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inkscape and skencil ?
by Helmut Jarausch 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Hi, on my Gentoo system, the inkscape ebuild requires the existence of skencil in case of postscript support. Unfortunately, I cannot build skencil anymore after switching to Tcl/Tk-8.5.3 Does Inkscape (SVN) really need skencil for anything (like export to postscript)? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany

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alt key on OS X
by Panos Laganakos 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

The alt key doesn't seem to be usable on XQuartz. I am trying to alt+click to select an object below a current one. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work, is there any way to overcome this? OS X: 10.5.4 X11: 2.3.0 Inkscape: 0.46 X11 Settings -> Input: Follow System Keyboard Layout: True Enable Key Equivalents Under X11: True -- Panos Laganakos

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trouble selecting text
by Julie 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

Hello, I'm a new inkscape user, and I've run into some trouble selecting existing text in a document. At first clicking on the text seemed to do the trick, but now the program seems to interpret my click as me wanting to input a new separate line of text. I can't find any mention of this problem in the manual or tutorials. Any advice? Julie

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Minimum Hardware requirements to make inkscape useful.
by Aaron Elmquist 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Here's my system. Windows XP Celeron 2.40 GHz 640 MB of RAM I'm running inkscape and it seems to render smoothly until I get in the neighborhood of 300 nodes. Then things start grinding to a halt. I'm looking at upgrading my system which is now 5 years old. Any suggestions on what configuration I would need to make using inkscape enjoyable? It would be really great if I could handle 1000+ nodes without too much hassle. Any tips to increase render speed, ie working in outline mode, locking layers, using clones, keeping groups of nodes small, etc. Thanks! -- I'm not a communist. I can have a potato chip. --Ben Stein

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Snap to grid when pasting
by Diederik van Lierop 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Rock Star wrote: > >> Given an object with lots of nodes, which node should snap to the grid? > > The one which is the closest to the mouse pointer. At least this is > what I would expect. Or that this can be turned ON/OFF somewhere. > Because right now it is really hard to use snapping with the paths > that have many nodes close to each other. True, and that's why this is also on my TODO list. But I don't think this will be very useful specifically when pasting, or is it? Diederik

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Request: A Proper Layer/Object Tree
by Anthony Walter 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Hey all, Is anyone working on something like this, or has it been considered before... Adding a visual tree control to Inkscape which displays the following: your layers, groups, and vector shapes ... with names, thumbnails, blending, and toggles object/group/layer locked/visible states, as well as drag groups (1,2,3,4,none ect). This tree control would also have a setting to define the thumbnail size, and would allow for two way object selecting (i.e. select the obejcts in the tree, and they are selected in the drawing/select them in the drawing and they show as bold selected in the tree). A mock up is here: http://imagebot.org/snapshots/CF9400B2FB51AFBA269FF9F7FA373CBC.jpg This would be useful in finding hidden/locked objects, or objects which are obscured below fully opaque objects, and also allow you to drag the object in to treee to relayer/regroup objects. I know Inkscape has an xml editor, but this idea is so much than that that. What do you guys think?

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need help installing software for reading .ps files
by Julie 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

I need to open a .ps file. I've installed pstoedit onto my computer. I see from the readme file that I also need to install ghostscript, but each time I try to do this a pop-up window appears telling me I need to install it using win-zip and that this will cost me money. I'm confused. Is ghostscript not open source as well, or am I just clicking on the wrong download? Thanks.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape-user Digest, Vol 26, Issue 9
by Paulo Silva 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

