July 2004 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

CVS autogen error
by Florent 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

Hi all, I've tried to compile the latest CVS; but an error appear : After a while, I made a "rm -rf inkscape" and an "./autogen.sh" and this give me the error : checking for autoconf >= 2.52 ... yes (version 2.59) checking for automake >= 1.7 ... yes (version 1.8.5) checking for glib-gettextize >= 2.0.0 ... yes (version 2.4.4) checking for intltool >= 0.17 ... yes (version 0.30) Running aclocal-1.8 ... Running autoheader ... Running automake-1.8 --add-missing ... configure.in: installing `./install-sh' configure.in: installing `./missing' configure.in:5: installing `./config.guess' configure.in:5: installing `./config.sub' Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL' configure.in:25: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found src/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp' Please fix the error conditions and try again.

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Re: sp-typeset
by bulia byak 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

> i will reuse a lot of it for flowtext stuff, that's a > given. the purpose of the SPTypeset object, though, > was to be a testbed for flowtext stuff, and an object > to which you would give marked-up text like LaTeX > source or RTF and get a nice layout of it. this last > part is a huge amount of work... i advise for a > removal for simplification of the codebase, and to > avoid confusions with SVG flowtext. OK, that makes sense. > that is also a big amount of work, unless some parts > of it can be lifted from a preexisting text editor. i > feel sorry for the guy who will have to do it. It's not really that bad, imho. I thought about how to do it, and I'm definitely willing to give it a try when I have more free time. Just a child of text-context holding the start and end character positions of the selection in the text object, and a list of canvas items, each being an inversion rectangle overlaying one character. The tricky part is how to make it so that when you choose a color (by whatever means) it gets applied to the text selection instead of the entire selected text object, but there is now a solution for that: desktop issues _style_signal for any style change, and the text selection would intercept that signal and apply the style to the text selection (creating tspan(s) as needed); and when the signal is intercepted, the style is not applied to the selected objects (see sp_desktop_set_style in desktop.cpp). So it's doable. > wrt > mathematical markup, i was more thinking to stuff like > indices/exponents: dx/dy give you the possibility to > do either exponent or indices, not both. Not to > mention the cases where you want the text to be > stacked below some other piece of text. this is where > latex shines. the simplest solution is probably to do > some sort of "Equation Service" > (http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/EquationService/) with > the scripting possibilities of inkscape, and insert > the complex stuff as images in the flowtext. Yes, it would be cool. Just build a robust chain of tools to do TeX -> PS -> SVG conversion, and automatically run it and import into a <g> with an inkscape: attribute storing the source TeX code, with a command to edit it. Worth an RFE, and would not be very difficult to implement. Except that such "embedded TeX" will not be able to be part of an SVG text object, but only an independent object. > the problem on osx is having several trees with unix > software cohabitating with each other. since i have a > fink tree with all my gnome stuff, installing gtkmm2.4 > and friends requires me to either package it myself > (no thanks) or to mess with the install and header > search paths (my previous attempts were complete > failures). in any case it's simpler and safer to just > wait for fink to get up to date. I really hope they will get up to date soon. We need you :) > regarding my flowtext work, here is a patch made > against the 0.39 release. Thanks, I will apply it ASAP. > flowtref, flowlinebreak and flowimage are missing, but > it's already able to eat styled text and handle > bidirectionality. it would be good for me if someone > could put it in the CVS tree and give it some > exercise, so that bugs get apparent. since flowtext > has the same text/tspan structure, parts of this patch > can also have some use for the current text implementation. Great, I will test it and report what I find.

