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how to create new filters
by Brynn 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

Hi Friends, For a long time I've been trying to learn how to create new Inkscape filters. I mean starting from scratch, not just building on existing filters. I've been able to do some very simple things, but my efforts usually devolve into one at a time, trying every option available. By sheer chance, I sometimes end up with something that might be useful. It would be so very helpful if someone could write a guide, which explains the basic concepts. I think I've finally managed to work out how the Filters Editor works. But I'm missing the basic concepts which would help me make decisions about 'what to do next'. I have contacted people who I know have created filters, who know how to do it, but without success in finding the info needed. And I thought about adding this to the Community To-Do List page. It's a lot like the need for a guide to writing extensions, I guess. But for some reason, it seems to me like more of a request for a tutorial, and that's not exactly what that page is for (I don't think). Although if it seems to the website team like it's appropriate, I can see to adding it there. But otherwise, I thought I'd just make a request to the user community. Can anyone either volunteer to write such a tutorial? Or otherwise point me (and everyone) to some resources for learning how? Thank you very much :-) brynn

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Fwd: Website is Back up
by Maren Hachmann 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

Forwarded message from Martin Owens to the dev mailing list (sent about 10 hours ago): Dear All, The database came back online 7 minutes ago, and the website has been turned from read-only (sqlite) to inkscape_live (MySQL). All downloads and errors should be solved from now. Thank you to everyone for being patient and please contact the various user groups to let them know the process is done and things are back up. Best Regards, Martin Owens Website Administrator

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Easy size bend and pattern along path LPE's
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

Hi to all! Here are my last branch ready for review! https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/bend_and_pattern_alon g_path_width_modified_by_point_parameter The video in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSzqKL2POW4 Also i lost in You Tube make public this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21C3tsYdBEI Is a LPE from Ivan Louette mind in review process by Nathan Hurst. All The Best!

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Fw: [Inkscape-devel] Website Down
by Brynn 31 Jul '15

31 Jul '15

Original address for user list was wrong. So this is just sending the message to the user list. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...155...> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:17 PM To: "inkscape-devel" <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>; <inkscape-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net>; <inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Website Down > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Website Down
by Brynn 31 Jul '15

31 Jul '15

Hah! Yes, I just got a fatal delivery error (from my isp) on that reply. It definitely does not work either way ;-) brynn -------------------------------------------------- From: "Brynn" <brynn@...3089...> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 11:34 PM To: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...155...>; "inkscape-devel" <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>; <inkscape-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net>; <inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Website Down > Hi Everyone, > A couple of thoughts. > I think this message did not go to the User list, because of the "s" in > the > address, right before the "@" > (inkscape-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net<inkscape-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net>). > At least I didn't receive it there. > > This has been plaguing me, ever since I joined the list (not getting > messages addressed to the user list, in my user list folder). I thought > the > problem was I just can't seem to get my mail rules set properly. I threw > my > hands up and finally gave up a couple of months ago. Now I just noticed > the > extra "s" in Martin's message, and looked up the actual address (on SF, > since site is still down) to confirm. > > It looks like the real address does not contain that "s" and I wonder if > other people have the address with the extra "s"? Maybe that explains > messages addressed to inkscape-users@...3155... not showing in my User List > folder? > Maybe other people have done that too? OR....does it somehow work both > ways > (and I still don't have my rules correct)? > > Shall I announce in forums about the website being down info? Or will > going > to User list be enough? > > All best, > brynn > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...155...> > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:17 PM > To: "inkscape-devel" <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>; > <inkscape-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net>; > <inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Website Down > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-devel mailing list >> Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Combining text converts to path
by Brynn 29 Jul '15

29 Jul '15

Hi Friends, I just stumbled on this and find it surprising. I just want to make sure there's not some reason for this, before I at least consider reporting it (one way or another). If you combine 2 text objects (Path menu > Combine) they become paths! I realize that Combine is a command(?) for paths. (Or at least it's supposed to work on paths, if "command" isn't the correct word.) When I tried it, out of curiosity, I expected to get an error message in the status bar that one or both objects is not a path. So I was surprised that the text was converted to paths. Actually I was hoping it might combine 2 or more text objects into 1 text object. Yes, I know the proper way to do it is cut/paste. But that can be tedious, and I was hoping combine might just do that quickly. (And yes, I thought about grouping, but I didn't want a group. I wanted a text object. Hhmm, after further testing, this must be intentional, because combining 2 or more shapes converts them to path as well. Wow, and using combine on just 1 shape object converts it to a path too. Let's see....yes, using combine on a Group of shapes converts them to a single compound path! I can see where this can be convenient, especially it saves a couple of steps for a group -- if one knows about it. But is it really appropriate? Hhmm, well this is inconsistent then. When combine is used on a group of 2 text objects, it's changed to a compound path, but it's still ID'd as a group of 2. Shouldn't it throw an error in these situations, rather than convert to path? And for the group of text, the "Group of 2" seems incorrect....assuming this whole 'combine converts to path' is intentional in the first place. Thanks for any comments, brynn

