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Inkscape Hackfest 2020
by Martin Owens 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

Dear Inkscape developers and users, I've been thinking about how best we can host a hackfest for 2020 given all the restrictions. After talking with multiple people, I've decided that the best format for an online hackfest is to have one spread out over the summer. So may I present to everyone the Summer of Hackfest: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/-/issues/161 This gitlab issue is just for organising people's preferences, and thoughts. Once I have times confirmed, I'm going to write everything in the regular hackfest wiki page for everyone. So. The idea here is to take advantage of the online nature of this year's hackfest activity and allow people more breathing room between sessions. Each week I'll be hosting a video chat which you will be free to join and just hang out in and where hopefully some of the important topics will happen once per week. No grueling commitment, no big block of time, just a predictable schedule of lovely inkscape topics which will be publisised to get more people involved than ever before. Please join me on GitLab to proposed topics and set your preferred times. I'm looking for one topic per week, so that's six topics. And thanks for your participation. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Positioning objects by center
by Robert Nickels 29 May '20

29 May '20

From other CAD software, I'm accustomed to being able to position an object in a drawing by it's center. For example, I want to locate a 1/2" circle at grid coordinates X 1.000, Y 1.000. In Inkscape, I can create my circle, no problem, and I can enter the X and Y coordinates of 1.000 and 1.000 and the circle appears - but the lower left-hand corner of the box that surrounds the circle is at that location, not the center of my circle, which is in fact at X 1.250 Y 1.250. My question is, how can I change the reference point, "handle", or whatever it's called in Inkscape to the center rather than the outside corner of this box? I can't believe this is not the default, but I also have not been able to figure out what Inkscape calls this, and how to change it. Thanks! Bob

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suggestions UI
by drschafer＠comcast.net 28 May '20

28 May '20

I'm a new user of Inkscape .92 but very long time graphics user (pixel, vector, 3D) and would be a better user if the UI was more customizable and so suggest these possibilities for change, or at least user options: Ability to move tool panel from being stuck at left edge to floating so we can put it where most useable. In all my programs I keep it near right edge of main screen. Ability to move toolbars on top.monitor screen wide enough to have both toolbars on one row instead of 2 rows Allow for use of color palette to be floating. and able to roll-up to a simple panel row; maybe even on toolbar row with dropdown arrow click Probably most important would be ability to drag any panel (or toolbar that changes into a panel) onto a second monitor. I normally use main monitor for workspace and tool panel and remaining tools/panels/etc. on the second monitor. All of above lends toward better efficiency and full screen use of workspace for artboards. Thankfully I can make the program window wide enough to let part of it on second monitor in default mode now. Doug

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LinuxUser is looking for German-speaking author(s) for Inkscape articles and / or workshop
by Maren Hachmann 19 May '20

19 May '20

Hi all, the German magazine 'LinuxUser' is looking for one or more German-speaking authors for writing articles about Inkscape (e.g. workshops, a review of 1.0). They are explicitly looking for someone who is *NOT* a member of the Inkscape community to exclude any bias. If you think that could be you, please send an email to redaktion(a)linux-user.de and also check out the hints for authors at http://www.linux-user.de/Autorenhinweise . Maren

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Re: starting Inkscape 1.0.0 (4035a4f) on Mac Mojave
by Alistair Kwan 07 May '20

07 May '20

An update: Inkscape 1.0beta2 (2b71d25, 2019-12-03) runs without problems. After successfully starting up and shutting down 1.0beta2, now 1.0.0 isn't starting at all.

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starting Inkscape 1.0.0 (4035a4f) on Mac Mojave
by Alistair Kwan 07 May '20

07 May '20

A couple of weeks ago, Inkscape 1.0.0 was running happily on my Mojave machine. Today, it won’t start. Instead, MacOS gives this error message: The last time you opened Inkscape, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again? There are two option buttons: Don’t Reopen, and Reopen. Both have the same effect: Inkscape vanishes. I have tried: - trashing pref files - trashing app support files - trashing Inkscape.app and re-installing from a fresh download Context: Inkscape 1.0.0 (4035a4f) MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 RAM: 24 GB Processor: 3.2 GHz core i5 Where should I be looking next to fix this?

