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svn needs files not installed by poppler
by unknown＠example.com 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hello! I start this as a new thread to avoid misunderstanding and to give it a better titel for others to find answers easier. It's basically what I posted in "[Inkscape-user] When is the next version due?". I have a linux from scratch. gtk 2.10.13, poppler-0.5.91. svn inkscape Revision: 15884. I do ./autogen.sh; configure; make. Configure is happy with my system and also with my poppler-0.5.91. poppler-0.5.91 has the header files that can't be found during inkscape make but these seem to be headers only for compilation of poppler or poppler at least does not install them. Telling inkscape configure about the sources of poppler helps but then the make gets stuck because some includes in the poppler-headers are local ones which then of course don't resove. I couldn't find any hint about some special poppler install in the docs but as it is brand new developpment docs are often behind. I just wonder if and then how someone made a complete make with poppler used with current svn so far? Regards, Lynx

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a lot of stuff (pdf, guidelines, bitmaps..)
by Carlos \"Guâno\" Grohmann 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

> Hello all > just registered at the list Been using Inkscape for a while now, and I > like it, but there are some points I want to discuss: > > - PDF export: the file size (in Mb) of the PDFs I export from Inkscape. > Comparing with other draw soft (like Corel), those PDFs created by Inkscape > are _huge_. Why? > > - Bitmap import: I seems to me that bitmaps are imported as if they were > 72dpi, so if you have a 300dpi image, it comes very big. IMO, images should > be imported with the size defined by the resolution of the image. > > - Guidelines snap: if I don't want to snap, I just turn that off, but after > I moved an object or create nother guideline, snap is on again! Is this a > bug or a feature? If it is a feature, please remove. I don't want to keep > turning snap off every time. > > - General preferences: anyway I can set up my preferences (like units in mm, > page a4, etc) for _ever_? Every time I create a document I have to change > units from px to mm, etc. that's annoying. Same goes to Alignment. I'd like > to set up so alignment would _by default_ be about the last selected object. > (which is a much more useful IMO, people want to align two things, but > usually one of them is a reference, so default should be either last or > first selected, not "selection"). > > -I don't know about most of you people, but that little hand that replaces > the arrow cursor when some object can be moved.. I hate that hand :), I > would be much more happy with a plain arrow cursor all the time I'm using > the "selector" tool, like in most programs. > > - I _really miss_ shortcuts for alignment, like "b" for bottom , "t" for top > and so on. This makes life _much much_ easier (and faster). > > - This should be a little silly but, how can I change the shortcut for > display mode? what is Crtl+KP_5? > > Well, I guess that's it so far > Keep up the excellent work! > > cheers -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ 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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Inkscape back up.
by John R. Culleton 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Whatever Gremlin there was blocking www.inkscape.org has been slain by some anonymous internet hero. I can get on lne and I'll wager so can you. -- John Culleton

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How do I do 'Power clips' (or Feature request)?
by izak marais 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Hi I used to work in Corel draw 7.0 (now seven years old) before switching to inkscape. However there was one very powerful feature that I can't seem to emulate in inkscape: the so called 'Power clip'. In Corel Draw you could place any object inside another object. For example I could design a complex vector drawing and then have the place the whole thing inside a circle so it's clipped as though I'm looking through a port-hole. You could even nest multiple power clips inside one another. Is there some way to achieve this in inkscape? I know you can use object->pattern but that doesn't allow for fine control of positioning one object inside the other and it necessarily tiles the interior object. If there is no easy way of doing this I would like to make a feature request. It's a really powerful tool and Corel draw had it seven years ago! Thanks to the developers for an awesome program :). Izak --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.

