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title: Skencil / Add-Ons and Scripts |
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<p>Skencil can be extended by Python code in various ways, from |
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<a href="Doc/usersguide-5.html#N1">user scripts</a> to |
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<a href="Doc/devguide-20.html#N1">plugins</a>. Skencil already comes |
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with some plug-ins and example scripts, but there are some more |
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available separately.</p> |
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<h2>Plug-in collections:</h2> |
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<dl> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://de.geocities.com/dendronde/">Christof |
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Ecker's Skencil Plugins</a></b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Christof offers a number of Skencil plug-ins, like Graph, |
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Transform Script, Ptui Shell and Turtle Library. His "Text Plugin" |
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already made it into the mainline giving Skencil multiline |
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capabilities since 0.6.13.</p></dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://pde.dyndns.org/skencil/">Add-ons for |
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Skencil</a> by Pieter Edelman</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Pieter offers plug-ins for brightness, contrast and color |
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manipulation and an Skencil Object and Image Library (SOIL). Some of |
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them are described in more detail below.</p></dd></dl> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd6t-kjym/sketch/" |
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>KAJIYAMA, Tamito's Skencil Scripts</a></b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p> |
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Kajiyama has scripts like |
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PathUtils, Calendar, Equal-area projection script, |
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JapaneseText and PolygloText -- all with examples and screenshots. |
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</p></dd> |
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<h2>Alphabetical list:</h2> |
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<dl> |
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<dt> |
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<b><a href="http://de.geocities.com/dendronde/">Auto Shapes</a> |
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(external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p> |
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A bundle of useful plugin objects (arrow, cube, star, cylinder, ...), |
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inspired by the autoshapes that other famous applications have. |
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The objects are highly configurable by dragging the handles. |
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By Christof Ecker. |
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</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2004-09-28</small></p></dd> |
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<dt> |
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<b><a href="http://pde.dyndns.org/Skencil/">Brightness/Contrast</a> |
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(external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>A script from Pieter Edelman to interactively set the brightness |
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and contrast of selected objects.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2003-01-03</small></p></dd> |
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<dt> |
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<b><a href="http://www.anansispaceworks.com/Documentation/BuildImage"> |
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BuildImage</a> (external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>BuildImage by Terry Hancock is a build system for image |
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resources. It attempts to do for image resources what make does for |
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programs.</p> |
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<p>BuildImage addresses the common case where the image resources |
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are initially edited in a vector graphic program.</p> |
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<p>This is interesting for Free Software Developers or Artist who |
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want to get getting good image resources for programs ranging from |
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games to web applications or just want to script the repetitive |
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task of converting to bitmap for various uses.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2003-05-17</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd6t-kjym/sketch/" |
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>Calendar</a></b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p> |
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Makes it easy to create calendars in a variety of layouts. |
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By KAJIYAMA Tamito. |
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</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2004-09-28</small></p></dd> |
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</dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://pde.dyndns.org/Skencil/">Colorize</a> |
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(external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>A script from Pieter Edelman to interactively blend the color of |
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selected objects with a given color.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2003-01-03</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b>Curve Text</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>A script to create Bezier-objects from font files. This is |
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particularly interesting if you want to use an unusual font for |
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e.g. titles or logos that is not yet installed for use with Skencil |
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or that you only have as a TrueType font.</p> |
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<p>This script is similar to the JapaneseText script below, but it |
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works for both TrueType and Type1 font files and it builds the list |
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of available fonts dynamically at run time. It borrows some code |
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from JapaneseText and requires the FreeType bindings from |
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JapaneseText.</p> |
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<p>The current version is |
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<a href="<!--download root-->/src/addons/curvetext-1.0.tar.gz">curvetext-1.0</a>.</p> |
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<p>The work on this script was funded by |
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<a href="http://intevation.net/">Intevation GmbH</a></p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2001-05-31</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd6t-kjym/sketch/" |
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>Equal-area projection script</a></b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p> |
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Helps users to draw a certain |
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kind of three-dimensional drawings in three-quarter view. |
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The script comes with a step-by-step tutorial. |
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By KAJIYAMA Tamito. |
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</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2004-09-28</small></p></dd> |
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</dd> |
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<dt> |
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<b><a href="http://www.cse.msu.edu/~behrends/fractalize/">Fractalizer</a> |
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(external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Reimer Behrends has written a script to create fractal |
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structures as they occur in nature, such as rivers and |
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coastlines.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2002-07-17</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b>GeoObject</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>A plug-in object and dialog that lets you import ArcView |
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shapefiles into Skencil. The objects created with this extension |
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retain some rudimentary information about their origin so that |
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objects read from different shapefiles that used the same |
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projection can be registered with each other.</p> |
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<table> |
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<tr> |
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<td> |
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<a href="images/geoobjects-screenshot.png"><img src="images/geoobjects-screenshot-small.png" |
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width="100" height="77" alt="GeoObject screenshot" /></a></td> |
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<td valign="top">Screen-shot of a map created with this plug-in, |
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using the |
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<a href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/index.html">MapServer</a> |
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demo data.</td></tr></table> |
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<p>The current version is |
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<a href="<!--download root-->/src/addons/geoobject-1.0.tar.gz">geoobject-1.0</a>.</p> |
