August 2006 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

PRE-ANNOUNCE : LGM 2 MONTREAL MAY 4-5-6
by Bryce Harrington 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

FYI... The 2006 LGM was quite good. ----- Forwarded message from Louis Desjardins <louis_desjardins@...747...> ----- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:55:38 -0400 From: Louis Desjardins <louis_desjardins@...747...> To: create@...626... Subject: [CREATE] PRE-ANNOUNCE : LGM 2 MONTREAL MAY 4-5-6 Bonjour ?? tous! G'day everybody! It is my pleasure to announce that next LGM will take place in Montreal on MAY 4-5-6. The event will be hosted by ??cole Polytechnique http://www.polymtl.ca/ from which we get *strong* support. Although we have made sure this week-end is OK for most of you, I urge one last time the participating teams to show up very very quickly on the CREATE list *if* there is a major issue with those dates as to prevent them to be present. Otherwise, we will consider these dates as fine and will be pleased to welcome you all in Montreal on the first week-end of MAY 2007 ! :) We needed to secure tightly a few things (no preferred order). 1. Availability from our host, ??cole Polytechnique. 2. Room availability from the student residences of the Uni to offer low-cost "hostel" for a good bunch of people. PLEASE NOTE that I would appreciate to know how many people would be interested in that service. The residences (all individual rooms) are located on the campus and we will be able to negociate a good price when we'll have a fair idea of the number of people who will sleep there. 3. Availability from the Soci??t?? des Arts Technologiques (SAT) for an event still to be finalized and sponsored on the Friday night that would gather all participants for supper (and beer, of course), with enough room and to allow lively discussions together! :) Here are the links to SAT for those interested! [FR] http://www.sat.qc.ca/sommaire-sat.php3?id_rubrique=67 [EN] http://www.sat.qc.ca/sommaire-sat.php3?id_rubrique=68 4. Find a week-end that would allow most of the participants to be there. 5. Making sure airplane fares would still be as low as possible, before summertime. I think we all have that with MAY 4-5-6 Please stay tuned. More info will be posted on the wiki at http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Thanks to all for helping make LGM Montreal 2007 a great event! Louis _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@...626... http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] bug 1538282
by MenTaLguY 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 10:40 +1000, Erik Halbert wrote: > have you had any more thoughts on this bug? Not really; I was wondering whether it might be a bug in Xvnc. It is interesting that Windows also seems to be affected, though -- that suggests SPSelectContext really is doing something very unkosher with the selection cursor. Just to be absolutely sure we're dealing with the same bug, could you try setting a breakpoint on sp_select_context_update_cursor in gdb, and then stepping through it to see if it crashes there? Bob or other Windows folks should be able to help you out with that if needed. -mental

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Problem with INKSCAPE_DATADIR set to "${datarootdir}"
by Michael Wybrow 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Hi all, Inkscape SVN started recently crashing on startup since it can't find any of its share files. This is because of some defines in the generated config.h: #define INKSCAPE_DATADIR "${datarootdir}" #define PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR "${datarootdir}/locale" Does that look wrong? I believe these should have been expanded to the value of datarootdir. Interestingly the library path is correct: #define INKSCAPE_LIBDIR "/Users/mjwybrow/ws-svn/install/lib" I don't believe I've changed automake or autoconf versions since it last worked for me. This has just appeared after updating from SVN -- I hadn't done an SVN update for a few weeks. Any ideas? Cheer, Michael

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Cross compile error
by Michael Moore 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

I'm trying to cross compile Inkscape 0.44. I just re-tested this with a freshly un-tarred download to make sure I hadn't broken something while looking at the code. The error including the last compiler call is (line breaks added for easier reading): i686-pc-mingw32-g++ -g -O3 -Wall -mms-bitfields -DVERSION=\"0.44\" -DXP_WIN -D_INTL_REDIRECT_INLINE -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I../.. -I../cxxtest -DGLIBMM_DLL -I/target/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/target/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/target/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/target/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/target/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/target/lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/target/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/target/include/atkmm-1.6 -I/target/include/cairo -I/target/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/target/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/target/include/gtk-2.0 -I/target/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/target/include/atk-1.0 -I/target/include/pango-1.0 -I/target/include/glib-2.0 -I/target/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/target/include -Wno-comment -I/target/perl/lib/CORE -I/target/python/include-I/target/include/loudmouth-1.0 -I/target/include/libxml2 -I/target/include/freetype2 -Ialgorithms -Iapplication -Idebug -Idialogs -Idisplay -Idom -Idom/io -Idom -Idom/odf -Idom -Idom/svg -Idom -Idom/util -Idom -Iextension -Iextension/implementation -Iextension -Iextension/internal -Iextension -Iextension/script -Iextension -Igraphlayout -Ihelper -Iinkjar -Iio -Ilibavoid -Ilibcroco -Ilibnr -Ilibnrtype -Ilivarot -Ipixmaps -Iremoveoverlap -Iremoveoverlap/pairingheap -Iremoveoverlap -Isvg -Itrace -Itrace/potrace -Itrace -Itraits -Iui -Iui/dialog -Iui -Iui/view -Iui/widget -Iutil -Iwidgets -Ixml/ -c -o debug/sysv-heap.o debug/sysv-heap.cpp debug/sysv-heap.cpp: In member function 'virtual Inkscape::Debug::Heap::Stats Inkscape::Debug::SysVHeap::stats() const': debug/sysv-heap.cpp:37: error: variable 'Inkscape::Debug::mallinfo info' has initializer but incomplete type debug/sysv-heap.cpp:37: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct Inkscape::Debug::mallinfo' debug/sysv-heap.cpp:37: error: forward declaration of 'struct Inkscape::Debug::mallinfo' make[1]: *** [debug/sysv-heap.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stuporglue/Desktop/inkscape-0.44/src' make: *** [all] Error 2 The options I used for ./configure were: ./configure --host=mingw32 --disable-mmx --without-gnome-vfs --without-xft --disable-lcms --without-inkjar followed by a "make -f Makefile.mingw". Is there a problem in debug/sysv-heap.cpp, or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, -- Michael Moore

