January 2004 - Inkscape Devel

RE: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 Text Alpha value
by bulia byak 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

>When Inkscape opens normally the text is not 100% black. It comes up >slightly gray. This is due to the Alpha fill level opening at 0.75. This is >easy to fix in preferences since it seems to come from the "tools" style = >"fill:none; fill-opacity: 0.75;" Changing this to 1 fixes the problem. OK, I fixed this in the program's default preferences. _________________________________________________________________ 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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dialogs toggle
by bulia byak 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

Now F12 and ` toggle visibility of all open dialogs - please test. Feel free to suggest another keyboard binding (or whether only one of the two should be left). When dialogs are hidden and you open a new dialog, all hidden ones are unhidden - I think that's logical, but please argue if you can think of another approach. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 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] more info on crashes
by bulia byak 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

>In sp_node_context_selection_changed, what should happen if nc->nodepath >and nc->knot_holder are both null? Currenly inkscape is dying in >sp_repr_remove_listener_by_data possibly because it is being passed >unitialized data. Thanks Robert! The fix is in, please test. This fixes at least the inset-in-node-edit crash, and I will now test node editing via XML editor more thoroughly to see if there are any other problems (not that I did not test it before...) _________________________________________________________________ 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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more info on crashes
by Robert Crosbie 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Since I can't seem to post to the inkscape jabber conference room, I'll post an obervation here. Related to my last two posts: In sp_node_context_selection_changed, what should happen if nc->nodepath and nc->knot_holder are both null? Currenly inkscape is dying in sp_repr_remove_listener_by_data possibly because it is being passed unitialized data. This is the source of many of my crashes. Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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windows profile directory
by MenTaLguY 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

I'm about to commit some changes to CVS re: the profile directory. This one removes some of the less portable code (WTF did someone use creat()!? we have fopen()!) and reduces the number of platform-specific ifdefs to three. With some work it could probably be reduced further. Also this fixes a problem with creating the profile directory initially. The last change is that on Windows the directory is called "Inkscape" instead of ".inkscape", to be marginally kinder to Explorer and more Windows-like anyway. (if we want to be really good Windows citizens, we should look up the locale-dependent name of the "Application Data" profile directory and create our subdirectory there, but that's a much bigger job. Bulia's change is a _big_ improvement and gets us much of the way there.) -mental

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inset path crash
by Robert Crosbie 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Here is another crash I can reproduce consistantly from current CVS: Draw a closed freehand curve (start and end on the same point) Select node editor tool. Select Path->Inset Path (or Outset) Segmentation fault If you select the "Selection" tool instead of the node editor and create an Inset Path inkscape won't crash. Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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node editing crashes
by Robert Crosbie 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

After Bulia's request for bugs, I figured I'd submit this problem I've been seeing lately in the current CVS: When editing paths with both the GUI and the XML editor, inkscape will crash. I always use the XML editor and node editor to position points in my paths to make sure I get them exactly where I want them. I find I can only make a few edits and inkscape will crash. Sometimes one switch between editor and GUI and inkscape will segfault*, other times it will take 10 or more. Having multiple paths may produce this problem faster (not sure). Sometimes inkscape won't crash, but will reach a state where nothing can be selected anymore and messages such as this will be produced: ** (inkscape:10227): CRITICAL **: file selection.cpp: line 523 (SPItem* sp_selec tion_item(SPSelection*)): assertion `SP_IS_SELECTION (selection)' failed ** (inkscape:10227): CRITICAL **: file selection.cpp: line 483 (void sp_selectio n_empty(SPSelection*)): assertion `SP_IS_SELECTION (selection)' failed ** (inkscape:10227): CRITICAL **: file selection.cpp: line 354 (void sp_selectio n_set_item(SPSelection*, SPItem*)): assertion `SP_IS_SELECTION (selection)' fail ed (inkscape:10227): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: instance of invalid non-instantiatabl e type `<invalid>' (inkscape:10227): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gsignal.c: line 2300 (g_signal_ handlers_disconnect_matched): assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' faile d (inkscape:10227): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `<inval id>' in cast to `GObject' I haven't submitted it to the bug tracker simply because I don't have a clear way of reproducing it. * I have disabled the SIGSEGV, SIGFPE and SIGILL handlers in my version: // segv_handler = signal (SIGSEGV, inkscape_segv_handler); // signal (SIGFPE, inkscape_segv_handler); // signal (SIGILL, inkscape_segv_handler); Cheers, Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie _________________________________________________________________ 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] RE: Win32 Preferences
by bulia byak 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

>I must say that Inkscape just gets better and better to use. Maybe its >familiarity. I'm just sorry that I am not a developer. As a user though I >can comment on use and nag people ;-). We definitely need more and more testing and complaining users, so please spread the word :) The current 66 bugs in the tracker is perhaps 1/5 of the actual number of severe bugs... _________________________________________________________________ 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] Ungroup All Command
by bulia byak 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

>No, "Ungroup all" is not necessary, Ungroup must simply ungroup _all_ >selected groups (now it only works if one group is selected). This way >you'll be able to ungroup any nested group(s) down to atoms by pressing >ctrl-u sequentially. This is now done. Please test. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 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] ctrl-tab
by bulia byak 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

>It allows you to jump to the next control when inside a text entry field >(instead of inserting a tab). Not sure if that's all but I think so. >That's a pretty important accessibility feature, so we'd have to somehow >make sure that it wouldn't switch documents when the focus is on a >control that can't be left with regular tab. Which should be mainly the >text tool (while inserting text) and some dialogs. I just tested - Ctrl-Tab works in dialogs as before, it cycles through any widgets, not only text fields (just like Tab). As for on-canvas text, it did not have a ctrl-tab keybinding before and I don't think it needs to have it now; when on canvas, ctrl-tab should always switch documents for consistency. We do need, however, some key combination in the text tool to jump from one text object to the next and back, but it must not be Tab or Ctrl-Tab. Any suggections? _________________________________________________________________ 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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