May 2009 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Interface buglets
by Tavmjong Bah 29 May '09

29 May '09

Hi, Here are a few interface buglets in 0.46+svn: 1. "Duplicate Current Layer..." has "..." but doesn't open a dialog. 2. Icons for flipping/rotating are not being taken from icons.svg. 3. "Extensions" sub-menu items still use "Effects". 4. "Guide around page" should be "Guide Around Page" for consistency. 5. "Display Mode" radio buttons are not updated if one uses "Toggle". 6. "Display Mode->Toggle" only toggles between "Normal" and "Outline, this isn't very clear from the menu. Tav

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Export to Open Clip Art LIbrary?
by Tavmjong Bah 29 May '09

29 May '09

Does export to the Open Clip Art Library now work? It was disabled in 0.46. If it doesn't it should probably be disabled again or if it does, then it should be mentioned in the release notes. Tav

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Node tool behaviour VERY different from 0.46 - bug 379817
by worms invasion 29 May '09

29 May '09

Hi devs! Thanks a lot for all the good work and awesome features, and the bug fixing! Re. bug fixing before 0.37, could anyone take a look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/379817 , which makes a lot of usual operations impossible now (or very very painful to "fix"). Inkscape shouldn't, I think, "draw" paths in a different manner in 0.47 compared to 0.46. Thanks in advance!

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.47 builds on mac
by Alexandre Prokoudine 29 May '09

29 May '09

Hi, I'm not really a Mac user :), but every time we release .47 we hear "but it doesn't look native on Mac". So, did anybody try to finally build Inkscape with native GTK+ port for Mac? Are we ready to release Inkscape for Mac that way? Alexandre

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Font selection broken on windows
by Mourad Mokrane 29 May '09

29 May '09

Hi, the font selection dropdown doesn't work on windows, at least in Inkscape21345-0905140303 on Windows Vista. When the dropdown is opened, an inkscape.exe task appears on the taskbar as if the process was running outside of the Inkscape main window. Selecting fonts has no effect on the typed text. Molumen

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Tango default poll?
by Mihaela 27 May '09

27 May '09

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Cannot compile on XP
by Preben Soeberg 27 May '09

27 May '09

Got this: cc : compile of build/obj/inkscape.o required by source: src/inkscape.cpp . Make error line 581: problem compiling: src/inkscape.cpp: In function 'gchar* profile_path(const char*)': src/inkscape.cpp:1454: error: 'S_IRGRP' was not declared in this scope src/inkscape.cpp:1454: error: 'S_IXGRP' was not declared in this scope src/inkscape.cpp:1454: error: 'S_IXOTH' was not declared in this scope src/inkscape.cpp: At global scope: src/inkscape.cpp:144: warning: 'bus_handler' defined but not used

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Kill SPIcon patch
by Krzysztof Kosiński 26 May '09

26 May '09

I have a patch that replaces SPIcon with GtkImage, by redefining sp_icon_new and typedefing SPIcon to GtkImage. The amount of changes is rather modest - about 10 files changed. It fixes all icon-related issues I could find but removes support for icons.svg. http://tweenk.artfx.pl/kill-spicon.patch Should I commit this? Regards, Krzysztof Kosiński -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Kill-SPIcon-patch-tp23689610p23689610.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Vectorising Resolution
by Martin Owens 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hey guys, I've tried to use the fill and vectorising tools in inkscape to create vectors from existing bitmaps; but I noticed an odd effect with the path that all requires two simplify node functions to get the path into a manageable state. Are we currently taking into account the resolution of the raster image we are vectoring in order to smooth out the complexities of the pixelisation? The maths need to be able to reduce the noise from the pixel shapes and try and increase the signal from the shape of the image section... although perhaps this is only useful for cartoon type images. Thoughts? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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ENOUGH WITH THE ICONS!!!
by Josh Andler 26 May '09

26 May '09

Sorry about the tone of this message, but... can we stop wasting time and energy on the icons and focus on getting 0.47 out the door? As a (or I believe still the only) release warden for 0.47, I am authoritatively saying, "not this time". My rationale is based on the fact that there are obviously still too many mixed feelings for this change to have been made during the release preparation period. Even after 0.47 is out the door, we shouldn't even bother with a poll until someone adds an icon set chooser in prefs. This way EVERYONE can be happy without having to copy/move files. As a side note... for the remainder of this release cycle... (0.47) How about every time someone feels the need to start or reply to an icons thread, they just go to the bug tracker and try to see if they can reproduce a bug still marked as "New". It's a far more productive use of time and the community will end up appreciating the results MUCH more. Having similar or the same discussion(s) every few months has not changed a thing, nor will it anytime soon. This seems like one of the most ridiculous wastes of resources, to the point that I'm flat out angry rather than aggravated. My wife thinks that we're all nuts with the frequency of these repetitive and non-conclusive discussions. I don't know that I disagree her. :-) Anyways, before I lose my cool and start with the profanity and insults (which I'm on the edge)... let's just be done for now. Sincerely, Josh P.S. If people really want to keep pushing this issue right now, I will have no problem stepping down as the release coordinator and release warden.

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