November 2006 - Inkscape Devel

Closing bugs/requests/etc
by Johan Engelen 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

I think I am not able to close bugreports and the like? Or if so, please tell me how to! Thanks, Johan

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Inkscape / win32 with gtk2.10
by Bob Jamison 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

Hi, all. Starting with Bulia's need for me to make an Inkscape build with Tor's patch for transient dialogs on win32, there was a need for me to change the build to use gtk2.10. Since I was going to change the build, I thought it would be good to modernize it, thus the Buildtool. Whew. Well, I got the Buildtool working yesterday, and I just now got a gtk2.10 build working. Tor's patch tomorrow? This copy was made with gtk2.10: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape0611161701.7z This is not just a dll drop-in replacement, but a complete build with new libraries. It seems to work ok here, but people might want to give it a try to see if it works for them. bob

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Compile error with FreeType >= 2.2.0 (caused by ps export t
by bulia byak 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

On 11/25/06, Cyril Dangerville <cyrildangerville@...19...> wrote: > Hi! > I uploaded a new version that does not rely on freetype internal headers. I > patched my svn copy (revision 13361) and compiled successfully with Freetype > 2.2.1. But I need some help on one issue. Please read my last comment on the > tracker for details: > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1219308&group_id=9… I am far from an expert on Freetype, but from the name of the function, it does indeed seem that it's X11-only. If so, I have no idea how to get font type in a portable way. Can you perhaps get the font file name and figure out from its extension? Just an idea. Any help from anyone familiar with this will be much appreciated! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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NEW: grow/shrink selection in node tool
by bulia byak 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

* You can grow or shrink node selection by hovering the mouse pointer over a node and using mousewheel (up = grow, down = shrink) or the keys PageUp (grow) and PageDown (shrink). Growing adds the closest unselected node to the selection; shrinking deselects the farthest selected node. There are two modes that differ by how the closest/farthest nodes are chosen: o Spatial selection (Mousewheel, PageUp/PageDown): distances to nodes are measured directly, regardless of which subpath a node belongs to. o Linear selection (Ctrl+Mousewheel, Ctrl+PageUp/Ctrl+PageDown): node distances are measured along the path, and only the nodes belonging to the same subpath as the hovered node are considered (i.e. other subpaths are never selected). This technique is convenient for quickly selecting an area in a complex path starting from a center - for example, for node sculpting. Let me know if you think linear mode will be more often used than spatial - I can swap the shortcuts so that the more common mode can be used without Ctrl. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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stupid question
by tj 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

I am a new user to inkscape and I have a stupid question. How do you close windows like the document and inkscape preferences windows? I see no close, cancel, etc buttons? tj

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NEW: RadioButtons for extensions (.INX)
by Johan Engelen 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

I've added radiobuttons to the parameter types for extensions :) They are called: 'optiongroup'; English is not my native tongue which makes it often difficult to come up with a label..., please rename if desired. A developer example is available as a placeholder until a real extension uses it. Regards, Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Two function plotters?
by bulia byak 24 Nov '06

24 Nov '06

On 11/24/06, Johan Engelen <johane@...1482...> wrote: > The "function plotter" is meant to be a more general plotter than "wavy". > "wavy" let's you specify the x-range in multiples of pi, which is very > convenient for plotting periodic functions. "function plotter" does not let > you do this which can be annoying. I'd like to keep them separate, but we > can also merge them by adding for example a checkbox to "function plotter" > to multiply the x-range by 2pi. Yes, I think such a checkbox would be a good idea. Can you please do it, and then we can retire the Wavy. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Two function plotters?
by Johan Engelen 24 Nov '06

24 Nov '06

> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:46:32 -0400 > From: "bulia byak" <buliabyak@...400...> > > I notice that we have two extensions to do function plotting: > old "wavy" and new "function plotter". Johan, since you added the > latter, please clean this up by removing one of them (make sure no > functionality is lost!). (Since I graduated two days ago, I'm back working on Inkscape again!) The "function plotter" is meant to be a more general plotter than "wavy". "wavy" let's you specify the x-range in multiples of pi, which is very convenient for plotting periodic functions. "function plotter" does not let you do this which can be annoying. I'd like to keep them separate, but we can also merge them by adding for example a checkbox to "function plotter" to multiply the x-range by 2pi. Another option is to use the read-out possibility of the notebook parameter: "wavy" could be added as a tab and the extension can determine which tab was selected when processing... (definately not clear to users and this has not my preference)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] g2png
by bulia byak 24 Nov '06

24 Nov '06

On 11/24/06, cedric GEMY <radar.map35@...8...> wrote: > my purpose was exactly to export groups, only. See the release Notes if > you want o know why. I don't see how your code fits that explanation, in particular the icons example. There may be much more groups in an icons file (examine our own icons.svg for example), not only the top-level groups corresponding to icons. Icons may contain some inner groups, which will get exported too. On the other hand, some simple icons may be represented by a single shape, not a group. And finally, I may want to export not ALL icons in the file but only some of them (more than one but not all). Your code can't do this either. > i don't understand what your proposal have > different from the export to bitmap dialog (option "selection" checked) It is different in that it exports each selected object SEPARATELY, creating as many PNG files as you have objects selected. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Compile error with FreeType >= 2.2.0 (caused by ps export type 1 patch)
by Gustav Broberg 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

I'm having problems compiling since revision 13379 which applied the (rather old) patch 1219308 [1] for embedding Type 1 fonts into exported PostScript files. The reason for the problems is that the patch relies on internal FreeType headers which are no longer exposed as of version 2.2.0, see [2] for details. Unless the patch can be rewritten any time soon, I think it needs to be rolled back -- FreeType 2.2.* is pretty common, Ubuntu 6.10 uses 2.2.1 for instance. A bug is filed here... http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1600900&group_id=9… Thanks! 1.http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1219308&group_id… 2.http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/freetype-2.2.0.html -- Gustav Broberg

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