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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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Question about finding an object in the SVG code that corresponds to what I see in the GUI but isn't clickable . .
by Philip Rhoades 23 Jun '18

23 Jun '18

People, I have a PDF that was itself an export from a CAD (DWG) package (which is not accessible anymore). I have imported this PDF file into Inkscape and have successfully deleted most of the objects I don't want in the drawing but there is one, major, obvious object left and I can't click on it to delete it so I thought I might be able to work out what the object is by looking at the SVG code . . but that is nearly 3MB in size . . I attach a JPG of the drawing (I can supply the SVG if someone wants to have a look at it) - the main problem is the white rectangle which looks like an extension of the road. Minor problems are lines and a little rectangle to the right of the white rectangle. The original drawing was all green in that area so it seems those objects have been added on top (there is only one layer in Inkscape). Can anyone think of a way of finding those objects - either in the GUI or by looking at the SVG code so I can delete them? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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Autoreply: Important Inkscape Vectors Meeting - This Saturday
by unknown＠example.com 31 May '18

31 May '18

Marcel Tippmann Ich bin bis einschließlich 01.06.2018 nicht im Büro. Ihre E-Mail werde ich nach meiner Rückkehr schnellstmöglich bearbeiten. I am out of office until 01.06.2018 . I will respond to your e-mail upon my return to the office.

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Important Inkscape Vectors Meeting - This Saturday
by Ryan Gorley 31 May '18

31 May '18

Hello Vectors and Community, I'd like to invite all who are interested to attend the Inkscape Vectors meeting this Saturday, June 2, 15:00 UTC (See time conversion <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Inkscape+Vectors+…>). This meeting will be conducted by chat only at: https://teams.freecreatives.org/inkscape/channels/town-square June 13th is the one year anniversary of our first meeting as a team! We've seen progress, but we're still learning and have room for improvement. Accordingly the main topic (see agenda discussion <https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/59>) of the upcoming meeting will be organization and governance for the group moving forward. Brynn will be leading the meeting. It's a big deal. I hope you'll join us! -- Ryan

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using a group for a clipping path
by brynn 31 May '18

31 May '18

Hi Friends, It's just come to my attention that it's possible to use a group as a clipping path. Should that be possible? If so, don't the multiple objects have the potential to cause trouble, if the file becomes very large and/or complex? I mean, if nothing else, it certainly has the potential to add unwanted or unneeded weight to the file. Just on observation, it's not possible to edit the clipping path, when a group is used. In my simple test, the green clipping path is only showing around one of the objects in the group. And it's displaced. There's an SVG file attached to this message: https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=1160.0 The silly distorted face is a group which is ready to be used to clip the dark blue rectangle. So you can see that it does work to use a group for a clipping path. And if you switch to the Node tool after that (and enable the clip path button), you can see that the smile path is displaced, and is the only part of the group which is showing as the clipping path. Is all this expected behavior? What legitimate purpose is there, for using a group as a clipping path? I've always gone to such pains (apparently) to use a single path for clipping. I guess if a group can be used, then a compound path, with mutliple subpaths could be used as well? I just don't understand why it's possible. Thanks for comments. brynn

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Survey about Inkscape UX
by JORGE LUIZ FRANZON ROSSI 23 May '18

23 May '18

Hi! I’m a Computer Science student at Federal University of Technology in Brazil and my group it’s doing a research about Inkscape. The focus of this work is at studying Human-Computer Interaction aspects, by collecting opinions from community and analyzing issues related to User Experience at Launchpad. It would be a great help if you can take a few minutes of your time to answer the questions of this form. Your identity will not be revealed and your answers are anonymous. If you wish to receive the research results, please leave your email address below. Best regards. Survey here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GkAXdEQrxWpolJPgQag5nmuRsRUwaITkn8SW_w4RqK…>

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unable to open older version
by brynn 20 May '18

20 May '18

Hi Friends, I've just downloaded a fresh copy of version 0.48.5, the 7z package. But when I try to open inkscape.exe file, I get an error. This is on Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, but approx 1 year old laptop. Application was unable to start correctly 0xc0000005. (only available button is OK, or X to close) I have done some searching on the error, and tried some of the troubleshooting steps - at least the ones I understand. No success yet. Of course it's not vital that I get this version open, but I do occasionally need older versions to help users with problems. As far as I can recall, I have had this version open a few months ago - maybe 4 to 6 months ago. I have no idea what might have changed. But since that's the format for Windows errors, I'm thinking it's a problem with Windows. Does anyone have any experience with this, or have any idea how to fix? Thanks for any comments, brynn

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How to eliminate aria-label, flowRoot and rdf from my SVGs
by Steve Litt 02 May '18

02 May '18

Hi all, I've created a bookwriting format called Stylz, which can be turned into an HTML doc or ePub by running a program. I check the ePubs with a very strict program called epubcheck, and the only errors it still finds are errors in my SVG images, even after I saved the SVGs as plain-svg. Specifically, it complains about my <rdf> elements, my <flowRoot> elements, and my aria-label attribute. Can I just remove the two elements and delete the attribute, or do I need to do something else to preserve the look of the image while getting rid of these three? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt April 2018 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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