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Re: [Inkscape-user] Iconset
by Guillermo Espertino 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Great work Plácido! I think you really worked around the most evident issues of the theme and achieved a very coherent style. Even though I still prefer the Tangoified set, I think your theme is a clear improvement and it should replace the default set asap. I'd like to know what the rest think. In my opinion your set should be the default if there is no consensus about the Tango set. Gez

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Iconset
by Plácido Sousa 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Hi all, I've been improving (I think!) the inkscape iconset (work in progress). I've resized and simplified some of the icons to make them look better in my Linux distro (Ubuntu 8.10 - haven't tried others). If the feedback is positive I'll try them in Microsoft Windows to see what I can do! (Sorry! I don't own a Mac) SVG file - icon.svg - and a screenshot as an attachment. bye -- > Plácido André Sousa http://chezplacide.blogspot.com placidoaps@...155... .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^

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Example of Inkscape + Javascript support
by Valessio Brito 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

See firefox or browser support svg+script. http://valessiobrito.info/projetos/debconf/debconf9/tshirts/ChoiceTshirt.svg Thanks JucaBlues for inserting dialogs to edit scripts. -- .ValessioBrito - http://valessiobrito.info

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why doesn't this work?
by Elwin Estle 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

I am trying to make a simple wedge shape that is 1/6 of a hexagon. So I used the polygon tool to make a hexagon. I convert it to a path. I duplicated it, shrunk it down some and used a boolean operation to cut a smaller hex shaped hole in the exact center of the larger hexagon. Then I used the node tool to select the extraneous nodes and delete them. Now I have two lines, both part of the same path, but not connected. When I select two end points on the lines and try to join them with a new segment, I get an error saying I haven't selected two nodes!!! So just for the heck of it, I used the bezier tool to make two separate lines, combined them to a single path and then tried to connect two end nodes with a new segment. Worked just fine. I could try to do the shape I am after this way, but getting everything positioned right might be something of a pain. I am just wondering why the first technique doesn't work. Seems like it should...

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Videos from linux.conf.au
by Jon A. Cruz 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

The first of the Inkscape-related videos from linux.conf.au is up online now http://codewideopen.blogspot.com/2009/02/color-talk-at-linuxconfau.html Hopefully Andy's and Donna's will be up soon. Once they are, I'll send out another note.

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Remove Object Fill and Stroke in Palette
by Plácido Sousa 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Hi, In some programs I remember to see a "color palete" (white with a red cross) to remove the color of object Fill or Stroke. Is there a similar thing with Inkscape? -- > Plácido André Sousa http://chezplacide.blogspot.com placidoaps@...155... .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^

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installing inkscape on a gentoo webserver... help !
by David Mourvillier 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Hi everybody, I'm a french user, writing in english like i can, sorry by advance :) I'm trying since many days to install inkscape on my gentoo webserver, but i was not sure it was possible. Today i found this doc : http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingGentoo describing how to install inkscape-0.44 on gentoo like i want, and i try, but result is : !!! Couldn't download 'baselayout-1.12.10.tar.bz2'. Abor * Fetch failed for 'sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.10-r5' * Messages for package sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.10-r5: * Fetch failed for 'sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.10-r5' I had this problem 3 days ago, but after many manipulations and the emergements of depedencies, and the ./configure installation of 0.46 version via a tar.gz file, this had finished to happen. My problem of yesterday, about what i have post in the inkscape forum, was : """ I am not sure but it seems that inkscape can be installed on a remote web server, mine is a gentoo linux kernel 2.6.27.10-grs (OVH release 2). I just want to be able to use the inkscape --export-... command lines on my webserver, cause it is the better svg to pdf (print quality) converter i found. Isn't it ? I am trying : emerge inkscape (wouhou !... oho...) it needs a lot of other things, emerge, emerge, or install from tar.gz, and all seems ok now, except for a package : No package 'giomm-2.4' found i don't found it with emerge, i found many occurences of the files contents of 'giomm-2.4', and, reading, i understood it is a part of glibmm-2.15 and of newer versions of glibmm (if i understood) here : http://www.murrayc.com/blog/permalink/2 ... -gio-in-c/ <http://www.murrayc.com/blog/permalink/2008/01/28/giomm-gio-in-c/> But my glibmm is : (emerge --search glibmm ) Latest version available: 2.14.2 Latest version installed: 2.14.2 oho... On this web server, i have apache 2, php, mysql running for my clients, i am a little afraid to modify its config. Before trying to install inkscape, i had verified if i can, and how install inkscape on my web server in guides and forums. I don't know a lot of things about linux, and about webservers... i know a little, and i learn a lot. So can you tell me if what i try is possible, or if not, if you know another (free) way to convert svg to pdf (with embedded free fonts) on my webserver ? """ Now i ask me "Need I really giomm-2.4" to use only inkscape command lines, and is it possible to install inkscape without it ?? Please, help me, or tell me who can perhaps help me, Thanks a lot, regards David Mourvillier

