March 2008 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

SVG Fonts
by Felipe Sanches 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

I will apply for SoC on SVG Fonts implementation. My task will be basic SVG Fonts support (i.e. reading of xml attributes, proper rendering and editing). I imagine that there are some extra stuff that could be done but would not necesarily be part of my task on SoC. I could work on those after completing the basic SVG Fonts support. I am starting this thread to discuss SVG Fonts related wished features. I will choose among these, which ones I think make sense to add to my SoC application and which I consider extra work to be done after SoC. one idea (probably to be implemented after SoC): Since SVG Fonts actually work as an alternative kind of font file (a font can be saved as .svg and then used by other SVG drawings) inkscape could have a font editing UI. It could have import scripts to load TrueType fonts and export them as SVG Fonts and vice-versa. I could also do it for other font types. One issue is in the exporters because obviously not everything SVG is capable of doing is supported by TrueType, or other font formats. So, we would commonly have to deal with glyph degradation when exporting fonts. Felipe Sanches ("JucaBlues" on irc)

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Fwd: Launchpad 1.2.3 - mailing lists and more!]
by Bryce Harrington 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

----- Forwarded message from Matthew Revell <matthew.revell@...1798...> ----- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:54 +0000 From: Matthew Revell <matthew.revell@...1798...> To: warthogs <warthogs@...1799...> Subject: Launchpad 1.2.3 - mailing lists, up to six plural forms for translations and more! X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,EMPTY_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=3.2.4 We're proud to announce a much requested new feature as part of Launchpad 1.2.3: mailing lists in Launchpad! If you run a team in Launchpad, you can request a mailing list straight away on your team's overview page. Once the list is active, each team member will have the option to subscribe. If you don't yet run a team but you'd like to create a mailing list that wouldn't be covered by an existing team, create a new team at https://launchpad.net/people/+newteam and then request a list. There's more in our guide: https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp And there's plenty more going on in this release, including: * Translations can now have up to six plural forms. * Each project's files are now available to download from its overview page. * You can search for PPAs by name and keywords. * We've revamped branch listing pages to give you quicker access to commit messages and author information. As with all new software, there may still be some bugs in this new release. If you come across something that looks like a bug, please report it at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+filebug Read on for the full release report. General Launchpad =============== * Mailing lists are now available through Launchpad! Each Launchpad team can have its own mailing list that's open to team members and has a public archive. See our guide for more on creating a list for your team: https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp * When you register a release of your project, you can publish files for download from Launchpad, such as code tarballs and installers. The files for your latest release are now shown on your project's home page. Downloadable files are also now available via http, as well https. This is useful if you're using wget or other download tools but don't have SSL libraries installed. (Bugs 174186 and 139052) * The CSV export of meeting attendees now includes an IRC nick for each person, provided they have at least one nick registered in their Launchpad profile. (Bug 156759) * Launchpad page footers now show you which Launchpad release you're using. https://help.launchpad.net/LaunchpadReleases Package Management and PPAs (Soyuz) =============================== * PPA searches now allow you to find a package by its name or words in its description. (Bug 126870) * Launchpad automatically deletes source files and binaries from your PPA when they are superseded by a new version of the package. In some circumstances, a superseded file may not be deleted automatically. You can now manually delete them. (Bug 191892) * Some binaries with a large number of files were failing to upload, despite the packages building successfully. We traced this to a bug in python-apt, which has now been fixed. (Bug 192713) * You can now list PPAs according to their Ubuntu release. (Bug 186106) * Distribution source package publication overview pages now show the package's component. For example: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/abiword (Bug 141540) Code Hosting =========== * We've given branch listing pages a major overhaul! The "Last commit" column now shows revision number, time since commit, the revision author (hyperlinked to the Launchpad person, if known) and the start of the commit message. Hover your mouse over the commit message fragment to see the full message. See https://code.launchpad.net/~bzr/+branches for an example. * The option to delete a branch is now always shown. If you try to delete a branch that isn't deletable, Launchpad will tell you why you can't. (Bug 133988) * You can now mark your project as officially using Launchpad Code Hosting. This is particularly useful to show that your project hosts its trunk and stable branches on Launchpad and also that you'll act on branches that are marked for merging into one of your official lines of development. (Bug #78418) * When you register a branch in Launchpad, you can write a summary of the branch's purpose etc. Previously, you could also register a home page URL for the branch. We've now removed the home page URL from branches, as all URLs in the summary are automatically hyperlinked and are more useful as you can put the URL in context. If you've recorded a home page URL for a branch, this will be automatically moved to your branch's text summary. * Launchpad now uses Bazaar 1.3. You can find out more about Bazaar 1.3 at https://launchpad.net/bzr/1.3/1.3/ Bug Tracker ========== * When you mark a bug as affecting a project that uses a bug tracker other than Launchpad, you can now record an email address to which you've sent the bug report. (Bug 201782) * As of last month's release, you can attach files to a bug report by email. This month, we've improved the way it works, based on your feedback: inline attachments are now accepted (bug 194601), bug notifications now tell you when someone has attached a file to a bug you're interested in (bug 195664) and the contents of attachments are no longer quoted in a comment (bug 196425). * Bug notification emails now state the bug's tags in a new X-Launchpad-Bug-Tags header. Each tag is separated by a space. For example: X-Launchpad-Bug-Tags: tag1 tag2 tag3. (Bug 138696) * The latest-bugs.atom feed is now served in the correct order. (Bug 182822) Translations ========== * Translations can now use up to six plural forms. This is particularly useful for translators working in Arabic but it's also good news for translators in other languages that use more than four plural forms. (Bug 189890) * We now have a "project cloud" on Launchpad Translations' home page, showing a selection of the projects that use Translations. Each project's level of activity is represented by text size and weight. (Bug 103186) * Making a request for a large translations export is now faster! (Bug 160308) * Launchpad sometimes failed to update the "Packaged" versions of translations when new upstream or distribution files were imported. The effect was that some of the "Packaged" translations shown in the UI were outdated. We've fixed this and from now on new uploads will update the "Packaged" translations correctly. (Bug 200499) More about Launchpad releases ======================== You can now find this and previous Launchpad release announcements at the new home for all information about Launchpad releases: https://help.launchpad.net/LaunchpadReleases -- Matthew Revell - Launchpad and Bazaar rock! Join us in #launchpad and #bzr on irc.freenode.net -- warthogs mailing list warthogs@...1799... https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/warthogs ----- End forwarded message -----

