March 2015 - 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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performance problems and possible remedies?
by Yale Zhang 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Hi. I'm using Inkscape to author a comic and the slow speed for certain things is very annoying. I'm already have OpenMP turned on and using 4 cores. 1. *large blurs are slow* - I'm an expert with writing SIMD code, so I was thinking about vectorizing the Gaussian IIR filter with SIMD intrinsics, even though it's harder than for a FIR. But I noticed there isn't any SIMD code in Inkscape so does that mean it's something to avoid. I'm pretty sure no current compiler is smart enough to vectorize it, and besides, Inkscape is compiled with -O2, meaning -ftree-vectorize isn't on by default. 2. *when there's a large image (raster based) background - scrolling in a zoomed region is very slow* I compiled the latest 0.49 code with GCC profiling and it shows this: 33.98 22.47 22.47 exp2l 21.29 36.55 14.08 log2l 17.57 48.17 11.62 pow 7.12 52.88 4.71 658 0.01 0.01 ink_cairo_surface_srgb_to_linear(_cairo_surface*) 6.72 57.32 4.44 563 0.01 0.01 ink_cairo_surface_linear_to_srgb(_cairo_surface*) 5.51 60.96 3.64 1216 0.00 0.00 Inkscape::Filters::FilterGaussian::~FilterGaussian() 5.23 64.42 3.46 internal_modf 0.59 64.81 0.39 _mcount_private 0.41 65.08 0.27 __fentry__ 0.12 65.16 0.08 GC_mark_from 0.09 65.22 0.06 5579 0.00 0.00 Geom::parse_svg_path(char const*, Geom::SVGPathSink&) 0.06 65.26 0.04 35320 0.00 0.00 bounds_exact_transformed(std::vector<Geom::Path, std::allocator<Geom::Path> > const&, Geom::Affine const&) 0.06 65.30 0.04 8 0.01 0.01 convert_pixbuf_normal_to_argb32(_GdkPixbuf*) 0.05 65.33 0.03 885444 0.00 0.00 std::vector<Geom::Linear, std::allocator<Geom::Linear> >::_M_fill_insert(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Geom::Linear*, std::vector<Geom::Linear, std::allocator<Geom::Linear> > >, unsigned long long, Geom::Linear const&) The cost is absolutely dominated by ink_cairo_surface_srgb_to_linear() and ink_cairo_surface_linear_to_srgb(). My first instinct was to optimize those 2 functions, but then I thought why are those even being called every time I scroll through the image? Why not convert the images up front to linear and stay that way in memory? If that can't be done, then my optimization approach is: 1. replace ink_cairo_surface_srgb_to_linear() with a simple 3rd degree polynomial approximation (0.902590573087882 - 0.010238759806148x + 0.002825455367280x^2 + 0.000004414767235x^3) and vectorize with SSE intrinsics. The approximation was calculated by minimizing the square error (maxError = 0.313) over the range [10, 255]. For x < 10, it uses simple scaling. 2. replace ink_surface_linear_to_srgb() with a vectorized implementation of pow(). Unlike srgb_to_linear(), a low degree polynomial can't be used due to the curve having larger high order derivatives. An alternative would be piece wise, low order polynomials. The main question I have is what degree of accuracy is desired? Certainly, it doesn't need double precision pow() since the input is only 8 bits! Is +- 0.5 from the true value (before quantization) OK or do people depend on getting pixel perfect results? UJ

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Create releases more regularly
by Sebastian Zartner 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Hi there, I initially asked at inkscapeforum.com<http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=15755&p=63224>and was told to better post my request to this mailing list. I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to create releases more regularly. Currently there are many months or even years between each release of Inkscape. Bug fixes should get out more quickly and it should be possible to try out new features of upcoming versions. Most users don't have the possibility to build Inkscape by their own, so they have to wait for the next release. Unfortunately the provided development downloads are not synchronized, hosted on different third-party web sites and out of date (currently especially the Windows version). So I suggest to create a (more or less) fixed fast release cycle for normal releases (e.g. every two or three months) and periodically (e.g. every one or two weeks) create alpha versions. Alpha versions should be built (maybe even automatically) for all supported OSes and hosted directly on inkscape.org. Sebastian

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Impressions on Inkscape after extended usage
by Michael Grosberg 05 Feb '16

05 Feb '16

Hello, In the past several months - closer to a year, actually - I've used Inkscape in a tight production environment almost daily. I have produced hundreds of illustrations for a computer-based technical course. During that period I used Inkscape 0.48.5 and lately switched to test builds and release candidates of 0.91. All of this time I have kept a list of the problems I ran into using Inkscape. Some are plain bugs, some are more complex problems for which I have no idea for a solution. After testing the new version to see whether some of these problems have gone away, I thought I might share this document with you. Before I go on, I just like to say that these are mostly minor points. I am an avid user and promoter of Inkscape even though my workplace has provided me with a legal copy of Adobe Illustrator, which I think is inferior in ease of use. I think Inkscape on the whole is a brilliant piece of software and I'm thankful for all your efforts. But some problem just kept popping up again and again. So without further ado, here's the document (it's a google doc): http://bit.ly/1yLzn0y Thank you for any comment or feedback you might have. - Michael Grosberg

