On 14/02/11 16:58, Thomas Holder wrote:
Andrew Atkinson wrote, On 02/14/11 17:05:
I know little about Inkscape, but got the basics. Using Inkscape 0.47 r22583 Ubuntu 10.04
So loaded up the add in, one question that does not affect its use, but might be important for update. All my others are in folders, but this just goes in as is (I did try it in a folder but it did not work.)
what is in folders, the plugin files?
See screen shot, the first 4 are in folders, the rest are just a long list. My thinking was on the lines of on expedition without internet, if all the files where in a folder, I could pass them on to someone else, very unimportant
It imported my th2 files fine, but with no background image, not sure if it was meant to. All the ones I tried had been from a PocketTopo import.
there is a hidden layer that should show your background image. Open the layers panel and un-hide it there.
Okay found the hidden layer, and switch on the legend, which is fine, but cannot get the background to show, relevant files attached (DieselDuck), hope it helps, could be just my poor use of inkscape, there are 2 background images in this file. Tied another, this time switching the image on gives a Linked image not found box
First impressions are impressive, all the wall types shown, if anything a little fine on the detail, sometimes had to zoom in a bit to tell the difference.
Then tried a new file, did not bother with a background image, just played, added walls and even different subtype of walls, okay they all came up the same but when saved and then reloaded they came out fine.
Annotation is not so elegant but can be done for selected elements from the menu with "Extensions > Therion > Set...". So you can change line type, for example draw a couple of rocks, select them all and then annotate as "line rock-border".
Can get this to work for most (all?) things apart from wall subtypes, I am entering it through Extensions-Therion-Set Line type..... However, saving it and reloading it and the subtype works.
you can change the subtype of the complete line by adding the -subtype option to the label. But changing the subtype within the line at a certain point is not supported since this concept does not exist in Inkscape. If you would allow the user to edit such a line, this information would be lost.
I do not tend to change subtype along a line.
Text along line labels and areas are preserved on import/export, but cannot be edited on the inkscape canvas, sorry.
Such is life, I'm always hopeful
Acutally, I intend to leave it as is for now. Of course any reasonable suggestion for improvement I will consider, that's why I asked for feedback :)
Hope this helps, and not sending you in the wrong direction, I must have now got the vast experience of 1 hour using Inkscape. Andrew
