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

2010-11-17 Thread Ian Lynch
On 17 November 2010 22:53, Benjamin Horst wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > On 17 November 2010 16:17, Benjamin Horst 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 > >>

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 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--thi

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

2010-11-17 Thread Ian Lynch
On 17 November 2010 16:17, Benjamin Horst 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 thinking i

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. I

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)

2010-11-16 Thread Ian Lynch
On 16 November 2010 20:12, Benjamin Horst wrote: > On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:22 AM, RGB ES wrote: > > 2010/11/15 Ian Lynch : > >> 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 di

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

2010-11-16 Thread BRM
- Original Message > From: Benjamin Horst > On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:22 AM, RGB ES wrote: > > 2010/11/15 Ian Lynch : > >> 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-taski

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

2010-11-16 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:22 AM, RGB ES wrote: > 2010/11/15 Ian Lynch : >> 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

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

2010-11-15 Thread RGB ES
2010/11/15 Ian Lynch : > 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 saying this many othe

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 > tr

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