind of thing along any kind of axis. Thanks for your help Marcel Lindauer DORNIER GmbH Rickenbacher Str. 119 88129 Lindau / Germany Phone: +49 8382 703-0 Fax: +49 8382 703-4 15 webmaster@...2272... http://www.lindauerdornier.com Commercial Registry: HR Kempten Nr. B/1220 Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Prof. Dr. Dieter Feddersen, Managing Directors: Peter D. Dornier (CEO), Michael Ebeling, Dr. Andreas Rutz, Hans-Jürgen Schmidt (CFO)

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Raster to Vector conversion software
by james pringle 04 May '08

04 May '08

What is the best raster to vector conversion software to use with inkscape on Mac osx? I am currently using Delineate but I am looking for better performance and changing the conversion settings doesn't seem to be doing it for me. Thanx

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Printing issues..
by rygle 01 May '08

01 May '08

Hi Pankaj 1. Try printing as bitmap. In the print dialogue, select Rendering -> Bitmap. This is a workaround most printing problems. 2. ?? I think it should be to scale. Size the page the same as your paper and view on 100%. 3. See 1 4. See the preferences under the File menu. Someone else may know more... Cheers, Rygle mittalpa wrote: > > To my surprise, the page is totally blank, forget the scaling. And only > one page came out. > > 1. How do I make sure that the drawing prints? > 2. How do I print to the scale? > 3. How do I make sure that all the pages print? > 4. Besides above, how do I change the unit size in the ruler above canvas. > Its in Pixels and I want in Inches. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Printing-issues..-tp16993283p16993310.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Import .cdr files?
by John Culleton 01 May '08

01 May '08

On another list I found someone who had a whole library of clip art in .cdr format which appparently is a Corel Draw vector format. Will Inkscape import these files? I don't have a sample to test. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

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'inkscape:original-d' attribute
by Alvin Penner 01 May '08

01 May '08

what is the significance of the 'inkscape:original-d' attribute, I mean what action causes it to be present? I'm finding that when it is present, then it is no longer possible to edit the d attribute as one normally would in the XML editor, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/223986 . Is it possible to remove the 'inkscape:original-d' attribute, once it is present? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%27inkscape%3Aoriginal-d%27-attribute-tp16957161p1695… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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printing images
by unknown＠example.com 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Hi, I have a file containing some text and one image which is embedded in the file. It all looks fine on the screen, but when I attempt to print the artwork (to a pdf file or a physical printer) the image does not appear. I have attached the Inkscape file in question. Any help would be much appreciated. I am using Inkscape 0.46 on Windows XP and Windows 2000. Richard. ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

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SVG Viewer for IE
by Rottgardt, Jens (K-SIB-2/3) 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Hi, to view SVG in IE I use the Adobe SVG Viewer Plugin. The plugin is not longer supported from Adobe and I am looking for a new plugin. Are any other viewers for IE available ? My tests with IE 7 have shown problems, eg. SVG overlaps divs as you can see in the screenshot. I have already tested the Renesis Player without success! I know that this is not a special Inkscape question but due to the enormous SVG know how of the community I hope to get a recommendation ! <<screenshot IE 7.jpg>> __________________ Jens Rottgardt Buildmanagement ITP Fahrzeugherstellung, K-SIB 2 Postadresse: Volkswagen AG Brieffach 1839 38436 Wolfsburg Besucheradresse: Volkswagen AG Hermann-Münch-Straße 1 (MobileLife Campus) 38442 Wolfsburg > Telefon +49 -5361-896-3276 Telefax +49 (0) 5361-896-3296 mailto:jens.rottgardt@...2472... <http://www.volkswagen.de> > VOLKSWAGEN AG > Sitz/Domicile: Wolfsburg > Registergericht/Court of Registry: Amtsgericht Braunschweig > HRB Nr./. Commercial Register No.: 100484 > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats/Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Ferdinand Piëch > Vorstand/Board of Management: Martin Winterkorn (Vorsitzender/Chairman), Francisco J. Garcia Sanz, Jochem Heizmann, Horst Neumann, Hans Dieter Pötsch > > Wichtiger Hinweis: Die vorgenannten Angaben werden jeder E-Mail automatisch hinzugefügt und lassen keine Rückschlüsse auf den Rechtscharakter der E-Mail zu. > Important Notice: The above information is automatically added to this e-mail. This addition does not constitute a representation that the content of this e-mail is legally relevant and/or is intended to be legally binding upon VOLKSWAGEN AG. > >

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(no subject)
by unknown＠example.com 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

This time I will really attach the image! Richard. ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

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RGB to HLS
by Hystrix 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Hi, I need to convert an RGB color to HLS. Can somebody please help me find the code where Inkscape makes this conversion? Thanks in advance. -- Hystrix

