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Seeking help re:Conservancy Supporter fundraiser
by Bryce Harrington 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

We apologize that we're interrupting the usual content on this mailing list with a fundraising message, but the non-profit home of Inkscape, Software Freedom Conservancy, is in urgent need of your immediate support: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ Inkscape receives a variety of important services (see https://sfconservancy.org/members/services/ ) from Conservancy. Inkscape has relied on Conservancy since 2006, and we hope you can help them out. They also support an array of other important Open Source projects, including Git, Samba, Wine, and dozens of others - see http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/ for the entire list. While Inkscape and these other projects each contribute 10% of their gross revenue to Conservancy's general fund, this doesn't add up to enough to even employee one full time person, let alone the already overworked staff of three that Conservancy has. Conservancy's fundraiser is asking people who support our principles to donate donate $120/year ($10/month), to support the organization. Conservancy seeks about 2,500 Supporters to continue its current work, and 750 Supporters to continue a "bare minimum" of services to its projects. Already as of the time I write this, 721 people have signed up, so your donation might be the one that ensures the basic community services continue forward or it could start paving the way towards establishing a solid commons for protecting our license freedoms. Whenever I make donations, I like to know how it is tangibly helping achieve progress on things that I care about. Here are some specific things that Conservancy has done for Inkscape over the past few years: * Handling all of our Google Summer of Code payments and travel, tending to the financial transactions with Google to receive and then disperse the money. We're planning on GSoC involvement again this year, and will be depending on Conservancy to handle all the financial bits in order to help make it all proceed smoothly. * Coordinating travel reimbursements for Inkscape contributors to attend conferences. They were instrumental in directly helping us plan, organize, and arrange the 2015 Inkscape Hackfest, and will be helping us organize another hackfest in 2016. * Receiving and tracking all donations. We've received tens of thousands of dollars in donations from you (thank you!) and without Conservancy, our attentions would be consumed by financials instead of remaining focused on the software development. The Conservancy provides access to their ledger system, giving Inkscape great transparency over our finances, while unburdening us from the responsibilities of handling all the individual donations and transactions. * Collaborate with us in crafting the legal policies to establish a Funded Project system for Inkscape. This new system will enable donors to choose specific development tasks to pursue with their money, giving the Inkscape community a powerful way to directly influence the future of the project. * Recovering lost money in Inkscape's paypal account. * Handling book royalties from publishers of Inkscape manuals. * Handling thank-you gifts to developers. In 2015 we distributed programming manuals to Inkscape's top contributors, which proved to be a very cost effective educational effort! * Keeping the non-profit status for us so that Inkscape doesn't have to form its own org and file its own paperwork. In 2015 Conservancy helped us revise our legal charter, the Fiscal Sponsor Agreement (FSA), that defines how Inkscape operates under non-profit rules, board elections, and so forth. Beyond these basic services, Inkscape also benefitted from Conservancy's wider category of license protection services. These services are currently at risk and will only continue if the 2500 membership mark is attained by the community. * Protecting the Inkscape trademark and logo. They helped us finally get the Inkscape name and logo officially trademarked in the U.S. This benefits users by preventing various knock-off scams that purport to sell Inkscape or market scammy services or products using our name. * Enforcing the GPL for Inkscape. Unfortunately we've had a few instances of companies attempting to rebrand Inkscape and sell it as their own proprietary product. We don't have a problem with companies re-distributing Inkscape, so long as it is done according to the GPL license. When nefarious entities seek to subvert that, Conservancy provides the legal muscle necessary to stop it. As you can see, Inkscape relies on the important work of Conservancy. Please donate to Conservancy - if you do so before January 31, the donation will be counted double thanks to a generous matching donation provided by Private Internet Access. (Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) charity incorporated in New York, and donations are typically deductible on U.S. taxes.) Please visit: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ And please also support Inkscape's SVG Standards work here: https://inkscape.org/en/support-us/svg_working_group/ Bryce

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Inkscape svg vs. plain svg.
by john Culleton 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

I know that some features of Inkscape svg go beyond the official svg standard and hence may not be interpreted properly by web browsers etc. Is there a list of these features somewhere? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Ubuntustudio Wallpaper Contest
by Seattle Chaz 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