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inkscape google search + articles
by Jon Phillips 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Hello all, Sometimes it is interesting to run a google search on Inkscape after a release and see what is/has been written. I found this review of the app and there is talk that the Win32 version of Inkscape is only avail. in English. Is this true? http://www.framasoft.net/article2711.html Here is someone who has written a Mac OS X launcher for Inkscape: http://www.coswellproductions.org/index.php/code/inkscape_mac_os_x_launcher… Mac OS X portfile: http://inkscape.darwinports.com/ Interesting site of reviewers: http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.inkscape.org/ Next, Jon -- Jon Phillips PO BOX 948667 LA JOLLA, CA 92037 USA USA.PH.858.361.2811 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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Inkscape and the Gimp, gradients.
by Alan Horkan 31 Jul '04

31 Jul '04

Those of you who are also on the OpenClipart.org mailing list may have noticed that the Gimp now allows the use of SVG Gradients. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148127 The support is in CVS and there has not yet been a release that has included but there should be another 2.1.x release soon. Sven Neuman added the feature, and I'm well pleased. Now I'll be able to use the same files for both Inkscape and Gimp and use a standardised file format. The gradient file can contain a single gradient or multiple gradients. The parser has some flexibility with regards to the formatting used by the gradients. The gradients are read only for now. Another recently added feature that I requested was support for using standard file formats for Patterns. As GDKPixbuf was used and because there is an option to use librsvg to add SVG support to GDKpixbuf it should be possible to use SVG patterns directly in the Gimp too. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140443 Futher testing of and feedback on the SVG Gradient support would be very much appreciated. DND support could be added in time but it will require work from Inkscape. Sven would like to do this if Inkscape developers will do the necessary work on their side, and he asked me to pass on that request. I'm in a bit of a hurry otherwise i would have phrased this better and more clearly. There is also the distinct possibility that this account will be temporarily unavailable due to maintainance for the next few days so I may have to catch up on Monday or sign up with a different account. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

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using SVG-View Widget in gtkmm apps
by John Taber 31 Jul '04

31 Jul '04

First let me say what a great job the whole development team is doing - Inkscape is one of the best open source projects going. And it lets a non-artist like me make decent looking icons - it's simply fun to use. I would like to use SVG in a gtkmm geographic mapping application - is the SVG View Widget part of the gtk toolset now ? Does it use librsvg to blt back the svg or does it have it's own renderer ? (I tried to follow the code but got lost). Thks. John

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[Fwd: Fwd: BOF: Inkscape: An Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Editor Overvi ew]
by Jon Phillips 31 Jul '04

31 Jul '04

SIGGRAPH BOF confirmed to my gmail account, arg! JC (not Jesus Christ, but JonCruz) are going to run a Birds of a Feather (BOF) meeting at SIGGRAPH on MON AUG 9. I'm pulling together notes and PR for this this weekend. FYI. I have a link for free passes to anyone in the LA area for this. Bryce and Co, are you going to have an Inkscape BOF at OSCON2004 in Portland? Jon -----Forwarded Message----- > From: jon phillips <phillipsjd@...400...> > To: jon@...235... > Subject: Fwd: BOF: Inkscape: An Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Editor Overvi ew > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:34:26 -0700 > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Villalba, Marisa <mvillalba@...481...> > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:03:20 -0500 > Subject: BOF: Inkscape: An Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Editor Overvi > ew > To: "phillipsjd@...400..." <phillipsjd@...400...> > Cc: "Villalba, Marisa" <mvillalba@...481...>, "Milgram, Alison" > <amilgram@...481...>, "sandramachuca@...127..." > <sandramachuca@...127...>, "GERRAW@...482..." > <gerraw@...483...> > > > Hi Jon > > Below if you official email confirmation for your BOF to be held at > the Holiday Inn City Center. Your contact at the hotel is Sandra > Machuca and I have copied her on this email. Please work directly with > her on any food/beverage or AV you would like to order for your > meeting. Also I did not indicate the room set you required since on > BOF meeting request form you listed several setups you were fine with. > Please let Sandra know which setup you would like. > Also you have missed the deadline to have your BOF listed in the > Program and Buyer's guide and kiosk but I will get your BOF added to > the website today. > > Thanks > Marisa > > > > 27 July 2004 > > Dear Jon > > > Thank you for your interest in participating in SIGGRAPH 2004. We are > excited to be back in the city of Los Angeles and look forward to > another successful event. This is the official confirmation letter for > the assignment of space for your meeting. > > > Please review the information below carefully: > > Group Name: Inkscape: An Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Editor Overview > Organization: Inkscape > Contact: Jon Phillips > > Address: > PO Box 948667 > La Jolla CA 92037 > United States, CA > > > Telephone: 858-361-2811 > Fax: not entered > Email: phillipsjd@...400... > > Location: Holiday Inn City Center > Room: Santa Monica > Reservation Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm > > Meeting Time: 4pm-5pm > > Date : Monday, 9 August > > > Room Setup: TBD > Attendance: 20 > > Hotel Contact: Sandra Machuca > Phone: 213-743-7621 x6617 > > Please instruct the contact(s) listed above regarding room setup, > food/beverage and any other special requirements you may have. Please > be aware that the group is responsible for all charges related to this > function. > > If you require audio visual services, we would like to recommend AVW, > the official audio visual vendor of SIGGRAPH 2004. You may contact > Wylie Gerrard via email at GERRAW@...484... > > Any changes of date or time and all cancellations MUST be made in > writing NO LATER THAN 19 July 2004 to my attention at the address > below or via e-mail. SIGGRAPH 2004 reserves the right to reassign > meeting space as necessary. > > If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch. We look > forward to seeing you at SIGGRAPH 2004! > > Sincerely, > Marisa Villalba > SIGGRAPH Conference Management > Fax +1.312.673.6980 > mvillalba@...481... -- Jon Phillips PO BOX 948667 LA JOLLA, CA 92037 USA USA.PH.858.361.2811 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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compiling CVS on windows
by John Cliff 31 Jul '04

