November 2009 - Inkscape Devel

SVN Release Lockdown
by Joshua A. Andler 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hey All, I have one last commit to make (which of course triggered a rebuild since it touched verbs). In 3 hours, SVN will be locked down for release. Any last minute changes, speak now! Oh, and yes Nicolas, the last commit I have planned will disable the non-functioning menu item for 346721 (boo to a last minute change that triggers a full rebuild). I will be posting again in a few hours with an update. Cheers, Josh

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Prev/Next Zoom shorcut with Japanese keyboards
by Marcel Montes 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place to send this, say, minor bug? annoyance? I've found: The ` and shift-` shortcuts can't be really used with Japanese keyboard layouts, since the backtick is done by shift-@, so as you do "shift-@" inkscape gets the backtick, but since you're pressing shift, it tries to go to "the next zoom" and there's then no shortcut to go to the previous zoom. Also as one would at start be already at the "last zoom", just "no next zoom" is displayed... thus leaving you with pretty much no shortcut to zoom's history unless you went to a previous zoom by the menus. PS: Is not really a feature I'll think I'll use much, I'd just ctrl- mousewheel my zoom, but since I'm starting with inkscape I was following the basic tutorial and found myself unable to do it. Thanks for your time, keep it up with this nice project. Marcel

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[win32] EPS/PS/PDF export of text objects problematic with 0.47(pre)
by ~suv 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

The combination of these bugs: [Bug 469180] <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/469180> Significant Differences in exported PDF File Size from 0.46 to 0.47pre3/4 [Bug 388257] <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388257> Inkscape 0.47Pre: PDF/PS Export 'Text to Paths' gives inconsistent results [Bug 271695] <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271695> Kerned text embeds too many fonts and blows up the file size in EPS/PS (special case of bug #469180, could potentially cause invalid PDF files if bug #431314 turns out to be a duplicate) leaves Inkscape 0.47(pre) users on win32 platforms with few options to export SVG documents containing text to good quality PDF files with reasonable file sizes. a) text as text: font embedding bug in cairo-win32 blows up file size disproportionally due to unnecessary embedding of fonts. Multiple uses of the same font are not merged into the same subset. b) text to path: the broken export option results in bad quality and huge file size due to text paths being exported multiple times and drawn on top of each other. The only way left at the moment: c) object to path: convert all text objects with the menu command 'Path > Object to Path' before saving as EPS/PS/PDF. How critical is (especially) PDF export for Inkscape 0.47 on win32 platforms? ~suv

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Advice on how to update lxml on OS X
by Chris Mohler 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

Hi folks, I have a client who needs a later version of lxml to be picked up by Inkscape* on OS X. Unfortunately, I do not have access to OS X, so I'm not sure how to best acheive this - any advice would be most welcome. I'm not sure what version of OS X, but I'm guessing the procedure will be somewhat similar on all of them... Thanks, Chris * I thought the target system was win32, but we crossed wires somewhere. If I'd known about bug #448285 in the first place, I would have written the extension differently from the start - but as it stands I don't think that I have enough time. His deadline approaches...

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Advice on how to update lxml on OS X
by Chris Mohler 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:21 PM, ~suv <suv-sf@...58...> wrote: > Just tested and put the lxml and numpy for python 2.5 that I had > compiled with MacPorts into the 0.47pre4 bundle and Inkscape loads them > fine and reports lxml version 2.2.2 :) > > i.e. I could zip them up and add the zip to your bug report for you or > him to download _if_ your client runs 10.5.8 (i386) with python 2.5 or > python 2.6 installed. He just has to unzip them and copy the folders > into the bundle, no need to build them on his machine. If he still uses > Tiger OS X 10.4.x or has a PPC processor then I can't help. > > I haven't built a DMG before - so I would prefer a simple zip... Back on list - just for posterity :) That is good news - I'm still waiting to hear back on his OS X version and arch. I'll report back once I have some more info either way. Thanks for the assistance. Chris

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Upcoming Releases
by Joshua A. Andler 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hey All, Obviously, we are still waiting on the final patch for 0.47 before it can be released. When we were wanting to release 0.46, we had a similar issue with a Win32 specific issue holding up the release. This brings up something that needs to be addressed before the 0.48 cycle begins. It would be really helpful if for 0.48 we have a temporary policy, please comment on this if you agree, disagree, or have suggestions. For 0.48, it would be nice if anything that is a major change (aside from our GSoC projects) is NOT put into trunk until it has been well tested in a branch and/or privately by other devs/testers (I am willing and excited to test!). It would also be nice if we decide on an open committing period (time before Feature Freeze). For open committing, I would think 8-12 weeks should be sufficient to not break things too badly, yet still give enough time to flesh features out. I know this is much more restrictive than our normal development process, but for 0.48 to be as good and solid as possible (as soon as possible), this route makes the most sense. Obviously, once 0.48 gets out the door and we are onto 0.49, people can go back to committing responsibly... but, it would be nice if we had a policy moving forward of "if you break it, you must fix it". Thoughts? Cheers, Josh

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FYI: For thise developing tutorials
by Martin Owens 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

This cropped up in my art circle: http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Inkscape-Drawing-Tutorial-141887903 Encouraging artists to get into inkscape is working :-) lots of people love it and the new version in Karmic is very good. All the Best, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fix for bug #459811 - can't switch ellipse mode
by Krzysztof Kosiński 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

(forwarding unintended off-list mail... ARGH) This should fix both issues. /tools/shapes/arc/* can be left unchanged from previous versions now. Regards, Krzysztof

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Re : [Inkscape-translator] Re : 0.47 about screens in progress
by Nicolas Dufour 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

> De : Hleb Valoshka <375gnu@...400...> > > Good news! I've found a free version of Pushkin font (the script one used in > > 0.46 screens), called newPushkin > > (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Pushkin?content=106881). > > All the screens (except the original one, since I still don't know if I can > > change it) are now translated with this font. > > Imho this font looks ugly (but a bit better with drop shadow). What > about teams (package t1-teams in debian and derivatives)? Imho splash > looks more consistent with it. I've no opinion about it. The translations use (new)Pushkin because the author wanted to reuse the 0.46 font. Thus I won't change it except if Johan asks me to. Regards, -- Nicolas

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0.47 about screens in progress
by Nicolas Dufour 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hi Thanks to all who confirmed or added their translation (some translations still need to be confirmed!). Wiki page updated (http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/AboutScreenTranslation). Johan is very busy at the moment, thus I've started to translate the screens by myself. I've tried Excellentia, but due to a very limited accents support, I've finally switched to Harabara Hand (http://www.dafont.com/harabarahand.font). The only drawback is that it doesn't support Cyrillic and other Unicode characters. Since I haven't found a nice script Cyrillic font, the Russian screen uses URW Chancery L (a default Ubuntu font). It's not a script font, but it looks better than a Times or Arial in this context. The translated screens are now (revision 22547) br, fr, it, nl, pt_BR, and ru. Could you please take a look at the screens and tell me what you think of the chosen fonts before I continue? Johan, do you want to keep your original untouched, or replace the "draw freely" font by Harabara Hand (or another script font)? Regards, -- Nicolas

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