[LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

[MarcOChapeau]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:05 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
>> Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ?
>>
>> Absolute requirements are:
>>
>> - Lines, arrows, boxes, circles, etc.
>> - Linewidths and styles, colors, filling.
>> - Text
>> - PDF or PS export.
>> - PNG and JPEG import (no bitmap editing required).
>> - Accuracy.
>>
>> I've been using TGIF for years, but I'm more and
>> more being blocked by its main flaw which is that
>> it seems to use a unit of 0.2mm internally (in
>> metric mode) which is orders of magnitude too big.
>>
>> Tried QCAD and INKSCAPE, both fail basic
>> requirements (and have other problems).
> 
> what basic requirements does inkscape fail?

I'd say PDF/PS export is not there yet. PNG has always been there but not
JPEG.

Although, IMHO, Inkscape is one the those FLOSS jewels I love. This depends
a lot on what you want to do with it of course...

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