Re: The one Inkscape frustration affecting me

*"If you need current info that is directed at Inkscape beginners, try the*

*free online in-progress
bookhttp://write.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/_draft/_v/2.9/why-use-inkscape/
<http://write.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/_draft/_v/2.9/why-use-inkscape/>"*

That site still refers to the old Trace Bitmap dialog box.

Whatever happened to the Edge Detection option, anyway?

Paul


On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 1:43 PM Maren Hachmann <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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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