October 2018 - 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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missing Extensions system in trunk : Windows, 0.92+devel (36c73a7, 2018-09-09)
by alvinpenner 26 Jan '19

26 Jan '19

Windows 10, Inkscape 0.92+devel (36c73a7, 2018-09-09) - when I start Inkscape, I get the following error messages: - on the menu, the Extensions system is largely missing, see screenshot attached missing_extensions.png <http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/file/t148043/missing_extensions.png> Alvin .................................................. ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:33.402: Unable to open PowerPoint fontfix file: C:\APP\Temp\inkscape_devel\share\extensions\fontfix.conf PowerPoint ungrouping compensation in WMF/EMF export will not be available. ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:33.793: Failed to load resource: inkex.py from C:\Users\penne_000\AppData\Roaming\inkscape\extensions\inkex.py or C:\APP\Temp\inkscape_devel\share\extensions\inkex.py ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:33.793: Failed to load resource: inkex.py from C:\Users\penne_000\AppData\Roaming\inkscape\extensions\inkex.py or C:\APP\Temp\inkscape_devel\share\extensions\inkex.py ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:33.793: Failed to load resource: inkex.py from C:\Users\penne_000\AppData\Roaming\inkscape\extensions\inkex.py or C:\APP\Temp\inkscape_devel\share\extensions\inkex.py ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:33.793: Failed to load resource: inkex.py from C:\Users\penne_000\AppData\Roaming\inkscape\extensions\inkex.py or C:\APP\Temp\inkscape_devel\share\extensions\inkex.py ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:33.793: Failed to load resource: inkex.py from C:\Users\penne_000\AppData\Roaming\inkscape\extensions\inkex.py or C:\APP\Temp\inkscape_devel\share\extensions\inkex.py Pango version: 1.42.3 ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:34.434: Unknown verb name: org.inkscape.typography.newglyphlayer ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:34.434: Unknown verb name: org.inkscape.typography.newglyphlayer ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:34.434: Unknown verb name: org.inkscape.typography.nextglyphlayer ** (inkscape.exe:2000): WARNING **: 06:29:34.434: Unknown verb name: org.inkscape.typography.nextglyphlayer Unable to find: org.inkscape.typography.newglyphlayer Unable to find: org.inkscape.typography.newglyphlayer Unable to find: org.inkscape.typography.nextglyphlayer Unable to find: org.inkscape.typography.nextglyphlayer Unable to find: org.inkscape.help.manual Unable to find: org.inkscape.help.keys Unable to find: org.inkscape.help.askaquestion Unable to find: org.inkscape.help.commandline Unable to find: org.inkscape.help.faq Unable to find: org.inkscape.help.relnotes Unable to find: org.inkscape.help.reportabug Unable to find: org.inkscape.help.svgspec -- Sent from: http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Inkscape-Dev-f2781808.html

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Website update: current status
by Maren Hachmann 06 Nov '18

06 Nov '18

Hi there, Martin, Bryce and Travis from our friendly hosters at OSUOSL have worked on switching the inkscape.org website to the newer version this evening. In some parts of the world, due to DNS propagation, you might not yet see the new page, but you will soon (it looks pretty much the same, though, just the backend is newer). It now features a new shiny django (yay!). Unfortunately, it currently has problems with page edits, news edits and resource uploads. Please hold off editing anything on it, to not lose any work. Martin is working on fixing things, and will let you know when it's good for editing again. Downloads and viewing the pages work as usual (except for viewing pasted texts), so most people won't be affected by the issues. Kind Regards, Maren

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Board meeting Friday Nov 2nd at 10am Pacific
by Bryce Harrington 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

Our monthly board meeting is scheduled for Friday, Nov 2nd, at 10am Pacific in #inkscape-devel. All members are welcome. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings Agenda: ------- * Future meetings/hackfests. ** [http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/17x/ SCALE] - March 7th-10th, 2019 (Pasadena, California) ** [http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2019/ LGM 2019] - May 30th-June 3rd (Saarbrucken, Germany) Proposed. (About two hours by train from Paris.) * Merchandise sales ** Spreadshirt ** Evaluate self-serve merchandise sales - spreadshirt, cafepress, Golden Ribbon, Think Penguin or similar [Mc] * Inkscape 1.0 alpha release & bug strategy * Infrastructure + Bug tracking transition + Weblate service deployment * Trademarks - Should we pursue registration in locations other than the US? * Action Items * Other Business Action Items from last meeting: ------------------------------- == Merchandise Sales == ♢ ACTION: Coordinate announcement of spreadshirt with hackfest [crogers, vectors team] ♢ ACTION: Check with Conservancy on status of sticker production [doctormon] ♢ ACTION: Email Bryce with evaluation/details about hellotux.com merchandise service, for preparing board vote [crogers] ♢ ACTION: Board vote on hellotux.com [bryce] === Future meetings/hackfests === ♢ ACTION: Check into pre/post SCALE meeting options & AirBNB [tedg, scislac] ♢ ACTION: Propose some options and concrete plans for hackfest at SCALE [tedg] ♢ ACTION: Review hackfest fundraising in/out progress [bryce] === 0.92.4 Release === ♢ ACTION: Kickoff 0.92.4 release [bryce] ♢ ACTION: Remember to put correct version string in AC_ for 0.92.4 [bryce] === 1.0 Release === ♢ ACTION: Check in with people doing test case conversion [Tav] ♢ ACTION: ping jimmac/barbara about the symbolic icons for adding the theme to Inkscape [scislac] ♢ ACTION: Plan video for Inkscape 1.0 release [crogers] ♢ ACTION: Brainstorm plans for 1.0beta / 1.0 commemorative merch [crogers, tedg] ♢ ACTION: Review bug fix list http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/1.0_Release_Bug_Fix_List [bryce] Transcripts of previous meetings: --------------------------------- http://alpha.inkscape.org/board/meetings/transcripts/ Bryce

