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PDF import broken?
by Johannes Bauer 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

Hi there, I've been using PDF import to get stamps printed by the German postal service and include them into my custom labels for a while now. Always worked perfectly. Recently I upgraded to Ubuntu Mate Cosmic (Inkscape Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11)) and suddenly I noticed that there are some bugs with it. First, when I choose "internal import" when opening the PDF in question, some text (not all interestingly) is messed up and replaced by black diamonds with a while "?" in its center (similar to the character that shows up when there's unknown Unicode characters). When I instead choose the "poppler import" the imported data looks perfect first. However, when I then copy and paste the image into a freshly created Inkscape document, the text becomes very small and messed up. I've a package which includes the original PDF with which I can reliably reproduce the behavior on my system as well as screenshot of how it's supposed to look (looks perfectly in evince), and what the two failure modes look like in inkscape. It's available here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=23794298134224596755 -- I've never used that hosting service so in case it's junk and you cannot access it, please let me know. If anyone could have an idea on what might cause this, I'd be super interested to know. Thanks a bunch, All the best, Joe

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Setting CSS layer/object blend modes within Inkscape
by Antonio Roberts 09 Jan '19

09 Jan '19

Hi everyone, I've tried asking this question on the inkscape forum but couldn't find a resolution. http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=34362&p=107468 I'm not sure if I'm not forming my question properly, but here it goes anyway. I'm trying to get inkscape blend modes recognised in Firefox and Chrome but like many I've noticed that the way that Inkscape does it (via filters) isn't recognised in browsers. After some research I've found that blend modes can be set via css https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/mix-blend-mode Amazingly these can be read by Inkscape as well as in a browser! Aside from opening the xml editor and adding in the CSS manually is there any way to set the blend modes using CSS within inkscape? Kind regards, Antonio -- ============================ antonio@...2662... http://www.hellocatfood.com ============================

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Text extensions
by Hildegard Bingen 05 Jan '19

05 Jan '19

I'm relatively basic Inkscape user trying to learn some new functions. There are two extensions for text that I can't figure out at all: Extract and Merge. I haven't been able to find any directions. Can anyone tell me what these do or where to find information? Thanks!

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Vectors Meeting in 9.5 Hours!
by Ryan Gorley 05 Jan '19

05 Jan '19

Hello all, This is just a reminder that the Vectors will be meeting in the #team_vectors channel of chat.inkscape.org in 9.5 hours (See time conversion <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Inkscape+Vectors+…>). There has been new interest expressed in getting involved and a lot of collaboration going on. As always we aim to keep the meeting to an hour. The agenda is not set in stone, so bring the items you're interested in and we'll see if we can remove some blockers for you! Ryan

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Looking for a GNU/Linux user with multi-touch touch pad / screen for testing new pinch zoom feature
by Maren Hachmann 26 Dec '18

26 Dec '18

Hi there! Thomas (speleo3) has just implemented pinch-to-zoom for the Inkscape canvas. As our devs don't have the necessary hardware/system combination to test the new pinch-to-zoom feature for the upcoming Inkscape 1.0 on Linux, we're looking for someone who - has a working multi-touch touch screen or multi-touch trackpad - on a Linux system (most easily probably Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives, where we have a ppa for installing) - with current (newer than Dec. 22nd 2018) Inkscape master development version installed (find installation options here: https://inkscape.org/releases/master/ - preferably ppa or self-compiled, as the containerization by snap/flatpak could (maybe?) interfere with testing). Please post your findings here: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/412#note_127007239 Documentation will be available here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0#Canvas (not written yet as of now) Thank you! Maren

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Inkscape app v 0.9.22
by Richard H Purchase 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

Thanks for your reply. Inkscape has started . Kind regards, Richard

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Inkscape app v 0.9.22
by Richard H Purchase 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

Following my last, should have added. Mac OS X 10.13.6 Kind regards, Richard

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App fails to open
by Richard H Purchase 16 Dec '18

16 Dec '18

Have followed the procedures you advised and inkscape fails to open. Please assist. Kind regards, Richard

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Can't brew install because of checksum error
by Jason H 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

How do I install this on OSX? I have tried many fixes, I fixed the 1f037cc29cee8e0c60ab4753d4151741c8170e4849129bac68fdc60925eb971d vs 7ce4f70f1cb03cd0bab7dc94821a89bf71600bd59c763ae0d78c48f33db3d9ac error, that gave me: /tmp/inkscape-20181213-31009-1m3uku/inkscape-0.92.2/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.h:299:9: error: unknown type name 'GBool' GBool isolated = gFalse, GBool knockout = gFalse, ^ I tried: brew install caskformula/caskformula/inkscape --HEAD --branch-0.92 That gave me: /tmp/inkscape-20181213-35698-1n7iyun/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp:1023:48: error: no member named 'getCString' in 'GooString' _font_specification = font->getName()->getCString(); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ I tried: brew cask install inkscape But that wants me to install XQuartz. When it fails: Error when installing Inkscape https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/72 inkscape does not start https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/4 Inkscape Error Installation https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/56 Error installing Inkscape https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/46 Inkscape doesn't start https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/43 problem with Inkscape https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/14 Inkscape crashes on macOS 10.13.3 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/41 Mixed Language display in UI of Inkscape https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/33 Installing inkscape --HEAD on MacOS 10.13.6 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/60 Inkscape brew install fail on OSX 10.12.6 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/39 Installation of inkscape fails on MacOS 10.13.4 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/52 Inkscape brew formula runs successfully but app not in Applications https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/30 inkscape fail on Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/29 Inkscape fails to install on homebrew new install 10.13.3 High Sierra OS X https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/40 Inkscape on osx 10.13.x fails on goo/GooHash.h https://github.com/caskformula/homebrew-caskformula/issues/55 Most of these issues were filed back in June. Most of them are open. What does it take to get Inkscape to work on OSX? I had this working but brew upgrade broke my inkscape.

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REPOST: Display and User units, Scaling, Measuring Paths, Importing PDF
by Philip Rhoades 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

People, I didn't get an answer to this a year ago and the problem has come again so I thought I would repost to see if I have any more luck with responses this time: If I produce a new drawing on an A4 page with Display and User units in mm with a scaling factor of 1.0, I can draw a rectangle of XxY and when I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension with a Scale Factor of 100 and Length Unit in m - I get exactly the right dimensions for the rectangle for its perimeter length and area - all good! However, I have imported a surveyor's map from a PDF file into Inkscape SVG (using defaults) and I need to be able to draw rectangles on it as above in mm (like my test) that will correspond to m in the real world but the drawing is on an A3 page and I have tried scaling and everything else I can think of and Googled a lot but I still can't do what I was able to do with my little test case. So: How can I convert the drawing to be on an A4 page with mm units so the mm correspond to m in the real world and the Measure Path Extension will give me the correct result in m and sqm? The original PDF says the scale was 1:500. I am using: Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11) Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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