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Problem with snapping
by Pierre Massat 27 Jul '15

27 Jul '15

Dear all, I am new to Inkscape, and I'm very much in the discovery phase. I'm trying to understand how snapping works (I am aware of the snap controls bar, of the snap tab in the preferences, and of the snap tab in the document's properties). It seems to work all right when creating a new object. However no snapping happens when moving an existing object. This behavior is very counter-intuitive to me. In GIMP for instance when snapping is enabled it works when moving objects too. Is this the normal behavior ? If yes, how can I do precision work when copy-pasting objects (I need to draw a timeline, with 120 rectangles, one for each month for 10 years) ? Thank you very much in advance for your help. Pierre.

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0.91 display issue
by Brynn 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

Hi Friends, I'm using 0.91 and this is in the 32-bit (exe installer) version, on Windows 7, sp1, 64-bit. This problem does Not appear in the 64-bit version. And I haven't seen it in any other image. I'm not sure what it is about this image, that might be causing this. Attached are 2 screenshots of the display issue, as well as the SVG file. In the past, when I see this sort of problem, it's related to a large file size, and can be fixed (temporarily) by scrolling the affected part of the image off the screen, and scrolling back. But this is (a) not a large file, and actually quite small, and (b) not affected by scrolling. It is affected by zooming though. The screenshot was made at 847% zoom. As I zoom in or out, those lines move to different places, and more or fewer lines appear, as the zoom changes. But the only way to get rid of the lines is to zoom 200% or below, and I just can't see the image well enough to work on, at that size. So I can't figure out how to keep working on this image. If this is a bug, it's probably already been reported (or at least known). But if not, let me know and I will report it. Mostly I'm posting to find out if anyone knows what's causing this, and how I can get rid of the lines. They make it hard to work in the area of the artifacts, because the artifacts don't move....or rather they do move. If I move the object, the artifacts move right along with it. I suppose I could change the zoom by ten percent at a time, to try to force the artifacts into a different area. But I'm hoping for better solution. I thought it might be some corruption of the file, since I have not seen this problem in any other image, that I've worked on in 0.91. But I pasted the drawing into a new blank file, and still see the artifacts (that's inks-display-issue2.png). Hhmmm....there is an imported raster image in a hidden and locked layer, which I switched to Optimize Speed display, so I could see the pixels. Maybe somehow related to that....except that I've done that in other, much larger files (where I've zoomed much higher), and didn't see these artifacts. Thanks for any info or tips to fix it :-) All best, brynn

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vector-effect: non-scaling stroke
by m .h. van der velde 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

Hi all, I’m playing with SVG content generated outside Inkscape that uses the ViewBox property. I’m experiencing two problems there, can somebody maybe help me with that? 1) It seems like inscape ignores the ‘non-scaling stoke’ vector effect. My view box is 30 x 60 (no units) large, the stroke width is 1px. But is seems like Inscape interprets it as 1 view box unit - and draws the stroke way to thick. 2) The same seems to apply to text. The font size seems to be interpreted as view box units, no matter what unit I define for the font-size (pt, mm, px) Also, the interpretation of the font size seems to differ between browsers and operating systems! Sometimes rendering the font way to large and sometimes way to big. And, related to 1) and 2), I noticed when saving a SVG from Inkscape, that Inkscape doesn’t define any unit but the SVG’s work fine and accurate. Even if I define a box to be 100mm x 100mm. Is there a ‘conversion’ between mm and ‘units’ going on somewhere. Is there a convention how units in SVG correlate to ‘real world’ dimensions such as mm or inches? Thanks for your help! Maarten (Btw, I would love to mention the website that generates these SVG's, but I do not know if it’s appropiate to do so?)

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Creating flow diagrams with Inkscape
by W. Martin Borgert 04 Jul '15

04 Jul '15

Hi, in the past, I created flow diagrams (e.g. https://xkcd.com/627/) using Dia. While Dia is a marvellous program for such kind of diagrams, it is quite limited in its design and layout capabilities. Now I'm looking into Inkscape, but I encountered some problems: I draw a create a rectangle and place a text object inside and align the text object horizontally and vertically with the square: +‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾+ | Ask someone | | for help | +_____________+ Later on, I change the text: +-------------+ | Ask someone | | for help | | or give up. | +-------------+ Unfortunately, now I have to re-align again. Is there any way to do this automatically like in Dia? Also, I would like to adjust the height of the box accordingly. If this is not possible out of the box, but would it be possible to write a Python script/plugin to do it? Can Inkscape run a plugin automatically e.g. on every text change? TIA & Cheers

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