Questions tagged [inkscape]
Inkscape is a GPL-licensed vector graphics program. Inkscape is commonly used as an alternative to Adobe Illustrator, similar to how GIMP is a common alternative to Adobe Photoshop.
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How is bash autocompletion for Inkscape tied to dbus and how can I stop it?
Recently i noticed that when i try to "tab-tab" complete a filename for some gtk applications (i do not use gnome) i get dbus errors. for example: $ inkscape pu (tab-tab, to complete the ...
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Convert SVG to PNG using the command line with '-w' and '-h' values applied as a "box"
Here is an SVG image from Wikipedia: (Downloadable version: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/CH-Hinweissignal-Wegweiser_f%C3%BCr_Hauptstrassen.svg) <?xml version="1.0" ...
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Screen or canvas not updated for Inkscape on Debian bookworm and XFCE
I encounter a problem with Inkscape on Debian bookworm with XFCE and X11. I ask my question here because I suspect that the problem might be linked to something else than Inkscape (compositor maybe?). ...
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Where does Inkscape 1.x get path settings from?
In Inkscape 1.02 on Gentoo Linux I see several duplicate paths in the system settings window (open with CTRL + SHIFT + P) I would like to drop obsolete/duplicate paths. Where does Inkscape get these ...
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How to view a big svg file?
I have a big SVG file (~200MB): it's a graph with very precise data. However when gzipped into graph.svgz its size is around 3 MB, so you see it's very repetitive data. When I attempt to open it, ...
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Inkscape and uniconverter
Started working in Inkscape and after drawing a few boxes I am being bombarded by a billion pop-ups with this warning: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/uniconvertor", line 13, in &...
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Automatic conversion of Inkscape <=0.91 files to the new 0.92 CSS format
Inkscape 0.92 asks the user if old files should be converted to match the new resolution. I aligned all old pictures in units of millimetre. How can I convert all old files with a script? Is there an ...
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Install Inkscape 0.91 on Debian Weezy
There is no Debian Wheezy build of latest (0.91) stable version of Inkscape (https://inkscape.org/en/download/linux/). So i can't use Apt. I have try to obtain source code using Bazaar. First I ...