October 2018 - Inkscape Devel

Default Palette
by unknown＠example.com 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

Dear devs, I've had some complaints that Inkscape's default palette isn't that welcoming to new users. It's too harsh and varied. A number of users have asked me personally why we don't use the Tango palette as our default palette and move Inkscape default to a new name. I don't actually know which palette would be the best to have as the default. Would a poll be a useful way to find out? To aid, I've committed a soc2gpl script so we can have a look at LibreOffice palettes for comparison. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Problems attempting to compile inkscape-0.92.3 for Mac using Mojave
by Bryan Dunphy 24 Oct '18

24 Oct '18

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? Also, the link to the Doxyen docs on the website is broken. Safari says it can’t connect to the server.

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Mac developers chat channel
by Windell H. Oskay 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

I've added a #mac-dev channel at chat.inkscape.org: https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/mac-dev Hopefully, providing a place for people to ask questions and discuss Mac-specific issues will help grease the right wheels. :)

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Python scripting support (work in progress)
by unknown＠example.com 21 Oct '18

21 Oct '18

Hello, I've been playing around with adding Python support to Inkscape for some time. In contrast to the current extension system that runs the interpreter externally, this allows to use Inkscape functionality via Python code. Progress has been slow, since I am new to mostly anything necessary to implement it (C++, CMake, GTK, git, even Python). I decided to do the implementation manually (without SWIG, Boost.Python, etc.) since there's already enough new stuff for me to deal with. At the current state, there is not much to show, but some of the infrastructure is in place: * Inkscape-integrated Python console with basic command history and limited coloring (different colors for log messages, input, output and errors) * A pane to select Python files and run them * A rudimentary set of bindings: * Arbitrary Inkscape verbs can be run * Files can be opened * Files can be saved. Selecting the output file type on basis of a MIME type, i.e., export to other file types than .svg is supported, but the user interaction dialog for the export settings pops up. * PNG export * Listing and activating desktops (open files) * Running Python scripts from the command line is possible, although only in non-GUI mode for now. Since the basics are working I decided it would be a good point to share the code and check if you think this is a direction worth pursuing. Especially, since some design decisions that should be discussed beforehand are ahead. Please let me know how to submit the code. Would you like a patch against current master or should I create a Gitlab account? wiesi

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[Fwd: Bronze Sponsor Request]
by unknown＠example.com 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

Honesty, I don't know what to make of this. Does any read Hebrew (I think)? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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(no subject)
by Patrizia Ittmann 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Stop to send me massages

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Website Will be Down in two days
by Martin Owens 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

Dear Developers, Translators and affable Users of Inkscape, The Inkscape website at inkscape.org will be down for upgrades soon. This is dependent on when bryce is available for DNS change over. The process involves moving the website to the new CentOS 7.6 server from OSUOSL which is now setup, you can reach this new server by manually setting your /etc/hosts for inkscape.org to 140.211.9.79 and visiting https://inkscape.org Everyone is invited to visit the new site, it looks exactly like the old one. To see if it's still working correctly. It now uses python3 and django 1.11, so there's quite an upgrade planned for all the tech. But so far it's holding steady. The plan is to display this message to users, English only. http://140.211.9.79/ while we move the database and sync up the media. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Board meeting Friday Oct 5th at 10am Pacific
by Bryce Harrington 06 Oct '18

06 Oct '18

Our monthly board meeting is scheduled for Friday, Oct 5th, at 10am Pacific in #inkscape-devel. All members are welcome. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings Agenda: ------- * Past hackfests: recap. ** [http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2018_Kiel Kiel] * 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.) * Infrastructure ** http://chat.inkscape.org/ * Merchandise sales ** Spreadshirt ** Evaluate self-serve merchandise sales - spreadshirt, cafepress, Golden Ribbon, Think Penguin or similar [Mc] * Action Items * Other Business Action Items from last meeting: ------------------------------- == Merchandise Sales == ♢ ACTION: Investigate hellotux.com for merchandise [crogers] ♢ ACTION: Coordinate announcement of spreadshirt with hackfest [crogers, vectors team] ♢ ACTION: Check with Conservancy on status of sticker production [doctormon] === Future meetings/hackfests === ♢ ACTION: Set up wiki page for SCALE hackfest [Tav] ♢ ACTION: Check into pre/post SCALE meeting options & AirBNB [tedg, scislac] ♢ ACTION: Propose some options and concrete plans for hackfest at SCALE [tedg] === 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] ♢ ACTION: Plan bug management for 1.0 [bryce,Mc] === Outreachy === ♢ ACTION: Verify that outreachy project proposal is written and available online [doctormo] ♦ ACTION: Check with fundraising status on outreachy, and finalize vote [bryce] Transcripts of previous meetings: --------------------------------- http://alpha.inkscape.org/board/meetings/transcripts/ Bryce

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Help Needed: Memory/address problems
by unknown＠example.com 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

Dear Devs, In a clean up on gradient/sp-stop code[1] I've gotten it all working, but for the style-test program itself which crashes with a stack guard error "stack smashing error". The problem only appears if you compile with `-fstack-protector` which is default ON for Ubuntu, but is not for windows and other OSes. I attempted to use Valgrind (with --tool=exp-sgcheck) but that crashed too. Possibly because of the stack-protector which I can't seem to turn off. I wanted to also try `-fsanitize=address` to winkle out the problem, but I have no idea where to add CFLAGS in CMake/ninja. So without being able to try other build options, I'm very lost. Any help would be brilliant. Best Regards, Martin Owens [1] https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/348

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Vectors: Join chat.inkscape.org + Saturday meeting
by Ryan Gorley 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

Hello Vectors (and all), With the generous help of Manuel Recena we have deployed https://chat.inkscape.org! This is the shiny, new, /public/ home for Vectors discussions/meetings. It is also a home for other project contributors. Please come and check it out! No registration is necessary to view conversations, but to join in, one needs to follow these steps: 1. Navigate to https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors (or any channel) 2. Select the "Sign in to start talking" button at the bottom: 3. Then on the sign-in page, follow the "Register a new account" link beneath the login button: We have a meeting scheduled for this Saturday (time <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Inkscape+Vectors+…>, agenda <https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/72>). Because we had a scheduling mix-up last month, it will be good to catch up. I aim to keep the official meeting to an hour. On the agenda are the Inkscope podcast, Kiel download, the website rebuild, and other stuff as we have time. If there's anything you're working on and would like to share/discuss it, please let me know and I'll get it added. I'm grateful for the many ways you all contribute and I hope I can see you there! - Ryan

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