October 2008 - Inkscape Devel

win32 build working again
by Bob Jamison 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

The win32 build, which was broken for the weekend, is working again. I just made a "manual autobuild" again, so that we can see how it looks on Windows: http://troi.titan-aeu.com/~rjamison/inkscape/builds/ Bob

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Tablet stopped work in Dev builds
by microUgly 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

I just downloaded the Oct 24 Windows build and found that my tablet isn't working properly with it. I can move the cursor with tablet pen, but when I press on the tablet nothing draws. I tried toggling the "Use pressure" button. My tablet still works fine in 0.46 and was working in an earlier build I was using last night (I don't think it was more than a week or two old). Let me know if you require a bug logged for this. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Tablet-stopped-work-in-Dev-builds-tp20171213p20171213… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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LPE dropdown box (was : NEW: LPE Interpolate)
by Steren 25 Jan '09

25 Jan '09

>> The LPE choose dropdown box is getting really huge now. Who wants to >> make mockups of what is a better system for applying effects? > > What about just a hierarchical menu with submenus, similar to the Effects menu? I think this is an issue that needs more to be discussed before coding anything (search for filters ?) Here is a first draft for LPE submenus, please comment and modify : =Artistic= // Everything that changes the path style (on a visual point of view) Freehand Shape Interpolate Sub-Paths Pattern Along Path Sketch Stitch Sub-Paths =Create= // create a very different path Gears Spiro spline ? VonKoch =Path Tweak= //small modifications Knot =Distort= // change the path shape Bend Envelope Deformation Lattice Deformation Perspective path =Technical= // tools for tech and serious drawings Angle bisector Boolops Circle (center+radius) Circle through 3 points Construct grid Mirror symmetry Offset Parallel Perpendicular bisector Ruler Rotate copies Tangent to curve

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using inkscape -> plotters in windows...
by stuart 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Hi... First, how do you people do this? Window drivers are a nightmare! For instance, where do they start and where do applications end? People are talking about HPGL, SVG ... I just when round and round w/the Graphtec drivers for their C200-20 and C100-20 plotters. I am convinced they not only control the plotters but also translate depending on the application. That is, I have been told, that printing from Word using the graphics found in the Word's WordArt feature can actually cut on a Graphtec Craftrobo. How would this be possible unless the driver were also translating the output of the Word application. Guess I'm really asking, in windows, using inkscape, is the accepted "go-between" format between application and drivers PostScript? So, if anyone dares to write a windows driver, they can at least count on that much? Also, I understand that the "pipe the output feature" of inkscape was recently broken (during a revamping). Is that true? Has it been fixed? ...thanks

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NEW: Converting text to path produces a group
by bulia byak 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

Converting a text or flowed text to path (Ctrl+Shift+C) now produces a group of paths, one path for each glyph of text, instead of a single monolithic path as before. Apart from easier manipulation, an additional advantage is that if your text contained styled spans (i.e. fragments with different color, opacity, or other properties), these styles will be preserved by the corresponding glyph paths after converting to paths. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Smooth transitions in Bézier paths
by Diederik van Lierop 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, I hope you don't mind if I increase the traffic on inkscape-devel even more ;-) At some point an idea popped up to only snap to nodes at discontinuities in paths, and not to nodes at smooth transitions from one Bézier segment to another. This is more intuitive (less "Hey, what it is Inkscape snapping to now?") and might increase performance. Problem is that in the object-snapper I only have access to SPCurve, which is a wrapper for "old-style" NArtBpath. It's easy to find out whether a point is inbetween two Bézier segments, but how do I find out if a transition is smooth? I guess that should be done by comparing the control points, or is there an easier way? With the transition to lib2geom, will the NArtBpath be deprecated in favor of the Path class? (that would make this rather exercise useless in the long run). Any pointers would be appreciated here, Diederik

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Launchpad and "Fix Committed"
by Krzysztof Kosiński 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

The current practice is to mark bugs "fix released" in Launchpad when committing to SVN. The rationale for this (given by bulia in another thread) is that this way the "open bugs" count is more useful for the developers. I think this is an abuse of Launchpad bug tracking. IMO the rationale isn't sufficient. It creates confusion for users which re-report bugs that have been fixed in SVN, because "fix released" bugs do not show up in search results. There must be a better way of tracking how many bugs have been fixed. Currently I know about advanced search (just search for all bugs with statuses New, Triaged, Confirmed, Incomplete, In Progress) and milestones which can isolate the most important bugs. Another option is to talk to the Launchpad team to include an "Unfixed" count on the bugs page which would exclude "fix committed" bugs. This will be better than abusing the system and confusing the users in the name of seeing some number. Regards, Krzysztof Kosiński -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Launchpad-and-%22Fix-Committed%22-tp20176935p20176935… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Rendering test results on-line
by Jasper van de Gronde 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

If you go to: http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/inkscape/ResultViewer.html you will now see an up-to-date list of test results for Inkscape's rendering tests. It now contains one column, each time I run the tests a column will be added (to the left). It's still pretty bare-bones, but I hope I (or someone else) will find some time to improve it in the near future. I plan to run the tests regularly for at least the next two months or so. I have to run the tests more or less manually though (I created a batch file to automate most steps, but I still have to run the batch file manually, on my notebook...), so I'm interested in any suggestions people might have for hosting (more) fully automated tests. You don't see any test for your favorite rendering bug? No problem, if the bug is already in the bug tracker with the required test files (read on), just mail me and I'll add it. If not, create an SVG demonstrating the problem (small and simple please) and one or more of the following: - A PNG of the wrong output. - A PNG of the right output (preferably exact). - An SVG that should look exactly the same, but is rendered correctly by Inkscape. Then attach the files to the corresponding bug in the bug tracker (or create a new bug and attach the files if it isn't the tracker yet) and mail me (or anyone else who has SVN access). Of course, if you have SVN access you can add tests yourself. The bugtracker: http://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape For more information about Inkscape's (rendering) tests: http://www.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/TestingInkscape The test suite in SVN: https://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/inkscape/gsoc-testsuite The directory 'tester' contains the actual rendering tests, the directory ResultViewer contains my clumsy attempt at a GWT project.

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Win32 and the recent file list changes...
by john cliff 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Just wondering if theres anyone out there who can confirm if the changes to the recent file list are working for them?I dont seem to have any files showing up in my list, it just always shows the no items found. Anyone else seeing this? or anyone have it working on windows? I'm on Vista Home just for reference. Cheers Sim

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Recent File list on windows
by john cliff 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Hi Krzysztof, The changes you made to the Recent Files menu seems to have broken it on windows, Any ideas on why? Cheers John

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