From:	 Bernhard Reiter <bernhard@intevation.de>
To:	 lwn@lwn.net
Subject: Sketch 0.6.13 release
Date:	 Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:53:02 +0100

Sketch stable 0.6.13 released

			Sketch is closest to the goal of becoming an
			universal drawing application for GNU/Linux [...]
			(LinuxUser 9/2001, pp 40, translated from German)

This latest release of the leading Free Software Vector Drawing application,
fixes a minor security hole and adds often requested multi-line text handling.

	http://sketch.sourceforge.net/

Everybody running a stable Sketch version should upgrade to 0.6.13.
Note a new way of contributing to Sketch through minipayments (see below).

Bernhard Herzog, March 2nd, 2002


	What's new

* Multi-line Text Handling

	The multi-line plugin contributed by Christof Ecker makes
	designing covers and posters with Sketch a lot easier.
	It is now possible to insert and independently edit
	complete text blocks. Through the modular design of
	Sketch's data-format, the resulting files can still be edited
	with earlier versions of Sketch.

	This nicely blends in with the curvetext and geoobject add-ons
	to bring you a more complete set of functionality
	for print design for maps and flyers.

* Updated import filters

	Acorn Drawfile import by David Boddie.
	Wmf import filter supports PolyPolylines by Antoon Pardon.
	SVG import filter parses paths more correctly now.
	Illustrator import filter understands text alignment now.
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* new command line conversion tools: skconvert and sk2ppm

	Skconvert can be used to translate vector formats which
	Sketch understands without starting the GUI.
	Sk2ppm writes out raster images.

* simple color separation

	Sketch supports exporting an image with one .eps file
	per color. This is just simple color separation, but should
	be suitable for spot-color printing.

* Security fix for included external eps files.

	The quoting of EPS filenames when calling ghostscript for
	preview rendering purposes was flawed. Existence of the filename
	is tested before this call, somewhat limiting the way this could
	be exploited.


For rest, check the release notes:
	http://sketch.sourceforge.net/relnotes.html

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	Contributions

Sketch is developed by Bernhard Herzog with help from volunteers.

Beside the possibility to contribute your time and give feedback,
report bugs, help users, write documentation or add code,
there is also the possibility to buy developers time for Sketch.
This is a way of contributing with money and accelerate development.

This 0.6.13 release was supported by visionary individuals
who bought development time which was possible for the first time.

If Sketch is useful for you, please consider paying for it.
	http://sketch.sourceforge.net/payments.html

Many thanks go to all contributers, they make it possible
to bring you a vector drawing applications with all needed freedoms and power.


	What is Sketch?

Sketch is the leading free vector drawing program for GNU/Linux and
other unices. It's intended to be a flexible and powerful tool for
illustrations, diagrams and other purposes.

It has advanced features like gradients, text along a path and clip
masks and is fully scriptable due to its implementation in a combination
of Python and C. The stable series uses TK as GUI.
The development version builds on GTK+.

Sketch is developed by Bernhard Herzog and
released as Free Software under the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL).

	http://sketch.sourceforge.net/


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