November 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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Bronze sponsor request
by unknown＠example.com 30 Nov '18

30 Nov '18

Dear Board, We have a request to sponsor the Inkscape project from icons8.com at the bronze level. If anyone knows or can find anything against our rules, let me know. Otherwise I'll post them instructions to send the money by the start of next week. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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As easy way to use development (or 1.0 preview) in Ubuntu 18.10
by anatoly techtonik 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

Hi again. https://inkscape.org/release/master/platforms/ doesn't mention upcoming 1.0 at all, and I don't see there an easy way to use development builds in Ubuntu 18.10. Like PPA or better snap. ✗ sudo snap info inkscape ... snap-id: tIrcA87dMWthuDORCCRU0VpidK5SBVOc channels: stable: 0.92.3 (4274) 177MB - candidate: 0.92.3 (4349) 180MB - beta: ↑ edge: 0.92+devel (4265) 192MB - For this snap I'd expect the serial number for edge to be higher than stable, and that means the snap is not updated. So is there any other recommended (which means user friendly in this context) to check latest development versions of Inkscape to give a quick feedback? -- anatoly t.

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clang-format vs custom indentation
by anatoly techtonik 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

Hello. clang-format fails my one line patch and proposes to remove the indentation that was before my change. My opinion that the code will become less readable that it is now. How to deal with that? --- src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp (before formatting) +++ src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp (after formatting) @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ set_website ( "https://www.inkscape.org"); set_website_label (_("Inkscape website")); set_license_type (Gtk::LICENSE_GPL_3_0); - set_copyright (_("© 2019 Inkscape Developers")); + set_copyright(_("© 2019 Inkscape Developers")); set_comments (_("Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics Editor\n" "Draw Freely.")); https://gitlab.com/techtonik/inkscape/-/jobs/125913035 -- anatoly t.

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Website Update: Menus
by unknown＠example.com 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Dear Inkscape Devels, The Inkscape website has had a menus problem every since we upgraded. It would show French, German and any random menu to English visitors at random times. The django-cms menus app has always been very slow, way, way over- engineered and just not very good for websites with more than two languages. Thanks to Jabier, we've replaced it with a simple but more manual menu system. The new menu is disconnected from the CMS, so if you edit a cms page, add news ones or delete pages, you must now also edit the menus in each language to account for this. This manual editing is a disadvantage, but there are advantages too. Firstly, we can have different menus for different languages (if we want to say link to a different community forum for Japanese). We can also remove a lot of hacky blank places from our CMS that stood in for regular django pages, making that part of menu management more direct. Finally it's faster. Way faster. 2200ms first hit, 700ms cached vs 940ms first-hit and 512ms cached. Also it serves up the right language menu, which is quite a useful perk. If there's any issues either in the rendering or editing (which is quite crude, I admit) please let me know via an issue on inkscape-web. Thanks again to Jabier for the code and the idea to fix this issue with a bit of DIY. Best Regards, Martin Owens Website Administrator

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First Inkscope Video Podcast is live!
by C R 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J1r8a0emYc Future podcasts will be shorter, but hey, at least all the technical difficulties were edited out. :) Enjoy! -C

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Inkscape + Embarcadero C++ Builder Community Edition?
by Victor Westmann 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Hi Everyone, I hope all is well with you. I was just wondering if any of you know if Inkscape 0.92.3 is able to be compiled, on Windows platform, using the Embarcadero C++ Builder Community Edition? https://www.embarcadero.com/products/cbuilder/starter https://www.embarcadero.com/docs/rad-studio-feature-matrix.pdf It seems it is a free (but closed) tool to compile Inkscape. Haven't tested it yet but it seems it could be interesting for us to have yet another tool to compile Inkscape on Windows. Just wondering if anyone did this test yet... and if the dependencies were able to be resolved successfully. Thanks, --Victor Westmann

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Rewriting inkview in Python
by anatoly techtonik 25 Nov '18

25 Nov '18

Hi. It is not that I have a lot of time to do that, but I though that being able to use Inkscape as a library from Python could be an awesome feature to play with. Then one day somebody can come up with alternative SVG viewer. There are problems with current `inkview` from 0.92.3: - it lacks command line help - it doesn't respond to --version - if doesn't render attached file - there is no scaling option - there is no debug option for troubleshooting my content The attached file is rendered correctly in Inkscape, although initial view is too small. -- anatoly t.

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Fwd: $ systemd-analyze plot | inkview
by anatoly techtonik 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

Hi. Is it true that `inkview` is kind of unmaintained? Still maybe it is possible to modify it to accept input from stdin? https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1804432 I could do it myself if `inkview` was written in Python. -- anatoly t.

