January 2009 - Inkscape Devel

Inkscape and good causes
by Josh Andler 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Hey all, I decided to pass this along as it is in the same basic spirit of open source with the attitude of doing something for a cause greater than one's self (our global community). Recently there was a contest held on DeviantART to promote breast cancer awareness and early prevention that was sponsored by DeviantART, MGM (yes, the studio), and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. With over 1,400 submissions spanning all kinds of art forms imaginable, the Grand Prize Winner chosen was by one of our Inkscapers on DA (and yes she used Inkscape for this), Loraine A. Baird, aka QuicheLoraine. The competition results are here (which contains a link to her winning entry, but also shows a few runners up for reference): http://news.deviantart.com/article/66804/ And her gallery which contains quite a bit of excellent work done in inkscape can be seen here: http://quicheloraine.deviantart.com/gallery/ Congratulations to her, and if you have a DA account it would be nice to drop by and leave her a comment. Cheers, Josh

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Where is the trunk?
by Kent Tenney 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Howdy, bzr branch lp:inkscape returns revno 7159 dated 2008-11-19 Is this the dev trunk? Thanks, Kent

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compile error rev 20476
by bulia byak 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

pencil-context.cpp: In function 'void sketch_interpolate(SPPencilContext*)': pencil-context.cpp:827: error: no matching function for call to 'lerp(Geom::Piecewise<Geom::D2<Geom::SBasis> >&, Geom::Piecewise<Geom::D2<Geom::SBasis> >&, double&)' ./2geom/point.h:211: note: candidates are: Geom::Point Geom::lerp(double, Geom::Point, Geom::Point) ./2geom/linear.h:51: note: double Geom::lerp(double, double, double) please always recompile before committing... -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Inkscape logo Public Domain? Can't be right.
by Cory K. 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

I ran across this today. Is there no peer review on Open Clip Art? http://openclipart.org/media/files/baabullah/10665 -Cory K.

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Translating filters.svg
by Ted Gould 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Okay, So I think I just committed everything to make it so that filters.svg is translatable. Since I'm not a translator, it's hard to be 100% sure. Could a translator please try to translate the filters and reply? Thanks in advance, Ted

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] New Mac Build(s)
by Henning Meyer 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Regarding CMake I'd like to say there's also CPack, which enables generation of Installation-Packages for different platforms alongside CMake. This also works for Macs. http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:Component_Install_With_CPack > Hey, > I offered to do some mac builds on a more or less regular basis. I > got native to build (but could build x11 too), and now I'm in the > process of packaging it (there are still some issues with the app > bundle script) I hope to resolve these tomorrow, or maybe write my > own, simple script if that doesn't work. So anyway on irc verbalshadow > just told me to say hi to the list and that eventual problems / upload > possibilities would/could be handled here better. > I'll continue with the packaging tomorrow cause it's going to be 5 am > soonish, but currently I have the following issues if anyone has a > quick thought on one of those. I was under the impression I could use > osx-app.sh for native packaging too, but so far: > (note: in the paths below /opt/local/ is the macports install path > passed to "osx-app.sh" with --libraries) > /opt/local/etc/pango/pangox.aliases is not in my macports install > (which it tries to copy) so is this a file specific to x11 pango > (pango was installed with macports using +no_x11 ofc) > Also the script is looking for: > /opt/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib > /opt/local/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.0.dylib > Only in a native version those would have to be: > /opt/local/lib/libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib > /opt/local/lib/libgdk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib > And so far I'm not quite sure how it gets the impression that it needs > the x11 version, at first I thought it was hardcoded in the script, > but it's not.

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Manually change language in preference dialogue
by the Adib 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Hi all, I yust want to inform you that I commited some code to change the language of the user-interface within the preferences dialogue. thats all, happy new year!!! Adib.

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Inkscape release schedule and project items
by Josh Andler 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Hey all, First, an official Happy New Year to you all! I'm breaking down this email into a few sections below. Releases: A newer release of Inkscape will be going into the next distro release cycle. Whether this is 0.46.1 or 0.47 is what needs to be determined. I know that with at least a handful of us, there is a great desire to make it 0.47. However, this may not be feasible (or preferable) for any number of reasons. A vote is definitely in order for this. We should have some sort of brief discussion about what are the most compelling reasons to either make it 0.47 or not 0.47. (I am aware that 0.46.1 has been discussed before, I've unfortunately had health issues preventing me from actively working on it, but with my current doctor downtime, should be doable) Build Systems: Discussion of the possibility of switching build systems to cmake or btool has resurfaced again recently. It seems like the obvious goals should be that we use one build system on all platforms and it be something that is maintainable by multiple individuals. From my understanding all three build systems in the mix are crossplatform. Is there an updated comparison list of the benefits and drawbacks of each? Personal experiences? Given that I almost exclusively build on linux these days, it doesn't impact me greatly and I don't really have a preference. Version Control: In the past we also discussed potentially switching to a dvcs such as git or bzr. I'm pretty sure we all know the benefits of using a dvcs, and it seems (I may be wrong) that a modern dvcs is a little friendlier with tags and branches (which would be nice to use more in the future). We have a handful of people who I know are working with bzr on a regular basis, would anyone like to chime in on if it seems like a good "successor" to svn for our project and if it would be a worthwhile switch? Bryce, Ted, Mental, Kees? Anyone think git would be a better choice? Future Releases: After this extremely long development cycle, and the amount of future refactoring we're still looking to do, I think we need a new stable/devel branching strategy for the future. Or at the very least, a bleeding edge branch for GSoCers and the like in addition to main devel. Also, it would be great to have regular releases that tie into the distro release cycles (with minimal benefit of easy PR). Anyone else care to chime in? That's all for now... I think the next release should be the top priority to vote on and discuss now, because if people want it to be 0.47, we need to get crackin'. Cheers, Josh

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views bound to rectangles
by Jody Palmer 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

I would like to be able to add svg view tags like <view id="myview" viewBox="34 38 92 99"> </view> and have the bounds of the viewbox be associated with a rectangle. Ideally it would be bound to the rectangle so that editing the rectangle size, shape or position would modify the view. The purpose is to allow me to link between SVG diagrams in a useful way. Is this supported? Is anyone working on it already? If not and I can find the time to implement it, would it be a useful contribution? Any suggestions or comments are welcome (remember that I have not yet seen the code base). - Jody

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intro for developers
by Alexandre Prokoudine 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Hi, Recently a person reported to out bug tracker that the website doesn't provide good introduction information for new developers. So I've just taken a look at http://inkscape.org/doc/devdocs.php and I have several questions: 1. Do you find this information overall sufficient? 2. Last changes to http://inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/DeveloperManual date back to February 2007. Would anyone mind having a look and saying whether something needs changes? (btw, our wiki outputs errors again) 3. Does the flowchart at http://inkscape.org/doc/devdocs.php really reflect current state of source code? 4. Same question about class hierarchy image. Thanks! :) Alexandre

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