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<p>The work on this add-on was funded by |
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<a href="http://intevation.net/">Intevation GmbH</a></p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2001-06-15</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://de.geocities.com/dendronde/">Graph</a> |
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(external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Create simple line and scatter graphs of one or more datasets |
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with the GNU plotutils. This is a plugin-object written by Christof |
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Ecker.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2002-01-16</small></p></dd> |
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<dt> |
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<b><a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd6t-kjym/sketch/">JapaneseText</a> |
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(external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>A script by Tamito KAJIYAMA for drawing Japanese characters. The |
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script reads outline data directly from Japanese TrueType fonts |
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using the FreeType library, and generates Bezier curve objects that |
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represent Japanese characters.</p> |
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<p>In case the |
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<a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd6t-kjym/sketch/">official |
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home-page</a> is not available, there is a |
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<a href="<!--download root-->/src/addons/JapaneseText-1.0.tar.gz">local copy of |
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version 1.0</a> as well.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2001-05-31</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd6t-kjym/sketch/" |
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>PolygloText</a></b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p> |
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An experimental add-on script that makes it |
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possible to draw multilingual text using the functions of the |
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m17n library. Arabic, Hebrew, |
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Hindi, Thai and Chinese are a few examples of the languages and |
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scripts the m17n library supports. This |
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add-on substantially extends the number |
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of TrueType fonts that can be used in Skencil. |
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By KAJIYAMA Tamito. |
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</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2004-09-28</small></p></dd> |
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</dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.2pi.info/latex/sketchlatex/">LaTeX |
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Plugin</a> (external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Soren Henriksen has written two plugins to use LaTeX for |
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typesetting in Skencil.</p> |
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<p>One is a plugin object for text typeset with LaTeX. This one is |
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different from Christian von Ferber's script in that it provides a |
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new object type for LaTeX text and represents the typeset text as |
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Skencil text-objects instead of EPS files.</p> |
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<p>The other plugin is an export filter that writes an EPS and a |
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tex so that the LaTeX plugin text is set in TeX and the graphics is |
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in the EPS.</p> |
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<p>2002-04-03: The web-page is available again under a new |
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address.</p> |
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<p>2002-03-30: The web-page is down. For the time being, you can |
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get a |
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<a href="<!--download root-->/src/addons/soren_hendriksen-latextplugin-20020105.tar.gz"> |
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tarball</a> with a version of the plugins from January 2002.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2002-04-03</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b>Multiline Text</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Create multiline text objects that can have multiple fonts and |
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colors. This is a plugin-object written by Christof Ecker and comes |
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with stable Skencil versions since 0.6.13.</p></dd> |
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<dt> |
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<b><a href="http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/sketch/pathstroke.py"> |
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PathStroke</a> (external).</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>PathStroke by Simon Budig traces the outline of bezier path |
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objects with a second path. This can be used to quickly draw a |
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bezier shape and then vary the line thickness locally to get more |
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"natural" effects.<br /></p> |
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<p>Right now the resulting path might intersect itself when the |
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source path has very sharp curves, overlaps itself or has |
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edge-anchors. However, the resulting path might be used as a |
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starting point.<br /></p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2003-06-07</small></p></dd> |
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<dt> |
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<b><a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd6t-kjym/sketch/">PathUtil</a> |
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(external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>A set of scripts implementing boolean operations on paths, |
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written by Tamito Kajiyama. Supported path operations are: union, |
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intersect, exclude, minus front, minus back, divide, trim, and |
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outline.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2002-07-16</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://pde.dyndns.org/Skencil/">Skencil Object and |
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Image Library (SOIL)</a> (external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Script from Pieter Edelman implementing an object library.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2003-01-03</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://home.comcast.net/~jbiddier/sklatex/" |
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>skLaTeX</a> (external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p> |
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A plugin that enables the inclusion of LaTeX formulas, |
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arrays, tables, lists and paragraphs in a Skencil document |
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as a curved object. By Joel Biddier. |
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</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2004-09-28</small></p></dd> |
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.linopus.de/linuxdtp.php" |
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>Softproof-Plugin</a> (external, see links at the bottom of the page)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p> |
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<a name="softproof">This</a> |
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plugin allows to choose ICC-profiles, set render intents and |
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create a softproof of the current Skencil drawing based on these ICC-profiles. |
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So you can check how colour would like on an output device like a printer |
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(soft proof) using colour management. |
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For requirements (just ghostscript and Marti Marias littlecms), installation |
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and usage see the header of softproof.py |
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By Tobias Hilbricht. |
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</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2006-01-03</small></p></dd> |
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<dt> |
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<b><a href="http://cerbo.thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de/~ferber/sketch/">TeX |
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Text</a> (external)</b></dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Christian von Ferber has written a script that lets you create |
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mathematical formulas with TeX and embed them in Skencil files as |
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EPS objects. More information is in the |
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<a href="http://cerbo.thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de/~ferber/sketch//readme"> |
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README</a></p> |
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<p>2001-08-28: The TeX script now allows you to use both LaTeX and |
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plain TeX and the formulas can be modified again later.</p> |
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<p><small>Last Change: 2004-01-30</small></p></dd></dl> |
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