June 2011 - 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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pdf import again: poppler native vs. poppler cairo
by the Adib 24 Jun '12

24 Jun '12

Hello All, as the problem is still there I would propose following intermediate solution: currently in the codebasis there is also an pdf import via poppler-cairo. This one is disabled. I would like to enable this as an additional pdf import possibility. We have to decide later when it comes to the release which one to integrate into the release. so we can test in parallel the two options. we have a big tester basis (compared to separate launchpad branch) we get the possibility to switch to an tested poppler-internals independent solution (while using poppler) I there is no big NONO I will go forward and enable this within the next days. attached the patch that is needed for this (tested on windows, should work on Linux) regards, Adib.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] OCAL Dialog Redesign
by Andrew 28 Dec '11

28 Dec '11

Hi Guys, So I have been doing a lot of work on the Import from OCAL dialog and I have finally finished! I was wondering whether I could get some testing, especially on some different platforms with different internet connections. All you need to do is get my branch using: bzr branch lp:~and471/inkscape/ocal-dialog-improvements And then compile as usual. You will find the dialog in File > Import Clip Art So yeah, basically I want a lot of testing, to iron out any errors that I have missed and also feedback on the stuff I have done. Then once that is all done, I shall propose for merging into trunk. A list of changes is below, as well as a link to screenshots of the new dialog. Thanks! -- Andrew Screenshots: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/OCAL_Dialog_Re-Design == Changes == * UI Redesign (which includes) - Altered the padding and packing of all widgets - Added search entry with clear and search icons - Added OCAL Logo overlay - Put descriptions inline in list - New preview widget that shows extra metadata - New status widget to notify on errors/success etc. - Dialog is now persistent (retains state) - Better messages for the user - Changed title/menuitem to 'Import Clip Art' * Backend stuff (which includes) - Use new GFile API instead of depreciated GNOMEVFS - Use async methods so the UI isn't blocked - Use smaller, thumbnail images in the preview widget (save on bandwidth and increase speed) - Implement cancelling of operations - Put downloaded resources into one directory, from which we can use later - Big cleanup in terms of code

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libgdl again: opinions please!
by Alex Valavanis 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Hi all, To follow up our recent discussions about building against an external copy of libgdl (https://launchpad.net/bugs/792115)... I have played with the code, and here is a summary of my findings: The Inkscape fork of GDL is branched from gdl-0.7.7, which was released a loooong time ago. There have been very substantial upstream changes/bug-fixes since then. In particular, our version uses lots of deprecated/obsolete GTK calls, meaning that Inkscape will fail to build against GTK 3. We therefore need to fix this issue fairly quickly. Our fork of GDL introduces a couple of new features. Here are the main ones I can see: * Focus switching between docked dialogs, with tab/arrow-key bindings * Ability to create a docked dialog using a pixbuf icon. I have forwarded a patch upstream to GDL (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652248) asking if they would be able to merge any of our changes. The upstream developer was very supportive and helpful, and had a few queries. However, I'm not an expert on GDL/GTK and I'm not in the best position to comment. I see three options for fixing the problem: 1) Build against external GDL right away --- This should be easy to do, but we'd lose our changes for a while. However, I'm not sure any of the changes represent essential Inkscape design features and we'd be able to reimplement them when they appear in the upstream API. 2) Merge our changes into upstream GDL 2.30 and copy this into the Inkscape code --- This will take a bit of fiddling around, and it still relies upon us working with forked code. I have managed to make a branch of inkscape with gdl-2.3.0+changes that compiles and runs, but it is buggy (no colour switching and some graphics glitches). Unfortunately, my GTK knowledge is not good enough for me to do this by myself. If anyone is able & willing to help, I can push the new branch. 3) Don't fix it yet! --- Wait until upstream have implemented all the changes (in GDL >=3.1.1) and then switch over. However, we have no guarantee of how long this will take, and we will be unable to support GDK+ 3 builds until we switch! Please let me know what you think! AV

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revision number in about screen
by gespertino＠...400... 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Hi I'm using devel versions from PPA for trunk and I noticed that the about screen doesn't show the revision number (it just shows "0.48+devel r"). It showed the revision number in previous versions, so I assume something broke there (I can't tell when, but at least in the last two trunk builds from PPA) Gez.

