November 2006 - Inkscape Devel

win32 build tool
by Adib Taraben 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hello Bob Jamison, I think your build tool is much faster than make ... there is a problem with the l10n: Build should create for all po/*.mo files a directory in inkscape/local/ with the name of the file (without extension) and copy the file to that location. Is that possible ? Thx, Adib.

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Two function plotters?
by bulia byak 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

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!). -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Help Wanted: Testing Autopackages
by Aaron Spike 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

The quality of the Autopackage builds could be greatly increased with more consistent testing. There is a need for volunteers running various distros (Slackware, Suse, Mandrake, Fedora, Debian) and various versions of these distros to work with the autopackager to ensure compatibility throughout the release cycle. This work involves regular downloading and installing of inkscape autopackages (about 10MB), submitting detailed bug reports to the autopackager and testing fixes as they are prepared. Snapshot builds for testing live at: http://inkscape.modevia.com/ap/?C=M;O=D Thanks, Aaron Spike

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Problem with the Latex Formula module
by Jean-Luc Menut 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hello, I have a problem when I try to use the latex formula module: nothing appears, I have this message in my terminal : ** (.proxy.inkscape:7980): CRITICAL **: Last <defs> removed I'm using the latest inkscape autopackage (05 nov), pstoedit 3.44 and ubuntu (edgy) Any idea ? thanks, Jean-Luc

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[Fwd: [Scale-announce] SCALE Call For Papers closes Monday!]
by Ted Gould 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

So, I think we're going to have a booth at SCALE this year. Josh has volunteered to take a leadership role in that -- so I'm going to play SCALE cheerleader. Which means, SUBMIT ABSTRACTS! :) It's February, and unlikely that the weather is better where you are than it is going to be in LA. Southwest flies to LAX so it means you can probably get a cheap flight. You can walk to the hotel from LAX[1]. The conference is on the weekend. I think it would be very cool to have a set of Inkscape presentations. Forward this to your GIMP/Blender/Scribus friends, perhaps we can get a Linux Graphics track :) SCALE is a cool conference, small and laid back. Still a volunteer run thing, so the registration fee isn't crazy. But, every year the speakers have gotten better, and the overall quality has gone up. I don't expect this year to be different. --Ted [1] - Not that I would recommend this. The traffic around LAX is awful, so unless you're invincible to cars, take the hotel shuttle. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: scale-announce@...1566... Reply-To: nobody@...1566... To: SCALE-announce <scale-announce@...1566...> Subject: [Scale-announce] SCALE Call For Papers closes Monday! Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:18:31 -0800 If you're considering making a presentation at the 5th annual So Cal Linux Expo, be advised that the window to submit your CFP closes Monday, November 20th. Get your proposal in now! In the same vein, SCALE is sponsoring a one-day Open Source Health Care Summit on Friday, February 9th, just prior to the Expo. If you use Open Source software in the health care arena, here's your chance to talk about it. The CFP for the Summit closes December 29th. For more information, or for the details on the CFP, see http://socallinuxexpo.com/healthcare07/index.php. _______________________________________________ Scale-announce mailing list Scale-announce@...1566... http://mail.socallinuxexpo.com/mailman/listinfo/scale-announce

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Test please ignore
by Ted Gould 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

I've been having trouble sending to Sourceforge. Hopefully this message will get through. --Ted

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Secondary toolbar size?
by Jon A. Cruz 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

On Nov 22, 2006, at 6:08 AM, David Christian Berg wrote: >> Mmmmmh, I can't find the Print Large theme you talking about. I have >> only have: David_icons.svg, icons.svg and legacy_icons.svg >> Where is "the size resquested" you are talking about? In the .svg >> file? > > Talking about the GTK Theme here, not the icon theme used by > Inkscape. I > didn't check but I guess you'll find the Large Print theme at > art.gnome.org Yes, the GTK+ theme. It's generally shipped with most RedHat derived distros at the least.

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Fit selection to page
by Nika Vidal 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

Hi all, I've been reading yout list for some time but this is my first message to this list. I think it could be useful a "fit selection to page" button, specially when you get/made an artwork and you want to fit it into some specific format (a3, a4...), for example working for a printing work. I saw something like this to anybody was working with Macromedia Freehand. This is only an idea, I don know if it's already implemented at devel version. Excuse my poor English. Regards, Nika.

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"All roads lead to bitmap" icon blog entry
by unknown＠example.com 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

Hi, I just came across a blog entry discussing vector vs. bitmap for icons. http://islayer.com/blog/?p=87 It also mentions a limitation with Illustrator, but that's a side one. Anyway, just wanted to point this out as something we might look at. I know I'll follow up on the icon aspects, as it falls in line with things I've discussed with various icon authors in addition to the librsvg team, ksvg peoples, etc.

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NEW: Trace Bitmap dialog redesign and new parameters
by bulia byak 19 Nov '06

19 Nov '06

* This dialog now provides access to three more tracing parameters: o Suppress speckles: If set, spots or speckles larger than the given size are suppressed in the trace. o Smooth corners: This parameter controls how much smoothing is applied to corners in the traced path. o Optimize paths: If set, trace paths are optimized by joining adjacent Bezier segments with the given tolerance. * The dialog is redesigned to use three tabs: Mode, Parameters, and Preview. The controls are reorganized to be easier to find. Most labels and tooltips are rewritten for clarity. * The trace preview image is made twice larger. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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