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Accessing inkscapeforum.com
by Paul Whipp 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

> > > I'm new to this list which I found after failing to get onto > > inkscapeforum.com (which seems to be dead). > The forum is alive and well - there have been reports though by several > users that they can't access the site without turning off the firewall > of their router. > You could try to access the forum using a web proxy like e.g. > <http://www.webproxy.ca/> > <http://anonymouse.org/> > The forum topic about this issue is: > Problem with router firewall -- DNS misconfiguration?? > <http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5097> Interesting. Thanks for the information I don't have a router firewall and my DNS is fine AFAIK (nothing special setup). The webproxy.ca access does work though. I'm continuing this discussion on the forum via the webproxy.ca provided above. Thanks again.

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Embedding fonts in web svg documents.
by john Culleton 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

In most software (e.g., Scribus, TeX) a font can be embedded in the output document, thus preventing font substitution in a viewer. In inkscape one can simply outline the text, but that makes the text not readable by a web crawler. Is there a way to actually embed a font in an Inkscape svg document intended for web use? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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meaning of "standalone"
by john Culleton 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

On the first line of an inkscape svg file is the parameter: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> What effect does "standalone" have? What happens if I change it to "yes"? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Simplify inkscape transforms
by Paul Whipp 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

Hi there, I'm new to this list which I found after failing to get onto inkscapeforum.com (which seems to be dead). I've been looking at inkscape/svg for a while now and I'm considering using it in application development using Python/Javascript. I find inkscape very useful for setting up the graphics and editing them but it leaves translation and other transforms in place on groups etc. after you move them about. This has two issues: i) It slows things down as the transforms must be applied every time the svg is presented even though they always yield the same result. ii) It makes it hard for code manipulating the SVG DOM because the transformations add a layer of obfuscation. Furthermore, browser implementations (chrome & firefox) seem to be buggy regarding SMIL animations on paths if these transforms are left in - they honour the transforms for the path itself but do not honour them for the associated animation posititions. I need to simplify these transforms out of the SVG. To rephrase: I create a rectangle in Inkscape and move it around - the x and y attributes update as expected. I stick a text object over the rectangle and group them together. Now I move the group and I get a "transform = translate(188.98349, -58.129834)" attribute associated with the group rather than the x,y positions being updated as I want. I need to be able to click a button (or set a preference) so that these static transforms (which accumulate) are applied to the attributes and then removed such that the svg is left in a simpler but graphically identical state. Is there some 'standard' or known way to achieve this simplification that I am missing? I will happily RTFM if pointed in the right direction - 'I've tried googling to no avail. TIA, Paul Whipp Office: 07 3103 2894 Mobile: 0410 545 357 Do more business with your website! <http://www.paulwhippconsulting.com.au> Joomla, Python, PHP and MySQL web application developer<http://www.paulwhippconsulting.com.au/>

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Inkscape daily Ubuntu builds for Lucid (10.04) and Maverick (10.10)
by Donna Benjamin 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Hi all, Peter 'Cafuego' Lieverdink has patched a compiler bug that was preventing Inkscape for building for older Ubuntu versions. https://launchpad.net/~cafuego/+archive/inkscape >From the notes: PPA description This PPA contains daily automated Inkscape builds. These builds are generated directly from the Inkscape trunk on Launchpad and may contain bugs. Use this PPA to test Inkscape. If you need a stable version, please install Inkscape from the main Ubuntu repositories. Changes to the Inkscape source trigger a compiler bug on the i386 version of Ubuntu 10.04 ("Lucid") and 10.10 ("Maverick"), so Lucid and Maverick packages in this repository are built with a patched C compiler. Note that recent changes to Inkscape mean that the latest version can no longer be built on an unmodified 10.04 LTS ("Lucid") system. This PPA now contains backported versions of the pixman and cairo packages, which are required to run Inkscape trunk on Lucid. Please be aware that these system libraries will be installed from this PPA and that these versions have not been extensively tested with other Ubuntu applications that might use them. On Lucid, xulrunner-1.9 conflicts with this PPA. To see the bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/885280 cheers Donna -- Donna Benjamin - Executive Director Creative Contingencies - http://cc.com.au ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414 Drupal Downunder - 13-15 January 2012 Jasper Hotel, Melbourne - http://drupaldownunder.org -- Donna Benjamin - kattekrab.net Inkscape: Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics http://www.inkscape.org

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Paths joining two objects and three paths to one node.
by unknown＠example.com 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hello, I have two questions: 1) Is there a way to join two objects using a path so that when I move the objects, the path's endpoints get dragged around? I frequently draw planar graphs and this ability would be useful. 2) I suspect there's some vector-graphics theory reason why it's impossible, but is it possible to have three paths emerge from one node? Is there an aesthetic way to fake it if there isn't? Thanks for any hints/answers/tutorials anybody can provide, John B. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

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Open Educational Resources for Typography on Kickstarter
by Dave Crossland 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Hi Since Inkscape is often used for typographic projects, I thought the community here may be interested in a kickstarter project I've helped to set up, to publish CC-BY-SA licensed open educational resources for typography :-) http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cosgaya/oert-open-educational-resources… -- Cheers Dave

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Reset all Inkscape settings ?
by Alejandro Rivadeneira 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Greetings to all. What is the way to reset all Inkscape settings, without reinstalling it? Thank you for your response. Alejandro

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Help the big project
by Ivano Arrighetta 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Please, have a look to my website (http://igpgames.altervista.org) and contribute to the big project, which is something related to graphics, audio, video and text.

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List of inkscape extensions to svg
by john Culleton 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Is there a list somewhere of the features found in Inkscape svg but omitted from plain svg? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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