November 2010 - Inkscape Devel

Corrupted pdf
by Damien Cassou 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Dear all, it looks like inkscape is creating corrupted pdf files for some of my diagrams (not just one). https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/672686 I've attached a sample file for you to try. -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them popular by not having them." James Iry

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Text Pattern Spam
by Tavmjong Bah 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hi, I've looked into the cause of pattern spam with text (adjusting a pattern fill inside text creates lots of new pattern entities, each transforming the previous one). I've found a problem that I don't know how to fix. Here is a "trace" of what is happening: When a pattern is adjusted: PatternKnotHolderEntityScale::knot_set() calls sp_item_adjust_pattern() which calls sp_pattern_clone_if_necessary() This routine looks at the hrefcount for the pattern. If it is greater than 1 then a new pattern is created. For shapes hrefcount is always 1 but for text it is 3. One problem I found here is that if a new pattern is needed, sp_repr_css_change_recursive() is called. This adds an unnecessary style attribute to tspans. Bingo, I thought. But changing this to sp_repr_css_change() didn't fix the problem. The hrefcount still ends up at 3. Sometime after returning from PatternKnotHolderEntityScale..., sp_object_href() is called 3 times, setting the hrefcount to 4 (2 in the case of a shape). Somehow this gets reduced by 1 before the next time sp_pattern_clone_if_necessary() is called leaving the hrefcount at 3 (1 in the case of a shape). Can anybody give me a clue as to what is happening? Thanks. Tav

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Add a dock ittem in Inkscape window with Python
by Thinker K.F. Li 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hi All, I am glade to tell you that we can add a dock item in the window of Inkscape with Pythn code. The screenshot is attached. You can try it by - bzr branch lp:~thinker-codemud/inkscape/pybind inkscape-pybind - cd inkscape-pybind - configure --with-python - make - PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/src/pybind/tests ./src/inkscape and, then, you will see a test dock item in the window of Inkscape.

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0.48.1 next week
by Alexandre Prokoudine 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Hi, We were planning to release 0.48.1 around October 25. Are there any issues of satble version somebody is working on or planning to work on in the coming days? Do we have Windows and Mac packagers at the ready for that? Do you know of any reason we should postpone this point release? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Windows Console Options
by Adin Ramirez Rivera 05 Nov '10

05 Nov '10

Hi all, I've been using Inkscape for a while now, and most of the time I'm working from console. So I decide to write as the FAQ say so. So please consider including a console executable (linux like options would be great!) in your official builds. Thanks in advance, keep with the cool work! adin

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[Fwd: [CREATE] Pro bono ads in Libre Graphics Magazine]
by Ted Gould 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Seems that we should have an official "Inkscape Ad" -- perhaps a contest on Deviant Art? --Ted -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: ginger coons <ginger@...2483...> To: create <create@...626...> Subject: [CREATE] Pro bono ads in Libre Graphics Magazine Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:38:19 -0400 Hello, Create! More chatter from Libre Graphics Magazine. In issue 1.1, we've reserved nine full pages for pro bono ads. These pages are spaces we want to go to the promotion of F/LOSS and Libre Graphics software and projects. So far, only one is spoken for. Which means that we've got eight whole pages left for the promotion of Libre Graphics projects. We're running A4 size pages and if you don't want to design an ad yourself, we'll do it for you. If your project wants one of those spaces, either reply to this thread, to me, or to enquiries@...2484... -- ginger "all-lower-case" coons adaptstudio.ca 647.865.7757 (Toronto) 514.213.1318 (Montreal) _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@...626... http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Filters Not Saved with PNG
by Jasper van de Gronde 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Chris Lilley wrote: > On Saturday, January 16, 2010, 10:32:16 PM, knowone wrote: > ... > k> How can I save the file as PNG with the drop shadow intact? > > Make sure you are exporting as PNG. Do not 'Save As' Cairo PNG. > > (I came across this a couple of days ago, and the symptom was that blur filters were not being applied. Also, the pixel dimensions of the two methods differ, if the graphic bleeds over the edge of the 'page'). Can someone tell me why we have a non-vector format in the save as list? One that seems redundant and apparently with less functionality than the normal export. Is this for testing purposes?

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improved dxf export
by john cliff 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Seems like theres a couple of improved versions of the dxf export script floating around the web, can we contact the devs in question and see about getting one of them pulled back into head? http://www.bobcookdev.com/inkscape/inkscape-dxf.html http://tim.cexx.org/?p=590 http://www.bigbluesaw.com/saw/big-blue-saw-blog/general-updates/big-blue-sa… cant see any references to licenses, but since they seem to derive from the inkscape one I guess their GPL, would be wise to confirm that with the devs in question tho. Cheers John

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