September 2010 - 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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OpenMP fix
by Krzysztof Kosiński 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

I just discovered that OpenMP support (used to parallelize Gaussian blur) is not functional on Linux and OS X because of a missing AC_DEFINE. Here is a patch that fixes this problem. Admins: please apply to 0.48 branch also. Regards, Krzysztof

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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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Compiling on Windows
by Nery Chucuy 05 Oct '10

05 Oct '10

Hi, According to http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port I need to use MinGW, is there any way I can use only MSVC08. Have you though about using Scons? Thank you,

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] ui improvements
by Jasper van de Gronde 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

On 2010-09-09 12:54, J.B.C.Engelen@...1578... wrote: > ... (about tool cursor with color preview) > Pretty neat! > Could you also implement this for the spiral, pen(cil) and calligraphy > tools? Sure. The main reason I didn't do it yet is that it isn't clear to me what should be shown. Other than that it's just a matter of changing the corresponding .xpm and adding a small line with tool's "preference url" to its TOOL-context.cpp (in the init function, see rect-context.cpp for example, if you want to do it yourself).

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Problem resizing horizontal or vertical lines
by JiHO 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hello all, This is an old issue I think, and this made wonder wether there was a workaround by now. Here are the steps: 1- draw a perfectly horizontal line (snap to grid to be sure) 2- select the path with the selector tool. Its size is displayed in the toolbar 3.1- in inkscape preferences > tools, select visual bounding box 3.2- resize the width of the line by typing a new number (say, half the original) in the toolbar => The line is resized but only approximately 4.1- in inkscape preferences > tools, select geometric bounding box 4.2- resize the width of the line by typing a new number in the toolbar => The line is not resized at all This works the same when you try to change the height of a vertical line. I guess all this relates to a division by zero somewhere since it disappears as soon as the line is slanted even by the tiniest amount. I could not find a bug report but there is surely one (I probably just searched with incorrect terms). Is there a fix in sight? a workaround? I am trying to map an apartment and it's just a bunch of horizontal and vertical lines that need to have a precise length. Thanks in advance for any help, JiHO --- http://maururu.net

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How to reduce complexity of scanning svg file
by Stephen Dickason 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hello all. I am using Inkscape to vectorise images - i.e. set up path information - that I can then parse the resulting .svg file into an intermediate program that when run generates the equivalent PDF drawing commands. This was nice and easy with version 0.46, but I have a windows XP configuration where the Inkscape floating toolbars don't work properly on that version and upgraded to version 0.48 where they now work. A new problem is now the path information (after working on the path) is now not just M,L,C,z commands, but also m,l,c commands, and command omission on repetition. (The M,L,C commands are great because translating them is relatively simple.) I have attempted to correctly interpret the relative coordinates of the m,l,c commands, but I don't seem to get the curves right. The command omission on repetition I may have to rewrite my parser, or try understand the whole thing again (No it wasn't BNF'd or Yacc'd). I have a few options in order of preference: 1) Find the switch in Inkscape that makes it use the original M,L,C path commands. 2) Export the path(s) from inside Inkscape to something similar. 3) Fix my parser, which will take a while and may break again in future versions. 4) Find a nifty utility that helps with the svg parsing. Can anyone can help or advise with the above options or suggest a better alternative? Thanks In Advance This email is subject to our disclaimer which can be found by visiting our website on http://www.elcb.co.za/UI/Contents.aspx?ID=28

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