Full details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Artwork/UserShowcase Ubuntustudio 16.04 will be officially released in April 2016. As this will be a Long Term Support version, we are most anxious to offer an excellent customer experience on the desktop. Therefore, the Ubuntustudio community will host a wallpaper design contest! The contest is open to all Digital Artists and Amateurs, especially Ubuntustudio enthusiasts. We hope to collect the coolest, most beautiful, inspiring, innovative and downright slick desktop wallpapers. Each artist may submit up to 4 pieces. The Ubuntustudio community will vote on and select 16 final Ubuntustudio Wallpapers! (See what we did there? 16? 4? Clever, eh?) If you are enjoying Edubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu-Kylin, Ubuntu-Mate, Ubuntu-Gnome, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu or Ubuntu-Server we formally invite and welcome your contributions as well! If you are interested, take a look at the Ubuntustudio wallpapers over the years: http://flic.kr/s/aHskopgqCF. Now, GET BUSY! Adapt! Build! Conceptualize! Design! Draft! Draw! Edit! Post-Process! Redesign! Render! Re-purpose! Shoot! CREATE! Show us what you can do with Ubuntustudio's graphic design, video and photography tools! https://www.ubuntustudio.org

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Ubuntustudio Wallpaper Contest
by Seattle Chaz 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

Full details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Artwork/UserShowcase Ubuntustudio 16.04 will be officially released in April 2016. As this will be a Long Term Support version, we are most anxious to offer an excellent customer experience on the desktop. Therefore, the Ubuntustudio community will host a wallpaper design contest! The contest is open to all Digital Artists and Amateurs, especially Ubuntustudio enthusiasts. We hope to collect the coolest, most beautiful, inspiring, innovative and downright slick desktop wallpapers. Each artist may submit up to 4 pieces. The Ubuntustudio community will vote on and select 16 final Ubuntustudio Wallpapers! (See what we did there? 16? 4? Clever, eh?) If you are enjoying Edubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu-Kylin, Ubuntu-Mate, Ubuntu-Gnome, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu or Ubuntu-Server we formally invite and welcome your contributions as well! If you are interested, take a look at the Ubuntustudio wallpapers over the years: http://flic.kr/s/aHskopgqCF. Now, GET BUSY! Adapt! Build! Conceptualize! Design! Draft! Draw! Edit! Post-Process! Redesign! Render! Re-purpose! Shoot! CREATE! Show us what you can do with Ubuntustudio's graphic design, video and photography tools! https://www.ubuntustudio.org

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problem with Arrange?
by Brynn 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi Friends, I've been trying to use the Polor Coordinates tab of the Arrange dialog, to move some objects which are arranged in a circle, inward (or outward) without scaling them. Yes, I know it can be done with radially tiled clones, but I didn't want to do it that way this time. Attached is move-rad6.png, which is the "before", and I want to move those 6 objects toward the circle. No matter if I use the object's bounding box for the anchor point, or the rotational center, the result is the other attached image move-rad7.png. This is the same result, no matter if Rotate Objects is checked or not. This is on Windows 7, 64-bit with Inkscape 0.91, 32-bit, exe installer. I haven't tried in Inkscape 0.91, 64-bit, but I can if necessary. And these screenshots were made on layer 3, to avoid the transform attribute issues (which are mostly fixed, but not in 0.91). Another user on Windows 10 does not see this issue, but Idk which Inkscape version he uses. (http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=307.0) I work with circles and objects arranged in a circle quite often, and have always wished for a way to move objects radially, in the same way that nodes can be moved radially by using the transform handles. Again, I know how to use tiled clones, but it seems like there should be an easier way to just move the objects on canvas by dragging them. I'm not technically aware enough to be able to suggest how it could be done. But I think would be a very useful feature....especially if it could work on ellipses as well. Meanwhile, I report this problem in case it might be a bug. Let me know if I can provide any additional info :-) Thank you very much, brynn

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qp conformal mapping
by Ben Thurston 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

I developed this math and wrote a python program to do this sort of mapping, I thought maybe it would be interesting to have in inkscape: http://benpaulthurstonblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/parameterized-quadratic-con…

