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Adobe-SVG breaks Inkscape on debian
by stu seven 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

After producing an SVG in Adobe Illustrator, I took this file and loaded it in my debian system... Inkscape immediately broke... will no longer render simple geometrics... square / ellipse / stars... and the same bug affects several other legacy SVG capable applications. This is very serious, as reinstalling Inkscape does not fix the problem ! I wonder who else might have encountered this... what libraries might need to be replaced to get Inkscape running again ? I do not want to do an entire reinstall of debian to get Inkscape working again, but will of course, without an answer to this problem. This again is apparently, something in the Adobe SVG, which I have read have a lot of additional code in them, beyond basic SVG. This is more than a bug... it is malicious. Hope there is an easy answer. thanks _________________________________________________________________ Local listings, incredible imagery, and driving directions - all in one place! Find it! http://maps.live.com/?wip=69&FORM=MGAC01

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Vector map editor and feedback
by Aaron Digulla 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Hello, After a long time, I've come back to have a look at Inkscape again. Some feedback: - Clone is Alt-D on Windows which (in Germany) opens the file (_D_atei) menu. Cloning without the keyboard shortcut is ... clumsy :-) Can you please add a tool to put any menu action into the toolbar? - After working for an hour on my drawing *without saving*, Inkscape crashed (0.45.1). The auto-safe was perfectly usable (after I found it). Well done!! - Is there an extension to draw maps for role playing games? What I would like to see is a palette to select symbols from, a tool to create a legend box (with all symbols and short explanations next to them) and a "stamp" tool to spread clones of the symbols on the "map" and a "fill area" tool for things like forests. The same palette would come in handy when working with clip art libraries. Regards, -- Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark "It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination. Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits." http://www.pdark.de/

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Why my Gradient always Duplicates ?
by Kishore 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

Hello there, I have this strange problem, when I copy(or Duplicate) an object and change the second one's gradient, the first object gradient also changes.I am using Inkscape 0.45. I don't know what am I doing wrong, because of this problem,currently I am creating every object from scratch each time. Kindly help me, Kishore.

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resizing the page moves objects vertically
by Paulo Abreu 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

Hi all. I'm using Inkscape 0.45.1 on MacOSX 10.4.10. I noticed that the objects move vertically when I resize the page vertically. The objects keep a constant distance from the top of the page, which is the part of the page that moves, instead of the bottom of the page, which stays put. This is a big issue when I'm doing precise positioning, with all objects placed using a grid. This does not happen when I resize the page horizontally. The right limit of the page moves, but the objects are placed relative to the left, which does not move. Is this a bug, and I should report it, or a feature, and I should complain ;) ? Thanks, Paulo

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Text on Path
by Corey McGuire 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

I'd hate to be a whiny bitch, but I spent hours trying to figure this out, and I love Inkscape to death and use it fabricate all sorts of crazy<http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/506980536/> shit <http://www.coreyfro.com/heart/dscn2835.jpg>. I finally got-it(tm)<http://www.coreyfro.com/images/Critically%2520Single/24x18%2520critically%2…>but there needs to be better docs or an easier way. As intuitive as most of Inkscape is, when it comes to text on path, the software can behave very unintuatively, and the basic method just is annoying. I was obviously trying to put text on an oval. The trouble I had was positioning text on the arc. The solution is make the oval you want and create the beginning and the end points, but this isn't readily apparent. My own error is that in the past, I have put text around a circle, so before I would simply rotate the circle until I was happy with the position. I think I got this method from a tutorial. With an oval, though, this doesn't work. Still, it would be nice to be able to scoot text around on a path so one doesn't need to tweak the perfect path for the sake of positioning text. If there is a way, please let me know, and please document it. I couldn't find it for the life of me and, for the first time ever, I starting screaming profanities at inkscape -- --- ---- With Great Ideas Comes Great Responsibility ----- Coreyfro: just a maker, just like you -------- -------------- --------------------------

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Re: [Inkscape-user] missing wingdings font
by Don Ong 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Thanks for the tip guys. I managed to find a work around for this. First I would use the missing fonts in OpenOffice Draw, convert the text to curves. Then export them to SVG. Importing them to Inkscape again. Regards, Don > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:26:02 -0400> From: buliabyak@...155...> To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] missing wingdings font> > It is a known limitation mentioned in our release notes: symbol fonts> without a Unicode map do not work. It's actually a limitation of Pango> library. Thanks Chris for the detailed explanation of the reasons> behind this :)> > -- > bulia byak> Inkscape. Draw Freely.> http://www.inkscape.org> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now.> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/> _______________________________________________> Inkscape-user mailing list> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user _________________________________________________________________ Did you know you can import your contact list from Microsoft® Office® Outlook® or Outlook Express to Windows Live Hotmail? http://get.live.com/mail/features

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Insert symbol from font file
by Facundo Casco 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Hi, I was wondering if there is some way to insert a symbol from a font into the document. I think it would be nice to have some sort of 'insert symbol' option with a window that let's you choose a font from those installed on the system or open a font file and presents you with the glyphs in that font. Then you select one (or even more) and it gets inserted in the document as a path. I would be really helpfull if you have some fonts with graphics. Facundo -- =,=

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missing wingdings font
by Don Ong 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Hi All, wonder any of you guys had experienced the missing windings, wingdings2, wingdings3 font in InkScape? Anyone can advise a way we can use it in InkScape? Thanks. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Did you know you can import your contact list from Microsoft® Office® Outlook® or Outlook Express to Windows Live Hotmail? http://get.live.com/mail/features

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3d type effect.
by John R. Culleton 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

It is well known how to create drop shadow effects in various tools including inkscape. What I am asking about is a true 3d effect, such as you see in the opening credits of movies in the 1930's and 1940's. I can see how one can do it manually, with two representations of each character overlapping and lines drawn by hand between corresponding vertices. But is there a less tedious way? -- John Culleton

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text case effects
by bulia byak 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

A group of new effects in the Text submenu performs various case conversions on selected text objects: converting to UPPERCASE, lowercase, Sentence case, Title Case, as well as flipping case (switching uppercase to lowercase and back) and rANdoMiZInG cAse. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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