June 2010 - 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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Poppler internal API problem
by Krzysztof Kosiński 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

We are still using the internal Poppler API to import PDFs. This is very bad, since the internal Poppler API is not stable, and will keep breaking. (We already don't build with poppler > 0.12.1) How about using the public Glib API to render to a Cairo SVG surface instead? This is how pdf2svg works, and to be honest I had to use that utility several times to augment Inkscape, because it handles text much better. What are the advantages to using internal Poppler API directly? Regards, Krzysztof

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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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NEW: mouseover cursors in Selector
by bulia byak 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Selector tool has a new mouse cursor (arrow with an open hand) for when your mouse is over a selectable object, and another (arrow with clinched hand) for when you're dragging an object. This improves precision of selection and UI consistency (previously, the mouse cursor over a selectable object was different across platforms, e.g. hand icon on Linux or four-way arrow on Windows). -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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"close all curves" extension
by Alexandre Prokoudine 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi, Do we want this extension in the bundle? http://www.cnc-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=37 By the way, the very same guys implemented an absolutely amazing extension that creates Gcode (Computer-aided manufacturing, or CAM data) out of Inkscape drawings: Main English page seems to be http://kalyaev.com/2010/20100423/gcodetools.html They have a bzr repo here: https://launchpad.net/gcodetools Unfortunately there is less information in English than in Russian. But you can look at pretty pictures :) http://www.cnc-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=34 Alexandre

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Status of dbus awareness
by Kent Tenney 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

Howdy, I just built the inkscape trunk from bzr and ran this script #!/usr/bin/python import dbus bus = dbus.SessionBus() inkdoc1 = bus.get_object('org.inkscape', '/org/inkscape/desktop_0') doc1 = dbus.Interface(inkdoc1, dbus_interface="org.inkscape.document") im = doc1.image(100 ,100, '/home/ktenney/Firefox_wallpaper.png') Which worked on a dbus branch a while back. Now it starts inkscape, but does not place the image - was the dbus code merged? - if so, how do I enable/use it? - if not, where is dbus capable code? Thanks, Kent

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NFTDialog : I need a tutor in order to check my code
by Albin Manoël 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hi developers, Thanks to Jasper van de Gronde and Jon Cruz for their answers on : http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:NewFromTemplateSpec This weekend, I made some *GTKmm code* in order to design the NFT Dialog. The window is fully functional, but I need more informations about how can I read informations from an SVG file, how to generate a preview image and a lot of other stuffs. I give you my dirty code.* Please affect me a tutor*. See ya ! :-)

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DXF import plugin (dxf_input.py) bugs, missing features and their solutions.
by dormouse 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Hello! Let me introduce myself to group. My name is Vladimir Kalyaev (http://kalyaev.com) one of the "gcodetools" developers. gcodetools is the Inkscape extension to add CNC functionality. It generates G-Codes from SVG drawings and aimed to be a complete CAD/CAM freeware open-source workflow. DXF import bugs. I've discovered 2 major bugs in the latest dxf_import.py release. Both of them are incorrect last "bulget" (having curvature) segment import of LWPOLYLINE. This plugin simply throws away this segment and replaces it with a straight line. Incorrect import example (straight lines point to errorneus lines. Arcs should be there): http://kalyaev.com/2010/20100513/inkscape-direct.png The source code was modified by me to correct these errors. Now all closed polylines imports correctly to Inkscape. Also there is another missing feature: POINT primitive import due to SVG limitation (there is no POINT at all inside SVG specification). dxf_import.py imports POINTS as two circular segments and they are totally indistinguishable from the other objects. Point is very usefull for "drilling" and e.t.c so a simple solution: import them as any object (red arrow in my version) with the "d" outline "M x,y ..." (x,y)=(pointX, pointY) and special SVG-attribute "dxfpoint":"1" to distinguish from the other objects. This behaviour turns on when new "checkmark" is enabled (dxf_import.inx) All of these corrections and additions are tested and work fine. I offer to merge them into current Inkscape dev distribution. Everyone can take these files from launchpad.net "lp:gcodetools" branch or download today's version with the DXF,svg,png examples from the http://kalyaev.com/2010/20100601/gcodetools.v85.zip Have a nice day! --- Vladimir Kalyaev.

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GSOC branch for c++ification of the SP Layer.
by Abhishek Sharma 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Hello all inkscape developers and users, I am currently developing the project named "C++ifying the SP Layer and XML node privatization". I had been doing the development for the same for about a month now and have created a branch for the corresponding developed code. The code as of now c++ifies sp-item.h/cpp , sp-line.h/cpp, sp-polyline.h/.cpp and marks the beginning of document.h/.cpp . There are some performance increase but they shall become more noticeable when I attack the major parent classes like SPDekstop, SPDocument(SPItem already done, took me 2 weeks). The branch is uploaded here https://code.launchpad.net/~spyzer-abhishek0/+junk/gsoc-cppify I shall be glad to have responses about the work from the developers. I shall soon be beginning the XML node privatization as well where the main job would be to highlight the areas where XML tree should be targeted to begin its purging. Hope this finds you all to your best. Have a nice day!!! -- Abhishek Sharma B-Tech Information Technology Indian Institute of Information Technology(Amethi Campus)

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Command bar/Snap bar positions
by Tavmjong Bah 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi, I just deleted my preferences file and restarted the latest bzr version of Inkscape. I see that the command bar (file/print/etc.) and snap bar are both vertical and on the right side. I really don't like this and prefer them the way they were. Is there a way to move them back? There was recently an option at the end of the command bar to select the preferred placement but it seems to have disappeared. I think that unless there is a compelling reason to set the default to have the bars on the right, the default should be as before. I can't think of any other software that has the file/print/etc. icons on the right. In addition, changes like this mean that a lot of documentation screen shots have to be updated so the changes should really be necessary. Thanks, Tav

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