June 2012 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

Re: [Inkscape-devel] Powerstroke presentation at LGM 2012
by Carlos Lopez Gonzalez 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

>> So... how do other programs draw thick stroked lines? >Well, Synfig also has thick line drawing: >http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Outline_Layer Don't forget the Advanced Outline layer: http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Advanced_Outline_Layer Carlos

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Verb for swap fill and stroke?
by Chris Mohler 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hi there. I thought it would be nice to add a verb to swap fill and stroke, but alas - I can't figure it out. I've pasted my feeble attempts below in case anyone has pointers. I barely dabble in C/C++ so I might be barking up the wrong tree entirely... Thanks, Chris Tried adding something like this to verbs: case SP_VERB_SELECTION_SWAP_FILL_STROKE: Inkscape::UI::Widget::SelectedStyle *ss; ss->on_fillstroke_swap(); break; But get this: ui/widget/selected-style.h:223:10: error: ‘void Inkscape::UI::Widget::SelectedStyle::on_fillstroke_swap()’ is protected verbs.cpp:1136:27: error: within this context

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Layer verbs
by Kris De Gussem 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

Hi all Anyone who knows what happened to the verbs SP_VERB_LAYER_TOGGLE_LOCK and SP_VERB_LAYER_TOGGLE_HIDE? They are defined at lines 2450-2454 in verbs.cpp but do not seem to be used anymore. Could they be deleted or is some other change needed here? Kind regards K.

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New snap modes proposals
by Valerie 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Here's a few snap modes that could be useful: 1. Snap to parallel If there are one or several angled guides around, any straight line you're drawing will snap to a direction parallel to the direction of those guides. It's like drawing paraxial lines, except not just constrained to horizontal and vertical lines. Useful if you need to draw a lot of diagonal lines for example. (by snapping, it means it will snap when the angle you're drawing approaches that angle. You won't be constrained to just drawing towards those directions) 2. Snap to orthogonal Same principle as the above, except in a direction orthogonal to existing guides. 3. Snap to node alignment When you're drawing an object with straight lines, any new point will snap to align to existing points of that line. I'm asking this because creating open-ended rectangles and more complicated straight-line shapes (examples: folder-like shape, thick U shape etc.) are a pain. Right now I have to either: - create several rectangles - align - combine - open up any extra segments Or: create nearly as many guides for snapping as the number of lines I want to draw (and then I have to delete them) Or: do a so-so job, open up the align dialogue and tediously align each group of nodes In fact, this snapping is the default behaviour I wish I'd have for paraxial drawing mode, but a snap mode should make a decent compromise for everyone. 4. Snap to guide point direction This one requires a guide point object first. When you're drawing a straight line, the line will snap in the direction of that point. Useful for perspective drawing, especially if the vanishing points are very far off from the drawing area.

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