Inkscape glossary

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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''': a type of fill consisting of a repeating tiling of shapes.

* '''Gradient''': a type of fill consisting of multiple colors. Radial and Linear gradients are available. Consists of two or more colors which have the intermediary shades colored by the computer.

* '''Text''': readable symbols that stand for ideas. Can be modified and bent for many effects.

* '''Group''':

* '''Layer''': a vertical slice of an image whole. Imagine multiple pieces of transparent glass stacked on top of one another. One can draw on one, draw on another, and move them around separately without affecting each other.

* '''Clone''': a new object that has the exact same properties as the object cloned. Can be separately edited from the initial object.

== Canvas ==

* '''Document''': the file as a whole. Objects, layers, effect, and everything are contained in the document.

* '''Canvas''': What the objects reside on. Only the canvas is visible. Objects placed off of the canvas are not visible.

* '''Page''':

* '''Grid''': a drawing guideline.

* '''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 ==
To make the toolbar visible, select View -> Show/Hide -> Toolbar from the menu.

=== Selector tool ===

'''Shortcut:''' F1 
'''Shortcut:''' Alt + Left Drag

Allows selection of objects with the mouse. Left-clicking on the object will select it. Clicking objects with "Shift" clicked will select addition objects. Clicking again will deselect the object. Holding "Alt" and dragging the mouse around the campus will produce a red line. All objects that this red line passes through will be selected.

=== Node tool ===

'''Shortcut:''' F2

Allows editing of individual nodes in objects. Resizing shapes, morphing their shape, and creating "pie-slices" out of ellipses.

=== Zoom tool ===

'''Shortcut:''' F3 
'''Shortcut:''' Ctrl + Scroll Wheel

Allows the user to hold the canvas either closer or farther away. When the tool is selected it can be used two ways. The Left Mouse button can be dragged to create a box that will become the new screen size. This is to zoom in. Or the "Shift" button can be held, and the Left Mouse button can be clicked to zoom out.

=== Rectangle tool ===

'''Shortcut:''' F4

Draws four-sided, 2-Dimensional polygons. The "Ctrl" key can be held to draw perfect squares.

=== Ellipse tool ===
'''Shortcut:''' F5

Draws polygons with an infinite number of sides. The "Ctrl" key can be held to draw perfect circles.

=== Star tool ===
'''Shortcut:''' *

Allows stars and other multi-sided polygons to be created. The number of corners and the spoke ratio can be edited making it possible to create pentagons, stars, and pentagrams, each consisting of only one object.

=== Spiral tool ===

'''Shortcut:''' F9

Creates spirals. The numbers of turns, the inner radius, and the divergence from normal inside spacing.

=== Pencil tool ===
'''Shortcut:''' F6

To preserve consistency, please do not refer to this tool as freehand tool. Pencil tool (freehand) is better to use.

Draws lines like a pencil. Clicking and then clicking elsewhere creates straight lines. Clicking and dragging freehands. Pressing "Ctrl" and then releasing lifts the pencil. Dragging again will put the pencil back to the canvas.

=== Pen tool ===

'''Shortcut:''' Shift + F6

To preserve consistency, please do not refer to this tool as Bezier tool. Pen tool (Bezier) is better to use.

Clicking and then clicking elsewhere will draw straight lines. Clicking again will draw a line from the second point. Clicking and dragging will create the first half of a Bezier curve, the second half to be created a click later. Holding "Shift" while dragging will draw only one half of the Bezier curve and will continue onto straight lines afterward.

=== Calligraphy tool ===

'''Shortcut:''' Ctrl + F6

Great for writing Japanese characters. A tablet is recommended as pressure sensitivity easily controls the thickness of the line.

=== 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]]
[[InkscapeTerminology/sk|Slovak terminology]]

[[Category:User Documentation]]

Talk:Frequently asked questions

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== Windows installer for 0.45? ==

FAQ claims a self-contained installer for Windows XP. Release 0.45 seems to be missing this.

Yes, it is possible to download an archive of 0.45 executables and libraries, but there seems to be no installer that would register file types to the executables and create menu entries, etc.

