September 2006 - Inkscape Devel

Update on the wandering CAD Tools Developer...
by Redefined Horizons 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

I've been in touch with the lib2geom developers. I'm going to talk with them some more and see if I can help with there efforts. It makes sense to build my CAD tools for inkscape on the geometry library that they are developing, as Botty suggested. I just wanted to let you guys know I hadn't forgotten about this, and I'm still interested in adding some new tools to Inkscape. Scott Huey

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] new icons + anyone want to help? + submenu icons
by Tobias Jakobs 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

> Nicu Buculei (OCAL) wrote: > > graffoo wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> I have "tangofied" main icons in icons.svg but I have following problem. > >> How do I change icons for File>Open, File>Save, File>Print, Undo, Redo, > >> Clipboard manipulation? I didn't found them in the icons.svg and on > >> winxp these icons are default ugly gnome icons :( Any suggestions? > >> Also how do I change cursor images? > > I understand, that you are interested in a consistent icon theme. But we need a solution, that works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux(KDE, Gnome, ...) > > You can't modify those icons and this is a good thing. They are taken > > from the GTK theme and the idea is to have them consistent across the > > entire desktop (bonus if you have a full GTK/GNOME desktop). > > Inkscape should use the Wimp GTK theme on Windows and those icons should > > fit the Windows look and feel as much as possible. Afaik, the Wimp stuff is integrated in GTK and no longer a separate project. > I thought that. But the problem is as I stated, the icons are not > default windows on a windows machine. There are no default Windows icons... > they are default gnome, which is > on a win desktop a bit confusing. That are not the default Gnome, but the default GTK icons. Inkscape is not a Gnome program. > just look at the attached file. I > think a perfect thing would be that if an icon is specified in icons.svg > file, inkscape will use that icon, and if it isn't specified then use > the default wimp theme icon. what about that? The other thing is, many > apps in windows have their custom icons, even the default ones. And when > Inkscape will use the tango theme, why not use the tango icons also for > the default ones. I think its less confusing when one app has one icon > theme than other rather than one app has two icon themes ;) and to solve > the problem with unification across platforms, simply ship the win > version of inkscape with the modified icons.svg. > To just change the default GTK (not winp ;) ) icon theme to Tango and change the icon.svg file would work for Windows. But Tango is more then just an icon theme, it's a new framework. Please note that older iconsets can be used with our new framework -- and, once ported, will work across the desktops in a consistent manner. If Inkscape would use the Tango ArtLibreSet[1] and not the icons.svg we could change the Incscape, Scribus and Gimp icons just by changing one iconset. Regards, Tobias [1] http://tango.freedesktop.org/ArtLibreSet __________________________________________________________________________ Erweitern Sie FreeMail zu einem noch leistungsstärkeren E-Mail-Postfach! Mehr Infos unter http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021131

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[Fwd: Re: Free space at LinuxWorld Expo London for inkscape]
by Jon Phillips 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Here is more info...we have to get this sorted b4 friday, which means THURSDAY US PST for me ;) Jon -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Brian Teeman <brian@...1456...> > To: Jon Phillips <jon@...235...> > Subject: Re: Free space at LinuxWorld Expo London for inkscape > Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:36:13 +0100 (BST) > > > On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Jon Phillips wrote: > > > This sounds great Brian. I sent your email to the inkscape list and will > > follow up shortly. I would love to have a presence at this event, but am > > not planning currently to be in the UK during that time and thus need to > > get some of our UK/EU developers on-board. > > > > Jon > > > It would be great if they could make it. It doesnt cost a penny and we > even do a poster for you. All you have to do is to turn up with a pc to > demo inkscape etc > > Dont want to push you but I can only really hold the lace open till > friday. Then I will have to start asking other orgs etc > > Brian > > > > > > > On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 06:20 -0500, rejon.org feedback form wrote: > >> Name: Brian Teeman > >> E-mail: brian@...1456... > >> > >> > >> Thanks to generous sponsorship space is available once again, FREE > >> of > >> charge, in the .Org Village for Linux projects, groups & campaigns. > >> > >> LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will take place over two days, 25th and > >> 26th > >> October at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London, UK. > >> > >> LinuxWorld Conference & Expo is the No. 1 marketplace for companies > >> that > >> sell, market or promote Linux-Based products, services, applications > >> and > >> solutions. Experiencing astounding growth, it's the largest gathering > >> of > >> open source professionals in the world. Linux adoption has been, and > >> continues to be, nothing short of meteoric. > >> > >> Each year I am given the task of scouring the UK and the rest of the > >> world for participants for the .Org Village at Linux Expo's in the > >> UK. Over > >> the last few years we have made the .Org Village the largest of any > >> Linux > >> Expo in the World. > >> > >> I have been able to get some extra space this year and would like to > >> offer a booth to inkscape > >> > >> If you are interested or want to find out more please contact me as > >> soon as possible > >> > >> Brian Teeman > >> .Org-aniser > >> uklinux.net - Sponsors of the .org Village. > >> > >> brian@...1456... > >> > >> > > -- > > 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... > > > > Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) > > Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) > > Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) > > San Francisco Art Institute (www.sfai.edu) > > > -- 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... Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) San Francisco Art Institute (www.sfai.edu)

