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@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ # ink/stitch: An Inkscape extension for designing machine embroidery patterns +* February 22, 2018: **Windows support added!** * February 5, 2018: Portuguese (pt_PT) translation added! [Want to help translate?](LOCALIZATION.md) * January 5, 2018: Default DPI changed to 96, to match Inkscape. * January 3, 2018: Project renamed from `inkscape-embroidery` to **ink/stitch** -* **NEW January 1, 2018:** [video demo of the new live stitch preview feature](https://youtu.be/QY9NcLN3oJM) -* **NEW December 6, 2017:** [video demo of how to use the extension](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXntE1X1RIw) +* January 1, 2018: [video demo of the new live stitch preview feature](https://youtu.be/QY9NcLN3oJM) +* December 6, 2017: [video demo of how to use the extension](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXntE1X1RIw) ## Introduction **Want to design embroidery pattern files (PES, DST, etc) using free, open source software? Hate all the other options? Try this one.** @@ -15,9 +16,19 @@ So I wrote one. Okay, not really. I'm pretty terrible at GUIs, but I found this nifty inkscape extension that was created and hacked on by a couple of other folks. It was pretty rudimentary, but it got the job done, and more importantly, it was super hackable. I hacked the hell out of it, and at this point **ink/stitch is a viable entry-level machine embroidery design tool**. -## Quick Setup On Ubuntu 14.04 or later (and derivative Linux distributions) +## Quick Setup On Ubuntu and Windows -Download the [latest release](https://github.com/lexelby/inkstitch/releases/latest), the `inkscape-*.tar.gz` file. Decompress this archive directly into `~/.config/inkscape/extensions`, for example: +First, download the right release archive for your platform from the [latest release](https://github.com/lexelby/inkstitch/releases/latest). + +* **Linux**: `inkstitch-[VERSION]-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz` + * Currently supports most 64-bit Linux systems from the last couple of years. + * 32-bit support coming soon. +* **Windows**: `inkstitch-[VERSION]-win32.zip` + * Supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows + +In Inkscape, go to Preferences and look under System. Next to "User Extensions" is a folder. Decompress the archive you downloaded directly into this folder. + +For example, on Linux: ``` $ cd ~/.config/inkscape/extensions |