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powerstroke on closed path bug?
by brynn 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

Hi Friends, I've seen a few times where applying Powerstroke LPE to a closed path not only doesn't work, but creates some strange results. This includes using the Triangle In/Out for Pencil and Pen, as well as applying it separately to a path. I thought it surely must be already reported as a bug, but I can't seem to find any reports. It could have a title with some technical words that I don't understand. I just want to make sure it's not going to be a duplicate if I report it. Is anyone aware of this being reported as a bug before, or knows which bug report it is? Or is this just such a known issue, that we don't expect it should work? Here's a test file: https://inkscapecommunity.com/jd/imgs/psclosed.svg Just add a powerstroke to that closed path. (Windows 7, 64-bit, Inkscape 0.92.2, 64-bit, 7z). Thanks, brynn

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Inkscape.SNAP Snappy package do not export dxf files
by Luis Vasquez 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Hi, i installed inkscape snap package and i can not export files to dxf. Some plugins are not installed numpy Failed to import the numpy or numpy.linalg modules. These modules are required by this extension. Please install them and try again.

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Meeting - Inkscape Vectors
by Ryan Gorley 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

The Inkscape Vectors will be meeting a couple hours before the board meeting. Catch the agenda, time and location details here: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape-vectors/general/issues/21 (https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape-vectors/general/issues/21) All are welcome. We hope you'll join us! -- Ryan Gorley Founder + Creative Director https://dijt.co (https://dijt.co)

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Symbol edition and reuse
by Xaviju Julián 22 Oct '17

22 Oct '17

Hi, As suggested in the new features section I'd like to see the community opinion on a possible feature suggestion. As a heavy user of the symbols feature for web design I tend to save many UI portions of my design as symbols and reuse them across many different documents. Sometimes I need to edit one of those symbols and I'd like all documents that are referencing that symbol to update. Same behavior as when I update the original symbol SVG code, all references will keep using that symbol, but updated. Right now, the only way I found the inkscape UI has to edit a symbol is to `unplug` (sorry don't know the english word) it from its reference, but that does not allow me to reuse and update. Do this make sense to you? Am I missing something? Thanks, Xavi

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misunderstood tiled clones issue
by brynn 08 Oct '17

08 Oct '17

Hi Friends, Someone recently has posted in a forum, asking why the first array created by Tiled Clones dialog is deleted, when the 2nd array is created (using the same parent object). http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33037 Because this is what I previously understood the Remove button is supposed to do, I thought it must be a bug. However searching LP has not turned up any existing bug report (not unless its title contains technical language that I don't understand, or that doesn't really describe the issue). I'm on Windows, but other operating systems are represented in the forum topic. I tested going back to version 0.47.3, and the same behavior is seen there. So since it seems to be long standing, and not reported, I have to think it's either intended behavior, or at least not a bug. Oh interesting! It seems the first array is deleted /whenever/ a 2nd array is created with the same parent (not just when the 2nd array immediately follows the first)! Because I did this (with all default settings): 1 - Object A: 2 x 2 array 2 - Move all the clones away from the array area (to easily notice that they are deleted when the 2nd array is created, and not just covered up by the 2nd array). 3 - Object B: 3 x 3 array 4 - Object A: 4 x 4 array -- This removes all the clones from the 2 x 2 array of object A; leaves the 3 x 3 array of object B alone, and creates the new 4 x 4 array of object A. If there's a reason for this, could someone explain, in a not too technical way? Thank you very much, brynn

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] the Scale setting and Display units
by brynn 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

Sorry I was unavailable for all this discussion the last couple of days. (just a bit out of sorts) I completely understand that everyone has different preferences for whatever project they use Inkscape to accomplish. I would say that as far as Inkscape is concerned, none should be considered better or more preferred than the other. I think it would be a mistake to force one or more user groups to always change their docs, or make their own special templates, just so that one or more other user groups can have convenience. Especially with this new system which is so confusing for many users. Inkscape should be made usable, equally as possible, for all user groups. The bottom line (at least for me) is that there is no way to satisfy everyones needs at the same time. What is needed is a simple way for users to choose and set their desired units, no matter which kind of document or template they want. Before 0.92, it was very, very simple, and easy to understand and easy to use. Now, it is not. If there is some reason related to Inkscape's being able to function at all, where mm Must be the default units, then please make Inkscape do all the work, so that the user only has to click once to change their units (as before). (Make Scaling silent.) However, I think it would be better to go back to the traditional system of px for the user units, where if a user wants to change their units, they just have to click once. > So it would be very nice to have px as the default template and let our users change units in the display as desired without any concerns regarding scale. Ditto! As a footnote, this is one of the many issues we are seeing with users not understanding the scale (it's an old topic where a new message was posted, starting here) http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17182#p101060 Here, it seems setting the wrong scale is exaggerating the expected deformations of paths when using offsets. All best, brynn PS - I made the wishlist report, for what it's worth: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1719162 -----Original Message----- From: TylerDurden Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:46 PM To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units >>[Luca] I ask again: is this just a template issue? << Yes, I also think so. I currently instruct all my Inkscape students at the local makerspace to create a custom default template with units=px and scale=1. Slide from the class: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/8ydap6q59dtne1i/Inkscape_Class_101-Default.png At the makerspace we regularly use px, imperial and metric; and output from Inkscape for print, CNC, laser, game design, web, CAD, and on, and on... So it would be very nice to have px as the default template and let our users change units in the display as desired without any concerns regarding scale. Thanks, TD -- Sent from: http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Inkscape-Dev-f2781808.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Inkscape 0.92.2 not building
by Alice Wonder 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

