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Capitalized Text and Image Export
by Landon Blake 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

First I want to say how much I like the new version (0.40) of Inkscape. Great work everyone. There are a couple of things I'd like to mention, which may or may not be bugs. (1) When I have caps lock on, all of the other keys on the keyboard act as if the shif key is being pressed, not just the letters. For example, if I press the "8" key a "*" symbol is displayed. Or, if I press the ";" key a ":" is displayed. Is this intentional? (2) When I try to export an image Inkscape automatically minimizes the export dialog window. The only way I can make it visible is by right clicking on the minimized window and maximizing it to cover the entire screen of my monitor. So I only get 2 choices for display of the image export dialog, not at all or full screen. This isn't a major problem, but it would be good if I could manipulate the dialog like any other floating window. I am also wondering if there are any plans to implement a fully justified text feature in Inkscape. I realize it is a vector graphics program, but I think this is one of the only things that would prevent Inkscape from being used for document layout. Thanks, The Sunburned Surveyor P.S. - If I need to fill out a bug report on these 2 issues, just let me know. I am running Windows 2000 on a Dell Precision 530 machine, with version 0.40 of Inkscape.

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Installing inkscape
by aaron Moore 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

Hi First, apologies for my poor posting etiquette in previous post. However I am still having trouble installing Inkscape to suse 9.1 Unable to install GTK+2 because it needs GTK+2 devel and I can't even find GTK+2 devel. Are there easier versions of sue or other distributions of linux to install inkscape on. Thanx again -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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by aaron Moore 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

Hi I have tier to install inkscape to suse 9.1 a number of times and failed. Each time I get a message telling me to install gtk+. I have installed all the gtk packegs I can find in yast but am still unable to install inkscape. Can anyone offer advice? I have installed it to windows and think it is pretty good, but find it odd that such programs are easier to install on windows than on linux Thanx in advance Aaron -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Results of librsvg bug: Inkscape action?
by Andrew Conkling 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Well, I reported the bug about having to resave gradients to render correctly with librsvg: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161467 But they make a good point about reordering gradients: ------- Additional Comment #5 From Dom Lachowicz 2005-01-02 16:32 ------- it is best, in my opinion, if the SVGs are emitted in a "streamable" format, which means that gradient 578 should appear before gradient 581 in the file. technically librsvg, not inkscape, is at fault here. but that doesn't mean that inkscape still isn't doing something stupid. Is there any way that Inkscape can reorder gradients according to number? Thanks, Andrew

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Multi-object color adjustments
by Chris 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Maybe you can already do this in Inkscape, but it would be nice if there was some way to do broad color adjustments with multiple objects selected. This would not make sense on the RGB scale, but on the HSV scale this would be very useful. This would allow you to adjust the tint, brightness, and saturation on a group of objects. For example, if I create a complex multi-object button, I want to quickly make different versions in various color shades without having to edit everything carefully by hand. If there is already some way to do this please let me know. -- // Chris

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filling a composed object
by mattie 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

hi, I have the following situation: I drew 2 calligraphic lines which cross each other, so they form a closed area. I did a union operation on them so they form 1 object. Now I wonder: how can I fill this object with a gradient? The fill color only fills the calligraphic lines :\ I tried making a cut through a filled rectangle, without success.. any tips? matthias -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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Inkscape UI mock-up
by Jiaxiang 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Good day. This image is just a simple little mock-up of an idea for an alternate Inkscape interface. Since most users like the current interface, there would, of course, be no need to change it. But when I read that, amazingly, future versions of Inkscape will incorporate SVG animation, (!) I thought the interface might need a little adjustment to incorporate future features (like the animation feature, filters, anything else that could be used to display the power of SVG). I could be way off with this, but it's just an idea. What do you other users think? Would this type of interface be too bulky? To have collapsible/detachable toolbox compartments is, in my opinion, a great thing. Sometimes I have to work on my notebook computer, and to be able to collapse/detach menu items lets me work more effeciently. -Joshua / Jiaxiang PS - Please ignore my type error and the duplicate icons. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape UI mock-up
by Batista, Facundo 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

