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Hi, I'd like to get more eyes on this, maybe stir up support.
by Jerry Segers 27 Sep '15

27 Sep '15

Hi, I had an idea for a feature in inkscape, and I submitted a wishlist bug on 5-17-2014 and noone seems interested. It is a suggestion for a LPE for a spirograph pattern generator. I did some research and found the necessary math info to make the shapes, and the algorithm needed to make the result from the math usable in inkscape. I was thinking it would be great for certificates, and suchlike. Plus I think it would just be great fun to play with. Is anyone else interested? Maybe someone who knows calculus and c++? Anyway, here’s the link if you’re interested. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1320524

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Fill "only on one layer"
by Philip Rhoades 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

People, I am trying to create a series of sketches to show changes to roof tressles (I want to create a wide manhole - see start of first sketch attached) but I have run into problems with adding a fill colour (as shading for the beams). It seems like it would be quicker and easier for me if I could get the fill action to fill on ONE layer instead of taking all of the lines for all the of layers into account - but this doesn't appear to work? - is it possible somehow? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...

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Colors in image conversion from svg to PDF
by Bernhard Kleine 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, while preparing color images for printing in a book two years ago, I noticed that the colors in the final pdf did not match those colors I had chosen. The conversion from svg to pdf was obviously not correct. I did not follow the discussion but would like to know whether the problem remains or that there are ways to have the pdf the same colors as svg drawings. Kind regards Bernhard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJWA+TLAAoJENCoWyDsDBkPY04P/RiM6nUei0SJ8lBNSi5lOQSu XeFF2l4UhQTGTut4yeoJZ+NUQdmLrYtPOsNQeoyjaip71m595U8N/5zWAvTH/Zao VkK9LL/Y7j6GsOxHW+BrPRFKQb9ikqZoFpokhSYeVqnJFivH7r4V/nAGNQydPFJ1 Y+SLwDXTzM+/sYdiNqlX4Mwx8zsvmO5WrckizInOI7wGZxlgqf+dg0xymStYVIjv 8uWSeLUiJxtZ1s49KFINmS8eTfSIcW0PfodemNLCM3fHBx3zX6D+XijQnYy+LUy/ FL9RnDFUj0a07cqc0iRQBu87KQQmoXrXm5S5NNvCC6PkG28uyWKkvq3v9ZF263cr JTfwTiEcA+XZ5TIYx9MnbJ35tdOIikeVV4BTIdALzu5fsyII437g337FodSwMmjA DZ1kEpB0M3sjs6+hmg+p1Egx+3VFHku/+eoLEFymYdv/UCDxNSfHKdq3GEHZQBs2 WMgZscf4wB2dGmyAEro5RtFT0UrwX/C+5rMUMUy7sMUFv8QujdiXsuIm1C4dd3Ap XGArPPukLk3PGV2+PB5UCk9SnKZJQPcYUOTWIesAsidw9SJQaOCRivgTc/DAvE7J 9w3RRArqXnGzlHLKnOsc2DewbZ9nOETtB/VEWe6mh4VQ0TJ9l4PjpEohr8xpSz+7 JIpaNKHzzOrV6pgrQULx =8fpJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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script for union of all paths of the same color
by Götz Freytag 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Hello all, I would like to find an automatic solution for the following workflow. * open/import file (eg. eps format) o select all paths of color x (ctr+f in xml editor for first hex-color string) o ctrl++ to union selection o repeat for all remaining colors * export to svg or, if you will, <http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19402#> |open or import file (eg. eps format); for (all colors in drawing) { select all paths of the current color; perform union on selected paths; } export drawing; | I suppose there should be a solution along the lines of |inkscape -f input.eps --verb=EditDeselect --select=allPathsOfSameColors --verb=SelectionUnion --export-simple-svg| However, I have no clue how to go about selecting all paths of the same color or how to iterate over all colors. Any help or pointers would be very much appreciated. Cheers Götz

