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Can't change color of a clone
by Vincent Tschanz 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Hi, I'm using Inkscape 0.48, ubuntu 11.10. I can't change the color of a clone without unlinking it. I tried to reproduce the steps here : http://maururu.net/2007/using-clones-in-inkscape/ But Inkscape don't let me change the color. I can change the blur level, the opacity, but not the color, or the stroke.

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Setting the Coordinates of Gradient Nodes
by Ole Ersoy 23 Mar '12

23 Mar '12

Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set the coordinates of gradient nodes. If I click the node tool while the gradient handles are visible, I can see the X,Y coordinate fields in the toolbar, but they are blurred out. TIA, - Ole

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Google Summer of Code 2012
by Josh Andler 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

Hi All, I just wanted to shoot out a message to let people know that we've been accepted as a mentoring organization again this year. If you know any college or graduate school students who would qualify and be interested, please let them know, we would like to talk to them. :) Cheers, Josh

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Blending one photo into another.
by john Culleton 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

Before I spend a lot of time trying the impossible: In Gimp it is possible to take two overlapping bitmap images (like photos) and blend one into the other using a gradient on the topmost bitmap? Inkscape has the ability to blend two vector objects in this manner. But what about bitmaps? If I vectorize the top image will that make it possible? (Unfortunately vectorized photos often come up huge.) John Culleton

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Arrow end markers and stroke length
by Daniele Nicolodi 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

Hello, I use Inkscape to draw diagrams, however I have some problems to draw nice looking arrow end markers. The problem is that when I have an arrow pointing to a box, the arrow gets overlapped to the contour of the box. That can be solved quite easily defining a marker which has its anchor point at the proper distance from the end of the stroke to which it is applied (such that the cuspid of the arrow is stroke width / 2 from the end of the stroke segment it is applied to). However, this solution leaves a small segment of the stroke past the arrow marker (see atachment, I would like to get rid of the small red segment on the right of the black arrow). The "manual" solution is to draw the connecting stroke lines a little shorter than required to connect the boxes. However, this is very tedious and error prone to do, and makes the connection tool useless. There is a way to obtain what I have in mind? Does the plugin interface allow to define new tools, like the connector tool, in which I can embed the behavior I would like? Should I look into extending the connection tool? How difficult would that be? Thank you. Cheers, -- Daniele

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library problem cross compiling for windows using mingw32
by Auguste Pop 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

hi, i was trying to cross compile inkscape under linux for windows using mingw32. i downloaded inkscape-devlibs and made a softlink to the uncompressed directory at /target in accordance with the .pc files. and after./autogen.sh and LDFLAGS=-L/target/lib CPPFLAGS=-I/target/include PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/target/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --host=i486-mingw32, i got an error: >> configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.24 gtk+-2.0 >= 2.20 libxml-2.0 >= 2.6.11 libxslt >= 1.0.15 cairo >= 1.10 sigc++-2.0 >= 2.0.12 gtkspell-2.0 gthread-2.0 >= 2.0 libpng >= 1.2 gsl glibmm-2.4 giomm-2.4 gdkmm-2.4 gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.10.0) were not met: >> >> Requested 'libxslt >= 1.0.15' but version of libxslt is 1.0 >> >> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you >> installed software in a non-standard prefix. >> >> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables INKSCAPE_CFLAGS >> and INKSCAPE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. >> See the pkg-config man page for more details. i have tried both 0.48.x branch (rev 9886) and the trunk branch (rev 11027). the same error. any ideas? best regards,

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Distro with 48.2 package.
by john Culleton 25 Feb '12

25 Feb '12

Is there a Linux distro that includes Inkscape 48.2? I have the usual trouble getting all the libraries installed on slackware. The libraries are there but Inkscape compile doesn't find them. It is faster for me just to create another partition and use the package manager. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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02/25 IRC Meeting Agenda
by Josh Andler 25 Feb '12