31 Jul '04

Hi all, Just to let you know current CVS doesnt want to compile on native windows currently, got the latest libaries from bobs site, tried dling the latest mingw, but no joy. keep getting a bunch of token errors. The builds done by the cross compiler work fine, but aren't much help for doing devel. cheers John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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external binaries ?
by herve couvelard 30 Jul '04

30 Jul '04

Hello, I use inkscape almost everydays. that is a really great application. I convert all the windows users at my office to linux users. That was not that hard. I was 'forced' :-) to convert them from paintshoppro/illustrator to inkscape. That was quite easy too. Inkscape is such an friendly-user-app. We use it for cartography means : drawing polygons on rasters images. ok let's come to the question : Would it be possible to 'execute' an external binary on the active document? i read every mails for such a long time and aware (it's good to be aware) of the coming extension stuff. how will it work ? would it be possible to provide a 'simple' binary that do the job and just put it in some place ? (like C or C++ or whatever) what could the junction with inkscape be ? will all the changes made by the binary be updated in the preview immedilately ? how could that come from a menu in inkscape ? ok... why all these question ?? in fact i will have some times and needs in adding new features related to GIS (of course openGis specs compliant) and some new 'magic' operation such areas and so... the problems is i am not a c nor c++ prog as anyone on the list. I am realy used to php and web. I started to implement these operations on php-web-based : you upload the file and the not-that-magic-stuff was done. i am considering to make a php extension for that and therefore it could be, for some, inkscape-inside implemented. BUT (here comes the BUT again..) i can not dive into inkscape (i have not enought time to do it) and i am not sufficiently competent to do it and i didn't succeded in having a configure-make-ready-box for inkscape (very much dependances on a redhat 9). the easy way would be such an extension stuff and when it works as expected someone with much more skills could add a new stuff in inkscape open-gis related. Sorry for that long and bad-english mail. What do you think of it ? hervé

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0.39 release tells me 0.39cvs
by Taraben, Adib 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

When I use the inkscape win32 0.39 release (either zip or exe) I get the xml document attributes: inkscape:version 0.39cvs I wonder why? Adib.

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File-open dialog with a text field
by Bob Jamison 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

Here is a screenshot of a first attempt at adding a text entry of the file name to the file open dialog. http://troi.titan-aeu.com/~rjamison/inkscape/files/filedialog2.png The events for selection changed--->text field and text field <return> ---->selection ...have already been connected. I am sure that we will tweak this a lot during this cycle, but at least this shows that modifications to suit our needs can easily be accomplished. What I am really anticipating is the use of the same code for all architectures. Bob

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