Re: Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-17 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: Think this has lost the plot :-) The argument was not necessarily to replace Draw with Inkscape but to learn from it. Excellent--this is what I was hoping we were collectively thinking in this discussion. Using successful attributes of Inkscape as

Re: Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-17 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Nov 16, 2010, at 4:16 PM, BRM wrote: It's other short-coming is that it's a do-one-thing-and-do-it-well piece of software. It won't replace a Bitmap editor, which is very useful for creating new artwork and getting the shading right. Yes, it does vector graphics and uses SVG. It's

Re: Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-17 Thread Ian Lynch
On 17 November 2010 16:17, Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com wrote: On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: Think this has lost the plot :-) The argument was not necessarily to replace Draw with Inkscape but to learn from it. Excellent--this is what I was hoping we were collectively

Re: Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-17 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Nov 17, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: On 17 November 2010 16:17, Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com wrote: On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: Think this has lost the plot :-) The argument was not necessarily to replace Draw with Inkscape but to learn from it.

Re: Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-17 Thread Ian Lynch
On 17 November 2010 22:53, Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com wrote: On Nov 17, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: On 17 November 2010 16:17, Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com wrote: On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: Think this has lost the plot :-) The argument was not necessarily to

Re: Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-15 Thread Ian Lynch
Inkscape is used by kids in primary schools so the argument about professional designers doesn't really hold water - I use it on a netbook! So why not have docked panes in Draw? If it works well offer it. Simple. Because the topic wasn't about docked panes, but about the

Re: Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-15 Thread RGB ES
2010/11/15 Ian Lynch ianrly...@gmail.com: The point is that for me Inkscape is more usable and if there was an option to replace Draw with it in LO/OOo I'd take that option. Clumsy non-multi-tasking dialogues are just one of many issues. I guess if a long time supporter of OOo like me is

Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-14 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Ian, just a few thoughts ... some other topics made my spare time reserve disappear :-) Am Sonntag, den 14.11.2010, 20:30 + schrieb Ian Lynch: From my point-of-view, this is different. Inkscape is a graphic tool that is used by experienced designers. We may assume that those guys do