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Devlibs 46 too slow
by Mark Titchener 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

I tried your modified build with an NVidia Quadro 1000M on Windows 7 and it seemed okay to me. > Le Jeudi 21 novembre 2013 9h09, Nicolas Dufour <nicoduf@...48...> a ?crit > : > > I'm still investigating the issue, and just found out that the computers > I > > used to reproduced the bug were all using an Intel GPU. Tests with an > nvidia > > GeForce 210 (GT218) show no slowness at all. > > Could some Windows users help me? I'd like to confirm the slowness only > affects Intel graphics cards. Could you test a modified Inkscape binary > (from ftp://download.tuxfamily.org/inkscape/inkscape-12282-cairo-1.12.8.7z), > give your graphic card model and tell me if it's slow or not? IMHO it could > be a blocker for 0.49 on Windows. > >

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Developing on Mac
by Michael New 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Hey Inkscape developers, I’ve spent the last several years both using Inkscape and working with C++, and I’d really like to contribute to the project now that I have some relevant skills. I develop on macs though, and I can’t seem to find any up-to-date instructions on building for mac. Can anyone point me to some current info? Thanks for the help, and thanks for everything you guys do. -Mike

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Regarding Inkscape in Indian languages
by chandrakant dhutadmal 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Hi Axel, David and others, There is no issue or problem as far as translations are concerned. We already have the translations done for all Indic languages and these are also attached in the Bugs (https://bugs.launchpad.net/~cpdhutadmal ). If this can be taken ahead, Indic language users will be very happy. Regards,Chandrakant Dhutadmal.Pune, India. On Friday, February 13, 2015 9:33 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev@...3215...> wrote: On 02/11/2015 10:44 PM, chandrakant dhutadmal wrote: > Hi All. > We have submitted requests for bringing out localized Inkscape for Indian languages through various bugs filed. List of all such bugs filed can be looked at https://bugs.launchpad.net/~cpdhutadmal. > We have also submitted translations for those languages. Would like to know from the community if we have considered making builds for Indic languages. If so, when are we going to do it. If not, can we have a discussions surrounding the topic ? > > RegardsChandrakant DhutadmalPune, India. > > I suspect what is missing is volunteers to do the translation. How to contribute a translation is outlined on this web page https://inkscape.org/en/contribute/translations/ Thanks, Alex

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Inkscape Devlibs (windows)
by Josh Andler 30 May '15

30 May '15

Hey all, Now that Cairo 1.14.2 is out, can both the 32-bit and 64-bit devlibs get updated? I think we should aim to get 0.91.1 out in maybe a month or so. I will start looking into doing backports later this week. I figured I'd bring up the devlibs first though since they seem to take a bit to get updated. Cheers, Josh

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New LPE Transform by two nodes-knots-
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 24 May '15

24 May '15

Hi to all. Here are a video with my last LPE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw Its based in a feature pointed by Ivan Louette. Here the branch to review: https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/transform_by_two_points Best regards, Jabier.

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Do geometric contructions tool / general Inkscape UX discussions
by Ryan Lerch 18 May '15

18 May '15

HI all, I just noticed the new "Do Geometric constructions" tool in the inkscape trunk, and this got me thinking a few things about this new tool (and inkscape usability and UX in general). First up, this tool provides (among other things) two new ways to create a circle: "a circle by three points", and a "circle by center and radius". These are pretty neat additions, but my first question when I saw this was why is this in a completely separate tool, not as a sub-tool of the circle tool. I understand these are implemented as LPEs, but from a user point of view, if you want to create a circle, wouldn't you expect these options in the circle tool? If they were in the circle tool, there might even be the option to create a circle with the traditional mode of the circle tool, then fine-tune it with one of the other two "editing" modes, rather than it appear to the user to be three completely separate object types that can't be converted back and forth. Something similar is also in play with the (present in 0.91 "shape" option of the pen tool) the "shape" option only works when creating a new line with the pen tool, while other tools (such as the star/polygon tool) allow changes in the tools control bar to impact the currently selected object. I know this is kind of out of the blue, but i have been thinking a lot lately about some of the inconsistencies like this in the inkscape interface, and would love to try to help contribute to fixes / be involved with helping with the usability of new tools we create. Has there ever been anyone involved with doing usablity reviews / testing of this sort? (doctormon, i know you did some last year :) ) I know of plenty of UX people that use Inkscape that would probably be keen in contributing in this area. cheers, ryanlerch

