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PPP
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22 Oct '13

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Rounded corners
by Abrolag 22 Oct '13

22 Oct '13

For some reason, every time I try to draw a square I get rounded corners. I don't want this but can't find out how to stop it, so currently I draw squares by using the draw lines tool and making a closed shape. This is daft! This problem has onl;y occurred since I moved from debian stable to debian testing. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

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Inkscape Website: Translation Instructions
by Martin Owens 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

Hey Devs and Users, I've updated the wiki explaining the new Inkscape website's translation instructions. New translations have accidentally overwritten the English content in some places (especially the front page) so to avoid this I've put together a brief explanation of why the front page is hard to edit. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/WebSite#Translations Please do copy plugins into your local language instead of editing the English versions. All editors are reminded that each language can have different plugins for the same content-location if they wish. Website: http://staging.inkscape.org If you don't have an account and would like to help get content ready, login and send me an email so I can enable staff privileges for you and have you editing the CMS. Happy Editing, Martin Owens

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Problem about Paint bucket
by Ravindrasingh A. Patil 06 Oct '13

06 Oct '13

Hello Team User Inkscape, I am new to this area and self learning Inkscape. My problem is--- when I try to fill using Paint bucket tool, program Inkscape is forced to close due to Runtime error. Until now it was working, but don't know if ever I changed preferences or something else and paint bucket has started malfunctioning. Please help! Or am I at wrong place to ask this question? Thanks and regards! --Ravindrasingh

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Import clip art question.
by Henry W. Peters 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

Hi, Just installed Sabayon Linux with a KDE desktop... I installed Inkscape 0.48. When I go to File --> Import... expecting to find import clip art... not there. Question: What to do to enable it...? (I pasted 'openclipart.org' in the import/export preferences, didn't help). Thanks for any advice. Henry

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Thanks
by Joe Shevland 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

I've dabbled in the past few years with Inkscape, and for me it was a bit like the GIMP - served a purpose but felt a bit unwieldy. I've recently been doing a few favicon's with the latest release, and SVG images for a game's splash screen, and I'm just extremely impressed with what you people involved have put together with Inkscape. Bloody good job, and thankyou. A brilliant effort. Cheers, Joe

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joint-and-wire-type polylines/fixed length line segments?
by Amy 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

Hi, I'm after some functionality in Inkscape but unfortunately I don't know what it's called, but I will try to describe it: 1. I draw a polyline (a path of straight line segments with a few nodes). 2. I use the node tool to grab one of the nodes and reposition it. Currently in Inkscape when I do (2) the line segments either side of the node adjust their lengths to accomodate the new position of the node. What I'm after is where the entire line is treated as if the segments were *rigid* (i.e. fixed length) and think of the nodes as hinges. So I drag one of the nodes to a new position, and by virtue of the fixed length line segments the rest of the line is dragged with the node, to some extent. For example you could imagine if I had a straight line with two segments and nodes A/B/C: (A) --- (B) --- (C) If I grab (B) and drag it upwards, this is what Inkscape does (on the left) compared to what I want (on the right): (B) | (B) / \ | / \ / \ | / \ / \ | (A) (C) / \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | (A) (C) | (it renders OK for me in monospace) On the left, the segments AB and BC are lengthened and A and C remain in their original positions. On the right, AB and BC preserve their length, and as a result the entire line is dragged upwards. The particulars of exactly how (A) and (C) reposition themselves is not important to me, as long as they act in a way consistent with AB and BC having the same length before and after. 1. what is this feature called (so I can ask about it/search for it better)? 2. Does Inkscape support this? (say I can toggle between the fixed-length and variable-length modes)? cheers, Amy

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divide overlapping objects
by Maarten van der Velde 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

If I have three overlapping objects (closed paths), is there a easy way to 'split them up'/divide them using the borders where they intersect? The 'boolean operations' seem to either divide one object by the other, removing the top-most one, *or* cut the path (outline) of one using the other. Conceptually, if I got three cirlcles, each one overlapping partially all the others, after this operation, I'd like to end up with 7 separated parts. Thanks!

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How to have different markers along each node of a polyline?
by Amy 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Hi all, I'm trying to write an Inkscape extension that has the following functionality: 1. I create a polyline in Inkscape and select it. 2. My extension takes in a string of predefined tokens, the same number as there are nodes in the polyline, e.g. "square, circle, triangle, circle, circle". 3. The extension places a square at the first node of the polyline, a circle at the second, triangle at the third, circle at the fourth, circle at the fifth (includes end points). I would like the resulting line-with-pictures to still be a line in that I can go to the node editor and adjust the nodes of my polyline (it's just that the nodes have pictures on them now). How can I achieve this in Inkscape or in SVG? (Is this the appropriate list for this question, or should I send to inkscape-devel?) This makes me think that what I want is to specify *custom* markers along a line. I.e. not just marker-start, marker-end and marker-mid, but more of a marker-sequence (so that the middle markers can be different from each other). Is this possible? If not, is there some other way to do this? Perhaps I can do this with connectors instead so that my sequence of square -- connecter -- circle -- connector -- triangle -- connector -- circle -- connector -- circle still *acts* like a line with markers at each node in inkscape (though in SVG it is not "truly" a polyline with markers). I've been trying to read up on connects, but is there further documentation available? In particular, I think I've worked out how to set "inkscape:connector-(type|curvature)" and "inkscape:connection-(start|end)", but what is "inkscape:connection-(start|end)-point"? On examining the XML of a test connector I drew in Inkscape, it was set to "d4" for all the connectors I drew and I'm not sure what this signifies. Also when I convert my path to connectors in my extension, is it up to me to calculate where the path would intersect with the edge of the node? For example if I connect a star to a rectangle I notice that in Inkscape the connector only starts and ends at the edges of the objects, even though the "true" connection handle is in the centre. Is there some convenience function in the Python modules somewhere for me to work out where the polyline would intersect with my node picture (particularly for more complex shapes, like a star)? cheers, Amy

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Help Test a Bug
by Martin Owens 17 Sep '13

17 Sep '13

Hey Users, We're trying to clear blocking bugs and one that is quite hard to test needs your help: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1106031 If you're using trunk builds (i.e. from the inkscape testing ppa or other very recent build) then I'd like your help by following these instructions and letting me know if you can get inkscape to crash or not: 1. Save this file: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1106031/+attachment/3606346/+files… 2. Open in inkscape (trunk) 3. Run Extension > Color > Randomise 4. Close inkscape Repeat a couple of times. If you get a crash let me know, if it doesn't crash. Also let me know. Because the code implicated has changed so much, I believe the bug to be fixed already, let's prove it and knock this blocking bug out the way. Thanks for your help, Best Regards, Martin Owens

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