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Re ad XY cordinate from .SVG file
by mahendra1 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Hi All Here i upload save file of two separate line. Now I want read the position each line via programmatically, which are as BOLD in following .svg file. Please suggest the way get the position.Is other any document or example for that ,Please suggest me. <g inkscape:label="Layer 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1"> <path style="fill:none;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:0.40383452px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1" d="m 157.14285,315.21933 397.14286,-0.46595" id="path12" inkscape:connector-curvature="0" /> <path style="fill:none;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:0.88473207px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1" d="m 162.85714,327.26862 385.71428,2.23643" id="path14" inkscape:connector-curvature="0" /> </g> Thanks -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Read-XY--cordinate-from-.SVG-file-tp31909431p31909431… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Commit on 2geom
by Gellule Xg 03 Jul '11

03 Jul '11

I would like to draw your attention on this 2geom commit: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/10385 Should this be pushed to 2geom? I'm not too happy with the solution I chose for fixing part c) of this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/640985 -Julien

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bug in changing gradient color
by SorinN 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

Hi all, I just "tested" this bug with few inkscape-trunk revisions (Win32 and Natty). It is present for any inkscape-trunk versions bigger that 10349 (I didn't check earlier versions). now I use 10359 and the bug is still present. Steps to reproduce : Open a blank file - Draw a rectangle - Assign a color - Make a gradient using the gradient tool OR using Fill tab option - Edit the gradient, chose the color node then try to change colorspace to another one (CMYK, RGB, etc). - Bang. I can reproduce this bug in Windows 7 too with the revision 10350. -- Nemes Ioan Sorin

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clang build error
by Campbell Barton 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

Hi, I was trying to compile inkscape with clang, and for many reasons this failed, however one looks like it should probably be fixed in the code. src/ui/widget/registered-widget.h operator const Gtk::Widget () { return dynamic_cast<Gtk::Widget*>(this); } Should either be: operator const Gtk::Widget () { return *dynamic_cast<Gtk::Widget*>(this); } Or: operator const Gtk::Widget () { return dynamic_cast<Gtk::Widget>(this); } -- - Campbell

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Black background in active sliders
by LucaDC 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Recently I've notice that active sliders have a heavy and thick black background, different than when disabled. Compare the two cases in the attached file. http://old.nabble.com/file/p31859141/silders.png As you can see, they are taken under Windows XP. (By the way, notice also that the "Opacity (%):" label is not grayed out). Is this intended? Personally I'd prefer having the same thin rail in both cases. Luca -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Black-background-in-active-sliders-tp31859141p3185914… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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48.1 OK?
by John Culleton 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

I know that 48.2 is now the current development product. But are there any show stoppers in 48.1? -- John Culleton "Death Wore Black" Police procedural: http://www.deathworeblack.com/ "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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libgdl issue
by Jon Cruz 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Hi, in clearing up some warnings, I (as somewhat expected) spotted a potential issue hiding amongst the others. libgdl/gdl-dock-item-grip.c: In function 'gdl_dock_item_grip_expose': libgdl/gdl-dock-item-grip.c:143: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type libgdl/gdl-dock-item-grip.c:146: warning: passing argument 2 of 'gdk_draw_rectangle' from incompatible pointer type If anyone wants something to poke at a bit, checking this might be good.

