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A problem editing text.
by Wollenberg, Kurt (NIH/NIAID) [C] 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Hello: I am currently editing some .svg figures created in R and cannot seem to get the text in the figures to be recognized as text. Double-clicking on the text doesn't switch to the text objects cursor. When I select a piece of text, change to the text-object cursor and hover over the text I do not get the expected blue outline indicating Inkscape recognizes the characters as text. I can ungroup the text to give individual characters, which Inkscape is telling me are "objects of the type Symbol". Because this seems to be a recent development I'm wondering if my recent system update could be part of the problem. I recently updated to Mac OS 10.10.3 and am running XQuartz 2.7.7. When I go back to R-generated .svg files from before my upgrade I cannot edit the text in these files either, though I'm pretty sure I could before. Does this seem to make any sense to anyone? Have any of you out there encountered similar problems trying to edit text under Mac OS 10.10? Cheers, Kurt Wollenberg, Ph.D. Contractor - MSC, Inc. Phylogenetics Specialist Computational Biology Section Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB) OCICB/OSMO/OD/NIAID/NIH 31 Center Drive, Room 3B62 Bethesda, MD 20892-0485 Office 301-402-8628 http://bioinformatics.niaid.nih.gov <http://bioinformatics.niaid.nih.gov/> (Within NIH) http://exon.niaid.nih.gov <http://exon.niaid.nih.gov/> (Public) Disclaimer: The information in this e-mail and any of its attachments is confidential and may contain sensitive information. It should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage devices. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shall not accept liability for any statements made that are sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of the NIAID by one of its representatives

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Update for Gimp plug-in Export to SVG
by Jabier Arraiza 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Hi to all, I just update the plug-in http://registry.gimp.org/node/25049 from Erdem Guven. New features in .md The code is here because registry.gimp.org is locked: https://github.com/jabiertxof/gimp-export-to-svg @Erdem I could transfer the git branch to another GitHUb account All the best.

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Trace Bitmap dialog does not appear
by Brynn 29 Aug '15

29 Aug '15

Hi Friends, I've been trying to help someone on InkscapeForum.com. They report that the Trace Bitmap dialog does not appear for them, since they installed 0.91. I've worked through every possible scenario that I know of, where a user can't find a dialog. (There have been a lot of these messages, since all dialogs became docked in 0.91) But in this case, the dialog still does not appear for them. And no one else has joined the discussion, with other ideas. We're hoping some advanced Inkscape users or maybe even developers could review the thread, and offer advice. Or maybe you'll need to ask them for supporting documentation, to file a bug report, so you can investigate further. http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19214 Thank you very much :-) brynn

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Trace Bitmap oddity
by Brynn 22 Aug '15

22 Aug '15

Hi Friends, Another situation where I'm not sure if this is how it's supposed to be, or if it might be a bug. I opened the Trace Bitmap dialog, and left it open while I did other things, even in other files, so when I came back, it would still be usable, without having to close and re-open the file. I had dragged it almost completely off the canvas, to be out of the way. (I normally keep it undocked, so it doesn't stretch the docking area.) So when I was ready to use it again, I dragged it back on to the canvas, and the Preview area is showing an object that's selected in another file! I always have wondered why having Trace Bitmap (and some other dialogs) open in one file, makes it open for all files. But I assumed it would only be functional in the file from which it was opened. Anyway, just in case it's a problem :-) Thanks, brynn

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status bar reports different font/text size
by Brynn 22 Aug '15

22 Aug '15

Hi Friends, I just noticed something that's different in 0.91. I searched for bug reports, but did not find. But now that I'm subscribed to this list, it seems better to report here, than make a bug report, since I often seem to make duplicate reports. When I set some text to be 18, the status bar tells me it's 22.50. Set to 16, status bar says 20, etc. Is it a bug? Or is there a reason? Whatever the reason, the size the user chooses should be shown in the status bar, imo. This is Inkscape 0.91, 32-bit, on Windows 7, 64-bit. Also occurs in 0.91, 64-bit. Does not occur in 0.48.5. Thanks for your help :-) brynn

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Seamless Pattern extension updated to V0.5
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

Hi to all. I just commit the updated extension to trunk. 0.91/0.48 users can get it from here: https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/1358/ Improvements: Cleanup and better script for he helper text, thanks to Maren. Cleanup of layer names to easy use it. A transparency checkboard show in the pattern preview to notice about transparency in the pattern. Non unifrorm patterns not deform the default inkscape based pattern. All elements not necesary for make the patter are blocked, so is more easy work on it. All the best, Jabier.

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Fixed line width with calligraphy-tool possible?
by Thörty Rochelmeyer 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

G'day, the current setting of the line with with the calligraphy tool is related to the window size, so that line width changes if one zooms in or out on the screen. Is there a way to set a fixed line width that does not change with zoom? I did not find any hints and google did not help either (which might just be me, searching for the wrong terms). Thanks in advance Thorsten

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Pantone Color Manager with Inkscape?
by Josh Pittman 19 Aug '15

19 Aug '15

Hi All, I posted this to the InkscapeForum, but was told it would get to the developers better if I posted here. Has anyone ever tried using Pantone Color Manager with Inkscape? From their website: http://www.pantone.com/pantone-color-manager-software PANTONE COLOR MANAGER Software is a robust desktop application that works in tandem with your favorite design software to ensure you always have the most up-to-date set of PANTONE Colors available at your fingertips. Looks like it works with Adobe, QuarkXPress, and Corel. I emailed them on this, and they said if Inkscape can import libraries in Adobe format, it may be possible to save the libraries from PANTONE Color Manager and import them. Seems like a useful tool . . . - Josh

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license for icons on website
by Brynn 18 Aug '15

18 Aug '15

Hi Friends, I've been trying to read about licenses, and trying to figure out if I could use the Inkscape_Logo2_1_1.png icon, as a link on my forum (http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?action=forum) directly to the Download page (https://inkscape.org/en/download/). Inkscape_Logo2_1_1.png is the icon with the big green down arrow, on this page https://inkscape.org/en/download/windows/. But the language with the licenses is hard for me to understand. I guess the Inkscape logo by itself is ok to use, as far as I understand the Inkscape Trademark Policy (https://inkscape.org/en/about/trademark-policy/). But I'm not sure if the download icon on the website might be a different case. (A software could be open source, but it's website *could* still be copyrighted. I'm just not exactly sure about Inkscape's. There's no copyright statement on the website, but like some other things(CoC for gallery comments), maybe it's just not be written yet.) I think I could use the Inkscape logo and add a slightly different green arrow myself. But using the download icon from the website, I'm just not sure about. Would someone clear me up about that, in a not too technical way? Thank you very much, brynn

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who makes Inkscape's icons?
by Brynn 18 Aug '15

18 Aug '15

Hi Friends, Mostly out of curiosity, I wonder who makes Inkscape's icons? Is there usually one person who does it? Or does whoever creates tools or features have the honor or responsibility to make the icons? I know that it's possible to use different or custom icon sets, if one either wants to create their own, or they install some that someone else made. But who creates the icons that ship with Inkscape? I guess I'm talking about .../share/icons/icons.svg. Thanks :-) brynn

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