February 2013 - 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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non-Unicode symbol fonts do not work on Windows. Bug 165665. Do we need the flag USE_PANGO_WIN32 ?
by Alvin Penner 09 May '15

09 May '15

ref : https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/165665 I believe this bug can be fixed by disabling the flag USE_PANGO_WIN32 in line 19 of src/libnrtype/FontFactory.h. When I do this on Windows XP, I gain about 35 new fonts. Not all of these new fonts are useable, but the most interesting ones, such as CommercialPi, Symbol, Technic, Webdings, Wingdings, MonoType Sorts, TechnicLite are working well, both in Inkscape and in IE9. This is a Windows-specific bug which hides symbol fonts, and does not occur in Gimp 2.6 on Win XP. As far as I can tell, the Gimp source code does not contain any analogue or equivalent of the flag USE_PANGO_WIN32. Would there be any objection if I disable this flag, or does it serve a specific purpose that is essential? tia - Alvin Penner -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/non-Unicode-symbol-fonts-do-not-work-on-Windows.-Bug-… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Mac OS X Mountain Lion x86_64 packaging of 0.48.4
by Valerio Aimale 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Hello, I am not an official packager, but I was eager to have an updated version of Inkscape for Mac OS X and I noticed that nobody is packaging the new version. I've packaged it for Mountain Lion and x86_64. It should be considered a beta packaging. I've packaged from version 0.48+devel r12005 You can download it at: https://rapidshare.com/files/3885726044/Inkscape_MountainLion_x86_64.dmg The Mac Os X packaging infrastructure in the source tree is a bit ancient. Things I've noticed: - configure.ac uses syntax that is not conforming anymore with autoconf/automake/authohear 1.13. Going forward that should be updated. - the scripts osx-build.sh os-app.sh needs update for the newest Xcode versions. they don't work out of the box. - the dylib base relocation infrastructure needed to be rewritten - the Platypus-derived ScriptExec executable might not be needed anymore - in this version, the app bundle executes the sh script directly. Features: - The version I packaged runs gtk-2.0+quartz. It does not need X11/Xquartz anymore to run. This is the direction GIMP has gone to as well. - It uses the same theme as GIMP. I think it's a good consistency decision, and it's the theme that looks best on Mtn Lion. If somebody want to try and report problems, I'd appreciate it Valerio

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Mac OS X 0.48.4 RC5
by Valerio Aimale 19 Sep '13

19 Sep '13

For Mtn Lion: http://rapidshare.com/files/1406366642/Inkscape-r0.48.4-r9943-10.8%2B-x86_6… For Lion: http://rapidshare.com/files/2591591009/Inkscape-r-10.7%2B-x86_64_RC5.dmg fixed: - restored drag&drop, it was a problem with the pasteboard fix, not the menu integration. - further editing of the keymapping for menu accelerators. Hopefully it will cover most of the cases. Regarding pasting into text fields, that is something we might learn to live with for the time being. Valerio

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Mac OS X Build 0.48.4 RC1
by Valerio Aimale 16 Sep '13

16 Sep '13

This is a good build that is close to being a release: For Mountain Lion http://rapidshare.com/files/4204947016/Inkscape-r0.48.4-r9943-10.8%2B-x86_6… For Lion: http://rapidshare.com/files/3505176415/Inkscape-r0.48.4-r9943-10.7%2B-x86_6… - the menu should be all working but the "Open Recent" submenu. No matter which item is selected, the top open is always opened. This is a bug between gtk/gtk_recent_menu_manager() and gtk-mac-integration. Needs more analysis, not an easy fix. - Quit, About and Preferences menu items moved under the app menu. - python should be fully working now on Lion and Mountain Lion - uniconvertor/sk1libs installed and fixed The sk1libs/utilsfs.py line return ['/'] really should be return ['/System/Library/Fonts', '/Library/Fonts', os.path.expanduser("~/Library/Fonts")] - no more noise on the terminal stderr - bunch of improvements and changes in the build system

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Symbols Dialog
by Tavmjong Bah 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

Hi, I've checked into trunk a Symbols dialog. A description of the dialog can be found on a Wiki page at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/SymbolsDialog There are still some issues that need to be resolved. They are listed in Wiki page. Tav

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Help need whith branch compile in windows.
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Hi to all. Some users have problem with the BSpline and Spirolive branch for windows. Brainless offer to me compile it to windows. Its hard, but finaly hi locate the problem whith some fonts, he think is solved and finaly can make the executable. But other user have the same problem, whith fonts and when open preferences dialog, inkscape crash. I think the problem isnt in the modifications added to the branch... Any body whith knoweledge in windowd, and some english..., could help to me to help this users? Or do directly. Post: http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13496 Thanks, Jabier.

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Help with CubicBezier in a closed Geom::Path::const_iterator
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Hi. I have a problem. Its this: T get the last subpath of a Geom::Path::const_iterator whith a this options: end_open(), end(), end_default(), end_closed() and this subpath is not degenerated at the end. But never get a CubicBezier from the last subpath. Anybody can help me? Thanks in advance.

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PR for shortcuts
by Alexandre Prokoudine 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hi, Since 0.49 is shaping up so well with regards to polishing, I'd like to mention yet another thing. A while ago I discovered that several of our long-time users who have been with us since forever didn't even know that we have one-key shortcuts for tools. I mean, for real. People who do real design with Inkscape and are mostly happy with it were quietly complaining that there were no simpler shortcuts. Imagine my surprise :) Since 0.49 now shows F* based shortcuts, how difficult would it be to patch it to show alternative shortcuts as well, after a "," character? Or would it be too confusing? P.S. I've seen this complaint many times before: people were asking if there was a way to configure Inkscape to use some one-key shortcuts for tools. Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] PR for shortcuts (John Smith)
by Jelle Mulder 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Hi all, As the discussion on short-cuts is popping up. If it would be possible to do so... can Shift+Delete be mapped to remove selected and copy to clipboard? It is a quite common operation that I miss in Inkscape. Shift+Insert instead or additional to CTRL+V would be welcome too. Having multiple mappings to one tool/task? Cheers, Jelle

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