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Re: [Inkscape-user] horny user
by bulia byak 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hi, I've been a heavy Xara user until recently. Now I do about half of my design work in Inkscape. It cannot yet do everything that Xara can, but what it can do, it does in a much more usable and flexible way. One example is the complete and precise (pixel-by-pixel) keyboard control for scaling, rotating, and now kerning and letterspacing. I feel pain now when I use Xara and have to constatntly switch from keys to mouse and back. And as for Illustrator, oh, that's much worse in usability department than even Xara. > : In XaraX you can add bevels and shadows to vector objects while the > : objects remain fully editable, it's a very nice extra that no one else >seems > : to have going out there including Illustrator, Canvas or CorelDraw!! We will eventually have a much more complete support for this kind of features when we implement SVG filters. For example, Xara can only do monochrome shadows that are bound to the parent object (if you separate it, the shadow becomes a bitmap). We will have a gaussian blur of arbitrary object, which is a superset of Xara's shadow and never downgrades to a bitmap. > : bevel types total in XaraX). The ability to use a vector to slice or >cut a > : bitmap shape, That's easy to do with our new boolean ops. Hopefully the slice command will be ready for the next version. > : I think it might be worth a look at to maybe glean some ideas for >future > : implementation to make Inkscape really stand out from the rest of the > : Linux/Win based vector/SVG apps. Don't worry, I will never forget Xara even when I leave it for good :) Many of the stuff I added to Inkscape was inspired by Xara, but I always tried to do it better than Xara instead of just copying it. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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horny user
by Michal Zeravik 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hi to all, I've been monitoring Inkscape since I know it. I tried to use sodipodi, but inkscape has boolean ops sooner and have nicer enviroment like panel within work window. I have a few questions: Are you planning to implement masking of vector/bitmap objects? And partial kde-integration (file dialogs)? Gtk file-dialogs are terrible. Michalz

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Screen coruption.
by Dan Brow 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

This is what my rulers look like. I don't know if it's ATI's Linux drivers or not. Any one else having this problem? Dan.

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New Tutorial
by Daniel Taylor 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd mention I've finished another tutorial on my site; this time it's on Bezier Curve Modeling. While I'm not promoting it as anything spectacular, I think it could help people new to vector graphics in general. It doesn't go into all the specifics, but it shows people where the important tools are and gives an example of how to use them. It can be found with my other tutorials, here: http://programmer-art.org/?page=inkscape -- Daniel G. Taylor Jabber: dan@...23... This email was sent from a machine running Gentoo Linux. (http://www.gentoo.org) ** Support Free Software! **

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import vectors other then SVG
by Michal Zeravik 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hi to all, is it possible to import any other vector format into artwork? Michalz

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0.37 doesn't compile with gcc-3.3.3
by Sebastian Stein 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Hi folks, I tried to compile inkscape with gcc-3.3.3 under Slackware (current). During compile I get the following error: make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/inkscape-0.37/src/libnr' if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I.. -I../../src -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libart-2.0 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/local/lib/sigc++-1.2/include -I/usr/local/include/sigc++-1.2 -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -MT nr-types.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/nr-types.Tpo" \ -c -o nr-types.o `test -f 'nr-types.cpp' || echo './'`nr-types.cpp; \ then mv -f ".deps/nr-types.Tpo" ".deps/nr-types.Po"; \ else rm -f ".deps/nr-types.Tpo"; exit 1; \ fi In file included from /usr/include/pthread.h:655, from /usr/include/c++/3.3.3/i486-slackware-linux/bits/gthr-default.h:37, from /usr/include/c++/3.3.3/i486-slackware-linux/bits/gthr.h:98, from /usr/include/c++/3.3.3/i486-slackware-linux/bits/c++io.h:37, from /usr/include/c++/3.3.3/bits/fpos.h:44, from /usr/include/c++/3.3.3/bits/char_traits.h:46, from /usr/include/c++/3.3.3/string:47, from /usr/include/c++/3.3.3/stdexcept:45, from ../libnr/nr-types.h:19, from nr-types.cpp:1: /usr/include/bits/sigthread.h:32: error: Fehler beim Parsen before `*' token Means in English: Error while parsing in front of '*' token make[1]: *** [nr-types.o] Fehler 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/inkscape-0.37/src/libnr' make: *** [all] Fehler 2 Is this an inkscape problem or a gcc issue? Steinchen PS: Please cc me, I'm not subscribed! -- http://www.hpfsc.de/ - die Seite rund um: Assembler, Bundeswehr, TFT LCDs, Halle/Saale, Fahrradtouren, Neuseeland, Wanderstaat Mauma, Raumschiff USS Nathan, Enemy Room, MLCAD Tutorial

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New User - Questions
by Landon Blake 17 Feb '04

17 Feb '04

Inkscape Users, I just downloaded Inkscape today. It looks like a really slick program, but I had a couple of questions. (1) How do I snap the vertex of one line to the vertex of another line? (2) Do you set the color of a line in the fill/strokes dialog? (I seem to create a polygon when I try to add color to a line, and can only use black and white with the linear or radial gradient fills.) (3) How do you snap a vertex to a grid? (4) Is Inkscape programmed in Java, or another language? Thanks for any tips or suggestions. Thanks, The Sunburned Surveyor

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Public domain ribbon
by Johann Myrkraverk Oskarsson 16 Feb '04

16 Feb '04

(sorry about that other mail, a slightly mispressed key) Here is the ribbon with public domain tags inside. -- This line is left blank intentionally.

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(no subject)
by Johann Myrkraverk Oskarsson 16 Feb '04

16 Feb '04

-- I will reveal my weak points based on your wepon of choice

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Announcing Inkscape 0.37 Release
by Bryce Harrington 16 Feb '04

16 Feb '04

A new version of Inkscape is now available for use. Inkscape 0.37 includes many major new features, numerous bug fixes, and extensive codebase cleanup. Briefly ======= * New functionality: boolean operations on paths, dynamic and linked offsets, path outlining, standalone SVG viewer, drag-and-drop, letter-spacing. * More convenient editing: top panel, new color widget, 256x zoom, snapped rotation with Ctrl everywhere, selecting within groups, lots of new shortcuts, and more. * Interface and usability: saving view with the document, zoom history, fullscreen, hide/show all open dialogs, smarter export dialog, helpful statusbar, and much more. * Inkscape internals: built with C++, brand new classes for points, rects, matrices, and URIs, massive cleanups. * Last but not least: tutorial for new users, keys and mouse reference, Inkscape User mailing list, hassle-free Windows builds. More Detailed Info ================== Release Notes http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes037 Screenshots http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php Download From ============= http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 RPM, Debian, Windows, and source versions are available. Please visit http://www.inkscape.org to learn more, join our User Mailing List, chat with the developers, and submit your ideas for making Inkscape the leading SVG-compliant vector graphics tool.

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