August 2017 - 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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Problems building on Ubuntu 16.04
by mathog 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

Upgraded the Ubuntu 14.04 system which had endless build problems to Ubuntu 16.04. It doesn't seem to like 16.04 much better. Different problems, but still problems. Cleaned out the build directory and did: cmake .. which failed at ... WITH_OPENMP: ON WITH_PROFILING: OFF WITH_YAML: OFF ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND. Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files: POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR used as include directory in directory /usr/local/src/inkscape_trunk used as include directory in directory /usr/local/src/inkscape_trunk used as include directory in directory /usr/local/src/inkscape_trunk used as include directory in directory /usr/local/src/inkscape_trunk <SNIP many lines> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "/usr/local/src/inkscape_trunk/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log". This is at revision 15617. These poppler pieces are present ii gir1.2-poppler-0.18 0.41.0-0ubuntu1 ii libpoppler-dev:i386 0.41.0-0ubuntu1 ii libpoppler-glib-dev 0.41.0-0ubuntu1 rc libpoppler-glib4 0.12.4-0ubuntu5.2 ii libpoppler-glib8:i386 0.41.0-0ubuntu1 rc libpoppler19:i386 0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1 rc libpoppler44:i386 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4 rc libpoppler5 0.12.4-0ubuntu5.2 ii libpoppler58:i386 0.41.0-0ubuntu1 ii poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1 What needs to be tweaked to make this work? Thanks, David Mathog mathog@...1176... Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech

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Releasing Inkscape onto the Website
by Martin Owens 15 Mar '18

15 Mar '18

Dear developers, The website supports developers submitting releases using the releases app, we haven't linked to the releases app publically, but thanks to Maren and others it's a mostly complete history of Inkscape package files. To upload an inkscape package: a) Go to the website and login b) Click the "Upload Art or Resource" (or click Submit in any of your galleries to better organise your files) c) Fill in all the fields you want, make sure to include the uploaded file and gpg signature. d) Select "Inkscape Package" in the category drop down. e) Save. f) Now re-edit the new upload. This will give you the two new fields of "Release" and "Platform", these ONLY appear if: The upload is in the Inkscape Package category AND you have permission to edit releases. If you don't see these fields, make sure you join the releases team at https://inkscape.org/en /*release-team and try again. You can only have ONE resource per release, per platform. So the Inkscape 0.92.2pre0 release can have ONE Win32 MSI Package, ONE Mac OSX 10.9 DMG, etc etc. If you try to over-write, it will deny you setting the platform and release fields. We're going to try and keep the permissions to one person for each of the main platforms. So bryce can do source uploads, tgh can do Mac uploads etc etc. We make have some backups, but user wise it shouldn't need every developer to be a release team member. Let me know if you have issues. Best Regards, Martin Owens Your Friendly Website Admin

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Embroidery extension
by Lex 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

Ah, I see. My machine (a Brother SE400) can't cut the thread and continue stitching. It's a pretty difficult limitation to work with. I try to avoid jumps whenever possible, and when I have to, I place jumps such that they're easy to trim by hand. On August 28, 2017 1:45:33 PM Michael Soegtrop <MSoegtrop@...3339...> wrote: > Dear Lex, > > yes, in case there is a large distance, the TSP solver makes a jump. My > machine can actually do jumps (knot the threads and cut them at both > ends), so my main goal is to optimize the number of jumps. > > What one should do is try to order the groups such that connections can > be hidden below other stitching, but this is complicated, especially > when you don't have the concept of an area (my stuff just works on open > paths). > > Best regards, > > Michael > > On 25.08.2017 21:05, Lex Neva wrote: >> Hi! Sorry for going dark there -- everyday life intrudes fairly often. >> >> Neato, and thanks for the explanation! It does indeed look like your >> stuff follows a similar method to inkscape-embroidery. A few minor >> differences: >> >> * The extension handles creating a "grating" of lines automatically and >> intersects them with the fill region using Shapely (a Python extension). >> >> * The fill pattern is handled automatically through the insertion of >> extra nodes as you mentioned. Currently there's only one pattern: a >> sort of stair-step/staggered pattern that is visually pleasing. I >> cribbed it off of a pattern I bought online that was made using a >> commercial embroidery design program. I'd love to understand how to >> code more complex patterns, but I haven't given much thought to it yet. >> >> * The extension used to have a TSP solver of its own, but it really >> didn't do a particularly good job. I started off trying to fix bugs and >> ultimately just ripped it out. Instead, I carefully order paths in >> Inkscape. The new Objects panel is key for this, and it's a hugely >> awesome addition to Inkscape! The only part I struggle with is that >> Inkscape doesn't want to let you reorder objects relative to each other >> if they don't intersect (or nearly intersect). >> >> Ultimately, the problem I brought up for discussion boils down to the >> same problem you're solving with the your TSP algorithm. *Question: >> *what does your code do if it needs to get from one section to another >> that is distant? Does it just jump-stitch? >> >> Here's a brief description of how to use EmbroiderModder2's >> libembroidery to convert between formats: >> https://github.com/lexelby/inkscape-embroidery#optional-conversion-program >> >> I'd suggest that your code simply output a CSV in the format >> libembroidery understands, and then you can make use of its knowledge of >> pretty much every manufacturer format to convert it to a format >> compatible with your machine. >> >> --Lex >> >> On 7/30/2017 11:47 AM, Michael Soegtrop wrote: >>> Dear Lex, >>> >>> I guess we are trying to solve the same problem, but differently. I >>> wanted to have more control than semi automated fillers provide, so I >>> added 3 LPEs, which are in Inkscape 0.92.2: >>> >>> 1.) A bool LPE to do intersections / unions, ... of areas, so that one >>> can construct the areas to stitch from drawing areas. >>> >>> 2.) A path / path group trimmer LPE, which restricts a set of paths to >>> an area (or oustide of an area. There are already two path interpolation >>> LPEs which allow to create sets of paths with fine control over local >>> direction and density. >>> >>> 3.) An LPE to convert a set of paths into stitches. This includes an >>> almost reasonable traveling salesman problem (TSP) variant solver for >>> ordering groups of stitches to minimize the traveling in between. It can >>> still be improved. It is a bit more complicated than standard TSP >>> solvers, because it looks into groups of parallel stitches which have 4 >>> possible ends. >>> >>> >>> My approach is as follows >>> >>> 1.) Make a drawing >>> >>> 2.) Use the bool op LPE to create (in a new layer) the areas to fill >>> with each color / stitch style. >>> >>> 3.) Create a set of path to control density and direction using path >>> interpolation LPEs. This allows a great deal of control, e.g. for hair. >>> I don't think any commercial tool allows this amount of control. >>> >>> 4.) Use the path trim/cut LPE to trim the paths created in 3.) to the >>> areas created in 2.) >>> >>> 5.) Use the embroidery stitch LPE to convert the paths to stitches. >>> >>> Sometimes I use the cut / trim filter also to create intermediate nodes >>> in paths to create special stitching patterns. These nodes are not >>> visible in normal drawing, but after stitching they are visible. >>> >>> Of cause for simple cases, it would help to extend it with a more >>> automated approach, which is what you appear to be working at. >>> >>> I am very interested in the import/export library you mentioned. >>> >>> It would be great to work together on this. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Michael >>> >> > > -- > =========================================== > = Dipl. Phys. Michael Sögtrop > = Datenerfassungs- und Informationssysteme > = Steuerungs- und Automatisierungstechnik > = > = Anzinger Str. 10c > = 85586 Poing > = > = Tel.: (08121) 972433 > = Fax.: (08121) 972434 > =========================================== >

