November 2005 - Inkscape Devel

Re: Patch for WWW::SourceForge
by Bryce Harrington 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Here's another patch to fix up the bug/support/patches/rfe count extraction, and a new test '6.tracker.t' to test it. Bryce On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 11:25:44AM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Hi Kang-min, > > I don't know if you noticed, but SourceForge changed their look and feel > yesterday. Unfortunately, this had the effect of breaking > WWW::SourceForge rather severely. Attached is a patch that partially > fixes up WWW::SourceForge::Project. > > This fixes the loading of the description, detection of invalid > projects, and the MailingList code. It doesn't fix the admin listing > though, so you will want to look at that. With these changes, tests 1, > 2, and 4 now work, but 3 does not. > > I'm also attaching a new test file for you for the MailingList code, > 5.mailstats.t. I figured this breakage was a good opportunity to write > tests. ;-) > > Anyway, hope this helps. Thanks again for the module! > Bryce > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 10:19:06AM +0800, Kang-min Liu wrote: > > On 8/20/05, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...1...> wrote: > > > Hi Kang-min, > > > > > > I noticed when installing WWW::SourceForge through cpan, that it fails > > > to install due to one of the tests that requires YAML.pm. Below is a > > > little patch that adds this as a requirement to the Makefile.PL: > > > > Thank you :) > > > > > Btw, what I'm working on is a perl module for downloading files out of > > > the SourceForge file tracker. We need an ability to automatically > > > download new versions of packages we use for testing (such as the > > > monthly LTP releases), but SourceForge's mirror system has made this a > > > convoluted process. (I want to try to design my module to be compatible > > > with yours so users could use both together if they want.) > > > > This is one thing wanted in WWW::SourceForge. I didn't write such feature. > > If you're willing to do it, maybe we should put a releases() method in > > WWW::SourceForge::Project. > > > > But,IMHO, for the new-releases polling, I suggest that you put this > > into another module, > > like POE::Component::SourceForge or something, and let WWW::SourceForge be > > only a front-end to the website. > > > > -- > > ??? Cheers, > > Kang-min Liu > --- WWW-SourceForge-0.09/lib/WWW/SourceForge/Project.pm 2005-10-06 20:07:01.000000000 -0700 > +++ WWW-SourceForge-0.09-patched/lib/WWW/SourceForge/Project.pm 2005-11-16 10:53:13.000000000 -0800 > @@ -47,18 +47,34 @@ > my $proj; > my $wa = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1); > $wa->get($url); > - my $content = $wa->content; > + my $content = $wa->content or die "Could not retrieve content from '$url'\n"; > > # Wrong project unixname ? > if($content =~ m{<H2><font color="#FF3333">Invalid Project</font></H2>}i) { > - return; > + warn "Invalid project '$pname'\n"; > + return undef; > + } elsif ($content =~ m{<H2 class="error">Invalid Project</H2>}i) { > + warn "Invalid project '$pname'\n"; > + return undef; > } > > + > + > # Project description > - my ($desc,$meta) = $content =~ m{<HR SIZE="1" NoShade><BR> > -[\s\n]*<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0"> > -[\s\n]*<TR><TD WIDTH="99%" VALIGN="top"> > -[\s\n]*<p>(.