April 2010 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Problem of chatting in IRC
by Zhenfeng Zhao 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Hi, I have a question about chatting in IRC. In windows, it did not work for me. So, I just tried XChat in Linux. Now I can see other people chatting in the channel. But I cannot send messages there. I have changed it to utf-8. #inkscape :Cannot send to channel Charset changed to: utf-8 Still, it shows: <ZZF_> hello * #inkscape :Cannot send to channel Also, some more messages below... Can anyone told me how to fix it, in order to chatting in the channal? Thank you. <ChrisMorgan> That is probably all you need, but if you need more, you could create a rectangle the size of the whole thing and apply it as a clipping mask. <ChrisMorgan> (Then everything else would need to be in a group) <kn100> so in other words there's no way to hide overflow at the design stage without changing how i work with the tool? * troy_s has quit (Quit: Leaving.) * vlada has quit (Remote host closed the connection) * Justicejr (~Justicejr@...2337...) has joined #inkscape <ZZF_> hello * #inkscape :Cannot send to channel Regards, Zhenfeng.

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Coordinate system fix
by Krzysztof Kosiński 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Hello In revision 9288 I fixed the inverted coordinate system bug, starting from a patch by Thomas Holder. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170049 While this is a rather invasive change, fixing bugs caused by removing the coordinate inversion is simple (often it boils down to tweaking a single line of code), so I think we'll manage to fix any remaining regressions before the release. Regards, Krzysztof

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC: KML <-> SVG Translation
by sjatkins＠...2336... 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Oh dear, I really am no good at mailing lists. I accidentally emailed this to Krzysztof instead of the mailing list. Sorry! On 06 April 2010 at 17:49 "Krzysztof Kosiński" <tweenk.pl@...400...> wrote: > 2010/4/5 sjatkins@...2336... <sjatkins@...2336...>: > > Then, develop a command-line app that will actually do the conversion. I'll > > be > > using C++. I haven't decided on an XML library yet - any suggestions? > > You should use libxml2 and libxslt - that's what Inkscape uses. > However, it might be better to write an internal extension rather than > a separate command line application. Look at src/extension/internal/. > You can also consider using XSLT. Thanks, that's really helpful - I wasn't sure where in the codebase to look. Making it an internal extension does sound much better than an external application. I'm not very familiar with XSLT, and it's probably better to stick with C++ as I know it better. > > Once the command-line program is working, I'll start on giving it a GUI. I > > can't > > seem to find anything about what UI library Inkscape itself uses - can > > anybody > > tell me? > > It uses GTK+ and gtkmm. Again, look at existing input extensions - the > extension system should satisfy your GUI needs. You just put the > parameters you need in an .inx file and the GUI is created > automatically. > > Regards, Krzysztof I think I might not need to add a GUI if I do this as a extension, but if I do I'll use the extension system like you suggest. ~Sam

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GSoC: KML <-> SVG Translation
by sjatkins＠...2336... 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Hi everyone, I'm interested in applying to create an KML - SVG converter. KML and SVG are similar enough that it makes sense for there to be a way to convert from one to the other. My plan would be: >From now until the end of week 1 or 2: Study both formats and work-out the equivalents between KML and SVG. I know there are features of KML - namely, placemark descriptions, which will not convert directly to SVG. There are probably other features too. I'll try to deal with these in any time I have remaining at the end. I'll also need to work out a way to convert the coordinates systems, and deal with sizing the image - using the KML coordinates, the image would be very small, in a very large document. Then, develop a command-line app that will actually do the conversion. I'll be using C++. I haven't decided on an XML library yet - any suggestions? * Plan the structure of the program. * Focussing first on KML -> SVG, gradually add tags to convert, and check they work correctly. * Once KML -> SVG works, add SVG -> KML. Should be a case of reversing the existing conversion functions. * Write some usage documentation. Once the command-line program is working, I'll start on giving it a GUI. I can't seem to find anything about what UI library Inkscape itself uses - can anybody tell me? It would be better to use the same one, to make maintenance easier. The GUI will send commands to the command-line program, to keep the two separate, and so that Inkscape itself can use the command-line one at some point if needed. * Design the UI. * Implement it. * Write some user documentation. Deliverables: * A command line program that can convert SVG to KML, and back, successfully. * (Probably) A GUI to go with the command-line program. If I get time: * Allow importing/exporting as KML from within Inkscape. * Find ways of handling 'placemark' KML elements, and any others that do not convert easily to SVG, so that a user can convert to SVG, edit, and convert back, without losing anything. Possibly by including hidden elements in the SVG, or using comments. ----------------------- Is this a decent plan? Is there anything I've missed? ~Samuel Atkins

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Remove Inkview?
by Krzysztof Kosiński 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Hello https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/278001 Inkview is large (8MB) and doesn't do much. Does anybody use it? I think it should be removed. This would reduce the size of binary packages as well as installed size somewhat. Regards, Krzysztof

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Question on Frost - is this a known issue?
by Jason Smith 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

I am new to Inkscape, but have been involved in some open source projects (mainly Java-ish stuff). I downloaded the latest Windows release and tried it out. I am wondering if this is a known issue, since it is so badly broken. (Inkscape April 3 drop, Windows Vista) I am trying to use a Wacom Bamboo tablet. Inkscape looks like it recognizes the tablet, but I can't seem to get it to work with the caligraphy tool. My tablet works with 0.47, after some fiddling. Additionally, there are two GUIs for setting up input hardware now. The old one looks like 0.47, and the new one looks very cool, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to make it work. And keep in mind, it could be user error - I am new to Inkscape. But I am thinking that a Wacom Bamboo tablet should "just work" with a drawing application... Sooooo... are the hardware input dialogs still "in-work"? If not, I'll be happy to provide details and screen shots. I just don't want to clutter your bug tracking system before checking. Thanks! Jason Smith

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Inkscape - GSoc Application
by shruthy r 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

Hi Everyone, I'm a third year electrical engineering student at National University of Singapore looking forward to participate in Google summer of code 2010. I noticed that Inkscape was accepted as a mentoring organization. After looking at the project ideas, I decided to go ahead with the exercise. I downloaded Bazaar for windows, as my laptop supports only Windows OS. I have gone through the basic bazaar tutorial. I would like to know what else is expected out of a typical applicant. Kindly help out, Thanks a lot, Shruthy.

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Funding budget for improve text-block
by David Marín Carreño 03 Apr '10

03 Apr '10

Hi, all. I'm using Inkscape in a new business I am working on, and I have discovered some blocking-features that are missing (at least, I have not found them in the 0.47 version of Inkscape: - Vertical alignment property for a text block, so text can be shown at the top, the bottom, or centered. - Kerning adjustment for texts. - Tracking adjustment for texts. - Word-spacing adjustment for texts. My new project really need these features from Inkscape, so we'd like to provide funds for the project so they can be included as soon as possible. As we are currently in the process of getting funds from investors, I'd like to know what would be the approximated budget for implementing these features, and how log it would take (approximately). Thank you very much for your kind support, and for creating Inkscape. -- David Marín Carreño stylomate.com

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Release Notes
by Joshua A. Andler 03 Apr '10

03 Apr '10

Hey All, Please do not forget to update the Release Notes as PART of your adding or changing features process... Krzysztof, Coordinates change needs to be added. Jon, Glyph dialog needs to be added. Can anyone else think of other items that still haven't been added? Cheers, Josh

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Potential Summer of Code students
by Joshua A. Andler 03 Apr '10

03 Apr '10

Hello Students, Short and sweet message. Please do not forget that you only have until the 9th to submit your GSoC proposals... Cheers, Josh

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