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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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PIL distributed inside Inkscape (Windows 64 bit)
by Lorenzo Luengo 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

Hi everyone, While trying to use the PIL library bundled with the python installation inside the Inkscape directory, for developing a new extension, I got the following error: >>> import _imaging Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found. Even though the _imaging.pyd file was present, I was unable to load it into the python interpreter. Then I found that even I downloaded the x64 installer for Inkscape, the bundled python version was the 32-bit one. After tweaking the windows registry (to make the installer point to the bundled python directory) I managed to install the x64 version of PIL, still without success because the python interpreter was 32-bit. After forcing the installation of python 2.6 64-bit version over the bundled version, I had to reinstall on this python environment the PIL and lxml libraries, and my plugin finally was able to use PIL. Should this issue be fixed? I mean bundling python 64bit (+libraries) with Inkscape 64bit installer. -- Lorenzo Luengo C. Ingeniero Civil Electrónico Cel: 98270385

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Save and User Manual
by Roger Sharp 17 Apr '15

17 Apr '15

As a Tech Writer, UX tester, and newbie Inkscape user: Regarding Bit Barrel’s comments, I agree about not having both ‘Save As’ and ‘Export.’ Confusing. Photoshop uses Export for saving pieces of the art such as paths. Also, the User Manual (or Guide?) looks very good BUT it is not searchable. It would be easy to take the current pages (.html or .xml) and import/convert them into a navigable, searchable compiled Help file (whether Web Help or compile .chm file). And, even though I’ve set preferences to Remember Last Window Geometry, it doesn’t remember the dialog layout, i.e., Layers Dialog, the Undo Dialog, etc. ( Version 0.48). Sharpart

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Hackfest 2015 - Topics
by Tavmjong Bah 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Hi, So far we have eight people signed up for the Toronto hackfest. We still have room for more! Our fund raising campaign is doing well. Sponsorship is available for active developers and other Inkscape community members, see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2015_Attendees I've prepared a "Topics" wiki page to keep track of things that we should discuss and/or work on at the hackfest. Please add your ideas... even if you are not able to attend. The topics page is at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2015_Topics Tav

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Roadmap planning to 1.0
by Bryce Harrington 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

Several months ago we brainstormed ideas for the roadmap. Everything people suggested should now be collected here, categorized but not prioritized or ordered: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Roadmap One thing we seem to be in consensus about is to get releases out more swiftly. To do this, I think what we should do is a) minimize the number of objectives for each release, and b) stagger the types of objectives in each release, so we rotate what team is in the spotlight each release. With that in mind, what do you guys think about organizing our next few releases with the following focii? Inkscape 0.92 ~ Infrastructure Focus Inkscape 0.93 ~ Maintenance Focus Inkscape 0.94 ~ Feature Focus Inkscape 0.95 ~ Stability Focus Inkscape 1.0 ~ Documentation Focus I anticipate we'd pick a couple objectives for each release that are appropriate to the focus area, plus a smaller, secondary objective unrelated to the focus. For 0.92, I'm thinking we've enough in the hopper that we should expedite it. What do you guys think? Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Website
by Martin Owens 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

On Tue, 2015-03-31 at 12:27 +0000, Hinerangi Courtenay wrote: > Martin, any news from Mathew? I was so caught up in my work I lost > touch a bit with everyone working on the site...sorry about that! Dear Hinerangi, > No more words as of yet. The spring time is always very busy for everyone :-) but I hope if we're still all here as the year goes on, we'll be able to spend a bit of time each on the website items. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Website
by Ian Caldwell 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

any update Courtenay? any drafts? I look forward to seeing what you've come up with. Thanks, Ian On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Hinerangi Courtenay < hine.courtenay@...36...> wrote: > Hello, > > Not yet - I was away for a bit, but have been in contact with the web team > by email, and am back home with the local environment up and running > (finally). So things will start evolving soon :-) > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 13 janv. 2015, at 23:40, Ian Caldwell <inchosting@...400...> wrote: > > Courtenay, > any updates on the mockups? > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Brynn <brynn@...3133...> wrote: > >> while on the other hand they >> > disrespect a professional's time, duplicating work and not using design >> > feedback and critique to work towards the best solution. >> >> I don't understand what you mean? Oh you mean, as opposed to paying >> someone >> for graphics? >> >> If a competition is the wrong or inappropriate or just not the best >> approach, it seems like there still should be a way to use the work of >> Inkscape artists for the website. >> >> Thanks :-) >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...400...> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 4:41 AM >> To: "Brynn" <brynn@...3133...> >> Cc: "Gez" <listas@...3059...>; "Hinerangi Courtenay" >> <nospamunicornus-mailinglist@...36...>; >> <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> >> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Website >> >> > On Mon, 2014-12-29 at 23:06 -0700, Brynn wrote: >> >> Maybe could even have some kind of competition >> >> for the website graphics? >> > >> > Competitions are a difficult problem. In one sense they open the doors >> > to new artists who lack confidence, while on the other hand they >> > disrespect a professional's time, duplicating work and not using design >> > feedback and critique to work towards the best solution. >> > >> > With great care should we do such a thing :-) >> > >> > Martin, >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, >> sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is >> your >> hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought >> leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a >> look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-devel mailing list >> Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >> > >