+?)<UL>(.+?)</UL>}s; > + my ($desc) = $content =~ m{<div class="tbox"> > + <h3>About .+?</h3> > + </div> > + <b class="tbtm"><b class="t2 tbg"></b><b class="t1 tbg"></b></b> > + </div> > + <p> > + (.+?) > + > + </p>}is; > + > + # TODO > + # my ($meta) = $content =~ m{}s; > + > + if (! $desc) { warn $content; } > > die "Could not recognize project page format - has SF changed its layout?\n" > unless $desc; --- WWW-SourceForge-0.09-patched/lib/WWW/SourceForge/Project.pm 2005-11-16 11:44:52.000000000 -0800 +++ WWW-SourceForge-0.09/lib/WWW/SourceForge/Project.pm 2005-10-06 20:07:01.000000000 -0700 @@ -47,34 +47,18 @@ my $proj; my $wa = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1); $wa->get($url); - my $content = $wa->content or die "Could not retrieve content from '$url'\n"; + my $content = $wa->content; # Wrong project unixname ? if($content =~ m{<H2><font color="#FF3333">Invalid Project</font></H2>}i) { - warn "Invalid project '$pname'\n"; - return undef; - } elsif ($content =~ m{<H2 class="error">Invalid Project</H2>}i) { - warn "Invalid project '$pname'\n"; - return undef; + return; } - - # Project description - my ($desc) = $content =~ m{<div class="tbox"> - <h3>About .+?</h3> - </div> - <b class="tbtm"><b class="t2 tbg"></b><b class="t1 tbg"></b></b> - </div> - <p> - (.+?) - - </p>}is; - - # TODO - # my ($meta) = $content =~ m{}s; - - if (! $desc) { warn $content; } + my ($desc,$meta) = $content =~ m{<HR SIZE="1" NoShade><BR> +[\s\n]*<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0"> +[\s\n]*<TR><TD WIDTH="99%" VALIGN="top"> +[\s\n]*<p>(.+?)<UL>(.+?)</UL>}s; die "Could not recognize project page format - has SF changed its layout?\n" unless $desc; @@ -99,20 +83,11 @@ } # Parse Track Numbers -# @$proj{'Homepage'} = $content =~ m{<A href="(.+?)"> Project Home Page</A>}s; - - @$proj{'oBugs','nBugs'} = $content =~ m{Bugs</a> - <span> - : $([\d,]+?) open / ([\d,]+?) total$}is; - @$proj{'oSupports','nSupports'} = $content =~ m{Support Requests</a> - <span> - : $([\d,]+?) open / ([\d,]+?) total$}; - @$proj{'oPatches','nPatches'} = $content =~ m{Patches</a> - <span> - : $([\d,]+?) open / ([\d,]+?) total$}; - @$proj{'oFeatures','nFeatures'} = $content =~ m{Feature Requests</a> - <span> - : $([\d,]+?) open / ([\d,]+?) total$}; + @$proj{'Homepage'} = $content =~ m{<A href="(.+?)"> Project Home Page</A>}s; + @$proj{'oBugs','nBugs'} = $content =~ m{Bugs</A>\s+$ <B>(\d+?) open / (\d+?) total</B> $}; + @$proj{'oSupports','nSupports'} = $content =~ m{Requests</A>\s+$ <B>(\d+?) open / (\d+?) total</B> $<BR>}; + @$proj{'oPatches','nPatches'} = $content =~ m{Patches</A>\s+$ <B>(\d+?) open / (\d+?) total</B> $<BR>}; + @$proj{'oFeatures','nFeatures'} = $content =~ m{Feature Requests</A>\s+$ <B>(\d+) open / (\d+) total</B> $}; # Parse Admin my @admin; ----- End forwarded message -----

