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What's the problem with DXF files?
by Jim Ford 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

I'll start by saying that I don't know much about vector graphics and the different file formats! As DXF, SVG and many other vector graphic files are ASCII text files, isn't it just a matter of parsing them with (say) Perl scripts to convert one format to another? I've seen C++ and Python mentioned in connection with creating DXF files, but isn't Perl better suited to the manipulation of text files? Obviously there are major problems that I'm not aware of! I'd be interested if anyone can briefly sketch them out for me. Jim Ford

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problems with installing on Mac OS 10.39
by Paul Tremblay 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

I downloaded the binary of Inkscape and when I doubled clicked on it, nothing happened. I opened the binary from a terminal and got this message: dyld: /Volumes/Inkscape/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape-bin can't open library: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXinerama.1.dylib I do have X11 installed as well as the developer tools. When I tried to build from source, I typed ./configure XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool So I downloaded the XML::Parser and tried to install that, but was told I needed expat. So I downloaded and built expat, and then tried to install XML::Parser, and had no problems. But when I tried to run ./configure again, I got the same message as before, so configure can't find the XML::Parser library. thanks Paul

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Configuration file????
by Glenn, Skeeter 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Excuse my ignorance please. I want my users to use the same color blue box boarder for all boxes they create. I know that I can set that color on my own machine and it will stay until I change it. What file controls that? I want to install that same file into my users inkscape so we are all creating the same blue boarder. Sometimes I just wish someone who understands me would tell me what I mean Skeeter Glenn System Administrator and Analyst for Organization - CEDRS & BCA Computer Aided Engrg Systems Group - CADDStation, EWITS/PITS, EE Standards, M&PT and PSDS/PSDD Applications Support. Contact Info: Work Cell: 206-963-0135 E-Mail: skeeter.glenn@...2319... Telecommuting Info: On Site: Wednesday and Thursday (Auburn Hotel 17-70.1) Virtual Days: Monday, Tuesday and Friday Virtual Office: 206-963-0135

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lines with arrowheads lost to adobe illustrator
by Anthony Tekatch 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

When importing Inkscape SVG files into Adobe Illustrator, the lines that have arrowheads get brought in as arrowheads only with no lines. Is there any work-around? TIA

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text to Adobe Illustrator fix
by Anthony Tekatch 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

I had a problem making text in Inkscape that was not imported into Adobe Illustrator as an SVG file. The text was not imported at all. My solution was to select all text in Inkscape, and then: Text:Convert to Text

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Simple SVG editing (like combining two images) in batch mode?
by Marcin Kasperski 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Is it possible to use inkscape (if not, something else) to do simple SVG editing, like combining two images into one? So one can script it... My typical use case is - I have collection of images and I need to generate their versions on a few different backgrounds. Doing it manually is very tedious. With bitmaps Image::Magick works great, sth like $img->Read(picture); $img2->Read(background); $img2->Composite(image => $img, gravity => 'center'); $img2->Write(output) and I am done (here it is perl scripting, but that's not very important). Any chance for something similar with SVG?

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Keep line width when scaling
by Joshua Nibecker 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

I am using Inkscape from the command line to batch process a large number of svg's to png's. Some of the svg's need to be scaled before they are converted to png's. The commands for scaling are as follows. -w, --export-width=WIDTH -h, --export-height=HEIGHT The problem I am running into is that I do not want the stoke-width to change (scale) when I perform the scaling operation. Is there anyway to accomplish this from the command line? Or can someone recommend another library that can help me out. Regards, Joshua

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A problem with Greek letters
by Nihixul 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

I have recently moved my work from an old laptop to my new one. On my new laptop, Inkscape (which is likely a slightly newer version than that on my old laptop) is not correctly rendering any of the Greek letters in my figures. A sigma is shown as an 's', etc. All letters were composed in verdana using copy/paste from character map in Windows XP. They have transferred to two other computers correctly (and obviously show up correctly on the old laptop). I can compose NEW Greek letters via this method on these SVG's perfectly. I am using Version .45.1. Other special figures, like the bullet and the infinity symbol, rendered fine. Any ideas? I searched the forum for the keywords "Greek letters" but I found nothing useful. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/A-problem-with-Greek-letters-tf4673361.html#a13351532 Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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multiselect in xml editor?
by Roger Keays 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

Hi there, I'm using Inkscape to design web pages and it's great for this job, but seeing as I have mapped the html <div>s to many nested svg groups it soon becomes difficult to select the objects I need with the mouse. It's very easy with the XML editor, but I don't seem to be able to do multiselect using this tool! Is it possible, or on the list of improvements? I'm on Inkscape 0.45 Thanks in advance, Roger -- ------------------------------------ Sunburnt Web Services p: +61 7 3117 9661 (UTC +10) f: +61 7 3102 9141 w: http://www.sunburnt.com.au e: info@...2377... ------------------------------------

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SVG => PDF conversion problem with fills
by Alexander Bonivento 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

Hello everyone. Sorry to bother you again with something strange, but my actual project needs all of this... :) Attached you will see an SVG and its PDF created via inkscape. At the end i will need to create it from commandline (all of this is about a PHP app, so i cannot consider the GUI), anyhow to test how things looks like in inkscape i also installed it locally (with GUI) As you can see, the SVG file is a bit unusual: it contains a nested SVG graphics, using a G container to place and scale it as needed. That nested object can be everything, as users will be allowed to send their own SVG files. Now: in inkscape GUI, it looks correctly. I also included in zip a png files which will show you how the design should be. But in the PDF the "Fire Dept." nested SVG is wrong, totally wrong... It seems inkscape renders it correctly while in GUI, but fills the external paths with black when converting to PDF. Same results of course when i try (as i will need to do) with commandline. Export command i'm using now is: inkscape -z svgfile.svg --export-pdf=pdffile.pdf --export-text-to-path Any suggestion on how to solve this? Maybe some SVG formatting i should recommend to my users? Many thanks in advance, Alex

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