Help:Inkscape Manual opens my browser (safari) at http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php . But that page just tells me, en francaise, that "The server understood the request, but refuses to satisfy it." This was also true in 1.0.2.
The archiv.org link Tyler posted does work for me. I should have thought to check in archiv.org when I realized the website was broken. I had intended to reply to this thread earlier, with a thank you. So, Tyler, thank you!
I do note that the manual in archiv.org claims to be for inkscape versions 0.92 and 0.93. That seems rather old. Please don't take the following as a complaint, but it seems like a cruel trick to play on new users to point them at a website that seems to not have been functional for the past 7 years, and when they do find the manual it's quite out of date. A more user friendly option, in my opinion, would be to remove that link from the help menu, and also from the inkscape.org website.
George, they same manual is apparently available in paper and ebook formats. Copyright is 2011 so I suspect those are for even earlier inkscape versions. Title is "Inkscape : guide to a vector drawing program." ISBN-13: 978-0-13-276414-8 ISBN-10: 0-13-276414-8.
As for myself, I'm now well enough up-to-speed that I can google for how to get inkscape to do what I need to do.
Beginners' Questions In 1.3.2 on mac, link to manual is broken
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Help:Inkscape Manual opens my browser (safari) at http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php . But that page just tells me, en francaise, that "The server understood the request, but refuses to satisfy it." This was also true in 1.0.2.
So, I guess, the website subdomain where the manual was hosted no longer exists.
Does that manual exist anywhere else? Did any user save a copy of it they'd like to make available?
Maybe this:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230914215439/http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php
I have the same problem on a mac mini running Ventura and using Firefox as my default browser (not really relevant!).
Tyler Durden’s link is also broken, as is the link on the web page.
Earlier versions for macOS that I have used some time ago didn’t have this problem.
As this is pretty basic for using Inkscape, we need a quick fix.
Is the team monitoring this page?
The archiv.org link Tyler posted does work for me. I should have thought to check in archiv.org when I realized the website was broken. I had intended to reply to this thread earlier, with a thank you. So, Tyler, thank you!
I do note that the manual in archiv.org claims to be for inkscape versions 0.92 and 0.93. That seems rather old. Please don't take the following as a complaint, but it seems like a cruel trick to play on new users to point them at a website that seems to not have been functional for the past 7 years, and when they do find the manual it's quite out of date. A more user friendly option, in my opinion, would be to remove that link from the help menu, and also from the inkscape.org website.
George, they same manual is apparently available in paper and ebook formats. Copyright is 2011 so I suspect those are for even earlier inkscape versions. Title is "Inkscape : guide to a vector drawing program." ISBN-13: 978-0-13-276414-8 ISBN-10: 0-13-276414-8.
As for myself, I'm now well enough up-to-speed that I can google for how to get inkscape to do what I need to do.
The online manual accessibility is being addressed. It was erroneously blacklisted.
Indeed, volunteers are needed to update the documentation on the website. Ask the devs on the chat channel: https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_devel
For info on all the cool new features, refer to the release notes for 1.0 and forward. https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.3
Thanks @TylerDurden . I'm skimming the release notes now and learning a lot.