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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape-user Digest, Vol 10, Issue 20
by Maciej Kalisiak 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

It seems I need to create an account to add to the Wiki (understandable)... I'll look into this when I have the time, but if anyone else already has editing privilidges, feel free add any relevant info from below yourself. On 3/28/07, inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net <inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:17:17 -0700 > From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] for posterity: inkscape export in > Windows+cygwin+Makefile > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <20070326191717.GY6836@...983...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Maciej, > > This is good info, thanks for posting it. Can you also post it onto the > Inkscape Wiki, where others will be able to find it? I think there's a > page for Windows off of the CompilingInkscape page. > > Bryce > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:51:12AM -0400, Maciej Kalisiak wrote: > > Now that I got everything sorted out (thanks to all who replied!), I > > figure I might as well post to the list how I automated Inkscape SVG > > exporting under Windows+cygwin, perhaps it will save someone else some > > time in the future. I use GNU "make" to build my documents, and here > > are the relevant bits of the Makefile: > > > > ------ > > INKSCAPE=d:/portable_apps/inkscape/inkscape.exe > > SRCDIR=$(shell cygpath -d -m `pwd`) > > > > %.pdf: %.svg > > $(INKSCAPE) -f $(SRCDIR)/$< -A $(SRCDIR)/$@ > > > > # list of PDFs to build from SVGs: > > all: foo.pdf bar.pdf baz.pdf > > ------ > > > > The first stumbling block was that inkscape requires full paths to the > > original file and the destination file. The second stumbling block > > was how to translate them for inkscape, which does not like cygwin's > > /cygdrive/c/... notation. > > > > The above is not optimal, so if anybody spots better ways to go about > > things, let me know. I just have to figure out how to avoid > > hardcoding the path to inkscape, which is in different directories on > > my various machines... -- Maciej Kalisiak mac [at] dgp.toronto.edu http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mac

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Perspective Effect generating warning message dialog
by Richard Querin 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

When I execute the Effects->Perspective command, it pops up a dialog box with several warning messages. Once I close the dialog box, the result looks fine ( the effect works). I downloaded the 0.45-1 source and compiled it tonight to double-check and it still gives the warning messages. I'm running it on Ubuntu Edgy. Here's the warning messages that come up. Note: Each time the numbers change but the number of warnings remains consistent: ** (inkscape:5984): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG. ** (inkscape:5986): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG. ** (inkscape:5988): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG. ** (inkscape:5990): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG. I'm running a slightly older version of 0.45 on my windows xp machine at work and it executes the effect without any dialogs or warnings. Here at home, I was running a nightly build (autopackage version) from about the 13th of March and it consistently gave me these warning messages as well. I am running Beryl here at home, but I've switched to Metacity and it demonstrates the same behaviour. Any clues? Thanks, Richard

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for posterity: inkscape export in Windows+cygwin+Makefile
by Maciej Kalisiak 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Now that I got everything sorted out (thanks to all who replied!), I figure I might as well post to the list how I automated Inkscape SVG exporting under Windows+cygwin, perhaps it will save someone else some time in the future. I use GNU "make" to build my documents, and here are the relevant bits of the Makefile: ------ INKSCAPE=d:/portable_apps/inkscape/inkscape.exe SRCDIR=$(shell cygpath -d -m `pwd`) %.pdf: %.svg $(INKSCAPE) -f $(SRCDIR)/$< -A $(SRCDIR)/$@ # list of PDFs to build from SVGs: all: foo.pdf bar.pdf baz.pdf ------ The first stumbling block was that inkscape requires full paths to the original file and the destination file. The second stumbling block was how to translate them for inkscape, which does not like cygwin's /cygdrive/c/... notation. The above is not optimal, so if anybody spots better ways to go about things, let me know. I just have to figure out how to avoid hardcoding the path to inkscape, which is in different directories on my various machines... -- Maciej Kalisiak mac [at] dgp.toronto.edu http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mac

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Drawing a path with Mass
by microUgly 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

I really like the effect of "Mass" on the Caligraphy tool, and I'd love to see the feature on Pencil tool also. Until then (hint) does anyone have any clever tricks to help me freehand draw a smooth path? The best I've thought of (and it's not very good) is to use the Caligraphy tool freehand draw a closed shape, tediously place objects to fill it, then "union" them to create one solid shape that I can apply a stroke to. I really don't think you can use the pencil tool practically with a tablet. It's usable when combined with simplify but even then the results are unpredictable and can require a lot of manual manipulation. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Drawing-a-path-with-Mass-tf3431991.html#a9567283 Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] command-line export on Windows: no file generated
by Maciej Kalisiak 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

