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Windows 10: Menu commands of Inkscape do not appear
by Andreas Borutta 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hello. I installed the latest version of Inkscape on Windows 10. Three effects I recognize: 1 Inkscape needs extremly long to start (about 15 seconds), much longer than every other application (about 1-2 seconds) on my PC with an SSD. 2 When I click any entry in the menu toolbar, an empty rectangle appears. Not any command is visible. 3 When I hover over any symbol in the vertical toolbar as well an empty rectangle appears. How can I solve the problem please? Thanks. Andreas -- http://borumat.de http://fahrradzukunft.de

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SpinachCon 2016
by Martin Owens 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Dear users and developers, Inkscape has been invited to take part in the Free Software design day known as SpinachCon which happens the day before LibrePlanet here in Boston: https://libreplanet.org/2016/ The SpinachCon event is about working with users on finding odd, weird and slightly ugly things within inkscape that we can fix or make designs about. If you are in the area and wish to take part it's March 18th 2016, from 12:00-5:00pm, in Boston at Beaucoop's offices (near South Station on the Red Line) I'll report in a new article any findings or fixes after the event. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Create a SVG chart from Excel/Libreoffice Calc data sheet?
by Andreas Borutta 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

Hello. I work for a free and non commercial bicycle magazin and we often publish scientific articles. They contain data sheets and charts. Until know we publish the charts as a PNG. The quality is low and as every bitmap graphic it doesn't scale well. Is there a tool which allows to create a chart from an Excel (or Libreoffice Calc) data sheet as an SVG? Of course the code of the SVG should be of high quality. Text should be text. Basic shapes (circles, rectangles, etc.) shouldn't be realised as a path etc. Thanks. Andreas

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Website Design
by Martin Owens 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Yesterday Mc- brought up a design for the inkscape website which got a few approval nods from various attending people: https://yadi.sk/i/CfqypzmvpPbay I contacted the designer at the time and just heard back. So what we have here is a psd of a single page that flows downwards. I expect it to assume a standard set of css frameworks such as bootstrap or similar. I also know that Hinerangi has some designs waiting in the wings for the website and that we've stalled on moving more improvements in. I'm interested in hearing wider feedback from the community since I've been under the impression that the website's design has been fairly serviceable. A replacement would be a fair amount of work and at the moment I'm only committed to making sure the technical integration of any proposed design goes ahead without any barriers. What do you think we should do? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Website Design
by Martin Owens 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Hi Hinerangi, Thanks so much for posting a screenshot of your design, I like it very much. What I like about your design is: * The colour theme, I've grown to like the white an black clean lines * The non-scrolling, single page, makes it easier to do information pages using the same * The news and other information is closer to the top. What I like about eshill's design is: * The four horizontal images for each of the sections * The cleaner download button, separate and large for the first page. * The icons for the information sections (news, users etc) But getting a responsive design would be really nice IMO. One of the best advances for the site. Martin, On Wed, 2016-02-24 at 17:51 +0000, Hinerangi Courtenay wrote: > Oh, I wasn't aware of this new redesign – I had a few propositions > going already, one which was posted to the mailing lists a little more > than a year ago > (https://www.dropbox.com/s/m2f988q3jqn2vbr/mockup-hp-2014-26-12_v0.1.png?dl=0), and a second which was being done directly in the HTML/CSS code (consulting with Martin directly). > > The second one was more of an evolution than a redesign, to make the > existing site work responsively and bring it up to date with current > aesthetics. I've attached a screenshot of the work-in-progress for > reference, but obviously if the community prefers to push it in a new > direction, that's cool too :)

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape-user Digest, Vol 117, Issue 19
by Hinerangi Courtenay 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

