Re: The one Inkscape frustration affecting me

Am 03.09.2018 um 19:13 schrieb Dwain Alford:
> hi steve,
> here's a review on "the book of inkscape, the definitive guide to the
> free graphics editor" by dmitry kirsanov. he is a core inkscape
> developer, author and graphic designer, specializing in website and logo
> design.  https://wordpress.com/post/wdalford.wordpress.com/5

Dwain, thanks for suggesting possible ways to learn about Inkscape!

There aren't many recent books about Inkscape, unfortunately, and this
one (from 2009) is no exception in this.

I think, though, a lot probably still works the same, even if the book
is 9 years old by now...

If you need current info that is directed at Inkscape beginners, try the
free online in-progress book
http://write.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/_draft/_v/2.9/why-use-inkscape/
.

Or the tutorials that come with Inkscape (Help > Tutorials) are a good
start too, as well as Brynn's collection of tutorials here:
https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php

Maren

> cheers,
> dwain
> 
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 11:03 PM, Steve Litt <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     Inkscape is one of the best pieces of software I use. It's sometimes
>     hard to use, but the concept of drawing is very complex, so there's
>     only so simple Inkscape can be made.
> 
>     The one Inkscape thing that gets me is switching between having the
>     stroke grow or shrink with the object, when the object is grown or
>     shrunk, as opposed to having the stroke width stay constant.
> 
>     I've given up and just scale rectangles in rectangle mode, or if I need
>     to grow something big (perhaps because it's in a group), I just have to
>     manually change the stroke width EDT (Every Darn Time).
> 
>     I know there's a toggle for this somewhere, but I can't find it in the
>     docs or in experimentation. Wherever this toggle is, it should be
>     shouted from the rooftops in the Inkscape documentation, and also made
>     very obvious and prominent in the menu system, which is the best route
>     toward discovery.
> 
>     By the way, help->Inkscape_Manual fails to bring up a web page on my
>     system. It would be great if you had a copy-and-pasteable (and perhaps
>     clickable) URL of the manual on the Help->About window.
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     SteveT
> 
>     Steve Litt
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