January 2004 - Inkscape Devel

zooming by wheel
by bulia byak 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

I used cursor coordinates (instead of window center) when zooming in/out by scrollwheel with Shift. So you can position mouse over any object and zoom into it without moving mouse. But I can't test it as I don't have a wheel mouse. Could anyone with a wheel mouse please test it? _________________________________________________________________ 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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more [] <> fun
by bulia byak 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Today my daughter enjoyed Inkscape thus: draw a freehand line, click the node tool, select all nodes, and press-and-hold <, >, [, ] randomly. Lots of fun from the "dancing zuka." ("Zuka" means approximately "an unidentifiable funny shape".) The new shortcuts listed below more or less close my list of planned new features for the release. From now on I'm focusing on bugs and urge everyone to do the same. There's one problem I discovered in X keyboard handling: pressing both Alts with some other keys results in Alt being stuck, and you'll have to press single Alt plus something to unstick it. I don't know if this is a bug in X (it works this way everywhere, so it's certainly not an Inkscape problem) or some sort of feature that I don't know how to turn off. Any ideas? Node tool shortcuts (F2, n) * [, ] rotate both control handles around the node by the global rotate step (default 15 degrees) * Left Ctrl+[, Left Ctrl+], Right Ctrl+[, Right Ctrl+] rotate one of the controls by the global rotate step * Left Alt+[, Left Alt+], Right Alt+[, Right Alt+] rotate one of the handles by the angle corresponding to 1 pixel (actual angle depends on zoom) * Left Alt+Right Alt+[, Left Alt+Right Alt+] rotate both controls by the angle corresponding to 1 pixel * <, > make both control handles shorter or longer by the scale step (default 2 pt) * Left Ctrl+<, Left Ctrl+>, Right Ctrl+<, Right Ctrl+> make one of the control handles shorter or longer by the scale step (default 2 pt) * Left Alt+<, Left Alt+>, Right Alt+<, Right Alt+> make one of the control handles shorter or longer by 1 pixel (actual distance depends on zoom) * Left Alt+Right Alt+<, Left Alt+Right Alt+> make both control handles shorter or longer by 1 pixel Note: Instead of the < and > keys, you can use the , (comma) and . (period) keys respectively _________________________________________________________________ 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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RE: [Inkscape-devel] website broken - what's going on?
by bulia byak 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Hmm, now it works again. >From: "bulia byak" <archiver_1@...19...> >To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: [Inkscape-devel] website broken - what's going on? >Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:55:50 +0000 > >You have probably reached this page in error. > >If you were attempting to reach a site that's domain ends in >.sourceforge.net, it is likely that your browser is not HTTP/1.1 compliant. >This may be because you're running a very old version of MSIE or Netscape. > >Please upgrade your browser and try again. > >_________________________________________________________________ >STOP MORE 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… > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 >Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration >See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. >http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-devel mailing list >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoi…

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website broken - what's going on?
by bulia byak 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

You have probably reached this page in error. If you were attempting to reach a site that's domain ends in .sourceforge.net, it is likely that your browser is not HTTP/1.1 compliant. This may be because you're running a very old version of MSIE or Netscape. Please upgrade your browser and try again. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE 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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[ 880559 ] Loading place text in wrong place
by bulia byak 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

The bug is not in wrong display; actually Inkscape displays your file correctly and Sodipodi does not. The bug was in adding extra newlines when the file was saved. This bug is fixed in CVS. However, to fix your existing file, you'll have to manually remove any wrong whitespace between <tspan> elements within <text> elements. E.g. instead of <text> <tspan>English</tspan> </text> you should have <text><tspan>English</tspan></text> Or, you can load your file into Inkscape CVS, manually remove the extra newlines and save the file. _________________________________________________________________ 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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Re: [Inkscape-devel] new rotate/scale shortcuts
by bulia byak 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

>I get a crash if you scale a shape too big with the modifier keys. > >[kidproto@...174... .inkscape]$ inkscape >inkscape: nr-svp-uncross.cpp:747: NRSVLSlice* >nr_svl_slice_stretch_list(NRSVLSlice*, double): Assertion `v->next' >failed. >,Aborted I think you'd get it regardless of the method of scaling. Actually that's a general problem - I remember seeing the same error several times, which indicates that NR simply does not guard against too big values. Please file a bug, and hopefully our numeric experts will have a look at it one day... _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE 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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Re: [Inkscape-devel] page shadow
by bulia byak 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

>>Personally I find 1 or 2 annoyingly small. To me, it's either 0 or 5. > >What about percentage of the full screen? Don't think it's a good idea. The shadow must be easily recognizable so as to easily differentiate it from objects. A physically constant size is important for that recognizability. _________________________________________________________________ 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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new rotate/scale shortcuts
by bulia byak 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

* [, ] rotate selected object(s) by the angle step (default 15 degrees) * Ctrl+[, Ctrl+] rotate selected object(s) by 90 degrees * Alt+[, Alt+] rotate selected object(s) by the angle corresponding to 1 pixel (actual angle depends on zoom) * <, > scale selected object(s) around center by the scale step (default 2 pt) * Ctrl+<, Ctrl+> scale selected object(s) to 50% or 200% respectively * Alt+[, Alt+] scale selected object(s) by 1 pixel (actual size increment depends on zoom) Note: Instead of the < and > keys, you can use the , (comma) and . (period) keys respectively _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/features&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin…

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] zooming by wheel
by bulia byak 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

>The usability of this would be to be drawing a complex shape and while >drawing with the line/freehand tool, one could hit shift and use the >scrollwheel and be able to zoom closer into where your mouse pointer is >at on screen. Try just that and it won't work. What exactly does it do instead? Centers the zoomed point after zoom? Or does not zoom at all? >Oh BTW, this functionality I just described works great on a >scrollwheel, 3-button mouse by clicking (not scrolling-wheel) the middle >button and being able to zoom closer/further from what is being drawing. Yes, this is what I implemented first, and then just copied that code into wheel-zoom. It should work. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoi…

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] Add/Subtract Nodes + scissor tool + razor tool
by bulia byak 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

>where one could hold a modifier key BEFORE clicking on a >node, where the mouse pointer adds a little modifier icon to the node >edit tool, That is, to the mouse pointer. Yes, ideally any meaningful modifier keypress or mouse action should change mouse cursor and provide a useful statusbar hint. It's in my plans, although currently we still have more urgent usability problems... _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE 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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