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Svn problem
by Bob Jamison 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

This morning, when doing an svn up, almost every source file was updated, and was converted to DOS. What gives? And how do I revert this? Source files' formats should remain untouched by the SCM.

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Cmake build stuff
by Joshua Blocher 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Guys, I'm current locked out of my sf.net account. As soon as i get back in i will commit what i have for cmake build system so far. Joshua L. Blocher

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Feature proposal: moving nodes without moving handles
by Miguel BYRAM 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Hi, I'm a Inkscape user for 3 or 4 years and first of all I want to thank and congratulate U for this program. I'm also a C++ beginner developer and I want to implement a functionality. It's about the moving of nodes. In Inkscape, at present, when U move a node toward a vector V1, his handles (bezier indicators) move with the same vector V1. What I want to do is to add the possibility to move a node with V1 while his handles move with f*V1 where 0.0 <= f <= 1.0 As if U put a spaghetti on a table, U took it near the middle and pull it up. This could be very useful to draw a sun or a hair shape. As I said earlier, I'm a C++ beginner. I just succeeded in compiling Inkscape using Eclipse under Ubuntu but I don't know where to modify, or search... even where to look at, to understand how the node's moving works presently. So here are my questions : 1. Did I made myself clear ? English is not my mother tongue (so please pardon me for faults) and before going further I want U to understand my proposition. 2. Could someone lead me or just show me where to look at to understand the Inkscape architecture and more specifically the node's moving ? Thanks. ..miguel..

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NEW: "No Filters" view mode
by MenTaLguY 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

By popular request (and personal need) I've added an additional view mode which lies between "Outline" and "Normal"; objects retain their normal appearance except that filter effects are not applied. This is most useful when interactively drawing in complex documents and leaving filters enabled would harm responsiveness too much. Editing or tweaking existing paths is still often best done in "Outline" mode. -mental

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GSoC08: Tech Drawing ideas (comments very welcome)
by Maximilian Albert 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Hi, unfortunately I haven't yet received any response to my other emails, so I don't know if there is a potential mentor for any of them or if they are suitable for a SoC project at all. In any case, I have written up some thoughts regarding the facilitation of geometric constructions/tech drawing in Inkscape. They can be found here: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~malbert/tech_drawing/ It's a draft and not complete yet (but all I could manage alongside studying for my graduation exam). I would very much appreciate any input/comments/suggestions/criticism. Would any of the potential mentors be willing to supervise such a project? Thank you very much in advance for any feedback, Max P.S.: I'd still love to elaborate on my 3D-related ideas but I feel they are much less straightforward to implement so I'd need advice from more experienced developers regarding feasibility/desirability and on which things to concentrate before going into more detail.

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Call for help: Screenshots needed for 0.46
by bulia byak 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

As we're nearing the release, we need more screenshots to show off the new features in 0.46, to be published at http://inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php?lang=en. Here's a page describing how to create good screenshots: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/MakingScreenshots. Use the information on that page and the best of the existing screenshots in our gallery as inspiration. At the very least, we need to illustrate: - 3D box tool - SVG filters - more live path effects (we only have one screenshot for path along path) - gradient tool's on-canvas mid stops - a (meaningful) illustration of the color management at work - new extensions - new grid and guide features - perhaps something with custom markers, along the lines of http://needcoffee.deviantart.com/art/Gradients-To-Path-78650259 - any complex, stunning, impressive Inkscape art even if it does not use the new features :) See the release notes for a list of all new features: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046 You can send your submissions to me for publishing on the site. Thanks in advance! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Inkscape 0.46 save bug (I think)
by Donn 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Hi, I fetched the (stable 0.46) source and compiled on Kubuntu Gutsy two days ago. In playing around I noticed that when you save your file it does not append the .svg to the filename, even if "inkscape svg" is chosen in the types combo. You can do it manually, however. I could be doing something dumb, but thought I'd mention it. \d

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GSoC and Text
by Gail Carmichael 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

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