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optimize SVG
by Adib Taraben 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hello all, once upon a time ..., no seriously couple of weeks ago I have been contacted by Joseph Merdas ( shemeri_at_hotmail_dot_com ). He writes a thesis about optimizing SVG. He had couple of questions and needed some answers. I promised him to contact the inkscape list with the many friedly peopels dealing with svg every day for further feedback and background info. Joseph examines how to optimize SVG in different ways: -optimize for render speed, -optimize for size -etc He has ideas about some tricks that also inkscape is using by simplify feature, also reordering the elements, moving the attributes, etc. One of his concerns is that the change in the structure of a document may corrupt the document for build-in ECMA-script proccessing. Because the elements are differtly orderd, are vanished or have different attributes etc. and so the DOM is deifferent. Now he has the first result ready. An java implemented optimizer, that also checks the rendering results. I would please everyone to give some feedback. His project page can be found at: http://myfriendsnet.com/svg/survey.php Many thanks, Adib.

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Question about rgb to CMYK
by Sally Goldin 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hello- Does anyone know whether this program has the capability of converting a photo that has been scanned in RGB color to CMYK color? Can replies be sent to my e-mail address? Thanks!!! Sally Goldin, Personal Historian Tell Me A Story -- Oral and Written Histories (415) 337-1629 sally@...1015... CHECK OUT MY WEB SITE: www.sallygoldin.com

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Help on Fedora Core 4
by Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hi list, I am new on Inkscape, but I would like to know how to solve my problem to install inkscape. I download the inkscape. The file is that: inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586.rpm I tryed to install it with the folowing command: [root@...1021... inkscape]# rpm -ivh inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586.rpm The error message is below: error: Failed dependencies: perl-base is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libatkmm-1.6.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libcrypto.so.0.9.7 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libgc.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libgdkmm-2.4.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libglibmm-2.4.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libpangomm-1.4.so.1 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libsigc-2.0.so.0 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 libssl.so.0.9.7 is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 perl(SVG) is needed by inkscape-0.42.2-1mdk.i586 Ps: I saw if perl was intalled with the command rpm -qa perl and the message presented was : perl-5.8.6-15 So perl is installed here ok ? I would like to recieve some information about my problem Best regards Ezequias

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How to print transparent graphics?
by Bernhard Walle 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hello Inkscape users, transparency is a great feature, I really like it. :-) But how to print in Inkscape? PS doesn't support transparency, PDF is currently only PS converted with Ghostscript. Scribus is far from import my SVGs in the same way than drawed in Inkscape (at least if I use flowed text). So, does anybody have an idea? The only thing which comes in mind is to render as PNG with a reasonable resolution and print that -- but that's a lot of work if the size should be the same as in the SVG file. Thanks for your ideas! Regards, Bernhard

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No text printed
by Bernhard Walle 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hello, if I print using "Print..." in the file menu, no text is printed. If I print using "Print direct", all works. Is this a known issue or am I doing something wrong? Also, the dots in "Print..." are confusing because no print dialog appears. Regards, Bernhard

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stroke width issue
by Royden Yates 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

I am working in Inkscape 0.42 (autopackage and apt installed on 2 Ubuntu linux boxes (autopackage is hoary, apt is breezy)). With a .svg file exported from paths in Gimp 2.2.8, on both installations, the stroke width dialogue behaves strangely, incrementing the stroke width only upwards by large amounts and then locking out at 1000.0 px. Width then is adjustable just by entering a number rather than the using the scrolls and even then it goes to a different value than the one entered. This behaviour goes away if I import the file into Scribus and reset the stroke width (Scribus behaves properly on this) and then export it and then open in Inkscape. This does not happen if svg file is Inkscape created. I have looked at bugs but nothing seen. Before I submit, is this behaviour known? Thanks in advance for any insights, R -- Royden Yates

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open source alternatives article on newsforge
by Alan Horkan 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

Inkscape gets a mention, a quick paragraph http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/08/17/2041231.shtml?tid=152&tid=1… Not sure why exactly their is an expectation that Inkscape would include HTML export. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

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0.42.2 still crashes when being started
by Timo Gransch 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

Hi! I just reported this bug on Sourceforge - as 0.41 and 0.42 did, my self-compiled Inkscape 0.42.2 crashes right after being called on my Slackware 10.1. Please see item 1275076 in the bug tracker for detailed information (the bt output of gdb is added as a comment). Unfortunately the only way to use inkscape on my computer is to install the inkscape-0.41-i486-1jed.tgz binary package, which is outdated. Does anyone else have this problem? Regards, Timo

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Win XP Pro SP2 Crash on Open/Save Dialogs...
by JTS 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

For some reason, after downloading Inkscape 0.42.2, I've had nothing but problems with it. Whenever I try to open a file or save a file, once the dialog pops up, it just locks and eventually I have to end the process in the Task Manager. Has anybody else had this problem or know how to circumvent this little issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated. JTS ... and bits of sick

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transparent
by Ciro Soto 26 Aug '05

26 Aug '05

I have a line drawing in black that I want with a transparent background. How do I do that in inkscape? I always get the white background. thank you Ciro

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