August 2010 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

How to fix a bug for 0.48.1
by unknown＠example.com 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Hi all, I just fixed a bug in trunk that should be released also in 0.48.1. How should one go about this? Is there a better way of simply doing the edits twice, once in trunk and once in 0.48.1 branch? (i.e. should i merge things or...) Thanks, Johan

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make Inkscape populary for Laserengravingmachine
by Axel Richter 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Dear Inkscape Developer, i work with laserengravingmachine at my job, but at home i use inkscape to draw anything. I have try with my boss to use inkscape for this laser. The surfaceraster is going right but the cut isn`t going. I hope we a any others can use inkscape in future for this laser. This could inkscape more populare and alternative for many laserusers. Now i can use Corel draw and adobe photoshop for this laser. The problem is only the cut-line this could a line how in corel a hairline or 0,01 thickness i think the laser can`t understand the vectorline from inkscape. The faces understand it. The lasers work´s with 1200dpi 600dpi or 400dpi how any printers. Other thing would be the engravers area, i would set the ruler-coordinates especially for the type of lasermachine I hope you can help to use inkscape for it. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Axel Richter ~ +WEB+VECTOR+PHOTO+MUSIC+ ~ Web: http://www.airwaveindehouse.com http://www.axelrichteronline.de Mail: airwaveindehouse@...1439...

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Export dialog, relative path patch
by Craig Marshall 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Hi, I've written some codethat makes the export dialog leave out the directory when exporting a drawing or an object, defaulting to just the png filename (patch attached). This is for two reasons: 1) Since the export path defaults to the SVG directory anyway, this will a) not change anyone's workflow, but b) will reduce work when you inevitably move your files around. If relative paths are an option, is there a good reason why they are not the default option? I suppose it's conceivable that people always export all pngs to a certain fixed folder that is nothing to do with the SVG directory, but then you have to type that in anyway, so this doesn't harm that use case at all. 2) I didn't even know that relative paths worked until about a week ago*, so I have to assume that at least some others don't know about it either. This patch helps to advertise to users that it is even possible, and saves them some work! If you accept this code, please look at it very carefully, I am just a novice at these things. Craig * I have manually updated the export path in this dialog when my files need to be moved (at least once per file, depending on that jobs status, which seems to be unavoidable in my workflow), I dont even want to think how many hours I've spent doing this unnecessarily.

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Extension interface request
by Craig Marshall 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Hi, I'd like to make a couple of requests for features (or perhaps explanations/pointers to why they can't be included). 1) It would be really cool to have a proper directory selection (or popup directory chooser) as an option on the inkex dialog. This way the user doesn't have to memorise their favourite directories etc., they can browse to them, or use favourites, etc. 2) Someone on #inkscape mentioned that the filename/directory information was excluded from the SVG for security reasons, but this class of information is still freely included in the form of export hints. It's inconsistent for one, and inconvenient for another. I've just been developing an extension where it would have been much nicer to export the necessary files to the same directory by default. A possible workaround if 1) is ever implemented, would be to optionally default the directory chooser to the drawing's working directory, thereby bypassing the security problem. 3) Possibly related to 2. Whenever I export a document from inkscape, then move the file (I have a bunch of folders/hierarchies and the files move depending on various states), if I then need to export again, I have to tell it where to export to, and it's a bit of a pain, it would be nice for an option to always export to the working directory. Thanks, Craig

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Inscape crashes since installing v0.48 on WIN7
by Lars Ewering 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

Hello, the following problem i have on AMD dual core 3000+ with windows7: since the installing of inkscape v.48 the "incscape-einstellungen" (in german) or shift+contrl+p leads to a complete crash. reinstalling on v.47 doesn't fix the problem. may you can follow the example an find the reason... greatings lars

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回复：
by 明天 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

I confirm that I've installed the dev libs（The latest version）. The file gtkmm-2.4.pc exist at all in C:\devlibs\lib\pkgconfig\ . Before running btool, I run mingwenv.bat. ------------------ 原始邮件 ------------------ 发件人: "Diederik van Lierop"<mail@...1689...>; 发送时间: 2010年8月27日(星期五) 晚上7:14 收件人: "635655368"<635655368@...2378...>; 主题: Re: On 08/27/2010 11:32 AM, 明天 wrote: > I read the document at > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port. I do vevrything > follow it. But my os is windows 7. I don't know what I can do ? Thanks! We will need more information to troubleshoot, so please try to be as verbose as possible. So first of all, please confirm that you've installed the dev libs. Secondly, does the file gtkmm-2.4.pc exist at all in C:\devlibs\lib\pkgconfig\ ? Before running btool, did you run mingwenv.bat? Regards, Diederik

