RE: F1 => Help ? [was RE: [Inkscape-devel] RE: couple of functionality tweaks]
by bulia byak
>Windows users associate F1 with Help
>and reaching for the Function keys is somewhat awkward, so I'd expect we
>will need to change the keybinding.
Oh please no!!! It's the key I use very often. I'm so spoiled by it that now
I press it all the time when in Xara (and curse when it gives me help :) I
don't know why but it's very convenient, maybe even more convenient than
space (for me). And yes, it's non-standard, but it's borrowed from
CorelDraw, and therefore has at least some legacy behind it. I'm against
changing it in the default keybindings.
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Prep for releasing Inkscape 0.37
by Bryce Harrington
Sounds like it's time to start in on getting the Inkscape 0.37 release
process underway. There's been a lot of great effort from many
people going into this release, and we're all looking forward to
delivering 0.37 to the community. I read over the latest version of the
release notes yesterday and am amazed at how much has been acheved, well
beyond the planned objectives.
The steps we need to take to do this release are the same as before.
1. First, there are a couple last code cleanup tasks that remain: We
need to remove the #if 0 code, and we need volunteers for that. We
need to finalize the code style guidelines, which basically means
getting concensus on keeping tabs or converting tabs into 4-spaces.
2. Next we will declare feature freeze. Anyone working on features
right now will need to either get them in by then, or delay/disable
them until after the release, or move the work onto a branch. In
addition to removing high priority bugs we need to ensure we haven't
lost features (like grid snapping).
3. Once the tarball release is cut, I would like to see us take an
organized approach to creating and testing the binary packages, so
that they are consistently named and of high quality. I'll try to
draw up a plan for this for us.
4. Lastly is to get word out about this release. We have tasks
identified in the roadmap for doing this. A suitable goal would be
to match the Sodipodi 0.32 page view and download numbers. I think
we can do it if we put some organized effort into it; we've got a
good product and a lot of people will be thrilled to get word about
it.
19 years, 2 months
'HACKING' file updated
by Bryce Harrington
I've rewritten the old (Sodipodi) HACKING file to make it shorter and to
briefly outline our development philosophy for those wanting to get
involved in the future. I've enclosed it below for review.
Bryce
Contributing to Inkscape
------------------------
Inkscape welcomes your contributions to help turn it into a fully
SVG-compliant drawing program for the Open Source community.
While many developers work on fixing bugs and creating new features, it
is worth strong emphasis that even non-programmers can help make
Inkscape more powerful and successful. You probably already have an idea
of something you'd like to work on. If not, here are just a few ways you
can help:
* Pick a bug, fix it, and send in a patch
* Choose a feature you want to see developed, and make it
* If you speak a language in addition to English, work on your
language's i18n file in the po/ directory
* Find a new bug and report it
* Help answer questions for new Inkscapers on Jabber, IRC or the
mailing lists
* Write an article advocating Inkscape
* Author a HOWTO describing a trick or technique you've figured out
CVS Access
==========
We give CVS access out to people with proven interest in helping develop
the codebase. Proving your interest is straightforward: Make two
contributions and request access.
Patch Decisions
===============
Our motto for changes to the codebase is "Patch first, ask questions
later". When someone has an idea, rather than endlessly debating it, we
encourage folks to go ahead and code something up (even prototypish).
This is then incorporated into the development branch of the code for
folks to try out, poke and prod, and tinker with. We figure, the best
way to see if an idea fits is to try it on for size.
Coding Style
============
Please refer to the Coding Style Guidelines if you have specific
questions on the style to use for code. If reading style guidelines
doesn't interest you, just follow the general style of the surrounding
code, so that it is at least consistent.
19 years, 2 months
RE: [Inkscape-devel] RE: couple of functionality tweaks
by bulia byak
> > Perhaps this is a misunderstanding: It should deselect any selected
>nodes
> > (they must become all gray), but not deselect the shape itself (why
>would
> > you need that in node edit?) If you need to edit nodes of another shape,
> > however, you can click on it, and it will be selected instead (i.e. the
>old
> > shape's nodes will disappear, and the new shape will show its nodes,
> > initially deselected (gray)).
>
>
>The reason you need to be able to click on the canvas to not see the
>nodes is if the shape you are editing has many nodes and it becomes hard
>to see the original shape or curve or whatever. Trust me, it is really
>helpful to be able to deselect quickly by clicking on nothing (aka, the
>canvas).
In node edit, you're supposed to work on nodes, so naturally it displays
nodes for you. Just press f1 or f3 or space if you want to "hide" nodes. Or
open a new view where you can switch (ctrl-tab) for a quick look without any
noise - this way you won't even lose your selected nodes when you switch
back. These and more are all natural ways to do what you want, while
deselecting _object_ in _node_ edit does not seem quite legal to me.
On the other hand, I might program it so that on the first click it
deselects any nodes, and on the second click, deselects the shape (hiding
its nodes). However I'm reluctant to do this because this may lead to
occasional unintended deselections that may be quite annoying. Anyone else
has an opinion?
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19 years, 2 months
glade/ -> icons/
by MenTaLguY
Just a quick heads-up that we've put renaming the glade/ directory to
icons/ on the TODO, since it contains icons and no glade files.
-mental
19 years, 2 months
Re: [Inkscape-devel] RE: keyboard shortcuts + man page
by bulia byak
>Right now I'm in favor of firing up a browser rather than the full help
>system before the release.
Yes, I too think it's the best approach in the short term.
>You can be assured to get a browser on linux (mozilla), iexplore on
>windows, and safari on OS X. I guess browser preference could be another
>pref, which would be separate from the option of a open file for preview
>pref.
Yes, let it be a preference for now.
>Any thoughts? When are we going to start the feature freeze? Maybe
>WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, prior to our next release?
As for me, I'm already in the "freeze" and actively working on bugs. Bryce,
do you think you will be able to provide at least some marker functionality
for the release? Anyone else working on anything feature-wise at the
moment?
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19 years, 2 months
clone example
by bulia byak
Here's a simple example to give you an idea. Edit the bottom shape (drag,
rotate, node-edit) and the top one will respond. As you see there is some
support in the program already, but it's quite buggy. Hopefully it can be
cleaned up and made usable. (You could help, too, given that you need it for
your designs :)
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Re: [Inkscape-devel] remove/apply transformations?
by bulia byak
>Suppose I'm drawing a snowflake:
>http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie/images/woodworking/snowflake_2c.jpg
>
>I only need to work on one branch of that snowflake, group the paths and
>the others are copies of that branch that are rotated.
It's the perfect case for svg:use (I propose to call it "clone" in the UI).
You create clones, rotate/move them, then work on the shape of the original
and all clones are updated automatically. If there are no showstoppers in
the current svg:use support, I will try to make this possible for the next
release. (Which means you won't need the "preserve" mode, after all - the
clones would work the same in both modes.)
>I wouldn't have to do things like this if inkscape had some CAD-like path
>features such as: Connect path A to the midpoint of Path B; Clip path A at
>it's intersection with path B; etc. I'm constantly making objects to
>precisely find these points that I need.
When I need to draw something with such constraints, I use KSEG
(http://www.mit.edu/~ibaran/kseg.html). It's very nice and powerful,
although you can't easily export its drawings into SVG :(
>It consists of 5 copies of the same path that are rotated, but I had to
>draw a lot of intermediary objects and paths to ensure that that one path
>would be seamless when it was rotated and combined into the larger object.
>It's the intermediary objects that I need to apply the transformations to.
Exactly, this is where clones are badly needed. I always wanted to have them
in my vector editor, but so far no application offered exactly that kind of
feature.
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