November 2006 - Inkscape Devel

Feature request: Update imported graphic
by Vladimir Savic 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Most of the time I have both Inkscape and GIMP opened. Vector gfx is being done with Inkscape and then imported into GIMP, and opposite direction. I use Inkscape to finalize illustrations - typography, frames etc. Even if everything is set up (almost) perfectly there are unfortunately always a few pixels to tweak. Then I must switch to GIMP, retouch bitmap, reimport that illustration and do the resizing again (As noted in previous posts, Inkscape doesn't know exact printing size of imported graphics.). Another situation where I needed similar workaround was after reorganization of files. I run into the problem of having to correct all the links to graphics and then reloading the whole document to see the changes. It would be very handy having option to update selected pixmap graphic from file. Please don't be resent for throwing my working problems notes directly at this list. Afterall, these are all real life expiriences. :) Cheers, Vlada

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ANN: Crucible 1.7 released
by Bryce Harrington 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hi all, Crucible is the automated test harness we've used for testing Inkscape. It's also in use for a number of projects including Cairo, GEGL, Linux NFSv4, and Linux CPU Hotplug to do automated building and testing. Much has changed in this release; most notably is the new installation system, making it possible to get Crucible up and running in a matter of minutes. Kees and I have also installed it on the quad PPC machine he received for Inkscape testing. Some work is still needed to hook things up but I hope to get that finished within a week or two. The code is available here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/crucible/crucible-1.7.tar.gz Crucible provides a powerful, flexible backend for building automated testing systems. It allows for conducting tests on multiple machines (via NFS), including patching, rebuilding, and booting new kernels, libraries, and services. Configuration and customization can be done through simple config files and bash scripts. It is suitable for performing tests of GUI applications, services, libraries, and kernel patches. Changes: A new installation system is in place, which should make it straightforward to getting a basic crucible install up and running quickly. Lots of documentation has been added. There is a new post-installation test 'make installcheck'. Directory locations have been abstracted. Internals have been abstracted and generalized, giving more flexibility for customization/extension. Several new subcommands added to 'sut' script for managing system images, adding new machines, etc. A new queue_plan script is added for doing easier one-off testruns. Kernel building is more robust and generalized. Bryce

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06 Nov '06

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NEW: more outline mode goodies
by bulia byak 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

* The window title displays "(outline)" next to the file name when that editing window is in Outline mode. * The bug whereby stroked shapes didn't change stroke width when swithing to Outline mode or back is fixed. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Crash after closing Image Properties dialog
by Vladimir Savic 05 Nov '06

05 Nov '06

Reproduce procedure: Import an image and from RMB drop-down menu pick "Image Properties" item. Close the dialog that appeared and click on the image again. Then Inkscape crashes (at least here). Regards, Vlada

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patches in the tracker
by Jon Phillips 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

Hi all, could you all take a look at what is in the inkscape patch tracker so we can get some flow through there. https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=browse&group_id=93438&atid=604308 I closed out my assigned patches which took about 15 minutes. Hopefully a few more people could do this as well. It really helps churn up activity and get more developers attracted to the project. Jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...896... IRC: rejon@...897...

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Feature request: DPI value of imported graphic shouldn't be ignored
by Vladimir Savic 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

While doing some graphic design for printing I'm often obliged exchanging pixmap and vector graphics between GIMP, Inkscape and Scribus. Inkscape discards DPI of GIMP exported graphics, which is really unintuitive. Drawings that GIMP displays exactly how they were saved previously (I'm referring to format here -- A3, A4, B5 etc.) Inkscape opens at wrong DPI thus they're a few times bigger. Not a big deal when the whole page is exported from gimp (just scale picture at format's dimensions) , but makes things complicated if many smaller components are imported to be assembled in Inkscape. I must write down every single component's width or height and scale it proportionally. Really time consuming... Vlada

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[Fwd: Re: [Inkscape-user] Registration Mark]
by Jon Phillips 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Aaron Maxwell <amax@...1548...> > Reply-To: Inkscape User Community > <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Registration Mark > Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:59:32 -0800 > > On Wednesday 01 November 2006 16:52, bulia byak wrote: > > On 11/1/06, Aaron Maxwell <amax@...1548...> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > Is there a canned way to make a registration mark in a text > > > field? Obviously, we can just draw a circle and position it around a > > > floating letter "R". Is there a cleaner way to do it? > > > > Yes, just insert the corresponding character by its Unicode code: > > Ctrl+U a e Enter. > > That works wonderfully, thanks. > > -Aaron This would be a killer extension to have.... Make registration marks and/or make crop/cutline marks! Whoa! ACSpike, what do you think? Bulia? Others? Jon > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...896... IRC: rejon@...897...

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NEW: more stuff in Help menu
by bulia byak 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

Since none of our standard libs could offer a cross-platform, easily available way to launch an URL in the user's default browser, I looked around and found exactly what we need in Python (which we carry anyway) - the standard "webbrowser" module. So I created some Python extensions to launch various URLs using webbrowser.open calls, and put them into Help menu: - Inkscape Manual links to http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php, do you think we should host a redirect at inkscape.org instead? - Command line options: http://inkscape.org/doc/inkscape-man.html - FAQ on wiki - Release notes for the current version - "Report a bug" page - SVG 1.1 specification at w3.org I tested this and it seems to work well in Linux and Windows. Let me know if you have any problems. Also feel free to suggest other "launch an URL" commands for Inkscape (openclipart? wiki? inkscape.org? Aaron's extension page?) The only change I made in the core of Inkscape was to allow an inx file to specify <effects-menu hidden="yes"/> so that these new extensions don't automatically show up in the Effects menu. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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car.svgz
by Tobias Jakobs 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi, if I try to open the new example car.svgz image Inkscape crashes with this error massage: ----------------------------------------------------- $ ./inkscape ** ERROR **: file sp-object.cpp: line 861 (void SPObject::releaseReferences()): assertion failed: (this->hrefcount == 0) aborting... Emergency save activated! Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now. If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it.Aborted ----------------------------------------------------- Regards Tobias

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