January 2011 - Inkscape Devel

Re: [Inkscape-devel] Can not build inkscape-0.48
by Dmitry Shkirmanov 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Version of ImageMagick is 6.3.7-9 (installed from repository), dev-libs (libmagick-dev, libmagick++-dev) are installed too. >What version of ImageMagick has been installed? Have the dev-libs ofImageMagick also been installed? >>Hello, i can not build inkscape-0.48 on debian lenny../configurefinished without errors, but 'make' gives an error. >>Here is theextraction from the output: >># >># >> CXX extension/internal/wpg-input.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.o >>extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp: In constructor I >>nkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::ImageMagickDocCache::I >>mageMagickDocCache(Inkscape::UI::View::View*)': >>extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:85: warning: depre >>cated conversion from string constant to char*' >>./util/glib-list-iterators.h: In member function T* const& >>Inkscape::Util::GSListConstIterator<T*>::operator*() const [ >>with T = SPItem]': >>extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:230: instantiate >>d from here >>./util/glib-list-iterators.h:47: warning: dereferencing type >>-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/adaptiveThreshold.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/addNoise.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/blur.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/channel.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/charcoal.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/colorize.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/contrast.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/cycleColormap.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/despeckle.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/edge.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/emboss.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/enhance.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/equalize.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/gaussianBlur.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/implode.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/level.o >>extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp: In member function vir >>tual void Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::Level::appl >>yEffect(Magick::Image*)': >>extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp:23: error: class Magick >>::Image' has no member named level' >>make[2]: *** [extension/internal/bitmap/level.o] Error 1 >>make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 >>/src' >>make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 >>make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 >>' >>make: *** [all] Error 2 >># >># >>I searched through the Google but have not found solution. >>Help me please to build it.

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Can not build inkscape-0.48
by Dmitry Shkirmanov 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

Hello, i can not build inkscape-0.48 on debian lenny. ./configurefinished without errors, but 'make' gives an error. Here is theextraction from the output: # # CXX extension/internal/wpg-input.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.o extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp: In constructor I nkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::ImageMagickDocCache::I mageMagickDocCache(Inkscape::UI::View::View*)': extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:85: warning: depre cated conversion from string constant to char*' ./util/glib-list-iterators.h: In member function T* const& Inkscape::Util::GSListConstIterator<T*>::operator*() const [ with T = SPItem]': extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:230: instantiate d from here ./util/glib-list-iterators.h:47: warning: dereferencing type -punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules CXX extension/internal/bitmap/adaptiveThreshold.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/addNoise.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/blur.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/channel.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/charcoal.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/colorize.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/contrast.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/cycleColormap.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/despeckle.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/edge.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/emboss.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/enhance.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/equalize.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/gaussianBlur.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/implode.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/level.o extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp: In member function vir tual void Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::Level::appl yEffect(Magick::Image*)': extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp:23: error: class Magick ::Image' has no member named level' make[2]: *** [extension/internal/bitmap/level.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 /src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 ' make: *** [all] Error 2 # # I searched through the Google but have not found solution. Help me please to build it.

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Scales when importing.
by Teto 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

Hi all! First, please slap me if ask something already asked, or already in the soft... My problem: Sometimes I make pictures or objects, sets, whatever, apart, in their own file, and then I import them in the main picture. When you're importing a SVG file, and you're changing its size, by default you're changing the strokes thickness accordingly . But I have an issue here. I often use the path effect "pattern along a path, stretched" for obvious pencil effects. but when I import the file, the objects with this effect have their "thickness" completely different. That's just ugly. I'd like to have the question/option "object -> path before importing", and choose what type of object I want to transform when importing (if possible). The workaround is obvious: change in paths the objects and save in a new file before importing. But, well... you know... ;-) Also, when I change the size of an object with this effect, I'd like to have its 'thickness' changing in the same proportions too (same demand when importing and resizing). I do know that when I don't have the same proportions in X and Y, it's a problem for the soft to decide what to do, because the thickness of the effect has just one value. But an option "choose the smallest" should be enough to solve the problem. By the way, something completely different: in the build 10017 for windows, the layer tool is buggy: eyes and padlocks are invisible, you must pass the mouse cursor over to see them, then they vanish again, except if you pass over from the first to the last layer. Cheers, Teto.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC 2011 announced
by Eric Kuzmenko 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