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Inkscape not printing properly
by bcaldwellmusic 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Hi! I'm having trouble printing out my poster project. It consists of 1 layer with several shapes, fonts, and an imported gif w/ background transparency. When I print it, several objects....specifically my background does not print out. I saved it as a pdf and the imported gif did not show up when I viewed it, but everything else was there. Any ideas? Do I have to flatten? If so how? Thanks, Billy -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Inkscape-not-printing-properly-tf4309760.html#a122690… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape back up.
by Jon Phillips 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Do it. They are great and paid to do this... -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Spike <aaron@...476...> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:31 PM To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net>; inkscape <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Inkscape back up. John R. Culleton wrote: > Whatever Gremlin there was blocking www.inkscape.org has been slain by > some anonymous internet hero. I can get on lne and I'll wager so can > you. I'd really love to know who the gremlins were. I'm considering handing over our root priviledges to osuosl and allowing them to administer the server for us. Any comments or objections? Aaron Spike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Why can't Inkscape import eps?
by John R. Culleton 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

EPS is AFAIK a vector format. svg is a vector format. So why can't Inkscape import it? Is there a technical problem in creating an import filter? -- John Culleton ATTN Publishers/authors: If you don't read you don't succeed. Free short list of publishing/marketing books. http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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open source animation toolkit! <--
by Dave 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Hey Maarten, The distribution you're thinking of is called Ubuntu Studio ( http://ubuntustudio.org/). It's a derivative of the Ubuntu distribution that focuses on multimedia editing/creation, I've only tried it once, but it seemed to work well. Though I think if you are already running Ubuntu, you can install all the same packages just by adding the Ubuntu Studio repositories to your sources list. Mediabuntu is actually just a repository of packages that can't be included in the main Ubuntu release for legal reasons (libdvdcss etc..) Oh and this is my first time posting here, hi! I've been using Inkscape a little for various pieces of college work and have found it much more enjoyable to use than existing commercial applications. Software is so much more interesting when there is a good community behind it, keep up the good work everybody involved -- developers and users. Cheers. Dave Hey, > > I hope you don't mind me contacting you personally, but the phrase "open > source annimation kit" sounded to tempting... Wat are the other tools in > your kit, if I may ask? Also, I came across a distribution called > "MediaBuntu", it might be of interest to you, too, although I didn't try > it myself. > > Regards, > > Maarten > > >

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Can't reach www.inkscape.org
by John R. Culleton 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

If you have tried the site in the last hour or two did you get through OK? I haven't been able to. If others in the US haven't had that problem then I will climb all over my ISP. But if it is a shared problem then I will be patient. :<) . -- John Culleton ATTN Publishers/authors: If you don't read you don't succeed. Free short list of publishing/marketing books. http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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Question, for the Scrapbookers who love inkscape.
by Bibi Morris 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

I am currently running inkscape.45.1 I am a scrapbooker who uses inkscape to generate DXF Files that we convert to files that cut on the personal die cutter machines, We use these as scrapbook titles and die cuts. We found a "Bug" a few versions back that worked great for us, but I think it was tightened up in this version, so I will explain what I need, and see if you wonderful developers can help, yet again. When we want to do a title, it is so much easier to "connect" our letters before we cut, therefore simplifying the assembly of it. In a previous version of inkscape we could type in our title, then kern the letters to our liking, and hit "control j" and then "control l" and have our title all connected and the centers of the letters preserved. This is so much easier than converting to path, then having to break apart, and select the outside paths only and doing a union, However in inkscape.45.1 the control j and control l no longer works, as where the letters overlap, instead of unioning the letters, the overlapped part, the overlap has a path, that would cut on the cutters, and we would have individual letters, instead of a connected word. Is there any way of adding a "Letter Union" function where we can just kern, our letters, and do a letter union, thus preserving the centers, and connecting all the outer parts of the letters, and generating one path for them? (When we do this we always work in outline mode) Thanks, you designers have been fantastic for us. This would really save us lots of time. Bibi Morris -- Inkscapes by Bibi Morris All cutter files designed exclusively in Inkscape Find my Cutting designs at http:\\inkscapesbybibi.cuttersmarket.com www.Cuttersmarket.com Private Inkscape, and WB/CR/Silhouette classes available

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