October 2004 - Inkscape Devel

outdated link for download
by David Christian Berg 17 Oct '04

17 Oct '04

The link on the webpage is still outdated. Please fix or for now tell me, how to download a recent version of inkscape from sourceforge. Thanx David

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two new tips from the tipsandtricks tutorial
by bulia byak 17 Oct '04

17 Oct '04

I added two new tips to the tutorial. Feel free to send me your favorite Inkscape tips for inclusion - preferably something non-obvious, useful, and not documented elsewhere. Clipping or masking a bitmap By default, an imported bitmap (e.g. a photo) is an <image> element which is not editable by a Node tool. To work around this, convert the image into a rectangle with pattern fill by Alt+I ("Tile"). Now this object can be converted to path, node-edited, intersected with other shapes etc. In Preferences (Misc tab), you can set the option of always importing bitmaps as tiles. Open dialog as an object palette If you have a number of small SVG files whose contents you often reuse in other documents, you can conveniently use the Open dialog as a palette. Add the directory with your SVG sources into the bookmarks list so you can open it quickly. Then browse that directory looking at the previews. Once you found the file you need, simply drag it to the canvas and it will be imported into your current document.

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open files fails
by David Christian Berg 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

open files via double click from nautilus fails. the open dialog and importing files via drag and drop work fine.

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zoom with with mousewheel
by David Christian Berg 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

OK, next thing: first of all thanx bulia, for making the mousewheel zoom to the cursor!! but: - it's the the wrong way around, from what I feel... scrolling up zooms out, scrolling down in... that's a strange behaviour and is opposite of the way it was before, IIRC, and for sure opposite the way I'm used to it (from gimp, corel, autocad, and whatever) - the zoom steps quite big

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Please check the Wiki
by Arpad Biro 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

Hi, I tried to restore spammed Wiki pages; not sure about what the SandBox page is supposed to contain, though. Someone please check that page. Arpad Biro _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com

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What's up with the Wiki?
by Arpad Biro 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

Hi, The Wiki seems to be in bad shape again... Arpad Biro __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Circle/ellipse tool behaviour
by Lucas Vieites 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

El vie, 15-10-2004 a las 18:21 +0100, john cliff escribió: > Hit the make whole button on the top toolbar. it should go back to a > full circle. > > That did it, silly of me not to have seen it. Thanks > On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:05:41 +0200, Lucas Vieites > <lucas@...212...> wrote: > > Hi, I'm having a strange behaviour of the circle/ellipse tool with > > version 0.39. The thing is I used the tool to create a segment the other > > day and now every time I want to create a circle it's only possible to > > create a segment or an arc. The nodes are open by default. How can I > > turn it back to a normal circle? > > > > Thank you for your attention, > > -- > > Lucas Vieites Fariña > > Dept. Desarrollo <lucas@...212...> > > Asix Informática <http://www.asixinformatica.com/> > > Tel/Fax: +34 986 54 26 98 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > -- Lucas Vieites Fariña Dept. Desarrollo <lucas@...212...> Asix Informática <http://www.asixinformatica.com/> Tel/Fax: +34 986 54 26 98

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Inkscape Status 2004-10-15
by Bryce Harrington 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

Statistics Nov 15 May 15 Aug 15 Sep 15 Oct 15 ========== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== Lifetime Rank on SourceForge: 4391 1028 774 733 687 (68.5%) (92.7%) (94.6%) (94.9%) (95.2%) Max Week's Rank on SourceForge: 62 36 53 189 124 (99.6%) (99.8%) (99.7%) (98.9%) (99.3%) Total SF Page Views * 475,000 900,566 1,072,842 1,339,114 Total SF Downloads * 27,400 47,278 56,571 63,869 Total Freshmeat URL Hits 746 * 9,382 10,322 11,465 Total Freshmeat Subscriptions 16 74 114 118 124 Lines of Code in src/: 115,901 189,116 276,437 298,454 303,783 Code lines 147,471 200,684 213,351 216,027 Comment line 16,757 43,558 51,098 52,421 Blank 25,886 37,425 40,484 41,872 Lines of Docs in doc/: 1,135 4,544 16,358 16,795 16,841 Lines of content in website: 1,173 6,008 7,106 7,527 7,840 Size of the Inkscape wiki: 3,700 18,638 19,665 20,207 22,459 Minutes since last ChangeLog mod: 360 * * * * Bugs open/total: 9/15 57/365 110/568 126/616 135/653 Features open/total: 18/18 183/238 266/361 250/376 263/406 Patches open/total: 1/ 6 4/ 83 5/120 6/123 7/126 CVS Commits (as per inkscape-cvs): 481 3391 6,822 7,296 7,860 Inkscape-devel membership: 49 78 104 113 109 Inkscape-announce membership: 9 43 74 85 98 Inkscape-user membership: 71 109 120 138 Num Translations : 33 33 33 Ave Translation Ratio: 44.9% 45.0% 35.0% * - Statistics unavailable

