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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Call for bug check
by Jon A. Cruz 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Alan Horkan wrote: >tried saving as >'abc.......ab' > >(the dots are unknown characters, some Hebrew some Arabic insterted using >windows charmap. the two characters after abc look like accented versions >of 'A' and 'a' but the other characters do not even display in the text >entry and instead I just get empty rectangles) > >got the following error. > >Could not build file name from 'file:///U:/Desktop' and >'abc.......ab': >Invalid byte sequence in conversion input > > Guess what? As far as I can tell, that's not an Inkscape error, but a GTK+ one. It seems to be that the file dialogs won't allow you to build filenames/paths that do not map into the current "filename" 8-bit encoding. If you have multilingual support (via Microsoft MUI or some such), you could try switching to a language that has those characters, then switching back and using the MRU list to access them. Also (and if you can't switch language), you could use some text editor that supports UTF-8 to edit your preferences.xml directly and stick that name into your MRU list. Hmmm... I wonder if it's time to use Inkscape to draw a little 'zone' diagram of the program and all the different points that could be affecting non-ASCII names? Hmmmm....

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Exporting EPS
by Steffen Glückselig 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Hello, I searched a way to export my graphics as eps (to use them with latex) but couldn't find an option in inkscape. Is it possible at all? If not, does anyone know of a tool that converts svg to eps? (Or even a better, more comfortable way to include svg in latex?) regards Steffen

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Call for bug check
by unknown＠example.com 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Can anyone on Windows check the following bugs for me? 925033 win32: non-ascii filenames still don't work 934062 win32: international characters in home path 1052307 Saving fails because of UTF-8 Error In generall, the steps to check these are 1) run a version of Inkscape that is belived to have the bug 2) try to reproduce the bug 3) report if it was reproduceable or not 4) once the bug is being reproduced, update to a version of Inkscape that should have it fixed 5) try to reproduce the bug the same way as worked for step 2 6) report if it is still reproduceable. With that in mind, I mainly need to get people to verify the bug via steps 1 through 3. Getting them checked on Windows 95/98/ME and also on Windows NT/2K/XP is helpful, as they are very different bases. Thanks, Jon

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Shape-tutorial
by Steffen Glückselig 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Hello, I've just stumpled over the new tutorial on shapes and played around with it. I've noticed that some features described in the tutorial won't work with me. Most of the CTRL+click and Shift+click things do not work, e.g. I also couldn't find the handles for resizing an ellipse. There are just the two handles for creating arcs. I am using Inkscape for windows. Must be a build from last week... Before I forget: The tutorial is great. I learned a lot. Inkscape is marvelous! :-) best regards Steffen

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] RE: Le tutoriel \'effet mirroir avec inkscape\'
by Gazal, Geraud (GE Healthcare) 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

When I see the work done by Bulia for his tutorials, I much more see this document as an example (a kind of Inkscape in action) and it can't be compared to the complete and exaustive presentations of the fonctionnalities brought by Inkscape tutorials. -> I'll create an "Examples: Inkscape in action" page on the Wiki, and add this there. Guys from www.linuxgraphic.org have issued a lot of excellent tutorials/examples : I'll ask them permission to perform some other translations and then bring them on the same wiki page if they agree. Regards, Matiphas > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Phillips [mailto:jon@...87...] > Sent: samedi 23 octobre 2004 06:49 > To: Gazal, Geraud (GE Healthcare) > Cc: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net; > inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net; Boyaval Olivier > (linuxgraphic.org); > JP Bourgoy > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] RE: Le tutoriel \'effet mirroir avec > inkscape\' > > > Excellent. Are you going to refactor this into a tutorial to > be included > with Inkscape. This tutorial seems short enough to possibly > include in > the file TIPS AND TRICKS that is included with Inkscape. > Otherwise, go > ahead and post to the wiki where you see appropriate. > > Great! > > Jon > > > > Gazal, Geraud (GE Healthcare) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > here is a translation and update of the 'mirror effect' > tutorial published on the www.linuxgraphic.org web site, by > J.-P. Bourgoy > > > > If you can take a look at it, I'll accept with great > pleasure any correction/update/remark. > > > > I've updated it with the use of clones, added some exported > bitmaps of some icons and inserted a few remarks. > > > > It is in HTML at the moment (edited with Nvu), and can be > put on the Wiki. > > I plan to have a PDF and SVG version (with scribus) asap. > > > > Regards, > > > > Matiphas > > > > PS: please note that the file is a zip file. If necessary, > add a .zip extension to its name. (zip files are filtered by > the proxy of my company, sorry). > > PPS: as the author of the original tutorial had published > his document without any license, this applies also to this > translation >

