August 2009 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

win32 build working again
by Bob Jamison 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

The win32 build, which was broken for the weekend, is working again. I just made a "manual autobuild" again, so that we can see how it looks on Windows: http://troi.titan-aeu.com/~rjamison/inkscape/builds/ Bob

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Slow performance on 4.5 MB file [SOLVED]
by Jasper van de Gronde 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

And please be sure to file a bug/feature request at http://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/ In the end there will obviously always be cases where Inkscape is too slow, but Inkscape could most definitely be faster in some cases. And just locking/unlocking the layer should (from an intuitive standpoint) NOT cause such a big pause. Dave M G wrote: > Donn, > > Thank you for responding. > >> I have long moaned that "Nodes mean slow" :( I have a fast machine and 2gigs >> of RAM. It makes no difference. I think it's all the looping through those long >> lists of nodes.... >> >> You are doomed. Unless you can simplify or chop-up your comic page into frames >> and assemble them later in Gimp. > > Okay. While it's a little disappointing that there isn't a way to > optimize the file for better performance, it's good to know that at > least I'm not doing something wrong. > > I'll export the paths into a PNG and handle the colouring in Photoshop > or GIMP. It means committing to rasterizing the images sooner in my > process than I had hoped, but hey, life is full of compromises. >

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File Export (Save-As) Tests for v0.47
by Tavmjong Bah 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Hi, I've tested all the various file export options under the Save As command. Would the relavent experts for each type please review my comments/questions below? All test were done with Fedora 9 Linux and 0.46+svn updated within the past couple of days. Thanks. Tav General comment: I am having trouble getting Uniconvertor to work from within Inkscape. It won't process files with text (error message about not finding correct font). Files without text produce SVG output (Uniconvertor 1.1.4), independent of which file type is selected. Or error message about not finding SVG file in /tmp (Uniconvertor 1.1.3). I may have screwed something up but Uniconvertor does work when used via the command line (as in "uniconv test.svg test.plt") to directly convert SVG files to other types. Does anybody have it working from within Inkscape under Linux? File Format: .ai: Missing. Failed to load message in extension-errors.log (same error for DXF and ESPI). Works in v0.46. .dfx: Generic AutoCAD export failed to load (see .ai). Plotter version updated. Question: what is the target if the "ROBO-Master output" option is not checked? .emf: Does this still only work on Windows? Uses Uniconvertor. .eps: This is using the same export dialog as PS. Is this appropriate given that the bounding box is handled differently? Speaking of which, while the specifications do say the bounding box should be the smallest rectangle that fully encloses the drawing, it is a common practice (and very useful in scientific work) to define the box to be bigger than the drawing. In reading the specification, it seems to me, that they were more concerned that the bounding box takes into account stroke width, etc. than in prohibiting bounding boxes larger than the drawing size. I think it should be left up to the user to decide this. In the past "Canvas" has been used to refer to the entire drawing area while "Page" has been used to refer to the SVG specified drawing area. The dialogs and command line options should use "Page" wherever "Canvas" is used. .fx I see small bugs in gradients and displaying a pattern. .gpl OK. .hpgl I see bugs in object transformations. Uniconvertor as of 1.1.4 also generates .hpgl files. Uniconvertor doesn't handle Inkscape circles. .odg. Small translation problems. .pdf. Generally OK. Bug in patterns made from a group of objects drawn off the page. Export dialog almost the same as for EPS and PS but small differences in wording and in order of options. Should match with EPS and PS dialog. .plt Uses Uniconvertor. Tool tip etc. state it is AutoCAD plot file... but this is really, as far as I can tell, just HPGL. .png Duplicates "Export Bitmap" menu entry but without handling Filtered objects. .pov Broken in v0.47. Extra lines are added to object descriptions. Works in v0.46 (some paths missing). .ps See EPS and PDF comments. .sk1 Uses Uniconvertor. .svg OK .svgz Broken in v0.47. Works in v0.46 .tex PSTricks OK, PSFrag needs work-around due to Cairo font subsetting. .xcf OK .wmf Uses Uniconvertor. .xaml Objects translated wrong (could be xaml input problem). .zip OK.

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Release note for v0.47.
by Tavmjong Bah 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hi, I think it is time to start the nagging to get the release notes complete. Here are the things I have noticed missing: 1. Undocumented Live Path Effects Ruler Interpolate subpath 2. Undocumented Extensions Modify Path -> Interpolate Attribute in a Group Web -> JavaScript Generate from Path -> Motion Generate from Path -> Scatter 3. New location of preferences.xml etc. 4. Undocumented Import/Export JavaFX 5. Changes to Tools Sketch mode for Pencil Tool needs expansion. Missing change to Pencil Tool and Pen Tool for dots. 6. SVG Test Suite Compliance Fill out skeleton. 7. Extended input device configuration Does it work? 8. Document Properties Dialog What is purpose of Script tab? Tav

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Inkscape Website
by Chris Morgan 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

Hey guys, I decided to post this as a new topic rather than taking the InkscapeForum.org one further off-topic. I've pretty much finished my theme for the website, and it's available for viewing at http://inkscape.chrismorgan.info/. I'll be setting up content as I get to it (i.e. soon). Other theme submissions are welcome, email them to me and I can set them up there. Josh Andler said he would talk to Ian about getting me Drupal access on inkscape.org - I don't know who Ian is or anything about that, but it could help with testing :-). I'm happy to work with it on my server though, it can be transferred without much trouble. Unless I hear about a inkscape.org-hosted Drupal site very soon I'll just continue working on my copy. My work is mainly based on this<http://duckgoesoink.deviantart.com/art/Inkscape-Website-entry-front-81779014> submission<http://duckgoesoink.deviantart.com/art/Inkscape-Website-entry-main-81779682>by duckgoesoink. Is she/are you subscribed to this list, or does anyone know how to get in contact with her? I'd like to put a credit link in the footer. -- Chris Morgan <chris.morganiser@...400...> I don't need a quote in my signature. It's hard enough surviving as it is without having to find a meaningful quote. Will you forgive me? Or don't you read this bit?

