July 2005 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Re: [Inkscape-devel] svg for presentations
by Jose Hevia 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 03:35:45PM +0200, Jose Hevia wrote: > > Hi, > > ¿Does anybody know about a program for viewing SVG slices?(Linux/Windows) > > > > I would like to use Inkscape, because it lets me draw for selecting > > items, but I couldn't hide the main menu, and there is no such a thing > > like a page. ¿Isnt it? > > I'm not sure what is meant by slices, but: > > Try inkview, which comes with inkscape. If you have 10 SVG files you > want to show in order, theN > > inkview file1 file2 ... > (or inkview * if they are to be presented in asciibetical order) Wow, This is perfect!!. All my problems are gone. I'm subscribed to the list for a long time, I hear something about inkview, but I forget the name. It should be included in the inkscape screenshots.It is Very useful. > Otherwise, you could export the SVG files to, say, png, and view them > with any viewing program or presentation tool or whatever. > > Embedding the SVG files in HTML pages may also be good. (You may want > to generate the HTML pages semi-automatically, e.g. for i in file1 file2 > ...; do (cat header;printf '"%s"' "$i";cat footer) > `basename $i > .svg`.html;done .) Thanks for the info. Jose Hevia

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Remaining critical bugs
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Looking over the remaining level-9 bugs, here are my thoughts: 1230742 etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc broken in windows build *** ======================================================================== Sounds like it should be fixed for this release. Doesn't sound too hard. Not sure what the cause is, though. 1227186 0.41 won't start; uses 90%+ of CPU ======================================================================== This may be a packaging issue unrelated to Inkscape, and not a must-fix bug. 1227185 Layer Add Then Move Crash *** ======================================================================== This sounds fairly important, but it appears to be Win32-specific and we do not have a backtrace. I think someone on Win32 should test it and report some additional debugging info, and we should treat it as a must fix. 1226498 WIN: crash on open/import tiff ======================================================================== This bug simply requires use of libtiff3.dll in the windows package. If that's included in the latest package, then we can close this bug. However, I don't think I'd rank this one as a must fix, since it's an uncommon function and apparently occurs just on Windows. 1221401 WIN 2003: Loading the Tutorial crash Inkscape ======================================================================== Sounds like it's an issue with Gtk on Windows 2003 SP1, rather than Inkscape. It works on other Windows releases, so I think this is rare enough that it doesn't qualify as must fix. 1221398 WIN 2003: Saving a file crashes Inkscape ======================================================================== Possibly the same situation as 1221401; also it lacks enough debugging info to troubleshoot. If it can be replicated more widely, and if we can get better debug output, maybe this could be a must fix, but as it stands currently it doesn't qualify. 1217361 freeze on quitting with transform dialog *** ======================================================================== Sounds like it's pretty pervasive, and causes a crash, so this is a must fix. 1210100 Selecting corrupted embedded images crashes *** ======================================================================== I think this may be fixed now, but we need someone on Win32 to confirm. Since it only happens on Windows, and only when using corrupted files, I'm not sure it qualifies as must fix, but since we have a patch to fix it, I think we may as well put priority on getting it done. 1202453 CRASH: effects ======================================================================== We do not have a reliable way to reproduce this. If someone can find a way to reliably reproduce it, I think it should be a must fix, but without that I don't think we should let it hold up the release. 1198534 The XML windows stops in a loop-search blocking program. ======================================================================== No one seems able to reproduce this one. It might be windows-only. Without some way to reproduce it, or a back trace, we can't consider it a must fix bug. 1169396 Crash on startup (win32) ======================================================================== We need someone on Win32 to verify this still exists; it may be fixed now. If it does still exist, it's a must fix, but unless someone can confirm and provide some updated debug info, I don't think it should be listed as must fix. 1167897 missing units.txt *** ======================================================================== We really need someone on Win32 to sort this one out, but I think it qualifies as a must fix. 1157125 crashes on startup - document.cpp line 367 ======================================================================== Possibly just a packaging issue; not enough info to debug it. It's also old and we haven't heard from the reporter for a while, so since no one can reproduce it, I don't think it qualifies. 1119649 Inkscape-0.41-1 One or more extensions failed to load ======================================================================== The bug that would not die. :-) The changes we've done for 0.42 will reduce the visibility of this bug, but since people are still reporting it, this bug should stay open to give them a place to add their comments to. 1108732 New releases still ~ARCH in Gentoo ======================================================================== I've been pushing to get 0.41 listed as stable in Gentoo, and have succeeded for 4 different architectures. Ironically, though, it's still not listed as stable for x86. In any case, this is completely external to the Inkscape codebase, so not really relevant to our bug fixing cycle. 995815 markers: markers don't take object color ======================================================================== This is more of a feature request, for an SVG 1.2 feature, so doesn't qualify as a must fix. Sure would be a nice feature to have though... 1220959 Scripts with Dependencies Crash Inkscape CVS ======================================================================== Since extensions are an optional feature, I don't think this is a must fix bug. Also, I suspect this one is going to require a LOT of work to get sorted out, so not something we can achieve in the near term anyway. Okay, those are my thoughts on the critical bugs that are must-fixes. Please speak up if you disagree. I think we may be able to get these fixed within a week or two. >From reviewing the bugs it is clear that we are extremely desperate for more Win32 people to get more heavily involved in the QA process. Bryce

