Thx :) As I said, that is always the last option... But now I have an idea - I regularly use Notepad++ which has syntax highlighting capabilities (and pretty advanced). These already contain XML code syntax, so I could ask around Notepad++ forums for a way to trim the XML syntax highlighting to just...

Unfortunately I am not proficient in programming (although you have no idea how much I would like to... no time no TIME!!!), so I can only take final solutions...

I am on WinXP.

What I have in mind is a way to either:

- display and let me edit only the text elements from an SVG file - the best possible solution

- or to highlight the text elements (not the tags around it) so that I am easily able to see and edit them - slower, but also manageable

Hi folks, I have a project involving text inside an SVG in Inkscape, which would need to be translated (which is easier to do externally than to edit the SVG in Inkscape directly). True, I can open the XML in any editor and search for the "text" elements and go from there, but this would b...

I would like to get the tree areas looking like on this picture for instance...

This might also be a repeating pattern by glancing over the picture, but if that is true, then at least it is a well-designed one...

Hi Rob,

thx... will check it out but I am yet to be convinced about this being viable for wargaming maps...

But will try and report back

Hi folks, I am creating geomorphic terrain maps for a tabletop wargame and am searching for a way (if it is possible) to create a random or randomized tree/forrest pattern. So far I have a forrest pattern, but as it is created as a pre-defined rectangle filled with small hand-drawn bezier curves, an...

Thx!

That is the reason I tried resizing it with the Text Tool and failed before, as I only a clicked and entered text (which of course then did not go) and did not make a text box first.

Hi,

is it possible to resize the textbox without scaling the text in it?

I know about the "flow into frame" but that is one action more to perform (making the frame).

J.

Inkscape's built in tracer can't do this. But apparently Autotrace can. Give it a try . Thx microugly. Talked with Potrace author and he also suggested Autotrace. So I tried it but without a frontend for Windows I am unable to see the results I want (and adjust the parameters dynamically). Command-...

Hi, does Inkscape have the ability to vectorize bitmap lines to a single vector line instead to a shape enclosing the width of the original Line from both sides? I tried to play with the settings but did not find such a thing. The point is, when I vectorize a bitmap scheme (B/W top-down vehicle sche...

HI Christian,

for instance you can use horizontal and vertical Guides. You can set them up precisely with mm/cm/px/... parameters and then you have to enable the "Align to Guides" in the Document Settings.

In the newest Inkscape I think you can also use rotated guides.

HI, certainly. Inkscape can be used for such things. I am not sure how to use the Tablet with it (as I dont have one ;) but I guess some other users can report (and it is certainly there). Some intermittent way to get the work into vector is to trace the bitmap from Photoshop. I can say it gives per...