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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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document templates
by Stefan Seefeld 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

hi there, I'm looking for software to help me designing CD labels, and so I tried a variety of tools, all raster based. It strikes me that a vector-drawing editor would be a better fit (IMO), and so I wonder whether inkscape has support for this kind of thing. I believe all that is required is a way to import document templates that provide the 'frame' for users to draw into. Is that true ? If so, the 'glabels' application comes with an impressive set of templates (in xml) which could probably be converted to something inkscape can use. Would that be an option ? Regards, Stefan

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Importing a logo to Inkscape
by Alberto Simões 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

Hi I need to import two logos for a work I'm doing in inkscape. One of them is eps, tiff or jpeg. As I need quality for A3 paper, I needed eps. Inkscape does not load eps. pstoedit does not export to svg (the plugin fails). Ideas? THe other is in FreeHand. I managed to convert to Illustrator, but ImageMgick convert also don't convert it at all. Ideas? THanks. Cheers -- Alberto Simões

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps
by Robert G. Davis 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

File->Inkscape Prefs.->Misc tab. On a related note. When I import a picture (tried PNG and BMP) the image size says the correct resolution but the selection size is too small. Inkscape .39 Robert Davis -----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Henry House Sent: Sat 10/16/2004 12:24 AM To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps På fredag, 15 oktober 2004, skrev Robert Davis: > Can't you tell in Inkscape Preferences to scale as 300dpi and not 72? > Haven't tried it since everything I did was 72. I would do just that if I knew how, but I have not seen control for the resolution of imported bitmaps in the Inkscape Preferences. Can you point me to it? I have Inkscape 0.39. -- Henry House Please don't send me HTML mail! My mail system will reject it. The unintelligible text that may follow is a digital signature. See <http://hajhouse.org/pgp> to find out how to use it. My OpenPGP key: <http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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color of arrow-head
by Steffen Glückselig 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

Hello, I just noticed that changing the color of a line won't change the color of the arrow-head. Is this on purpose? Is there are workaround other than drawing one's own arrow? best regards Steffen -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps
by Robert Davis 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

Can't you tell in Inkscape Preferences to scale as 300dpi and not 72? Haven't tried it since everything I did was 72. Robert Davis On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 07:44 -0700, Henry House wrote: > I have a high-resolution bitmap (300dpi JPEG) that I want to insert into an > inkscape drawing. However, there is no obvious way to specify the resolution > of the image when inserting it, so inkscape scales it such that the image > has enormous dimensions and the bitmap's pixels are the same size as screen > pixels --- suboptimal. Scaling it works, though it is a bit fiddly to scale > the bitmap get back the original size and resolution. I am also worried that > when I print the image of a postscript printer whose resolution is, say, 300 > dpi, that there will be artifacts in the output from the printer rasterzing > the bitmap from 299.99 dpi to its phusical resolution. > > Can anyone suggest a good method to handle this situation? >

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps
by Joshua A. Andler 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

When you say that it is a bit fiddly to scale it back to the correct size... have you done it numerically? Such as right-clicking on the image and going into 'image properties' and modifying the width and height that way? Hopefully that helps... -Josh > -----Original Message----- > From: inkscape-user-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user- > admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Henry House > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 7:44 AM > To: inkscape-user@...84... > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Preserving resolution of embedded bitmaps > > I have a high-resolution bitmap (300dpi JPEG) that I want to insert into > an > inkscape drawing. However, there is no obvious way to specify the > resolution > of the image when inserting it, so inkscape scales it such that the image > has enormous dimensions and the bitmap's pixels are the same size as > screen > pixels --- suboptimal. Scaling it works, though it is a bit fiddly to > scale > the bitmap get back the original size and resolution. I am also worried > that > when I print the image of a postscript printer whose resolution is, say, > 300 > dpi, that there will be artifacts in the output from the printer > rasterzing > the bitmap from 299.99 dpi to its phusical resolution. > > Can anyone suggest a good method to handle this situation? > > -- > Henry House > Please don't send me HTML mail! My mail system will reject it. > The unintelligible text that may follow is a digital signature. > See <http://hajhouse.org/pgp> to find out how to use it. > My OpenPGP key: <http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out > more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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embedding SVG in (X)HTML
by Steffen Glückselig 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

Hello, I'd like to embed some SVGs in XHTML. I'd use the object-Element of (X)HTML for that task. I'd like to scale the SVG to fit the dimensions given by the object-element via its width- and height-attributes. Is that possible? What would I have to add to my svg-file or to my html? best regards Steffen

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centering diagonal line points
by Rob Benton 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

I've been working some with inkscape some and I have a problem I'm not sure how to solve. Let me draw a simple diagram: +----------+ | Box 1 | +----------+ / / +----------+ | Box 2 | +----------+ Is there a way I can exactly line up the end of those points to the center of each box? The top point of the line to the middle of Box 1 and the bottom point to the middle of Box 2. I didn't know if there was a good way to do this. Any ideas appreciated. Thanks

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