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InkscapeForum.com for offer to Inkscape.org
by microUgly 06 Oct '09

06 Oct '09

If you don't know, I run www.inkscapeforum.com--a relatively successful phpBB forum for Inkscape users. I created the forum because I knew there was demand and at the time I knew I could devote a lot of time to make it successful. But I was never fond of the idea that a single person would have ownership of the data accumulated from the community. I wanted to offer ownership of the forum to Inkscape.org. Ideally this only needs to go as far as knowing that if I were hit by a bus, someone could step in and take over. I don't know how things are ran on the inkscape.org site, but I would be offering the entire setup to be hosted by inkscape.org (if possible). I would happily continue to moderate, and administer the board if appropriate access were given. And I would redirect inkscapeforum.com to the new domain, or change it's name servers. Anyway, discussion open. Would Inkscape.org be interested in adopting the forum? The forum won't be shutdown regardless of the answer. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/InkscapeForum.com-for-offer-to-Inkscape.org-tp2467341… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Paths and file extensions in save dialogs
by Maximilian Albert 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

Hi all, as of rev. 22010 the "Save as ..." and "Save a copy ..." dialogs should now remember the last used directories and file extensions independently of each other (this closes at least LP #184655, #386292, and perhaps even a few more, I haven't checked yet). It took me a while to understand how the different OS-specific file dialogs are implemented, and I hope I got it right. But please test extensively and let me know if there are any problems. This particularly applies to Windows users since I cannot test the changes there. Thanks, Max P.S.: I believe the export dialog doesn't remember its own path yet althouth I modified some parts in the corresponding source files, too. But it just occurred to me that there is an #ifdef in file.cpp to choose between different types of export dialogs, so I probably modified the wrong part. Anyway, my question is: Is it desired to store the path in the Export dialog at all, at least for the Page and Drawing tabs?

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape scripting API (Draft)
by Glimmer Labs 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Kent Tenney<ktenney@...400...> wrote: > I see mention of pytester.py in src/inkscape/src/extension/dbus/Notes.txt > but haven't found the file. > > Thanks, > Kent Update to the latest SVN and it should be in the dbus folder. I didn't add it at first because it was just for testing, but now I realize it serves as a fairly good example script as well. The reason it creates two documents is to make sure functions work even if they are called on an inactive document. This can be changed if you don't want to be opening lots of extra windows. (or use document_0 if you don't want to open any extra windows.)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] rotating guides
by Diederik van Lierop 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

Op Wo, 1 juli, 2009 12:01, schreef LucaDC: > These are my humble suggestions: > 1) when moving the guide (no modifiers) you always also move (and snap) > the > origin, that goes under the cursor, in 2D (so wherever you click you > always > grab the guide at its origin: why moving the guide keeping the origin at > the > original distance from the grab/snapping point?); this behaviour would be > consistent (=intuitive) to what happens when you create a guide; That makes sense! If no one comes up with a valid use case for the current behavior then I will implement it the way you suggest. > 2) if shift is pressed when clicking, the guides always rotate (snapping > to > what's around or, if you press ctrl after the rotation is started, to > absolute angles, i.e. always starting from 0, using the step specified in > the preferences for when rotating objects); So shift rotates ... > 3) if ctrl-shift is pressed when clicking, the origin moves constrained to > the guide (snapping to what's around projected perpendicularly to the > guide; > if you want something different you can create a new guide and snap to the > intersection, while creating a guide perpendicular to a given one is not > always straightforward; this is a general consideration regarding snapping > while constrained). ... but when "adding ctrl to shift" not only it becomes constrained, but it also changes from rotation to translation. In my opinion using ctrl should only make the motion constrained, and not change the type of transformation simultaneously. So: A) when dragging with no modifiers we will move the origin to the pointer location (freely, in 2D) B) with ctrl we will have a constrained translation of the origin along the guide C) with shift we will rotate D) with ctrl-shift we will rotate to increments of the absolute angle and with A), B), and C) Inkscape will snap depending on the snapping parameters. It looks like we're converging here, aren't we ;-) ? What do you think? Diederik

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Inkscape 0.47pre2
by Ted Gould 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

Hello! After too much delay, some for good and some for stupid reasons I've finally uploaded a pre2 source package for Inkscape. This is VERY close to the final 0.47 release so it's important that people pay attention and we don't let things fall through the cracks. https://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.47pre2 There should be packages available shortly, packagers please reply to this message with information regarding those. Please discuss any release critical bugs or other information regarding the release on the inkscape-devel mailing list. === MD5 Sums === de351d81cca9f99b3a1fb4faa36c723d inkscape-0.47pre2.tar.bz2 77c6ea1245618af69381067c90e57afc inkscape-0.47pre2.tar.bz2.asc ccced173f66611591006d16ea6a200b4 inkscape-0.47pre2.tar.gz 3df60bde0ca2ef28db283c285d5511b1 inkscape-0.47pre2.tar.gz.asc cb94fa821bff40970260f9530cc0bd84 inkscape-0.47pre2.zip 710c523dfdcf10ad39753788baefba90 inkscape-0.47pre2.zip.asc --Ted

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