Just an annoyance, not really that big a deal. The biggest problem I've had with it is getting used to the window menu rather than using the top bar like an OS X app, so I inadvertently click into X11 frequently. When you open Inkscape for the first time you'll notice that it looks like a Windows app.

X11/XQuartz is the bridge/translator for Mac users. Mountain Lion is not outdated, it's more that Inkscape is developed for several operating systems: Linux, Windows, and probably lastly, OS X and development can't keep up with individual OS iterations as quickly.

Plus you'll find some good specific tips from helpful souls with an internet search. ✓&view=&search%5Bkeywords%5D=Inkscape&button= Here are some good basic tutorials for using Inkscape: Perhaps not as quickly as most people might wish, but the development is not stalled. Just follow the instructions on the preceding page and you should be fine.įrom what I've been reading Inkscape is getting much closer to a 1.0 release. I did a search and I used the SourceForge link on this page: It's open source and the scrutiny is more rigorous. I read up on the installation wiki and Wikipedia etc., before downloading & installing and everything is okay. Yes, I installed XQuartz/X11 and Inkscape a couple of weeks ago and I admit, I had a few of the same concerns as you.

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