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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

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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

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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

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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

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Inkscape 0.92 is Released!
by Maren Hachmann 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

(originally sent by Bryce to devel list) The Inkscape project announces a new version 0.92 of its popular vector drawing software. New features include mesh gradients, improved SVG2 and CSS3 support, new path effects, interactive smoothing for the pencil tool, a new Object dialog for directly managing all drawing elements, and much more. Infrastructural changes are also under way, including a switch to CMake from the venerable Autotools build system. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch our showcase at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI1hxXt9U4c Download 0.92 from: https://inkscape.org/en/download/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mesh gradients enable artists to create photo-realistic drawings more easily - a feature we would love to see made part of the W3C's Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) standard; if you find this feature as cool as we do, please request that your favorite web browser adopts support for it too! Inkscape works closely with the SVG standards committee, and thanks to our many generous donors the Inkscape project sponsors an engineering representative to attend SVG working group meetings over the past few years; a welcome outcome of this participation is the improvement and addition of over a dozen SVG and CSS properties, such as paint-order, white-space, and mix-blend-mode. Live Path Effects are proving to be a vibrant ecosystem in the Inkscape project, and many innovative new ideas have been percolating over the past couple years since our last release. Spiro Live, BSpline, and Roughen essentially provide new drawing modes. The Simplify LPE cleans up vector elements non-destructively by smoothing paths, shapes, groups, clips, and masks. Perspective/Envelope and Lattice Deformation 2 enable artists to interactively deform/transform drawing elements. Other new features enable interactive mirroring, interactive rotation of copies along an arc or circle, and dozens of other additions and enhancements. All software must evolve with the times, and Inkscape is no different. To maintain consistency with the CSS standard, Inkscape's default resolution has changed from 90dpi to 96dpi; Inkscape will detect files created with previous versions and offer to convert them. A number of infrastructural changes are in process to help Inkscape keep up with progress. For 0.92 we are changing to the CMake build system, which builds faster and is easier for developers to work with. (Future infrastructure changes include switching from bzr to git, shifting from Gtk2 to Gtk3, and moving to the C++11 standard.) The above barely scratches the surface of all the new stuff included in this release. For the full story, including examples, screenshots, and videos, please see our detailed Release Notes: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.92 If you're on Linux, you'll soon be able to install Inkscape 0.92 from your distribution via normal methods. We also intend to publish a distribution-independent snap file for Inkscape 0.92. If you're on Windows, we have a set of packages that we hope will let you maximize performance on your platform. For Mac OS X, no packages are available -- our old (X11/XQuartz) packaging was long overdue to be updated to current standards and is no longer being maintained. If you wish to compile Inkscape yourself, then of course, the Inkscape source code is also available from our website. The Inkscape Project thrives due to your support. We are a volunteer-driven community built from thousands of contributions of time, skill, and funds, to create a powerful open source tool that is made available for free to everyone in the world. We invite you to join our community and participate in helping advance Inkscape towards new objectives. Come help us chart out the new directions that Inkscape needs to take! Inkscape is created *by* the community *for* the community. Your donations also help further Inkscape's mission. You can donate to Inkscape's general fund, or target your donation to support our SVG Standards work or Hackfests. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/community/ Become a donor at: https://inkscape.org/support-us/ Download Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/download/ Watch our showcase at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI1hxXt9U4c --------------------------------------------------------------------

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add new row/col in gradient mesh?
by brynn 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Hi Friends, Is it possible to add a new row or column to the gradient mesh, after the mesh is already created? I've looked at the wiki page, but it doesn't say. I've tried double-clicking on a row or column, but it doesn't add any new node/stop or row or column. I've tried spinning the number on the control bar, but doesn't do it either. I know that double-clicking on a regular linear or radial gradient is supposed to add a stop, but it doesn't work for me. I always have to use the gradient control bar to add new stops. So I wouldn't be surprised if that's how the mesh is supposed to work, but doesn't. I'm thinking of posting a feature request "bug" report, but not sure whether I need to ask for the ability to add nodes/stops, rows or columns; or just the extra button on the control bar. Thanks for your help, brynn PS - Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, Inkscape 0.92pre3, 32-bit, exe installer