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Fwd: [Inkscape-user] System font size on windows
by unknown＠example.com 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

What's the status on getting new Windows packages up that fix this? ----- Forwarded message from Mark Ainsworth <Mark.A@...1085...> ----- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:31:10 -0000 From: Mark Ainsworth <Mark.A@...1085...> Reply-To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-user] System font size on windows To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Can anyone out there help please? I've just upgraded from .42.2 to .43 and now all the menu and status bar fonts are too small to read. I'm running on Windows XP. I can't find any settings in the program to change. I've read the posting about changing gtk-font-name="verdana" etc. Although this just change some displays, it doesn't change the top menu line, or the status line at the bottom of the window. Version 42.2 was displaying at a size that was quite readable. Help. Thanks Mark. ----- End forwarded message -----

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Should clicking/draggins a bezier segment select its endnodes?
by bulia byak 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Should clicking/draggins a bezier segment select its endnodes? This bug suggests that it must not: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604306&aid=1363157&group_… I see the logic in selecting the endnodes, but I don't remember ever using this feature for selecting, whereas I do remember how this was annoying a few times. What are your opinions? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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windows exit crash
by bulia byak 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Many people reported a crach on exit on Windows. Now there's a bug report with partial backtrace: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1363083&group_id=9… suggesting it's something to do with event contexts. If someone on Windows can debug this further it would be very nice. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: Patch for WWW::SourceForge
by Bryce Harrington 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hi Kang-min, I don't know if you noticed, but SourceForge changed their look and feel yesterday. Unfortunately, this had the effect of breaking WWW::SourceForge rather severely. Attached is a patch that partially fixes up WWW::SourceForge::Project. This fixes the loading of the description, detection of invalid projects, and the MailingList code. It doesn't fix the admin listing though, so you will want to look at that. With these changes, tests 1, 2, and 4 now work, but 3 does not. I'm also attaching a new test file for you for the MailingList code, 5.mailstats.t. I figured this breakage was a good opportunity to write tests. ;-) Anyway, hope this helps. Thanks again for the module! Bryce On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 10:19:06AM +0800, Kang-min Liu wrote: > On 8/20/05, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...1...> wrote: > > Hi Kang-min, > > > > I noticed when installing WWW::SourceForge through cpan, that it fails > > to install due to one of the tests that requires YAML.pm. Below is a > > little patch that adds this as a requirement to the Makefile.PL: > > Thank you :) > > > Btw, what I'm working on is a perl module for downloading files out of > > the SourceForge file tracker. We need an ability to automatically > > download new versions of packages we use for testing (such as the > > monthly LTP releases), but SourceForge's mirror system has made this a > > convoluted process. (I want to try to design my module to be compatible > > with yours so users could use both together if they want.) > > This is one thing wanted in WWW::SourceForge. I didn't write such feature. > If you're willing to do it, maybe we should put a releases() method in > WWW::SourceForge::Project. > > But,IMHO, for the new-releases polling, I suggest that you put this > into another module, > like POE::Component::SourceForge or something, and let WWW::SourceForge be > only a front-end to the website. > > -- > ??? Cheers, > Kang-min Liu --- WWW-SourceForge-0.09/lib/WWW/SourceForge/Project.pm 2005-10-06 20:07:01.000000000 -0700 +++ WWW-SourceForge-0.09-patched/lib/WWW/SourceForge/Project.pm 2005-11-16 10:53:13.000000000 -0800 @@ -47,18 +47,34 @@ my $proj; my $wa = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1); $wa->get($url); - my $content = $wa->content; + my $content = $wa->content or die "Could not retrieve content from '$url'\n"; # Wrong project unixname ? if($content =~ m{<H2><font color="#FF3333">Invalid Project</font></H2>}i) { - return; + warn "Invalid project '$pname'\n"; + return undef; + } elsif ($content =~ m{<H2 class="error">Invalid Project</H2>}i) { + warn "Invalid project '$pname'\n"; + return undef; } + + # Project description - my ($desc,$meta) = $content =~ m{<HR SIZE="1" NoShade><BR> -[\s\n]*<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0"> -[\s\n]*<TR><TD WIDTH="99%" VALIGN="top"> -[\s\n]*<p>(.+?)<UL>(.+?)</UL>}s; + my ($desc) = $content =~ m{<div class="tbox"> + <h3>About .+?</h3> + </div> + <b class="tbtm"><b class="t2 tbg"></b><b class="t1 tbg"></b></b> + </div> + <p> + (.+?) + + </p>}is; + + # TODO + # my ($meta) = $content =~ m{}s; + + if (! $desc) { warn $content; } die "Could not recognize project page format - has SF changed its layout?\n" unless $desc;

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small fonts on windows
by John Cliff 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

just to confirm that removing the engine "wimp" { } line from the bottom of the gtkrc file in inkscape\etc\gtk-2.0\ and adding the line gtk-font-name="sans 12" where the numbers the size you want does work for fixing menu font size etc. Cheers Sim __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Fwd: [Inkscape-devel] Re: Inkscape Announces 0.43 Release :: http://www.inkscape.org :: Draw Freely.
by jiho 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

