November 2004 - Inkscape Devel

object properties
by Adib Taraben 13 Nov '04

13 Nov '04

Hi all, maybe I miss some of the conversations, just to clarify: what is the meaning of the properties in the dialog: -ID: used as XML ID to identify the object in the three, highly used in inkscape -Label: used as inkscape:label for more userfriendly design -Title: -Description: As Title and Description are disabled in the dialog, will they be used later ??? Is there a difference between title and label? And when I open the dialog ID comes as 'rect1011', label comes as '#rect1011', then I just press update properties and the label becomes invalid ???? probably not a feature ! There is something wrong with the first character '#' . Thanks, Adib.

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remaining tasks for the release
by bulia byak 13 Nov '04

13 Nov '04

Not an exhaustive list, of course, but just a reminder of some things we should not forget. 1 Restore the ID field in Object Properties (Bryce or Mental) 2 Release a pre2, this time it should also be available as both normal and static RPMs so that packaging with the new libs could be tested (Ted, using static magic from Bob) 3 Each developer should read through the http://inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes to: - fill in or edit what is missing - get a general idea of what is new, so as to be able to answer questions from users :) Right now the missing parts there are layers (Mental), plugin architecture (Ted) and XML editor statusbar (me or Kees). 4 Layers (Mental): - switch from using visibility property to display property - add a dialog asking for a name of a new layer to create, with a couple of checkboxes "Make a sublayer" and "Move selection to the new layer" (I think Mental could use help on this one, it's a simple task for someone) 5 Showstopper bugs to fix, at least: - 1056658 win98: crash on save (msvcrt error box) (JonCruz) - Any build bugs, and maybe others. 6 Would-be-nice-to-fix bugs: - 1062777 ghost spikes in drawing (pjrm) - 1030436 WIN 0.39: document dirty on load, incomplete transaction (Kees was working on that, any progress?) - 1060954 WIN: layer widget font too small 7 Test, test, test Anything I've missed?

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Bug stats
by Bryce Harrington 13 Nov '04

13 Nov '04

I think we're getting close to ready to freeze, and the bug list is getting amazingly long, so this is going to be the last report on bug stats for this release cycle. We've hit 360 points, well beyond our initial goal of 150, which is pretty amazing. Lots of 9-pointers got swatted, leaving us with only 8 critical bugs (most of which appear to be compiler or platform compatibility bugs rather than crash bugs). It's probably time to think about entering into freeze mode. It would be nice to get the release wrapped up and out the door prior to Thanksgiving so we don't have to compete with the holidays for time and eyeballs. How does Sunday sound for going into freeze mode? Bryce Bug ID Pts Title ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1065200 6 Crash on Layout/Alignment Dialog 1065236 (dup) Line Caps Don't Change Color 1065241 (dup) 0.40 does not build on 64bit machines 1065124 (inv) Text on path inside/outside inconsistency 1018756 9 undo crashes during drag after boolean operation 1063054 9 40pre2 browse import bitmap high mem use 1063503 9 configure does not find gc.h 1064117 (inv) 0.39 Crash on Edit/Copy 1063979 9 layers: objects across multiple layers and selecting raise 1063762 9 plain svg save dumps text content 1063299 6 printing Text to PS ignores fill+stroke 1063279 (dup) printing Text to PS ignores fill+stroke 1058415 6 visible toggle doesnt toggle visiblity correctly 1048610 3 cleaned up defs still visible in the list 1061677 6 PS output is unreadable by gs 1061529 6 Seg fault when adding gradient to text and then copying text 1011484 (inv) Creating a circle crashes inkscape and freezes X 1028896 (inv) Crash when opening "text and font" dialog 1021025 6 Metadata: Need to use rdf:bag instead of comma separators 1060278 (dup) Gradient filled objects deleted on EPS export 1058783 6 wrong eps bbox 1027374 6 crash on FILE | OPEN (WindowsME) 1048682 6 text on path some weirdnesses 1015845 9 EPS with text-to-path off no longer works 1030748 (inv) No printing dialogue and printing ignores text. 1038868 9 inkscape 0.4 cvs crashes when printing certain fonts 1059468 9 ps/eps text renders upside-down 1059628 6 group of one object 1057658 6 fill property lost on moving objects 984055 6 Printing on Windows 2000 - Red and Blue components swapped 995453 9 SuSE 9.1 rpm on sourceforge does not work with SuSE 9.1 pro 1058746 (inv) wrong eps export 1057874 (dup) pls rebuild x86 suse rpm from newer src.rpm 1058750 (dup) Markers and stroke paint 1057421 (inv) boolean ops problem 1058734 (inv) Opacity of 75% in previous versions SVG documents 1058741 (inv) No fill or stroke paint on new objects 1056366 6 unlocalizable strings 1058294 6 xlink:href lost on save 1058228 6 CVS build fails on gdk_pixbuf_set_option 1057918 6 Crash when undoing bezier nodes 1057911 6 Dialog appears with -z option 1026260 (inv) crash at startup 1008895 6 invalid xhtml 1056845 9 Bitmap Images broken on Win32 955020 6 assert when quitting with dialog and duplicated window 993447 3 Wrong export area 1022832 3 File dialog glibmm Warning 994853 3 dialog title handled with wrong encoding 1029755 3 png resolution not imported 1039109 9 various problems with text after refactoring 980065 6 Garbled display in "pattern" fill dialog 1048802 6 2 find dialogs 1029530 (dup) WIN CVS: crash on file | import 1051350 (dup) Crash when open a file 990659 6 ill2svg fails without Image/Magick 1054270 9 Win32: Aligning objects causes crash 1048614 6 export: "selection" not toggled with text 931496 6 image URL not updating 998672 (dup) printing broken on Windows XP 1001279 6 Version: 0.39-suse91.0 rpm needs libpopt.so.0 1012089 6 CVS snapshots no longer available 996493 (dup) .39 Inkscape freezes 992962 3 Build Warning: Extensions warnings 992986 3 Build Warning: deprecated functions 992987 3 Build Warning: missing constructors 992985 3 Build Warning: unused variables/functions 1004134 6 'Changed' flag cleared when save not successful 1041643 3 Files fail to open on Gnome 2.8 1048151 6 Union destroy objects in some cases 984096 9 Assertion failures with calligraphy tool 1045067 3 --without-gui crashes if home dir not writable 1038932 6 Export silently fails when file cannot be created 984854 9 crashes with non-existent gradient in gradient editor 1000350 9 --print option can attempt to open dialogs and segfault 1041757 (dup) undefined symbol: gdk_threads_lock 993294 9 RDF improperly exported with plain SVG 1024915 9 glib-2.5.2: crashes on clicking fill and stroke dialog ======================================================================== Total: 360 Goal: 150pts

