Paging jabber whiteboard developers
by Irving Popovetsky
(This message was cross-posted to the inkscapeforum.com site)
Hello,
I'm the one that filed this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/319107
on the jabber whiteboard and I'm interested in this feature.
I'm currently looking for any Inkscape developers that are even
somewhat familiar with jabber whiteboard/Pedro section of code in
Inkscape and have what it takes to work on it. I'm currently looking
to either recruit developers to this cause or else get some candid
feedback on how much effort would be required to get this feature
usable.
Thanks in advance,
-Irving Popovetsky
12 years, 3 months
Object to path
by Chris
Hi all,
I'm writing a separate application that parses and renders SVG files. However, I am completely baffled by the Arc.. After much thought, I have come to the conclusion that it may be better to just alter the Inkscape source to automatically convert Arcs to Paths before saving the file.
However, I can't find where this (Object to Path) actually happens in the source. If I could find the method that the menu item calls, I could just call that method before it saves the SVG.
Either that or I would love to know how to convert an SVG "A" to a "C"!!
Thanks
12 years, 3 months
My eventual participation in GSoC'09
by Felipe Sanches
I want to be a GSoC student again this year. I have some ideas and would
like to hear suggestions.
I could eventually work on:
1) SVG animation support (I usually animate SVG using javascript. It would
be cool if we had declarative animation support also)
2) Pedro Whiteboard (I really would like to see this feature working)
3) migrating SPObject and derived classes to C++ (I am not sure whether this
is too hard for a GSoC project)
4) any other suggestions?
Juca
12 years, 3 months
regarding scripting improvements
by Felipe Sanches
Today I tryied (again) to animate an SVG using javascript. I wanted to
simply move a star by offseting its x,y coordinates on screen.
So, I created a star in Inkscape and then opened the SVG in Firefox.
Looking at the xml (using FireBug) I noticed that d attribute of the
star uses absolute coordinates. Thus, it is not practical to change
it's position dinamically since I would have to set
transform:translate(x-x0,y-y0) guessing the correct values of x0 and
y0.
It would be much better (for scripting purposes) to have shapes always
created with relative coordinates around (0,0) and then translated to
x0,y0 using the transform attribute.
The x0,y0 coordinate should be the rotation center of the object
(which is represented by a little cross in inkscape ui)
Maybe we should modify sp_svg_write_path to do that. Or maybe create a
sp_svg_write_path_relative. Or maybe there is a better place in the
code where we could place the proposed new behaviour... I am just
guessing. Please tell me what you think about it.
Juca
12 years, 3 months
Re: [Inkscape-devel] Tango icons as default set [RENEWED]
by jEsuSdA 8)
El Miércoles, 28 de Enero de 2009 19:22:55 escribió:
Hello JF!
> Two things you might consider changing:
> - keep the cursor style consistent between the selector and node tool icons
> - the drawing tools still have an outlined look, which is always going
> to look odd to me
Could you explain this a little more (I have some doubts cause my poor english) ;)
> As I suggested before, I think it would be best to have separate sets.
> I think there's definitely a use for the completely consistent Tango/Art
> Libre set, as well as a Tangoified non-consistent set (which could be
> the same as this modified set, which does the job nicely in many
> respects), as well as versions of each for a dark background (which
> should be simple enough to update), as well as (your desired style here).
I think it is a great idea to allow users choose your favourite theme using Inkscape preferences. ;)
> Can we agree to work on this concept? I think it would make a lot more
> people happy.
Ok. I think it is possible to work in some themes at once. I have no much time to work in all of them, of course, but I
try to help as possible. ;)
> JF
Thanks!
Salu2 de jEsuSdA 8)
12 years, 3 months
Re: [Inkscape-devel] Tango icons as default set
by Guillermo Espertino
El sáb, 24-01-2009 a las 13:26 +0000, Pajarico escribió:
> A bit unfair, don't you think? First' that is not the case. Second,
> I'm sure everyone here has a different opinion about what a good
> workflow/integration is ;) Actually now that you mention you're
> talking about VISUAL integration, which (IMHO) is a minor issue.
> Integration in a broader sense is what user needs to improve his
> workflow, like in Creative Suite. And I'm talking about major
> integration here! ;)
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be offensive. When I wrote "You don't seem
to care" I meant that you were talking about a workflow that mixed free
and commercial apps and it didn't seem that a free-software-only
workflow was a priority for you.
