April 2006 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Next Version?
by Alan Jones 16 Apr '06

16 Apr '06

It has been a while since the last formal version of Inkscape. Any chance of a new one coming out anytime soon? I have been watching the mailing lists, but not see much about a new version. thanks Alan

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NEW: calligraphic tremor
by bulia byak 16 Apr '06

16 Apr '06

Even when using a graphics tablet with pressure sensitivity, the Calligraphy pen's strokes often look too smooth and artificial. To enable a more natural look, the new Tremor parameter is added to the Calligraphy tool in this version. Adjustable in the Controls bar from 0.0 to 1.0, it will affect your strokes producing anything from slight unevenness to wild blotches and splotches. This significantly expands the creative range of the tool. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Menu structure changes
by Joshua Blocher 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

We never really resolved the menu restructuring last release and Inkscape has some new functionality add since my last proposal, so i have add,updated, and rearranged the menus according to the last input. I have also attach the original menu dump edited out of the menus-skeleton.h since there is no easy way to get the menu setting out. josh blocher verbalshadow

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Just canna take it captin!
by Martin Owens 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Oil the email mchine! it's gonna blow! btw... keep up the good work, I can see loads of really cool things taking place and I proud to be snooping in on them :-) -- #::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::# #::.. http://www.doctormo.co.uk/ ..::# #::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::#

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NEW: Xara keyboard shortcuts
by bulia byak 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Thanks to Mental's work, we now have shortcuts configurable by editing a simple XML file. I changed the format of that file, commented and categorized the shortcuts, and also listed there all Inkscape verbs that don't have shortcuts, so that it's easier for the user to bind them to keys. Also there's much work ahead to convert as much non-verb commands as possible to verbs, so that they can be configurable as well. I also added an alternative keymap that emulates the keyboard of Xara X/Xara Xtreme/Xara LX. Since Inkscape has considerably more shortcuts than Xara, those keys that are not used by Xara retain their Inkscape bindings, thus making it easier for users to migrate from Inkscape to Xara or back. Of course, some of Xara's keys are not enabled because Inkscape does not yet have corresponding tools or commands. The files in share/keys are: inkscape.xml - Inkscape bindings default.xml - initially this is a copy of inkscape.xml, but you can overwrite it with any other profile; xara.xml - Xara bindings; to enable, copy it to default.xml; to disable, copy inkscape.xml to default.xml again. Later, Inkscape installer and/or preferences dialog will need to be enabled to switch keymaps without the user having to copy files (coding help welcome, as always). You can also customize some of your keybindings without overwriting the main default.xml. If your profile directory (~/.inkscape on Linux) contains a keys subdirectory with a default.xml file, the keybindings from that file will overlay (i.e. add to, and override in case of a conflict) the default bindings. This file may list just a few keybindings that you want to change; the format of your own default.xml is the same as that of the main default.xml. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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ODF drawing output
by Bob Jamison 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Hi, all, Just FYI, for the next week or so we will be working on ODF drawing (.odg) output from Inkscape. If anyone is interested in helping map svg elements to <office:drawing> elements, we would certainly appreciate it. Here is an initial export of the tiger.svgz file to odg. Please note that it is a -very- early example, and most things require a lot of tweaking. This is paths-only, which will evolve into smarter exports later. Note that a lot of the style attributes still need to be translated, too. Also note that the coordinates were flipped in the Y-direction, so I fixed it manually. http://inkscape.org/win32/ink-oo.png To see what work is involved, compare the original .svg file to the content.xml file in any odg that you save. bob (ishmal)

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[[Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report]
by Bryce Harrington 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Thanks ishmal! All of the new warnings have been eliminated, and we're back down to our usual count. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:21:24 -0700 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Fri Apr 14 17:09:38 2006 (Run 2128) Snapshot: inkscape-20060414-1600.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 0 0 10 0 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == none == Warnings == sp-flowtext.cpp:339: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) sp-item.cpp:744: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.cpp:733) sp-shape.cpp:609: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) sp-text.cpp:486: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) dialogs/export.cpp:650: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) dialogs/export.cpp:729: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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New DOM warnings [inkscape build report]
by Bryce Harrington 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Some new warnings from the DOM code... ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:21:24 -0700 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Fri Apr 14 04:37:05 2006 (Run 2115) Snapshot: inkscape-20060414-0300.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 0 0 21 0 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == none == Warnings == sp-flowtext.cpp:339: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) sp-item.cpp:744: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.cpp:733) sp-shape.cpp:609: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) sp-text.cpp:486: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) dialogs/export.cpp:650: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) dialogs/export.cpp:729: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) dom/io/domstream.h:241: warning: `virtual void org::w3c::dom::io::BasicOutputStream::put(short unsigned int)' was hidden dom/io/base64stream.h:111: warning: by `virtual void org::w3c::dom::io::Base64OutputStream::put(int)' dom/io/domstream.h:241: warning: `virtual void org::w3c::dom::io::BasicOutputStream::put(short unsigned int)' was hidden dom/io/gzipstream.h:104: warning: by `virtual void org::w3c::dom::io::GzipOutputStream::put(int)' dom/util/ziptool.cpp:1542: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions dom/util/ziptool.cpp:1665: warning: unused variable `int cm' dom/util/ziptool.cpp:1670: warning: unused variable `bool ftext' dom/util/ziptool.cpp:1683: warning: unused variable `time_t mtime' dom/util/ziptool.cpp:1688: warning: unused variable `int xfl' dom/util/ziptool.cpp:1693: warning: unused variable `int os' extension/internal/odf.cpp:188: warning: long unsigned int format, guint32 arg (arg 5) == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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Possible performance improvement
by Andrius Ramanauskas 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Hey, I could not resist a temptation to do some optimisations and achieved about 10 times faster rendering in some situations (complex drawing zoomed to 1000-5000%). The idea of optimisation - eliminating nodes outside of rendered area, so no bezier calculations and other stuff is needed, so rendering of zoomed image consume less memory and is also faster. The question is - should I continue work on that (solve last minor issues) and try to commit it or I'm the only one who uses Inkscape with complex drawing and zooming in to the finest detail? The fix make code somethat less readable/maintainable, so there is a price for performance improvement. But if there will be support for such thing, I will try to finish it after Easter holidays and see how it works. Andrius

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[root@...1070...: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report]
by Bryce Harrington 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

The errors are gone now. :-) ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:22:15 -0700 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Wed Apr 5 05:11:42 2006 (Run 1900) Snapshot: inkscape-20060405-0400.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 0 0 12 0 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == none == Warnings == sp-flowtext.cpp:324: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) sp-image.cpp:516:8: warning: extra tokens at end of #endif directive sp-item.cpp:730: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.cpp:719) sp-shape.cpp:611: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) sp-text.cpp:472: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) dialogs/export.cpp:644: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) dialogs/export.cpp:723: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:215) display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) trace/trace.cpp:196: warning: unused variable `Inkscape::XML::Node*imgRepr' == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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