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Problem compiling with inkboard (win32)
by Hugo Rodrigues 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

Hi, I'm having a linking problem when compiling the latest repository revisions, unless I do it without inkboard support (commenting out line CFLAGS += -DWITH_INKBOARD on Makefile.mingw.common ). I think it happens with all revisions since there was a major change to the src/jabber_whiteboard contents last week. It's probably something with my configuration, since noone else seems affected. Can anyone tell me what could be causing this? The following is the error I get, I hope it's enough information, if it isn't let me know. Thanks, Hugo i686-pc-mingw32-g++ --export-dynamic -o inkscape.exe main.o winmain.o inkres.o l ibinkscape.a -Lc:/gtk28/lib -lgtkmm-2.4 -lgdkmm-2.4 -lglibmm-2.4 -latkmm-1.6-lp angomm-1.4 -lsigc-2.0 -lgtk-win32-2.0 -lgdk-win32-2.0 - latk-1.0-lgdk_pixbuf- 2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpangowin32-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0-lgm odule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lcairo -Lc:/gtk28/perl/lib/CORE -lperl58 -Lc :/gtk28/python/libs -lpython24 c:/gtk28/bin/libxml2.dll c:/gtk28/lib/iconv.lib - lfreetype.dll -lfontconfig.dll -llcms.dll -lloudmouth-1.dll -lssl -lcrypto -lpng -lpopt c:/gtk28/lib/zdll.lib -lgc -mwindows -lws2_32 -lintl -lm libinkscape.a(inkboard-document.o): In function `ZN8Inkscape10Whiteboard16Inkboa rdDocument13_initBindingsEv':D:/inkscape4/src/./jabber_whiteboard/inkboard-sessi on.h:47: undefined reference to `vtable for Inkscape::Whiteboard::InkboardSessio n' :D:/inkscape4/src/./jabber_whiteboard/inkboard- session.h:47: undefined reference to `vtable for Inkscape::Whiteboard::InkboardSession' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [inkscape.exe] Error 1

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Extensions under Windows (was: eps import?)
by Peter Fischer 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

Hello Ulf, Thank you for your reply. I solved my problem temporarily by hand (using pstoedit). Now I asked me about the other way: svg to ps/eps/ps? Export in Inkscape works but transparency is lost and svg2pdf is rastering the image. Could you (or anyone from the list) tell me a tool which can convert directly svg to one of the postscript formats (without rastering, maintaining the vector information), ideally under windows or linux? I need it for LaTeX. Best regards, Peter. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Ulf Erikson [mailto:ulferikson@...400...] Gesendet: Freitag, 11. August 2006 14:50 An: Peter Fischer Cc: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Extensions under Windows (was: eps import?) Peter Fischer wrote: > under Windows XP. The extension-errors.log says for "EPS Input" that "gs" > is not found. There is usually no "gs" to be find in the path under Windows, you have "gswin32.exe". Try change share/extensions/eps_input.inx to reflect this. It looks like you will need "pstoedit" and "skconvert" too, and there is even a shell script used (try change "sk2svg.sh" into "sh sk2svg.sh"?). Many of the other external input/output extensions seem to be equally flawed. It doesn't look like installing the extra software and put it in the path is enough to enable extensions under Windows. What is the best way to fix this? Always use double .inx files? (Like the old pdf_output_on_win32.inx which also uses a .bat instead of the .sh). Or maybe use perl or python instead of shell scripts? What about the different dependencies? (gs vs. gswin32.exe)

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get rid of ChangeLog?
by MenTaLguY 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

Would anyone object if I got rid of the ChangeLog? It's not getting updated enough, it's redundant with respect to the svn log and the release notes, and it's being a royal pain when trying to merge stuff from trunk. -mental

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compiling svn on slack, ja.po problems
by pbhj 13 Aug '06

