Inkscape glossary

2008-07-16T21:11:57Z

DanielVonEhren: Sp

This is a beginning of an Inkscape glossary. Please respect it and contribute to it if you work on Inkscape UI. If you are doing translations, please create and link below a similar glossary for your language.

=General=

A good reference for SVG vocabulary is the [[http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/ SVG standard website]](hosted by the [W3C]) itself.

== Objects ==
* '''Object''': an independent editable thing on the canvas. May be a path, a shape, a text object, a group, etc.

* '''Path''': object, with nodes, but without handles. For example a line created using the Freehand tool.

* '''Live Shape''': an object that does not display nodes but may have controls. An example is a circle or star. A live shape can be converted to path by Convert to Path command.

* '''Node''': point of a path that you can manipulate with. If you use Node tool, then it is displayed as gray or blue (if selected) rectangle on a path. Shapes do not have nodes, only handles. Node can have one or two handles too - displayed as circles connected to node. They modify Bezier's tangents.

* '''Handle''':
** One of two points around a node, displayed (for selected nodes) as a circle connected with its node by a line (node handles);
** The arrows around the selected object in selector (scale handles, rotation handles);
** Points on a shape that can be dragged by node tool to edit the shape, displayed as small white diamonds (shape handles);
** The things that you drag on canvas to set the placement, direction, and size of a gradient or pattern (gradient handles, pattern handles). Internally this is called a Knot, but this is a deprecated term in user documentation.

* '''Stroke''': a visible outline of a shape or path. Not the same as path; a path may or may not have a stroke. If the stroke is present, it can be converted to path by Convert Stroke to Path command.
** '''Stroke shape''' (to be implemented): the dependency of the stroke width on distance along the stroke. Currently only constant-width strokes are supported.
** '''Stroke pattern''' (to be implemented): the representation of a stroke as a sequence of arbitrary objects positioned along the path.

* '''Fill''': is an optional attribute for objects and their strokes. It can be a color, a pattern, a gradient or even unset (no defined, allowing clones of the object to receive their own fill).

* '''Pattern''':

* '''Gradient''':

* '''Text''':

* '''Group''':

* '''Layer''':

* '''Clone''':

== Canvas ==

* '''Document''':

* '''Canvas''':

* '''Page''':

* '''Grid''':

* '''Guide''':

= User Interface =

== Document window ==
The main window, displaying the Canvas, Menus, Commands Bar, Toolbox, Tool Controls Bar, Status Bar, etc. Note that the same instance of the program may have several document windows. Some dialog are referred to as "windows" therefore it is important to distinguish between them and the Document window.

== Canvas ==
Main part, with optional border, rulers and scrollbars

== Menu ==
Bar at the top.

== Toolbox ==
Displaying the Tools icons, along the left side

=== Selector tool ===
=== Node tool ===
=== Zoom tool ===
=== Rectangle tool ===
=== Ellipse tool ===
=== Star tool ===
=== Spiral tool ===
=== Pencil tool ===
To preserve consistency, please do not refer to this tool as freehand tool. Pencil tool (freehand) is better to use.
=== Pen tool ===
To preserve consistency, please do not refer to this tool as Bezier tool. Pen tool (Bezier) is better to use.
=== Calligraphy tool ===
=== Text tool ===
=== Gradient tool ===
=== Color dropper tool ===

== Commands bar ==
Beneath the Menu, with buttons for commands like New, Open, ... Note that this one will likely be broken into many smaller toolbars, each covering one topic, so the user will be able to switch them on/off and rearrange. So this name is temporary.

== Tool Controls bar ==
Beneath the Commands bar. Has the controls for the currently active tool. Note the capitalization. One should not refer to it as the "Tool bar," nor is it a "Tool" edition of the "controls" variety of "bar". It's proper name should be "Tool Controls" bar.

== Status bar ==
Along the bottom side of the window

== Rulers ==

== Scrollbar ==

= Dialog Boxes =
From wikipedia: Dialog boxes are special windows which are used by computer programs or by the operating system to display information to the user, or to get a response if needed. They are so-called because they form a dialog between the computer and the user—either informing the user of something, or requesting input from the user, or both.

== Fill and Stroke ==

== Transform ==

== Gradients ==

== Swatches ==

== Text and fonts ==

== Align and Distribute ==

== Tile Clones ==

== Global Preferences ==

== Document Preferences ==

== Document Metadata ==

== Object Properties ==

== XML Editor ==

= Verbs (actions on objects) =
== on objects ==
* group
* ungroup

* clip
* mask

* pattern

* raise
* lower

* rotate

* flip

== on paths ==
=== create path(s) from object(s) ===
* object to path
* stroke to path
* trace bitmap

=== boolean operations ===
* union
* difference
* intersection
* exclusion
* division
* cut

=== manipulate paths ===
* combine
* break apart

* inset
* outset

* dynamic offset
* linked offset

* simplify
* reverse

== on texts ==
* put on path
* remove from path

* flow
* unflow

* convert to text

* remove kerning

== on layers ==

= Effects =
== Fretboard designer ==
Those effects focus on the drawing of fretboards. A fretboard is part of the infrastructure of a string instrument (guitar, violin...)
Some detailed information on the specific vocabulary of stringed instrument makers (luthiers) can be found here:
* [http://www.fretfind.ekips.org/ Aaron's web site] about Fretfind
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar Wikipedia]'s article about Guitars

== Generate from path ==

== Render ==
* L-System

== Modify path ==

= Inkboard =
== Jabber ==

= Inkview =

= Depreceated terms =
These are used inside the code. Never use them for documentation.

* knot (this may be a "handle", "control", "node" etc as seen by the user)
* item (use "object")
* desktop (use "canvas" or "document window" depending on context)
* event contexts (they are known to users as "tools")

= Words being used as verbs and names =
Translators, pay attention to those words that can be used in the interface either as verbs either as names or even either as adjectives
* Group
* Clone
* Unset

=See also=

[[RussianTerminology]]

[[Category:User Documentation]]

Inkscape Wiki - User contributions [en]

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