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Inkscape cannot preserve the italics of imported pdf files
by Paul Smith 06 Sep '08

06 Sep '08

Dear All, Inkscape cannot preserve the italics of the text of an imported pdf file. Can this be considered a bug? I am using Inkscape 0.46 on Fedora 9 (Linux). Thanks in advance, Paul

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landscape printing?
by Elwin Estle 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

I know I saw someone else post something about this. I cannot seem to print in landscape mode in Inkscape 0.46. I used a slackbuild from Slackbuilds.org on Slackware 12.1 (source compile). I tried the workaround posted on the site below, but lpr apparently expects a printer directly hooked to a parallel port and mine is a network printer. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/219640 I also tried printing to a file and then to the printer (an HP LaserJet 6MP hooked to an HP JetDirect 300x Network printing interface), I still got portrait mode. I suppose I can do everything in Landscape, then group the whole works and rotate it 90 degrees, but I am wondering if someone has found a workaround for this.

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outline-drawing for specific layers and general performance-improvements
by Dennis Schulz 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Hello, currently i'am working on an relativly complex drawing. its a cinema seatplan.with all those detailed seats inkscape is renders really slow and freezes a lot of times. the outlinemode is working well but it would be nice if i could turn it on for only one or more specific layers. this is a feature-request.. some others ideas to speed up inkscape? its fine for simple graphics but gives a slow-motion-feeling at bigger jobs. i've read some discussions about multicore-support and i would also appreciate that. normally i'm a software-developer so my point of view is perhaps a little bit different from that one a normal user has. i know that this isn't a trivial thing but imho it has to be done to moving on to the magic you can do with adobe's illustrator or the freehand-thing. i'm not shure but i think that illustrator cannot do that too. whats about rendering with the gpu? a pluginable renderingsystem to be platform-independent. ok.. for now.. greetings and have a nice day :) -- Mit freundlichem Gruß Dennis Schulz Fon: +49.203.73 82 0 95 Mobil: +49.160.78 75 4 66 http://www.port42.org http://www.nuenni.de

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bug?
by Elwin Estle 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Every once in a while, I get a path that I can't change the node type on or that won't let me draw out both control handles with shift/click on the node. I can pull one handle out, but when I go to do a second handle, it just moves the node itself instead of drawing out the handle. I am running .46 on a Slackware 12.1 installation.

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Export by ID plus xpath
by Pawel Cesar Sanjuan Szklarz 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Hi. >From console it is possible to export selected elements by ID. It is great, but i don't like to remember all the ID and write/maintain a bash script for my projects. I prepare a work around: 1) prepare a layer with all export areas 2) generate by xslt a bash script that export all object in my selected layer. Here is the xslt template: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <xsl:output method="text" indent="yes" encoding="utf-8" /> <xsl:variable name="toExport" select="//svg:g[@id='toExport']/svg:rect" /> <xsl:variable name="filename" select="'project.svg'" /> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:text>#!/bin/bash</xsl:text> <xsl:for-each select="$toExport"> <xsl:call-template name="inkscapeExport"/> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> <xsl:template name="inkscapeExport"> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> <xsl:text>inkscape -z </xsl:text> <xsl:text> -i </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="@id"/> <xsl:text> -e export/</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="@id"/><xsl:text>.png</xsl:text> <xsl:text> -f </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="$filename"/> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> It is possible to add something like this to the console options?? export by xpath??? It can work in this way: inkscape -X '//svg:g[@id='toExport']/svg:rect' "export all the object that fit the xpath //svg:g[@id='toExport']/svg:rect" Pawel Szklarz

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Good Grief to Grids
by Aaron Elmquist 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Okay, I'm getting really cheesed with the grids on Inkscape. Why does the grid spacing adjust when I zoom? And, why is it not at least proportional to the page/objects I'm working on? I cold live with it if it adjusted in constant multiples, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Thanks for the help, Aaron -- ironranger.deviantart.com

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TikZ/PGF exporter ready for testing
by Kjell Magne Fauske 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Dear Inkscape-users, For some time now I have been working on an Inkscape extension for exporting to TikZ/PGF format for use with (La)TeX: http://code.google.com/p/inkscape2tikz/ It is similar in nature to the pstricks exporter already available in Inkscape. One obvious difference is that it relies on the PGF macro package. Another difference is that the output is higher level and easier to modify. Text is exported as plain TikZ nodes There are still a few rough edges, but the exporter is already in a usable state. If someone wants to experiment with it I would appreciate feedback and ideas on how to improve the exporter. Enjoy! Regards, Kjell Magne Fauske

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Python binding documentation for effects
by Daniel Hornung 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Hello, afaics, python is the recommended language for writing one's own extensions and effects. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/PythonEffectTutorial gives a nice little overview, and http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/PythonModules provides a little bit more information. My question is: Is there a more comprehensive documentation somewhere about the several modules, classes and their methods and attributes? Or at least a brief summary how to iterate over objects, layers, nodes, etc and how to modify them? Thanks, Daniel -- Psssst! Schon das coole Video vom GMX MultiMessenger gesehen? Der Eine für Alle: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/messenger03

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How to set mm to px ratio
by Jiri Klement 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, Is there a way to specify mm to px conversion when exporting svg using inkscape --export-png? The --export-dpi doesn't help because it's overwritten by --export-width. What I want is have one svg - map. The image will be exported for different zoom levels, so the pixel size of exported image will vary. But pixel width of roads should remain the same. In batik, I can specify road width in mm and then set different different mm to px ratio for each zoom level to get the same road width at all zoom levels. But I can't find such option in inkscape. Is there some way or workaround how to do this in inkscape? -- Jiri

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KDE and SVG
by Jon A. Cruz 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

One SVG Open presenter's overview and his presentation: http://zrusin.blogspot.com/2008/08/svg-in-kde.html The paper is decent, but doesn't give justice to the demos he actually gave live.

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