Text: Editing slowness

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tays01s
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Text: Editing slowness

Postby tays01s » Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:43 am

When I try to edit text I find Inkscape takes a long time after 'Apply' [change] to be able to then move to the next edit. Is this a known problem?

I've checked my CPU/ memory commitments and their is loads to spare.

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Re: Text: Editing slowness

Postby brynn » Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:11 am

You must be using the Text and Font dialog? It wouldn't be surprising that it takes a long time, if you are editing a large amount of text.

But you can edit on canvas, in my opinion, much easier.

All the commonly used features are available from the control bar, on the canvas (since a couple of new versions ago). Since then, I never open Text and Font dialog.

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Re: Text: Editing slowness

Postby tays01s » Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:29 am

Thanks.
I don't know about 'canvas'; where do you find it?

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Re: Text: Editing slowness

Postby druban » Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:22 pm

inkscape has a window sometimes called the drawing board, at the center of which is a page and at the top of which is a control bar that contains settings and controls appropriate to the currently chosen tool.
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Re: Text: Editing slowness

Postby Moini » Sat Nov 17, 2018 2:18 am

What is labelled as 'Window' in druban's screenshot is what is generally called the canvas. The window is the whole screenshot, the canvas is the area where you can draw.

The 'Control bar' is the 'Tool controls bar', btw.
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Re: Text: Editing slowness

Postby tylerdurden » Sat Nov 17, 2018 9:27 am

For more information on the Inkscape interface: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... atomy.html

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The Command Bar can also be located above the Tools Controls (default layout).
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Re: Text: Editing slowness

Postby druban » Sat Nov 17, 2018 11:58 am

Nice find, Tylerdurden!
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