April 2008 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Alert of missing X11 on OS X?
by Jonatan Liljedahl 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Hi all, this is actually not directly related to Inkscape but to the Mac OS X .app launcher, which I have borrowed for use in my own project (http://kymatica.com/algoscore). But this might be a bug that affects Inkscape users too: I see in ScriptExec/main.c that it is supposed to show an error dialog if X11 was not found. This doesn't seem to be working, it just says "unexpected termination" or similar and crashes. I wonder about these lines: // custom carbon events #define kEventClassRedFatalAlert 911 #define kEventKindX11Failed 911 #define kEventKindFCCacheFailed 912 I know nothing about Carbon or other OS X stuff, but should the first two really be the same numbers? Unfortunately I don't have access to a Mac myself to investigate this. -- /Jonatan [ http://kymatica.com ]

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CIip Path ID collision
by Jason Merrill 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

I've got two different graphs, created in matlab and exported to svg using plot2svg[1]. When I try to import both of them into a single document, some sets of points in the second graphic don't show up. I've tracked the problem down to a clip path id collision. Both files define clip paths with the same ids, so when the second file is imported, its clip path url's point to clip paths from the first file. Is there any kind of workaround for this sort of thing? Is this a bug? Shouldn't inkscape check IDs to make sure there aren't any collisions when importing files? 1 http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?objectId=74…

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] GSOC 2008 / Technical Drawing in Inkscape
by Jed Frechette 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 J.B.C.Engelen@...1578... wrote > On Monday 31 March 2008 Diederik van Lierop wrote: > > Indeed, it should be indicated somewhere which snap mode is > > active. I'd prefer to go the status bar route though, because > > I don't think it's important enough to display it near the > > cursor. > > But it would be nice to temporary show next to the cursor what type of snap > happened! ;) +1 Even on a medium size monitor I may be drawing 30 cm away from the status bar. Looking back and forth almost inevitably means moving the mouse slightly which in congested areas, where this would be most useful, is likely to change the snap target. Best, -- Jed Frechette http://jdfrechette.alturl.com 4011 Dead, 29314 Wounded

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svg elliptic toy improvement
by Marco 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

A new release of the svg elliptic toy is available on the lib2geom svn repository (svg-elliptic-arc-toy.cpp). I put the SVGEllipticalArc class in a separate file (src/svg-elliptical-arc.h). Now you can control interactively through 3 sliders the x-ray length, the y-ray length and the x-axis rotation angle. Moreover there are 2 toggle buttons for swithing on/off the the large-arc and the sweep flags. Finally instead of the two circles, now the two valid ellipse supports for the arc are drawn. Btw I've some issue with cmake because it doesn't find any ragel or rlcodegen command (they are specified in the CMakeList.txt file under the src folder ). Usually I solve the problem commenting out the related lines but this is becoming a bit annoying to manage everytime I need to commit my changes. Another issue regards the svg-path-parser.cpp file, because I need to change the line: #include <glib.h> with: #include <glib-2.0/glib.h> but problably this is due to the fact that we're using different linux distro. (I use mandriva 2008) Regards, Marco Cecchetti -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Any other Inkscapers going to OSCON 2008?
by unknown＠example.com 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

I'll be going to the conference this year, and if any other Inkscape folks who are going want to split a room at one of the conference hotels, let me know so that we can start making plans. Also, any interest in an Inkscape BoF there? Thanks, John

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GPLv3 or later
by Felipe Sanches 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

I know that software licensing is an eternal issue (at least until property of ideas is (eventually) abolished). I have been studying copyright law and related stuff for some time. I know that changing the license used depends on tracking people that contributed to the codebase and that is a very hard task on large projects. Especially when people come and go and then get impossible to be contacted. That is why I would like to make a public statement here making it clear that I allow the use of later versions of the GPL on any code licensed under GPLv2 that I have ever contributed to Inkscape in the past. On new code I plan to say it explicitly on the headers of sourcecode files. Of course, the effective switch to "GPLv3 or later" versions of the license will depend on others also making this public statement. So I encourage other developers to make it in the hope that we could eventually switch the project to "GPLv3 or later". I know it is difficult to achieve, but I am trying to make the first step. Those who agree, please say so. Felipe C. da S. Sanches (JucaBlues)

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Moving towards 0.46.1
by rygle 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Hi, I know that 0.46 is only recently out the door, and many of us need a rest, and Bryce is getting married (congrats!) but I'm wondering whether we should start thinking about a 0.46.1 release somewhere around 1-3 months? I'm also thinking about a list of new features, and whether we should get them out for 0.46.1 or 0.47? Many new features are there in trunk, or ready to be put in and tested. Other things really need to be fixed, but didn't get priority for 0.46 because they weren't showstoppers. If we come up with some plan, and a rough date, we can hopefully just chip away at it. Anyway, this may be a bit win32 centric, since that's what I've been working with most, but here's some thoughts. Please balance this out for Mac and Linux... 0.46.1 definites: All Platforms: * Make sure all PDF import/export problems are sorted, mainly text orientation - LP 211065, 189432 * Other PDF/PS/EPS export issues - see http://www.nabble.com/sorting-out-PS-EPS-PDF-export-mess-td16060378.html * PDF import - spaces removed in font names - LP 179589 Linux: * - ?? Mac: * Halley said "under OSX at least, but likely any platform; if you're using -z on the command line, Gtk still complains loudly about not finding the display. Just clutters up the output when scripting things outside the gui." Win32: * Native Dialogues - already in trunk and seem stable * Printing enhancements - fix blurs - LP#205732, fix masks * JH's command line wrapper - http://kaioa.com/node/63 * Installer issues - uninstall (LP 211070), language fixes (see http://www.nabble.com/Inkscape-0.46-Win32-Released-td16415387.html) * Use pythonw.exe not python.exe - get rid of DOS popups - http://www.nabble.com/python.exe-or-pythonw.exe-td15954073.html * Win32? - Use clipboard patch to intergrate with O/S clipboard - already working across GTK+ apps (Gimp). * Win32 - Include uniconverter in libs for CDR and other import 0.46.1 possibles: All: * Calligraphic presets - LP 71255 and http://www.nabble.com/Calligraphic-presets-td16034028.html * Mentalguy's No filters view mode - http://www.nabble.com/NEW%3A-%22No-Filters%22-view-mode-td16391857.html * Crash when creating grid after duplicate window close - LP 183621 - pretty rare scenario * Export to OpenClipart - if not already fixed - Includes LP 179452 Linux: * ?? Mac: * ?? * Win32 - Cairo - use upcoming stable cairo 1.6 (currently Cairo RC - 1.5.15) * Win32 - Colour management - http://www.nabble.com/cms-on-windows-td16011013.html * Win32 - Import from OpenClipart -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Moving-towards-0.46.1-tp16460360p16460360.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Vote while you still can!
by Aaron Spike 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Attention individuals listed in AUTHORS, your time to vote is running out. Voting closes on Friday, April 4th. You may vote on this list or by email to aaron@...1928... A list of AUTHORS can be found at: http://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/inkscape/inkscape/trunk/AUTHORS?… Non-AUTHORS if you see any AUTHORS please remind them to vote. :-) The nominees for committee member are: Peter Moulder Bulia Byak Johan Engelen Thanks for your vote! Aaron Spine

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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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