Release Notes

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Inkscape 0.43

In brief

The focus of this release is on the exciting new features sponsored by Google via their Summer of Code program. However, we have quite a bunch of other stuff too. Here are the highlights:

Tavmjong Bah has updated his online book, <a href=" http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php "> A Guide to Inkscape </a>, to cover the Inkscape 0.43 features. This guide is not included with the Inkscape release. Users are encouraged to read the guide in addition to these release notes and the help included with Inkscape.

Connectors

Inkboard

A first release of the Inkboard collaborative editing system (also known as a "white board") is present in this version of Inkscape.

Inkboard usage

Pressure and tilt sensitivity

Support for extended input devices has been added.

Node tool

Extensions

More new functionality

Interface and usability

Packaging, documentation, examples

Translations

Important bugfixes

Internal progress

Known issues

Windows 95/98 /ME support

Problems on Linux under KDE

Pressure and tilt sensitivity

Inkboard

See http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=93438&atid=604306 [Link no longer available] for a full list of known issues. If you find a bug not listed here, then please report the bug: see instructions at http://inkscape.org/report_bugs.php [Link no longer available] (the Report Bugs link from http://inkscape.org/ ).