13 Aug '06

Hey all, just subscribed so as to post this issue. I've updated gettext and cairo and now can get alot further with my make, but not all the way. The tail of the make log gives this : [...] Making all in po make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/svn/inkscape/po' file=./`echo ja | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \ && rm -f $file && /usr/bin/msgfmt -c -o $file ja.po ja.po:15: nplurals = 1... ja.po:899: ...but some messages have 2 plural forms /usr/bin/msgfmt: found 1 fatal error make[2]: *** [ja.gmo] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/svn/inkscape/po' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/svn/inkscape' make: *** [all] Error 2 I can actually get through the make && make install commands by deleting some of the .po and .gmo files, eg ja.po and I think it was some of the chinese ones. >From what little I know the ja.po are language specific. I've checked the configure help and there doesn't appear to be a locale setting? So it seems errors in a language file (that I don't want or need) are preventing compilation. To get it to compile I did this ... If I delete the ja.po and ja.gmo (and the ./po/zh_* files ) and alter the Makefile accordingly I can conclude the make. But then I can't install as something somewhere wants to install the stuff that I've excised. Doing a search I realised it's ja.gmo and zh_*.gmo lines in the ./Makefile and ./po/Makefile . I run this : make clean && ./configure --enable-lcms --with-perl --prefix=/home/pandfi/inkscape-svn && make and get : Making all in po make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/svn/inkscape/po' make[2]: *** No rule to make target `ja.gmo', needed by `all-yes'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/svn/inkscape/po' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/svn/inkscape' make: *** [all] Error 2 and then when I "make install" I get : Making install in po make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/svn/inkscape/po' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `ja.gmo', needed by `all-yes'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/svn/inkscape/po' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 So I altered the two Makefiles mentioned above and it worked OK. Now running "gdb ~/inkscape-svn/bin/inkscape" and typing "run", then "bt" (backtrace) I get : (gdb) bt #0 0xb719cd7b in std::locale::operator= () from /usr/i486-slackware-linux/lib/libstdc++.so.5 #1 0xb7195ab1 in std::ios_base::_M_init () from /usr/i486-slackware-linux/lib/libstdc++.so.5 #2 0xb7193d94 in std::basic_ios<char, std::char_traits<char> >::init () from /usr/i486-slackware-linux/lib/libstdc++.so.5 #3 0x0852b98a in global constructors keyed to _ZN8Inkscape5Debug6Logger8_enabledE () at /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/3.4.6/../../../../include/c++/3.4.6/fstream:632 #4 0x0852bda5 in __do_global_ctors_aux () #5 0x08181b85 in _init () #6 0x0852bcab in __libc_csu_init () #7 0xb7014dbf in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #8 0x08189dd1 in _start () at ../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S:119 HTH somebody somewhere ... I'm going to try upgrading libstdc++ and fstream now and see if that takes me anywhere. Any other thoughts???

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Adding clippaths to the Ps/Pdf exporters
by Ulf Erikson 12 Aug '06

12 Aug '06

Hi, I am in need some advice and suggestions from an extensions expert.. I would like to improve the pdf exporter by handle clippaths (and maybe later masks), but I am having a hard time figuring out how I best can go about to add such features. ( There is no code for this in the postscript exporter that I can copy :-) Should it be possible to continue using a "print" extension or do I need to start use an "output" extension for this? I understand that an output extension is handed the full document tree at once. A print extension on the other hand is given a single path at a time together with the needed style, transformation matrix, bounding box, and so on. But I don't see if and how a print extension can get information about the needed clipping path. If there is no information about the clippath available for print extensions would it be okay to add this (by changing the interface)? Is it then better with a new set_clippath method or an extra clippath parameter for the fill and stroke methods? Ulf

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features proposition
by Bertrand Haut 12 Aug '06

12 Aug '06

Hello, I've just discover inkscape (trying to escape from xfig), It's great but I still have two suggestions : - the possibility to adapt only some of the properties in the Fill and Stroke window. I've two curves : solid and dashed. I select the two curves, adapt the width, press enter. The two curves have now the same width (Good) but the dashed is now solid (Bad). It would be great if only the properties that have been modified by the user where adapted. - The most important thing for a graphic editor is the facility to insert the result in LaTeX (ok, it's a personal opinion). It is already possible to save as "LaTeX with PSTricks macros" but with this option it is not possible to include LaTex code (such as $\frac{a}{b}$) as text in Inkscape and have it interpreted by LaTeX. The idea is to seperate the figure in two : on one side all the text objects and on the other side everything else. The rest is exported in an eps file. The text objects are inserted in a .tex file which includes the eps. Something like : \begin{picture}(0,0)% \includegraphics{the_eps_file_with_everything_except_texts.eps}% \end{picture}% \begingroup \setlength{\unitlength}{0.02bp}% \begin{picture}(47600,21050)(0,0)% \put(11700,7000){\makebox(0,0)[c]{\strut{}The_first_text_object}}% \put(13200,9700){\makebox(0,0)[c]{\strut{}The_first_text_object}}% (...) \end{picture}% \endgroup \endinput With this, the user has only to include a .tex file to have the graphics and all the text objects interpreted by LaTeX. I assume this should not be too complicated. The export in eps is already done. It remains to access the position and the text of all text objects to write the .tex file. Maybe I can work on this second suggestion. The question is where should this be done ? Inside inkscape or in a external program which work on any .svg file and use Inkscape to make the export in eps ? -- Bertrand Haut ICQ 48978874

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