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question about moving a selection of multiple clones
by Gijsbert Stoet 11 Jun '06

11 Jun '06

I have a question about handling clones (an example file is on http://volition.wustl.edu/test.svg Imagine this: 1) I create an object (the top left one in the file) 2) I make multiple clones of this object and spread them around (the others, not the original of the clones) 3) Then I decide that I want to move the clones a little to the right 4) I select them all (make a selection box with the mouse around all the clones, but do not include the original). 5) I move the selection area to the right (or to any position). 6) I release the mouse button AND THEN THE STRANGE THING HAPPENS: all the clones seem to move to some RANDOM positions. To resolve this 'problem', I can group the selection, move the group and then ungroup. That works. I have the clone option to stay unmoved when the original moves. If I select the move according to transform option in the inkcape preferences, the problem does not occur anymore, that is, the selected clones move as I intend. -------- My questions: 1) What is going on? Why the random moves of some of the clones? 2) Why does it work as I want if I select the option 'move according to transform'. I thought this inkscape pref is ONLY about what happens when you move the original, but not when you move the cloned selection. I wonder whether I am missing something, or whether this is an unintended side effect? ---- BTW: I use Ubuntu Linux Dapper. It happens on the official ubuntu 0.43 inkscape version as well on the latest Linux version I downloaded using the autopackage.

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Release Notes push
by bulia byak 10 Jun '06

10 Jun '06

I have finished filling in blanks and pruning loose ends in the Release Notes, and now this document needs attention from as many eyes as possible. Please proofread it, copyedit it, complete it or rewrite it, or just report if you see something missing or wrong: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_Notes In particular, translators, please fill in the Translations section with an overview of current status and progress. Thanks! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Weird scaling behavior
by Terry Hancock 10 Jun '06

10 Jun '06

Hi all, This is probably an SVG question rather than an Inkscape question, but... I started working on an SVG that I downloaded (which apparently came from Adobe Illustrator, as I have discovered via text editor). The original document had an inconvenient canvas size, since I had expanded on the drawing considerably. So I went into document preferences and changed it to 800x600 points (the default units were points, and I think 1 pt = 1 pixel for the designed size, although of course, I know that Inkscape also has 'px' for pixels), since I was planning to lay it out for convenient export to a full-screen PNG. But -- whoops -- the drawing jumped up in scale. It seems like the scale of the drawing is somehow tied to the Y dimension of the canvas. What's up with that?! 1) How do you even do that? 2) How can I make it stop? Thanks! Cheers, Terry -- Terry Hancock (hancock@...1625...) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com

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testing effects
by Benjamin Huot 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

I have tested out some of the effects in .44pre2. Overall the usability is quite good and no crashes. One of the filters did cause a lock up but it became usable after that so I quit without saving that last bit and it worked as normal when I started up again. Is there anyway you can use graphical terms instead of mathematical ones. Like the L something makes a tree - if you labeled that tree-maker or something to that effect instead of L something, it would make much more sense. Great work as always. The logo at the top of the link was done with Inkscape .44pre2 on Ubuntu 6.06, installed with the autopackage installer. http://benjamin-newton.com/

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more .44 pre-testing
by Benjamin Huot 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

extrude effect works well too in .44pre3 on Ubuntu 6.06 - autopackage install. http://benjamin-newton.com/

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inkscape-20060607-0100
by j michaelson 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

hi, i've just compiled inkscape-20060607-0100 and i'm starting to explore it. i was using 4.3 before so it's a bit of a leap. the first thing i noticed was the pallette along the bottom, what an absolutely fantastic idea. the new icons look great and there are loads of little tweaks in the menus. i've only just started playing with it, but it's pretty amazing so far. massive thanks to all the developers who work on inkscape. john.

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compiling on ububtu 6.06 amd64 - SUCCESS!
by j michaelson 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

hello, i've been finally got inkscape-20060607-0100 compiled on ubuntu 6.06 amd64. i was using apt-get to sort the dependencies and i've probably installed a load of stuff i don't need. this has been a fairly long and painful process because i'm on dialup. what i'm thinking of doing is getting all the debs from /var/cache/apt/archive and building myself a mini repository. i can then do a fresh install on a different partion and go through the process again and work out which packages are actually needed. from this a single apt-get install command could be worked out that would sort all the dependencies with the minimum of downloading. john.

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compiling on amd64 unbuntu 6.06
by j michaelson 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

hi, i'm trying to build the latest inkscape and i've ground to a halt. i've been running the configure script and sorting out any dependencies i find, but been getting a message about a "sanity check". i don't know what this means and i haven't had much luck finding out. does this mean that a package is missing or that there is something wrong with one of them? i'd be grateful for some advice, i've included the output of the configure script. thanks. john michaelson. john@...1937...:~/a/software/inkscape/inkscape-20060607-0100$ ./configure checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... mawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no checking for intltool >= 0.22... 0.35.0 found checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking for XML::Parser... ok checking for iconv... /usr/bin/iconv checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for style of include used by make... none checking dependency style of gcc... none checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes checking for g++... no checking for c++... no checking for gpp... no checking for aCC... no checking for CC... no checking for cxx... no checking for cc++... no checking for cl... no checking for FCC... no checking for KCC... no checking for RCC... no checking for xlC_r... no checking for xlC... no checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no checking whether g++ accepts -g... no checking dependency style of g++... none checking for strerror in -lcposix... no checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) no checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) no checking dependency style of g++... (cached) none checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... no checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See `config.log' for more details.

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0.44 pre3 tarball
by Aaron Spike 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've just uploaded the tarball for 0.44pre3. It is now available at: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/inkscape/inkscape-0.43%2B0.44pre3.tar.gz… http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/inkscape/inkscape-0.43%2B0.44pre3.sig?do… As the become available, binary packages can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=9911… Let's give a round of applause to our prerelease packagers. Thanks for getting these packages up so quickly. We all appreciate your efforts. Aaron Spike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEhlge1wsJX4VXgboRAkVUAKCqvVvjRNVlzyB314A3MmYg6BcLyACgvqyd 94MlkR/+jObv8NnJGET/UP0= =HEQL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Inkscape-user] xfig copying; ctrl+d is THE solution
by Gijsbert Stoet 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Thanks to everybody pointing out the ctrl+d option (duplicate object); that is absolutely the solution I was looking for, and as somebody pointed out, it is true and convenient that that way you don't even need to release the control key during the whole procedure. Thanks a lot! Another reason to dump xfig (after years of good service though!).

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