January 2007 - Inkscape Devel

NEED: person to round-up troops for Inkscape for Libre Graphics Meeting 2007 in Montreal
by Jon Phillips 29 Jan '07

29 Jan '07

Hello all, LGM2007 is about to be launched in full force with PR and so forth and I'm hopeful that someone from Inkscape-land would step-up to help be the contact point for LGM2007 activity for Inkscape. I'm locking down Open Clip Art Library and helping with the conference, so want to get someone else involved with mobilizing the troops and trying to get as many Inkscape users and developers to Montreal May 4 - 6, 2007. Here is the temp site: http://lgm.scribus.net It would be an easy role that would involve helping promote the conference with Inkscape, keeping track of how Inkscape is represented on the LGM site/Create Wiki, and get you about 100 points in everyone's book :) Ping me if you are interested... 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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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Problem with gtk?
by Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art 29 Jan '07

29 Jan '07

Bob, can you be my personal hero? That was perfect! (...looking around office for laurels...) Sorry, the only ivy I have here is a dried out one... I had tried recompiling gtk to a lower version just a bit ago, again to no avail. Then I moved "preferences.xml" to "bob" and it worked like a charm. Sweet! I'll let you know if it continues to do this intermittently in the future as it has in the past. JF Bob Jamison wrote: > Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art wrote: >> I compiled inkscape .45-pre2 to no avail. I don't like this. I'm >> trying some posts elsewhere to see if I can figure it out. >> > > Joshua, > > This might not have anything to do with your problem, > but again, it just might. Try deleting your ~/.inkscape/preferences.xml > file and restart. It occasionally happens that as people have > newer and newer SVN builds of Inkscape, their existing > preferences.xml is no longer suited to the current build. This > has affected menus and dialogs in the past. It might be a > remote possibility that it affects your mouse and keyboard too. > > Just a guess, it might not be relevant at all. > > > bob >

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LGM 2 Website / freenode
by Plinnell 28 Jan '07

28 Jan '07

Hi, Thanks to Andy Fitzsimon, we have a mockup and we are adding content to LGM2 website at http://lgm.scribus.net .. This only a temporary location when it is more complete we will switch over to the LGM domain. Please forward any content you wish to Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins@...400...> I have also setup #lgm on irc://freenode.net Cheers, Peter

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Non-translatable strings in "enum" type inextensions (was Re: textual problems in release 0.45 branch)
by unknown＠example.com 28 Jan '07

28 Jan '07

Johan wrote: > Josef Vybiral wrote: > > due to the error that made the "Pattern along path" > > extension unusable I had to disable translations for string > options > >that the extension used and which are listed below > (instructions for > >translators follow): > >[...] > > These items are stored in an <item> tag of a new type of UI elements > > ("enum") that Johan (as what Aaron told me) introduced. > > [...] > > Johan: As I understand, you introduced this type of UI element. If > > so, is there any chance you could be able to add a new 'value=""' > > parameter to the <item> tag please? Or is it possible already? This > > would allow translators to translate description text between > > <_item></_item> tags and extension developers to specify > > values that > >they need. > > Very good point. Should have made it that way right from the start! > Fixing this ASAP. Fixed in SVN head now! I have not done enough testing to get this into 0.45 release, sorry. Please test this thoroughly in SVN, so we can get this in 0.45.1. Going to fix it now for radiobuttons. Cheers, Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-translator] Inkscape 0.45 Hard Freeze & String Freez
by Arpad Biro 27 Jan '07

27 Jan '07

Hi, > I have some questions related to some strings used in Inkscape, could > somebody ask the developer which is the meaning of the following? > Also, help form other translators is welcome! > msgid "Nudge vertically by pixels" > msgid "Nudge horizontally by pixels" No string like that anymore. Please download latest from SVN. > msgid "Backspace" I translated it as "delete a char backwards" > "Stack scans on top of one another (no gaps) instead of or tiling (usually " > "with gaps)" Stack: put on top of each other Tiling: filling with tiles > msgid "Increase to make the pen drag behind, as if slowed by inertia" > -- drag behind? Be slow to react > msgid "RGB Barrel" I translated it as "rotate RGB channels" > msgid "Lorem ipsum" Latin, I think we shouldn't translate. Try it out, it inserts some text starting with "Lorem ipsum". > msgid "Extrude" I translated it as "pull out" > msgid "Pattern along Path" Repeatedly draw a pattern following a path as if the pattern were the stroke for that path. Screenshot: http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.45-patternalongpath.… > msgid "Jitter nodes" Something like "move each one randomly" -- "scatter", "disperse", "diffuse" > msgid "Straighten Segments" Make segments more straight (less curved) Arpad Biro ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121

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Problem with gtk?
by Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art 27 Jan '07