My english isn't as good as I'd like, so sometimes I have to simplify
some sentences because I'm not sure about how to write them, and that
can lead to misunderstandings. :-)
Of course that features integration is the MOST important aspect of a
common workflow alla Creative Suite. I had to find a not-so-comfortable
worflow because of that and I suffer frequently that lack of
integration, but that's something I have to live with because I want to
use free software (even applications that didn't reach the 1.0 state
yet ;-)
Usually people who has a legal copy of Adobe CS uses their applications,
not development software that might be unstable or incompatible.
So your case is not the average either. You choose to work with inkscape
(which is great, beautiful and certainly has bugs) instead of
Illustrator, that is already part of a suite that has better interchange
between applications handling.
If I say "you don't care" I mean that you probably "don't see that
difference as a problem", so having so different icons is something that
you find acceptable, as you find acceptable that Inkscape and Indesign
don't have a better integration.
Anyway, even though I don't agree with several of your points I respect
your opinion and I think we could reach a compromise.
My first proposition was to make the current Tango set the default as
is, but I find some very reasonable suggestions on the go.
-Creating new tangoified icons for the drawing tools more similar to the
current tools (and unifying their look: all pointing to the same
direction and showing the caps with a stroke).
-Creating a new icon for the 3D Box tool with a 2-point or 3-point
perspective.
-Adding color to the geometric primitives tools (I wouldn't use too
saturated colors. Not red for the circle -the REC icon- but shades of
pink like the default one).
-Creating a tangoified version of the current Tweak icon (I'm not sure
about this. I really prefer the Tango icon, but it's matter of taste).
-Creating a new icon for the bucket fill tool. I agree that the current
Tango icon is too flat, but I don't think it's problematic for
recognition. But some people think it is so let's change it.
As a final thought, I'd like to back up the comment from Aaron Spike. He
clearly states that he prefers the current set, but he stresses the
importance of the unified look and the need of a section in the
preferences to change the icon themes easily.
Gez.
12 years, 3 months
Re: [Inkscape-devel] Tango icons as default set
by Guillermo Espertino
I've made some changes and tweaks according to the suggestions that
several people made. Here is a screenshot with the latest changes (on
the right side):
http://www.ohweb.com.ar/screenshots/Inkscape/Tango-Icons-Colors.png
I'm not sure about the dark strokes. They have a lighter outline for
dark themes, but that makes them look blurred.
Removing the outlines and keeping the dark color will make them useless
for dark themes, so there's no way out: It's white with a grey outline
like the original Tango set, or the middle gray with dark strokes
(a.k.a. Bulia's spaghettis :-)
What do you think?
Gez.
12 years, 3 months
Inkscape input char encoding
by Aurélio A. Heckert
Hi all,
I comited the Calendar Generator to Inkscape SVN with only my
personal tests in a home compiled UTF-8 Linux system.
Alvin test it in a ISO-8859-15 Windos system and add a patch
using unicode() function to accept Latin encoding.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/320496
That was a problem for me, then i understand and add a encoding
selector for all encodings of this page:
http://docs.python.org/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings
Now it works, but the user must selects the system encoding.
That is not Friendly...
I want to do this encoding selection automatically. But how?
The inkscape can define the input char encoding?
If yes, Why not ever send the input as UTF-8?
Thanks,
Aurium
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12 years, 3 months
Re: [Inkscape-devel] Tango icons as default set
by Guillermo Espertino
A comparison between dark GTK themes with both sets.
http://www.ohweb.com.ar/screenshots/Inkscape/Tango-Icons-Colors-dark.png
Notice that I didn't choose a black theme (they exist) but a dark gray
one. The black details in the oficial set are still visible but the
contrast lowered a lot, so they are difficult to see. In a pure black
theme they will be completely invisible.
The Tango text tool also needs some tweaking for dark themes.
About the colors: I'd prefer a single shade for the shapes tools, Shades
of blues, for instance, with low saturation. But it seems the majority
prefers the different colors.
I agree with Bulia about lowering the saturation of them a bit.
Finally we're getting closer to an agreement :-)
Gez.
12 years, 3 months
