Re: [Inkscape-user] What features would you like to see in Inkscape?

Like a designer working for the press industry I will love to see inkscape supporting: Real CMYK. Spot inks. PDF/X-3 standard. Bleed settings and press marks. On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:23 PM, William Adams <will.adams@...3026...> wrote: On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Anna Morris wrote: > So, some a question - which features would > you just LOVE to see in Inkscape? What is > missing? A more efficient interface. It is much faster / efficient working in Macromedia FreeHand. Features which I miss include: - an easy way to select objects which are not on top --- Freehand used <Control>click for this - the ability to do math in measurement text fields (want an object to be 10 units wider? type +10 after its width and tap enter) - the ability to move selected node(s) and compleat object(s) - the ability to align a selected node against an object (or multiples) - It would be nice if InkScape would conform to industry-standard user interface conventions (usually Shift constrains when dragging, but it's Alt which does that when musing the pen tool) - wrapping tabs and all other text features which FreeHand had - the ability to put text inside a box w/ user-controllable insets all around, to set the fill and stroke for the box separately from the text and to have the box be auto-sizing to match the size of the text - graphics find and replace - more control over placement of UI elements - interactive controls for origin of text when placed on a path, ability to have a second line on a different part of the path Basically, just make it work like FreeHand, 'cause it solved the vector graphic interface problem a long while ago, and nothing has improved on it since, save for FutureWave SmartSketch (freeform / distortable paths) and Creaturehouse Expression (skeletal stroke technology). Interesting bit of reading on FreeHand here: http://www.enrichdesign.com/fhblog/ William