[Ipe-discuss] image inserted

[Otfried Cheong]

But this is even easier:  Use translate and scale to align the second
image to the first one.  If you turn on control-point snapping
(Shift+F4), the corners of the image become magnetic.

Cheers,
  Otfried

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017, at 20:53, Roberto D wrote:
> However, it doesn't work for what I should do.
> I had an image inserted in an ipe file. It was rescaled and positioned, I
> would like to put another image in the very exact position of the first
> one, that is rescaled and shifted in the way to completely cover the
> first
> image. With the method you said to me, I added the bounding box to the
> new
> image and changed the xml with the content of xml of the old image. What
> it
> happens is that only the bounding box goes on top of the old image, but
> the
> new image stays where it was pasted.
> I hope you can understand my English.
> 
> 2017-07-19 20:01 GMT+02:00 Roberto D <rb.dona at gmail.com>:
> 
> > Thank you very very much!
> >
> > 2017-07-19 3:36 GMT+02:00 Otfried Cheong via Ipe-discuss <
> > ipe-discuss at lists.science.uu.nl>:
> >
> >> There are a number of ways to do that:
> >>
> >> 1) From the Ipe UI:
> >> Select the image, then Ipelets -> Goodies -> Insert bounding box.
> >> Select the box and select "Edit as XML".
> >>
> >> 2) The hacker way:
> >> Save the file in XML-Format (with the .ipe extension).
> >> Then open the file in your text editor of choice (hackers use vi or
> >> emacs) and search for the <image line.
> >>
> >> 3) The even hackier way:
> >> Select the image in Ipe, then press Ctrl+C to copy it to the clipboard.
> >> Open your favorite editor and paste the object.
> >>
> >> 4) The XML way:
> >> Save the file in XML-Format (with the .ipe extension).
> >> Then open the file in an xml viewer.  (On Windows, I think just changing
> >> the file extension to .xml and double-clicking it will open it in
> >> Internet Explorer, which has a decent XML viewing mode).
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>   Otfried
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017, at 22:35, Roberto D via Ipe-discuss wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I have inserted an image (jpg) inside an ipe file. Is it possible to
> >> know
> >> > its properties, that is the exact position I have placed it? I have
> >> > noticed
> >> > that in the context menu the option "edit xml" (where the propertes are
> >> > stored) is missing.
> >> > Can you help me?
> >> > Thank you
> >> > Roberto
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