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Commenters needed for PR work!
by Bryce Harrington 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

Hi all, We have begun the PR efforts for the Inkscape 0.44 release! Already, stories are appearing on Freshmeat, Slashdot, Digg and other news sources. We need your help! As you're browsing news this weekend, keep an eye out for Inkscape stories, and take a minute to add your comment, answer questions, etc. You can start at Digg... http://www.digg.com/software/Inkscape_.44_Released Looks like we need to get the story boosted up to about 100 for it to appear on the home pave. :-) Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-user] 0.44 Release tarball
by George Reilly 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

A 2.5-year-old laptop with a 1.3GHz Centrino and 1.25Gb RAM. Not cutting edge, but not too feeble. I haven't compiled very much under Linux on it, but I've compiled a lot of Windows code on it. Compiling Inkscape from scratch was way longer than I expected. I looked at the system meter a couple of times and the CPU was maxed. /George -- /George V. Reilly mailto:george@...634... http://www.georgevreilly.com/blog/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "j michaelson" <jmichaelson@...155...> > To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] 0.44 Release tarball > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:36:41 +0100 > > > hi george, > > what are your system's specs? > > john m. > > > > > On 6/23/06, George V. Reilly <george@...634...> wrote: > > Nice! > > > > I got it to build on Ubuntu 6.06 following the instructions at > > http://inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingUbuntu > > It took FOREVER to compile, well, 20-30 minutes. Far longer than the > > other non-trivial code that I've compiled, such as Vim. Is this normal? > > > > -- > > /George V. Reilly george@...634... > > http://www.georgevreilly.com/blog > > > > > > Aaron Spike wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Packagers start your engines. I've uploaded a tarball for the 0.44 > > > release. Thank you everyone for all of your hard work. > > > > > > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/inkscape/inkscape-0.44.tar.gz?download > > > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/inkscape/inkscape-0.44.sig?download > > > > > > Enjoy. > > > > > > Aaron Spike

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autopackage flaky
by Benjamin Huot 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

I installed .44pre4 by Autopackage on Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake under KDE with the latest security and stability including kernel updates. When I chose manage 3rd party applications and remove Inkscape like I did for .44pre3, my computer locked up on me and I had to do a hard reboot. After rebooting, I checked then and it no longer appeared in the list under 3rd party applications. Then I changed the .package file to make it executable and then double clicked on it. My screen locked up temporarily as it spent several minutes initializing. Then my dock disappeared. I saw it said it was installing various components and then it said it was done. My dock was still gone! Luckily I was able to log out by right clicking on the desktop. I logged back in, launched Inkscape and it seems to work fine. That is the last time I use Autopackage!!!

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ubuntu palete for inkscape
by j michaelson 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

hello all, as well as this list i also post on the ubuntu-art list. i spoke about the new palete feature in inkscape and asked if an ubuntu scheme could be made for inkscape. someone reckoned that inkscape uses the same palette format as the gimp, is that so? if that is the case there is one already available on this page..... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official is there any chance that the ubuntu human theme could be included in inkcape as one of the optional palettes? thankyou. john m.

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Objects on a path
by John Faith 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

Hello, Is there a way to place copies of an object along a path the same way that text can be put on a path (with orientation perpendicular to the path)? Would this require that an object first be converted to a font? I've tried the Tiled Clones tracing and see that the L-system effect in 0.44 can define paths from rules. Thanks!, John

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Inkscape Forums are Now Live.....
by Cory Pollard 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

www.inkscapeforums.com. Thanks for all the support and suggestions. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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Bezier curves and making smooth points
by Geoff Russell 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Hi, When I draw bezier curves, there are boxes (smooth points) and diamonds (angles). Sometimes I can't make a diamond into a smooth point (Shift+S) and othertimes I can. I can't find a pattern to it, Shift+S just refused to smooth some points. Am I doing something wrong? Cheers, Geoff Russell.