-__- Email attachments... https://www.dropbox.com/s/chv2a5j4kww5hx1/Screen%20Shot%202016-02-24%20at%2… On Wednesday, 24 February 2016 7:10 PM, Hinerangi Courtenay <hine.courtenay@...12...> wrote: -__- Email attachments... https://www.dropbox.com/s/chv2a5j4kww5hx1/Screen%20Shot%202016-02-24%20at%2… On Wednesday, 24 February 2016 7:03 PM, "inkscape-user-request@...374...urceforge.net" <inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: Send Inkscape-user mailing list submissions to inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to inkscape-user-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net You can reach the person managing the list at inkscape-user-owner(a)lists.sourceforge.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Inkscape-user digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fw: [Inkscape-devel] Website Design (Hinerangi Courtenay) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 18:00:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Hinerangi Courtenay <nospamunicornus-mailinglist@...12...> Subject: [Inkscape-user] Fw: [Inkscape-devel] Website Design To: "inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, "inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <1352133523.14756192.1456336836772.JavaMail.yahoo@...3207...5...> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Forwarding from my subscriber address. :) On Wednesday, 24 February 2016 6:51 PM, Hinerangi Courtenay <hine.courtenay@...12...> wrote: Oh, I wasn't aware of this new redesign ? I had a few propositions going already, one which was posted to the mailing lists a little more than a year ago (https://www.dropbox.com/s/m2f988q3jqn2vbr/mockup-hp-2014-26-12_v0.1.png?dl=0), and a second which was being done directly in the HTML/CSS code (consulting with Martin directly). The second one was more of an evolution than a redesign, to make the existing site work responsively and bring it up to date with current aesthetics. I've attached a screenshot of the work-in-progress for reference, but obviously if the community prefers to push it in a new direction, that's cool too :) On Wednesday, 24 February 2016 5:14 PM, Golden Ribbon <water.ribbon@...155...> wrote: >I'm interested in hearing wider feedback from the community since I've >been under the impression that the website's design has been fairly serviceable. I agree I thought the website was working ok what are the concerns people are having with the website responsive design? more modern feel? On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...155...> wrote: Yesterday Mc- brought up a design for the inkscape website which got a few approval nods from various attending people: https://yadi.sk/i/CfqypzmvpPbay I contacted the designer at the time and just heard back. So what we have here is a psd of a single page that flows downwards. I expect it to assume a standard set of css frameworks such as bootstrap or similar. I also know that Hinerangi has some designs waiting in the wings for the website and that we've stalled on moving more improvements in. I'm interested in hearing wider feedback from the community since I've been under the impression that the website's design has been fairly serviceable. A replacement would be a fair amount of work and at the moment I'm only committed to making sure the technical integration of any proposed design goes ahead without any barriers. What do you think we should do? Best Regards, Martin Owens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel -- WebRepOverall rating? Need Infographics? Check my website www.grtuts.com

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Fw: [Inkscape-devel] Website Design
by Hinerangi Courtenay 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Forwarding from my subscriber address. :) On Wednesday, 24 February 2016 6:51 PM, Hinerangi Courtenay <hine.courtenay@...12...> wrote: Oh, I wasn't aware of this new redesign – I had a few propositions going already, one which was posted to the mailing lists a little more than a year ago (https://www.dropbox.com/s/m2f988q3jqn2vbr/mockup-hp-2014-26-12_v0.1.png?dl=0), and a second which was being done directly in the HTML/CSS code (consulting with Martin directly). The second one was more of an evolution than a redesign, to make the existing site work responsively and bring it up to date with current aesthetics. I've attached a screenshot of the work-in-progress for reference, but obviously if the community prefers to push it in a new direction, that's cool too :) On Wednesday, 24 February 2016 5:14 PM, Golden Ribbon <water.ribbon@...125...155...> wrote: >I'm interested in hearing wider feedback from the community since I've >been under the impression that the website's design has been fairly serviceable. I agree I thought the website was working ok what are the concerns people are having with the website responsive design? more modern feel? On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...155...> wrote: Yesterday Mc- brought up a design for the inkscape website which got a few approval nods from various attending people: https://yadi.sk/i/CfqypzmvpPbay I contacted the designer at the time and just heard back. So what we have here is a psd of a single page that flows downwards. I expect it to assume a standard set of css frameworks such as bootstrap or similar. I also know that Hinerangi has some designs waiting in the wings for the website and that we've stalled on moving more improvements in. I'm interested in hearing wider feedback from the community since I've been under the impression that the website's design has been fairly serviceable. A replacement would be a fair amount of work and at the moment I'm only committed to making sure the technical integration of any proposed design goes ahead without any barriers. What do you think we should do? Best Regards, Martin Owens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel -- WebRepOverall rating Need Infographics? Check my website www.grtuts.com

