February 2004 - Inkscape Devel

txt2svg
by Bryce Harrington 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

For the helluvit I wrote a script to convert plain text into SVG <text> elements, using the Perl SVG module: http://www.bryceharrington.com/txt2svg/ Bryce #!/usr/bin/perl # This is a script to render a plain text file into SVG, line by line. use strict; use SVG; use vars qw($VERSION); $VERSION = '1.00'; my $svg = new SVG; $svg->comment('Generated by txt2svg'); my $i=0; while (<>) { chomp($_); s/\t/ /g; # Convert tabs into spaces, otherwise we get errors about invalid char my $text = $svg->text(id => "text_line_$i", x => 10, y => 12*(1+$i), 'xml:space' => 'preserve', style => { 'font' => 'Courier', 'font-family' => 'Courier 10 pitch', 'font-size' => 10, } ) ->cdata($_); $i++; } print $svg->xmlify();

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] sticky zoom size
by bulia byak 22 Feb '04

22 Feb '04

>Any objections to adding 2 pixels to the bottom bar height? It seems the >sticky zoom button is temporary, but I have a thing for consoles free of >unnecessary output. ;) I don't get these warnings for some reason, but in any case I'd much prefer making the button smaller than blowing up the entire bottom bar for its sake. _________________________________________________________________ Dream of owning a home? Find out how in the First-time Home Buying Guide. http://special.msn.com/home/firsthome.armx

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re: 'dialogs' menu (screenshot inside)
by bulia byak 22 Feb '04

22 Feb '04

>Idea: how about always showing that adjustement handle or showing it some >other way? >Why hide it until you turn on Node edit, I cannot help thinking of >programs like Microsoft Powerpoint that have these nodes visible just >after you first draw a shape? That is true, and it applies to other shapes as well (rect, spiral, star). They could be editable by their respective tools, not by node editor. Please file a RFE on that (or maybe we already have such an RFE, please check first). _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re: 'dialogs' menu (screenshot inside)
by bulia byak 22 Feb '04

22 Feb '04

> > If you are going to use the stock icons from OpenOffice I think it would > > be far better if you used the ellipse icon that doesn't have a segment > > sliced out of it (because the ellipse tool in inkscape cannot draw >shapes > > like that yet). It can and always could. Have you read the Help>Tutorial? _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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website cleanup reminder
by Jonathan Phillips 22 Feb '04

22 Feb '04

Hello, I cleaned up the website code to make it validate as xhtml 1.0 transitional. Just some reminders to you all whom edit the site that you should all: 1.) close all tags (<li>...</li> specifically). Thus, <p>...</p> and <img src="./blah.svg" /> (NOTE: the trailing slash before closing tag). 2.) tags are lowercase now and attributes are quoted (ie, <img src="" />). 3.) encode all all html entities like <, >, &, etc using their special code: <, >, & 4.) If you add images, then make sure to include alt tags (my printThumbnail script automatically adds them in--this is used for the screenshots page and main page) I converted many many of these to get the site to validate. Many ppl don't close <li> tags with the trailing </li> and the coding_style.php file had no special characeter encodings, which ring a bell on validation. Also, Bulia, the output from the keys does not conform to the doctype assigned to the generated html file (which is xhtml 1.0 transitional). I know these are minor tasks, but trying to cleanup the web code/markup as well during the BUG HUNT! Thanks, Jon PS: As a show of good faith, I closed the 4 minor website bugs in the bug tracker. We almost have them all one page now! :) -- Jonathan Phillips <jon@...15...>

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] sticky zoom size
by bulia byak 22 Feb '04

22 Feb '04

>http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie/sticky_zoom.jpg > >Does it display properly for other people? It does for me, I have no idea why it gets such a big padding on your system. Here's my screenshot: http://inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.38-linux-kerning.png _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photos&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjo…

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Bug: 898437
by Robert Crosbie 21 Feb '04

21 Feb '04

I don't see what the bug is in this bug: http://tinyurl.com/3ysza The object is a path that is not closed. If you were to add a stroke, it is clear that the path is not closed. As mental noted in the followup, you can select the two endpoints, and join the path to close it. Indicating where the path endpoints are would be a feature... wouldn't it? Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] sticky zoom size
by Robert Crosbie 21 Feb '04

21 Feb '04

This is what I see on my Mandrake 9.2 system with KDE desktop. Note the cropped sticky_zoom button: http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie/sticky_zoom.jpg Does it display properly for other people? Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie >From: "bulia byak" <archiver_1@...19...> >To: swingincelt@...19..., inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: RE: [Inkscape-devel] sticky zoom size >Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:24:46 +0000 > >>Any objections to adding 2 pixels to the bottom bar height? It seems the >>sticky zoom button is temporary, but I have a thing for consoles free of >>unnecessary output. ;) > >I don't get these warnings for some reason, but in any case I'd much prefer >making the button smaller than blowing up the entire bottom bar for its >sake. > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoi…

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RDF
by Jon A.Cruz 21 Feb '04

21 Feb '04

Oooohhhh..... RDF.... Yummmmmyyy..... comments?

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sticky zoom size
by Robert Crosbie 21 Feb '04

21 Feb '04

I was wondering why this message was being printed a lot by inkscape: ** (inkscape:31271): WARNING **: SPIcon: icon allocated less than requested size It is coming from the little sticky zoom button in the bottom status bar. This status bar is defined to have a height of 20, and the sticky zoom is 14x14. With the borders around the status bar and the borders around the button, the sticky zoom gets cropped to 14x10 which triggers the warning message. I found the optimal size for status bar and sticky zoom button to get rid of the warning message is 22 for the status bar and 12 for the button. ./src/widgets/widget-sizes.h #define BOTTOM_BAR_HEIGHT 22 #define BOTTOM_BUTTON_SIZE 12 Anything less than 12 and the sticky zoom button doesn't display. Any objections to adding 2 pixels to the bottom bar height? It seems the sticky zoom button is temporary, but I have a thing for consoles free of unnecessary output. ;) Cheers, Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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