November 2016 - Inkscape Devel

Inkscape branding guidelines tagline
by Mihaela 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

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[Fwd: Website Feedback]
by Martin Owens 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Question from a website user.

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Mesh gradient status and plea for help with testing.
by Tavmjong Bah 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Hi, Mesh gradients are included in SVG 2 but their remaining in the specification is on shaky grounds.[1] We need to generate suitable SVG content using meshes in order to generate enough buzz to get the browser vendors to take notice. With that goal in mind, we would like see meshes enabled in the 0.92.x release but need help with testing. I've just checked into trunk the final GUI improvements to mesh handling. Please test and give me feedback. (And share any cool content you creat!) I will be merging the changes into 0.92.x in the next couple of days. For more information on how to use meshes see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Mesh_Gradients Thanks, Tav [1] http://tavmjong.free.fr/svg2_status.html

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DPI Switcher updated
by Jabier Arraiza 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

There is a new version of DPI Switcher extension. If you instaled previously please upgrade it. https://inkscape.org/en/~jabiertxof/%E2%98%85dpi-switcher-909690-experi mental-extension Cheers, Jabier.

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Inkscape 0.48 download?
by jelle 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Hello Webmasters, As the new widgets for setting percentages are completely unusable on interactive white boards due to their low precision input, I reverted back to Inkscape 0.48 which is more tolerant for finger input (has two separate input fields, a slider and a text field rather than a blob). However, the link to the legacy 0.48 has been removed and at the many schools I work, there is an occaissional outbreak of virus which means disks get wiped and a fresh winXP is installed (yes, really, working in China is bliss). Same infestations also regularly force me to wipe my USB sticks with the installation files for 0.48. Harddisk corruption due to 40 plus temperatures have destroyed my last copy of 0.48 install files. So now I'm without. Could you please recreate a link to the good ole 0.48 for legacy widget users and possible other finger input and shaky hands people, so they can install a usable version of Inkscape? Cheers, Jelle

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Inkscape 0.92pre3 released
by Bryce Harrington 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

The 0.92pre3 source package has been released and can be downloaded from: https://inkscape.org/en/download/source/ This pre-release adds GUI support for a preview of a potential last minute new feature we are considering inclusion in 0.92, mesh gradients. It is our hope that raising visibility of this awesome feature will help motivate its inclusion in the SVG 2.0 specification, which is approaching finalization. Please try the feature out, and if you like it please advocate for its adoption by web browsers and other SVG using applications. Whether we actually include it in 0.92 depends on hearing plenty of positive feedback. We'll also be paying attention to reports of problems. Packagers are encouraged to prepare binary packages for the platforms we support. Thanks, Bryce

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Freenode cloaks available
by Marc Jeanmougin 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Hi everyone, For those of you that use freenode IRC, and who would like to show affiliation to the inkscape project on IRC, there is a possibility to have account cloaks. Basically, what changes is that when you join a chan, the message would be "Mc [~mc@...1522.../developer/mc] has joined" instead of "Mc [~mc@...3446...]" with no cloak or "Mc [~mc@...3447.../mc-]" previously. It will also appear in the /whois information, etc. The format would probably be @inkscape/developer/<preferred name> for devs, but we can also give @inkscape/translator/<preferred name> for translators, /board/ for board members, etc. If anyone is interested, just drop me a line on #inkscape or #inkscape-devel . Cheers, -- Mc

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Text improvements
by C R 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

I'll fine-tooth-comb the various workflows this weekend and make a comparison for reference. Personally, I'd be thrilled if paste-style worked on flowed text again. Jabier's idea sounds good to me though at a glance. On 10 Nov 2016 8:02 pm, "Sylvain Chiron" <chironsylvain@...3370...> wrote: Le 09/11/2016 à 16:15, Jabier Arraiza a écrit : > Sorry for my english, Jabier. Might be a bit better like that if I understand well: — Hi all. Today I need to draw something with text and I want to suggest improvements to 0.92 if possible. 1.- Remove the ‘Set as default’ button for text formats (within the Text dialog). It’s hard to use well, usually gives bad results and moreover text default styling is magically changed for the end user. Even knowing how it works, I was wrong several times in text editing for the same doc. 2.- Line height changes do not work correctly if text is selected; it’s hard to change the baseline once text is entered. I ended up copying the text and pasting it into a new text item. 3.- If you change the text size, the baseline is not updated and it comes to the 2nd point. — Original: > 1.- Remove set default text format definition whith only click. > Is hard to use well, give usualy bad results and most important text > default styling is changed magicaly to the final user. I know it and > be brong on tenxt editing several times in the same doc. > > 2.- Line height changes not work correctly if there is selected text, > is hard to change baseline once the text is entered, finaly I become > coping the text and pasting into a new text item > > 3.- If you change the size of a text, baseline is not updated and also > become to "bug" 2 Do you mean line height changes shouldn’t affect text within a line? -- Sylvain ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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About Screen Contest Voting
by Maren Hachmann 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Hi devs, could someone with access please post the contest voting info to social media and maybe to Inkscape announce? There are 5 days (out of 7) left for voting now. Thank you, Maren

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Entries to the contest
by Martin Owens 13 Nov '16

13 Nov '16

Dear devs, I'm really impressed with the number and quality of entrants in this year's contest: https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/contest-for-092+0 / Check them out if you haven't yet. I'm still working on fixing the rendering a little bit, so that entrants that used our advanced features won't be left with bad browser renderings during the vote (starts on Sunday!). I didn't get a response for the whole self-contained-package thing, so I guess it must not be possible. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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