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Latest Nightly Build Problem
by Christopher B. Wright 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

Last night I downloaded the latest Autopackage nightly build (Linux). The installation process quit with an error (sorry, I don't have the specific error message onhand) when I tried to install it. I don't know if this was due to a problem on my machine or a result of an error in the process of creating the autopackage build, but I thought I'd mention it on the offchance the package is bad. Or something. Anyway... does anyone know where I can get the build *before* this latest one? :) Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@...537...)

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Re: Exporting as PS
by MoNKi 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

> > > > I am having trouble exporting my SVG as a PostScript file. Basically, > > > > it changes some parts of the image and fills them with black. > Actually this file exhibits several problems, some of which I fixed, > some are unfixable, and some may be fixable but not fixed yet. > 1. The black parts ARE black yet use transparency, but PS does not > support transparency, so they become opaque. Never use transparency if > you are going to export to PS. It"s very easy to fix this however: > select one of the transparent objects on the camel; switch to the > Dropper tool (F7); make sure it"s in the "pick visible color without > alpha" mode; click on that same object. That will pick the visible > color and assign it back to the object, but this time without > transparency. Repeat for all transparent objects. And why not convert automatically the transparent areas to a bitmap when exporting a PS? We can't always does the "Dropper tool trick" with complex transparencies. This is the way Freehand and Illustrator does it.

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CMYK-colors wrong
by Lars Behrens 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

Hi there, I have an CMYK eps-file here and when I import it in inkscape the colors are completely wrong (too colorfull, obviously not properly converted to rgb). When I change the CMYK values by hand, the colors are too dull. I always thought that Inkscape would support CMYK? If so how about an option like in Illustrator, to set the actual color format and the one of the imported/exported file? Cheerz Lars -- Universität Karlsruhe (TH) Physikalisches Institut 0721/608-3448 Lars.Behrens@...609...

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Tutorial conversion
by bulia byak 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

We started to convert Inkscape tutorials into DocBook, with SVG and HTML (and potentially other formats) generated automatically by XSLT stylesheets. The Basic tutorial in English was the first to be converted; here it is in HTML: http://inkscape.org/doc/basic/tutorial-basic.html (obviously there's no interactivity in HTML, but at least it's now printable). If you want to help, pick your favorite tutorial (drop a note to the devel list first, to make sure it's not yet taken), check out the doc-docbook module from our CVS and follow the instructions in the file README to convert it into DocBook and extract illustrations as separate SVG files. This is simple work but it will be great help to the project, since it will make much easier to update tutorials, translate them into other languages, and write new ones. Oh, and if you want to edit or translate or tutorial, please wait until it's converted and work with the DocBook version. (Better yet, convert it yourself :) -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Units of coordinates
by Jogchum Reitsma 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

Hi, In Inkscape 0.41 on Suse 9.2, I always set the rulers and everything I can find on measurement to millimeters. Only the cursor coordinates, in the bottom left corner of the main window, is shown in some other unit (100 mm = 125 units). Is it possible to set this to mm's too? Thanks! kind greetings, Jogchum Reitsma

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[Fwd: Units of coordinates]
by Jogchum Reitsma 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Re: Exporting as PS
by Christopher B. Wright 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss PS files. As far as I know pre-press agencies *still* prefer postscript, since it's possible to edit PS files if necessary. It's incredibly arcane, but it can be done. Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@...537...)

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Moving object to another layer?
by wayne 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

How does one move an object to another layer? I tried the layer menu but it only seems to transfer you to another layer and not move the object in question. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks, Wayne Inkscape .41

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how to import an image, so that it will be embeded in the document.
by Pedro Blom 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Is there a way to import an image so that it will be embeded in the document. I want to be able to send .svg-documents witout having to send the linked images to. I use Mepis Linux and Inkscape 0.41-4 /Pedro

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Importing into Microsoft Publisher
by George V. Reilly 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

I discovered Inkscape yesterday. Nice program! I've created a logo with Inkscape. How do I import it into Microsoft Publisher, which doesn't seem to understand SVG. I tried importing the PNG, but it looked fuzzy. Ditto for MS Word. -- How do I set my Laser Printer to "Stun"? (Get Witty Auto-Generated Signatures from http://SmartBee.org) George V. Reilly george@...634... http://george.reilly.org/ Read my blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/george_v_reilly/

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