September 2009 - Inkscape Devel

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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versioning scheme
by Alexandre Prokoudine 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hi, This mail can lead to all sorts of flamewars, hunting with pitchforks etc., but what the hell... :) Don't know for you, but to me Inkscape seems to be inside the <1.0 loop forever, whereas people all around effectively use it for solving Real Life (C)(R)(tm) tasks. Yes, it is unbearably slow, it cannot work as a standalone prepress tool and so on and so forth. Nevertheless, it's real tool, not toy. That is, in a way the current <1.0 versioning quite misrepresents Inkscape and its features. Lately Hugin (which is a panorama making tool) project adopted the YEAR.EVEN/ODD versioning scheme. Should we probably discuss whether we need something like that? This would be another way to deal with the roadmap that we don't really follow anyway. /me ducks Alexandre

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Lauchpad milestones
by Nicolas Dufour 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hi, Could someone update the Launchpad milestones so that we can target the bugs and wishlists to the next releases? (0.48 and 0.49)? 0.47alpha, 0.47beta, 0.47rc1, 0.47.0 and 0.47.1 are not very useful and we could probably remove them safely. (0.47.1 has 5 reports which should be targeted 0.48, and the others none.) Thanks! -- Nicolas

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[bug tracker] Guideslines for tags?
by ~suv 25 Oct '09

25 Oct '09

The new 'cloud' rendering of all tags on <https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/inkscape> shows a total of 287 used tags. Are there any guidelines to follow when adding or renaming tags besides the visible 'official' and 'other' tags of the default interface on <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape>? Is there a more suitable place to ask/discuss questions like this about the bug tracker and bug triage? tia, ~suv

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Inkscape 0.47 on the horizon (Call for help)
by Joshua A. Andler 11 Oct '09

11 Oct '09

Hey All, I think we closed out the last of the blocker bugs today! So, will people please help ensure that the release notes are up to date? I'm headed there in just a minute to document my latest changes. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.47 Regarding PR, I am going to continue with what was started here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/AnnouncePlanning047 If you are an inkscape user who wants to contribute, even if you can't program, this is the perfect way to give back to the community. Please help us flesh this out and refine it. Packagers, please package up Pre3 if you have not already done so as a practice run... and honestly, I think it would be safe to plan a release for next week (between Monday the 5th and Friday the 9th), provided packages are available and no new issues arise. Any objections to this proposed plan? Any thoughts on if releasing on a specific day of the week will get more notice? Cheers, Josh

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JavaFX interest
by Jon A. Cruz 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

Hi, Is there still much interest out there in having Inkscape support JavaFX? I fixed some core issues to get things to at least compile/read, etc. However there are still some bugs on specific features not working when exported files are brought into JavaFX-land. It would help things greatly if some users could poke about briefly and enter some Launchpad bugs against Inkscape for individual JavaFX issues. Thanks.

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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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