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autopackage
by wayne 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Just installed inkscape 0.41 with autopackage. When I open it, I get a message saying that one or more extensions failed to load. When I close that window, I get another message saying that Inkscape encountered an internal error and will close. In the command line, this is what appears: SCIM: im_module_init free(): invalid pointer 0x9453670! free(): invalid pointer 0x9453650! Emergency save activated! Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now. Do I have to uninstall SCIM? How do I get around this? Thanks, Wayne Mandrake 10.1 >From MAILER-DAEMON Wed Mar 09 00:06:10 2005 Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:06:21 +0200 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@...385...> Message-Id: <200503090906.j2996LNa025015@...385...> To: <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="j2996LNa025015.1110359181/iceberg.hellug.gr" Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. Report problems to http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 -0.1 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list Subject: [Inkscape-user] Returned mail: see transcript for details Sender: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-BeenThere: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9-sf.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Id: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Post: <mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user>, <mailto:inkscape-user-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=inkscape-user> This is a MIME-encapsulated message --j2996LNa025015.1110359181/iceberg.hellug.gr Content-Type: text/plain The original message was received at Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:06:13 +0200 from AToulon-202-2-3-2.w193-252.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.252.41.2] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <simos@...384...> (reason: 550 5.2.1 <simos@...384...>... Mail delivery has been disabled for this user) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to igloo.linux.gr.: >>> DATA <<< 550 5.2.1 <simos@...384...>... Mail delivery has been disabled for this user 550 5.1.1 <simos@...384...>... User unknown <<< 503 5.0.0 Need RCPT (recipient) --j2996LNa025015.1110359181/iceberg.hellug.gr Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; iceberg.hellug.gr Received-From-MTA: DNS; AToulon-202-2-3-2.w193-252.abo.wanadoo.fr Arrival-Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:06:13 +0200 Final-Recipient: RFC822; simos@...384... Action: failed Status: 5.2.1 Remote-MTA: DNS; igloo.linux.gr Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.2.1 <simos@...384...>... Mail delivery has been disabled for this user Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:06:21 +0200 --j2996LNa025015.1110359181/iceberg.hellug.gr Content-Type: text/rfc822-headers Return-Path: <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Received: from hellug.gr (AToulon-202-2-3-2.w193-252.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.252.41.2]) by iceberg.hellug.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Debian-13) with ESMTP id j2996DNa025011 for <simos@...384...>; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:06:13 +0200 Message-Id: <200503090906.j2996DNa025011@...385...> From: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net To: simos@...384... Subject: Mail Delivery (failure simos@...384...) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:05:54 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001B_01C0CA80.6B015D10" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal --j2996LNa025015.1110359181/iceberg.hellug.gr--

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Inkscape for Adobe Illustrator users
by Brandon Blackmoor 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

> From: bulia byak <buliabyak@...155...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape for AI users: a revert war :) > > 3. After all, who is this document for? Those who like AI the > way it is will never switch, so it seems stupid to target them > in such a document. I like Adobe Illustrator. However, it is not feasible to create a cooperative open-source project (see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CostumeShop/ ) which relies on an expensive piece of proprietary software. That is why I was initially interested in Inkscape. Now that I have become more familiar with it, I have grown to like it for its own sake. :) > A. Kwixson has removed my mention of keyboard accessibility That is an important and useful difference. It should be restored. > B. In the section on shapes, Kwixson has removed my explanation > of the difference between a shape and a path and the unique > features that shapes offer. Paths and shapes are different. Adobe Illustrator users need to know that they are different, and what makes each useful in a specific context. This explanation should be restored. > C. In the section on Node tool, Kwixson provided some very cumbersome > descriptions of how to convert a segment from curve to straight line > and how to continue a path. When I proposed much simpler and more > straightforward ways to do the same, he insisted that his descriptions > closely match the way AI does this and therefore must stay. This is stupid. The goal of this section of the document is not to slavishly mimic the procedures of Illustrator. The goal of this section of the document is to show how the Illustrator user how to achieve the same (or similar) *result* in the simplest and most straightforward way possible. -- Brandon Blackmoor bblackmoor@...477... 2005-03-09

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape for AI users: a revert war :)
by Chris W. Parker 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

George Farris <mailto:farrisg@...30...> on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:59 AM said: > OK folks, this document should be about Inkscape!! It should ALWAYS > include things such as shapes for example. How else is one going to > learn about such features. Yes, you want to be able to enable AI > users but it is ludicrous to hide Inkscape features from them just > because AI doesn't have them. > > If I was an AI user I would read this document and EXPECT that there > may be different or even better ways of doing something. I would > EXPECT to read about features that AI doesn't have. If that isn't the > case then one might as well give up on Inkscape and just use AI. We > are not cloning, we are creating something that will be > better/different in the long run. > > What is the point of dumbing down the document. Educate the users I > say. +1 Chris.