[Jiaxiang] #- This image is just a simple little mock-up of an idea #- for an alternate Inkscape interface. Putting a resizable toolbar space where you can do this (being each number a "tool")... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...or... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...or... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...changing the layout everytime the window size changes for some reason, it's the best method to enforce the user to parse visually all the drawings every time he/she have to do a click on them. Therefore, I'm a strong -1 on it. . Facundo Bitácora De Vuelo: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog PyAr - Python Argentina: http://pyar.decode.com.ar/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADVERTENCIA. La información contenida en este mensaje y cualquier archivo anexo al mismo, son para uso exclusivo del destinatario y pueden contener información confidencial o propietaria, cuya divulgación es sancionada por la ley. Si Ud. No es uno de los destinatarios consignados o la persona responsable de hacer llegar este mensaje a los destinatarios consignados, no está autorizado a divulgar, copiar, distribuir o retener información (o parte de ella) contenida en este mensaje. Por favor notifíquenos respondiendo al remitente, borre el mensaje original y borre las copias (impresas o grabadas en cualquier medio magnético) que pueda haber realizado del mismo. Todas las opiniones contenidas en este mail son propias del autor del mensaje y no necesariamente coinciden con las de Telefónica Comunicaciones Personales S.A. o alguna empresa asociada. Los mensajes electrónicos pueden ser alterados, motivo por el cual Telefónica Comunicaciones Personales S.A. no aceptará ninguna obligación cualquiera sea el resultante de este mensaje. Muchas Gracias.

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RE: Inkscape UI responses
by Jiaxiang 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Trent wrote: "What advantages do *you* think this design has over the current one? Presumably you prefer it?" Yes, I prefer it. It could provide what Bryce has called "interface flexibility" and make room for additional features. A few ideas that I had that were not shown in the image: 1) Each collapsible/detachable compartment could also be stretched horizontally or vertically and docked to the outer regions of the document window, either perpendicular or parallel to any document window border. (Giving Inkscape a lot of flexibility and users a lot of room for customization.) 2) The number of compartments and their contents could be altered by the user through an addition in the "Options" menu. Or maybe tools and tool options could be dragged from one compartment to another and/or removed/added through a context menu that appears when a person right clicks on an icon. (?) Actually, almost none of the icons are in their absolute best position. This was just for example (notice multiple icons). Were it to actually be implemented, a more-capable-and-knowledgeable-about-UI-layout-than-me programmer would certainly arrange them as they saw fit. (I'm not a programmer.) How would you include tool buttons for additional features in the current interface? (There's not much room.) This type of layout - in the hands of skilled programmers - could provide the answer. Just some ideas, that's all... - Joshua / Jiaxiang __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Helping Inkscape
by Robert C. Smith 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Hi Bryce, Many thanks for the speedy reply; ...apologies from the turtle. Although I haven't yet had time to pursue your links, I have just had a good look at Inkscape's "imaged" or "embedded" or "path-converted" font work: ....and am I ever impressed!! This comment comes by way of contrast with my existing SVG editor, though polemics is not the purpose here. It is simply first-rate work and kudos to the authors. (The importance of typography is too often under-rated.) Your idea videlicit the on-line print media fits perfectly with current plans to establish a reputation as a "Paladin for SVG." A bit pretentious, but I am absolutely baffled by the failure of SVG to truly catch fire. Politics may be a factor. I can think of two Window's vendors who had a strong market position to capitalize on with SVG and didn't/haven't. I have had plans for a letter to John Dvoark at PC Magazine in the works concerning SVG for some time. Now is the time to act for Inkscape shows every indication of being, not an incidental reference in the SVG world, but rather the centre of attention. The W3C aside, when you look at the fully developed mathematical implications of scalar and vector fields, the sky is the limit as it was/is the tool used to describe the real world by physcists up to esoteric matters. Texture is as always an issue, so, if the capability isn't already there, the ability to import a, for instance, .jpg file and stretch it like a latex sheet to fit within an object's boundaries is a major interest with me. Thanks again for your response, and, though a presumptuous newcomer, please permit me a "tip of the hat" to a truly dedicated group who have produced a program of signficant quality which refuses to rest on its laurels--- a quality which has inspsired me to once again resume the battle to see SVG attain the high ground in vector graphics. Cheers, Robert ............................................................... On 31 Dec 2004 at 23:49, Bryce Harrington wrote: SNIP > Cool, glad to have you! Looks like you've successfully > posted here. :-) Yes, documentation is extremely > valuable. You write well, so I bet you could probably > even write articles for (online or print) magazines > about Inkscape. > > Bryce >

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