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Text from imprted pdf not split
by Sebastian Busch 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Dear list, I would like to open http://www.thamnos.de/l2.ps in inkscape. Therefore, I use epstopdf to produce http://www.thamnos.de/l2.pdf which I can open. However, the text at the x- and y-axes (0, 0.25, 0.5, ...) is one big object each instead of an object per number. This would be my preferred behaviour as a subsequent save as pdf with PDF+LaTeX will now end up in a messed up LaTeX part: http://www.thamnos.de/l2.pdf_tex So I tried to split the numbers using the Split Text extension, splitting words at the x-axis. This fails though with Traceback (most recent call last): File "split.py", line 215, in <module> b.affect() File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex.py", line 215, in affect self.effect() File "split.py", line 202, in effect nodes = self.split_words(node) File "split.py", line 115, in split_words x = float(line.get("x")) ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 0 40.54911213 47.89159253 84.76972857 92.11220897 128.98994884 136.33242924 173.21016911 180.55264951 217.43078555 224.77326595 I tried to add some print statements in split.py but it is not printed to stdout... Can someone here please help? Thanks in advance, Sebastian.

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Perfect book cover.
by John Culleton 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

I have three books on Inkscape, the third edition of "Inkscape Guide to a Vector Drawing Program", "The Book of Inkscape" and the smaller "Inkscape for Vector Graphics". None of the three mention the Render tool "Perfect Book Template" which I am reasonably certain came in with version 47 or perhaps earlier. With version 48 the barcode generator choices include two that are useful for book covers, EAN 13 and EAN 5. With these enhancements Inkscape is not yet a complete stand alone book cover tool (no CMYK, no PDF X/1-a) but it is getting close. With a little help from other free software such as Scribus the potential is exciting. I suggest that as these three books are republished the potential for creating book covers be acknowledged and the "Perfect Book Template" be at least mentioned. It more or less replaces my effort shown here: http://wexfordpress.net/template.html While my program only generates the dimensions and the guide positions as numeric output Inkscape actually creates a true template which can be saved as a pdf and used in other programs like Scribus (or even Gimp.) The workload can be split between Inkscape and Scribus in various ways. At one extreme only the template is taken from Inkscape, imported into Scribus, and the external page dimensions fitted to the imported pdf or png file. At the other extreme all of the creative work can be done in Inkscape and the finished cover imported into Scribus for conversion to CMYK and saving as PDF X/1-a where that is required or desirable. I am only beginning to experiment with these combinations. As my experience grows I'll share the results. The next edition of my e- book listed below will have both Inkscape and Scribus in the title. Stay tuned! -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Paerfect book cover template.
by John Culleton 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

The template shows guides. Is there a handy way to convert those guides to line segments for export? -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] ui improvements
by Jasper van de Gronde 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

On 2010-09-03 11:48, Aleksandar Kovac wrote: > ... > > So, one really simple solution for the 'user awareness' of the loaded > color would be to put the color indicator directly on the tool cursor. > even a small patch not bigger than 4*4px would give enough visual > feedback and get rid of a much bigger piece of screen somewhere else. > For example, when you take the rectangle tool, the cursor icon on the > lower right changes to indicate this tool choice, right? Why it wouldn't > indicate the color, too? So that you can see: a red circle, or a green > rectangle... It would be OK semantically, since the purpose of that > little icon by the cursor is 'reference'. > ... I actually liked this idea, as I've always been slightly surprised by the initial result whenever I start drawing something in Inkscape, and this would make that absolutely clear. So I've made an initial patch that implements this (if I missed a tool, it's easy to add one, just needs a small change to TOOL-context.cpp and some recoloring of cursor-TOOL.xpm). I'm interested in people's experiences, so I've attached a patch and uploaded a Windows build to: http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/inkscape-color-cursor.zip (just inkscape.exe, so backup your current inkscape.exe, extract the zip and your good to go) One of the main glitches it currently has is that the "preview" doesn't change if you select a different color (you have to reselect the tool). Any ideas on fixing that would be appreciated (just reply to the devel list only).

