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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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xfig like copying
by Gijsbert Stoet 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

This is a follow up on my earlier post regarding copying object while retaining horizontal or vertical alignment. I just figured that the easiest way to do this is to: 1) Copy object 2) Paste in place (from the edit menu) 3) then move the new object while holding the ctrl key It is quite interesting to compare the xfig and inkscape interface. Although Inkscape is nowadays 100x better than xfig, the original xfig interface has some nice features with which you can do some things really quick (Maybe that is just because I am used to it. But to give just an example). For example, if you have a drawing and there is a whole bunch of objects that need to be copied, each to different place. In Xfig, you can just click the copy icon, and you are in copy mode. Every object you touch with your mouse+click will be copied. In Inkscape, or any other modern drawing program for that matter, you need to perform a couple of operation to each object. I wonder whether I am the only one whole likes these Xfig features.

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question about copying while maintaining perfect alignment
by Gijsbert Stoet 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

There is a way of copying in Xfig that is really handy, and I wonder whether something similar is available in Inkscape. In Xfig, you can click the copy Icon and then copy the original with the middle mouse button clicked to a position that is either perfectly horizontally or vertically aligned. This is handy if you want a copy of the original perfectly next or underneath the original. In Inkscape I have to do this differently. I first copy and paste the object to a new location, and then I have to manually align it to its original using the alignment dialog. Of course that is not too hard, but in Xfig it is easier. Since this is an operation that I use often, I miss the Xfig way of copying. Maybe it is possible in Inkscape, since there are so many handy key shortcuts I am not yet aware of. I looked this up in the Inkscape tutorials, but could not find it yet. Let me know if there is an easy way to do this. Thanks.

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