From 88f0c3b1940367ae2729df932dda0f8a4b4ff9ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kaalleen <36401965+kaalleen@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:57:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Keep commas in README and only add forum and chat links (#3979) --- README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index dda95466e..e1d72d9af 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Ink/Stitch: An open source machine embroidery design platform based on Inkscape -Want to design embroidery pattern files (PES, DST and many more) using **free, open source software?** +Want to design embroidery pattern files (PES, DST, and many more) using **free, open source software?** ![Ink/Stitch Logo](images/logos/inkstitch_colour_logo.svg) @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Want to learn more? Need help? -* Contact us in via the [Inkscape Forum](https://inkscape.org/forums/embroidery/) +* Contact us via the [Inkscape Forum](https://inkscape.org/forums/embroidery/) * Join our [chat channel](https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/inkstitch) # Background and Philosophy @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ _by @lexelby, an Ink/Stitch programmer_ I received a really wonderful christmas gift for a geeky programmer hacker: an embroidery machine. It's pretty much a CNC thread-bot... I just had to figure out how to design programs for it. The problem is, **all free embroidery design software seemed to be terrible**, especially when you add in the requirement of being able to run in Linux, my OS of choice. -I started off hacking on [inkscape-embroidery](http://www.jonh.net/~jonh/inkscape-embroidery/). It had some of the basic capabilities I needed and I saw a lot of potential. I love the idea of using an existing, ultra-powerful SVG editor as the basis for an embroidery design suite. +I started off hacking on [inkscape-embroidery](http://www.jonh.net/~jonh/inkscape-embroidery/). It had some of the basic capabilities I needed, and I saw a lot of potential. I love the idea of using an existing, ultra-powerful SVG editor as the basis for an embroidery design suite. -Things took off from there. I continued adding features as I needed them and by this point, very little if any of the original code remains. +Things took off from there. I continued adding features as I needed them, and by this point, very little if any of the original code remains. -The goal of Ink/Stitch is to provide a powerful embroidery digitizing platform for everyone **completely free**. I want to open up the field of embroidery design, making it approachable even for those who can't spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on software. And I want folks like me, who love to combine code with art, to have an open, extensible and approachable platform to hack on. +The goal of Ink/Stitch is to provide a powerful embroidery digitizing platform for everyone **completely free**. I want to open up the field of embroidery design, making it approachable even for those who can't spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on software. And I want folks like me, who love to combine code with art, to have an open, extensible, and approachable platform to hack on.