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Choosing an Open Font for Inkscape "Draw Freely".
by C R 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Hello fellow Inkscapeists! I'm C.Rogers, and I'm involved with the official tutorial videos, and some of Inkscape's logo and branding materials. TLDR: We are voting on an Open Font replacement for the "Draw Freely" Tagline. Jump down to the link and click it to see what the options are. Since the feedback so far has been good on the dev user-tutorial thread, I'd like to reach everyone I can to make this decision, in case not everyone is paying attention to the video tutorial stuff, so here's another opportunity to vote! In short: we'd like to replace the "Draw Freely" tagline with a font which we will use as an official font for the Inkscape project. The main reason for this is that the currently used font is proprietary, and the general consensus (via mailing list and #inkscape) is that we'd like to replace it with an open alternative. Reasons for this are: 1. We can not change the font - Thus, we are unable to add extra character support for other languages. 2. We can not use the font elsewhere without paying more license fees, and we would like to be able to use the same font on the website, in tutorial videos, and other user documentation. 3. We can not distribute the font with Inkscape materials without paying license fees. 4. Our users can't use the font in their own materials without paying license fees. 5. Open fonts rock, in all the same ways that Open Source software rocks, and contributes to creative freedom, which is in line with the project's creedo "Draw Freely". Thus, I have pillaged Google's collection of fonts which are composed of fonts with the SIL Open Font license, and Apache Licenses, pulling out all the ones that looked scripty/handwritten. I have written a page that allows a preview of each of them along with the Inkscape logo here: http://www.opendesignstudio.org/inkscape/samples/draw_freely_font_list.html Use keyboard arrow-keys (left and right) to scroll through the fonts, and (up and down) keys to enlarge or decrease the font size to your liking (you can also click a link out of the list on the left to jump to your at-a-glance favs). To vote on your favourites, just reply to this email with the font name(s), number(s), and/or a copy of the share link at the bottom of the page. If you've already voted, you don't need to again. :) Cheers! -C

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the space for form/text/align/document windows on the right side is too large and cannot be decreased
by Bernhard Kleine 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Hi, I have Inkscape 0.91 and find the following very irritating: when I open Strg-Shift-D (document) or similar than the opening part of the screen is about one fourth of the screen. Trying to decrease the space by working with the mouse on the separation line changes the mouse cursor but the line stays immovable. When one is in Fullscreen mode it can be tolerated but when using only part of screen it should decrease accordingly. It stays with the orignimal width. That is most irritating. Has anybody else found this same behaviour? Regards Bernhard

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white tooltip text is hard to read
by Carl Symons 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Is there a way to change the color of the tooltip text? Now it's white on gray and hard to see. I don't see anything in ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml that allows this to be changed. Black on gray would be nice. Specifically where this came up is in the magnify context. Fit selection, drawing and page icons are the same. Tooltips are needed to distinguish the action associated with each icon. Thank you Carl

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Inkscape Filter Tutorial
by Tavmjong Bah 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Hi, I've finished both parts of my Inkcape filter tutorial. The parts can be found at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/?p=1451 http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/?p=1516 Tav

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add 5 px to stroke width context in style indicator
by Brynn 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Hi Friends, I use a 5 px stroke width often, and I also use the context menu for the stroke width in the Style Indicator area. That menu offers widths: 0.1 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 2 3 4 6 7 8 10 ...... I understand leaving out 9, but I don't understand leaving in 7. But what I don't understand the most, is that 5 is left out. Is there any relatively easy way I can add "5" into my own menu? Thank you very much :-) brynn

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Ctrl + Delete issue for deleting nodes
by Brynn 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Hi Friends, Was there supposed to be a change for Ctrl + Delete in 0.91? I used to use Ctrl + Delete (pre 0.91) to delete a single node, when I did not want to preserve the shape. It essentially would leave a straight segment. Delete alone would try to preserve the shape. Now it seems that Ctrl + Delete does preserve the shape, while just Delete does something in between preserving the original shape and not preserving it. (And it really is not very close to preserving the shape at all. Actually Ctrl + Delete preserves the shape better than just Delete.) Here's the relevant section of the K/M Ref page: https://inkscape.org/en/doc/keys091.html#d0e4087 Attached is a convenient file for testing. The middle smooth node it the one I'm testing on. This is using 0.91, 32-bit (exe installer) on Windows 7, 64-bit. Technically, the following is entirely a separate issue, but somewhat related. In the K/M Ref page, it shows "click + click" to add a new node. However, I think it should technically be "double-click". Click + click with the Node tool simply selects the 2 nodes on either side of the mouse. It takes a real double-click to add a node. (This has to do with the speed of clicking.) It does say "double-click" in the fine print, but I think the bold print should say "double-click". I'll be glad to write up bug reports for either or both of these, if they are indeed bugs. Thank you very much :-) brynn

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