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svg for presentations
by Jose Hevia 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Hi, ¿Does anybody know about a program for viewing SVG slices?(Linux/Windows) I would like to use Inkscape, because it lets me draw for selecting items, but I couldn't hide the main menu, and there is no such a thing like a page. ¿Isnt it? Bye Jose Hevia

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Hard freeze
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Let's plan on entering the Hard Freeze today, at GMT 2000 (about 6.5 hrs from right now). The release wardens for this release will be Kees (drb) and Peter (pjrm). Their job is to do final QA of the codebase, review all of the last minute changes to ensure that nothing has been broken, and to review/apply any patches that people wish to add prior to the release. At this time, please refrain from directly checking in code to the codebase, but instead post to the patch tracker. If you have any outstanding bug fixes, translations, or tutorial updates, please submit them ASAP. Kees and Peter will review and apply the patches they deem necessary for the release. When they are satisfied with the state of the codebase, they'll announce it is ready for release, and apply the official 0.42 tagging. This normally takes a few days. After it has been tagged, we will allow a day or two for packagers to create and test packages, and then announce! :-) Bryce

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Re: Inkscape will be published on c't magazine's CD-ROM
by Bryce Harrington 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 11:29:34AM +0200, Peter K?nig wrote: > Dear Bryce, > > Thank you for giving permission to publish inkscape on the CD-ROM of c't > magazine! Since our deadline for mastering is August 2nd, I wonder if it > will be possible to get the upcoming version 0.42 release for our CD - > that would be great. Yes, definitely. > Can you tell me about the intended date of publication for inkscape's > version 0.42? We don't set precise dates ("it's done when it's done"), however I estimate that we're within within about a week of release. I'm hoping we will be able to release it by the 18th. Bryce

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bug at bezier-utils.cpp
by João Rafael Nicola 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Hi, I am using inkscape-0.41 at an Athlon64 machine. The program was crashing whenever I used some tool which uses bezier curves (caligraphic tool, free hand tool (i think), etc.). The programa failed on a assertion, requiring the last member of a double array to be 1.0, like in: g_assert("bla".., u[len-1] == 1.0) This kind of comparision (equals) on double is unreliable, since rounding errors may introduce subtle differences between two values which we would expect to be equal. The correct way to verify this should be like: g_assert("blas",u[len-1]>=0.999 && [len-1]<=1.001). Where the constants are chosen accordingly. The code that creates this array is in the function chord_length_parameterize This is a snipped of chord_length_parameterize: gdouble tot_len = u[len - 1]; g_return_if_fail( tot_len != 0 ); if (finite(tot_len)) { for (unsigned i = 1; i < len; ++i) { u[i] /= tot_len; } } else { /* We could do better, but this probably never happens anyway. */ for (unsigned i = 1; i < len; ++i) { u[i] = i / (gdouble) ( len - 1 ); } } In both cases, u[len-1] should be very near 1.0, but not necessarily equals 1.0. I added the line u[len-1] = 1.0; after the loop. And the problem stopped. However, the true bug lies in the comparision (u[len-1]==1.0) By the way. Thanks for developing this excellent program. I am now deploying it at an workplace in place of Corel Draw. Yours, João Rafael Moraes Nicola

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Blinking rectangle
by De Winne, Joris 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Hello, Is there a way to change the fill color from a rectangle without reloading the whole document. Normally this is done by using animated svg. In Batik it's possible to do it using the Update Runnable Queue. An example: I've a rectangle extension tag taking the normal rectangle tag parameters, but also two clors. Now every second I want to switch between the colors resulting in a blinking effect. Is there a way this can be achieved using Inkscape. Note: I'm not using the Inkscape editor, but I'm direct using the Inkscape programming code. So a possible way is to use a thread changing something on an object every second and throwing an event. The problem is I've no idea what object to change and what event to throw. Any suggestions, ideas or help is always welcome. Joris

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patches for cs.po and inkscape.nsi
by Josef Vybiral 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Hi, I've just submitted updates of czech .po and update of inkscape.nsi including czech strings too. URLs: cs.po: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1238010&group_id=9… inkscape.nsi: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1238014&group_id=9… cornelius

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configure help
by unknown＠example.com 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

I feel like this is a stupid question but I'm stuck. Yesterday I nuked sid and installed ubuntu. I compiled libgc and installed it into /usr/local. I checked and the files are infact in /usr/local/lib. but configure is unable to find libgc. How can I tell configure where it is? I try running configure with "LDFLAGS=/usr/local/lib ./configure" and I get a message like "C compiler cannot create executables". Aaron Spike

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0.42pre2 Posted
by Ted Gould 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=991… Lots of new bug fixes, and twice as much fun! While not likely to be _the_ last pre-release, it is probably second to last with the next one signaling a hard freeze. If anyone has a bug nagging them, good time to bring it up! --Ted

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