May 2006 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

no dialogues, no icons
by David Christian Berg 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

Hey guys! I just build inkscape from svn a few hours ago and no notice, that I don't have icons and dialogues. Any idea, what I'm doing wrong, or how to fix it? Thanx! David

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NEW: Native PDF export
by bulia byak 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

I have committed the patch by Ulf Erikson that adds native PDF export (based on PS export code). It has many limitations but at least it's better than what we have now, because it does not require Ghostscript and, most importantly, handles transparency. Complex illustrations, such as this one: http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.41-CVS-linux-davinci… are shown quite faithfully by Adobe Acrobat after saving as PDF (though much slower than in Inkscape... and I thought our renderer is the slowest, heh). Current limitations include: no text (check "Convert text to path"), no gradient on stroke, no clipping/masking/patterns, no eccentric elliptic gradients, no bitmaps. I know we're probably going to have at least one SoC student working on PDF export, and I think it will make a perfect sense for that student to work on this existing code to improve it. However, even if the student will choose some other approach (e.g. using Cairo), it will be easy to replace this code. For now, however, it's the best we have, and I want this to be in 0.44. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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quad beziers
by Axel Huizinga 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Hi! Already asked this on the users list - but no feedback: Is it possible to create quadratic bezier curves whith Q|q tag output with inkscape? Cordially, Axel

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PyXML missing - bug on 0.44pre1 on WinXP
by Spyros Blanas 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Hi! I was testing 0.44pre1 build for Win32 and spotted that PyXML issues with extensions (when having installed python seperately on windows) have not yet been resolved. I don't know if there is a way to hack around this (ideas: invoking python with full path, changing PATH variable before execution, installing PyXML on user's machine if not available) but at least there should be a more informative message on what is going on. The current message hardly clarifies anything: "The inkex.py module requires PyXML. Please download the latest version from <http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/>." Average-user questions: What is inkex.py? What is a module? What is PyXML? Why is it required? (Let alone the fact that this installer crashes during installation on my machine and required installation via the command-line) Remember, this is a *release* and there will be plenty non-programmers using it. And I think that such an error will prevent many people from enjoying the work done on extensions. - Spyros Blanas

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./autogen.sh fails with current svn
by Wolfram Quester 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Hi altogether! I just checked out rev. 12114 of inkskape and on my uptodate debian/unstable box ./autogen.sh dies with: | wolfi@...453...:/tmp/inkscape/inkscape $ ./autogen.sh | ============================================================================= | When you report a trouble about building SVN version of inkscape, | Please report following information about distro and tools version, too. | | --1. distribution------------------------------------------------------------ | Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable (etch/sid) | | --2. tools------------------------------------------------------------------- | /usr/bin/m4: /usr/bin/autoconf: autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59d | /usr/bin/autoheader: autoheader (GNU Autoconf) 2.59d | /usr/bin/automake: automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6 | /usr/bin/automake-1.7: automake (GNU automake) 1.7.9 | automake-1.8: not found | /usr/bin/automake-1.9: automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6 | /usr/bin/aclocal: aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.6 | /usr/bin/aclocal-1.7: aclocal (GNU automake) 1.7.9 | aclocal-1.8: not found | /usr/bin/aclocal-1.9: aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.6 | /usr/bin/intltoolize: intltoolize (GNU intltool) 0.35.0 | /usr/bin/gettextize: /usr/bin/gettextize (GNU gettext-tools) 0.14.5 | /usr/bin/libtoolize: libtoolize (GNU libtool) 1.5.22 | | --3. environment variables--------------------------------------------------- | PATH=/home/wolfi/src/XCrySDen/:/home/wolfi/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/wolfi/src/XCrySDen//scripts:/home/wolfi/src/XCrySDen//util | LANG=en_US.UTF-8 | GDM_LANG=en_US.UTF-8 | PYTHONPATH=:/home/wolfi/python: | | ============================================================================= | | I am testing that you have the required versions of libtool, autoconf, | automake, glib-gettextize and intltoolize. This test is not foolproof and | if anything goes wrong, there may be guidance in the file HACKING.txt | | checking for autoconf >= 2.52 ... yes (version 2.59) | checking for automake >= 1.7 ... yes (version 1.7.9) | checking for glib-gettextize >= 2.0.0 ... yes (version 2.10.3) | checking for intltool >= 0.17 ... yes (version 0.35.0) | | Running aclocal-1.7 ... | Running autoheader ... | Running libtoolize --copy --force ... | Running automake-1.7 --add-missing ... | configure.ac: installing `./install-sh' | configure.ac: installing `./missing' | src/Makefile_insert:10: OS_WIN32 does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL | src/Makefile.am: installing `./compile' | src/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp' | src/Makefile_insert:10: OS_WIN32 does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL | Please fix the error conditions and try again. Does someone know what's going on there? Thanks, Wolfi

