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Change stroke color with a simple click
by Lorenz Köhl 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

I wonder if it is possible to change the behavior of the color palette as to change the stroke color (as opposed to the fill color) with a simple click. I mainly write text+outlines, using the freehand tool and a wacom tablet and occasionally have to switch colors. It's inconvienent to reach for the keyboard and press SHIFT+Color click to do this, especially because my wacom's extra keys are bound to more important stuff than shift. I hope this isn't a FAQ, but I didn't find it in there. And, if it's possible by editing some source code I'm willing to do so, but need a pointer. Greetings, Lorenz Köhl

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Select + move
by Fabrice Triboix 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

Hi, Inkscape is really a great piece of software. There's a "feature" that is quite irritating though. When I select an object, if it happens that there are other objects above or below, if I click & drag to move the selected object, then sometimes another object is selected and dragged (and sometimes not)... That's really annoying... Is there a way to force inkscape to understand that the object I want to move is the object that is currently selected and not anything else? Thanks a lot for any help! Fabrice

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0.46 feedback: Blur and performance
by Joshua Boyd 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

I really like a lot of the changes I see in 0.46, like dialogs opening to the right instead of floating. And is the layers dialog new? If not I must have over looked it. I definitely like the new tweak brush. But here is something that is really bugging me. In part I just made a stupid mistake, but also this is a really stupid behavior in inkscape. I spent the last hour working on a drawing (and here is the really stupid part for me) without saving. Then I turned up the blur a little. Well, I meant to turn it up a little. But I twitched, and apparently turned it up a lot. And now I see three things I would really like. First, inkscape is pegging one of my CPUs (core 2 duo, 2 gigs of ram). And it has been pegging this CPU for more then 10 minutes now. Meanwhile, the display isn't updating at all. Not just the canvas, but the dialogs, the drawing tools, the menus, none of them are redrawing. Third, there doesn't seem to be anyway to cancel the operation without quitting (which I obviously don't want to do because I stupidly didn't save). Actually, in another instance of inkscape, I see that the blur slider only goes to a hundred, and at 100 it is perfectly snappy with two strokes. The drawing that is pegging the machine only has a few dozen strokes, so it seems that complexity here is rather non-linear. So, here are somethings I think should be added: First, perhaps it would be possible for Inkscape to auto-save to /tmp or someplace when the user hasn't explicitely saved anywhere yet. Second, perhaps there should be some bound for render time. Third, the rest of the GUI should at least redraw, even if the canvas doesn't, and it should at least respond to some commands. Undo or save would be commands I might consider trying to execute during a long render. Fourth, would it be possible to thread this? Perhaps one thread for the GUI and one for rendering as a starting point? It would be great to thread rendering, but I can see how that wouldn't be so straight forward. Fifth, is there any chance of using something to accelerate certain drawing operations, like blurs? Possibly with C code (which could then have a generic version and compile time select between that or a SSE version or an Altivec version)? Or something like Pyscho, pyrex, or pypy? Sixth, this is probably more of a personal taste request, but perhaps the blur slider could be logarithmic? Creatively, the difference between 60 and 62 is pretty small, but the differences at the low end are big.

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dashed line type printing problem
by Fred McDavid 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Hi, Anyone know what I'm running into here and, ideally, what a good workaround might be (that lets me use vector printing to pdf)? I make a new document, draw a zig-zag with the line tool, set the line type to dashed and turn the thickness up a bit, then I draw a shaded circle, and, although it looks fine on the screen, the segments of the zig-zag line have "grown" in the print preview (or even when I actually print...which is how I found it) such that a "V" shape becomes a backward "Y" where the left line of the "V" extends to the lower page bound and the right line of the "V" extends to the top page bound. If I delete the circle or switch from vector to raster on the rendering tab of the print dialog, the printing issue goes away. This is with 0.46 on ubuntu gutsy. Regards, Fred -- ========================================================== Fred R. McDavid, III 540-248-2419 frm@...2479... ==========================================================

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Type1 Fonts on Windows XP
by Norvell Spearman 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

How do I configure Inkscape for Windows to see the Type1 fonts I have installed? The GIMP sees them fine (which also uses freetype), as does OpenOffice.org. The font names and corresponding pfb file names even show up in my .fonts.cache-1 file but I still can't see them in Inkscape. Thanks for any answers. Inkscape 0.45 Windows XP SP2 -- Norvell Spearman

