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Resize an image from the command line
by Alec Battles 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

I want to scale an SVG file/object while preserving h/w ratios. In the gui, this would be done by clicking on the object, choosing object-->transform-->scale-->preserve ratio-->(enter scale) then file-->properties-->resize canvas to fit object. As you can see, that's a lot of work for an operation that should be really simple. Anyway, I tried figuring out how to use the shell mode, and didn't manage it. I assume I need to use the verb "DialogTransform" but that's as far as I got. Any help would be appreciated. -- 𓆦

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William Oquendo invited you to Dropbox
by Dropbox 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

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Inkscape stoped working
by Krappies 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

I have had this problem for some time but could never give a report on the problem. An IT guy took this off the events log hope this can help KInd regards. Krappies. Cell +27 73 323 4073 Fax +27 086 566 4555 Skype Krappies6

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Inkscape stop working
by Krappies 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Good morning. I have had this problem for some time now but could not give much of a report on the problem. Find attached a list of problems that could clear the problem KInd regards. Krappies. Cell +27 73 323 4073 Fax +27 086 566 4555 Skype Krappies6

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howto copy part of a path
by unknown＠example.com 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

I am very new to Inkscape and my search for info on how to copy part of a path has yielded little I am using version 0.47 on Fedora 13 So far all I can manage is to duplicate the path Then on the copy delete all the nodes except for the ones I want I am sure there is a better way Richard

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inkscape 0.48 not responding (windows)
by Dr. Johannes Zellner 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

Hi, inkscape 0.48 is not responding for about a minute - after startup - when saving to a new file name (Save As ...) After the minute, everything works as espected. any ideas? -- Johannes

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Howto resize a rectangle keeping the line width
by Francois Grieu 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

Hello, I'm very new to inkscape. I fail to figure out how to resize a rectangle (or Bezier curve) while keeping the line width unchanged. Pointer or tip appreciated. TIA, Francois Grieu

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Mis-behaving 0.48
by Jon 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

I am using the standard 0.48 installation on Windows Vista and Inkscape has started mis-behaving. I'm getting the attached extension-errors.log file created. I've tried reinstalling Inkscape, but this has not cured the problem. What's happening and what is the solution (in simple language, please!). Jon

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Broken PDF file produced
by Mahendra Tallur 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Hi again ! I would like to add some more data to my previous mail. I'm using Inkscape 0.48. I assumed the faulty PDF file I obtained was due to my modifying the XML file directly. But it's actually not the case as it also happens with another document I didn't modify this way. Please let me show you some sample files : 1) http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/Plaquette%20-%20Int%c3%a9rieur.svg as you can see, there is in the bottom right corner a polygon which is filled with a pattern which contains many spirals 2) http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/Plaquette%20-%20Int%c3%a9rieur.pdf here is the resulting PDF On my computer : - the PDF takes about 5 to 10 seconds before being displayed !! (core2duo 3 GHz, 4 GB RAM). While the PDF file produced by inDesign (from which I exported this svg before modofying it under Inkscape) was displayed instantly (but, the inkscape produced .pdf was almost 10 times heavier, it seems a couple of parts were converted to bitmaps, I wonder why). - the bottom-right pattern is invisible (under evince / Ubuntu 10.10) when looking from far away. When zooming in, you can make out the polygon shape but it's filled with some kind of random pattern - if I scroll in the document, from the PDF reader, it even makes it *crash* and slows down my system a lot ! (of course, there was no display problem under Inkscape itself) It seems using some exported .svg files definitely don't please Inkscape a lot. Or this kind of patterns at least... PS : I provided some font files used by the document in http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/ Thanks ever so much for reading this ! Mahen

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Issues with patterns (including crashes)
by Mahendra Tallur 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Hi everyone ! First : thanks for the amazing work done by the Inkscape developers ! I'm a new casual Inkscape user :) I'm using it at the moment to carry on the work done by someone who owned inDesign. Thus, I used an .svg file that was exported from this piece of software. The export went fine overall, except some fonts issues (for instance, I could only select the first line in text frames) and colours were generally not good. I fixed almost anything by rewriting the text and changing colours but I encountered a few issues and problems in general with patterns. Indeed : in the document, there are a few polygons which are filled with a pattern which consists in many spirals. For some reasons the colours went wrong during the export but I couldn't change directly the colours used in the patterns. (more generally, I didn't know how to apply the same colours to many objects at the same time) So I converted the pattern back to an object, changed to colours, converted it to a pattern, and applied it to the object. So it did the trick. However I had many issues in the process : 1) Inkscape completely filled my memory twice and the kernel had to kill the task. This happened when using several times in a row the functions to convert patterns to objects or the contrary. All of a sudden, the hard drive began to spin non-stop (I have no swap but 4 GB of ram) and I could barely move my mouse cursor. It also happened when I was using the "node" tool to change the position / rotate etc. the pattern when applied to an object. 2) I managed to crash inkscape when undo-ing some operations that were involving a pattern <-> object conversion Also, I was wondering if there was a simpler way to handle patterns ? (edit them afterwards / change their colours / remove them from the list ?) 3) to make the operation easier, I decided to change some colours directly in the pattern definition in the XML file. It seemed to worked : the drawing was displayed properly in Inkscape or when exporting to .png. But when exporting to .pdf, the modified patterns were invisible or trashed when zooming in. Oops ! Can you guys please tell me if I should file some bugreports ? Maybe those bugs are known and fixed in the upcoming 0.48.1 ? (I'm also the one who filed the bugreport involving a font that was not displayed properly in Acrobat Reader under Windows, but was OK in Linux / OSX....) PS : I may upload the .svg file somewhere, if some of you are curious ! Best regards & thanks again to the team ! Mahen

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