July 2004 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

critical assert
by Arpad Biro 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hi, This gives critical assert with current CVS (and earlier versions also): 1. draw 2 objects 2. drag one of them over the other, but do not release the mouse button 3. press Esc Arpad Biro __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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problems compiling in macosx
by Albert 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Hi inkscapers Inkscape 0.38 compiled in MacOSX after djusting several details as I reported to the inkscape-users list some time ago. Now for 0.39: I have gone already over the gtkmm issue by doing what was suggested by Peter Moulder, that is change 'ink_gtkmm_pkg=gtkmm-2.0' to 'ink_gtkmm_pkg=' But just to find another issue: checking for png_read_info in -lpng... no configure: error: libpng >= 1.2 is needed to compile inkscape I know my system has libpng 1.2.5 installed. Note that 0.38 compiled without complaining about this. I've noted the failing test in configure.in has not changed since version 0.38, so I'm pretty lost here. Here the last terminal output lines from ./configure before failing: ... checking GNU compiler version... 3.1 checking locale.h usability... yes checking locale.h presence... yes checking for locale.h... yes checking for LC_MESSAGES... yes checking libintl.h usability... no checking libintl.h presence... no checking for libintl.h... no checking for pkg-config... /sw/bin/pkg-config checking for png_read_info in -lpng... no configure: error: libpng >= 1.2 is needed to compile inkscape Any help would be appreciated. Albert

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Today's autobuild
by Bob Jamison 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Good morning, all! Since we are frozen, it is impossible to sync the makedep files and adjust paths for compilation, so autobuild will likely not run until the cut. So I did created a manual autobuild (oxymoron intended) this morning. It is on the site. After talking yesterday about syncing with the Makefile.am files, and running a script to generate a .def for making a .dll, I am thinking about requiring Perl for Win32 builds, both on Linux cross-compiling, and on native Windows. Windows users can download ActivePerl. I use it; it is very nice. I hate to add a dependency, but I think it is necessary. What we will likely do is: 1) In src/Makefile.mingw, add a dependency to all of the Makefile.am's in the /src dir. If any of them are touched, implying that files might have been added or deleted, then run mkfiles.pl and mkdep.pl. 2) After libinkscape.a is created, run mkdef.pl, which generates inkscape.def. This .def allows exporting the global symbols in our code without adding those nasty __declspec(dllimport) tags all through the .cpp files. 3) Create inkscape.dll 4) Create inkscape.exe and inkview.exe, both of which will use the dll. This will allow these two and other client apps of the dll to be packaged in the .zip without noticeably increasing download size. This will also eventually aid in providing that "inkscape widget" that other projects seem to want. After the cut, I will update mkfiles.pl with a "new improved" version that allows excluding directories, in addition to files. Just some thoughts. Later! Bob (ishmal) Bob

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Metadata tab localization
by Arpad Biro 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Hi, The captions and tooltips on the Metadata tab (in document prefs) seem to still not be localizable (except for 2 of them: "License" and "Proprietary"). Gettext does extract all the strings, but the translations aren't used on the UI. Arpad Biro __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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import pdf, ps, eps pstoedit scribus
by John Griessen 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

I've searched and found pstoedit makes a partial import of pdf to svg, and several other perl scripts and postscript programs that choke on some pdf content when converting to ai or ps even. What I was looking for was a method of rearranging print articles from current magazines for my own use with margins to make notes in, and with editing and condensing in mind. Is pstoedit, (the gpl part), the best there is now? Can ps2ai be made to not die so easily? Since pstoedit has the best error handling even though output is not just right, is anyone interested to take the source of it and add more? Many pdfs are intended never to be editable, but often legitimate work is going to start with pdfs since adobe made them so popular by effective promotion and "free as in beer" viewers that worked. A big area of legitimate work is in catalogs whose typesetters are nowhere to be found, or not offering their editable layouts, or the layouts are made with ancient Mac SW that no one has anymore, and yet the paper catalog data needs to be mined for starting an online store web catalog. See the inkscape wiki under tutorial ideas for a couple of new images related to pstoedit -f plot-svg John Griessen -- John Griessen Cibolo Design Austin Texas linux counter #249315