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0.46 for linux
by Sridhar M.A. 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

I would like to congratulate the developers for putting out a wonderful program. I have been using inkscape pre-releases downloaded from http://inkscape.modevia.com/ap/?M=D. Presently I am using the inkscape20080328rev18054AOCV.package. After the release, I checked out the above site for the autopackage as well as http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438, but could not find a pre-built version for linux. We find versions for MAC and Windows, but not for linux. I know, we can wait for the distros to release the program, but I have not found that in debian sid till date. Is there a place from where I can get the inkscape 0.46 for debian sid/lenny? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 Quack! Quack!! Quack!!

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New 0.46 download english version
by Hystrix 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

You can also choose which translation you want when you install the program (at least in the Windows port). If you don't want tranlation just remove all and Inkscape will just be in english 'cause it will be the only language avaliable on your instalation. Hope it helps. Hystryx. On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Adib Taraben <taraben.a@...2011...> wrote: > Jorge, > > Short answer: there is no "Portuguese" nor "English" version. > > Inkscape comes with the complete set of translations. Starting Inkscape > it "detects" your language and shows you the localized strings. > > In order to show English strings you should set the environment variable > "LANG" to "en_EN" before starting Inkscape. > > Currently there is no option in Inkscape to tell which language strings > to show although this is a often asked feature. > > HTH, Adib. > --- > > Jorge Gusmao wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i have downloaded the new version but it´s the portuguese translated > > version, and would like to get the english one. > > Where should I go? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > > Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., > > Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. > > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., > Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > -- Hystrix -- Hystrix

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latex formulae rendering
by Oscar Lopez 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Dear all I've just installed inkscape (Inkscape 0.45.1 (Sep 20 2007))at a kubuntu machine and I am evaluating the graph annotation capabilities of the program using latex. I have also installed: pstoedit: version 3.44, python 2.5.1, PyXML-0.8.4, ghostscript 8.61 latex --version pdfTeX using libpoppler 3.141592-1.40.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.6) I am trying make a graph with a simple latex math symbol. Using Effects->Render->LatexFormula and then $\pi$, $\pi$ or \[\pi\] the program freezes up and in a terminal using top I can see that a gs process is taking almost the 100% of the CPU. After some time I should kill the gs and inkscape processes because nothing happens. What am i doing wrong? Are there any system configuration I am missing? Are there any evident bits that I missunderstood? If I am missing something obvious, please bear with me because this is my first try to inkscape. Another concern I have is the use of inkscape in windows because I am starting a documentation project with a colleague that uses windows. I would like to know if the drawing annotation capabilities using latex are fully cross platforms. I mean if the via Effects->Render->LatexFormula works the same way at windows. Thank you very much for any help Best regards

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Saving Filters in Inkscape 0.46
by heathenx 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

I'm just getting into the new filters in Inkscape 0.46. So far I have been able to create a few things. I have noticed that setting up a filter at first takes a little time. What are our options regarding saving these filters and applying them to future projects? My instinct wants there to be a "save filter" or "export filter" somewhere. heathenx

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Filling for fonts (was: Re: White overlap in glyphs)
by Kyungjun Lee 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Hi, http://www.truetype-typography.com/ttoutln.htm Here it says: > [O]verlapping shapes [...] are discouraged [...] However if you do choose to use them, you'll discover TrueType uses a non-zero winding fill algorithm. Does this mean Inkscape is against the spec? Can someone look into this, please? Cheers, KJ On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 9:59 AM, Kyungjoon Lee <kjoonlee@...155...> wrote: > Hi, > > I found that with some fonts, Inkscape fills parts of letters with > white, not black. (With default colour settings.) > > For example, using the Summersby font: > > http://packages.debian.org/ttf-summersby > > I found that the letter X has a white bit where the two lines meet. It > goes away if I convert it to paths, but sometimes I'd rather not do > that. > > ----- > > Most fonts don't show this behaviour, but UnFonts (one of the major > free software fonts for the Korean language) do. Could this be a bug? > Would it be a bug with Inkscape or the fonts? > > Cheers, > Kyungjoon Lee >

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