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Website: About SVG page is up
by Maren Hachmann 29 Mar '15

29 Mar '15

Hi, this is just to let you know that our new About SVG (https://inkscape.org/en/develop/about-svg/) page is up now. Thanks again for the feedback! And if there's someone who can help with the The next Release page (https://inkscape.org/en/develop/next-release/) contents (major features, bug fixes), that would be great ;) Regards, Maren

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Example of Inkscape handling corrupt input file?
by mathog 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Can somebody please point me to an example in Inkscape where code which is importing from some other format handles an exception and notifies the user? Ideally this would automagically work with both GUI interactive sessions (where it would open a pop up dialog and send a message to stderr) and command line processing (just the message to stderr). There are three cases which need to be handled: 1. One or more records were corrupt and were ignored. 2. Unsupported record types were seen and were ignored. 3. Input failed completely because the file was missing mandatory records. and in terms of notification, presumably they would all use the same mechanism. However, in the 3rd case, when a file import gives up how should it return "nothing" to the program? For the EMF/WMF imports, since they are creating an SVG and passing that back anyway, it could do something cheesy like creating a drawing with a text box saying: The import of file xyz failed but then the end user has to delete this window, in addition to dismissing the pop up warning box. Would Inkscape just ignore it if the returned SVG was an empty string, or would that trigger yet another set of warnings? Thanks, David Mathog mathog@...1176... Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech

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Document scale
by Tavmjong Bah 25 Mar '15

25 Mar '15

Hi, I just checked in some code that allows one to change document scale in the Document Properties dialog. This is a first step. I plan to allow the user to select User units per display unit (e.g. mm) or display units per User unit. I also plan an expandable menu that allows setting the 'viewBox' directly as well as handling the case (hopefully rare) where the X scale and Y scale differ. Normal objects on the screen update properly but the editing aids (nodes, grids, guides) do not. I am not sure what I have to do to fix this. (The XML is correct but the display is not.) Feedback welcome. Tav

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Not enough time for trying out Boost or Google Test Framework before Hackfest, anyone else?
by Christoffer Holmstedt 24 Mar '15

24 Mar '15

In late february during the IRC meeting about Jenkins and testing of Inkscape I volunteered to take a deeper look at Boost Test Library and Google Test Framework, with the end result of two different Inkscape branches showing the pros and cons of them both. Life AFK has since then took some unexpected turns but is looking good now for the future. The problem now is that I don't have much spare time before the Hackfest in the end of April to try the testing frameworks out. So if we want a discussion about the choice of testing framework at the Hackfest it would be beneficial if someone else could do it. If nothing else I will try to get back to this issue later this year. Regards -- Christoffer Holmstedt

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Inkscape with git-bzr-ng, error pulling from trunk
by Christoffer Holmstedt 22 Mar '15

22 Mar '15

Hi I'm following the instructions on our website at [1] but I'm missing one critical part of information. If I clone the repository one weekend and then come back to it a week later the first thing I need to do is to update master branch (lp:inkscape / trunk) so I have the latest commits on my local machine. How is this done properly? "git bzr sync" from [2] seems to be the right command but I'm not sure, it succeeds without errors most of the time. "git pull" doesn't work because I don't have any remotes in my "git" repository. "git bzr pull" gives errors some times but not always. The errors I get from both "git bzr sync" and "git bzr pull" are as follows: "warning: Not updating refs/heads/bzr/master (new tip bbdb26a8c9d67d9c75d03c43b8db4686008a0913 does not contain deaf8922dbca36e15fe43a72b2b4320ae649a42f)" The message is sort of obvious that my local branch and remote have diverged but they have not when I compare "git log" with the commits available on launchpad in lp:inkscape. [1] https://inkscape.org/en/develop/using-git-repositories/ [2] https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~termie/git-bzr-ng/master/view/head:/README.rst Any help is appreciated. Regards -- Christoffer Holmstedt

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Colour is Broken?
by Martin Owens 22 Mar '15

22 Mar '15

This interesting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKnqECcg6Gw If I'm remembering right, all open source tools use RGB average and suffer this same blending issue. What's the future look like for a solution? Martin,

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Path outliner
by Krzysztof Kosiński 22 Mar '15

22 Mar '15

I recently noticed some commits to a 'path outliner' (src/helper/geom-pathstroke.cpp). This looks like something that should eventually be moved into 2Geom. Regards, Krzysztof