So for students to even be considered, let alone accepted accepted, they must first have commit access to the repo? I didn't think you had to be completely familiar with the code since you are a 'student'. Please help me with this because I want to apply but haven't had the time to go through all the doxygen docs and become familiar with the code yet. On Jan 25, 2011 10:49 AM, "Josh Andler" <scislac@...400...> wrote: > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Alexandre Prokoudine [mailto:alexandre.prokoudine@...400...] > > >> > Not exactly high. The previous year was a 2/5 failure > >> indeed, but the > >> > year before was 100% success, if my memory serves me well, > >> and we are > >> > talking about 6 or 7 projects in 2009. > > In 2010 we actually had 3/5 fail. :( It was very unfortunate and I > hope we can avoid that this year as the "acceptable" (desired) rate is > 80% successful. > > > >> > One of disappeared students last year had been around in > >> the community > >> > for a rather long time, and the other disappeared student did a > >> > successful project for GIMP in 2009, so it's quite possible that we > >> > just had our bit of bad luck. We did have disappearing students in > >> > even earlier GSoCs though. > >> > IIRC, this is where the "two patches" rule comes from. > > Actually the two patches rule comes from it's the minimum requirement > to get commit access to the repo. It was part of the change in > attitude from sodi podi to be more welcoming. It's honestly a pretty > low bar. It was decided that it would be good to require this before > the students would even be considered as it was "proof" of them > checking out the code and showing a form of commitment/desire to > participate in GSoC (plus what Johan said about it allowing us to see > to some extent if they really can read/write code). > > I really think that SVG compliance projects should be a focus this > year as well (not exclusive by any means though). The list Tav posted > does have some really great ideas, so I think we need to really > analyze what those tasks really look like and which would be > reasonable GSoC projects. > > Cheers, > Josh > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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GSoC 2011 - Anyone interested in Mentoring?
by Josh Andler 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Hey All, Since the GSoC 2011 discussions have begun, I figured I would get one of the basic questions out of the way... how many potential mentors do we have this year? As usual, I'm willing to Admin again this year unless someone else would be interested in doing so (I'd otherwise be good to be the backup admin). So, is anyone interested? Cheers, Josh

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GSoC 2011 announced
by Alexandre Prokoudine 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Hello, teams :) Google has just announced GSoC2011. http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announc… The timeline is here: http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/ti… </crossposting-is-evil> Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape-devel Digest, Vol 56, Issue 16
by Daniel Krause 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

I'm sorry I've not been as busy on the Technical Drafting project as I wanted to be. I'm looking at new ways to handle my schedule, so look for more productivity on that ASAP. Thanks! -Dan www.danielkrausedesign.com 302 598 4162 "Democracy is two Wolves and a Sheep voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed Sheep contesting the vote." - Ben Franklin On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:19 AM, < inkscape-devel-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Send Inkscape-devel mailing list submissions to > inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > inkscape-devel-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > inkscape-devel-owner(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Inkscape-devel digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. GSoC 2011 announced (Alexandre Prokoudine) > 2. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (Ian Caldwell) > 3. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (Tavmjong Bah) > 4. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (Alexandre Prokoudine) > 5. Fwd: GSoC 2011 announced (Pajarico) > 6. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...) > 7. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:52:58 +0300 > From: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC 2011 announced > To: Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: Scribus Development Mailing List <scribus-dev@...2133...>, > GIMP Developer <gimp-developer@...135...> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTik-94X00_DuhAcd7snAL3J5SDCWZ3-JRsxRvkpn@...401...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello, teams :) > > Google has just announced GSoC2011. > > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announc… > > The timeline is here: > > http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/ti… > > </crossposting-is-evil> > > Alexandre Prokoudine > http://libregraphicsworld.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:38:31 -0800 > From: Ian Caldwell <inchosting@...400...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC 2011 announced > To: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> > Cc: Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTi=U2bBE3N4JNZB5vewr4EuBKHpC1ui6KGRpbCZ4@...401...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > good maybe we can get some Django love somewhere in there.... since our > team > pretty much bailed... > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine < > alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> wrote: > > > Hello, teams :) > > > > Google has just announced GSoC2011. > > > > > > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announc… > > > > The timeline is here: > > > > > http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/ti… > > > > </crossposting-is-evil> > > > > Alexandre Prokoudine > > http://libregraphicsworld.org > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > > price-free! > > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > >

