March 2007 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Re: [Inkscape-devel] Minion font problem
by Jed Frechette 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

On 3/21/07, Vladimir Savic <vlada@...1658...> wrote: > I own Adobe FontFolio 8.0 and have strange problems with Minion font > family. Those fonts render correctly with GIMP and Scribus, but not > Inkscape. Are you observing the various font style issues (e.g. bugs 904962 and 1448618)? I only have the Minion styles that come with Acrobat (regular, italic, bold, and bold italic), but they seem to work fine. On the other hand, fonts that contain "special" styles; including Jaja, Gill Sans MT Pro, and DejaVu Sans, don't behave properly. -- Jed Frechette http://jdfrechette.alturl.com 3228 Dead, 23,417 Wounded

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mingw/gcc-4.1.2
by Bob Jamison 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hi, all, For a specific bug I needed fixed (doesn't affect Inkscape, as far as I know), I built mingw cross- and native-compilers with a particular bugfix patch applied. Win32 builders don't need to upgrade unless they want to. However, they do both have the latest win32api and mingw-runtime libs applied. Look for 4.1.2 here: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32libs bob

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Minion font problem
by Vladimir Savic 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

I own Adobe FontFolio 8.0 and have strange problems with Minion font family. Those fonts render correctly with GIMP and Scribus, but not Inkscape. If I somehow manage to get them on canvas, they get totally messed up when picking Bold or Italic faces of the same using Font dialog, but not if I use secondary toolbar for the same purpose. Anyone experienced similar problems? Thanks in advance, Vlada

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] NUBIE: extending pstricks output; printing subsystem
by Bryce Harrington 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 11:43:59AM +0000, Richard Henwood wrote: > I've decided that I can't just get by with knowledge of c and > java, so i've got a book to help me out on the c++ front (which I > think is the cause of my confusion). Good call :-) > I noticed that someone posted to the list regarding problems with > latex output so it is encouraging that this feature is used - which > motivates me to attempt some code. > > I watch the list via GMANE nntp interface (are there any known > problems with this?) and I'll be in touch when I need feedback or > help! Excellent; I don't know of many who use the nntp interface, but GMANE has been an extremely reliable archive for the list, so I expect it should work quite well. Bryce

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Johan goes LIVE for GSoC
by Johan Engelen 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hello all, Here is my application, please give me comments so I can improve it. Most of you know me already but I decided to write a biography anyway :) What happened to grids? Yesterday I committed my grid framework implementation which facilitates easier grid implementation. I think the grid GSoC project should focus more on technical 3D drawing then only on grids (see http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=38507645) I decided to have a go on a topic I had not worked on yet. I am very enthusiastic about the live effects, especially after a reassuring IRC chat :) Unfortunately I was not able to pass this enthusiasm onto a friend who is too psyched up about some other GSoC project where he gets some DSP hardware to work on... Cheers! Johan

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Inkscape 0.45.1 Released
by Aaron Spike 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Inkscape Community is proud to release Inkscape 0.45.1. This release include bug and security fixes. We recommend everyone upgrade. The source tarball is available at the URL below. Binary pacakges should begin to appear soon. https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=991… Draw Freely. - -- Aaron Spike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) iD8DBQFGABdH1wsJX4VXgboRAn+VAJ9zMhXLLE6cGqS/om1ls8HsmA0LJwCfUJ4I 8h2QmjV99R3jDpdj3bkwX44= =VzXR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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"make dist" fails
by Kees Cook 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

Some mingw stuff seems to be a bit off, but I didn't track it down: .... + make dist cd . && /bin/bash /scratch/ink-debs/inkscape/trunk/missing --run autoheader touch ./config.h.in make: *** No rule to make target `config.h.mingw', needed by `distdir'. Stop. -- Kees Cook @outflux.net

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CorelDRAW Import
by Gail Banaszkiewicz 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

Random thought. I was thinking about the CorelDRAW import SoC project, and assuming to myself it may be best to stay away, since the potential IP problems *may* be even worse than working on text (which may actually be generic enough to not have to worry). HOWEVER I want you guys to know that I can help put together a bunch of test files, and even test the code of whoever ends up working on it (SoC or not). So don't forget! Gail

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Ping (SoC)
by Eric Sumner 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

I'm here, like several others, because of Google's SoC. I am a Master's student in Mechanical Engineering at Southern Methodist University. I have kept an eye on Inkscape for several years, but I have only rarely had occasion to use it. I, like everyone else here (it seems), am interested in adding facilities that will make Inkscape easier to use to make 3D drawings. Being an engineer, I am also interested in being able to use it to make orthographic drawings. Aside from the 3D box tool, there are several features that might prove useful for 3D drawing: 1) Isometric/Axiometric grid 2) Diagonal guides (converging to a vanishing point) 3) Drawing with a prespecified transformation 4) Make Ctrl-dragging a node observe the object's transformation matrix 5) Perspective transformation (this would require somehow extending SVG's transformation mechanism) 6) Support for snapping non-node corners of rectangles I would be happy to work on any of these features over the summer. The usefulness of the first two seem obvious (to me), but the rest may take some explaining. Being able to set a transformation before you start drawing would allow you to, for example, set up drawing top faces for an isometric drawing, and have the rectangle tool work properly for those faces. Similarly, it would be useful to have a convenient way to move a node only along the basis vectors of an object's coordinate space, thus moving horizontally and vertically in the conceptual image. In conjunction with the previous two items, a perspective transformation would allow the same manipulations of orthographic images to be applied to perspective images. As for (6), this is usually taken care of by bounding-box snapping, but that doesn't work when the rectangle has undergone a transformation, making its corners not at the corners of its bounding box. Also, for bug #1674596, would an acceptable replacement for "Export Bitmap..." be "Render to File..."? This seems like an ideal bug for me to figure out the patch submission process because the change is only one line (I think; I haven't been able to test it yet). -- Eric Sumner

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splash screen for 0.45.1
by momo 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Hi! Since 0.45.1 is now out, I have a question about http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1683252&group_id=9… Has it been used and I should close it, or should I delete this patch? Thanks! Molumen I'm protected by SpamBrave http://www.spambrave.com/

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