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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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Inkscape Vectors Meeting - This Saturday
by Ryan Gorley 02 May '18

02 May '18

Hello All, This is just a friendly invitation to join the Inkscape Vectors meeting this Saturday. All are welcome to participate by video/voice/chat. Details can be found at: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/57 Come with your ideas and enthusiasm. I look forward to seeing you there! Ryan

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Inkscape Vectors Meeting - This Saturday
by Ryan Gorley 01 May '18

01 May '18

Hello All, This is just a friendly invitation to join the Inkscape Vectors meeting this Saturday. All are welcome to participate by video/voice/chat. Details can be found at: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/57 Come with your ideas and enthusiasm. I look forward to seeing you there! -- Ryan

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New Das Stroke LPE
by Jabier Arraiza 01 Apr '18

01 Apr '18

Hey folks, Whit the help of Lazur and the thread: http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=24175&p=83448&hilit=s troke+dash#p83448 just do a tiny LPE to fix it. Here are the new video showing it (no audio): https://archive.org/details/dash-stroke-lpe Hope is useful since is not included in the SVG spec. With love, Jabiertxo.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] New Das Stroke LPE
by Jabier Arraiza 01 Apr '18

01 Apr '18

I just see the spec. I hope I can improve the LPE with it. Regards, Jabier On Sun, 2018-04-01 at 14:16 +0200, Tavmjong Bah wrote: > On Sun, 2018-04-01 at 12:51 +0200, Jabier Arraiza wrote: > > Hey folks, > > > > Whit the help of Lazur and the thread: > > http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=24175&p=83448&hil > > it > > =s > > troke+dash#p83448 just do a tiny LPE to fix it. > > > > Here are the new video showing it (no audio): > > > > https://archive.org/details/dash-stroke-lpe > > Nice! > > > Hope is useful since is not included in the SVG spec. > > If it's an LPE it doesn't need to be in the SVG spec. Have a look at > this to see what the SVG group was thinking about before it was > removed > from the SVG 2 spec: > > https://svgwg.org/specs/strokes/#StrokeDashing > > > With love, Jabiertxo. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Re: [Inkscape-user] New Das Stroke LPE
by Jabier Arraiza 01 Apr '18

01 Apr '18

Thanks Tav for the feedback. Im working in a feature to allow use min lenght of a segment to define the aproximate lenght of the hole/dash, this allow corner perfect dashes in a rectangle with diferent ammount of dashes. I go to the link you send to catch more ideas... I realy like more a SVG spec than a LPE, mainly because Im not recreating the stroke but subdividing the segment, so we cannot handle fills without fill between many LPE. Regards. On Sun, 2018-04-01 at 14:16 +0200, Tavmjong Bah wrote: > On Sun, 2018-04-01 at 12:51 +0200, Jabier Arraiza wrote: > > Hey folks, > > > > Whit the help of Lazur and the thread: > > http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=24175&p=83448&hil > > it > > =s > > troke+dash#p83448 just do a tiny LPE to fix it. > > > > Here are the new video showing it (no audio): > > > > https://archive.org/details/dash-stroke-lpe > > Nice! > > > Hope is useful since is not included in the SVG spec. > > If it's an LPE it doesn't need to be in the SVG spec. Have a look at > this to see what the SVG group was thinking about before it was > removed > from the SVG 2 spec: > > https://svgwg.org/specs/strokes/#StrokeDashing > > > With love, Jabiertxo. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Inkscape no fonts
by Sam 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Hi guys, I try to run Inkscape 92.3 on OpenSuse 42.3 with snapd, but there is no fonts. It is running but i only see small square boxes. Can anybody help me? Tnx Sam

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