March 2008 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Fix for #168283 in 0.46?
by Joel Holdsworth 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

I've just committed a bug fix for bug #168283: "possible to create empty paths via text -> object to path". Should the change be merged into the 0.46 branch? If so, the release wardens simply need to apply the attached diff. Thanks Joel

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NEW: flasher when hovering over a path
by unknown＠example.com 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Quickly: When you hover over a path in nodetool, it highlights itself briefly like a helperpath. (this means it only works for things that have a helperpath: paths only for now... work in progress i guess) When you leave the object with the mouse, it hides instantly. I haven't add preferences yet, so you cannot turn it off now, sorry; it's probably pretty annoying if you don't want it. What preferences do people want? - on/off - flash time? - flash color? ( i don't know how to XOR it, so right now it is invisible for red stroked paths ) - show knots aswell? Thanks for your input, and thanks to Josh for the excellent idea :-) Johan

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Beyond CSS Fonts
by Gail Carmichael 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Just wanted to let you know that I sent an email yesterday to the Pango mailing list, asking about the possibilities of expanding the fonts Pango can represent beyond what CSS can represent. Haven't heard back yet, and have no idea if they will tell me this is technically impossible or philosophically undesirable. However, if I get good news, this may mean I can help expand it and then support more fonts in Inkscape as a result. Will keep you updated. Gail

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0.46 fails building on MacPorts
by Guido 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

I am trying to build Inkscape 0.46pre2 after updating the portfile of the 0.45 version (<http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/browser/trunk/dports/gnome/inksc…>) which works flawlessly, including the Python plugins. Since the first previews, the compilation has been failing reporting the following error: /opt/local/include/python2.5/Object.h:104: error: 'Py_ssize_t' does not name a type [...] extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.h:343: error: 'Object' has not been declared extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp: In member function 'gchar* Inkscape::Extension::Internal::SvgBuilder::_createTilingPattern(GfxTilingPattern*, GfxState*, bool)': extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp:659: error: no matching function for call to 'PdfParser::parse(Object*)' extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.h:162: note: candidates are: void PdfParser::parse(int*, GBool) make[2]: *** [extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.o] Error 1 This happens also when cairo is built with the support for the PDF backend. Any suggestions? -Guido

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URIReference
by Gail Carmichael 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Does our URIReference (used for clones etc) support linking to items in separate files? Gail

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NEW: temporary on-canvas indicators
by unknown＠example.com 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hi Diederik and others, First of all, I am very sorry if I broke compile on Linux, please fix what needs to be fixed, I cannot check if it works! (makefile?) I have just committed a new feature: temporary canvasitems. Now, it is possible to create a canvasitem, and pass it to SPDesktop saying it should be displayed for a certain timelength. When that time has elapsed, the object is automatically deleted. To make a canvasitem temporary, do this: spdesktop->add_temporary_canvasitem(canvasitem, 2000); This will destroy the canvasitem automatically after 2000 milliseconds. One can also prematurely delete the canvasitem (handy for showing snapping). One should do this: Inkscape::Display::TemporaryItem * tempitem; tempitem = spdesktop->add_temporary_canvasitem(canvasitem, 2000); And then later on to remove the item: spdesktop->remove_temporary_canvasitem(tempitem); It is perfectly safe to call this function even after the 2 seconds have elapsed, because it checks whether the object has already been deleted or not. In order to demonstrate and test the code, I have enabled the test LPEs, and added a Point parameter to lpe-Stacktest that is briefly flashed on-canvas when you press the edit oncanvas button. Draw a freehand path, apply lpe-'doEffect stack test', then press the edit oncanvas button next to the 'test' parameter; it should show a cross at the location of the parameter oncanvas. I have tested a bit, it *seems* bug-free... :) Special request to Diederik: Can you use the code from /live_effects/parameter/point.cpp, method param_editOncanvas, to flash the location of a snap ? This was my main motivation for writing all this! I hope people find other interesting things that can be briefly shown on canvas; like an arrow pointing to the parent object of a clone? :-) Cheers, Johan

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Fixed crash big in win32 native dialogs
by Joel Holdsworth 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hi All, I've located and fixed the crash bug in the win32 native dialogs. They seem to be working fine now, but let me know if there are still unresolved issues. Best Regards Joel

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recent 0.46 prelease for Mac OS X 10.4?
by J. Haas 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hi, we were wondering, whether somebody could supply a recent pre release dmg package for Mac Os X 10.4? We are very happy about your achievements so far and found a few issues we would like to have a look at. issues we would like to check : 1. We found that in the 16573 release more than a few lines of text with or without sketches including transparency leads to a corrupted pdf file. 2. When changing the font to a font not supporting italics and then back again, the original formatting is lost. keep up the great work! Nicole, Juergen -- Juergen Haas, PhD Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department Am Fassberg 11 D-37077 Goettingen Tel. +49-(0)-551-2012336 Germany

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Extensions on win32
by Ted Gould 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hey, So I think that this patch fixes a bunch of the extensions problems, many of them on win32. Can someone test it on Windows for me? Thanks, Ted

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Authors
by Gail Carmichael 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

I was wondering if we minded updating the authors file from "Gail Banaszkiewicz" to "Gail Carmichael" ? :) (Maybe I could do it myself, but I don't know where it is - Max just told me about it.)

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