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Re: [Inkscape-user] pdf export blur
by Devon Scott-Tunkin 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Thanks for the update on pdf blur, at least I know what not to expect for awhile! Devon ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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pdf export blur
by Devon Scott-Tunkin 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Is there anyway to get blur and transparency effects to export properly to pdf? I tried the latest dev build but selecting convert blur to bmp doesn't seem to do anything. Devon ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Patterns and shadows not exported to pdf
by Dirk Völlger 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hello, I got a weird problem and wonder: I have some objects filled with patterns as well as some shadows. I do not manage it to export everything to pdf. My objects do not contain any pattorns or shadows. I avoided to work with opacities as i read somewhere, that transparency is not valid in pdf. But still, my patterns do not contain any transparency and a shadow only blurs (or is bluring connected to opacity)? Anyway, even when I eface the shadows, my patterns are still not exported. Using Inkscape 0.46 on ubuntu gutsy. Does anyone have an idea? I definetely need my files in pdf-format...

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Grayscale images
by heathenx 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

I was dinking around around with filters again (can't seem to stop playing with them). By adding an feColorMatrix filter and adjusting the saturation only I was able to turn a color jpeg image into a grayscale image. That got me thinking...is this the best way to apply grayscale to a picture? Seems like I would want to do this with the Raster effects instead but I do not see it at first glance. Have any of you needed or wanted to apply grayscale to something in Inkscape? How do you go about it? heathenx

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feature idea
by Elwin Estle 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

We have node sculpting and the tweak tool, what I think would be a great companion to these would be something like Blender's Lattice modifier, where you can take a complex shape and sort of "cage" it with a simpler shape, and use the simpler shape to proportionally "sculpt" the more complex one by moving the nodes in the simple shape, sort of like using the nodes of a simple bezier curve as handles to control the overall shape of a more complex multi-node curve. ...it's just a thought. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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wish - select amount of simplification of lines
by Carlos \"Guâno\" Grohmann 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Hello, I'd like to request a feature, or else, a option to a tool already in inkscape. When working with nodes, we can use "simplify path", but we cannot choos _how much_ simplification we want. It would be very very very nice to be able to do so. I don't know which algorithm inkscape uses for simplification, but if it is something like a Douglas-Peucker algorithm, it would be equivalent to select the distance to consider points to remove from the original line. cheers Carlos -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Carlos Henrique Grohmann - Guano Geologist M.Sc - Doctorate Student at IGc-USP - Brazil Linux User #89721 - carlos dot grohmann at gmail dot com +-----------------------------------------------------------+ _________________ "Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows 95 from my hard drive." --The winning entry in a "What were HAL's first words" contest judged by 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY creator Arthur C. Clarke Can't stop the signal.

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Inkscape does not recognize font-variant:small-caps;
by Render 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

I have tried to change the font variant in the xml editor from normal to small caps, but after I do this in inkscape (xml editor) that property disappears as soon as I indicate set style. If take the file and then just type text and leave font variant normal in inkscape, but edit the font variant in a text editor the change stays, but once I open the file in inkscape the font is no longer what I specified even though in the xml editor I can see that it IS the font that I specified. How do I make it so that I can SEE this change directly in inkscape? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Filter Effects example in SVN
by heathenx 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

A fellow Inkscape user sent me a link from the SVN repo regarding a filter effect svg example file. There are quite a few different effects inside of this file which I think many of us users would appreciate having. Is it possible to get this file posted on openclipart? I'm not sure who authored the svg file but WOW!, what a nice gift. This person should be lifted up on our shoulders and paraded down main street. :) Besides Tav's filter effects manual and some other write-ups here and there, this is a pretty great resource for understanding filters. Here's the link: http://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/inkscape/inkscape/trunk/share/ex… heathenx

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New Cairo PDF Export mangles font kerning (OS X)
by Yashka Oreza 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