i'm also interested on this about using Python as scripting language - specially after what i saw about Scriptographer on Adobe Illustrator, and how can Inkscape do the same with Python maybe the less worse idea is trying to learn from what were made up to now? i'm as well having difficulties on coding picture filters with Python-Fu (Gimp) -------------------- On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:14 PM, <inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Send Inkscape-user mailing list submissions to > inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > inkscape-user-owner(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Inkscape-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: tablet stuff (Alexander Roalter) > 2. Re: tablet stuff (Aaron Spike) > 3. Python binding documentation for effects (Daniel Hornung) > 4. Fix for latency warnings (Jon A. Cruz) > 5. Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fix for latency warnings (bulia byak) > 6. Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fix for latency warnings (Jon A. Cruz) > 7. need help installing software for reading .ps files (Julie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:09:02 +0200 > From: Alexander Roalter <alexander@...2299...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] tablet stuff > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <4886688E.30003@...2299...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Alexander Roalter wrote: > | Since upgrading to OpenSUSE 11, I got the following problem with > | inkscape, both 0.46 and SVN: > | > | If I set the extended input preferences of the Stylus to 'Disabled', I > | can use the pen as a mouse, draw etc. and move things around, but I > | don't get any pressure sensibility. > | > | It I set the extended input preferences to 'Screen' or 'Window' > | (preferrably to 'Screen'), I get pressure sensibility, but I cannot > | select any object by simply clicking on it. I have to tap multiple times > | on it in order for it to have the normal handles appear, and only then I > | can move the object around. If I tap too often, I get the node > | selection, which isn't what I want (at that moment). > | > | Any Ideas on why? Is this something the X input does differently when > | XInput is set to screen so Inkscape does not register a press (or > | doesn't register it in the right way?) or is the code in inkscape for > | disabled and screen mode that much different so that selecting with > | screen mode won't work as expected? > | > Since nobody seems to care, I took some investigation and found out the > following: > > If I patch inkscape in order to produce output in > sp_select_context_root_handler and sp_select_context_item_handler and > put a printf at case GDK_BUTTON_PRESS, GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY, > GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY on select_context_item_handler as well as > GDK_BUTTON_PRESS and GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE at select_context_root (the > latter two I'll be naming GDK_BUTTON_PRESS/RELEASE____root from now on, > I get the following behavior: > > > if I draw a square with the rectangle tool and switch to select (F1), I > can move the mouse over the rectangle and I get GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY > If I move the mouse out of the rectangle, I get GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY > > If I press somewhere (outside of the rectanlge), I get > GDK_BUTTON_PRESS____root, and when I release, I get > GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE____root. This is also valid for the tablet. > > If I press somewhere *in* the rectangle, with the mouse I get > GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY > GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY > GDK_BUTTON_PRESS > > and if I release, I get > GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE___root > GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE___root (that's right, I get it twice), > and the rectangle is selected. > > > If I do the same with the tablet, I get > GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY > GDK_BUTTON_PRESS____root > > and upon release > GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE____root > GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY > > and nothing is selected at all. > > Maybe someone with a bit more insight could help me out here. It might > have to do something with GDK and/or its implementation of XInput, but > this would not explain the different behavior, I mean pressing outside > of the rectangle generates PRESS and RELEASE as expected, but if there's > an object under it, why is there a leave notify *not* followed by a > enter notify just as it is the case with the mouse? > > - -- > Cheers, > Alex > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkiGaI0ACgkQ1J0MF2u394ympQCeMy1jitHlZQx3uu/IZQgHjoy6 > qjEAoLsbeCMBCpWCEbtDFEWQUD4/9G9u > =X0LM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:12:42 -0500 > From: Aaron Spike <aaron@...476...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] tablet stuff > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, > inkscape-devel <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <4886777A.7060908@...476...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > This issue looks like it would be better suited to the devel list and > perhaps the bug tracker. > > Aaron Spike > > Alexander Roalter wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Alexander Roalter wrote: >> | Since upgrading to OpenSUSE 11, I got the following problem with >> | inkscape, both 0.46 and SVN: >> | >> | If I set the extended input preferences of the Stylus to 'Disabled', I >> | can use the pen as a mouse, draw etc. and move things around, but I >> | don't get any pressure sensibility. >> | >> | It I set the extended input preferences to 'Screen' or 'Window' >> | (preferrably to 'Screen'), I get pressure sensibility, but I cannot >> | select any object by simply clicking on it. I have to tap multiple times >> | on it in order for it to have the normal handles appear, and only then I >> | can move the object around. If I tap too often, I get the node >> | selection, which isn't what I want (at that moment). >> | >> | Any Ideas on why? Is this something the X input does differently when >> | XInput is set to screen so Inkscape does not register a press (or >> | doesn't register it in the right way?) or is the code in inkscape for >> | disabled and screen mode that much different so that selecting with >> | screen mode won't work as expected? >> | >> Since nobody seems to care, I took some investigation and found out the >> following: >> >> If I patch inkscape in order to produce output in >> sp_select_context_root_handler and sp_select_context_item_handler and >> put a printf