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape-user Digest, Vol 116, Issue 2
by Ben Thurston 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Re: [Inkscape-user] qp conformal mapping That's cool that you've already got something working! I oversampled the original image, by reading the original image as if each pixel had another pixel (of exactly the same color) at the halfway point between the two integer pixel positions... sometimes you might have to oversample even more but you would just put more pixels of the same color in between... On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 10:15 PM, < 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. Fwd: LGM 2016: Call for Participation (Femke Snelting) > 2. A batch file to convert an entire directory of some 80 svg to > pdf (Bernhard Kleine) > 3. Re: A batch file to convert an entire directory of some 80 > svg to pdf (W. Martin Borgert) > 4. Re: qp conformal mapping (su_v) > 5. problem with Arrange? (Brynn) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 11:20:26 +0100 > From: Femke Snelting <snelting@...2704...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] Fwd: LGM 2016: Call for Participation > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <5688F5EA.2030508@...2704...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > All the best for 2016 ... and don't forget to submits your proposal for > the upcoming LGM in London! Deadline: *Sunday January 10th* > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: LGM 2016: Call for Participation > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 16:32:48 +0100 > From: Femke Snelting <snelting@...2704...> > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > *Libre Graphics Meeting 2016: Other Dimensions* > > http://libregraphicsmeeting.org > > > The eleventh annual international Libre Graphics Meeting 2016 will take > place Friday 15th until Monday 18th April 2016 in London, UK. This yearly > event is an occasion for teams and individual contributors/artists involved > in Libre Graphics to work together, to share experiences and to hear about > new ideas. By Libre Graphics we mean Free, Libre and Open Source tools for > design, illustration, photography, typography, art, graphics, page layout, > publishing, 3D modelling, digital making and manufacture, cartography, > animation, video, interactive media, generative graphics and visual > live-coding. The Libre Graphics Meeting is not just about software, but > extends to standards, file formats and actual use of these in creative > work. LGM has become the place in which they can discuss their projects, > coordinate their efforts and, crucially, to meet in person. Participants in > the LGM include developers, designers, academics and activists from around > the world, who are all passionate about Free/ > L > > ibre graphics software and technology. > > > *State of the Libre Graphics Union* > > We begin each meeting with a joint session that brings together all things > that have happened in our wide landscape over the last year. So, instead of > slots in the schedule for general updates on each Libre Graphics software > project, we invite every team present at LGM to submit two slides > (maximum), with a short explanatory text that showcases the leaps forward > that has been made over the past year. For first-time presenters and > particular big or new topics/features in established projects, we encourage > additional stand-alone submissions. > > > *Special focus: Other Dimensions* > > In Toronto we celebrated the first decade of LGM, reflecting on the past > and considering the future. For the 2016 edition of LGM we continue > speculating and will expand Libre Graphics into Other Dimensions. We are > looking for presentations and workshops that explore the dimensions of > space and material: 3D modelling and animation, Libre architecture, Open > Source product design and other fields of digital making and manufacture. > We are also seeking contributions that offer reflections on the 'other > dimensions' of open source communities and that engage with FLOSS tools in > various contexts including but not limited to teaching, learning, practice > and co-production. This represents a desire to address the future > sustainability of the Libre Graphics movement, through a growth of the core > projects and topics that will, we hope, allow us to welcome more and more > FLOSS projects and participants to our community. > > We are looking for: > > * In-depth presentations of Libre Graphics code-contributions > * Showcases of excellent work made using Libre Graphics tools > * New and experimental projects in this area to meet the wider community, > including those in the field of 3D design and making > * Reflections on the activities of existing open source communities in > either the production of Free, Libre and Open Source tools or their use > > Available formats (times include Q&A): > > * Entry for State of the Libre Graphics Union (1-2 slides) > * Presentations (20 minutes) > * Workshops (1 or 2 hours)* > * Birds Of a Feather (BOF), discussion meetings or Hackathons (2 hrs or > more) > * Lightning talk (7 minutes, selected at the event unconference style) > > > *Practical Details* > > Submission deadline: 10 January 2016, content selection notification by > end of January 2016. > > http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2016/call-for-participation/ > http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2016/submit-proposal/ > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 22:17:48 +0100 > From: Bernhard Kleine <Bernhard.kleine@...961...