First I&#39;d like to say that I&#39;m very impressed with the level of talent and artistry in the inkscape community.&nbsp; Makes a hobbyist like me feel like a definite poser. <br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">The L-System
</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">I really like this feature.&nbsp; I was just using it to draw the the teeth on a gear.&nbsp; I don&#39;t fully understand how it works though.&nbsp; Obviously A though F will draw a line forward the specified number of steps.&nbsp; G though L move the cursor without drawing.&nbsp; + and - designate a right and left turn respectively and | (i think it&#39;s the pipe symbol) is 180 degree turn.&nbsp; 
<br><br>I am having a hard time with the &quot;[&quot; and &quot;]&quot; that designate remember point on stack and return to point on stack, what&#39;s meant by Axiom, and what happens if an X or Y is thrown into the function definition.&nbsp; 
<br><br>Also, does anyone know a good page/reference for most of the famous fractals?&nbsp; <br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whirl<br></span>Whirl also has me a little stumped.&nbsp; I would think that x,y coordinate specified in the dialog would define the axis of rotation.&nbsp; I&#39;ve tried several times to make an object whirl around it&#39;s center of mass/symmetry without any luck.&nbsp; I&#39;ve use the points designated by the selection dialog which didn&#39;t seem to work.&nbsp; I&#39;m guessing it&#39;s one of the corners of the bounding box.&nbsp; The I tried putting guides through what I thought was the center and using those values.&nbsp; No luck there either.&nbsp; 
<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">My System<br><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span>My system seems to get really bogged down when ever I have any significant amount of nodes/objects for inkscape to keep track of.&nbsp; I&#39;m running Windows XP with a 
2.4 GHz Celeron and 640 MB of ram.&nbsp; I think this is going to become a significant source of headaches for me in the near future.&nbsp; I want to upgrade.&nbsp; Thoughts about minimum requirements for working comfortably on a Mac?&nbsp; I was thinking of trying a Linux system, but decided against it after installing Fedora Core 6 on my PC.&nbsp; I ran into too many compatibility issues with modems, monitor, printers, and other input devices. But, that&#39;s a discussion for another forum.&nbsp; 
<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br><br>Thanks for some great software.&nbsp; I hope I can contribute in the project in the near future.&nbsp; <br><br>~Aaron<br>