I work in a computationally locked down environment, so software installs and computer customizations are rare. I migrated to a new computer and requested that Inkscape be installed lat fall, but the interface looks very different. I referred to some of my older postings to confirm that both before and after the migration, I was using version 0.48. What might be responsible for the new look and feel? The background colours is a dark gray for all the perimeter area where the buttons rside, nothing at all like the standard windows background colour (which I think was light gray). It makes some of the details hard to discern. Some of the buttons also seem to be absent, e.g. Buttons for resizing the page to match the drawing contents. Is it possible to get the old look & feel back without a re-install?

Also, not that I'll be able to install 0.9x any time soon, but where can I find release notes for this? I'm particularly interested in whether the import of PDF still causes each character to be positioned independently, making it impossible to modify the text content.

Actually, my memory may be a bit off. The buttons that are absent may be zoom controlls.

Could you give more information about that "computationally locked down environment" (OS)?

Depending of your system, you can choose from the install packages that appear here:
https://inkscape.org/en/download/

That dark gray interface you mention may be the partha's inkscape version, that you can see here:
http://www.partha.com/

As far as i remember, it's NOT the "official 64 bits Inkscape", but a special version compiled by a particular.

ScapeGoat wrote:Is it possible to get the old look & feel back without a re-install?

I'm afraid that it's not posible

Sorry, I thought "locked down" was common terminology. Maybe it isn't. Basically, it means we have user accounts with very little control, including installs and customizations. Any tools like Inkscape are formally requested and done by IT people, and the opportunities for that kind of accommodation limited.

It does indeed look like Partha's (image attached). I guess I better get use to it. I hope there aren't too many differences...I just wonder why the dark background, as the information on top of the background is difficult to make out. Though I'm sure there are many redeeming qualities.

Thank you for the explanation.

Sorry, I thought "locked down" was common terminology. Maybe it isn't. Basically, it means we have user accounts with very little control, including installs and customizations. Any tools like Inkscape are formally requested and done by IT people, and the opportunities for that kind of accommodation limited.

It does indeed look like Partha's (image attached). I guess I better get use to it. I hope there aren't too many differences...I just wonder why the dark background, as the information on top of the background is difficult to make out. Though I'm sure there are many redeeming qualities.

Thank you for the explanation.

Afternote: When I tried to upload the image, clicking on Submit doesn't do anything. I guess that our locked-down-ness also means restrictions on uploads.

Partha's build of 0.48.x is 64-bit. But this environment you describe sounds like desktop stations. So I wonder why they went for that particular version. Although I suppose you could have laptops in a wireless network. But using the 64-bit version would prevent anyone on a 32-bit computer from using Inkscape.

I'm familiar with "locked down" but "computationally locked down" threw me. I guess this must be a network of Windows systems? There is a way to change the theme -- much easier with LInux and related systems, but can be done with Windows. But I guess the question is whether you have access to the area you need. Unfortunately, I don't know how to change the theme, but you should be able to search out previous topics about changing the theme, and find out how.

Or again, depending on if you have access to the right area, you could create and install a custom set of icons. Somewhere in this forum someone posted a new set, that they thought improved the partha build's icons. To me, I didn't think it helped much. But you could search out that topic as well. Or I'll try right after I post this. In a single user Windows computer, the icon set needs to be placed into the Inkscape user directory, which is username >AppData > Roaming > Inkscape > icons. But I don't know where that is, in a system like you're describing.

For your question about 0.91, PDF and text, I'm not sure. Do you mean when you save a file as PDF, the text comes out as individual characters? Do you mean when the PDF is opened in Inkscape, or opened elsewhere? I just did a quick test with 0.91. The text comes out ok as a whole object and intact, but I can't seem to edit it, even though it IS text. Well, I can delete parts of the text, but that's about all. I can't type new text into the original, or replace text, although I can start new text. But if you meant view the PDF with something besides Inkscape, it depends on with what, whether I could test or not.

Here's the topic with the custom icon set: viewtopic.php" onclick="readonly();return false;"smilies" src="images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy" />
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By locked down, I mean we all have non-admin accounts and there are many restrictions on what users can do. It's still a 64-bit install of Win 7, thought. I said "computationally" locked down because I wanted to avoid implying that we work in prison.

The question about 0.91 was more wondering, since I doubt I can migrate to it in the near future. But the problem I'm hoping will be addressed is that, whenever I import a PDF file, all the characters in the textbox seem to have each character heavily kerned (I would say micro-positioned) so that you can't edit a portion of the text without mangling the rest (the character positions get all nonsensical).

I looked at your link for custom icons, but my concern is not so much the icons as the overall look, including background for the icons and the missing zoom buttons. However, the work for which I need Inkscape isa brief "surge" task that has to be completed in under 2 weeks, and Inkscape is just a small part. I wasn't going to worry too much about the theme in the immediate term, but I appreciate your pointer. In the long term, I may request the non-Partha version at some point.

Hi.

Have you tried to run the portable app?

I think that would be a good idea in many circumstances, but in our shop, it's not condoned.