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Right-to-left Urdu text editing
by nal sanj 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Hello everyone, my os is ubuntu karmic. im facing problems in using Inkscape for texting in Urdu. The specific problem im facing is that some alphabets are becoming distorted for example the dots of ت are shifting from the top to the bottom in some cases and also sometimes shifting to the end of the word. similar problems might be faced by users in Farsi or Arabic. any clues how to fix this?

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] ui improvements
by JimmyVolatile 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

To me, this is an excellent idea! Lots of little, nifty things like this is in my experience what helps newcomers instantly start liking Inkscape. The color boxes at the top right of the Inkscape window only opens my preferences dialog, though. I would have expected the color dialog to appear. Cheers, Jimmy Volatile. I actually liked this idea, as I've always been slightly surprised by the initial result whenever I start drawing something in Inkscape, and this would make that absolutely clear. So I've made an initial patch that implements this (if I missed a tool, it's easy to add one, just needs a small change to TOOL-context.cpp and some recoloring of cursor-TOOL.xpm). I'm interested in people's experiences, so I've attached a patch and uploaded a Windows build to: http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/inkscape-color-cursor.zip (just inkscape.exe, so backup your current inkscape.exe, extract the zip and your good to go)

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Elegant work - thank you
by Carl Symons 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Yesterday, I led an orientation for a small group of beginners from an Native American community in the US. They all wanted Inkscape loaded on their new computers. It is a wonder-full, wonderful application. This Native American nation's (Coastal Salish) heritage and culture is loaded with arts, in particular totem-like images where Inkscape excels. These students were already making exceptional images after just a few hours. One girl did a piece with one star, Ctrl-D-ing, tweaking and arranging the copies. She was gone into the timelessness of creativity. >From the mailing list today came my discovery of F11 and F12 toggles. Simple, but functions I didn't know about or even realize I wanted. I am amazed at the quality and thoughtfulness of Inkscape. So this is a note of thanks to everyone who contributes to Inkscape. You touch lives in unimaginable ways. Carl

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3D figures.
by John Culleton 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

I like the availablity 3d polyhedrons. But can the aspect of these figures be changed? The truncated tetrahedron for example yields a top view. Can I get an angle view or even a side view of this 3d figure? Or is it just a 2d representation of a 3d figure? -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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SVG 2.0: Update want list
by Tavmjong Bah 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Hi, Thanks for all the replies. We're getting quite a list. Here is the latest version: 1. Markers that can inherit parent attributes (e.g. marker fill takes parent stroke color so arrow heads are same color as path). 2. New gradients: A. Conical (special case of mesh?) B. Mesh: (should match PDF types) C. Diffusion curves. 3. Vector effects (see: http://dev.w3.org/SVG/modules/vectoreffects/master/SVGVectorEffectsPrimer.h… ) 4. Multipage SVG's. 5. Multiline text entry. 6. Perspective transforms. 7. Paths constructed of sub-paths with different attributes. Objects that share paths. (Maybe included as part of vector effects.) 8. Control over stroke positioning (amount inside/outside path). 9. Vector fills. 10. Pattern filter: Variable pattern fills (e.g. size/density of dots as function of color/alpha). 11. Embedded fonts. -- Tavmjong Bah Inkscape, Guide to Vector Drawing Program http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/

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small screen
by unknown＠example.com 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

My laptop has a small screen, and as a result it fits in my briefcase and I can take it just about anywhere. Usually that's a feature, but not whan I use Inkscape. When I use inkscape (or the Gimp for that matter) there's very little effective drawing area because most of the screen seems to fill up with icons to do various things to my drawing. Is there any way to reduce the clutter, and to see them only when I need them? Or to usually see only the ones I use often? -- hendrik

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