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Fwd: GSoC 2011 announced
by Pajarico 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

I forwarded this to A. Prokoudine only. Resending. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pajarico <pajarico@...400...> Date: 2011/1/25 Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC 2011 announced To: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> 2011/1/25 Ian Caldwell <inchosting@...400...>: > good maybe we can get some Django love somewhere in there.... since our team > pretty much bailed... If you say that for me I'm sorry, but have been very busy for the last week. Will try to add edits this week. I never had Django knowledge, thought. 2011/1/25 Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...>: >> * Easily add/edit hyperlinks > > We recently had a blueprint (by Pajarico?) for that. It's not for that. My blueprint was a proposition for adding hyperlinks to GUI as shortcuts to tutorials or key dilogs (basically, a usability improvement), not to add them to the canvas. BTW, please check it out and give some opinions. It's been published for some weeks now... I now you're all very busy with 0.48.1 but when you finish that I would appreciate your reviews.

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Fwd: [cairo-announce] cairo snapshot 1.11.2 now available
by Alexandre Prokoudine 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

FYI. Meshes are officially in Cairo now. Scribus 1.5.0svn actually had internal copy of that branch for meshes support. Not anymore probably :) Alexandre ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Wilson Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:59:00 +0000 Subject: [cairo-announce] cairo snapshot 1.11.2 now available To: cairo-announce@...278... Cc: gnome-announce-list@...45..., ftp-release@...626... A new cairo snapshot 1.11.2 is now available from: http://cairographics.org/snapshots/cairo-1.11.2.tar.gz which can be verified with: http://cairographics.org/snapshots/cairo-1.11.2.tar.gz.sha1 40b9e1066fcd33c2aeecd800764b1aa5a0ac7bde cairo-1.11.2.tar.gz http://cairographics.org/snapshots/cairo-1.11.2.tar.gz.sha1.asc (signed by Chris Wilson) Additionally, a git clone of the source tree: git clone git://git.cairographics.org/git/cairo will include a signed 1.11.2 tag which points to a commit named: ac9ee388faf3c8c5df502f6cc7b039f043154954 which can be verified with: git verify-tag 1.11.2 and can be checked out with a command such as: git checkout -b build 1.11.2 Snapshot 1.11.2 (2011-01-23) =========================== In this first snapshot along the way to cairo-1.12.0, we are very excited to announce the introduction of Bezier surface gradients, known as type 6/7 gradients in PS/PDF parlance. This is the culmination of much work by the dynamic duo: Adrian Johnson and Andrea Canciani. Thanks guys! Also, I want to warmly welcome Uli Schlachter who recently joined the Cairo community on a mission. That mission is to make cairo-xcb a supported backend for 1.12. And for this snapshot he has made great strides in fixing all the bugs I had left behind. Thanks Uli! And we have also seen a new contributor, Alexandros Frantzis, who has begun bringing up cairo-gl for GLESv2 devices. Thanks Alex! And lastly, I must also thank Adrian and Andrea for the vast numbers of bugs that they have tackled between them, fixing all those little corner cases that lie hidden until too late. -Chris