I hope this isn't better suited for the devel list, but I'm not an Inkscape developer. Trying to build Inkscape 0.92.2 and it seems to not like ImageMagick 7.0.7 patch 4 (the current) The build error: make[2]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/inkscape_base.dir/extension/internal/bitmap/channel.cpp.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... /builddir/build/BUILD/inkscape-0.92.2/src/extension/internal/bitmap/crop.cpp: In member function 'virtual void Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::Crop::applyEffect(Magick::Image*)': /builddir/build/BUILD/inkscape-0.92.2/src/extension/internal/bitmap/crop.cpp:27:78: error: no matching function for call to 'Magick::Geometry::Geometry(int&, int&, int&, int&, bool, bool)' image->crop(Magick::Geometry(width, height, _left, _top, false, false)); ^ /builddir/build/BUILD/inkscape-0.92.2/src/extension/internal/bitmap/crop.cpp:27:78: note: candidates are: In file included from /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Drawable.h:28:0, from /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Image.h:17, from /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++.h:12, from /builddir/build/BUILD/inkscape-0.92.2/src/extension/internal/bitmap/crop.cpp:15: /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:119:5: note: Magick::Geometry::Geometry(const RectangleInfo&) Geometry(const MagickCore::RectangleInfo &rectangle_); ^ /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:119:5: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 6 provided /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:52:5: note: Magick::Geometry::Geometry(size_t, size_t, ssize_t, ssize_t) Geometry(size_t width_,size_t height_,::ssize_t xOff_=0, ^ /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:52:5: note: candidate expects 4 arguments, 6 provided /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:49:5: note: Magick::Geometry::Geometry(const string&) Geometry(const std::string &geometry_); ^ /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:49:5: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 6 provided /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:46:5: note: Magick::Geometry::Geometry(const Magick::Geometry&) Geometry(const Geometry &geometry_); ^ /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:46:5: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 6 provided /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:43:5: note: Magick::Geometry::Geometry(const char*) Geometry(const char *geometry_); ^ /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:43:5: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 6 provided /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:40:5: note: Magick::Geometry::Geometry() Geometry(); ^ /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/Magick++/Geometry.h:40:5: note: candidate expects 0 arguments, 6 provided make[2]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/inkscape_base.dir/extension/internal/bitmap/crop.cpp.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/inkscape-0.92.2' make[1]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/inkscape_base.dir/all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/inkscape-0.92.2' make: *** [all] Error 2 Any ideas?

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the Scale setting and Display units
by brynn 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Hi Friends, Sending up a signal flare from the not-so-technially-inclined user community. Please either explain the Scale setting and how users can easily change the Display units; or fix the UX so we can use it. Thank you so very much, brynn

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-docs] UX team?
by brynn 24 Sep '17

24 Sep '17

Oh! (Copying over to dev and user lists.) There are so very many people interested in working on the UX (I seem to recall several people had been signed up -- it's hard to believe not one of them would volunteer for this simple task. If "the team's business" means writing the intro, Team Details and Charter, I can do that. What other business might there be? (Even though I'm leading the Moderators Team, I suspect the "business" is probably different.) If it requires a lot of work, let's put it up on the To-Do List page, to try to recruit someone. But what kind of business is it? Thanks, brynn -----Original Message----- From: Martin Owens Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 7:25 AM To: brynn ; Inkscape-Docs Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] UX team? On Wed, 2017-09-20 at 06:42 -0600, brynn wrote: > Hi Friends, > I just noticed there is no UX team showing on the Teams page > (https://inkscape.org/en/teams/). I could have sworn I saw one > there, not too > long ago (couple of months maybe). I think it had several members. > > What happened with that? The UI team is currently hidden as it's TODO introduction and lack of leadership made it hard to justify keeping it visible. So what it needs is someone with a passion, preferably a UX person, who can say that even if it's just a team of one, that they will handle the team's business. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Fwd: open-draw-community.de
by Arlo Barnes 23 Sep '17

23 Sep '17

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