[08:28] <thorwil> kwwii, hi. seems we are now running into the wiki "surge protection" with the Backgrounds page
[08:29] <thorwil> kwwii, maybe you could talk with newz about that
[08:30] <SiDi> hi thorwil
[08:30] <thorwil> hi SiDi
[08:30] <SiDi> couldnt we try to use some markup such as tables as fedora seems to do ?
[08:30] <SiDi> tables with just a pic + the author's name in each cell
[08:30] <SiDi> would be easier to read than this huge file
[08:31] <thorwil> SiDi, do you know how table markup looks like?
[08:31] <thorwil> it's terrible for editing
[08:31] <SiDi> hm, true :p
[08:35] <SiDi> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Backgrounds#Coala%20del%20karma
[08:35] <SiDi> I like these ones
[08:36] <thorwil> is that the elephant skin texture in there?
[08:37] <kwwii> thorwil: hi
[08:37] <kwwii> thorwil: not sure what you mean
[08:38] <SiDi> I think the guy took some textures here n there yeh. But apart from that big logo, i like the overall aspect of the pic
[08:38] <thorwil> kwwii, it's an issue that arises if you have many images on a page. at some point, the wiki decides to show only some, but not all images
[08:38] <thorwil> kwwii, if you then try to see an image attachment or hi Reload imediately, you get a warning about the surge protection
[08:39] <thorwil> kwwii, and that you will get a longer timeout if you try to load right again
[08:39] <kwwii> thorwil: thanks for mentioning it...I'll find newz later today and see what I can do about it
[08:39] <thorwil> kwwii, good :)
[08:39] <kwwii> oh wait, I think he went home already
[08:40] <kwwii> but anyway, I will take care of it ;)
[08:40] <kwwii> I love the meditating koala, btw...nice stuff! We should talk to the author some more and see what we can get out of it
[08:41] <kwwii> the netbook peeps liked it as well
[08:41] <thorwil> kwwii, in this case we is mainly you ;)
[08:42] <thorwil> kwwii, i'm happy to offer further guidance if and where needed, but the "we want to use that" must come from canonical
[08:43] <thorwil> it's one skilled guy and very open to suggestions
[08:51] <kwwii> thorwil: yeah, I intend on getting in touch with him soon. if nothing else, for the alpha it would be perfect
[10:59] <thorwil> oh, how cruel: http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/uds-where-did-all-the-coffee-go
[11:35] <knome> hah
[11:36] <knome> don't they serve coke?
[14:38] <zniavre_> http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8951/capturew.png > vous saviez ca vous?
[14:38] <zniavre_> oops pardon
[14:38] <zniavre_> sorry *
[14:58] <savvas> lies!
[14:59] <savvas> cute background :)
[15:00] <savvas> zniavre_: how did you make that icon reflection on the lower left corner?
[15:07] <zniavre_> it's a rhythmbox plugin called desktop-art
[15:07] <zniavre_> background is with gnome-background pack (synaptic)
[15:08] <SiDi> any inkscape pro around ? :]
[15:09] <SiDi> I'd like to know if i can colour the start/end arrows of a line ?
[15:10] <knome> SiDi, i don't think you can separately
[15:11] <SiDi> aaaw
[15:11] <SiDi> And is there a way to turn my arrow into paths that i can then colorize ?
[15:11] <knome> not as separate paths
[15:11] <knome> :P
[15:12] <SiDi> And is there a way to get a sexy pink line+arrow at end whatever the method ? :D
[15:12] <knome> sure!
[15:13] <knome> path -> stroke to path
[15:13] <knome> oh my
[15:13] <knome> actually, just ungroup the stroke and the arrow
[15:14] <knome> or ctrl+click the arrow
[15:14] <SiDi> Yay \o/
[15:14] <SiDi> Thanks knome :D
[15:14] <SiDi> i'll show you my blue pdf for my oral exam tomorrow, give me a min :P
[15:15] <knome> hehe ok
[15:34] <SiDi> Argh
[15:35] <SiDi> when i render my image to pdf i lose a letter in one of the words x_x
[15:36] <savvas> render it using which program? inkscape?
[15:37] <SiDi> Yeh
[15:46] <andreasn> SiDi, is it for print?
[15:46] <SiDi> no its for a screen :)
[15:47] <SiDi> re-rendering all my svg's to pdf atm
[17:06] <SiDi> knome : http://filebin.ca/xwybab
[17:06] <SiDi> sexy blue :P
[17:07] <knome> nice
[17:07] <knome> a bit purpleish
[17:08] <knome> "trackhttpd"
[17:08] <knome> "bar"
[17:08] <SiDi> it wont render well with a video projection but well :P
[17:08] <SiDi> yeh, its because the reztorrent slide had "foo" :p
[17:08] <SiDi> and of course, just to change a little, only my part of the work is done ^^
[17:10] <knome> have to go. see you later.
[17:12] <SiDi> see you
[19:19] <macvr> hi , anyone knows how to change the window background color of inkscape?
[19:24] <thorwil> macvr, do you mean the canvas color?
[19:25] <thorwil> if so, that's in File -> Document Properties, Page tab, General section
[19:29] <macvr> thorwil: i meant the display? i have set the canvas to transparent but the display is white , which makes it difficult to assess the colors
[19:31] <thorwil> macvr, with zero alpha, you see the always white background
[19:31] <thorwil> push the alpha up to get the color you specified
[19:32] <macvr> thorwil: so i can change the color first and then i can change it back to 0 alpha?
[19:32] <thorwil> sure
[19:33] <macvr> thorwil: but that wont have any change in the picture i'm creating, right?
[19:34] <thorwil> macvr, the alpha value does have an effect on exported raster images
[19:34] <thorwil> with zero, you get fully transparent background. a png will have an alpha channel in this case
[19:35] <thorwil> with 255 alpha, you get an export with solid color background
[19:35] <macvr> thorwil:damn,  so there is no way of having the checks similar to the ones used in gimp? during editing? the only problem is i have difficukty judging the colors correctly!
[19:35] <macvr> difficulty^
[19:37] <thorwil> macvr, i'm not aware of a way to get inkscape to draw a checkerboard. other than drawing it yourself
[19:38] <macvr> thorwil: oh... :( i think i just need to adjust! using gimp i got used to the checkers and the color selections... thanx anyway :)
[19:38] <thorwil> np
[19:39] <thorwil> i sometimes change the white to medium grey or black, depending on what i'm working on
[19:40] <macvr> thorwil: i think i'll do the same... but now... i'm trying to add the checker board to the layer below, lets see if that works