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[Fwd: Free space at LinuxWorld Expo London for inkscape]
by Jon Phillips 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Is there anyone in the UK who wants to help setup and participate in this event? It is a great opportunity. What developers do we have in the UK and or nearby? I participated in the US version of this in AUG for Creative Commons and we made massive contacts. Please email back if you are interested on this list so we can hash out a plan and esp. if you are in UK/EU. Jon -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: rejon.org feedback form <noreply@...235...> > Reply-To: jon@...235... > To: jon@...235... > Subject: Free space at LinuxWorld Expo London for inkscape > Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 06:20:35 -0500 > > Name: Brian Teeman > E-mail: brian@...1456... > > > Thanks to generous sponsorship space is available once again, FREE > of > charge, in the .Org Village for Linux projects, groups & campaigns. > > LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will take place over two days, 25th and > 26th > October at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London, UK. > > LinuxWorld Conference & Expo is the No. 1 marketplace for companies > that > sell, market or promote Linux-Based products, services, applications > and > solutions. Experiencing astounding growth, it's the largest gathering > of > open source professionals in the world. Linux adoption has been, and > continues to be, nothing short of meteoric. > > Each year I am given the task of scouring the UK and the rest of the > world for participants for the .Org Village at Linux Expo's in the > UK. Over > the last few years we have made the .Org Village the largest of any > Linux > Expo in the World. > > I have been able to get some extra space this year and would like to > offer a booth to inkscape > > If you are interested or want to find out more please contact me as > soon as possible > > Brian Teeman > .Org-aniser > uklinux.net - Sponsors of the .org Village. > > brian@...1456... > > -- 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... Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) San Francisco Art Institute (www.sfai.edu)

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LaTeX extension
by Marcus Brubaker 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

This is a new version of eqtexsvg.py which should help resolve this bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1495693&group_id=9… It uses the sax parser to read the svg output. If someone can make the script determine whether to use the plot-svg or svg pstoedit plugin this should be able to handle the output from both. Cheers, Marcus

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Lorem ipsum extension
by Michael Moore 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

> I challenge other people on the list to stir up 5 more extension ideas > of your own and post them, then we can take them and add to the wiki > (but hopefully we will inspire development of them by doing this)... I'll see if I can get 5 :-) Michael-1) I'm imagining this as an imagemagick extension, so I'll put these together. I'd like an export that will let me specify a bg color for the png, or let me export to bmp, jpg or anything else imagemagick supports. Michael-2) Word-Art extension that takes whatever text (or object) is selected and projects it to be 3d, on a curve, zooming into the background etc. like the Word-Art in MS Word. Michael-3) Decorative border adder Around all the paths on an object, apply the selected border type. For example, if the user chose a triangle border, nodes would be added to the path and spaces such the edge has a saw-tooth look when it's done. User could also select curvy or square edges. (eg. http://stuporglue.org/downloads/edger.png) Michael-4) Color Scheme palette generator. Generate a web color palette with complimenting and contrasting colors based on the currently chosen color. Similar to how this page does: http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html Michael-5) Export all groups as pngs. Choose an output directory, and every top level object would get output as a png to that directory. By top level object, I mean a single object if it's not in a group, or a group of objects, but not entering into groups to export their individual components. -- Michael Moore ------------------------- Creative photography for any occasion http://elementsbycaroline.com Full quality proofs Online album

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Clipart] Re: Lorem ipsum extension
by Jon Phillips 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 00:03 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:50:49AM +0300, Nicu Buculei (OCAL) wrote: > > Jon Phillips wrote: > > > > > > I challenge other people on the list to stir up 5 more extension ideas > > > of your own and post them, then we can take them and add to the wiki > > > (but hopefully we will inspire development of them by doing this)... > > > > A little redundancy here :D > > > > 1. automatic one-button publish from Inkscape to OCAL > > > > 2. automatic one-button publish from Inkscape to flickr > > > > 3. automatic one-button publish from Inkscape to picassaweb > > > > 4. automatic one-button publish from Inkscape to deviantArt > > > > 5. automatic one-button publish from Inkscape to art.gnome.org > > Can you identify a set of commands necessary to upload to each of these > sites? Oh, the woes of no standard mechanism for upload...if only these sites all used webdav... > I.e., for an Inkscape user, what should the one-button click perform in > order to get their SVG to upload into the given site? > > Bryce Oh, btw, for ccHost, there is a python commandline script in the bin folder of the main ccHost folder called publishcchost which allows one to publish a media file to ccHost from the commandline...thus, it should be easily adaptable for uploading any type of media to Open Clip Art Library or any ccHost installation. I'm looking to add webdav to ccHost soon too, btw... 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... Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) San Francisco Art Institute (www.sfai.edu)