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] A batch file to convert an entire directory > of some 80 svg to pdf > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <56898FFC.50104@...961...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I am on Win7 and I got into troublex when I tried to remove the page > group information from the pdf files. All the pdfs are empty now. > > Now I would like to convert all the svgs in that directory to pdf and > use the > > gs -o image.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dColorConversionStrategy=/CMYK > -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceCMYK image.pdf as was proposed by this thread > on Tex.stackexchange: > > > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/76273/multiple-pdfs-with-page-group-… > > I hope somebody can propose how to use which batch file in windows to > perform this task. Sometimes ago I have done this on linux, but it was > more than 15 years ago. > > thanks for any help > > Bernhard > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 22:57:56 +0100 > From: "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@...61...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] A batch file to convert an entire > directory of some 80 svg to pdf > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <20160103215756.GA25484@...3154...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 2016-01-03 22:17, Bernhard Kleine wrote: > > I hope somebody can propose how to use which batch file in windows to > > perform this task. Sometimes ago I have done this on linux, but it was > > more than 15 years ago. > > No idea about batch files, but with Make, it is: > > %.pdf: %.svg > inkscape --without-gui --export-area-page --export-pdf=$@ $< > > Cheers > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 02:53:37 +0100 > From: su_v <suv@...2638...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] qp conformal mapping > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <5689D0A1.1060407@...2638...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 2016-01-02 16:50 (+0100), Ben Thurston wrote: > > I developed this math and wrote a python program to do this sort of > > mapping, I thought maybe it would be interesting to have in inkscape: > > > http://benpaulthurstonblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/parameterized-quadratic-con… > > Out of curiosity, I implemeted the python program as Inkscape extension > to apply such a transformation to a linked or embedded bitmap image > (using the path data of a helper path for the parameters of the > transformation) [1]. > > Comparing the results (python 2.7.11, Pillow 3.0) with your example in > the blog entry of the tranformed Mona Lisa image, I wonder how you > filled missing pixels in the output image? > > Simple demo produced with Inkscape 0.91 and custom extension: > http://imgh.us/qpconf-demo-091.svg > > > Regards, V > > > [1] Extension sources (includes a shared module): > > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~suv-lp/+junk/inkscape-extensions/files/head:/m… > INX file: > > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~suv-lp/+junk/inkscape-extensions/view/head:/mo… > Python script: > > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~suv-lp/+junk/inkscape-extensions/view/head:/mo… > TODO: reorder the points of the helper path (to ease user input), > support parsing bezier curve segements (inserting a node at mid-length > of each segment of a quadrilateral path). > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 20:15:44 -0700 > From: "Brynn" <brynn@...3089...> > Subject: [Inkscape-user] problem with Arrange? > To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <8D4CE76C615548EAB567CCA62D6F15BC@...3173...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Friends, > I've been trying to use the Polor Coordinates tab of the Arrange > dialog, to move some objects which are arranged in a circle, inward (or > outward) without scaling them. > Yes, I know it can be done with radially tiled clones, but I didn't > want to do it that way this time. > Attached is move-rad6.png, which is the "before", and I want to > move > those 6 objects toward the circle. No matter if I use the object's > bounding > box for the anchor point, or the rotational center, the result is the other > attached image move-rad7.png. This is the same result, no matter if Rotate > Objects is checked or not. > This is on Windows 7, 64-bit with Inkscape 0.91, 32-bit, exe > installer. I haven't tried in Inkscape 0.91, 64-bit, but I can if > necessary. And these screenshots were made on layer 3, to avoid the > transform attribute issues (which are mostly fixed, but not in 0.91). > Another user on Windows 10 does not see this issue, but Idk which Inkscape > version he uses. ( > http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=307.0) > I work with circles and objects arranged in a circle quite often, > and have always wished for a way to move objects radially, in the same way > that nodes can be moved radially by using the transform handles. Again, I > know how to use tiled clones, but it seems like there should be an easier > way to just move the objects on canvas by dragging them. > I'm not technically aware enough to be able to suggest how it could > be done. But I think would be a very useful feature....especially if it > could work on ellipses as well. > Meanwhile, I report this problem in case it might be a bug. Let me > know if I can provide any additional info :-) > > Thank you very much, > brynn > >