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Stickers are here! ... now what?
by C R 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

The stickers arrived today. They are of acceptable quality, but I think 300dpi is a little low quality for stickers this small. Also I think the cutting machine had some ink residue, because the border of stickers are a bit dirty on the cut. So, who wants/needs stickers? I have a request for a sheet of the coffee and sheet of the ice cream already. Did we have any solid plans for these yet? See attached for samples.

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pressure sensitivity for Pencil tool using powerstroke?
by brynn 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Hi Friends, Someone has recently posted on a forum, asking for a tool which combines pressure sensitivity of Calligraphy, freehand, powerstroke, and simplify, all in one tool. I explained we have something pretty close to that with Pencil, Triangle In/Out, with Simplify option. But it made me start to wonder. The Calligraphy tool must have been chosen for pressure sensitivity, at least in part because it can achieve variable width. Well now that we have powerstroke, I wonder if it would it be possible to give pressure sensitivity to the Pencil tool, using powerstroke? Probably a wild thought. But can't hurt to ask. Just asking if that, or something like it would be possible. Thanks, brynn

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] pressure sensitivity for Pencil tool using powerstroke?
by C R 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

Yes GIMP has a LOT of good stuff in it. Let's be a bit constructive here. This is not a good place to bash GIMP if you want people to take your comments and suggestions seriously. On 31 Aug 2017 22:07, "Miguel Lopez" <reptillia39@...3425...> wrote: GIMP has something good in it? (I'm not a fan of GIMP, quite the opposite) I prefer to have options to expand options manually, and that is what I been doing in other programs. On 8/31/2017 10:46 AM, Nate Yungkans wrote: > planning on creating a thought out set of wireframes that will explain > what I'm thinking of. What gimp does well is the rearranging of tabs > and having a consistent hierarchy. > > Being able to rearrange placement of tool bars is also very desirable > so people can customize the layout. Programs like illustrator often > have both a tool bar for quick functions and a tab menu for complete > functionality. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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GSoC project feedback request
by Alex Roman 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Hi everybody! I just finished my GSoC project "SVG 2 Text Support" and it would be great if you can help me with a feedback. This is the link of the GitLab repository: [1] <https://gitlab.com/AlexRoman/inkscape>, and here is the final report of my work: [2] <https://gitlab.com/AlexRoman/inkscape/blob/master/README>. Before I can merge my work to the official Inkscape's trunk, I need to do a lot of testing and debugging so it would be a great help if you can help me with that. Basically, everything that it is related to the text tool and seems to be an issue, you can alert in the issues tab of the repository. Thank you very much! Alexandru

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Partnership Request
by Martin Owens 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Dear developers, I just got an email for partnership, I've put it into the inkscape vectors team (since it's not a developer issue specifically) but I don't think a lot of people here are signed up to the vectors gitlab project notifications so here's the link if you want to have a say: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape-vectors/general/issues/10 Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Embroidery extension
by Michael Soegtrop 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Dear Lex, yes, in case there is a large distance, the TSP solver makes a jump. My machine can actually do jumps (knot the threads and cut them at both ends), so my main goal is to optimize the number of jumps. What one should do is try to order the groups such that connections can be hidden below other stitching, but this is complicated, especially when you don't have the concept of an area (my stuff just works on open paths). Best regards, Michael

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