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Corrupted file: inkscapebrochure.tar.bz
by Tobias Jakobs 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Hi, I just tried to open the file: http://inkscape.org/doc/publications/inkscapebrochure.tar.bz But if I try to decompress it I have this errormassage: bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing. Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. Regards, Tobias

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Getting started with the CAD tools...
by Redefined Horizons 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

I've got an hour or two at the end of this work to get started on my CAD tools for Inkscape. (I checked out a couple of books on C++ from my local library in case I get stuck on something.) :] First let me ask a question, and then I'll explain my plan. (You guys can let me know if the plan is feasible with Inkscape's architecture.) Where can I find the classes used to represent Inkscape's geometries? (I'm assuming that each geometry type is represented by a separate class file. Let me know if this is incorrect.) I've dowloaded the source code for Inkscape 0.44, but I couldn't find a "geometry" folder in the "src" folder of the distribution. I imagine there would be a class file for rectangles, circles, elipses, lines, polylines and polygons. (Unless rectangles are represented as polylines and elipses as modified circles...) Now, for my plan of attack... Here is a basic description of my goal for the CAD tools: Tools that allow the user to create the basic Inkscape geometries using precise coordinate entry. (For example, the user could enter coordinates into a dialog box for the two endpoints of a line and then create that line, or they might enter the coordinate for the start point of the line, and then an angle and distance that would be used to compute the endpoint of the line.) Or the user might use other tools to select the precise coodinates of existing geometries as the input for such a tool, instead of entering the coordinates directly. (For example, selecting the coordinate at the midpoint of a line and the node of a polygon, and drawing the line with these exact coordinates as the two endpoints.) These tools will also allow the user to precisely modify existing geometries. (For example, move a polygon by precisely selecting two coorinates on existing geometries to compute the change in X and change in Y for the translation.) Here is what I need to do: [1] Design and implement what I call "coordinate selectors". These are tools that allow very precise selection of points on the canvas. Typically these points will be selected from existing geometries.I would like to implement the following coordinate selectors for Inkscape: End Point (The coordinate at the end point of a line or polyline.) Mid Point (The coordinate at the mid point of a line, polyline segment, or polygon segment.) Nearest Node (The coordinate at the node nearest to center of selection window created by a mouse drag on the canvas.) All Nodes (The coordinates of all nodes within a selection window created by a mouse drag on the canvas.) Perpendicular (The coordinate at point on a line, polyline segment, polygon segment, or projection of any of these segments that is perpendicular to another selected point.) Intersection (The coordinate of the point at the intersection of two or more lines, polyline segments, or polygon segments.) Offset (The coordinate of a point created by projecting an offset along the alignment or direction of two other points and a fixed distance.) Projected Intersection (The coordinate of a point located at the projected intersection of any two lines, polyline segments, or polygon segments.) I'll get started by examing the geometry classes, which I will need to use in my calculations for the coordinate tools. But I will also need to figure out how to add a tool to Inkscapes user interface that allows the user to drag a window on the canvas and then programatically access the geometries or shapes that are contained by or intersect that window. (Perhaps I can use the exisitng pointer/selection tool in Inkscape?) Let me know what you think of this plan, and let me know how I can get to those geometry classes. Scott Huey P.S. - I can program the coordinate selectors in a way that allows them to be used by other developer's tools, not just the ones I design. For example, in OpenJUMP I am building coordinate selectors that can store there selected coordinates on a "Coordinate Clipboard" that can be accessed by the user or programatically.

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Layered export for LaTeX
by Jan Gacnik 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

Hello, welcome everybody. I am new to Inkscape and this list. :) Let me explain my situation. I am an electrical engineer and currently working towards my PhD degree, for that reason I am using LaTeX very often. Since the very first moment I had a problem to find a proper application to create vector-based graphics in a convenient way. The special problem is that the labels in the graphics should use the LaTeX fonts and macros that I use in my paper. The only application that supports this (up to my knowledge) is XFig. The vector based graphics itself are being exported as Postscript or PDF. An additonal LaTeX file containing the labels is generated that includes the PS/PDF graphics file. At compile-time, LaTeX puts the text above the PS/PDF graphics, just at the position where it should be. - That is just a great for me (and a lot of others I know)! The problem with XFig is the following: - Usability (argh!) - Portability (at work I have Windows, I did not find a proper Version of XFig, JFig that did the same job as it does on my Mac) Form what I have seen from Inkscape it has a very good usability and is platform-independent, a very good place to start from. :) Since I have seen others requesting this "layered LaTeX export feature" on lists and forums, but I did not see that it was coded, I hereby volunteer to implement this feature. I hope to get some help from this list to implement this feature into Inkscape. I only had a 2 minutes look at the sources, but my plans are roughly like that: - descent the document tree, find text items, write them to a LaTeX file, remove them form the tree - pass the graphics-only document tree to the standard PS/PDF export routines Could it work out that way? Greetings, Jan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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