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[Fwd: [Inkscape-user] need help to compile inkscape 0.39 in macosx]
by MenTaLguY 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

-----Forwarded Message----- From: Albert <albert@...452...> To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-user] need help to compile inkscape 0.39 in macosx Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:04:30 +0200 Hi all I'm trying to compile inkscape-039pre4 in macosx and I'm running into this problem: No package 'gtkmm-2.0' found configure: error: Library requirements (gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 libxml-2.0 >= 2-2.4.24 sigc++-1.2 gtkmm-2.0 ) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. I know I have gtkmm1.2 installed and than I need then to install 2.0, but the question is: inkscape 0.38 did NOT require neither gtkmm1.2 nor 2.0. I thought this would be necessary from 0.40 and onward, not before. When was this changed, or what did I miss? Also, which gtkmm should I install: 2.0-2.2, or 2.4 ? Does anyone know if any of this 2 libs have any problems in macosx ? Thank you for any help. Albert ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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2 Compile Issues
by Bob Jamison 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Bryce told me to direct this to Mental or Bulia: Since we are clearing source changes now, I'll mention these two things that need tweaking. Nothing major, but they can break builds: 1. In satisfied_guide_cns.cpp, the prototype for void satisfied_guide_cns(SPDesktop const &desktop, std::vector<NR::Point> &snappoints, std::vector<SPGuideConstraint> &cns) ...needs to match the .h file. This can cause a linking problem in some situations, such as dynamic instead of static, or link order. 2. This one is my fault. I recoded prefix.cpp to use gthreads; it works nicely, but this file is not our responsibility. The original binreloc version needs to be put back. (OOPS. sorry) I'll not touch any sources until after the release :) Bob

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configure patch
by Mike Hearn 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Hi, The binreloc code uses gthread to achieve thread safety in the Inkscape tree, but gthread isn't passed to pkg-config. This patch fixes this. thanks -mike Index: configure.in =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/inkscape/inkscape/configure.in,v retrieving revision 1.70 diff -u -r1.70 configure.in --- configure.in 11 Jul 2004 22:30:53 -0000 1.70 +++ configure.in 13 Jul 2004 16:42:58 -0000 @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ dnl Unconditional dependencies dnl ****************************** -PKG_CHECK_MODULES(INKSCAPE, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 libxml-2.0 >= 2-2.4.24 $ink_sigc_pkg $ink_gtkmm_pkg $ink_spell_pkg) +PKG_CHECK_MODULES(INKSCAPE, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 libxml-2.0 >= 2-2.4.24 gthread-2.0 >= 2.0.0 $ink_sigc_pkg $ink_gtkmm_pkg $ink_spell_pkg) dnl Shouldn't we test for libpng and libz? INKSCAPE_LIBS="$INKSCAPE_LIBS -lpng -lz"

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submitting freeze items
by MenTaLguY 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

I'd like to leverage the patch tracker to provide a work queue for bulia and me. To this end, I created an "0.39 FREEZE" tracker group. The proposed procedure is as follows: 1. create an entry in the patch tracker; if your change is complicated enough to warrant a patch, attach it. otherwise, just describe what you need done (as Bob did) -- make sure to select the aforementioned "0.39 FREEZE" group when you submit the entry. 2. also send an email to the mailing list so we can discuss the patch/change here 3. any updates/fixes to your patch go in the tracker item so they don't get lost -- be sure to include a note indicating the fix/change also 4. bulia or I can claim items to work on by assigning them to ourselves, and will close the tracker entry when the task is done Sound reasonable? -mental

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Extra main() symbol
by Bob Jamison 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Another Mental/Bulia thing: I have been working on the new build stuff for 0.40, such as making an inkscape.dll. This exercise in exporting symbols reveals some minor problems in our code, like I reported earlier. I just found another one. In the Win32 build, there is an extra main() being added to libinkscape.a. This is much easier to do manually than a patch. 1. Could you add this line: extension/script/js/js.c to src/make.exclude, 2. and then run perl mkfiles.pl and perl mkdep.pl 3. ...and then commit make.* (will be 3 or 4 files) Bob

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