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Fwd: [Inkscape-devel] New Donate Link Graphics
by Golden Ribbon 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Golden Ribbon <water.ribbon@...155...> Date: Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] New Donate Link Graphics To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> Josh Andler >To answer your questions regarding branding, no single person is responsible for the branding, it has been a collective effort over the years. There really should be a dedicated page on the branding specs. If I wanted to create something official for inkscape, problems like this would eventually come-about again. Things to be included are official hexadecimal colours - e.g. I see a shade of orange in the website and in other inkscape affairs, has that shade been settled on?. the Typeface for the "Draw freely" moto. and the official font for the inkscape name... also things likes the logo as aforementioned, and its variants (flat design) as well as the guide for icon creation. I would be happy to construct that as well once I can get a link or even a joint agreement on some aspects as admittedly things have been settled over time and it maybe difficult to find true documentation of the original ideas. Regards, Phillip Taylor On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983... > wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:27:01AM -0800, Josh Andler wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...155...> > wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2016-02-23 at 09:21 -0800, Josh Andler wrote: > > > > Sorry about top posting but I have a HUGE issue with the fact that > the > > > > Inkscape logo was not used in those images. It resembles the logo, > but > > > > it is NOT our logo. It is not as clean as our logo. It was > immediately > > > > noticeable to me and it is not acceptable to dilute our branding. > > > > > > Do you want the white back-line removed or can that stay? > > > > > > > The white line surrounding it isn't an issue, but I'd be curious to see > it > > both with and without. > > > > > > > > In the "branding" subfolder under "share", is a "draw-freely.svg" > that > > > > has our old flat logo which is what should be used. This needs to be > > > > done ASAP so these incorrect ones are not redistributed. > > > > > > They won't be redistributed, the html code feeds into fastly cache, so > > > unless people save them it's fine. > > > > > > I just tend to be concerned about people saving stuff which is why I > > brought it up... so, I suppose redistributed was a worse choice of words > > than available. :) > > Good catch, yes I agree this should be fixed. Do you think it'll take > more than a day or two to get them fixed up? If it will take longer, > should we perhaps hide these incorrect ones on the website? Josh has a > good point that images posted to the internet can sometimes get copied > around inadvertantly... > > Bryce > -- WebRep Overall rating Need Infographics? Check my website www.grtuts.com -- WebRep Overall rating Need Infographics? Check my website www.grtuts.com

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New Donate Link Graphics
by Martin Owens 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Dear all, Thanks to Golden Ribbon (inkscape user and maker of recently good tutorials) he's provided to us some graphics for encouraging more donations through affiliate links. They look really nice too. I've just finished adding them to the English page on the website. If you go to https://inkscape.org/en/support-us/donate/ you will see the new images and the copy-paste html if you want to add a link to your own website to support inkscape. Golden Ribbon is also interested in making t-shirts and other mechanise; we don't yet have anyone (I know of) who is skilled or interested in looking into merchandise, but maybe if we had some nice designs someone would step forwards to add this feature. What are your thoughts? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] New Donate Link Graphics
by Martin Owens 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Thanks Golden Ribbon, Should we keep the list on google docs spreadsheet? On Tue, 2016-02-23 at 03:47 -0500, Golden Ribbon wrote: > This would be a great way to double up on funding the Inkscape cause > and spreading the Inkscape brand in one swift motion. I also selfishly want some inkscape branded things. A cup of tea and a t-shirt with inkscape's logo on it ;-) Martin,

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