December 2003 - Inkscape Devel

Feature Freeze for 0.36
by Bryce Harrington 06 Dec '03

06 Dec '03

A lot of new features have been prepared for 0.36, and as proposed earlier I think it's time for us to freeze further new features and shift focus to fixing bugs and putting the polish on what we've done so far. I expect we will want to be in feature freeze mode for at least a few days, and perhaps up to a week, before finalizing and packaging the release. So what we need to focus on is: * Finalizing & thorough testing features added for this release * Documentation of new (and existing) features * Fixing all high importance bugs (with criticality scores of 6+) * Testing portability to Win32 and Mac OSX * Preparing for the 0.36 announcement (PR, website, screenshots, etc.) Bryce

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[Fwd: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Gtk Buttons]
by MenTaLguY 06 Dec '03

06 Dec '03

For the list: what do you all think about the primary toolbar handle question? -----Forwarded Message----- From: Jonathan Phillips <jon@...15...> To: MenTaLguY <mental@...3...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Gtk Buttons Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 23:02:12 -0800 THEY LOOK GR*! The difference between primary and secondary is now quite obvious. I understand that the nudge of the canvas will go away (happens when moving from tools with secondary options and those without) when we put options for all tools into the 2ndary toolbar. QUESTION: How should that weird space above the primary tool be dealt with. I didn't even realize that the primary toolbar was movable, and thought that space was just an accident until I clicked on it. It seems that there is a GTK error that doesn't show the shading on the handle of the primary toolbar. Thoughts on this? It is a problem that it is not obious that the primary is movable. That space where the handle is located, is more cosmetic, but looks unpolished. jon

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docked toolbar steals focus
by bulia byak 06 Dec '03

06 Dec '03

Mental and whoever else can debug this, here's the problem: - start inkscape - press ctrl-arrows: canvas is scrolling (at least when the mouse is over canvas) - use e.g. F2/F1 keys to switch tools; ctrl-arrows still work - now click on any main toolbar button: ctrl-arrows don't work anymore EVEN after you click on the canvas! So the toolbar steals focus and won't let it go no matter how you try. Since this involves moving focus not between windows but between widgets, I'm not sure how to address this. The same applies to all other keys defined in event-context.c. Maybe we need to rewrite the handler in there somehow. Maybe there's a way to also fix the problem with these keys only working when the mouse is over the canvas. I could not fix this at my first try, now we need to focus on this because disabling keys that used to work is a bad usability problem. If you figure out how to fix this, perhaps you'll also be able to fix this bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=854425&group_id=93… (see my comment at bottom). Basically we need all buttons to give focus to the canvas at once, and all text fields must do the same on esc or enter (and not grab focus until you explicitly click on them). _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] Gtk Buttons
by bulia byak 06 Dec '03

06 Dec '03

WOW! One fix: in toolbox.c b = sp_button_new (size, type, action, tt); must be b = sp_button_new (size, (SPButtonType) type, action, tt); Also, there's now again some slight jumping in the aux toolbar when switching tools. Perhaps adjust aux_toolbox_size_request? >From: MenTaLguY <mental@...3...> >To: Inkscape ML <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> >Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Gtk Buttons >Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 01:30:33 -0500 > >It turns out that SPIcons weren't equipped to deal gracefully with >situations where they were allocated less space than they were >requested. I fixed this, as well as adjusting the buttons' requested >size slightly. > >While I was mucking around in there, I also removed the code that drew >random garbage in icons that weren't present (it turns out to have been >a deliberate decision in Sodipodi). > >Anyway, CVS HEAD now has standard Gtk buttons. > >-mental ><< signature.asc >> _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] dockable toolbars
by bulia byak 06 Dec '03

06 Dec '03

> > On the other hand, I could not find a way to make the floating toolbars > > transient :( gtk_handlebox provides no clues on this whatsoever, and was > > unable to figure out the GTK_WINDOW of the detached toolbar. So at least >on > > KDE, toolbars sink miserably when floating which makes them almost >unusable. > >You'd need to dip into the internal GtkHandleBox structure, I think. Why oh why can't they (gtk authors) make them transient by default??? >GtkHandleBox sucks, to be honest. It was just the best I could do on >short notice. :/ In which case, I wonder if it's actually better to go without dockability, at least for this release... _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photos&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjo…

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status: standard GTK buttons
by MenTaLguY 06 Dec '03

06 Dec '03

I'm nearly done a patch that converts SPButton to a subclass of GtkToggleButton. Works great, with one issue -- apparently, an SPIcon widget refuses to paint itself when placed in a GtkButton. I'm going to keep trying to narrow down the problem, but if anyone has any ideas... -mental

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] crash when moving with arrow keys
by bulia byak 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

>Yeah, that's what it was. The preferences had a wacked out value. I'd love to know how that could happen. Right now there's no code that sets this value, only reads it. Perhaps a bug somewhere in the repr system. For now I will create a function to read a pref value with min and max specified, which will return the default value if what is read is outside the limits. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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05 Dec '03

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] DOM SVG Canvas
by Ian Grant 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

> The work Mental had been doing assumed C. Also I suspect serious > consideration would be given to keeping it in C if that would make it > easier to reuse in other apps. But we really haven't talked about it. I favour C. Does providing a C interface compromise any C++ class wrapper for that interface? Whilst I have heard of many C++ class interfaces wrapping C libraries I have never heard of the converse. Is it totally impossible because of C++ method names? -- Ian Grant, Computer Lab., William Gates Building, JJ Thomson Ave., Cambridge Phone: +44 1223 334420

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] crash when moving with arrow keys
by Robert Crosbie 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

Yeah, that's what it was. The preferences had a wacked out value. id="nudgedistance" value="-1.07374e+09" /> Thanks, Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie >From: "bulia byak" <archiver_1@...19...> >To: swingincelt@...19..., inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: RE: [Inkscape-devel] crash when moving with arrow keys >Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 23:09:02 +0000 > >I cannot reproduce this crash with the latest CVS, so I have to guess: > >1. if you have ~/.inkscape/preferences, delete it, restart inkscape > >2. if the problem persists, please send me your ~/.inkscape/preferences.xml >- i suspect there's something wrong with your options.nudgedistance value > >>I was just trying to use the arrow keys to move an object and inkscape >>crashed. Sucks because I lost the changes to the document I was working >>on. I did a few experiments and it seems that moving a selection with the >>arrow keys is broken. >> >>This line >>M 100 100 L 100 200 >>moved here after pressing right arrow or alt+right arrow >>M -1.34217e+09 100 L -1.34217e+09 200 >> >>Inkscape will likely freeze or crash if you try to move objects a few >>times with the arrow keys. >> >>Cheers, >>Rob. >>http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >>http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms… >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------- >>This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. >>Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it >>help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help >>YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ >>_______________________________________________ >>Inkscape-devel mailing list >>Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. >Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it >help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help >YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-devel mailing list >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photos&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjo…

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