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Open-source graphics gig [Fwd: [yellowdog-announce] Job posting -- Graphic Designer]
by Ted Gould 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Hey, This came across my desk, I have no affiliation with Terra Soft other than I used Yellowdog a while back. It'd be cool if an Inkscaper got this position though :) --Ted -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Announce List for all Terra Soft products (moderated) <yellowdog-announce@...2599...> Reply-to: "Announce List for all Terra Soft products \(moderated\)" <yellowdog-announce@...2599...> To: FSS Announce <yellowdog-announce@...2599...> Subject: [yellowdog-announce] Job posting -- Graphic Designer Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:27:03 -0700 Yellow Dog Enthusiasts, We are pleased to announce a job posting for a "Graphic Designer". This is a contract, part-time position with need to be near the Loveland, Colorado offices. Job description and form: http://us.fixstars.com/jobs/graphic-designer.shtml --FSS Team _______________________________________________ yellowdog-announce mailing list yellowdog-announce@...2599... http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-announce

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Shortcuts Show/Hide
by Plácido Sousa 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Hi all, Let's say I use the "Ctrl+Shift+F" shortcut to show the Fill and Stroke Dialog. Wouldn't it make sence that if I press it again the dialog would disappear? -- > Plácido André Sousa http://sites.google.com/site/chezplacide/Home http://chezplacide.blogspot.com placidoaps@...155... .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^

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new to Inkscape
by Roeland Huys 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hi, I have been using Inkscape the last 2 years for my professional work. I use it mainly for scientific illustrations. So first of all I'd like to congratulate the Inkscape team for their great and important role in the open source community. Inkscape is for my type of work the best -and only- alternative for expensive software like CordelDraw. I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 and GNOME. I'm using inkscape mostly for schematical purposes: flow charts, electrical or scientific diagrams, etc... Since I'm new to this group, I don't really know the etiquette, but I'll start with my whishlist. Sorry about the length of the list... (Please feel free to comment) * Multiple pages. * Printing: I have issues with it. I cannot set the type of paper for my printer, and the result is often a bad layout. * GRID snapping is a little nightmare for my kind of work. Right now, Inkscape has "snap nodes" and "snap bounding boxes". Both of them are not suitable for me. Suppose you draw an object with irregular shapes (e.g. a group of polygons and text). There should be a modus: "move by reference point". The reference is snapped on the grid, and when moving, the destination of the object is by snapping the reference point ONLY. If you move the object on a grid of say 10px, the object should ONLY move in steps of 10px without exception! As it is now, objects snap on any of the irregular shapes inside it (e.g. text, irregular polygons, etc..) and when you draw schematics, you don't want that. Furthermore, there should be a way to do "Snap to bounding boxes" with snapping to the CENTER of a thick line, NOT to the OUTSIDE of the thick line! Example: enable "snap nodes" and "snap bounding boxes". Draw a circle. The vertices will nicely align on the grid, that's how I want it. Now scale the circle by dragging the handles. Now, the circle will be completely off-grid. * Symbols: being able to make template symbols and insert them in your drawing. The symbols should have a reference point (see snapping), and parameterizable text would be great. The instances should be LINKS to the symbols, so if you edit a symbol, it should change all references. Associated features if you right-click on an instance: "edit template", "edit as new template", "make group object copy" * Being able to use objects from another .svg with a link. This way, we can make libraries of symbols. * Arrows: arrow heads should change color by changing the color of the arrow. * Swap arrows: a button to swap the beginning/end arrows. Would be very useful! * Styles: a custom list of styles Fill+Outline+Text font you can click on to set an object style. Also, double click on a style to set it as 'default'. Today, I have to click around in that dialog too often. * Fill and Outline paint swatches: list of default colors. Standard color lists, like web colors, pantone, etc... * Bug in the software today: exchanging objects across files via the clipboard does not work. * Dialog boxes: you should be able to save their layout! Now I have to open and position them every time I open a file * Dialog boxes: share dialog boxes for different files. I use the program in the same way as we use "GIMP": different open files, and floating dialogs. However, if I click on a dialog box, Inkscape immediately selects another open file, because the dialogs seems to be 'linked' with the document windows. * Text dialog: it seems to be different (not dockable) than the other dialog boxes. I wonder why... That's all for now... Please let me know if this kind of input is useful, and if anybody of the developers is reading this (otherwise, I would not bother typing it next time) Happy new year, Roeland Huys

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