November 2004 - Inkscape Devel

0.40pre4 posted
by Ted Gould 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

Hey everyone, I've put up 0.40pre4. This will be the last pre-release assuming no surprises. There are some new tutorials and updates to the layers GUI elements in this release. Along with several bug fixes. As always, if you make a package please e-mail the list so that we can get it up on the file tracker for everyone to use. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=9911… --Ted

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NEW: calligraphy and tracing tutorials
by bulia byak 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

Today two new tutorials were checked in: Calligraphy and Tracing (in Help > Tutorials). Calligraphy tutorial describes in detail the capabilities of the improved Calligraphy pen tool. A brief history of the art, parameters of the tool, useful tips, and many examples from simple strokes to complete lettering projects. Tracing tutorial explains all the options and parameters of the Potrace interface for bitmap tracing, with tips and examples.

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Freehand drawing
by vellum 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

The Freehand tool seems much smoother in recent incarnations. vellum

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SourceForge.net Sitewide Update: Nov 23, 2004 (fwd)
by Bryce Harrington 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Hey hey, check it out, we finally made it to the SourceForge top 25 projects report: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:29:56 -0800 (PST) From: SourceForge.net Team <noreply@...34...> To: bryce@...1... Subject: SourceForge.net Sitewide Update: Nov 23, 2004 (You have acquired this SF.net update because you requested to be on the ... 21. Inkscape https://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape A Linux and Windows vector graphics editor (SVG format) featuring transparency, gradients, node editing, pattern fills, PNG export, and more. Aiming for capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, Visio, etc. Bryce

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Re: inkthing
by Jon Phillips 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Hey Greg, Here is what looks like should install for OS X. It seems that the OS X installer does not exist, but ways to install it using two packaging systems on OS X do exist. Mac OS X using DarwinPorts: http://inkscape.darwinports.com/ Mac OS X using Fink (http://fink.sf.net/) There are current installer versions for windows here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/inkscape/Inkscape-0.39-1.win32.exe?downl… and you can get other versions here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 In terms of an easy to use DMG package for OS X, it appears that this does not exist currently. I am going on a hunt for this and am going to try and get one generated or do myself. This needs to exist for Mac OS X! Jon On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 09:20 -0800, Greg Niemeyer wrote: > Dear Jon, > > Please tell me wheer I can find more information about a compiled > version of Inkscape for OSX...Thanks, Greg > 050505: UC Berkeley Center for New Media Groundbreaking and Conference > (May 5, 2005) > -- Jon Phillips (NEW) USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) CVS Book (http://cvsbook.ucsd.edu) Scale Journal (http://scale.ucsd.edu)

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] SVG Linking
by NAGY Endre 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Bulia Thanks for responding I take your point about distinguishing "editing" from "viewing". I was ignorant of the existance of inkview. To quote my original mail >My purposes are not the rendering of HTML but rather the invocation of a program. Does inkscape support this and how. My original post was grasping at a solution for my posted Feature Request "1070754 - Maintaining Attributes in Users Namespace". In essence, the request was for some capability that allowed for the maintenance of the attributes of a shape that are defined in the namespace of the user (e.g if a line represented a road then I would like to define the name of that road). >From the perspective of the users of the application that I'm developing, this activity is part of the process of "svg creation" not of "svg use" (by which I mean, analogously, "editing" not "viewing"). I had chosen a misleading example. 8^( Any thoughts ? Endre -----Original Message----- From: bulia byak [mailto:buliabyak@...400...] Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2004 11:26 AM To: NAGY Endre Cc: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] SVG Linking > When invoking the example in InternetExplorer, the affect of clicking on the > ellipse is to bring up W3's web page. > I have not found a way of achieving this in inkscape. What, Inkscape did not show you the web page?! :) Seriously, it would be nice to run a browser by clicking a link. In theory. In practice, Inkscape is not so much of a "user agent" as it is an SVG creating application. In particular, following link on click will badly get in the way of editing. Clicking something in Inkscape has lots of editing functions. So, while we can create links, I think we can be excused for not following them. This of course applies to inkscape proper. For inkview, following links by calling a browser is a must. I think we already have an RFE on that; search in the tracker and add your comments. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient.

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layers behaviour
by vellum 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Some immediate thots on layers. As I have not tried them before.Just downloaded 17 Nov build and playing with layers in Win32 2000. First thoughts are that the writing on the layer button is so small as to be almost illegible...and I'm using a 21 inch screen. When the little layer window opens there is a VERY small thingo above and to the left of the top layer. I cannot see what it is or does. It looks like (*001) and clicking it brings it up as a layer I think but the eyeball and padlock are then greyed out. I added five layers and the order appears was 2, 4, 5, 3, 1 from the top down. What is the logic behind this? It is easy to change layer positions but a bit disconcerting to see the order as it sets itself up. Reminds me of what happens with patterns. Flicking visibility and locking on and off for each layer is slow and awkward since only the active layer can be treated at one time. This makes changing the status of several windows a "clicky" business and will be a pain in the butt if say 50 layers were involved. I am more familiar with the CD, XaraX style where each layer has its own padlocks etc. It was not a surprise to find I could not select objects when the layer was locked. It was a surprise to find that I could rubber-band them. Very cool. I like that touch. And the rubber banding works across layers whether locked or not. But is that the way it is meant to work? I found it disconcerting to be able to draw on a locked layer. Now to chase that mail that asked us to look at specific things...if I can refind it. vellum

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w32: Gtk24.zip with new xml.dll
by Bob Jamison 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

I made a new build with the replaced libxml2-2.dll, as indicated by John Cliff. Someone please give it a try, to make sure it: 1) Runs, without complaining about a missing DLL, or crashing. 2) Can load and save a .svgz on Windows If this works, I will upload the .zip to the server, and change the link. Bob

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] w32: Gtk24.zip with new xml.dll
by Bob Jamison 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Bob Jamison wrote: > Actually, Johan Ceuppens already made streams-zlib.cpp > for expanding .svgz's. All we need to do, maybe, is just > add methods for compressing. > > After the release, of course. > Also, I found a very nice iostreams wrapper of zlib here: http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/compgeom/gzstream And the library is only comprised of two files: gzstream.h gzstream.C ...with no dependencies except stdc++ & zlib. It is nice clean code, and LGPL. We could just throw the two files into /src, and add them to Makefile_insert. Voila! And their tests compare their output with gzip. Just what we need. Bob Bob

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w32: Gtk24.zip with new xml.dll
by Bob Jamison 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Ok, I changed the links for gtk24.zip on http://troi.hous.es3.titan.com/~rjamison/inkscape ...to point to gtk24-041122.zip which has the replaced libxml2-2.dll Bob

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