Is there a maintenance release coming with a Windows installer?

[[User:metaed|MetaEd]]

== Download Inkscape ==

Since I really enjoy working with graphics [i basically use mspaint] and subscribe to 'computer tips' thru worldstart, they have led me to your program called 'Inkscape'.

I was wondering where I can acquire it at?

==.ai?==
This FAQ says that inkscape can save in .ai format, but I don't see that option in version 0.44 under the save dialog. --[[User:Axiom|Axiom]] 14:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC

===Mac 10.4 ?===
How do I make Inkscape work on a Mac with 10.4? The X.11 was installed--how do I make it active?

== how about a 'select adjacent nodes' shortcut key ==

If you've ever used Wings 3D, you're probably familiar with hitting the + key or - key to expand or decrease the number of vectors in the current selection. I keep wishing I could do the same with nodes in Inkscape (how about with '''Alt''' + '''+''' and '''Alt''' + '''-''').

:In 0.45, it's pgup/pgdn or mouse wheel while the mouse is over a node.

===Scale by percent?===
I am a teacher of mathematics to future teachers, and would like to use Inkscape with my students for learning certain mathematical topics (mostly transformations.) However, in Inkscape, the scaling is % more than, not % of. While this may be the way that some graphics people like to think, it's not ideal for learning math.

1) It doesn't agree with the conventions in other software: AI, AppleWorks, MS Paint, Freehand,... OpenOffice is even worse: you have to say the actual amount more, not the percent more.

2) It makes certain key mathematical concepts less accessible: Twice as big is multiplying by 2 or 200%, a 15% tax on an amount is 115% of the amount, etc.

Is there some way you could include this alternate way of scaling? (Yes, I realize you can put in the coordinates for the affine transformation as a matrix, but I'm working with elementary teachers.)

== changing locale under windows ==

(Concerning '''I am working on a machine with operating system xxx which has default language yyy set, but I want to work with Inkscape menus in language zzz (most likely English), how can I set this?''')

Under linux being no problem but under windows there seems to be no solution to change the locale on a system with turkish XP to be german. That's a bit - ah - strange...! At least one should be able to set something like <tt>set LANG=de_DE</tt> as environment variable. --[[User:Katpatuka|Katpatuka]] 19:24, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

What about changing locale for the win32 installer? Is that possible? [[User:Helix84|Helix84]] 13:58, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

O Inkscape

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Helix84:

Inkscape je open source vektorový grafický editor používajúci formát World Wide Web Konzorcia ([[W3C]]) pre škálovateľnú vektorovú grafiku (SVG). Medzi podporované vlastnosti SVG patria základné tvary, cesty, text, zakončenia čiar, klony, alfa blending, transformácie, farebné prechody a zoskupovanie. Naviac, Inkscape podporuje metadáta Creative Commons, úpravu uzlov, vrstvy, komplexné operácie s cestami, text na ceste, text v tvare a upravovanie XML zdroja SVG. Tiež importuje niekoľko formátov akoEPS, PostScript, JPEG, PNG, BMP a TIFF a exportuje PNG ako aj viaceré vektorové formáty.

Skvelé príklady, čo Inkscape dokáže nájdete v [[Galleries|galériách]]. Alebo prečo neskočiť priamo do vody - [http://www.inkscape.org/download.php stiahnuť si ho] a skúsiť [http://inkscape.org/doc/basic/tutorial-basic.html návod]!

Ak chcete Inkscape rozumieť podrobnejšie, pozrite si [[InkscapeFeatures|zoznam vlastností]] a [[ProjectInfo|informácie o projekte]].

Category:About Inkscape

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Inkscape is an open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's ([[W3C]]) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons' metadata, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, text-in-shape, and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, PostScript, JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.

For some great examples of what Inkscape can do, see the [[Galleries|galleries]]. Or why not jump right in, [http://www.inkscape.org/download.php grab a copy], then try the [http://inkscape.org/doc/basic/tutorial-basic.html tutorial]!

To understand more about Inkscape, view the [[InkscapeFeatures|feature list]] and [[ProjectInfo|project information]].

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