On 3/26/07, inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net <inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:07:07 -0500 > From: Aaron Spike <aaron@...476...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] command-line export on Windows: no file > generated > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <46053E9B.3030104@...476...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 [snip] > Even though you don't have a console executable on win32 you can still > capture the output by doing: > > inkscape.exe file.svg 2>output.txt Ah, I didn't think of that, great, that helps! > Now as for your problem exporting I think you'll find that it works if > you use full paths. Inkscape seems to use the inkscpe install directory > as the working directory and it searches there for files unless you > provide the full path. Don't forget quotes if there are spaces in the path: > > "c:\path to\inkscape.exe" -A "c:\another path to\destination.pdf" > "c:\third path to\source.svg" 2>log.txt Yup, that was it, everything works now; thanks! -- Maciej Kalisiak mac [at] dgp.toronto.edu http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mac

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PSTricks Export and Transparency
by Adi Eyal 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hi All Does the PSTricks export work with transparency? If so, how do I make it work? Thanks Adi

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command-line export on Windows: no file generated
by Maciej Kalisiak 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

I am using Inkscape 0.45 on Windows XP SP2. I am using the *.7z version (not the installer executable) that I unpacked to a regular directory. I try to export some *.svg Inkscape images to PDF on the command-line, using: <path to my inkscape>\inkscape.exe foo.svg -A foo.pdf >From the FAQ I understand I won't see any console output on Windows because Inkscape is built as a GUI app. That's fine, but no file is generated either: inkscape runs, quietly exits, *and there is no foo.pdf* in the current directory. Same thing if I use -e option to try to generate a PNG, or any other format I have tried. Needless to say, I tried and I can export the images manually from within Inkscape no problem. Am I missing something? Also, the FAQ mentions that you can build a console version of Inkscape, so that you get console output. Does anyone know of any pre-built binaries anywhere? I suspect that maybe Inkscape wants to print out an error or warning for some reason, to tell me why it cannot export the image, but cannot (just grasping at straws). I've got a ton of Inkscape pics in my thesis, and it's a serious pain to have to export them all manually... (Aside: one annoying bug/lacking feature in this regard: when you select *.PDF filetype in the Save/Save a copy dialog, or any other format, the extension in the filename entry field is not automatically changed; you have to go edit it manually... argh....) -- Maciej Kalisiak mac [at] dgp.toronto.edu http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mac

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[Fwd: Inkscape 0.45 (Intersection etc Broken) -- rejon.org contact form]
by Jon Phillips 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Mark Rafter <mark@...2154...> > To: jon@...87... > Subject: Inkscape 0.45 (Intersection etc Broken) -- rejon.org contact > form > Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:20:10 -0800 (PST) > > Hi Jon, > > I’m a great inkscape fan, and 0.45 is wonderful .. but in 0.45 something > basic got broken: boolean operations flip patterns vertically. > (tracker no 1659445) > > This could really put off new users as they wouldnt know to fall back to > 0.44. > > AIA if this is the wrong way of drawing this to your attention. > > Best Regards - Mark > Hi Mark, sorry for the late reply. I'm forwarding this to the inkscape-user list for help and solutions. I don't think they are broken. Regardless, please download the latest bugfix release 0.45.1 Has anyone on the list had problems like this? Thanks! Jon > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sender info: > > IP: 82.152.85.61 <http://ws.arin.net/whois/?queryinput=82.152.85.61> > Browser/OS: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.10) Gecko/20070216 > Firefox/1.5.0.10 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...87... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...895... IRC: rejon@...896...

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a couple of questions about opening files on Windows
by Michael Grosberg 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Currently, if there is an instance of inkscape running, and I double click an SVG file from the window manager, it opens a new instance of inkscape. Is it possible, somehow, to instruct Windows, or Inkscape, to only allow one instance of inkscape to run and open the file in it? Second question: can the GTK file open dialog be made to remember the last location a file was opened in, or at least be set to a default location other than the application folder? thanks, Michael

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A few questions about colours
by Cedric Sagne 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

All, 1) I need to get the colour used in some text for other lines of text, but for some reason the eye dropper is not very efficient there. What do I do wrong? I sometimes workaround copying the text and then changing it, but using the same colour often means the font and size are different (still easier to find the right font than test the colours in the Palette). 2) When importing SVGs into Scribus, I often need the colours to be defined in the CMYK space. Does the colour space change automatically? In Scribus, you can define a colour in a colour space and then set it in RGB or CMYK or HSL... 3) Sometimes in a specific project it is needed to use a small set of colours (eg corporate look and feel). Is there a way to push a colour in a subset (small palette) in order to find it easily? 4) Also I need to grab colours from bitmap files which I import temporarily as background in order to build the shapes on top. How can I use the eye dropping tool to grab the colour on the bitmap? I do not seem to be able to do it (if there's a problem between the keyboard and the chair be merciful) At the moment I just keep my image editor open and take a mental note of the RGB hex value.... it's good for the neurones but is there another way? Cedric

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