November 2017 - Inkscape Devel

I need to hire a developer for some custom programming with Inkscape
by Dean Loew 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Hello all. I need a much-simplified, bare-bones version of inkscape for a small home school project I am starting. Our students will write handwritten essays / short answers, and submit those homework images (they are jpgs, gifs, etc). I need a program to help "mark up" those images, and then save the image, and store the grades in a MySQL database. *"Marking up" the image:* - I need to quickly be able to add grading marks to the image, such as "SP" (spelling error), "GR" (grammar error). I can easily add these marks now by adding custom symbols to inkscape and then dragging them onto the image. But, I would prefer instead to be able to this via custom tools in the toolbar. - Whenever I add one of these marks, I want to subtract the appropriate number of points from the "perfect score" (e.g. every time I add an "SP" for a spelling error, the grade goes down by 1 point, etc). So, there needs to be shown a little box with the current score. - If I make a mistake and add one of those marks by accident, and delete it, the score goes back up. - I need to have the screen split into two parts (with two images showing): the top image is the student image being graded; the bottom image is the "official answer" (also an image). - I need to have a little list of images to correct - that is, a list of all images that need to be corrected. As I click on the list, it will load that student image. - When an image is done being graded, there will be some simple button to "Save" - All unnecessary options and features will be disabled (or at least hidden) - unnecessary tools, the main menu, toolbars, etc. I want a very simple interface. *MySQL*: - The list of images needs to be loaded from the database. - When each image is done being graded, the score needs to be stored in the database; the next student image in line needs to be auto-loaded, etc. Thanks! Dean

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-docs] Adding extensions api docs
by Eduard Braun 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Hi all, do we have someone with experience regarding doxygen? Mois put some work into documenting the extension API (see inkscape-docs thread [1] for details and [2] for the open MR on GitLab). Some feedback would certainly be appreciated and it might be a good opportunity to recruit some help, whip our source documentation into shape and make it a bit more useful overall! Thanks in advance, Eduard [1] https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/inkscape-docs/thread/e9aeb332-15… [2] https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/123/ Am 14.11.2017 um 17:48 schrieb Mois: > Alright, here is a second attempt at generating the extensions docs. > http://monomon.me/stuff/inkscape-doxygen-extensions/ > > Now they are separate from the Inkscape core documentation. > It does seem more useful this way - otherwise there's too much... > > I added a couple of small subpages which should be expanded down the line. > They should probably also link extensively to the wiki. > > I still haven't tried running the gitlab ci locally after my first > failed attempt. > Been working with docker for a bit and I like it, but it frequently has > issues. > > Anyway, going to make a pull request for this part, and will integrate > into ci later. > > Cheers, > Mois > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-docs mailing list > Inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs

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Fwd: [FM Discuss] CfP: LGM Seville, 26-30 April 2018
by Maren Hachmann 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Forwarding, got this on the FlossManuals mailing list. -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [FM Discuss] CfP: LGM Seville, 26-30 April 2018 Datum: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:31:44 +0000 (UTC) Von: larisa blazic Antwort an: discuss@...2558... An: Open Design and Hardware Mailing List apologies for x-posting Call for participation! "The 2018 Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) will take place at the end of April in Seville, Spain. This annual gathering is an opportunity for teams, contributors and practitioners involved in Libre Graphics to work together, share experiences, and hear new and inspiring ideas. By Libre Graphics we mean 'Free, Libre and Open Source tools for creative uses'. LGM is not just about software, but extends to standards and file formats used in creative work. Participants in LGM include developers, designers, academics, and activists. People from around the world who are passionate about Free/Libre tools and their creative applications." Deadline: January 10, 2018 http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2018/call-for-participation/

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save as .dxf
by archituttle＠...8... 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

Hello. with the last inkscape version, when you save your file as a .dxf file, you lose all the circles forms. Opening this dxf file in Librecad or Autocad, you will see the squares or rectangles but not the circles. Is there any solution? Thanks. Gilles.L.

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Animated Rendering Is it Possible
by James Fritzler 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

You might have seen some of those "explainer" videos on the internet that show people drawing on a white board to teach various topics. I have charts and imagery I've already drawn in inkscape that I'd like to animate the strokes and make them into explainer videos. I'm not worried about saving them to video format at this time; only interested in displaying them as animated drawn paths. It seems like all the pieces are there.. the sequence of the paths, the direction of the paths. Does anyone think it would be as "easy" be taking the rendering engine and putting a user defined delay in each path node draw call? Would display buffering have to be disabled? Is that something that a plug in could do in inkscape? or is rendering logic protected from plug ins? or maybe someone else has done this already? Side Note: I did run into similar functionality in an app called queekly, but their rendering is unpredictable. during editing some of my marks got put in a difference sequence. sequence is important in this case. Thanks

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Importing an ancient binary vector format
by Nick Fox-Gieg 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

Hey, I'm looking to recreate a decoder for NAPLPS, an '80s binary vector format, to restore some art games made at InterAccess in Toronto in time for the 35th anniversary of the project next year. I thought an InkScape import plugin might be a great place to start--I have the NAPLPS spec and examples collected here: https://github.com/n1ckfg/Telidon The holdup is, I've never worked with binary formats before, so I was wondering if anybody had advice how to best start tackling the problem? Thanks! Nick

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"Proper" way to avoid function name conflicts?
by Eduard Braun 20 Nov '17

20 Nov '17

Hi all, just stumbled across something again I always wanted to ask the devs more familiar with C/C++ than me: If the same function name is used in two third party C libraries, is there a good way to avoid this name conflict without changing the third party library? Background is a conflicting function name in libwmf and libuemf that caused some crashes [1] and was fixed by Tav by renaming the function in libuemf [2] which works as we have a copy of that library but obviously will cause issues if we attempt to update the library with upstream code at some point in the future. Best Regards, Eduard [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1616844 [2] https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/commit/038293f7984fa8bfd89a0451d3d77fc…

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User feedback on the forums
by Maren Hachmann 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Something to brighten up the Inkscape devs' day: http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=33182

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Stroke width
by Parthasarathy R. 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

Hi, I am unable to get the stroke width for the path item in "mm", Inkscape::Util::Unit const *const unit = unitSelector->getUnit(); for (std::vector<SPItem*>::const_iterator i = items.begin(); i != items.end(); ++i) { double sw = (*i)->style->stroke_width.computed; double ei = Inkscape::Util::Quantity::convert(sw, unit, "mm"); Please suggest proper way to get. Regards, Sarathy

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Check new code in release mode
by Jabier Arraiza 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Hi all. We notice differences running a Inkscape build in release mode then in debug mode, normaly in debug mode works but not in debug mode. Normaly It happends to me when using an uninicializated variable, but cam be more diferences. So please check your code is working in both modes. Regards, Jabier.

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