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About knots selection
by Antonio Ospite 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Hi, I was looking into fixing https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1707919 and, after compiling a recent Inkscape version I noticed that the behavior of knot changed wrt. selection and dragging compared to 0.92.x. After some research on the mailing list I found the change mentioned here: https://inkscape.org/en/news/2017/07/12/what-happened-hackfest-2017/ I can see the benefit of keeping knots selected to be able to move them with the keyboard but I still find the new behavior a little unintuitive, at lest for shape editing: 1. The colors of the mouse-over and selected states are the same, maybe the coloring scheme of node paths can be copied: where mouse-over color is different from the selected and dragging colors which are the same. 2. Previously selected knots look still selected when _another_ knot is dragged without pressing Shift. Steps to replicate: 1. Change size of a rect using one corner. 2. Then change the size using the opposite corner. The firs corner looks still selected. 3. Shift-click does not really select arc knots for ellipses, or rounding knots for rects, because this action is already used for something else, e.g. to close the arc instead. Would it be possible to use Ctrl-Shift-click for the current function and leave Shift-click for the normal select behavior? IMHO this would be more consistent. 4. Dragging with the mouse only affects the last selected knot, even if multiple ones are selected, but this is not a big deal, the behavior is different compared to path nodes, but both make sense IMHO. I'll resume working on https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1707919 after the details from above are sorted out, to avoid overlapping problems. Thanks, Antonio P.S. When verifying 1. I also noticed that path nodes change their size when clicked the _first_time_ but then get smaller again if the object is unselected and re-selected; however this is unrelated to the message above, I'll file a separate bug report for that if it can considered a bug, what do you think? -- Antonio Ospite https://ao2.it https://twitter.com/ao2it A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

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Problems attempting to compile inkscape-0.92.3 for Mac using Mojave (REPOST)
by Bryan Dunphy 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

I received no replies regarding this issue the first time I posted this so I’m trying again. I followed the directions in /inkscape-0.92.3/packaging/macosx/README.txt The last step "LIBPREFIX="$MP_PREFIX" ./osx-build.sh a c b -j 5 i p -s d” returned the following error messages at the end of the output Configure failed Package requirements (cairomm-1.0 >= 1.9.8 glibmm-2.4 >= 2.28 giomm-2.4 sigc++-2.0 >= 2.0.12 ) were not met: No package 'cairomm-1.0' found No package 'glibmm-2.4' found No package 'giomm-2.4' found No package 'sigc++-2.0’ found I captured all of the output to a file if it would help for me to post it somewhere. How do I fix this?

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What code should I look at to port parsing/viewing SVGs to another language?
by Bryan Dunphy 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

I’m trying to use this app SVG parse and view code as a model to create an SVG viewer module for a cross-platform language I use. Exactly which source code files do I need to look at? Are there any underlying assumptions or dependencies I need to be aware of?

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Using center of rotation in Python extension
by Pieter Barendrecht 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Hi all, How does one obtain the center of rotation of an object from within a Python script/extension? Is it perhaps a property of BaseElement (I don't see it mentioned here — https://inkscape.gitlab.io/inkscape/doxygen-extensions/classinkex_1_1elemen… )? Best, Pieter

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the uninstall
by Andrew Murphy 26 Oct '18

26 Oct '18

i went to uninstall program from my computer but it said the uninstaller was missing what do i need to do

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Font attributes not available in Inkscape
by Ivan Louette 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

Hi Often after designing a font with FontForge the attributes (Italic, Bold or others) are available in LibreOffice or Scribus but not in Inkscape (even in latest Trunk releases). And sometimes it happens to commercial fonts too. Is that a naming question ? And what is absolutely needed to make the attributes available in Inkscape ? Thanks in advance, ivan

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