I assumed this was to be sent to the list. Begin forwarded message: > From: Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd@...871...> > > surely a port of inkscape to cocoa is in order? > frankly X11 is not a great graphical front end :-) > and it wont be a surprise to realise that graphic artists like > native OS X applications. there are several things behind "port of inkscape to cocoa". even if I am not a developer I think I can identify the following steps: - if it is only for the interface, some projects as GTK+-cocoa (search google) are developed and might become mature enough so that inkscape will not need X11 to display the widgets. - then, the rendering engine displays the SVG to X11 I guess. So this has to become independent of X11 too... which might not be too far away with Xara and Inkscape joining efforts (the mail archives have long and interesting discussions about Xara) - eventually I guess that the pressure support is again something else. it currently depends on X11 and should be switched to carbon, cocoa or quartz or whatever deals with this in os X. Again, I'm just packaging Inkscape so I don't know the internals at all but I would bet that proper xinput will appear in some X server on os x before inkscape has a version fully running natively on os X. I have never read anything about porting it to cocoa... but if you want to do it I'll be immensely grateful ;-) Meanwhile, the situation is not be so bad after all: the X11 version of inkscape is rather usable and will only become better and better!! > how about the win98 issue? > > Have you seen this attempt to describe variable width strokes?: > http://www.schepers.cc/differentstrokes.html > it was written in response to an exchange of emails & IRC... > > I am keen to see how inkscape produces variable width lines in SVG.... > so currently rebooting in linux, however aware that pressure > sensitivity in linux isn't a given... > > regards > > > Jonathan Chetwynd > Accessible Solutions > http://www.eas-i.co.uk > > > > On 21 Nov 2005, at 14:25, jiho wrote: > > > On 21 nov. 05, at 14:46, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: > >> Jon & Bryce, >> >> congratulations on .43, however would it be correct that "Pressure >> and Tilt Sensitivity" can not currently be enabled for OS X? >> given that the majority of graphics designers and perhaps even >> wacom tablet users prefer OS X, this remains a long term concern. >> >> The Gimp-like application: 'Seashore' is already available for OS >> X with "Pressure and Tilt Sensitivity" >> http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ > > The lack of support for pressure sensitivity in Inkscape (or in the > Gimp by the way) on os x does not really depend on Inkscape itself > but on the X server you are using. Xfree does not support xinput (= > pressure sensitivity) on os x. so apple X11 does not either. I've > read that xorg supports it somehow. I don't know about orobor os X... > Seashore being a cocoa app it can use the pressure sensitivity like > any other native application. > > So the solution will be to test with xorg (any feedback is welcome > I'm waiting for this too!) or to wait for some work from apple... > > JiHO > --- > Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau : > a chaque nouvelle cuvee on sait que ce sera degueulasse, > mais on en prend quand meme par masochisme. > --- > http://jo.irisson.free.fr/ > Jean-Olivier Irisson --- Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau : a chaque nouvelle cuvee on sait que ce sera degueulasse, mais on en prend quand meme par masochisme. --- Personal address: Château St Martin, 66200 Elne, France Professional address: EPHE- UMR CNRS 8046, 52 av Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France Mobile: 06 21 05 19 90 Web site: http://jo.irisson.free.fr/work/

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Inkscape Announces 0.43 Release :: http://www.inkscape.org :: Draw Freely.
by Jon Phillips 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Inkscape Announces 0.43 Release :: http://www.inkscape.org Inkscape 0.43 is now available thanks to the work of many developers and the sponsorship of Google's Summer of Code program which sponsored four students to work on features for Inkscape. The main new features in this release are: * Connectors: Objects can be connected using auto-routing lines. * Inkboard Collaborative Editing: You can connect to other Inkscape users over a network and edit a shared document. * Pressure and Tilt Sensitivity: The calligraphy tool may now use a tablet pen with pressure and tilt support. * Better Node Editing: You can now drag, bend, and stretch a Bezier curve by any point and not only by a node. * New Extensions: There are now extensions for envelope distortion, whirling, and adding nodes. * SVG Compliance: There is now additional support for the viewBox element improving SVG compatibility. * There is an online book, "A Guide to Inkscape", available at http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php, which has been updated to cover the 0.43 features. Currently the Inkscape community is working on the next release which will focus on stability and closing bugs. The next release will add an outline viewing mode, a plan towards SVG Tiny compliance, a fill and stroke interface to the bottom toolbar, and more application refinements. Inkscape is open to all types of contributions by people with all different skill levels from around the world. We need translators, web designers, people to help answer questions, and developers to help us reach our goal of SVG compliance. Visit Inkscape.org and come help us Draw Freely. Download Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X packages: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 For many more details, see the complete Release Notes for 0.43: http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes043 Community submitted screenshots: http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/ About Inkscape Inkscape is an open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons' metadata, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, text-in-shape, and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, <nowiki>PostScript</nowiki>, JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats. Inkscape's main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully W3C compliant XML, SVG, and CSS2 drawing tool. Additional work includes conversion of the codebase from <nowiki>C/Gtk</nowiki> to <nowiki>C++/Gtkmm</nowiki>, emphasizing a lightweight core with powerful features added through an extension mechanism, and the establishment of a friendly, open, community-oriented development process.

