May 2004 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Add new marker
by Tobias Jakobs 20 May '04

20 May '04

Hi, how can I add new marker to inkscape? I found the markers.svg and copied the last "<marker>..</marker>" and changed the "id" and the "inkscape:stockid". But it doesn't work. Can I do that without recompiling? One file for all Markers is not very user friendly because you can't share easily new markers with other users. MfG Tobias

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fill & stroke
by bulia byak 20 May '04

20 May '04

* The Fill and Stroke dialog is made simpler and more usable by removing some obsolete options, shortening labels, using smaller and more descriptive icons, and adding mnemonic hotkeys and tooltips. The dialog now remembers and reactivates the color selector tab you were using last. The channel entry fields are switched from the 0..1 range to 0..255 range for increased precision. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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C++ features with NRObject
by MenTaLguY 20 May '04

20 May '04

Just a quick heads-up to a change I made a couple days ago -- it's now safe to use any C++ feature with NRObject-derived classes provided that: * you still use NRObject functions to manage the object's lifecycle * there is an unbroken chain of C++ inheritance between the clas an NRObject * a class which is directly instantiated or used directly with RTTI needs to have NRObjectClass::cpp_ctor overloaded for it -mental

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] flipping with gradients
by bulia byak 19 May '04

19 May '04

>When I flip an object, I'd expect all gradients to flip the same way, but >they >don't! it's the same with "rotate 90 degrees" and rotation by handles; >gradients stick to the same orientation. As it works now, flipping an >object >horizontally does not give me the exact mirror image, since most gradients >now >look funny. Is there a technical reason for this behavior? I find it kind >of >counter-intuitive. Yes, I'm working on that right now :) This is the case only with "optimizing" objects, i.e. paths and rects. As a workaround, go to Inkscape Preferences (if you're using CVS), Transforms, and click on "Store transformation: preserved". This will fix this problem for all objects. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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flipping with gradients
by Johan Forsberg 19 May '04

19 May '04

Hello! When I flip an object, I'd expect all gradients to flip the same way, but they don't! it's the same with "rotate 90 degrees" and rotation by handles; gradients stick to the same orientation. As it works now, flipping an object horizontally does not give me the exact mirror image, since most gradients now look funny. Is there a technical reason for this behavior? I find it kind of counter-intuitive. Otherwise, inkscape is developing amazingly well! I'd love to contribute to the project, if only with examples of artwork. Cheers, Johan Forsberg

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Keyboard shortcuts summary (fwd)
by Bryce Harrington 19 May '04

19 May '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 17:10:14 +0200 From: Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@...356...> To: xdg-list@...330... Subject: Keyboard shortcuts summary Hi, As some of you probably have noticed, one of the problems advanced users often encounter when using different applications is the lack of consistency between shortcuts. This problem is usually not visible when using applications by for your desktop (ie KDE applications when using KDE or GNOME applications when using GNOME) but it becomes highly visible when you switch environment or when you run one application in "hostile" (ie not its natural) environment. To try to resolve this problem, I've tried to grab the most often used keyboard shorcuts in GNOME, KDE, Mozilla and OpenOffice. The result are available at : http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~fcrozat/shortcuts/shortcuts2.gnumeric I'd like to put this table on freedesktop.org (maybe, on http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/default-keys-spec) This way, we could start a discussion with developers of the different projects on how to improve the current situation. PS : I'll be offline for two weeks starting tomorrow, but don't hesitate to mail xdg mailing-list or me directly.. -- Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@...356...> Mandrakesoft _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@...330... http://freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] about current snapshot
by bulia byak 19 May '04

19 May '04

>1. I try to print as postscript and pipe though kprinter, but always get a >blank page. I launch Inkscape, draw a circle, print and get a blank page. File a bug. Try to locate the source of the problem - do other ways of printing work? Did it work before? If so when did it stop working? As always (http://inkscape.org/report_bugs.php), try to provide as much help as you can to the developers if you want your bug to be fixed promptly. >2. Are there any plans on implementing storing the printer command? I could do a quick-and-dirty implementation, but it needs to involve the extensions subsystem which I'm not too familiar with. Please bug Ted Gould. >3. Mini-sized dropdown lists still look weird because the font size is >large, >like in usual-sized dropdown lists (see the shot). Does this only happen in that dialog? What about the units list on the selector top panel? _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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Big Files
by Tobias Jakobs 19 May '04

19 May '04

Hi, I made some bigger SVG files and noticed that inkscape needs some improvements. Here how I made the files: - exported a map from xrmap to eps - converted the eps file with pstoedit to xfig - used sketch/skencil to convert the xfig file to svg and here comes my wish list to the inkscape developers: 1) More import plugins. 2) A progressbar while opening files. 3) Speed up the file loading. Perhaps someone can even look into xrmap and add a SVG export. MfG Tobias You can find the files here: http://www.hagemaenner.de/stuff/inkscape xrmap: http://frmas.free.fr/li_1.htm pstoedit: http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit skencil: http://sketch.sourceforge.net/

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gradient in ps
by David Christian Berg 19 May '04

19 May '04

Does the newes cvs support gradients in ps files? David -- Otto von Bismarck once remarked: “A fool learns from his experience. A wise person learns from the experience of others.” If so, how to define President George W. Bush, who is not even able to learn from his own experience?

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find
by Jon Phillips 19 May '04

19 May '04

Hello, Bulia...awesome job on the find. I wonder if there shouldn't be a simple find with an arrow for more advanced options....like one box for finding objects. There are too many options up front...maybe I'm mistaken. Also, is the new dialog HIG compliant? Sorry for not helping much recently...and on this problem...I'm swamped...awesome work however! Two more weeks of this and then I'm back. Jon -- Jon Phillips Graduate Researcher Visual Arts Department PO BOX 948667 LA JOLLA, CA 92037 USA cell.858.361.2811 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org

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