September 2008 - Inkscape Devel

Want to write software to go between inkscape and plotter, but...
by stuart 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Hi... I want to write some software to go between inkscape and a plotter. Specifically, I want to port graphtecprint from python to visual C++ or C# (which ever is easiest). But the more I find out about how M$ drivers are developed, the more I believe this is a lost cause! Actually, how (or why) dose anyone deal with this? It sounds like a horrible right of passage. And the M$ support for drivers (i.e. the WDK) is no where near as friendly as that for Visual C# or even the less supported Visual C++. Really, is there anyone here that could help (i.e. point me in the right direction). I have that feeling of possibly spending days trying to use some tool when the answer is a download away. ...thanks

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Anyone up for testing in Canada?
by Jon A. Cruz 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

http://svg.org/story/2008/9/12/13254/9530 "An SVG Tiny 1.2 test fest will be held Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2008 in Ottawa, Canada." People in the W3C SVG groups have asked if we might have anyone in the area who could attend the "Test Fest". So, do we have anyone who might be able to make that?

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Python extension behaviour
by ricardo lafuente 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Dear all, Here's a call for help, as i'm totally stuck in this. I've been getting familiar with Python extensions and managed to whip up a couple. I ran into an issue, though: if i call an external command (using os.system('pwd'), for the simplest example), it executes it but doesn't go through the rest of the extension script, closing the window and returning to Inkscape. (i believe the same happens with exec statements) I thought it could be that the extension architecture doesn't allow for running external commands, but fact is that the extension actually executes it before borking. Am i missing something obvious? Thank you ricardo

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 builds for the next few days
by Bob Jamison 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Thanks. As I am writing this, it appears that the storm was not so devastating for Clear Lake (which is between Galveston and Houston). It looks like there was a lot of flood damage for things near the Bay, but not much wind damage ("much" meaning destroyed) for the shorter buildings. So it looks like there will be no more Sunday brunches at the Hilton down the street. :-) Hopefully we will be home in a few days, when power is restored. And then I can log back in. After several years, it has become a habit. bob (ishmal) If anyone is curious, here is what I am talking about: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=nassau+bay,+texas&ie=UTF8&… -----Original Message----- >From: Alvin Penner <penner@...1856...> >Sent: Sep 12, 2008 9:14 PM >To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 builds for the next few days > > > >Bob Jamison-2 wrote: >> >> while Hurricane Ike wreaks havoc in my neighborhood. > >best wishes. I hope it turns out to be less than anticipated. > >Alvin > >-- >View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Win32-builds-for-the-next-few-days-tp19465899p1946681… >Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-devel mailing list >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Win32 builds for the next few days
by Bob Jamison 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Hi, all, I just wanted to let you know that there will not be any win32 autobuilds for the next few days, as I am away from home while Hurricane Ike wreaks havoc in my neighborhood. My home (Clear Lake, TX) is in the direct path. I'm emailing from Kerrville, several hundred km away. I will start making them again when things get back to normal. Hopefully, my net connection will work when I return home! :-) bob (ishmal)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 builds for the next few days
by Bob Jamison 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

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2geomification progress
by unknown＠example.com 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

Hi all, Some have already noticed: I've started removing obsolete files from the libnr directory. Notably "nartbpath.h" has been removed =) Most probable to be removed next are the files about NR::Point and NR::Matrix (and translate, scale, rotate); but there are still many places in the code where these are used so... (we have about 6k occurances of "NR::" left in the code outside the libnr directory) Verbalshadow is now helping with the NR:: --> Geom:: conversion, so if you want to help and have questions, you can ask him too! :) Johan

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A few issues with writing tutorial
by ryrych＠...400... 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hi, Firstly I want to apologize to you for writing to this discusion list not to translators' list, but that one is a bit "overlsept" and doesn't respond quickly. ;) I've encountered to a few problems with translating tutorial. Namely polish language and other too, I think, require that some words should cling together. I though that adding a hard space ( ) would solve the problem but XML parsel printed out a problem: Making advanced/tutorial-advanced.pl.svg... Error on line 13 column 357 of file:/home/wojtek/Dokumenty/tłumaczenia/Inkscape-tutoriale/advanced/tutorial-advanced.pl.xml: Error reported by XML parser: The entity "nbsp" was referenced, but not declared. Transformation failed: Run-time errors were reported So how to declare the nbsp char? This will be very helpful. I'd like my translation to be correctly written and edited. Would anyone be willing to help me? cheers, Wojciech RRH Ryrych ps sorry for my English :)

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Re commended reading and Netbeans configuration
by microUgly 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

Sorry to be the noob coming in blind asking the broadest questions. But I would like to try my hand at developing and need some guidance. Firstly, I haven't touched C++ code since before 2000 where I used Turbo C++ to write the simplest of cin cout programs. So whilst I haven't forgotten the concepts, the code I'm seeing is beyond me (I'm a PHP programmer). So can someone recommend some reading material? Preferable in print form. Secondly, I'm using NetBeans 6.5 to examine the code and at the moment it's hilighting a lot of errors because I haven't included the necessary folders for "Code Assistance". Should I include 'every' folder (and possibly sub folder) in /devlibs/include? Are there other folders that might help to include? Thirdly, do you use "btool" in place of when you would otherwise specify "make" in an IDE? I don't really understand "btool"--I assume it makes it easier to build Inkscape than running MinGW directly? I'm not sure if I should favor using the MinGW compiler when Netbeans has support for it, especially for debugging? I have created btool and build Inkscape successfully with it. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Recommended-reading-and-Netbeans-configuration-tp1941… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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broken .wmf import in inkscape 0.46?
by jan falkenhagen 09 Sep '08

09 Sep '08

Hi again, another problem I'm having is that wmf import seems to be broken in inkscape 0.46 (both on CentOS 5.2 and F9). The same wmfs are working fine in Inkscape 0.45 (tested on CentOS 5.2). This is very annoying because wmf used to be a good file format for exchange with commercial Windows application, such as ChemDraw and others. You can find example files on my webserver (original wmf file and Inkscape 0.45/0.46 screenshots): http://lkenhagen.de/files/target_cdx.wmf http://lkenhagen.de/files/inkscape045.png http://lkenhagen.de/files/inkscape046.png Is there any fix/patch for this behaviour? -- best regards jan

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