Dear all,

I just bought the nice book "Inkscape, Guide to a Vector Drawing Program" and I have a problem in the chapter "A neon Sign - Animation" at the page 74.
Indeed I have a problem with the paragraph "Lighting up the arrow". It is written :

"The outer path will be our clip-path.
Select both the clip-path and the “Arrow-Glow” path. You may have to use the XML Editor dialog to
select the “Arrow-Glow” path first before adding the clipping path to the selection. Apply the clip with
the Object → Clip → Set command. Finally group the two “Arrow” paths into a Group with the
label “Arrow”."

But I dnon't find the clue to achieve this part.
Does anybody have a good advice.

Thanks in advance,

Fred

Which part are you having trouble with, in particular? Grouping the paths, labeling the group, something else?

I have a problem with grouping the paths

To group the paths, make sure they are both selected, and then press Ctrl-G. Or you can click the Object menu and then Group option. There's also a button on the toolbar for grouping all selected objects (and one for ungrouping).

Once you've created the group (and it's still selected), you can label it by pressing Shift-Ctrl-O, or Object Properties from the Object menu.