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Call for reviewers
by Jabier Arraiza 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

Hi to all! Has anybody time to help me? I want to get some of this merged before the HackFest 2015. And i want a review previous to the merge to be "sure" with the merge. I have this branches pending to review: [1] Simplify pencil strokes in a interactive way [2] Transform paths by two knots (LPE) [3] Rotate copies improvement. Added Kaleidoscope mode (LPE) [4] Mirror symmetry improvement. Added "fusion parameter"(LPE) [5] Bend from clipboard. Apply a bend LPE in pen and pencil mode whith the contents of the clipboard [1]https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/simplify-lpe-pencil-too… [2]https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/transform_by_two_points [3]https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/copy-rotate-lpe-improve… [4]https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/mirror-symetry-lpe-impr… [5]https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/bendFromClipboard Thanks very much in advance, Jabiertxo.

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win32 wix based msi installer - next steps
by the Adib 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

Hello All, instead of following https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1418595 I would like to share my ideas for the wix based win32/win64 msi installer. The msi based installer was introduced in 0.91. It has several flaws - beside some benefits using native platform installer framework. 1. does not detect old exe based installation but: installer should report directory already exists ... 2. does not allow win32 and win64 side by side installation but: prevents doing so can be implemented, but I think it confuses user which application is linked as .svg application 3. is not localized I am working on how todo: localisation of installer with single msi file 4. does not allow easy upgrade but: will ask for deinstallation first Patch commited for easy upgrade 5. some reports of not linked .svg to inkscape application not yet investigated As of the nature of things before starting localisation all outstanding features should be implemented. I would like to see those fixes backported to release 0.91 branch. So I want to ask: what else do you expect from inkscape msi installer on win32 platform? And where should be the priorities? Regards, Adib. --

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time to sync with lib2geom?
by alvinpenner 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

there have been a number of changes made in lib2geom in the last 4 months or so, would this be a good time to sync again? Alvin -- View this message in context: http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/time-to-sync-with-lib2geom-tp4973183.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Mirror symmetry on Lattice 2 LPE
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

Hi to all. Now in development version my last work, myrror symmetry in lattice2 LPE. Here are a video: http://www.jabiertxof.tk/2015/03/mirror-symmetry-in-lattice-2-live.html All the best, Jabier.

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Nice new interpolation feature in Fontforge !
by Ivan Louette 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

This nice feature helps to keep harmonious curves when moving nodes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2mNOTo9lqQ Useful not only for fonts ! ivan

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Board resignation
by Johan Engelen 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Hello all, A few days ago, I resigned my position on the board. Because of my very low activity (last commit was 3 months ago) and decreased interest in the project, it was time for me to leave the board and make room for someone with fresh energy. There will be an election held to find a replacement board member. Think about whether you'd be interested in having a seat on the board, or who you think should apply for candidacy! There are excellent candidates in our community that deserve to be member of the board. cheers, Johan

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edition
by иван кузнецов 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

i am ordinary user. i need have the same fitting ability for transform handles as for nodes. why its not done yet? иван кузнецов.

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Hackfest and LGM Toronto April 26th through May 2nd.
by Tavmjong Bah 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hi, I will be coordinating our hackfest and the LGM event in Toronto at the end of April and beginning of May. I've prepared a Wiki page with a list of who is attending along with some travel information. I would like to encourage everyone in the Inkscape community to attend these events. We still have unallocated travel funds available. It is not necessary to be attending both events. Send an email to Bryce if you wish to attend. The funds are on a first come/first served basis. The Wiki page is at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2015_Attendees Tav

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Website: New 'About SVG' page
by Maren Hachmann 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hi again, there's another page which could also profit from your feedback: http://staging.inkscape.org/en/develop/about-svg/ I'd especially like to know if I understood the 'policy' related things correctly and if you have a link to add to the link section. Tav already helped by providing some keywords and some hints, but I'd like to know if I got it right before the page is published ;) Currently, links are not yet working, this will happen only after the page is moved to the 'real' website. Thank you, again ;) Regards, Maren

