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    Re: Xara LX updated!

    Sorry to disappoint but Suvek is right. This is just an update by one of the Ubuntu maintainers to keep the package building with recent compilers. The description of the patch is:



    In other...
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    Re: Special Characters

    This is a known bug since July 2006.

    http://bugzilla.xara.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362
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    Linux.com article

    Over the weekend Linux.com posted an article discussing lessons learned over the last two years of Xara's open source adventure.

    http://www.linux.com/feature/119790

    Best,
  4. Re: Giving up on Xara! It's not commercial software...

    I can sympathize too. I've only been using Xtreme regularly for ~1 year but I find I'm using it less and less and am unwilling to invest the time necessary for my proficiency with it to reach the...
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    Re: Gradients and transparencys not smooth

    I don't think this has anything to do with your monitor. The horizontal banding in your example image, which is quite obvious to me, is present in the original image. Attached is a screen shot of...
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    Re: Latest news

    If you have any specific suggestions for interface improvements I'm sure the Inkscape developers would like to hear them. They certainly spend a good deal of time thinking about how to optimize the...
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    Re: Latest news

    +1
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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    That is an interesting conclusion. One that I'm sure Industrial Light & Magic, Apple, IBM, Sun, Google, Intel, and numerous others would be interested in hearing. Perhaps another lesson that could be...
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    Re: The all new "Xara is inaccurate" thread!

    Well the 2 other graphics programs I have in front of me are Inkscape and Canvas. Both pass the rectangle - square test by producing an object with the correct 9 nodes. Based on other comments in...
  10. Re: Feature Request: LivePaint / Paint Bucket tool

    To get a little off topic I've always thought it would be really cool if some drawing program provided a simple interface to some of the livewire segmentation algorithms that get used in the...
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    Re: Can't Open or Import EPS files???

    Maybe I'm just unlucky. :)
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    Re: Can't Open or Import EPS files???

    I'm afraid you've hit upon one of Xtreme's major flaws, at least in my opinion. I have yet to come up with a useable workflow for getting EPS files produced by any other program into Xtreme. The fact...
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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    I am legitimately curious why XAR is better.

    Like I said, I'm not familiar with either format, however, I could probably guess at some reasons why XAR might be preferred. On the other hand, saying...
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    Re: first impressions of inkscape

    You could probably achieve a similar effect using some combination of objects with blur and transparency but it probably wouldn't be very easy or intuitive.

    On an unrelated note, I've finally...
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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    As someone who isn't familiar with the details of either XAR or SVG formats, I'm curious what makes SVG so offensive? Pointing to the minimal browser support seems like something of a straw man...
  16. Re: resizing horizontal or vertical lines bug

    This has been a known bug for a while:

    http://bugzilla.xara.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193

    Unfortunately as you've discovered, it's pretty tough to work around.
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    Re: first impressions of inkscape

    This, along with the precision available from the transform dialog, are a couple of the aspects of Inkscape that I find most usefull.



    I haven't had any problems with stability, but Inkscape...
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    Re: Xara and Inkscape, just a tip !

    Inkscape uses the SVG definition of a pixel which in turn is derived from the CSS specification. The CSS spec used to recommend a pixel density of 90dpi, in the absence of specific knowledge about...
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    Re: Intel Macs and Xara

    No. Parallels allows you to set up a virtual machine that you can install Windows on. Also note that the license of at least the Home version of Vista will not let you install it on a virtual...
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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    For an excellent analysis of why Xara's open source strategy isn't working I suggest anyone who is interested read this message by Carl Worth
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  21. Re: A great alternative to Xara Xtreme on Linux

    Its probably worth noting that ever since Inkscape 0.44 folks with a history of using Xara don't need to learn a new set of keyboard shortcuts.
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  22. Re: A great alternative to Xara Xtreme on Linux

    Unless, of course, Xara still wants contributions from the community.

    As it stands now if I am a developer who wants to spend some of my free time working on a vector drawing program I have a...
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    Re: Export TIFFs?

    I can export tiffs using Debian Etch as well.

    I seem to remember that most, if not all, of the export functionality is handled by ImageMagick so differences in how it is setup may effect what...
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    Re: No news are bad news

    I'm sure things have been a little hectic around Xara central recently so I'm willing to cut them a little slack but I must say my optimisim continues to decrease the longer this question goes...
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    Re: Xara acquired by MAGIX

    Charles' comments about only 2 versions of Xtreme don't bode well for the open source version. Nonetheless, it would be nice to get a straight answer about its future after the deafening silence of...
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