25 Feb '12

Hey all, Here is a slightly modified agenda for the irc meeting in ~2 hours. Sorry that the formatting is probably not ideal, it's my first shot as this is the first official meeting that I can remember in the past 8 years. Just a reminder, the meeting is scheduled for UTC 02/25 0800. *Inkscape 0.48.3.1 packaging *Inkscape 0.49 -Remaining refactoring goals --Handling of svg:switch not as a kind of group, but as a "transparent" element that is effectively replaced by the best choice in the SP tree --SVG 1.1 fallback for flowtext (probably depends on the above) --UI & Document coordinates --Markers matching stroke by default (user preference vs current default behavior) --Better architecture for LPEs (similar to SVG 2.0 vector effects) --User visible version numbering -Status -Release Plan *GSOC 2012 -Focus -Goals -Mentoring -Getting new students *SVG2 -Implementation strategies --Fallback support for older versions of the spec and inkscape specific features (markers inheriting properties for example) -Low hanging fruit -Most important features to our userbase --Helping Tavmjong with the Mesh branch -Initial Vector Effects support (non-destructive boolean ops might be a good target) *CSS3 support *Javascript support *Membership changes on the Inkscape Board *What we need in upstream libraries (including 2geom) *Old/unfinished code -Lessons learned -Cleanup *Release schedule moving forward -Fixed schedule -Schedule timing -Developer needs -Translator needs *Platform specific issues (and responsibilities) *Regular IRC Meetings (monthly is ideal, quarterly would be as a good minimum) Looking forward to seeing whoever shows up. I want to have these meeting be painless, but this initial one might be a little more in-depth given that it's our first and we probably have a bit to share/discuss and document. I will try to keep us focused if we stray. Cheers, Josh

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2/25 IRC Meeting Agenda (draft)
by Josh Andler 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Hey all, I just wanted to send out a draft agenda for the upcoming irc meeting and also seek feedback about what others would like to add to the list. I will send out a finalized version a couple hours before the meeting time. Just a reminder, the meeting is scheduled for UTC 2/25 0800. *Inkscape 0.48.3.1 packaging *Inkscape 0.49 **Status **Release Plan *GSOC 2012 **Focus **Goals **Mentoring **Getting new students *SVG2 **Implementation strategies **Low hanging fruit **Most important features to our userbase *CSS3 *Javascript *Membership changes on the Inkscape Board *What we need in upstream libraries (including 2geom) *Old/unfinished code **Lessons learned **Cleanup *Release schedule moving forward **Fixed schedule **Schedule timing **Developer needs **Translator needs *Platform specific junk (OSX, Windows, etc... and yes, it's junk and unless people are going to contribute code, we won't stay focused on it too long) Cheers, Josh

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Inkscape 0.48.3.1
by Ted Gould 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Hey, So if you're on these mailing list, you know the deal :-) There are a couple build fixes in this update. Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.3.1/ Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/inkscape/0.48.x/0.48.3.1 MD5 Sums f0fcc02088cc643634806064e7ab4ec3 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.bz2 3e956cd9cf6cf0a22b64a821f5a4084d inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.bz2.asc ccf8ccd9e66199badb8c35ea3851a888 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.gz aded57e1a851a5f3d763fd892c085fe1 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.gz.asc b1bbe021af4eab8a4c6bb2e4833c6eaf inkscape-0.48.3.1.zip d9f81d36f1e5a9679911dbc12d53d2b9 inkscape-0.48.3.1.zip.asc SHA1 Sums 23344555a1b5cc7909ad01d926cfaddb67bfbde9 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.bz2 780bf43ce5148df35420926702b05afadfade239 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.bz2.asc 9a09a97d184e09c2ee7f9956bfe073b7313e919e inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.gz c8b963d43f56fb7bf42e9474b1b0de7d91be3433 inkscape-0.48.3.1.tar.gz.asc b6de562e8c11442afb3d67a59d4d6f82f0c6edd6 inkscape-0.48.3.1.zip a17c423b151110d2dab6fd770beb20aaf134caa4 inkscape-0.48.3.1.zip.asc --Ted

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