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contribute to graphics research!
by Sara Su 07 Oct '07

07 Oct '07

Hello inkscape-users, I am a graduate student in the Computer Graphics Group at MIT, and we are researching ways to visualize the editing history of graphical documents. We want to test our software prototype (built on Inkscape) on a diverse sample of illustrations, and we need your help! Please see our webpage for details: http://csail.mit.edu/~sarasu/history If you could spare 10 minutes, we would be grateful for your help. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions regarding this work. We will keep you posted on cool features (e.g. selective undo) that grow out of it. Thanks in advance! Sara

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Inkscape has a default theme on OS X
by jiho 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hello everyone, As of revision 16000 (yes I like round numbers, I think I also did commit number 15000!), development versions of Inkscape have a default GTK theme on OS X (no more of these ugly dark grey windows!) It is probably impossible for GTK to reproduce Aqua exactly, hence the theme does not aim at being an Aqua clone as other themes tried (and in my opinion, did not succeed). It rather tries to "fit" correctly with the rest of the interface. The theme is based on Clearlooks-Quicksilver which already features light gray colors, menu and text highlights and a smooth 3D feel. Further improvements were added such as: - aqua scroll-bars - Lucida Grande font - highlight and scroll-bars colors that use Mac OS X Appearance settings (aqua vs graphite, or blue vs grey vs graphite vs...). However you need to restart Inkscape for colors to change after you changed them in OS X preferences. In addition, Inkscape won't override the local theme preferences you may have in a ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file (so if you want to see the theme in Inkscape, temporarily move this file somewhere else). Some screenshots: - With OS X blue and blue highlights (OS X default) http://jo.irisson.free.fr/dropbox/inkscape/inkscape_blue.png - With OS X blue and orange highlights (subtle changes) http://jo.irisson.free.fr/dropbox/inkscape/inkscape_blue_orange.png - With OS X graphite and silver highlights (my personal favorite) http://jo.irisson.free.fr/dropbox/inkscape/inkscape_graphite.png - And the old look, just to compare http://jo.irisson.free.fr/dropbox/inkscape/inkscape_old_look.png There is probably room for improvement: the scroll-bars tips are not perfect, the text and background highlight colors can be differentiated (as in OS X), the icons are still gnome defaults and so on and so forth... but well I hope that this is at least better than before. NB: there is a devel build, on modevia, for you to test this out: http://inkscape.modevia.com/macosx-snap/?C=M;O=D sorry, only for Intel... the direct link is http://inkscape.modevia.com/macosx-snap/Inkscape-16002-i386.dmg Cheers, JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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Styles Panel(Like Freehand)
by seth friedman 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hey everyone, Has there been any work to create a styles panel similar to what freehand has? That would be so useful. Seth

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CMS display adjustment change
by Jon A. Cruz 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hi, I just checked in an update with icc color profiles and setting display calibration. Now upon startup latest SVN Inkscape will search the standard locations for profiles ~/.color/icc /usr/local/share/color/icc /usr/share/color/icc Then under the misc preferences you'll have a checkbox for enabling display calibration, along with a drop-down combo box that allows you to pick between all RGB display profiles found. Give it a rundown and let me know how it's behaving. Thanks.

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Exported gradients and Adobe Reader 8
by Stéphane Mottelet 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

Hi all, Last year, I have used Inkscape to make a nice A0 poster with gradients. I exported the original svg to pdf and sent the file to my favorite printing shop. One year later, when I open the pdf file, I don't see the gradients any more. Of course when I open the svg file with Inkscape 0.45 the gradients are here. So my question is : if I ask them to reprint the file (I don't know what is the application they use) will the gradients be printed ? Is there a problem in the way that Inkscape export the gradients which could be broken by recent versions pdf software ? Thanks for your help S.

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Keep Dialogs Open
by D. Jones 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

How do I make the dialogs always stay open so that when I close inkscape and then reopen inkscape the same dialogs that I was using are reopen with a new instance of inkscape. I would like to apply this to the stable and the developement version. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/

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Technical drawing / snapping
by A.J. Carter 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

I'm really pleased to have discovered inkscape recently and it's fantastic that it's free and open source. In the past I've used autodesk autosketch (a cut down version of autocad) for "non-cad" scientific/technical illustrations for publication in papers etc. One feature which I find makes drawing easier is the ability to set snapping constraints, like "endpoint", "midpoint", "centre", "tangent" when both drawing an element and selecting to transform an existing element (the cursor jumps and changes shape to indicate which snap is currently in action). I wondered if any similar feature exists in inkscape, or whether it might be considered for the roadmap? Thanks

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cannot save as EPS/PS
by Carlos \"Guâno\" Grohmann 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Hello all, I am using the latest build (autopackage) in Linux, and I cannot save as PS or EPS. I always get an error msg and Inkscape closes. So far, I've been saving as PDF and then using pdftops, but it was really easier saving directly from Inkscape. Also, when I hit F8, I don't get the text tool, but it tries to open something in the sidebar... thanks Carlos -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Carlos Henrique Grohmann - Guano Visiting Researcher at Kingston University London - UK Geologist M.Sc - Doctorate Student at IGc-USP - Brazil Linux User #89721 - carlos dot grohmann at gmail dot com +-----------------------------------------------------------+ _________________ "Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows 95 from my hard drive." --The winning entry in a "What were HAL's first words" contest judged by 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY creator Arthur C. Clarke Can't stop the signal.

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Idiosyncratic mouse behavior in Windows!
by Jim Ford 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

I've just installed Inkscape on a Windows XP machine and am having major problems with the mouse. I've tried both the latest distro and the stable one with no difference in behavior. On clicking the mouse pointer on the Inkscape window, the action takes place far to the right of the window, not under the pointer. Not only does this make creating objects difficult, it make selecting them impossible! BTW, I've not found how to make the grid finer than the default 5mm one. Can it be done (like in Xfig)? Jim Ford

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connecting three line segments in one point
by Jos Kaefer 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Hello Is it possible to have a node that connects three line segments in the same point? Or to attach a line to a specific edge of a rectangle? Thanks, Jos

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