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Aloone_Jonez · « **on:** 14 August 2005, 20:25 »

I just discovered Inkscape has anyone else used it before?

From first impressions it seems quite cool but I've found it quite slow (this might be due to my shitty on board graphics card). However it's only version 0.42 so it's still in beta phase and it's still very impressive. I think I'll sitck with using OpenOffice draw for vector graphics, and I'll check this out from time to time.

DBX_5 · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 August 2005, 20:42 »

looks tantalizing!
zeta supports SVG graphics, and so does BeOS R5 if you get the new tracker beta for it.

Aloone_Jonez · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 August 2005, 21:11 »

There are already Mac OS and Windows ports for Inkscape, I wonder how easy it is to compile under BeOS, does BeOS have a gcc compatable compiler?

How about graphics, is BeOS in anyway compatable with X.org or is there an X fronend available?

DBX_5 · « **Reply #3 on:** 14 August 2005, 21:19 »

yes, X was made for it, but it only works on Zeta (tried many times with the developer to get it to work on R5, it did not)

btw- Nvu just got ported to BeOS today.
http://bebits.com/app/4198

muzzy · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 August 2005, 22:25 »

Inkscape is pretty good, especially as they've started introducing some really good stuff in the latest versions. It still has a lot of issues, non-intuitive things all around the program, and some things are just a mess. The controls are not very polished, but getting better in each new version I've tried.

Definitely worth trying out

Here's something I made in Inkscape, although I never finished it. It'd still need a lot of work: http://muzzy.net/files/spoontux-2.jpg

Aloone_Jonez · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 August 2005, 22:59 »

Hi muzzy, long time no see, you seem like an Inkscape expert so I hop you can answer this dumb newb question:

How do I create holes in shapes?

This was easy in OpenOffice, is it possible in Inkscape?

worker201 · « **Reply #6 on:** 15 August 2005, 20:37 »

Quote from: Aloone_Jonez

How do I create holes in shapes?
This was easy in OpenOffice, is it possible in Inkscape?

Draw a rectangle, and another rectangle inside it. Select both, and go to Path > Difference. Voila, a hole in your rectangle.

If you don't like menu commands, you can just hit Ctrl+- (that's control dash, or, semantically speaking, control minus)

Still nowhere near Illustrator, but at least someone got this project rolling.

Aloone_Jonez · « **Reply #7 on:** 15 August 2005, 22:31 »

Thanks, be prepared to expect more dumb questions like this.

Kintaro · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 August 2005, 18:41 »

This program seems pretty neat.

Raaaad.

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