at case GDK_BUTTON_PRESS, GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY, >> GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY on select_context_item_handler as well as >> GDK_BUTTON_PRESS and GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE at select_context_root (the >> latter two I'll be naming GDK_BUTTON_PRESS/RELEASE____root from now on, >> I get the following behavior: >> >> >> if I draw a square with the rectangle tool and switch to select (F1), I >> can move the mouse over the rectangle and I get GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY >> If I move the mouse out of the rectangle, I get GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY >> >> If I press somewhere (outside of the rectanlge), I get >> GDK_BUTTON_PRESS____root, and when I release, I get >> GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE____root. This is also valid for the tablet. >> >> If I press somewhere *in* the rectangle, with the mouse I get >> GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY >> GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY >> GDK_BUTTON_PRESS >> >> and if I release, I get >> GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE___root >> GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE___root (that's right, I get it twice), >> and the rectangle is selected. >> >> >> If I do the same with the tablet, I get >> GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY >> GDK_BUTTON_PRESS____root >> >> and upon release >> GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE____root >> GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY >> >> and nothing is selected at all. >> >> Maybe someone with a bit more insight could help me out here. It might >> have to do something with GDK and/or its implementation of XInput, but >> this would not explain the different behavior, I mean pressing outside >> of the rectangle generates PRESS and RELEASE as expected, but if there's >> an object under it, why is there a leave notify *not* followed by a >> enter notify just as it is the case with the mouse? >> >> - -- >> Cheers, >> Alex >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkiGaI0ACgkQ1J0MF2u394ympQCeMy1jitHlZQx3uu/IZQgHjoy6 >> qjEAoLsbeCMBCpWCEbtDFEWQUD4/9G9u >> =X0LM >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-user mailing list >> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:48:36 +0200 > From: "Daniel Hornung" <daniel.hornung@...26...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Python binding documentation for effects > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <20080724114836.193100@...961...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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 f?r Alle: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/messenger03 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:17:21 -0700 > From: "Jon A. Cruz" <jon@...204...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Fix for latency warnings > To: inkscape-devel <inkscape-devel@...84...> > Cc: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <74C3C2BB-D4E7-4CE9-975B-45B6186E6DCE@...204...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > For those seeing the recent event latency warnings, I've just put in > a fix > > ** (inkscape:27965): WARNING **: Event latency reached 3.290566 sec > > The main cause of extraneous warnings is a slight difference between > the clock used for the GDK event marking and the real time. On my > Mac, I observed that the skew was of a constant factor, so I added in > an option to compensate for that. On my system the value was 0.9766 > (and thus on my system after running for 85 seconds Inkscape would > believe a latency of over 2 seconds had crept in). > > We'll probably need to investigate this a bit more, but getting that > factor in should let people with false warnings get things calibrated > and see only good ones. > > > If you need it, look for the new setting under the misc pane. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:19:31 -0300 > From: "bulia byak" <buliabyak@...155...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Fix for latency warnings > To: "Jon A. Cruz" <jon@...204...> > Cc: inkscape-devel <inkscape-devel@...84...>, Inkscape User > Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > <3c78ff030807260819g553b8edcn18d7e74f5c4f5cbf@...156...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 5:17 AM, Jon A. Cruz <jon@...204...> wrote: >> The main cause of extraneous warnings is a slight difference between >> the clock used for the GDK event marking and the real time. On my >> Mac, I observed that the skew was of a constant factor, so I added in >> an option to compensate for that. On my system the value was 0.9766 >> (and thus on my system after running for 85 seconds Inkscape would >> believe a latency of over 2 seconds had crept in). > > Wow, are you saying I have to calculate this coefficient to 1e-4 > precision and type it into prefs, just in order to suppress a warning? > > I may have missed the explanation (sorry), but I still don't > understand what the specific benefit of these warnings is. If they > just tell me that Inkscape is running slow, then thank you very much > but I can feel that very well without any warnings. Can they be used > to pinpoint where exactly the slowness happens in the code? If so how, > and how is it better than profiling? > > -- > bulia byak > Inkscape. Draw Freely. > http://www.inkscape.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:16:43 -0700 > From: "Jon A. Cruz" <jon@...204...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Fix for latency warnings > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: inkscape-devel <inkscape-devel@...84...> > Message-ID: <4B1264D0-DEA3-4096-9633-05FC1488961E@...204...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > On Jul 26, 2008, at 8:19 AM, bulia byak wrote: > >> Wow, are you saying I have to calculate this coefficient to 1e-4 >> precision and type it into prefs, just in order to suppress a warning? > > No. I'm adding that calculation to be included in the warning itself. > > >> I may have missed the explanation (sorry), but I still don't >> understand what the specific benefit of these warnings is. If they >> just tell me that Inkscape is running slow, then thank you very much >> but I can feel that very well without any warnings. Can they be used >> to pinpoint where exactly the slowness happens in the code? If so how, >> and how is it better than profiling? > > What it will do is flag things when events start to pile up, and list > to what degree they are getting delayed. It can be *very* useful for > things such as checking how different display options, filter > settings, etc. affect things. > > Mental can list more details of the usefulness, since he's the one > who added it to begin with. >