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] win32 0.44pre1 package available
by bulia byak 31 May '06

31 May '06

On 5/31/06, Adib Taraben <taraben.a@...50...> wrote: > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=9911… Adib, Looks like you used the old library bundle. Your pre1 crashes on geotype.ttf with the same Pango error. Can you please rebuild it with the latest library bundle that Bob posted a few days ago? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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fix for "disappearing stroke"
by bulia byak 31 May '06

31 May '06

As anyone who uses Inkscape for real work knows, stroked shapes are prone to becoming invisible at certain zooms. It's especially bad for complex path, and playing with L-system effect recently made it so annoying for me that I searched for a fix. Which turned out to be quite trivial, so I committed it. This closes at least two bugs: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1244737&group_id=9… http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1254932&group_id=9… and a related bug where a complex path actually disappears (not just becomes invisible) after an offset: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1498546&group_id=9… Of course this change (in livarot lib) is somewhat risky, but in my testing it works well. Very complex paths that would previously simply disappear, now may display certain small rendering artefacts (horizontal lines), but i think it's much better than becoming totally invisible. Please test thoroughly; if you see something bad, especially crashes, I would back this out. For those interested, the reason for this bug was given by Fred in this comment: shape_euler_err = 4, // computations result in a non-eulerian graph, thus the function cannot do a proper polygon // despite the rounding sheme, this still happen with uber-complex graphs // note that coordinates are stored in double => double precision for the computation is not even // enough to get exact results (need quadruple precision, i think). So in most cases this error was caused by rounding errors, not by the shape graph really being non-Eulerian (which means some nodes have more in-coming edges than out-coming edges). So I simply removed the check for Eulerianness for stroke shape. My understanding is that even if we hit some shape which is not Eulerian, the renderer will simply do some artefacts but should not crash. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Possible fix for odf saving
by Jon A. Cruz 31 May '06

31 May '06

I think I've checked in a fix for the ODG bug [ 1489961 ] Autopackage: crash on save as ODG http://sourceforge.net/tracker/? func=detail&aid=1489961&group_id=93438&atid=604306 However, since it wasn't actually crashing on my system, I'm not sure it fixes 100% of the problem. Can anyone who's seen the crashing first verify that they still have a crash upon saving .odg, and then update to the latest changes and check that it solves all of the crashing? Thanks.

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It's good to meet girl in park, but better to park meat in girl
by skylar ulric 31 May '06

31 May '06

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Inkscape 0.44 Bug Status [#06]
by Bryce Harrington 31 May '06

