March 2008 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Google Summer of Code Project Idea: PGF Export
by Caleb Reach 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Hey all, I'm interested in creating a TeX exporter which uses PGF/Tikz instead of PSTricks, as PSTricks does not work well with pdflatex. Looking at the PSTricks code, it doesn't seem like this would be too terribly difficult to implement. Another idea that I had was to streamline the gradient editor so that it's easier to use. For the most part, Inkscape has a fantastic GUI, but the current gradient editor is very cumbersome to use. Here's a quick and ugly mock-up for a more intuitive version: www.annoware.com/temp/gradmockup.png What do you think? Cheers, Caleb

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Working on input devices
by Jon A. Cruz 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

I did a rough screengrab + mock up of what I'm thinking of to replace the tablet input devices dialog. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Tablet_Dialog Any suggestions, workflow points, etc?

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Win32 libs
by Bob Jamison 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

I uploaded another bundle with the new Glib and Pango libs that Adrian mentioned. Hopefully this will show improved OpenType support. http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32libs/devlibs-2.12-080313.7z There was also a new Atk available. and started using it for builds: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape0803131626.7z bob (ishmal)

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announcement edits
by bulia byak 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Sorry to be late with this - but I just edited these sections: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/AnnouncePlanning046#Inkscape_Announ…. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/AnnouncePlanning046#The_Inkscape_Co… so if someone has taken copies of them previously for PR, please go get them again. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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GSoC Mentor Signup
by Bryce Harrington 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Only three people have signed up as mentors for GSoC so far: acspike, ted, and mrdocs. If you're willing to serve as a GSoC mentor for Inkscape, please go to this address and sign up: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_home.html Bryce

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GSoC Student applications now open
by Bryce Harrington 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Forwarding from google list... LH (Leslie Hawthorn): > Student applications are now available. Please see > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ > for information on how to submit your application.

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[inkscpae-devel] Applying for GSoc 2008 - 2geom project
by Marco 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Hi, I'm new to the mailing list. I'm interested in contributing in the development and integration of 2geom as a student for GSoC. At present I dived into the most of 2geom codebase. I checked out the library from here: https://lib2geom.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/lib2geom/lib2geom/trunk I noticed that the library is already mostly implemented, at a first glance it seems that there are more functionalities there that in libnr. I've always to find out what is the integration level. The idea description about 2geom is enough syntetic, I would like to get some more info and hints so that I'll be able to write down a sensible and detailed proposal/plan for gsoc the next week. In the case it isn't possible to apply for 2geom I could be interested in Live Path Effects too but I've aways to look at the codebase. Follows some rumination on 2geom library. I was wondering if the goal of 2geom is to become an independent library or the developed features have always to be thought with inkscape in mind. I got that path crossings are implemented by a uniform partioning of the interval where the parameter takes its value in small subintervals (2^6 for each path) these generate subpaths whose intersection points are computed as if they were line segment. I'm wondering if it was taken into account that a uniform partitioning of the parameter interval (usually [0,1] for single curve) doesn't mean a uniform partitioning of the path, that is, it could happen that [0, 1/2] is mapped to 9/10 of the path and [1/2, 1] to only 1/10 of the path. To summarize the issue is: making the parameter subintervals 'small enough' doesn't mean to get subpaths enough short that it is possible to manipulate them as they were straight line segments. What's the exact role of s-power basis ? Maybe to have a common form for all the types of curve supported by the svg specification (bezier, elliptical arc, segment) ? Are there specific computational advantages using s-power basis ? I would like to read Sánchez-Reyes's articles (as Applications of the s-Power Basis in Geometry Processing) but I haven't access to them. Follows a brief description of myself and of my previous programming experiences. I'm a student in mathematics (University of Pisa, Italy). I'm interested in computational geometry so I think that applying to gsoc for inkscape could be a good start point. I'm developing an extension of Boost.Function (http://www.boost.org/doc/html/function.html) in order to implement a model of function concept supporting multi-signature and so overloading. You can check out the source code from here: https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/overload/trunk or browsing the documentation: http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dfxvjncs_1x6456m I contributed in the development of a proof of concept svg import filter for Open Office. This import filter has been developed mainly by Fridrich Strba at Novell, my contribute was to add svg text element support to the import filter. If you want gives a glance at the code: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/ooo-build?view=revision&revision=9662 Sorry for my poor english. Kind Regards, Marco Cecchetti -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Mentors for GSoC '08?
by Maximilian Albert 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Hi all, is it already known who will be the mentors for this year's Summer of Code? I'm not yet 100% decided which project I'd like to apply for (the guidelines project is of particular interest to me but I will need to discuss with Vangelis about it who also expressed interest). So it might turn out to be one that is mainly based on my own ideas and only marginally related to those listed in the wiki (e.g., a collection of further 3D box related features combined with other geometric construction stuff). In this case I would need someone to discuss and refine these ideas so that they can be melted down to a good proposal. Who would be my contact person in this case? Thanks, Max

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Re v 17966 build failure due to calligraphic profiles
by Krzysztof Kosiński 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

The recent addition of calligraphic profiles breaks the build due to unresolved references. Did anyone test it before committing? Regards, Krzysztof (Chris) Kosiński -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Rev-17966-build-failure-due-to-calligraphic-profiles-… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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System-wide clipboard implementation
by Krzysztof Kosiński 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

I think I've finished migrating Inkscape to use the system-wide clipboard instead of an internal per-instance clipboard. The patch is attached to the Launchpad bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170185 Regards, Krzysztof (Chris) Kosiński -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/System-wide-clipboard-implementation-tp16244404p16244… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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