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CVS doesn't compile
by Carl Hetherington 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

Hi, CVS head doesn't compile for me: if distcc g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/usr/local/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/usr/local/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/usr/local/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/local/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/usr/local/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/local/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/usr/local/lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/local/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/usr/local/include/atkmm-1.6 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libxml2 -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -MT sp-item.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/sp-item.Tpo" -c -o sp-item.o sp-item.cpp; \ then mv -f ".deps/sp-item.Tpo" ".deps/sp-item.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/sp-item.Tpo"; exit 1; fi In file included from sp-item.cpp:51: util/list.h: In member function `typename Inkscape::Traits::Reference<T>::LValue Inkscape::Util::List<T>::operator*() const': util/list.h:39: error: `_cell' undeclared (first use this function) util/list.h:39: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) util/list.h: In member function `typename Inkscape::Traits::Reference<T>::Pointer Inkscape::Util::List<T>::operator->() const': util/list.h:40: error: `_cell' undeclared (first use this function) util/list.h: In member function `Inkscape::Util::List<T>& Inkscape::Util::List<T>::operator++()': util/list.h:43: error: `_cell' undeclared (first use this function) util/list.h: In member function `Inkscape::Util::List<T> Inkscape::Util::List<T>::operator++(int)': util/list.h:48: error: `_cell' undeclared (first use this function) util/list.h: In member function `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T>& Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T>::operator++()': util/list.h:121: error: `_cell' undeclared (first use this function) util/list.h: In member function `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T> Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T>::operator++(int)': util/list.h:126: error: `_cell' undeclared (first use this function) util/list.h: In member function `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T> Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T>::setNext(Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T>)': util/list.h:135: error: `_cell' undeclared (first use this function) util/list.h: At global scope: util/list.h: In instantiation of `Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>': util/list.h:113: instantiated from `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>' sp-item.cpp:181: instantiated from here util/list.h:27: error: invalid use of undefined type `class Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' util/list.h:27: error: declaration of `class Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' sp-item.cpp: In member function `void SPItem::lowerOne()': sp-item.cpp:189: error: could not convert `next_lower' to `bool' sp-item.cpp:192: error: could not convert `next_lower' to `bool' sp-item.cpp: In member function `void SPItem::lowerToBottom()': sp-item.cpp:209: error: could not convert `bottom' to `bool' sp-item.cpp:212: error: could not convert `bottom' to `bool' etc. Unfortunately I really don't understand quite what's going on in list.h. Could somebody take a look? (this is with gcc 3.4.1) Cheers Carl

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Re: util/list.h breakage (g++ 3.4 errors you wanted)
by Ian E. Morgan 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