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Not straight line connectors
by Paul Smith 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Dear All Is it possible to have not straight line connectors? I am thinking about the kind of connectors like the one that is attached. Thanks in advance, Paul

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Report on a review article of vector programs (including Inkscape 0.43)
by Colin Marquardt 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Hi, I finally wrote the report I wanted to write since weeks... :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Report_on_c%27t_article_12/2006 This is a report on a review article of vector programs (including Inkscape 0.43) in the German c't magazine, issue 12/2006, subtitled "Inexpensive vector drawing programs for amateurs" The article can be bought at http://www.heise.de/kiosk/archiv/ct/06/12/168/ The price limit for programs in the test was 100 EUR. Besides Inkscape 0.43, the following programs were reviewed: Tribar Inform 1.0 (http://www.tribarsw.net), Zoner Zoner Draw 5 (http://zoner.com), Serif DrawPlus 8 (http://www.serif.com), Purgatory Intaglio 2.7 (http://www.purgatorydesign.com), Xara Xtreme 2.0f (http://www.xara.com), Microsoft Expression Grafic Designer CTP (formerly Acrylic) (http://www.microsoft.com) They say Expression is likely to cost more than 100 EUR once it's out of its preview phase, so it would not belong in that test anymore. In short, Inkscape got the following rating (from --, -, ., +, ++): Import and Export: - Exact Drawing/Freehand: ++/- Text design/Prepress: ./-- Efficient work/Documentation: +/-- Winners were DrawPlus and Xara, with Expression and Intaglio still better than Inkscape, the rest got lower ratings than Inkscape. The article text itself is IMO more friendly toward Inkscape than the rating says. The text lists some highlights (both positive and negative) of each program, and for Inkscape, they were: * is a bit sluggish * has dynamic connectors * one cannot find help for a specific tool * uses SVG internally and thus is restricted to SVG features; so gradients are limited to linear or radial ones * potrace is far ahead in the quality of its tracing * no justified text * no artistic strokes apart from calligraphy, but it uses the angle information from a tablet, and also supports thickness by mouse speed * writes EPS but doesn't read it in again - this hinders easy exchange of drawings with other programs * bitmap export is limited to PNG * SVG files are included only as a link, if one wants to send a drawing to someone else, one has to take care to manually include all necessary files * documentation is SVG where one can directly use the tools, but one doesn't have links nor an index * documentation cannot really be searched - search is limited to the current document and doesn't jump from hit to hit, but just highlights them all, and the user has to comb though these * an extensive guide is being built at http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.html * normally is stable, but slower than the other programs * is under heavy development, but documentation makes it hard for newbies * usable for productive work I'm now picking some of the good points of the other programs that they deemed worthy of mentioning: * features for web designers (slicing, connect with links, rollover buttons) * animation features and export to animated GIFs * CAD capabilities for technical drawings (dynamic dimension lines) * no program supports connected text boxes * movies for documentation * natural brushes * bitmaps can be distorted * user-defined styles * centrally defined colors that can be changed later (derived colors also change) * device profiles, Pantone, process colors, overprinting when doing color separation, color control bars, crop marks * cliparts, symbols, schematic symbols, fonts * vector and bitmap layer, when changing layer type, tools also change * distortion grid * node sculpting * pressure profile of a tablet stroke can be adjusted retroactively * randomization of strokes in width, hue, transparency * hyphenation, spell checking, indentation, tabulators, multi-page documents * when drawing a path, nodes (or even the node control points) can be moved without finishing the line first * dynamic guides * measurement tool with selectable unit * shadows get more fuzzy with increasing distance from an object * user-defined line ends * copies of an object can be aligned along a path (Please keep in mind that I'm translating this from German, if something is unclear, just ask: colin (at) marquardt-home (dot) de)

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White background of a formula into a transparent one
by Paul Smith 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Dear All I have got a formula in SVG format, which I want to place over a colorful SVG figure. However, the formula has a white background and when I put it over the colorful figure, the white background is shown. Then, I thought that if I could transform the white background into a transparent one, the problem would be solved. Is that possible? How can I get a transparent background? Thanks in advance, Paul

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