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Inkscape CSS class handling
by Abhishek Sharma 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Hello everyone, I just wanted to make sure, that does inkscape handle classes in CSS <style> element inside an SVG. In other words if a <text> element has <text class="one">, then does this text element inherit the properties in class="one" ?? if it does it, may someone tell me where in the codebase could this be found(although I'll be happy with the answer to first question also :) ) -- Regards, Abhishek Sharma

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problems in compiling on windows
by Abhinav Vishwa 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

>> I have compiled Inkscape completely according to instructions given on >> this link >> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port >> >> but as given there is no executable in the inkscape directory. >> >> That's why nsis installer is also giving error in creating installer. > > Just a few more details could help. What exactly did you do, and what > was the result? In particular, where there any errors during > compilation? (Compilation should end with a whole lot of things being > copied and then showing the total amount of time spent on the > compilation.) Did you make sure that you have both devlibs and trunk, > and that the paths in mingwenv.bat point to the right locations? Are you > using TDM's gcc? Have you built buildtool? Do you get a build directory? > If so, what does it contain? Etc., etc. I did each and every step as given on the link , I've provided. There weren't any error's in the compilation. yes, I've both devlibs and trunk and here is the mingwenv.bat @echo Setting environment variables for MinGw build of Inkscape IF "%DEVLIBS_PATH%"=="" set DEVLIBS_PATH=c:\devlibs IF "%MINGW_PATH%"=="" set MINGW_PATH=c:\MinGW set MINGW_BIN=%MINGW_PATH%\bin set PKG_CONFIG_PATH=%DEVLIBS_PATH%\lib\pkgconfig set PATH=%MINGW_BIN%;%PATH%;%DEVLIBS_PATH%\bin;%DEVLIBS_PATH%\pytho which points to the right locations.

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Inkscape license + potential problem
by Krzysztof Kosiński 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hello I am wondering under what license Inkscape actually is. Most source files don't have the full GPL copyright notice which specifies the version, they only say "released under GNU GPL". This would suggest that most of the code is GPLv2+. There are also several files dual-licensed under MPL and GPL. Our Launchpad website states that Inkscape is under GPLv2. However, I encountered a file which is GPLv3 only, apparently copied from GIMP (src/util/expression-evaluator.cpp). If we really are GPLv2, then including this file is not legal, as GPLv2 is not compatible with GPLv3. We would need to change our license to GPLv3 or GPLv3+ to include this file, or contact the original authors for a GPLv2 or BSD license. PS: our Windows devlibs also seem to be in a "gray area", because most of the copyright information is not present, which might break the license terms of the libraries. I'll try to remediate this by adding the license files from each package, once I have some spare time (i.e. not very soon). Regards, Krzysztof

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Any blockers for 0.48.2?
by Josh Andler 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Subject asks the important stuff. :) Cheers, Josh

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problems in compiling on windows
by Abhinav Vishwa 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

I have compiled Inkscape completely according to instructions given on this link http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port but as given there is no executable in the inkscape directory. That's why nsis installer is also giving error in creating installer.

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New rendering bug with blur filter
by Ivan Louette 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

(Sorry, my bitmap was too big at first time) This bug doesn't exist in 0.48.1 I saw it this morning in rev 10355 on Kubuntu Couls someone confirm it before I fill it on Launchpad ? When blur is combined with a Composite "in" some vertical dark lines are shown on rendering and exporting to bitmap. If vertical blur is set to zero the lines change to dots. If a little amount of black is added they disappear (here I decrease luminance and that works too). ivan