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Website Back Online
by Martin Owens 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Dear Developers At 19:17 UTC (15:17 EST) the website went down. This was caused by the failure of the mysql database server at py1.osuosl.org All web pages received a 502 error. At 20:18 UTC (16:18 EST) I noticed the error and restored a backup to a slower local sqlite database. You may have noticed login failures at this time and a lack of download files. A ticket was filed with osuosl. At 21:27 UTC (17:27 EST) osuosl responded via irc that the database machine was back up. Together pwnguin and I worked on restoring mysql functionality. At 22:05 UTC (18:05 EST) the website was back online with a few of the issues found reported in a bug report for later. If you see any more errors, I should be getting emails after the 7k initial emails clear my local email client. I will get to them. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Website: "The next release" page
by Maren Hachmann 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hi everyone, I need your help to update the "The next Release" page on our website. After receiving confirmation from Bryce, I've already cleaned it out and added a little intro text for 0.92: https://inkscape.org/en/develop/next-release/ . suv kindly provided me with a tentative list for the most important changes which will (probably) find their way into 0.92. I would like to ask you to help me sort through this list, and make additions, so the two sections in the lower part of the page can be filled again. Only important features / bug fixes should go there, and only those which are quite certainly going to be in 0.92 (page will be translated, and hopefully won't need to be changed too often). Some are also mentioned on the Wiki page for 0.92 here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.92 (google cache can be used until it's up again). This is the list I got from suv: (and can someone explain what 'Selection sets' are? Something like a group without grouping, even over different layers?) Inkscape 0.92 ============= New features: * Units: internal resolution switched to 96dpi * Templates: cleanup, new procedural templates * Objects dialog * Selection sets * New patheffects (see release notes) * Mesh gradient tool * SVG 2 features: e.g. for markers ('auto-start-reverse', 'context-stroke', 'context-fill') (ask Tav what else is new in trunk i.e. not already in 0.91) * ... New features in progress (branches not merged yet): * Enhanced mirror and rotate_copies patheffects * New transform_by_two_points patheffect * Flatten overlapping and clipped objects (useful for plotting or PostScript export) * ... Notable bug fixes: * correct handling of parent transforms (on groups, layers) for clones * improved performance for (de-)selecting a large number of nodes * EMF/WMF fixes (clipping, text position) * fixes for rendering caching * ... Details from the bug tracker: ============================= https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.92 Longstanding bugs fixed with milestone 0.92: Bug #168651 "Tiled Clones" inside transformed groups broken Bug #510433 value of pixel is incorrect according to CSS2+errata (dpi switch 90->96) Bug #469885 Tiled Clones / Trace: Apply to Size skews resulting clone grid Bug #653574 Ungrouping moves clones inside nested groups Bug #772057 Inconsistent handling of parent transforms or 'viewBox' attribute in text tool controls Bug #918319 Printing offsets page (Windows) Bug #1152657 Paste selection with original+clone(s): Wrong placement between original and clones Bug #1245339 When changing a clone's parent's layer, the clones shift position Closed wishlist reports with milestone 0.92: Bug #170149 Node fillet / chamfer tools Bug #171660 B-Spline editing Bug #505180 Interactive freehand line smoothing New regressions in 0.91 fixed with milestone 0.92: Bug #1417752 'Find & Replace' ignores 'Flowed text' objects Bug #1426090 shape draw with "hand free line" disappear when combined Bug #1419122 "resize page to selection" broken in 0.91 with width="100%", height="100%" Fixes for new features in 0.91 with milestone 0.92: Bug #1409195 Inconsistent selection with 'Select same' on object with clones Bug #1425317, #1419926, #1405292: EMF/WMF import/export fixes Planned backports for 0.91.1 (bug-fix release): =============================================== https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bugs?field.tag=backport-proposed Thank you! Regards, Maren

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New extension to edit objects from string
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

Hi to all. Here are my last two extensions, with a download link -inkscape.org- and a video. First it's for get svg from a selected element as string no parameters Second overwrite a element whith the conents of a string, use two parameters "id" thinking in console scripts and "new content". both are required http://www.jabiertxof.tk/2015/03/objects-to-and-from-string-extension.html Best regards, Jabier.

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[bug] exported pdf split in multiple pages with --export-latex option
by Weipeng He 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

Hi all, I was using inkscape for converting svg files to pdf, so that i can use it for my latex documents. Everything works fine a few month ago. But, today when I use it again, I find out I can't compile my document. And, it's because the pdf file that inkscape export contains multiple pages (just one line or one shape for each page). Here is how I generated the pdf inkscape -D -z --file=image.svg --export-pdf=image.pdf --export-latex For me, all svg files generates this problem. One of the file is: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Window_function_and_frequency_r… The version is Inkscape 0.91 r13725 (Jan 30 2015). However, if i remove the "--export-latex" option, everything works fine. Can anyone help me with it? Thanks a lot! Best regards, Weipeng

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Native MacOSX build
by Daniele Nicolodi 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

Hello, I've seen some recent effort to build Inkscape as a native MacOSX application https://code.launchpad.net/~suv-lp/inkscape/osxmenu GIMP is now built as a native MacOSX application (and it works nicely), therefore I believe that there should not be huge roadblocks in the underlying technology. What is the status for Inkscape? From the above linked page it is difficult to get the wide picture. I have more development experience on Linux than on MacOSX, but I would like to dedicate some time and help on this effort. Where should I start? Thanks. Cheers, Daniele

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New feature "Interactive Smooth Pencil"
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

Hi to all, I just finish my last feature to in a interactive way, add smooth to pencil strokes. Here are the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDef4hU4tNc Here the branch: https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/simplify-lpe-pencil-toolb… Best to all, Jabier.