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Fix for latency warnings
by Jon A. Cruz 26 Jul '08

26 Jul '08

For those seeing the recent event latency warnings, I've just put in a fix ** (inkscape:27965): WARNING **: Event latency reached 3.290566 sec The main cause of extraneous warnings is a slight difference between the clock used for the GDK event marking and the real time. On my Mac, I observed that the skew was of a constant factor, so I added in an option to compensate for that. On my system the value was 0.9766 (and thus on my system after running for 85 seconds Inkscape would believe a latency of over 2 seconds had crept in). We'll probably need to investigate this a bit more, but getting that factor in should let people with false warnings get things calibrated and see only good ones. If you need it, look for the new setting under the misc pane.

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tablet stuff
by Alexander Roalter 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Since upgrading to OpenSUSE 11, I got the following problem with inkscape, both 0.46 and SVN: If I set the extended input preferences of the Stylus to 'Disabled', I can use the pen as a mouse, draw etc. and move things around, but I don't get any pressure sensibility. It I set the extended input preferences to 'Screen' or 'Window' (preferrably to 'Screen'), I get pressure sensibility, but I cannot select any object by simply clicking on it. I have to tap multiple times on it in order for it to have the normal handles appear, and only then I can move the object around. If I tap too often, I get the node selection, which isn't what I want (at that moment). Any Ideas on why? Is this something the X input does differently when XInput is set to screen so Inkscape does not register a press (or doesn't register it in the right way?) or is the code in inkscape for disabled and screen mode that much different so that selecting with screen mode won't work as expected? - -- Cheers, Alex -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkh+hGkACgkQ1J0MF2u394w5rQCgs22t2U1MLYZtlo9E6RxNL2B/ FtoAoIKLqZvS6W7l3RoYYv1pEnQs9t+h =EkZv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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