31 May '06

Quite close now! :-) Fixed Bugs Since 5/24/06 Owner ID Title Pts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bbyak 1491925 Gradients referenced from masked object disappear 9 bbyak 1466515 Masked object not visible when reloaded 6 bbyak 1497251 Clip/Mask discarded in Plain SVG 6 johncli 1188811 trace result degrades when number of colors incr 6 johncli 1484076 potrace freeze with multiple color scan 9 joncruz 1121666 XML parser dies on unicode BOMs 6 matipha 1496681 Build issue for zh_CN.po 9 rwst 1495283 Crashes instead of executing scripts 9 JFL 1488446 Zero Install and --enable-binreloc 6 adarovs 1495414 Whiteboard module login restrictions 6 acspike 1249746 effects must add stuff to current layer, not root 3 bbyak 1496421 "Break apart" too slow on complex paths 3 joncruz 1495856 cannot hide/lock layer without making it current 3 kees 1489407 Update the Inkscape logo in the website header 3 mjwybro 1448811 Connector: assertion failure when move empty group 9 bbyak 1496114 whitespace in rules breaks lindenmeyer effect 3 bbyak 496081 cosmetic issues in effect parameters dialog 3 cyreve 1495265 (WIN) Unicode display fails in latest build 6 ulferik 1474575 1.234e-5 notation used in LaTeX-files 6 kees 1495310 no parameters for output extensions 6 acspike 1244836 use newer glib2 on official build system 9 joncruz 1280117 layers are gone switching from linux to windows 6 joncruz 1235798 Changing layer order doesn't update layer selector 3 joncruz 1493995 Resize handle on bottom-right of window missing 6 joncruz 1495333 quick layer selector doesn't lock in layer dialog 6 bryce 1490928 Error message not translated 6 bbyak 933482 dashes/ markers do not survive stroke-to-path 6 mjwybro 1495284 OSX: compilation error: missing CREATE dir paths 6 bryce 1490042 [WEBSITE] RSS-Feed sent as text/plain 3 cyreve 1493680 no compile with FreeType-2.2.1-2 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Total (goal: 200) 177 Must-Fix List for 0.44.0 ------------------------ *rwst 1467073 (DONE) make distcheck failing *cyreve 1493680 (DONE) no compile with FreeType-2.2.1-2 yipdw 1489175 Win2K crash: entrypoint FreeAddrInfo not found ishmal 1489961 Autopackage: crash on save as ODG *acspike 1244836 (DONE) use newer glib2 on official build system Can anyone give status on the two remaining must-fix bugs? Bryce On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 08:36:14PM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Hi all, > > Now that we are in Feature Freeze, attention turns to bug fixing. > > As we've done before, we'll establish a point goal - 200pts. Each fixed > bug between today and release will count towards that score. Low > priority bugs score 3pts, medium 6pts, and high 9pts. > > When we've hit that list, *AND* closed all the Must-Fix bugs for 0.44.0, > we will move into the Hard Freeze phase, and give control over to the > release wardens to finalize the release. > > > Needs Fixed in 0.44.x Stable Series > ----------------------------------- > cyreve 1494337 Fonts/Win: this TTF font crashes Inkscape (pango error) > rwst 1467137 Shrinking a pattern causes lock-up > cth03 1488128 Snap: Aligning (Snapping) to Grid or Guides does not > work > joncruz 1418122 Conf corruption when opening files with non-UTF encoded > joncruz 1370772 WinXP: Preferences.XML can't be accessed > mjwyb 1448811 Connector: assertion failure when moving empty group > ishmal 1395505 0.43 crash at startup on Win98se > mental 1441003 Misc: flowRoot error with inkscape's svg > cyreve 1448618 Fonts: weight variants selection > rwst 1493580 SuSE: CVS builds but will not run on Suse 10.0 > cth03 1429049 Snap: near-freeze in ObjectSnapper::_findCandidates > with ~1000 obj > > Needs Fixed for 0.45 > -------------------- > dwyip 1464771 whiteboard: cannot connect to jabber server then > crashses > cth03 1431560 Snap: Crash at resizing/snapping to guidelines > > Needs Owner in Order to be Prioritized > -------------------------------------- > ---- 1484076 potrace freeze with multiple color scan > ---- 1475189 Extension ignored by inkscape > ---- 1468393 square/circle/polygon/spiral and linked offset > misbehaviours > ---- 1491646 WIN - Win32 extensions does not call delivered Python > ---- 1491925 gradients referenced from masked object disappear > ---- 1490430 [INFO NEEDED] Crash in libcairo.dll > ---- 1489794 crash with composite > ---- 1459502 Crash on imported image update (during Gimp save) > ---- 1349761 Inkboard: inkscape crashes when trying to connect > > > Note that I've deliberately kept the list of must-fix bugs for 0.44.0 > very lean, so that we can release sooner rather than later. If you > disagree and have a bug that you think really must go there, then please > speak up now, and explain why it should be a release blocker. > > Some of the rationale I used for de-ranking bugs: Difficulty confirming > the bug. Bug appears to affect just the reporter. Bug doesn't cause > crash or data loss. Crash is due to something very unusual (like a > specific font, or a directory with unicode characters, or selecting > >1000 nodes while snapping is on, etc.) Bug is in a feature not enabled > by default (i.e. inkboard). > > Also note that this list doesn't accept bugs unless they have an owner. > This is strictly for pragmatic reasons - without someone volunteering to > take care of it, we may end up waiting a very long time to close it. > In past releases, we've often ended up simply having to release with > these sorts of bugs anyway, so I figure, why accept them as Must Fixes > in the first place? ;-) > > Bryce > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! > Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in > the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. 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