27 Jan '07

I've had a problem with inkscape fairly frequently when I start it the first time after starting X (I use XFCE on gentoo). It doesn't happen every time, but frequently, and if I restart X, it usually goes away. The problem is that I can't actually edit anything on the canvas, whether I open a new file or an existing one. All the buttons and dialogs behave correctly - except they don't do anything on the canvas. Is this a known problem? It's persistent for me through several versions, and I'm using both .44 and .45-pre1. Right now, however, I've just upgraded to XFCE4.4 and gtk2+-2.10.9 and I can't edit the canvas at all in either version, even after rebooting the whole computer. I'm not sure if I should recompile inkscape, but it doesn't seem right (I upgraded gtk from a previous 2.10 version, not sure exactly which). I searched bugs and didn't see anything like this. Thanks. JF

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textual problems in release 0.45 branch
by Arpad Biro 27 Jan '07

27 Jan '07

Hi, Found more textual problems in the release branch. I also have a few questions regarding certain strings. untranslatable strings ---------------------- "Note: The file extension is appended automatically." ("Extract One Image" extension) "This effect measures the length of the selected path..." ("Measure Path" extension) "Requires two selected paths. The second must be exactly four nodes long." ("Envelope" extension) "Fractalize" ("Fractalize" extension) "Subdivisions" "Smoothness" "This effect bends a pattern object..." ("Pattern along path" extension) "Single" "Single, stretched" "Repeated" "Repeated, stretched" "Snake" "Ribbon" appears in English, even if translated -------------------------------------- "None" (fill/stroke widget on toolbar, status bar and in prefs) "Unset" "The following functions are available:..." ("Function Plotter" extension) questions --------- "Trace along the boundaries of reduced colors" -- does "reduced colors" mean "less colors" here? "RGB Barrel" -- what does it mean? "Isotropic scaling (uses smallest: width/xrange or height/yrange)" -- does this mean: "use the smaller of those two values"? "Scale Factor (Drawing:Real Length) = 1:" -- what does "(Drawing:Real Length) = 1" mean? "Text Outline File" -- what's a "text outline"? Arpad Biro ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265

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Inkscape Booth at SCALE
by jtaber 27 Jan '07

27 Jan '07

First, does anyone else who cannot make it have any good slides they would like us to show at either the booth or BOF ? Especially on advanced features ? Booth notes: 1) Let's remember to bring a digital camera this year to post some booth photos (I'll try to remember to bring mine). 2) Any luck with drawing tablets ? 3) I'll bring my old LCD projector - does anyone have a better one ? 4) Let's all remember to bring power strips. 5) Does anyone have a 19" monitor ? If Wal-Mart still has them on sale for $199 maybe I'll get one. 6) our BOF is scheduled for Sat night 19:00 - 20:00. Shall we plan our dinner for Fri or Sat after BOF ? or both :) 7) We need to turn in our list of booth (free pass) volunteers. So far it looks like Ted, Josh, and myself. Anyone else coming ? Jon Cruz ? Ted, did you need a booth pass or do you get one as a featured speaker ? Josh, does your wife need a full pass or just an expo pass ?

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Inkscape 0.45-pre2 Released
by Bryce Harrington 27 Jan '07

27 Jan '07

The second preview release of Inkscape 0.45 is now released. The changes between pre1 and pre2 are mostly translations plus a few bugfixes. Hopefully we will not need any further pre-releases before the final release. Bryce On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 04:35:41PM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Hi all, > > Our first official preview release of Inkscape 0.45 is now available for > download: > > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=991… > > Note that I've just posted the source package; hopefully soon packagers > will begin uploading packages for specific platforms. > > This release is intended for beta testers. There will be no further > functional change between this and the 0.45 final release. Expected > changes after this include translations, bug fixes, and packaging > cleanup. > > Please give it a try, and if you spot issues please make sure they are > listed in our bug tracker. > > Thanks! > Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Xara and Inkscape comparison on Linux ActionShow
by Jon Phillips 26 Jan '07

26 Jan '07

Yes, this would be superior functionality. Also, would be good for the color of the mask outline to correspond to a generic layer color. So, similar to illustrator, each of our layers should have corresponding selection color which we could use for this type of notification. Also would be great to have ui to allow for selection of this layer selection color. What do you guys think? Jon -----Original Message----- From: "MenTaLguY" <mental@...3...> To: "bulia byak" <buliabyak@...400...> Cc: "Joshua A.Andler" <joshua@...533...>; "Jon Phillips" <jon@...235...>; "Inkscape Devel List" <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>; "Bryce Harrington" <bryce@...961...> Sent: 1/25/2007 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Xara and Inkscape comparison on Linux ActionShow On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:40:45 -0400, "bulia byak" <buliabyak@...400...> wrote: > In a similar vein, we should enable the Node tool to edit both the > object itself and its clipping path at the same time, probably > displaying the clippath with a different color/shape of nodes. I really like this idea. We should probably also draw the outline of the clipping path shape when editing. -mental

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