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Eraser tool
by Stuart Edwards 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Hi -- Just checking out some of the new features in 0.47 and tried the new eraser tool with mixed success. Release notes say that there are two modes of operation: vector and 'bitmap', but no instructions on how to trigger one or the other. Tool seems to create a path which if placed on an object will sometimes erase it completely. No luck on getting it to partially erase an object (line, rectangle etc). 'Select' 'Delete' seems to deal with whole vector objects more efficiently, although the partial erase could be handy. Stu MacPro OSX 10.6 XQuartz 2.3.4 0.47pre2

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for MacOS
by Stuart Edwards 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Hi While checking out 0.47pre2 I jotted down keyboard shortcuts I found that might be helpful for Mac users who don't get the full keyboard functionality of the Inkscape GUI. Stu

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Selected objects sometimes don't respond to arrow keys
by Mike McNally 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

I'm using an 0.47 nightly from 06 Sep on Ubuntu Jaunty Linux. I've been using Inkscape (0.46) for about 8 months now for a variety of random web graphics. I'm not an art professional by any means. Anyway: in the nightly, while it's fixed some chronic crashes from 0.46, has itself a couple of quirks. One that is particularly annoying is this: I select some objects/paths, and then do something - maybe set clipping, or group, or change color; it's not completely consistent or at least it seems that way. After an operation like that, my stuff apparently remains selected (according to the UI), but subsequent attempts to use the arrow keys to move the elements around have no effect. I have to de-select and reselect the elements and then of course the arrow keys move them around just fine. I'm wondering if this may have something to do with layers, or something else about the application with which I'm not very familiar. One reliable way to make the effect happen is this: draw a rectangle, type "s" to switch to the "select" tool, and then go to the "fill & stroke* box and set "blur" to something bigger than zero. After that, the rectangle will be blurry and apparently selected, but the arrow keys won't do anything (for me anyway). -- Turtle, turtle, on the ground, Pink and shiny, turn around.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape 0.47pre2
by Michael Wybrow 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

On 31/08/2009, at 6:11 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > Is anyone doing a Mac/native GTK+ build for pre2? > > Sorry for pushing, but it's a week since pre2 was released and all we > have is sources :( I'm working on a universal package that will run on Leopard and Snow Leopard. I don't think it is worth creating another gtk-native-mac build, unless anyone wants to start actively working on the things I mentioned about the one I made for pre0 -- the gtk-native-mac version is going to require a fair amount of attention before it can become the main supported one over the x11-based version. Work on the universal x11-based package for Mac is a little slow... partly because I am quite busy with work, and partly because of the added complication of testing an additional version of the operating system (Snow Leopard 10.6). Anyway, Mac builds are coming and haven't been forgotten. If anyone else with mac packaging experience wants to contribute to the effort, it would be useful to look at some of the outstanding issues I haven't got to yet, like the dictionary bundling or the DBUS bundling/startup (might be similar to what GIMP has). If so, let me know. Cheers, Michael

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Easiest Linux Distro for inkscape 46
by John Culleton 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Since my Slackware system appears inhospitable for Inkscape despite my best efforts I want to put up another distro on its own partition just for Inkscape. My immediate target is Inkscape 46 since anything newer will probably not be easily installed. All other factors considered equal I prefer an rpm based distro. What does the list recommend? -- John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Compiling 46
by John Culleton 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

When I try to compile Inkscape 46 I run into the usual lib problems. I downloaded the latest versions per the urls on the Inkscape install page but that doesn't work. I downloaded earlier versions and ran ldconfig but that didn't help. For the following products which exact versions do I need? I was successful in loading libsigc++-2.2.3. The rest don't work: gdkmm-2.4 glibmm-2.4 gtkmm-2.4 I use Slackware 13 which was just released. I installed the Boehm thingamabob (Bone Collector?). -- John Culleton

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Inkscape 0.47pre2
by Ted Gould 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Hello! After too much delay, some for good and some for stupid reasons I've finally uploaded a pre2 source package for Inkscape. This is VERY close to the final 0.47 release so it's important that people pay attention and we don't let things fall through the cracks. https://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.47pre2 There should be packages available shortly, packagers please reply to this message with information regarding those. Please discuss any release critical bugs or other information regarding the release on the inkscape-devel mailing list. === MD5 Sums === de351d81cca9f99b3a1fb4faa36c723d inkscape-0.47pre2.tar.bz2 77c6ea1245618af69381067c90e57afc inkscape-0.47pre2.tar.bz2.asc ccced173f66611591006d16ea6a200b4 inkscape-0.47pre2.tar.gz 3df60bde0ca2ef28db283c285d5511b1 inkscape-0.47pre2.tar.gz.asc cb94fa821bff40970260f9530cc0bd84 inkscape-0.47pre2.zip 710c523dfdcf10ad39753788baefba90 inkscape-0.47pre2.zip.asc --Ted