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Code cleanup and minor tweaks
by Jon Cruz 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hi Campbell, I just wanted to thank you for the recent improvement to our codebase, such as in revision 10359. Getting things fixed such as not passing 'false' in to pointers helps in many ways, including reducing the number of odd, hard to reproduce bugs. I also just wanted to point out a few minor style points that could help. One is with the use of "NULL". That is more of a C macro that in C++ has be replaced with the simple use of "0". I've looked into this point with coworkers and others at various points, and can try to dig up more details if you need them. The other point is in using whitespace. I realize that in your recent changes you have been preserving what already existed, but it is helpful if "cleanup" that touched lines left them with nicer spacing also. We have some info on our coding style page, but the gist is to put spaces between things, but not in the middle of things. :-) That is, space around keywords, operators, etc, but not between a function name and its opening paren. For example, this line you touched could be improved by spacing it thusly &&((l!=NULL&&!edge->isEnd(l->id))||l==NULL) && ((l != NULL && !edge->isEnd(l->id)) || l == NULL) Suddenly that makes the logic and the referencing easier to read and follow. It also gives more visibility to areas that could be made clearer with more parenthesis: && (((l != NULL) && !edge->isEnd(l->id)) || (l == 0) ) if I compare those right on top of each other, the legibility change should show up: &&((l!=NULL&&!edge->isEnd(l->id))||l==NULL) && (((l != NULL) && !edge->isEnd(l->id)) || (l == 0) ) Depending on the font, that might even reveal another problem. In general I strongly dislike single-letter literals (except for the common 'i' in for loops, etc). And even worse is the single letter variable 'l'. In fact, in the font I'm typing with at the moment I can not tell the difference between the lower-case-letter-el, the capital-letter-eye and the vertical-bar-pipe-| (lI|). What is worse is some fonts even make the numeral -one indistinguishable. But this is a side rant on a given bad variable. If you happen to be touching enough lines, consider giving it a better name. Anyway, thanks for the help in this area and the opportunity for me to point out to some of the other newer people on the list what sort of tweaks can help our codebase be more legible and maintainable.

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Extensions and Warnings
by Martin Owens 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

I'm trying to solve a bug with my deviantArt stash extension. It produces warnings because poxy webkit with bleedin java and god aweful html decide that it's a great idea to shout out to the world a whole bunch of version information, including any javascript errors that happen in the loaded pages. What cute is that I told the inx to load a bash shell which loaded the python script and to dev/null everything. That didn't hack fix it. I tried redirecting sys.stderr to a file, somehow it still manages to come through. Please tell me there is a way to stop inkscape from reporting warnings from python extensions? There is no reason to report warnings to users unless they can be formatted in a nice way and these can't be. Martin,

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New rendering bug with blur filter
by Ivan Louette 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

This bug doesn't exist in 0.48.1 I saw it this morning in rev 10355 on Kubuntu Couls someone confirm it before I fill it on Launchpad ? When blur is combined with a Composite "in" some vertical dark lines are shown on rendering and exporting to bitmap. If vertical blur is set to zero the lines change to dots. If a little amount of black is added they disappear (here I decrease luminance and that works too). ivan

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Build and Devlibs
by Yann Papouin 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Hi, It seems that 3 DLLs are not copied from the mingw/bin directory for the dist target, I had to copy them myself : libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll libpthread-2.dll libstdc++-6.dll Yann.

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Typo/Bug in sp-attribute-widget.cpp
by Campbell Barton 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

In function: sp_attribute_widget_object_modified if (flags && SP_OBJECT_MODIFIED_FLAG) { Shouldn't this be '&' not '&&' ? -- - Campbell

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Now the cairo branch is merged...
by Joel Holdsworth 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

...would a release be in order? I remember we were longing for Cairo back in 2006! This branch merge is a very big deal! Joel

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Font fall back support for inkscape
by Abhishek Sharma 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Hello everybody, I am a selected candidate for GSoC 2011 and contributed to inkscape in GSoC 2010 as well. I am looking to start the development of font fall back support in inkscape. As discussed with my mentor Tavmjong its a required item and shall be very helpful to inkscape. And as all the readers of this mail might have guessed, I am writing this mail to have the inputs of inskcape developers on this. I would love to have your comments which can help me answer questions like - Where to look into the code, What to change, What to add should it be anew class or an added functionality to a pre-existing class, questions of these sort. Waiting earnestly for all of your responses :) -- Regards, Abhishek Sharma

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