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two new tips from the tipsandtricks tutorial
by bulia byak 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

I added two new tips to the tutorial. Feel free to send me your favorite Inkscape tips for inclusion - preferably something non-obvious, useful, and not documented elsewhere. Clipping or masking a bitmap By default, an imported bitmap (e.g. a photo) is an <image> element which is not editable by a Node tool. To work around this, convert the image into a rectangle with pattern fill by Alt+I ("Tile"). Now this object can be converted to path, node-edited, intersected with other shapes etc. In Preferences (Misc tab), you can set the option of always importing bitmaps as tiles. Open dialog as an object palette If you have a number of small SVG files whose contents you often reuse in other documents, you can conveniently use the Open dialog as a palette. Add the directory with your SVG sources into the bookmarks list so you can open it quickly. Then browse that directory looking at the previews. Once you found the file you need, simply drag it to the canvas and it will be imported into your current document.

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RE: Le tutoriel \'effet mirroir avec inkscape\'
by Gazal, Geraud (GE Healthcare) 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

Hi, here is a translation and update of the 'mirror effect' tutorial published on the www.linuxgraphic.org web site, by J.-P. Bourgoy If you can take a look at it, I'll accept with great pleasure any correction/update/remark. I've updated it with the use of clones, added some exported bitmaps of some icons and inserted a few remarks. It is in HTML at the moment (edited with Nvu), and can be put on the Wiki. I plan to have a PDF and SVG version (with scribus) asap. Regards, Matiphas PS: please note that the file is a zip file. If necessary, add a .zip extension to its name. (zip files are filtered by the proxy of my company, sorry). PPS: as the author of the original tutorial had published his document without any license, this applies also to this translation

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Little suggestion for "sticky" bitmap exporting
by Paul Libbrecht 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Dear Inkscapers, Here's a first suggestion: a feature I would have wished since ages in Illustrator but... never had a chance to provide... When you export as bitmap a document from a design program, you often want to export it several times. I'd love Inkscape to have a checkbox in the export-as-bitmap dialog that says "and export every time I save". Another file-menu-command such as "export-again" would also help. And maybe "settings-set-for-export" may make sense (at least in some future). paul

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selection cue
by bulia byak 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

A long time ago, when Carl proposed the box selection cue (every selected object is enframed by a dashed box), I did not want to make this the default because I found it to be too intrusive. However, since then I grew to like this more than the default selection cue (every selected object has a diamond mark in the top left corner) and I find that I use the box selcue all the time. It's not so intrusive once you get used to it, and it gives a much better idea of the object extent and is nice for aligning things. Also, previously the selcue was only displayed in selector, where the scale/rotation handles make the selcue box a bit redundant; now however the selcue is displayed in most other tools that have no other handles around the selection. Hence a question: would you agree or disagree if I make bbox selcue the default? In case you don't know how to change it: Preferences > Tools > Selector, change "Per-object selection cue" from "Mark" (current default) to "Box".

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difficulties with ill2svg
by Paul Libbrecht 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Hi List, I am discovering InkScape with great pleasure. It seems to have the confort of Illustrator, of which I've been a fan since version 3.2, but adopts more standards, and maybe even more interactivity! One project I'd like to try is to bring the library of plan-sketches of our furnitures from Illustrator to InkScape... But I am encountering at least the following two issues: - shapes that have "zero-stroke" (that it "printer-dot-thin" more or less) are filled with black - no text is imported I am on the impression that, most probably, I am using a wrong version of the Illustrator documents... but ill2svg says nothing about the supported versions... My attempt was on Illustrator 8 format (Mac line-endings) and Illustrator 5.5 format (Mac line-endings).... should I go as far as Illustrator 3 ? thanks paul

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