>From CVS as of Oct 14 12:04, with g++ 3.4.2. This is after the "fixes to (hopefully) build with g++ 3.4 (and generally be less evil anyway)". g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/local/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/usr/local/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/usr/local/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/usr/local/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/local/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/usr/local/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/local/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/usr/local/lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/local/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/usr/local/include/atkmm-1.6 -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -c -o sp-item.o sp-item.cpp util/list.h: In instantiation of `Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>': util/list.h:127: instantiated from `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>' sp-item.cpp:181: instantiated from here util/list.h:89: error: invalid use of undefined type `class Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' util/list.h:89: error: declaration of `class Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' util/list.h: In copy constructor `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>::MutableList(const Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>&)': util/list.h:123: error: `Inkscape::Util::List<T>::List(const Inkscape::Util::List<const T>&) [with T = SPObject&]' is private sp-item.cpp:187: error: within this context sp-item.cpp: In member function `void SPItem::lowerOne()': sp-item.cpp:187: error: initializing argument 1 of `_InputIterator std::find_if(_InputIterator, _InputIterator, _Predicate) [with _InputIterator = Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>, _Predicate = bool (*)(const SPObject&)]' sp-item.cpp:189: error: could not convert `next_lower' to `bool' sp-item.cpp:192: error: could not convert `next_lower' to `bool' sp-item.cpp: In member function `void SPItem::lowerToBottom()': sp-item.cpp:209: error: could not convert `bottom' to `bool' sp-item.cpp:212: error: could not convert `bottom' to `bool' util/list.h: In copy constructor `Inkscape::Util::List<T>::List(const Inkscape::Util::List<const T>&) [with T = SPObject&]': sp-item.cpp:187: instantiated from here util/list.h:123: error: type `class Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' is not a direct base of `Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' /usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../../include/c++/3.4.2/bits/stl_iterator_base_types.h: At global scope: /usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../../include/c++/3.4.2/bits/stl_iterator_base_types.h: In instantiation of `std::iterator_traits<Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&> >': /usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../../include/c++/3.4.2/bits/stl_algo.h:336: instantiated from `_InputIterator std::find_if(_InputIterator, _InputIterator, _Predicate) [with _InputIterator = Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>, _Predicate = bool (*)(const SPObject&)]' sp-item.cpp:187: instantiated from here /usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../../include/c++/3.4.2/bits/stl_iterator_base_types.h:129: error: no type named `iterator_category' in `class Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>' /usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../../include/c++/3.4.2/bits/stl_iterator_base_types.h:131: error: no type named `difference_type' in `class Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>' /usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../../include/c++/3.4.2/bits/stl_algo.h: In function `_InputIterator std::find_if(_InputIterator, _InputIterator, _Predicate) [with _InputIterator = Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>, _Predicate = bool (*)(const SPObject&)]': sp-item.cpp:187: instantiated from here /usr/lib/gcc/i686-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../../include/c++/3.4.2/bits/stl_algo.h:336: error: no matching function for call to `__iterator_category(Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>&)' algorithms/find-last-if.h: In function `ForwardIterator Inkscape::Algorithms::find_last_if(ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator, UnaryPredicate) [with ForwardIterator = Inkscape::Util::MutableList<SPObject&>, UnaryPredicate = bool (*)(const SPObject&)]': sp-item.cpp:208: instantiated from here algorithms/find-last-if.h:26: error: no match for 'operator!=' in 'start != end' ./util/shared-c-string.h:56: note: candidates are: bool Inkscape::Util::operator!=(const char*, const Inkscape::Util::SharedCString&) ./util/shared-c-string.h:52: note: bool Inkscape::Util::operator!=(const Inkscape::Util::SharedCString&, const char*) algorithms/find-last-if.h:28: error: no match for 'operator!=' in 'start != end' ./util/shared-c-string.h:56: note: candidates are: bool Inkscape::Util::operator!=(const char*, const Inkscape::Util::SharedCString&) ./util/shared-c-string.h:52: note: bool Inkscape::Util::operator!=(const Inkscape::Util::SharedCString&, const char*) util/list.h: In constructor `Inkscape::Util::List<T>::List() [with T = SPObject&]': util/list.h:129: instantiated from `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T>::MutableList() [with T = SPObject&]' sp-item.cpp:185: instantiated from here util/list.h:96: error: type `class Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' is not a direct base of `Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' util/list.h: In constructor `Inkscape::Util::List<T>::List(typename Inkscape::Traits::Reference<T>::RValue, const Inkscape::Util::List<T>&) [with T = SPObject&]': util/list.h:132: instantiated from `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T>::MutableList(typename Inkscape::Util::List<T>::const_reference, const Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T>&) [with T = SPObject&]' util/list.h:166: instantiated from `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T> Inkscape::Util::cons(typename Inkscape::Traits::Reference<T>::RValue, const Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T>&) [with T = SPObject&]' util/reverse-list.h:25: instantiated from `Inkscape::Util::MutableList<T> Inkscape::Util::reverse_list(InputIterator, InputIterator) [with T = SPObject&, InputIterator = Inkscape::Util::ForwardPointerIterator<SPObject, SPObject::SiblingIteratorStrategy>]' sp-item.cpp:184: instantiated from here util/list.h:99: error: type `class Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' is not a direct base of `Inkscape::Util::List<SPObject&>' make[2]: *** [sp-item.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/imorgan/cvs/inkscape/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/imorgan/cvs/inkscape' make: *** [all] Error 2 Regards, Ian Morgan -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian E. 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