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Vacuum Defs Question 2
by Kevin Wixson 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Thanks for the response. When and why would a user use the Vacuum Defs function; what advantage does it have? -Kevin

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EPS, PDF, PNG support for transparency, gradients
by oisin feeley 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Hi all, I posted this comment on the gnomedesktop.org article about Inkscape and am reposting it here in case none of you read that article. I've just started using Inkscape and am mighty impressed. The collection of tutorials that comes with the program is great and got me up to speed very quickly. I have one major stumbling block to using this program in the way that I want to though: I would like to create vector graphics with Inkscape, then save them to EPS and use those EPS figures in LyX (LaTeX) created documents. Currently (inkscape-0.41-1, lyx-1.3.5-3) I cannot do this with figures that have transparency or gradients. What happens is that EPS exported figures with more than a single layer are completely munged so that a single plane of color is produced. PNG exported are slightly better. So here's a sort of work around if anyone has the same problem: use Scribus to take the SVG file and export it to PDF or PNG. I should add to the above that when exporting a multi-layered SVG document to PDF using Inkscape the same problem occurs. However scribus-1.2.1-3 is able to get the layering and gradient fill correct with PNG exports and the layering correct with PDF exports (but not the gradient, even if I choose the Acrobat-5.0 compatibility) Hope this helps someone out and is useful feedback to the developers whom I must thank again. Oisin Feeley

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Second page
by unknown＠example.com 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

I made a flyer with front and backside in Inkscape. In OpenOffice.org Draw I could use two pages and print it doublesided. Just had to cut the A4 in for pieces and I have 4 double sided flyers. Can I make a second page in Inkscape and do the same? I didn't find how to add a page in a document. Marcel --------------------------------------------- Dit bericht is verzonden via Postbakje Free. http://www.postbakje.nl/ - Gratis WebMail

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Conversion to pdf
by unknown＠example.com 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

> If you were running a win32 OS you could install PDFcreator (FOSS) and print > to that PDF virtual printer. But you didn't mention your OS, so please forgive > my reference to a software for win32 if that is not an option. :) It's Windows XP. So thanks for the tip, Steven. But there is now something else. I made a flyer with front and backside. In OpenOffice.org Draw I could use two pages and print it doublesided. Just had to cut the A4 in for pieces and I have 4 double sided flyers. Can I make a second page in Inkscape? Mm... I'll post this as new thread... Marcel --------------------------------------------- Dit bericht is verzonden via Postbakje Free. http://www.postbakje.nl/ - Gratis WebMail

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Open Clip Art Library Release 0.11 Announcement
by Jon Phillips 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Open Clip Art Library Release 0.11 Announcement March 8, 2005 UTC - Release 0.11 of the Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) is now available for download on-line as an individual package consisting of 2896 images submitted by over 200 artists from around the world. Some of the new clip art received this month includes more images of food, computer-related items and even a little boombox. In addition to the collected 0.11 package, each clip art file can now be found by keywords using developer Jonadab's new Keyword Search Tool. The Open Clip Art Library is growing rapidly because of increasing submissions from artists. Currently, the top five artists in terms of the amount of clip art submitted are: Danny Allen (951 images), Nicu Buculei (456), Jose Hevia (453), Andy Fitzsimon (250), and Alan Horkan (119). These Artist's and others contributions are the life blood of the Library. While the critical unit of contribution in traditional Open Source is code, it is a little different with the Open Clip Art Library project in that an actual clip art donation is just as helpful as the code supporting it. For March the Open Clip Art Library encourages submissions of clip art related to the concept of "Spring." In the coming months as the library grows in size, the project needs new developers to help build tools to process this growing repository. Upcoming planned features that the project needs assistance on include capturing and tracking of clip art requests, user account management, adding WebDAV support, and developing wizards to aid in composition. Use the following URLs to download the latest release of the Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org/downloads/0.11/openclipart-0.11.tar.bz2 http://www.openclipart.org/downloads/0.11/openclipart-0.11.tar.gz http://www.openclipart.org/downloads/0.11/openclipart-0.11.zip http://www.openclipart.org/downloads/0.11/openclipart-tools.zip The Open Clip Art Library (http://www.openclipart.org/) aims to create an archive of clip art that can be used freely for any use. All graphics submitted to the project are placed into the Public Domain according to the Creative Commons Public Domain Declaration.

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Vaccuum Defs
by Kevin Wixson 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Could someone please explain to me what function the File/Vacuum Defs command does. Thank you, -Kevin Wixson

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Inkscape error
by wayne 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

I just installed 0.41 and got this message when trying to run it: "inkscape: error while loading shared libraries: libperl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" What does this mean? I do have perl installed. Do I have to install libperl? I couldn't find it anywhere (Mandrake version). Thanks, Wayne MDK 10.1

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