I have an old map project that I've updated for the new year with Inkscape .46 - I then send it off to the printers as a PDF. However this time the old method for PDF export has been removed and replaced by cairo. It works, but the font kerning is all wrong - the letters seem to be spaced too far apart. This is much worse for small font sizes than for large font sizes - could it be an issue of precision? Here are some pictures of a magnified part of my document. PDF: http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2406/pdfdv8.png SVG in Inkscape: http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3523/svgnk5.png I never had this problem with .45's PDF export - can I replicate this behavior in the new version? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/New-Cairo-PDF-Export-mangles-font-kerning-%28OS-X%29-… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Bug triaging help needed
by Bryce Harrington 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Heya all, Have you been enjoying Inkscape and wondering about an easy way to contribute back? Bug triaging may be for you! Bug triaging is basically our first line step in the process of handling bugs. It's like being the host in a restaraunt - you don't fix the bugs, you just make sure the reporter has been greeted and find where they should sit. You can see the problem we're trying to solve by just looking at this plot: http://people.ubuntu.com/~brian/project-graphs/inkscape/plots/inkscape-mont… Or, this one is less intimidating since it shows the progress we'd made prior to the release: http://people.ubuntu.com/~brian/project-graphs/inkscape/plots/inkscape-half… (There is a friendly navigation web thingee here: http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/Plots/) The job is to keep our total # of New bugs at as close to 0 as possible. We're up towards 200 now, so there's a bit of work to get caught up on, but once that's caught up you can see that there's a rate of about 3 new bugs/day. Triaging is pretty easy; anyone can do it - you just need to sign up for a launchpad bug account. (For extra triaging powers you can also join the Inkscape bug team.) Then you read each bug report that comes in, and make sure it has all the necessary information for developers to troubleshoot it. So for example, this may include asking people to include screenshots, steps to reproduce the issue, backtraces, and/or example files; then you set it to Incomplete state. Then, you also review bugs that are in 'Incomplete with response' and check if they've included the needed info, and move them into Completed state. You can see the bugs still in Incomplete state via the Plots link above. And that's pretty much it. If you are looking for a way to contribute some help to Inkscape that doesn't require an extensive time commitment, this is one of the easiest ways to make a difference. Plus it's addictive! You can track your "karma score" at this link: https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+topcontributors Getting yourself up into the top 5 is a good challenge if you have the interest and time to put into it. Karma degrades over time, so even if you're starting from 0 you have a chance to catch up and pass the long timers! Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-user] pdf files slow to appe
by Stephane Eybert 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

I removed the ellipses in the background. I don't know where to file the bug report you talked about. Would you have a url..? I reposted the pdf files still at http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_en.pdf http://www..thalasoft.com/brochure_fr.pdf http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_se.pdf The problem now is with the fonts. First the texts don't look so straight, and second some spacing appears within words in the pdf files (see the french http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_fr.pdf at "Le web est notre langue commune") where there is none in the svg files. Which fonts should I use..? I do not need anything fancy at all, just working fonts to get an okay looking pdf file. Cheers ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ---- Från: Adrian Johnson <ajohnson@...2497...> Till: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Skickat: söndag 20 april 2008 11:33:59 Ämne: Re: [Inkscape-user] pdf files slow to appe Stephane Eybert wrote: > Dear all, > > I installed inkscape 0.46 on Kubuntu 8.04 and can now save as pdf with > pdf files having a very reasonable file size of barely under 100kb. Good! > > But I still have an issue and wonder if there isn't something wrong with > my pdf files. > > I have put them at > > http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_en.pdf > > http://www.thalasoft..com/brochure_se.pdf > <http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_se.pdf> > > http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_fr.pdf > > for you to see. > > They are very slow to load up in the kpdf reader, something like 10 > seconds to appear. The problem is the ellipses in the background are each drawn in the PDF with an soft mask due to the fill/stroke opacity set to less than 100%. This means each individual ellipse is drawn to an image buffer the size of the page, the mask function is drawn to another image buffer the size of the page. The ellipse image is then composited with the mask image back on to the page. With all the ellipses on the page this is not going to be fast. The workaround is to set the master opacity to 100% and instead use the alpha in the stroke paint to control the transparency. This is something that should be optimized in Inkscape. Currently Inkscape calls cairo_paint_with_alpha() when the opacity is less then 100%. This is required to handle the general case of drawing a combined fill and stroke to prevent a translucent stroke compositing with the fill. Calling cairo_paint_with_alpha() results in a soft mask being used in the PDF file. If only a fill or stroke is drawn, Inkscape should instead adjust the alpha value of the fill or stroke and avoid calling cairo_paint_with_alpha(). I suggest filing a bug requesting this optimization and attaching your SVG and PDF files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2.. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user __________________________________________________________ Låna pengar utan säkerhet. Jämför vilkor online hos Yahoo! http://shopping.yahoo.se/c-100390123-lan-utan-sakerhet.html?partnerId=96915…

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pdf files slow to appe
by Stephane Eybert 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Dear all, I installed inkscape 0.46 on Kubuntu 8.04 and can now save as pdf with pdf files having a very reasonable file size of barely under 100kb. Good! But I still have an issue and wonder if there isn't something wrong with my pdf files. I have put them at http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_en.pdf http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_se.pdf http://www.thalasoft.com/brochure_fr.pdf for you to see. They are very slow to load up in the kpdf reader, something like 10 seconds to appear.. Are you having the same time delay when opening these pdf files..? Cheers __________________________________________________________ Låna pengar utan säkerhet. Jämför vilkor online hos Yahoo! http://shopping.yahoo.se/c-100390123-lan-utan-sakerhet.html?partnerId=96915…

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