January 2004 - Inkscape Devel

default document
by Nathan Hurst 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

Hi Bulia, sometime ago we discussed the idea of making a default document open when inkscape is first installed, perhaps only opening on the first time use of inkscape, perhaps until the user changes their default document settings. The idea was to have inkscape check for ~/.inkscape/default.svg and open that for "run without any parameters", and if ~/.inkscape/default.svg were missing, to use the system wide default.svg given in doc/default.svg. This gives us the ability for users to start with their prefered document options (such as page size, colour, etc). The tutorial should explain how this works so that the user can change the default easily (checkbox in save?). I'm suggesting we try and get this in for this release, particularly if someone can work on the tutorial to explain some of the features that people tend to miss when they first try out inkscape(knots, offsets, printing to .ps). I'm writing to you because you would be the best person to implement the logic for this (I think?). njh

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RE: Inkscape minor changes I'd like before the next release (if acceptable)
by bulia byak 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

> > > > No. Arrows are for moving. Rotation is different and needs different > > >keys. > >How about using Ctrl+R for rotation through 90 degrees? (I use that a >whole lot more often than the small rotations anyway). Why ctrl-] is any worse? And if you decide you want to rotate it back, you only need to press ctrl-[. Whereas with ctrl-r, you'd have to do ctrl-r three more times :) >Ctrl+R is >currently used by Show Rulers and only becuase I cannot think of anything >better I'd suggest using Ctrl+Shift+R for Show Rulers because at least >then it would be the same as the GIMP. And ctrl-r in Gimp is what? > > Because I may want to pan regardless of any selection, of course! > >You might want to, you dont sound all that certain. Really, I pan with ctrl-arrows ALL THE TIME. When the doc is just loaded and there's no selection. When I have a selection and want to better center it. And in a million of other cases :) >I've just noticed that the Up and Down Arrow Keys currently Zoom in and >Out (when used without any modifier keys) and I would have expected them >to be available for Panning when nothing was selected. They're not supposed to, it's a bug which I will fix shortly. It does not affect selector and node tool. >I'd think that Up and Down would be best not used for Zooming. Sure. >For Zooming it would be better to just have >Zoom In + (and also =) as well as Ctrl++ (and Ctrl+=) Sorry, ctrl++ is already "union". It's easy to remember that ctrl with four math operators means four boolean functions. >Zoom Out - as well as Ctrl+- Ctrl+- is "subtract" >(the use of both + and = is to avoid the nasty differences between QWERTY >and AZERTY keyboards) and with Zoom having this generous selection of >shorcuts Yes. _________________________________________________________________ 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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can't compile
by bulia byak 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

select-context.cpp: In function `gint sp_select_context_root_handler(SPEventContext*, GdkEvent*)': select-context.cpp:386: error: cannot convert `const NR::Point' to `double' for argument `2' to `void sp_rubberband_start(SPDesktop*, double, double)' make[3]: *** [select-context.o] Error 1 _________________________________________________________________ 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] win32 icon problem
by bulia byak 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

>These are all now fuzzy, poor colour contrast and much less clear than >previous icons. My guess is that they are not "new icons". There was no icons change on Linux recently. Most likely, the Win build is just broken because of the recent directory renames and thus uses wrong icons. _________________________________________________________________ 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] gtk wheel
by bulia byak 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

>I also make a motion to remove the GTK color that makes the fill/stroke >palette to massive in the release. Agree? Disagree? Obviously, we will >add back in once the custom gtk color wheel is finished. Disagree, as I wrote just a few days ago. I use it all the time. Do not remove unless you have a fully functional replacement. _________________________________________________________________ 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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win32 icon problem
by bulia byak 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

Bob, in Inkscape0401280318.zip there's some problem with icons: they are all different from Linux version and often disappear (leaving black squares). Maybe something related to the recent glade/icons rename? Could you please have a look? _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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filters menu
by MenTaLguY 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

Would anyone object if we removed the (mostly non-functional) Filters menu for the release? (When we bring it back, we'll need to call it something else anyway -- we plan on implementing SVG Filters eventually, and those are a totally different thing) -mental

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ted, your abstract
by Jonathan Phillips 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

Ted, this is a reminder tody to not forget your abstract at work. It would be a good read... Jon -- Jonathan Phillips <jon@...15...>

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] Prep for releasing Inkscape 0.37
by bulia byak 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

> > Can you please post these numbers, just out of curiosity? As well as > > probably SP 0.33 numbers and our 0.36 numbers? That would give us a >sense of > > competition, which is always good :) > >Btw, I've been keeping more detailed track of metrics on our website at >http://www.inkscape.org/status/. Oh, that one I know - thanks for keeping it up, it's really interesting. But the comparison to Sodipodi is more thrilling :) We must beat SP 0.33 downloads. We have everything needed for that. I think we lagged behind with 0.36 simply because the Windows build was not ready in time, and Windows downloads are massive. Now we must push our no-hassle Windows builds more aggressivly. >Also, I suspect when we move CVS off of SourceForge it will reduce our >SF rank subsequent to that. Not really - I read that they are not counting CVS activity due to some issue. What can probably affect our rank is our posting the release news via the news tracker (this wasn't done for the last release). _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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code cleanup
by Jonathan Phillips 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

Also, after doing this conversion from glade -> icons, it is actually a really good idea to document your code cleanup performaed to each file. Don't forget (I think I'm reminding myself). Jon -- Jonathan Phillips <jon@...15...>

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