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Copy/Paste to Inkscape under Mac Leopard
by Luc Buker 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hello, For school i had to change from Windows to Mac. One of the problems I run unto is that i can't copy paste for example text from a word document (cmd+v) to Inkscape (ctrl+v, X11 based). Can someone give me some advice. If you're Dutch, you can answer in our mother tongue :D. Thank you. -- Luc Buker www.Lucreative.eu Bloemendaal

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work with inkscape 0.46+devel photorealistc
by Valessio Brito 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

see: http://maddrum.deviantart.com/art/Megan-Inkscape-134931482 very, very real.. see shots in flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maddrum/ :P

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[SPAM] Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 in Brussels Announced
by Jon Phillips 22 Aug '09

22 Aug '09

GLOBAL - August 22, 2009 - Cutting edge graphics software meets free culture at Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 in Brussels Users and developers of Free, Libre and Open Source graphics software will meet in Brussels, Belgium on May 26-29, 2010 at the fifth annual Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM). Held in a historical piano factory, newly renovated into a lively exhibition and work space near Brussels' city center, LGM 2010 offers software developers, artists, designers and other graphics professionals the chance to collaborate and learn from each other. LGM emphasizes the sharing of collective creativity, innovation and ideas and is free for everyone to attend. The LGM community is excited for the opportunity to bring this event to the European capital. About the Libre Graphics Meeting The Libre Graphics Meeting exists to unite and accelerate the efforts behind Free, Libre and Open Source creative software. Since 2006, this annual meeting is the premiere conference for developers, users and supporters of projects such as GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, Krita, Scribus, Hugin, the Open Clipart Library, and the Open Font Library gather to work on interoperability, shared standards, and new ideas. Work at prior LGMs has pushed the state of the art in important areas such as color management, cross-application sharing of assets, and common formats. Face-to-face meetings and opportunities for collaboration are important to users and developers alike; in the form of tutorials, talks, workshops, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) the event offers many formal and informal opportunities to interact. Highlights from LGM 2009 The last Libre Graphics Meeting took place in Montreal, Canada. It involved 150+ participants from around the world working together for four days to give presentations, demos, and meet informally. Through support from the Ãcole Polytechnique MontrÃ©al, the LGM user community (raising money on pledgie.com), Sourceforge, River Valley Technologies, Intel Communities, Open Candy, QT, sK1, GIMP, Python Software Foundation, Gnome foundation and Group Eyrolles, the conference funded travel for many international developers whom otherwise would not be able to work face to face. Highlights included contributions by companies building on Open Source such as AscenderCorp and Open Source Publishing, and presentations of Jeff Fortinâs PiTiVi Video Editor, FontMatrix, Phatch and Michael Terryâs work on In-Gimp user-experience analysis and kinetic templates. All major projects in attendance, Scribus, Gimp, Inkscape, and Open Font Library, spent time planning activities for the next year. New projects like the panorama stitcher NONA, Lighttwist, a system for running multi-projector immersive video displays, and Markus Weiland's FacetZoom widget, set the stage for new exciting software developments leading into LGM 2010 in Brussels. A Preview of LGM 2010 For Libre Graphics Meeting 2010, the conference promoters challenge all participating projects and people to set goals and plan creative projects. First, each major project is requested to have set three solid priorities before the conference to work towards. Second, one or more collaborative projects is to be developed, beyond just the tools used, such as a book or animation. And third, the conference hopes to involve an increasing number of artists and academics to show novel uses libre graphics software, and to discuss, analyse and provide inspiration. In the coming months, Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 organizers will release more information about the upcoming conference, raising funds to enable the event, and release the official call for participation for 2010. Immediately, the conference organizers invite all interested in participating to watch the http://libregraphicsmeeting.org website and join the Create Project (http://create.freedesktop.org) mailing list and get involved. LGM 2010 is hosted by the Libre Graphics Community and Constant in collaboration with De Pianofabriek, Master Networked Media and Research programme Communication in a Digital Age (Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam) and the Bruxelles Linux User Group (BXLUG). For more information, visit http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org Press Contact * Sponsoring Organization: Create Project and Libre Graphics Meeting * Contact: Jon Phillips * Contact email: jon@...87... * Phone (USA): +1.415.830.3884 * Website: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/ * Press Release in other languages: http://ur1.ca/a33b * Press Photos: http://ur1.ca/a34y ###

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