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Inkscape 1.0 released
by Marc Jeanmougin 04 May '20

04 May '20

================ = Inkscape 1.0 = ================ Inkscape version 1.0 is now released. ---------------- You can watch our showcase at: https://inkscape.org/release-video-1-0/ and download it for your platform on: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0/ then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at https://inkscape.org/support-us/ ---------------- Inkscape 1.0 is a major milestone for the Inkscape project, following the update of our user interface toolkit GTK to GTK+3, which allows us to support custom theming and HiDPI screen resolutions, and to provide a native app for macOS (as a preview). We also introduced a long list of new features outlined in detail and illustrated at https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0 . The highlights of this release are: * Easier theming options * macOS support * HiDPI screen support * Rotating and mirroring of canvas * Alignment of object with on-canvas handles * Split view and X-Ray modes to inspect path geometry * Searchable symbols dialog * New live path effect selection dialog * PowerPencil Live Path Effect to draw variable width strokes with graphic tablets * Many new useful live path effects (corner rounding tool, offsets, measures...) * Performance improvements for path operations on large number of paths * Default coordinate origin has been moved to the top left * Improved text line-height support * Variable font support * Browser-compatible flowed text * Extensions now use Python 3 ----------------------------- Join an Inkscape project team ----------------------------- Inkscape is always happy to welcome new contributors in various areas: code[1], translation[2], UX[3], bug triaging[4], or even outreach[5]! The main ways to get involved are listed on https://inkscape.org/contribute/ The preferred points of contact are: [1] https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.or… + https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_devel (or freenode/#inkscape-devel) [2] https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-translator.lists.inksca… [3] https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_ux [4] https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/bug_migration [5] https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors A warm thanks to everyone involved in making this release possible! -- The Inkscape team

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Importing .ai gets cut off in Inkscape how to change width of import.
by Richard Anthony Horan 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

I am importing a file from Illustrator of the newest version. My file is wide and gets cut off. How do I stop it from being cropped on import.

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How to create curved text box
by Joe Duarte 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

Hi all – I'm trying to design some coins and need to place text such that it wraps along the curved rim of the coin. I can't figure out how to get a text box to curve or wrap. Any ideas? Here's a photo of a silver coin that has text like I've described: https://imgur.com/gallery/CuugtEA Thanks, JD

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Inkscape 1.0-rc1 (Release Candidate) and Inkscape 0.92.5 released
by Marc Jeanmougin 13 Apr '20

13 Apr '20

================ Inkscape 1.0-rc1 ================ We are about to release the long-awaited Inkscape 1.0 version which has a ton of new features and most notably runs on GTK 3 to provide decent support for macOS and HiDPI screens. We consider the state of this branch to be stable enough to warrant large user testing to prepare for the launch. A big thanks to all our developers, testers, translators, bug triagers, and vectors who are making this release possible! >> Download on https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0rc1/ << AppImage and snap are available for Linux users as well as a ppa coming soon, Installers (.exe, .msi) and portable app (.7z) are available for Windows and a .dmg is available for macOS. The full changelog can be found on the wiki: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0 Please report all bugs you find on https://inkscape.org/report so that they can be triaged and fixed. =============== Inkscape 0.92.5 =============== Inkscape has launched the latest version in the 0.92 series, namely version 0.92.5. This update is a bugfix release, and its most notable improvements are python3 support for extensions, and better user font detection for Windows 10. >> Download on https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-0.92.5/ << The full changelog can be found on the wiki: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.92.5 ============ Translations ============ We are always on the look for translators in most languages, and if you feel that the translation for your language is not complete or could be improved, feel free to join our translator teams by subscribing to our translators mailing-lists on https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-translator.lists.inksca… ======== Join us! ======== There is always room for new contributors! If you want to join and help the Inkscape project on the development side, or on your areas of expertise (whether it is documentation, translation, outreach to new users, promotion, UX research, etc.), all help is appreciated and we can help you find your place in the project. Feel free to contact us on IRC (#inkscape on freenode) or on https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/inkscape_user Thanks everyone! -- The Inkscape team ;)

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