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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape 4.8 outset/inset behavior
by Susan Spencer 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Attached is Outset_Test.svg The path was created with Ctrl-K. Inkscape step parameter has been set to 56.25px (5/8") The Outset results are very strange. Any info would be appreciated. - Susan > Can you attach the SVG file that originally exposed the unexpected > behavior of the 'Path > Outset' command? > > ~suv > > > >

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Re: [Inkscape-user] is one svg document per document enough?
by Shawn H Corey 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

On 10-08-28 11:13 PM, Kyle Reynolds wrote: > I always felt that svg, with multiple pages would be great as a > replacement for other multi page layout formats (more secure than pdf, > more easily manipulatable than doc), but I'm sure there are many > implementation details of both of those formats that I am neglecting > that are irreplaceable to the academic and business applications that > may have special uses for them. > > Inkscape's broader purpose is as a drawing program, so mixing both > drawing and text document editing into a single application would muddle > the interface and functionality. > That would be docBook, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DocBook>, an XML way of laying out documents. I don't think Inkscape should do this too. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. The secret to great software: Fail early & often. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape 4.8 outset/inset behavior
by Susan Spencer 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

The problem has been corrected for my drawing, but not sure about what was corrected: I selected my segments and converted them to a path with Ctrl-K, then applied Outset, with the results of an inside and outside line, both deviating from the original path in strange ways. I did more experimentation, selecting segments then converting to path, then Simplifying the path before adding Outset resulted with same inside & outside offset lines. More experimenting in this vein had similar results. Only after the object was initially created as one single path, with 'z' connector at the end, did the Outset become a proper exact copy 36px (~1cm) outside of the object. Not sure about all the issues involved here, it's just nice to know for the moment which hammer was required to achieve the desired result. Later maybe a smaller hammer will do. - Susan Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:37:33 -0500 > From: Susan Spencer <susan.spencer@...155...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape 4.8 outset/inset behavior > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: > <AANLkTi=+owBm1Ka_jN1ZHMRfRHKGMOD2P4anDqev-kWk@...156...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > In trying to add a 1cm seam allowance outside a pattern drawn with > Inkscape > 4.8, : > 1. the Outset is shaped properly, has the correct width, but it is > positioned *over* the path, half in and half out, instead of being placed > 100% outside of the path. Is this the intended behavior? > 2. The outset doesn't inherit the properties of the path selected, it has a > 'fill' by default. I have to select the edit object icon, and set fill to > 'x' and stroke to solid. Is there a way to cause the 'Outset' path to > inherit the selected path's properties? > 3. When I select 'Inset' on the same path,just as a test to see what > happens, I get a very small tight grouping of points that have no apparent > relationship to my pattern shape. I don't really need 'Inset' at the > moment, > just thought I'd mention it. > > I'm new to Inkscape, so perhaps there is something that I am missing. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Susan >

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Re: [Inkscape-user] is one svg document per document enough?
by unknown＠example.com 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:13:07 -0400 "Kyle Reynolds" <kyle@...2740...> wrote: Inkscape's broader purpose is as a drawing program, so mixing both > drawing and text document editing into a single application would > muddle the interface and functionality. i would have agreed to this some years ago. but today i'd rather go with this hands-on approach inkscape provides than with the nutshell approach of abiword or the like. i'd actually drop all those office tools, except of gnumeric, for a tool like inkscape that at least provided a bit of PageMaker. i don't expect QuarkExpress, really not! the reason is that the inkscape-way is, from my point of view, like the excel-way, the more generic and thus the more powerful way of doing things. if this generic way is restricted because of the specialized interface, this forces me to search for a second tool that is to 90% like inkscape. it will be the same fat and slow to compile, the same complex and it will mainly solve the same technical problems internally. should only the interface enforce several implementations? i question this. another way is to separate the masks from the core so that a PageMaker could settle on it. but, two different projects will lead to two incompatible file formats, i guess. well, you decide. maledetto <maledetto@...2748...>

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is one svg document per document enough?
by unknown＠example.com 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

hello sorry if you already discussed this... i was thinking about how to simulate pages with svg capabilities and inkscape features. i am also in the need to create text forms that are empty by default and don't shrink to the size of the input. i also understand that svg has no rules to solve these problems and probably never will, but... is svg meant to solve higher order layout problems or is a tool like inkscape wrong if it only bases on one svg document per document/file? what would w3c say to this? do they think that multiple pages in a document are to be defined as multiple svg documents in one xml document? are text forms to be programmed with python or javascript or should one integrate other standards like xhtml or xforms? what do you think? maledetto <maledetto@...2748...>

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Precompiled versions of 0.48
by John Culleton 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

I am hitting a brick wall on compiling 0.48 on my Slackware Linux system. Is a compiled Linux version 0.48.0 available in Debian repositories? In rpm form? -- 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] Precompiled versions of 0.48
by Shawn H Corey 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

On 10-08-27 11:55 AM, Kyle Reynolds wrote: > I'm a bit unfamiliar with debian's packaging system/manager on that > level; would using apt-get retrieve no rpm? Just the contents tha would > most likely be in it? I haven't used rpm for years but IIRC, it puts a different wrapper around it than Debian. I don't think you will have any luck in trying to load a Debian image with rpm. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. The secret to great software: Fail early & often. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS.

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Svg question.
by John Culleton 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

What is the experience of the group when using Inkscape svg output to illustrate html documents? -- 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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0.48 extensions question
by Elwin Estle 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

I downloaded the portable version of 0.48 from PortableApps. I can't seem to get the render functions to work in the extensions menu. I tried rendering a gear, the sphere, and a barcode. Nothing happens. The extension appears to work, but when it is done, there is nothing on the page. I do not get any error messages, but could I be missing a library or something?

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Bitmapped output.
by John Culleton 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

I am using 0.48 pre 1. There is an output option for bitmapped output but what format is it? I can think of half a dozen. I am looking for tiff. -- 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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