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Activating DocManager
by Bryce Harrington 13 Nov '04

13 Nov '04

SourceForge has a DocManager feature. We disabled that early on because we didn't intend to use it. However, I suspect it may be a better way of storing large documents than putting them in our webspace on shell.sf.net, so I've reactivated it for experimentation. If we find it's not useful, we can disable it. Note that there is an automation tool for using DocManager, 'adocman': http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=52614 I think everyone with a SF Inkscape account can submit docs. Roughly half of the accounts also have Editor functionality set. If you want your DocManager Editor flag set, just drop me a note. Bryce

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small textual things
by Arpad Biro 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Hi, A few textual things in "Inkscape 0.40cvs (Nov 12 2004)": Object Properties dialog: We have "Sensitive", "Active" and "Printable", so why isn't the 4th one "Hidden" (instead of "Hide")? XML editor: the "Set" button text is unlocalizable. Layer selector button: "root" and "Layer" are unlocalizable. Arpad Biro __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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Visio?
by Bryce Harrington 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Anyone know if there are any converters from Visio to something that could be loaded into Inkscape? Bryce

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callouts
by Alexandre Prokoudine 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Hi, What would it take a person to add callout objects to Inkscape? Alexandre

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search engine
by Arpad Biro 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Hi, For those who have not heard of it yet: there's a new source code search engine for open source developers. Like Google, except it searches in source code. The web address is www.koders.com. Arpad Biro __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Notes on tracing
by Bob Jamison 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

I wrote up a few paragraphs about using the tracer, in OpenOffice format, here: http://troi.hous.es3.titan.com/~rjamison/inkscape/files/tracing.sxw ...if anyone would like to help in documenting this stuff... Maybe produce an SVG document. We could use some help. Bob

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SVGZ files on windows
by John Cliff 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Hi all, Found a solution to the svgz opening problems that the windows build was having, needed a change of libxml dll to one with the gzip stuff turned on, combined with a correction to the example files to strip the carraige returns out that had corrupted them when cvs dled them as ascii. To fix svgz opening on an existing build, replace the current libxml2-2.dll with the one from this package: ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml/libxml2-2.6.15.win32.zip (it needs renaming to libxml2-2.dll) then redownload the example svgz's to get copies that arent corrupt. Daniel, can you replace the dll being used to build your dailies? they'll work ok then. svgz output is another issue entirely, as we currently ass the output off to gzip to compress it. This doesnt work on windows as gzip isnt a standard prog like on linux. it is however freely available, and only 60k, so if someone who has a clue how the extensions stuff works would like to tell me what i need to do to get that working too I'll look into it. (seems like adding an extra 60k to the install size on windows would be worth the functionality) Cheers John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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