- Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Mesh gradients: Polyfill available
by Maren Hachmann 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Hi everyone, Tav has published his polyfill for mesh gradients! (A polyfill is a piece of javascript code that supplies functions to browsers that they are lacking. They are usually used, if a web designer/developer wants to use some cool new feature, that doesn't work in some browsers, or doesn't work in older browser versions.) You can find his article (and the code for download, it's licenced GPLv3 or later) at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/SVG/POLYFILL/MESH/mesh.html Regards, Maren

6 11

Ubuntu ppa now with 0.92
by Maren Hachmann 12 Jan '17

12 Jan '17

Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that Alex Valavanis has updated Inkscape's stable Ubuntu ppa at https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/+archive/ubuntu/stable for the 0.92 release, so you can now install / update to the latest version on Ubuntu and derivatives via package management. Instructions about how to add a ppa to your software sources can also be found on the web page linked from above. Have fun drawing! Regards, Maren

2 3

Hilfe
by gruhler 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

2 3

Settings as command-line options?
by Christoph Raab 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Dear fellow Inkscapists, thanks to the "Larger" option for icon sizes in the 0.92 version, more of the icons are now usable on my laptop's high-DPI display. Using an external monitor, that makes them too large of course, and changing the setting means starting Inkscape, going into the preferences, and restarting. Since everything else works fine, I didn't want to try compiling with GTK3 enabled since it's marked "experimental". But can I give these these icon size preferences as an option when starting Inkscape? Then I could just start a different script depending on what monitor I'm using. Of course it would be ideal if that's already an option, since then I could eventually switch to a binary distribution. But I don't mind compiling it myself either, if it's something I can add in myself. Does somebody know how this could work? Best, Christoph

2 3

Data-visualization extension ?
by Pierre Massat 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Dear all, I know I should be sending this to the dev list, but I'm not a member and I'm feeling lazy. In Illustrator there's a tool to import data in a spreadsheet, and create basic charts from that. It's very handy for people who do data-visualization. I would think that Inkscape is just as good as Illustrator for tweaking existing svg charts (colors, text, layout, etc.). But due to the lack of this tool Inkscape currently requires an extra step to create the charts with another application (e.g. the R project for statistical computing). I looked at tutorials to create extensions. I think that the logic could be quite easily implemented (i.e. calculating scales, displaying the shapes). But there doesn't seem to be a spreadsheet widget for the UI, which makes it a no-go if users can't input a few simple numbers manually. Any idea how difficult it would be to create this extension ? Cheers, Pierre.

5 9

Fill between strokes
by Robert Funnell 08 Jan '17

08 Jan '17

I've been trying to figure out how to use the 'Fill between strokes' path effect in 0.92 but I can't figure out what sequence of operations to use, or what the 'Link to path' and 'Select original' buttons are supposed to do. I've searched for instructions or tutorials without finding anything that matches what I'm seeing in 0.92. Can someone please point me in the right direction? Thank you. - Robert

3 10

Question on text colors of info boxes ...
by Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza 07 Jan '17

07 Jan '17

Dear listmembers, I am quite happy with Inkscape (V 0.91 on openSUSE 42.1 with kde) with one single exception I could not find a solution for until now: Whenever I move the mouse - curser over an icon say on the left upright bar with different symbols (for example the selection icon) a help text is displayed. Unfortunately this text is white on a light gray background: long text short answer: one can hardly read what is shown in the box. Could any kind soul shed light on this and (maybe ...) tell me how to fix this problem? Any pointer is greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance, take care Dieter Jurzitza -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza 76131 Karlsruhe

2 4

traceback from Interpolate extension
by brynn 07 Jan '17

07 Jan '17

Hi Friends, Trying to use the Interpolate extension, I'm getting an error, including Traceback, and no results. Here's the traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "interp.py", line 333, in <module> e.affect() File "C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions\inkex.py", line 283, in affect self.effect() File "interp.py", line 156, in effect basestyle['stroke-width'] = self.tweenstyleunit('stroke-width',sst,est,0) File "interp.py", line 114, in tweenstyleunit ep = self.unittouu(end[property]) / scale KeyError: 'stroke-width' I notice the last line which is something about the stroke width. But neither of the 2 original objects have a stroke at all. When I searched Launchpad, I found this report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1586568. It seems to be related to stroke width, but as I said, there are no strokes in this case. Inkscape 0.92 stable, 64-bit, exe installer, Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit. Shall I add a Comment to that bug report, or is this different? If it's the same thing, how can I make use of the file which suv provided? Thank you very much, brynn

2 1

How to uninstall Inkscape 0.91 +Xquartz on Mac to install 0.92?
by Victor Westmann 07 Jan '17

07 Jan '17

Or even better: how can I update Inkscape 0.91 + XQuartz on Mac to 0.92? I followed the instructions in the download page to install 0.91 few months ago and it went fine! But I have no idea on how to uninstall 0.91 to install 0.92.. but I'm very happy we have it available in the MacPorts... seems like an elegant, and yet simple, solution. Sorry for the silly question. --Victor Westmann

1 4

how to uninstall
by brynn 07 Jan '17

07 Jan '17

Hi Friends, I recently installed Inkscape 0.91, 32-bit, exe installer on a brand new Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit computer. However, it doesn't show up in Programs and Features or the Start menu. So I can't figure out how to uninstall it. I looked in the installation directory, because in some programs, I've seen an uninstall.exe file. But I don't find that in this case. How can I uninstall this? (Note that I recently was discussing about having multiple versions installed, but that's on an old computer. This is happening on a new computer, where this is the only version I have installed. I do have a 7z version of another version, but it's my understanding that the zip file programs are not technically installed.) Thanks for your help, brynn

4 6