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[lance@...2167...: [Hosting] OSL Build, Test and CI Infrastructure Survey]
by Bryce Harrington 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

----- Forwarded message from Lance Albertson <lance@...2167...> ----- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 13:20:53 -0800 From: Lance Albertson <lance@...2167...> To: hosting@...2167... Subject: [Hosting] OSL Build, Test and CI Infrastructure Survey Hello everyone! We're investigating expanding our build and test infrastructure to serve the open source community. We have created a short survey [1] to learn what build, continuous integration and test services and tools your project uses and/or needs. We have already created SuperCell, however we realize its not meeting the needs for all of the projects and we'd like to fix that. We would greatly appreciate it if you could answer a few quick questions so we can better help your project and the FOSS eco-system at large. Thank you for your time! [1] http://osl.io/buildtestinfrasurvey -- Lance Albertson Director Oregon State University | Open Source Lab _______________________________________________ Hosting mailing list Hosting@...2167... http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/hosting ----- End forwarded message -----

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Save and Export
by Jelle Mulder 07 Mar '15

07 Mar '15

Hi all, I am very much in favor of moving all the non native file format options to export. Apart from preventing saving into lossy formats, it really makes more sense from a logical point of view to have the non native file formats reside in export. Even plain SVG should be considered to be in this category. It is not about the fact you can edit a non native file format, I would like to state that the open dialog can allow opening 3rd party file formats as usual. When it comes to saving file I would like to see what I make being exactly what is being saved and not accidentally end up with conversion errors. From a UX perspective it makes more sense as well to have the Export option open up dialogs for each and every separate file format that relate to this file format and perhaps a small About this format screen what the expected loss could be. I don't care much about what other programs do on this issue and would certainly not point to Adobe software for good UI examples, but would like to state that it would allow for a more logical placement of interactions and probably would simplify work flow. I would suggest to add an option save project button though. This opening an option to save the current file in iteration form from the last used name (by adding a number or letter) and generating an number of export files, such as .pdf, png or whatever, possibly generate several versions of SVG, with css exports file attached to it, copies of used fonts and what all the like. It's a crying shame that SVG fonts got dropped in SVG2 or it would be another great option to include, but having a tool like this would open up a really nice work flow method that can safe wads of time in producing content and give a clear insight in the differences of file formats. I could even envision creating native files that in one case use relative path and in the other version absolute path. Very handy when it comes to testing files locally and having to produce something that runs in a web browser as content hosted on a web site. Currently that is a question of opening up the file in an editor and changing all the friggin path names. Cheers, Jelle On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:55:42 +0800, <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. Re: Regression in trunk : some filters no longer work > (ivan louette) > 2. Re: Regression in trunk : some filters no longer work (su_v) > 3. Re: Regression in trunk : some filters no longer work > (Tavmjong Bah) > 4. Re: Regression in trunk : some filters no longer work > (Ivan Louette) > 5. Re: Save and User Manual (Gez) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:26:34 +0100 > From: ivan louette <ivan_louette@...48...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Regression in trunk : some filters no > longer work > To: su_v <suv-sf@...58...>, Inkscape Devel List > <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <54F980DA.4050100@...48...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thanks ! > > However "Discrete" is lacking in the Dropbox test. > > I will fill a bug. I quicly saw the Filters Editor UI is also broken for > Color Matrixand they seem no longer work too > > ivan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Le 06/03/15 01:41, su_v a ?crit : >> On 2015-03-06 24:06 (+0100), Ivan Louette wrote: >>> Component Transfer primitives Discrete and Table no longer work in >>> trunk >>> and because of that a lot of filters are now broken. >> Confirmed using the SVG file from the SVG test suite: >> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Test/20110816/harness/htmlObjectApproved/fil… >> >> Renders as expected with r13955, seems broken in r13960 (no archived >> builds in-between locally available): >> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/changes/13960 >> >> Dropbox folder with reference images (svg, png) and PNG exports using >> Inkscape 0.91+devel r13955 and r13960: >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2xww7keann8xsbs/AACcYj6MZYrK6YO_LkkmpwYqa?lst= >> >> I'd recommend to file a bug report. >> >> >> Regards, V >> >> > >

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Regression in trunk : some filters no longer work
by Ivan Louette 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

Component Transfer primitives Discrete and Table no longer work in trunk and because of that a lot of filters are now broken. ivan

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More advanced guides
by Bit Barrel 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

