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extension categories vs menu
by brynn 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Hi Friends, As I mentioned in a different mailing list, I'm working on creating a centralized list of all the external Inkscape extensions, which I'll add to the list of tutorials that I've created on my website/forum (https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php). I have them all listed (not uploaded yet), and I'm almost finished categorizing them, as best I can. I'm going to list them according to where I expect they would show up in the current Extensions menu. I think that will make it easier for users to find them. As soon as I finish, I'll probably ask for help (maybe I'll even post the request later in this same thread, because I'm very close to finished), because some of them I don't even understand, and others don't understand well enough to know where they should belong. Plus, many of them could really fit in more than one category. But meanwhile, I'm a little confused about something in the current Extensions menu. I notice that the Stylesheet submenu is separate from the Web submenu. I'm just curious why Stylesheet isn't a submenu *under* the Web category. Can someone explain? Thanks for your help, brynn

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Yesterday was SMIL and today is Mesh Gradients
by Victor Westmann 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Hi fellow inkscapers, I was amazed to read that inkscape already has Mesh Gradients (since version 0.92) just like Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator got this exact same feature in the version 8 (released in 1998). 20 years ago. But it seems that Mesh Gradients will be removed from the SVG 2.0 specification. My question is WHY? That made me really sad and wondering: isn't there anything we can do to prevent that from happening? Can we make a petition or talk to Mozilla/Chrome/Opera/Vivaldi browser so they can implement this and this feature, as soon as it gets traction, to be kept in the 2.0 spec of SVG technology? Ideas anyone? Is this too unrealistic or we can do something about it? I remember google chrome almost removed SMIL feature from Google Chrome but then the feature got traction and started being used more and more... so they kept it.

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Website Testing (upgrades)
by unknown＠example.com 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

Dear Devlopers and Users, The Inkscape Website is going through some upgrades, from python 2.7 to python 3.5 and from django 1.8 to django 1.11. There's a pile of other upgrades since I rebuilt the dependencies from scratch, but these are the main ones. I've deployed the new version to http://inkscape.sandcats.io:8091/en/ and I encourage people to hit the website and test functionality. Try different things and feel free to report issues to the inkscape-webgitlab issues tracker if you can (to keep the mailing list clear) but if you can't issues track, then fallback to emailing here. When ready, we'll hopefully be deploying this new version to a new server too, so it's all moving hopefully forwards. Thanks for your help everyone. Best Regards, Martin Owens Inkscape Website Developer

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Measurement preferences
by Will Godfrey 10 Jul '18

10 Jul '18

I work exclusively in millimetres, but Inkscape keeps reverting to pixels. This is extremely annoying, and I can't seem to find any way of *permanently* setting all such measurements to mm. Am I missing something, or can this be changed? -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

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Extension to create simple texture
by Andrew Kurn 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

I have written an extension to fill a rectangle with parallel lines, regular or random for use as a texture. Have a look here for doc, pictures and download: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape-streaks/wiki/Streaks/ I will load pix to the gallery soon. Andrew

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Extension -- clones to a vanishing point
by Andrew Kurn 08 Jul '18

08 Jul '18

Please find a new extension, clonesp (short for clonesPerspective). This is an Inkscape extension that clones an object. It makes multiple clones that shrink toward a vanishing point, necessary for a perspective drawing. Andrew

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Vectors Meeting - Today
by Ryan Gorley 07 Jul '18

07 Jul '18

Hello All, This is just a friendly reminder that our monthly Vectors meeting will be held at 8AM-9AM PDT (see time conversion <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Inkscape+Vectors+…>), today (July 7). Come join us at teams.freecreatives.org <https://teams.freecreatives.org>. We are experimenting with the meeting format and will conduct this meeting by text only. The agenda includes: 1. Migration to Rocket.Chat 2. Inkscape 0.92.4 Release Planning 3. Kiel Hackfest Fundraising 4. Team Organization & Recruiting Needs 5. Formal Team Roles & Voting Update If you'd like to comment prior to the meeting, feel free to do so here <https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/63>. I hope you'll join us! Ryan

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Set default behavior to "No guides"?
by Pierre St-Laurent 28 Jun '18

28 Jun '18

Hi everyone, I recently upgraded my operating system (from debian 7 to debian 9) and I'm slowly adapting to the more recent version of Inkscape (0.92.1). One thing I noticed is that the "Guides" are activated by default when I start Inkscape. To deactivate them, I have to go through "Document Properties", select the tab "Guides", and un-check the box "Show guides". My question is---Would there be a way to have these Guides deactivated by default? So I wouldn't have to do this everyt time? Any suggestion would be highly appreciated. Thanks! Pierre

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Is PixelSnap extension working for you ?
by Victor / tokiop 27 Jun '18

27 Jun '18

Hi community ! In inkscape 0.92, Debian testing, I don't manage to make Extension > Modify Path > PixelSnap to work. Not sure if i'm beeing dumb because I don't use this extension regularly. Tried with a minimal 32x32 pixel document, two squares converted to paths, one with fill, one with 1px stroke. Previewing or Applying the extension seem not to change anything. Tried selecting the objects, being in "edit node mode" or not, with and without the nodes selected. Is it working for you in 0.92 ? Thanks for any clues, and have a nice day all ! Victor

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weird installation error
by Gregory Norcie 26 Jun '18

26 Jun '18

Hi all, I recently attempted to install Inkscape. I did not throughly read the documentation, so I ended up installing Inkscape without instaling Xquartz. When the dialog about X11 appeared, I became confused, returned to the website, saw my error, and installed Xquartz. Now when I click to start Inkscape, nothing happens - no dialog to specify the X11 path, nothing, no icons appear. I tried uninstalling Inkscape (dragging to trash, emptying trash) then reinstalling, but I still get no UI nor any option to specify where X11 is. I'm extremely confused on how I can recover from this error state - does anyone have any suggestions? - Greg

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