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LPE PowerStroke
by unknown＠example.com 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

Hi all, Because my GSoC student had no progress at the midterm evaluation deadline, I decided to fail him for GSoC. But since I was screaming so loud at LGM that this summer we would have a PowerStroke LPE, I couldn't escape coding it myself. Too bad, I should have applied for GSoC as a student myself... For those interested: I think the PowerStroke LPE is ready for some playing and testing. You have to build Inkscape 0.48+devel with experimental LPEs enabled. [1] http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.49#PowerStroke http://imgh.us/powerstroke-ell.png Cusp nodes behave funny. To see clearly what happens, you have to apply a stroke to the path, and no fill. I do not yet know whether I am going to take the effort to properly handle cusp nodes... ;) I know it is buggy, so please only mail *ideas* for improvement, etc. thanks! Johan [1] You have to build Inkscape with "#define LPE_ENABLE_TEST_EFFECTS", otherwise the LPE won't show in the LPE dialog. (uncommenting line 9 in src/live_effects/effect.cpp will do the trick)

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回复： compile error
by 明天 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

I read the document at http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port. I do vevrything follow it. But my os is windows 7. I don't know what I can do ? Thanks! ------------------ 原始邮件 ------------------ 发件人: "Diederik van Lierop"<mail@...1689...>; 发送时间: 2010年8月26日(星期四) 下午3:01 收件人: "635655368"<635655368@...2378...>; 主题: Re: [Inkscape-devel] compile error On 08/26/2010 08:53 AM, 明天 wrote: > when I compile inkscape， > make error line 0 ： cannot open the file > 'C:\devlibs\lib\pkgconfig\gtkmm-2.4.pc' for reading. To be able to help you we need more details. For example, which instructions did you follow? Have you read the wiki on inkscape.org? Have you installed the devlibs? If so, in which directory? Apparently you're using windows, but which version? And why do you want to compile inkscape at all? Our latest v0.48 release is very fresh and up-to-date Regards, Diederik

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Cloned Tiles interface rework proposal
by Valerie 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

> I use tiled clones extensively in my work, and it just > feels too fundamental a tool to be kept over in the > edit menu, so I agree with that suggestion. Glad we agree on this point! > I personally disagree somewhat about the reclassification > into three tabs, as the tabs as they exist now correspond > precisely to the various fundamental linear transformations That's just it though, you're talking in math terms now. It just happens that the vast majority of people want to run at the mention of "maths." :P You might as well replace everything with transformation matrices... If you want to reason in maths terms, in my proposal: - The Tiles tab corresponds to the current "x,y" coordinate approach - The Radial tab corresponds to a "radius, angle" coordinate approach What prompted me to this suggestion is that recently, I wanted to design a simple gear (but still a bit more complicated than what the LPE offers). I ended up doing the rotation manually because it was faster than opening a tutorial to find out what in the world rows and columns were supposed to do for rotations. I just wanted to duplicate the pattern exactly 6 times in a rotation. A lot of people would want to do that for simple designs such as flowers, clocks, round patterns etc., and they probably don't want to need a maths degree for something that basic. Good point about other options missing in the Cloned Tiles interface though. So right now, here's a recap on what me may find missing with the current interface: 1. Location: Move to Objects, add a shortcut, open a docker? 2. On-screen guideline. The default will be as currently, but if you select the object and either a straight line or a line with two segments, I'd like a drop-down to appear allowing you to choose it as the guideline for the transformations, so there's no need to resort to tricks to add spacing to tiling, to choose a centre of rotation, etc. 3. The ability to switch between % and absolute values. 4. Add skew. 5. An Easy, intuitive way to do radial clones. At the very least, add a button in the Rotation tab for "Rotate around centre", and maybe add a "Divide sphere by n" times so that people don't have to calculate the exact angle. Of course, people would want the ability to choose what that centre is, which is where the guideline comes in. An alternative approach would be to add a Radial Align option in the Align Tab. It'd rotate the clones several times around the centre of rotation. Anything else? I do believe that this is an area where an improvement in just the interface will provide very big returns to users.

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Inkscape 0.48 released
by Joshua A. Andler 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Hey all! A huge thank you and congratulations to the Inkscape community for all of their effort as Inkscape 0.48 is now out! As usual, please show the news items some love at all the usual places (here are a few). http://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/d4p1h/inkscape_048_is_out/ http://digg.com/software/Inkscape_0_48_is_out http://slashdot.org/submission/1315486/Inkscape-048-is-out http://news.deviantart.com/article/126847/ Cheers, Josh

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