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create UML graph with inkscape
by Laszlo 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hi! I would use inkscape to create UML class diagram. The main problem, that I cant resize the diagram the appropriate way. Here is a little illustration how it should be resizable the diagram: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/umlClass.png Im showing with a little diagram the main problem: http://khiraly.4242.hu/tmp/umlClass.png Is it possible to resize a diagram like the above image? OR If I edit an object, and place a node to an another place, is it possible to snap to the grid? (shortkey: F2). The snap to the grid work only with the move tool (shortkey: F1). Best regards, Khiraly

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Re: Inkscape Announces 0.43 Release :: http://www.inkscape.org :: Draw Freely.
by Jonathan Chetwynd 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Jon & Bryce, congratulations on .43, however would it be correct that "Pressure and Tilt Sensitivity" can not currently be enabled for OS X? given that the majority of graphics designers and perhaps even wacom tablet users prefer OS X, this remains a long term concern. The Gimp-like application: 'Seashore' is already available for OS X with "Pressure and Tilt Sensitivity" http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ it might be of note, that there is also an outstanding requested for a similar 'stripped' down version of inkscape for children. furthermore on win98: dialogue: Pango-ERROR **: file....aborting.... another dialogue: Pango-WARNING(recursed) **: Couldn't load font "MS sans Serif 8" falling back to "Sans 8" aborting... and no application loads not a happy bunny ~:" regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessible Solutions http://www.peepo.co.uk On 21 Nov 2005, at 10:01, Jon Phillips wrote: November 21, 2005 — The Inkscape community today releases Inkscape 0.43, an Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) drawing tool available for Unix/Linux variants, Mac OS X, and Windows. The focus of this release is on the exciting new features sponsored by Google through their Summer of Code (SoC) program which provided funding for four individuals to contribute to Inkscape. The primary additions this release are: * Connectors: A new indispensable connector tool implements creation, editing, and auto-routing (object-avoiding) of connector lines between objects. It is indispensable for drawing diagrams. (Google SoC project) * Inkboard Collaborative Editing: One may now connect to other Inkscape users over a network and edit a shared document, watch changes, and contribute one's own changes. (Google SoC project) * Pressure and Tilt Sensitivity: The calligraphy tool may now use a tablet pen with pressure and tilt support to vary the width and angle of a calligraphic stroke. * Better Node Editing: One may freely drag, bend, and stretch a Bezier curve by any point and not only by a node. Also, one may easily add a new node at any point on the curve. * New Extensions: There are now extensions for envelope distortion, whirling, and adding nodes. * Refinements: Inkscape now supports improved precision, expanded limits, usability improvements and several bugfixes. * SVG Compliance: There is now additional support for the viewBox element improving SVG compatibility. In response to the release, Tavmjong Bah updated his online book, "A Guide to Inkscape" (http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php), to cover the Inkscape 0.43 features. This guide is not included with the Inkscape release. Users are encouraged to read the guide in addition to Inkscape 0.43's release notes and the help included with Inkscape. Currently the Inkscape community is working on the next release which focuses on stability and closing bugs. The next release will add an outline viewing mode, a plan towards SVG Tiny compliance, a fill and stroke interface to the bottom toolbar, and further application refinements. Inkscape is open to all types of contributions by people with all different skill levels from around the world. Inkscape needs translators, web designers, people to help answer questions, and developers to help reach the project's goal of SVG compliance. Visit Inkscape.org and Draw Freely. Download Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X packages: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 For many more details, see the complete Release Notes for 0.43: http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes043 Community submitted screenshots: http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/ About Inkscape Inkscape is an open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons' metadata, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, text-in-shape, and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, PostScript, JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats. Inkscape's main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully W3C compliant XML, SVG, and CSS2 drawing tool. Additional work includes conversion of the codebase from <nowiki>C/Gtk</nowiki> to C++/Gtkmm, emphasizing a lightweight core with powerful features added through an extension mechanism, and the establishment of a friendly, open, community-oriented development process.

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