I do a lot of CAD-like work and to work around certain missing features, I use guides a lot. The snapping system is awesome but the guides are not very flexible. What would be a huge improvement is if it would be possible to select guides. This opens up a whole range of possibilities which extensions and internal tools can benefit from. Examples are: -Create a 3rd guide in the middle of two selected guides. -Create a 3rd guide equidistant from two other selected guides. -Select a few guides and delete them. While researching this topic, I came across an interesting discussion in 2009 with the title "rotating guides" in the inkscape-devel mailing list, where the interesting bit starts at the 3rd page. It appears that the ability to select guides is a bit controversial. I would like to express my opinion on some of these matters as I think it is still current. I agree that guides are not the same as objects and that not all tools make sense for them. However, I disagree that not implementing a helpful feature because it introduces UI issues is a valid argument. For example, I think that not being able to set the stroke and fill before an object is drawn (except for the color) is unexpected as well. So let's not implement fill and stroke at all, because people might get confused. That is basically what is being said below. Grayed out dialog items were invented because sometimes things just don't make sense. I think that is the solution to this problem. Here are some quotes from that discussion: "I don't think making guides selectable is a good idea, because barring any ugly hacks we can only select SPObjects." "if we make guides selectable, this will open a whole can of worms - people will complain that the guides cannot be painted by clicking on a color swatch, cannot be aligned with Align dialog, cannot be grouped etc. etc. A lot of things that are natural for objects make little sense for guides, but by allowing to select them we hint that they are "sort of" objects. The amount of special-casing that this will require in the code and, more importantly, in user documentation and user habits and practices is rather frightening." "It may be confusing for some people, but I think it shouldn't be for the vast majority, especially if it's documented. There are plenty of places where the program can be potentially a LOT more confusing that this, but we don't worry so much if it provides a wanted functionality." "Some of the tools are designed to operate on objects of finite dimensions only. When an object has infinite dimensions, it creates problems."

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Debugging with Visual Studio
by Bit Barrel 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

I figured out how to step through code in Inkscape using Visual Studio and I made a wiki for it too: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Using_Visual_Studio It requires a plugin called VisualGDB which unfortunately isn't free, but definitely affordable. Finally I can use my favorite tool :-)

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Inkscape the next release
by the Adib 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Hello, as we are now on the road to the release I want to focus to more advanced pdf export. The goal is to have a press ready output. With more detailed font, colour and page handling. As I understand our cairo renderer can output pdf but will never achieve this goal bcs cairo is simply not made for this. (Colour handling). So this task will end up with code taken from scribus or gegl or something. as starting point for reviewing the features I collected screenshots from scribus and corel export dialogues here http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Export_To_Pdf_dialogs However the converter will look like the export dialogue should be kept simple for regular users and more detailled for the experts. .... If we can share some force into this topic over the next period would be perfect. Also did we talk about "save vs export vs save copy as"? I would see Inkscape "open and save" svg only and the other formats just "import and export". Any thoughts? Regards, Adib. --

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Make vs btool
by Bit Barrel 04 Mar '15

04 Mar '15

I would like to debug Inkscape on Windows but given the lack of response here, I want to try a different approach. http://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/33438177/ It is possible to debug a linux application on Windows using Visual Studio and WinGDB. However, they only support Make, not Btool. I asked WinGDB for support and this was their reply: /////////////// WinGDB can work with other build systems than make, but project generation is supported only for make. You should be able to build and debug, though. You need to change default command lines from 'make' calls to something suitable to build system used. Please consult following sections of the documentation: http://www.wingdb.com/docs/pages/wg_dev_mingw.htm http://www.wingdb.com/docs/pages/wg_remotebuild.htm We are not familiar with 'btool' build system, so you need to find out how to call it in order to perform build and clean tasks. ///////////// Anyone know what the btool commands are equivalent to make?

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Debug build fails
by Bit Barrel 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

I want to enable debugging on windows and I did the following: Open build.xml: -Add -g to the flag section. -In the flags section, change -O2 to -O0 -Then change this: strip="true" symfile="${build}/inkscape.dbg" To this: strip="false" symfile="${build}/inkscape.dbg" -Then: btool clean btool But I get a bunch of make errors. A non-debug config builds fine. This should be easy to reproduce. Any ideas?

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patches: dynamic offsets disappearing clones, pop object out of group
by insaner 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

Hi devs and testers, I've submitted a couple of patches and was looking for some feedback: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1377689 - dynamic, linked offsets applied to clone original - unexpected behavior of clones https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/484041 - function to release object from group thanks in advance -- View this message in context: http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/patches-dynamic-offsets-disappearing-clone… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Mesh Gradient Update
by Tavmjong Bah 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

I've just checked in code that renames several mesh related elements: <meshGradient> -> <mesh> <meshRow> -> <meshrow> <meshPatch> -> <meshpatch> It also removes most of the experimental smoothing algorithms, leaving only the bicubic smoothing algorithm which can be selected using the 'type' attribute. These bring Inkscape's mesh implementation inline with the SVG Working Groups current mesh syntax (the editor's draft is not yet updated). Note: this code change breaks existing Inkscape SVG files with mesh gradients. The attached perl script will update files to the new spec. Tav

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