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no redo in 0.92pre3
by brynn 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Hi Friends, I don't seem to have any redo capability in 0.92pre3. I know since 0.91, it's been not working properly (https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1372151). But at least after making certain actions, it would jump into action. But now, I haven't seen it working at all, through making a fairly significant image (to test the gradient mesh). (It's almost finished.) Aside from using the gradient mesh tool, I've used a ton of node editing (which is what would bring the redo back into action in 0.91, but doesn't now), some filters, some clipping, an extension, used a layer blending mode. But at no time have I been able to redo anything. The button remains grayed out constantly. Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, Inkscape 0.92pre3, 64-bit, 7z package. Any other info I can provide? Should I make a bug report? Thanks, brynn PS - Merry Christmas to those who celebrate :-)

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Re: [Inkscape-user] how to uninstall
by Victor Westmann 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Hy there. Schones Neues Jarh! Indeed this is uncommon. A terrible solution would be to try to reinstall all files and then copy the log files of where all files where copied to and then manually remove them. :( If you don't have any icon in control panel, start menu, desktop or inside the main program folder I would assume deleting is not terrible... but yew it would leace some lost files behind. Tough question! Wish you luck. On Jan 1, 2017 1:52 AM, "brynn" <brynn@...3089...> wrote: I'm still looking to uninstall this. Does anyone know how to handle it? I've always heard that you should not delete any program which was installed with exe installer, because it really would not be uninstalled. So I hesitate to delete it. But I don't know what else to do. Also, I wonder if this might point to a problem with the installer. I'm pretty sure I know what caused it. When I installed it, I changed the name of the folder where it wanted to put it. The installer wanted to put it in a folder called "Inkscape". But I wanted the version number (because eventually I'll have more than 1 version) so I changed it to "Inkscape 091". I don't know why the installer allows that to be changed, if it's going to cause a problem. But I'd be happy just to get it uninstalled. Any Windows user who has an idea? Thanks again, brynn -----Original Message----- From: brynn Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2016 9:28 PM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] how to uninstall Hi Victor, Thanks, and jingle bells :-D Perhaps I didn't use proper terminology and you didn't understand me. But I've already tried that. There is no uninstall.exe (or uninst.exe, which I've seen in some programs) or uninstall.msi. And since it doesn't show up in Start > All Programs, I can't uninstall from there either. I might add that I've tried installing Inkscape again, and put in a separate folder. And that one does show up in Programs and Features and therefore can be uninstalled. And I did uninstall it, after that test. So I guess something must have gone wrong when I installed the first time. But I would like to get rid of it, and install a copy that contains the proper way of uninstalling. I just don't know how to do it, without any of the usual ways being available. Thanks again :-) -----Original Message----- From: Victor Westmann Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2016 2:16 PM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] how to uninstall Hi Brynn, since I'm a long time Windows user I can try to help you (even though I'm on a Mac right now). I believe that if you go to Start > Execute... > type "explorer" (hit enter). You will get to Windows explorer. There, go to C:\Program Files\Inkscape Or it could also be C:\Program Files(x86)\Inkscape. In these folders there might be a uninstall.exe or uninstall.msi file. Let me know if these instructions worked or if you need further guidance. Merry Christmas to you and all Inkscape users worldwide! --Victor Westmann 2016-12-24 10:56 GMT-08:00 brynn <brynn@...3089...>: 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.) 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selecting multiple mesh node/stops part 2
by brynn 01 Jan '17

01 Jan '17

Hi Friends, Recently I posted a feature request, to be able to color multiple gradient mesh nodes/stops at once, using the dropper tool. But now, I think I might have found a bug. If I drag a selection box around several nodes, I expect those to become highlighted, and they do. If I drag around some different nodes, those also become highlighted. However, the ones that were highlighted before are still highlighted, instead of becoming deselected. It's as if I was holding the Shift key, but I wasn't. Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, Inkscape 0.92pre3, 32-bit, exe installer. Need a test tile or other files? Shall I make a bug report? Or is this expected behavior, for some reason? Thank you very much, brynn

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Pen/Bezier tool mode for 0.92
by brynn 01 Jan '17

01 Jan '17

Hi Friends, This is in reference to this thread, from back in Oct 2016: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/35444910/ I'm on a different computer, so I can't reply to it. I had reported that the Pen/Bezier tool was in BSplinePath mode by default, in 0.92pre2. It was later discovered that was happening, because I typically was using that tool in Straight Line mode, previously. Now I'm using 0.92pre3, and I realize that the Pen/Bezier tool is in BSplinePath mode every time I open Inkscape. I thought that once I changed it, Inkscape would remember. But I have to re-set the mode every time I open Inkscape. Can this be fixed, short of deleting the entire prefs file? Thank you very much, brynn

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