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A batch file to convert an entire directory of some 80 svg to pdf
by Bernhard Kleine 03 Jan '16

03 Jan '16

I am on Win7 and I got into troublex when I tried to remove the page group information from the pdf files. All the pdfs are empty now. Now I would like to convert all the svgs in that directory to pdf and use the gs -o image.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dColorConversionStrategy=/CMYK -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceCMYK image.pdf as was proposed by this thread on Tex.stackexchange: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/76273/multiple-pdfs-with-page-group-… I hope somebody can propose how to use which batch file in windows to perform this task. Sometimes ago I have done this on linux, but it was more than 15 years ago. thanks for any help Bernhard

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LGM 2016: Call for Participation
by Femke Snelting 03 Jan '16

03 Jan '16

*Libre Graphics Meeting 2016: Other Dimensions* http://libregraphicsmeeting.org The eleventh annual international Libre Graphics Meeting 2016 will take place Friday 15th until Monday 18th April 2016 in London, UK. This yearly event is an occasion for teams and individual contributors/artists involved in Libre Graphics to work together, to share experiences and to hear about new ideas. By Libre Graphics we mean Free, Libre and Open Source tools for design, illustration, photography, typography, art, graphics, page layout, publishing, 3D modelling, digital making and manufacture, cartography, animation, video, interactive media, generative graphics and visual live-coding. The Libre Graphics Meeting is not just about software, but extends to standards, file formats and actual use of these in creative work. LGM has become the place in which they can discuss their projects, coordinate their efforts and, crucially, to meet in person. Participants in the LGM include developers, designers, academics and activists from around the world, who are all passionate about Free/ L ibre graphics software and technology. *State of the Libre Graphics Union* We begin each meeting with a joint session that brings together all things that have happened in our wide landscape over the last year. So, instead of slots in the schedule for general updates on each Libre Graphics software project, we invite every team present at LGM to submit two slides (maximum), with a short explanatory text that showcases the leaps forward that has been made over the past year. For first-time presenters and particular big or new topics/features in established projects, we encourage additional stand-alone submissions. *Special focus: Other Dimensions* In Toronto we celebrated the first decade of LGM, reflecting on the past and considering the future. For the 2016 edition of LGM we continue speculating and will expand Libre Graphics into Other Dimensions. We are looking for presentations and workshops that explore the dimensions of space and material: 3D modelling and animation, Libre architecture, Open Source product design and other fields of digital making and manufacture. We are also seeking contributions that offer reflections on the 'other dimensions' of open source communities and that engage with FLOSS tools in various contexts including but not limited to teaching, learning, practice and co-production. This represents a desire to address the future sustainability of the Libre Graphics movement, through a growth of the core projects and topics that will, we hope, allow us to welcome more and more FLOSS projects and participants to our community. We are looking for: * In-depth presentations of Libre Graphics code-contributions * Showcases of excellent work made using Libre Graphics tools * New and experimental projects in this area to meet the wider community, including those in the field of 3D design and making * Reflections on the activities of existing open source communities in either the production of Free, Libre and Open Source tools or their use Available formats (times include Q&A): * Entry for State of the Libre Graphics Union (1-2 slides) * Presentations (20 minutes) * Workshops (1 or 2 hours)* * Birds Of a Feather (BOF), discussion meetings or Hackathons (2 hrs or more) * Lightning talk (7 minutes, selected at the event unconference style) *Practical Details* Submission deadline: 10 January 2016, content selection notification by end of January 2016. http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2016/call-for-participation/ http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2016/submit-proposal/

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Strange closing with the Document Settings dialog
by Bernhard Kleine 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

I noticed a unexpected behaviour with the Document Settings dialog: This dialogue has in its windows 7 version on the right upper corner the three usual windows buttons Minimize, Maximize, and Close. I had expected that this buttons would minimize, maximize or close only the document settings dialogue. However, the close or minimize the entire inkscape windows, that is also the drawing window. This should be changed since it is unexpected and not plausible. I would suggest they work only on the dialog, not the whole application. Kind regards and Happy New Year Bernhard

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