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[Repost] Broken PDF files + crashes involving patterns
by Mahendra Tallur 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Hi to the team ! I just realized the 2 emails I sent to the inkscape-user ML were more appropriate on the devel ML (I first thought the devel ML was only for developers). I could just wait & see what happens, but it seems 0.48.1 is just around the corner, and I would feel guilty if some important bugs I stumbled upon were not reported in time ! Please allow me to copy/paste their content below : *[First mail : issues with patterns involving crashes]* Hi everyone ! First : thanks for the amazing work done by the Inkscape developers ! I'm a new casual Inkscape user:) I'm using it at the moment to carry on the work done by someone who owned inDesign. Thus, I used an .svg file that was exported from this piece of software. The export went fine overall, except some fonts issues (for instance, I could only select the first line in text frames) and colours were generally not good. I fixed almost anything by rewriting the text and changing colours but I encountered a few issues and problems in general with patterns. Indeed : in the document, there are a few polygons which are filled with a pattern which consists in many spirals. For some reasons the colours went wrong during the export but I couldn't change directly the colours used in the patterns. (more generally, I didn't know how to apply the same colours to many objects at the same time) So I converted the pattern back to an object, changed to colours, converted it to a pattern, and applied it to the object. So it did the trick. However I had many issues in the process : 1) Inkscape completely filled my memory twice and the kernel had to kill the task. This happened when using several times in a row the functions to convert patterns to objects or the contrary. All of a sudden, the hard drive began to spin non-stop (I have no swap but 4 GB of ram) and I could barely move my mouse cursor. It also happened when I was using the "node" tool to change the position / rotate etc. the pattern when applied to an object. 2) I managed to crash inkscape when undo-ing some operations that were involving a pattern<-> object conversion Also, I was wondering if there was a simpler way to handle patterns ? (edit them afterwards / change their colours / remove them from the list ?) 3) to make the operation easier, I decided to change some colours directly in the pattern definition in the XML file. It seemed to worked : the drawing was displayed properly in Inkscape or when exporting to .png. But when exporting to .pdf, the modified patterns were invisible or trashed when zooming in. Oops ! Can you guys please tell me if I should file some bugreports ? Maybe those bugs are known and fixed in the upcoming 0.48.1 ? (I'm also the one who filed the bugreport involving a font that was not displayed properly in Acrobat Reader under Windows, but was OK in Linux / OSX....) PS : I may upload the .svg file somewhere, if some of you are curious ! Best regards& thanks again to the team ! Mahen *[Second mail : Broken PDF files produced] * Hi again ! I would like to add some more data to my previous mail. I'm using Inkscape 0.48. I assumed the faulty PDF file I obtained was due to my modifying the XML file directly. But it's actually not the case as it also happens with another document I didn't modify this way. Please let me show you some sample files : 1)http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/Plaquette%20-%20Int%c3%a9rieur.svg as you can see, there is in the bottom right corner a polygon which is filled with a pattern which contains many spirals 2)http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/Plaquette%20-%20Int%c3%a9rieur.pdf here is the resulting PDF On my computer : - the PDF takes about 5 to 10 seconds before being displayed !! (core2duo 3 GHz, 4 GB RAM). While the PDF file produced by inDesign (from which I exported this svg before modofying it under Inkscape) was displayed instantly (but, the inkscape produced .pdf was almost 10 times heavier, it seems a couple of parts were converted to bitmaps, I wonder why). - the bottom-right pattern is invisible (under evince / Ubuntu 10.10) when looking from far away. When zooming in, you can make out the polygon shape but it's filled with some kind of random pattern - if I scroll in the document, from the PDF reader, it even makes it *crash* and slows down my system a lot ! (of course, there was no display problem under Inkscape itself) It seems using some exported .svg files definitely don't please Inkscape a lot. Or this kind of patterns at least... PS : I provided some font files used by the document in http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/ Thanks ever so much for reading this ! Mahen

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