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Inkscape.org in Chinese in Google Chrome (fine in Firefox)
by C R 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Inkscape website navigation comes up in Chinese in Google Chrome. (screenshot attached) Anyone else seeing this? I tried re-choosing English in the language options on the site, but still get Chinese symbols. Odd. -C

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Announcing lib2geom Release 1.0
by Bryce Harrington 11 Nov '18

11 Nov '18

lib2geom v1.0.0 =============== 2geom is a C++ library of mathematics for paths, curves, and other geometric calculations, designed to be well suited for vector graphics: Bézier curves, conics, paths, intersections, transformations, and basic geometries. Originally developed to restructure and improve path data structures in Inkscape, this library's codebase has been maintained and shipped as part of the professional vector graphics software for over a decade. The major contributors to the 2geom library are Nathan Hurst, Michael G. Sloan, Krzysztof Kosiński, Johan B. C. Engelen, MenTaLguY, Aaron Spike, Marco Cechetti and JF Barraud. Work on this release has focused on updating the 2geom source control, build, test and packaging systems for both Linux and Windows. The py2geom python extension package has been restored and improvements have been made to overall code stabilization and quality. The primary motivation for 2geom's 1.0 release is to support a future Inkscape 1.0 launch. With this evolution to a distinct package, the 2geom team is seeking new opportunities to collaborate with individuals and projects interested in using this proven tool. Downloads ========= Source Release: http://alpha.inkscape.org/releases/lib2geom-1.0.0.tar.bz2 [http://alpha.inkscape.org/releases/lib2geom-1.0.0.tar.bz2.sig] (Other packages for this release may be available in the future; keep an eye on https://www.inkscape.org.) More Information ================ Website: http://lib2geom.sourceforge.net/ Code: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom Chat: https://chat.inkscape.org/home Bryce

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GTK3 Lower Bounds
by Jabier Arraiza 08 Nov '18

08 Nov '18

Hi all. I ask on chat about lower bounds of GTK3 version. Tav point me to http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Tracking_Dependencies He also suggest it can be moved from 3.18 to 3.22 in Linux but he is not sure about other OS. What about @win_team and @mac_team? Regards, Jabier.

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Issues on Gitlab?
by Tobias Bernard 06 Nov '18

06 Nov '18

Hi all, I'm a UX designer and long-time Inkscape user. I work at Purism, and I'm on the GNOME design team. I've been meaning to get involved with Inkscape for years, but the tools used for development (Launchpad, mailing lists, IRC) don't make it very easy unfortunately. I was very happy when I saw the code migrated to Gitlab, because it's a much more modern tool that works great for design issues thanks to inline media (we've been using it in GNOME for the past year and it's been a total game changer). Unfortunately, though the code is on Gitlab now, it's still not possible to open issues there. I was told this would change "soon" earlier this year, but so far this hasn't happened. Is there a timeline for opening issues on Gitlab? What are the current blockers? I'd really like to avoid using Launchpad if at all possible :) Cheers, Tobias

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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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lib2geom 0.9.0 (pre-release for 1.0)
by Bryce Harrington 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

A pre-release of lib2geom is packaged and can be downloaded here: Download: http://alpha.inkscape.org/prereleases/lib2geom-0.9.0.tar.bz2 Signature: http://alpha.inkscape.org/prereleases/lib2geom-0.9.0.tar.bz2.sig I've doublechecked that it builds and its tests pass, but I would really appreciate if someone else could check too. I haven't tried building Inkscape against it, and while I don't expect any issues at all, it would be wonderful if someone could check. Assuming all is well, I'll put out the final 1.0 release in a few days. The release notes are inlined below. Michele has kindly offered to help craft a news announcement to go with the release. Bryce lib2geom v1.0.0 =============== 2geom is a C++ library of mathematics for paths, curves, and other geometric calculations, designed to be well suited for vector graphics: Bézier curves, conics, paths, intersections, transformations, and basic geometries. This library was originally developed to restructure and improve the various path data structures in Inkscape, but the design intent is for it to be of general utility to others. The codebase has shipped as and been maintained as part of the Inkscape software for over a decade. It has been a very long time since 2geom saw a packaged release, and so much has changed it is hard to reduce to a summary. Recent work has focused on updating its source control, build, test, and packaging systems to more modern technologies for both Linux and Windows, and on restoring the py2geom python extension package to usability. Attention in recent years has also focused on stabilization and code quality improvement. The primary motivation for this 1.0 release is in support of overall efforts towards the (future) Inkscape 1.0 release, but we also hope that having this as a distinct package from Inkscape itself will facilitate wider collaboration. We would love to hear people find good uses for this beyond the Inkscape codebase!

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Duplicating objects in a Python extension
by Pieter Barendrecht 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

Hi all, Given a selected object (e.g. firstObject = self.selected[self.options.ids[0]]) in a Python extension, how can I duplicate it? I've checked a couple of code snippets (e.g. pathscatter.py as well as some online content) and stumbled upon copy.deepcopy(...) and append() for layers, but I don't have it working properly yet. Usually, I add a new object (e.g. a path) using newObject = inkex.etree.SubElement(self.current_layer, inkex.addNS('path','svg'), pathAttribs), where pathAttribs has been defined before. Can I add the duplicated object in a similar way? When I substitute 'pathAttribs' with 'firstObject' or a deepcopy() of it, I get the following FutureWarning — FutureWarning: The behavior of this method will change in future versions. Use specific 'len(elem)' or 'elem is not None' test instead. newObject = inkex.etree.SubElement(self.current_layer, inkex.addNS('path','svg'), firstObject) As an exercise I'm trying to write an extension that generates a circular array of a selected (path) object. The approach could be to first duplicate the object and subsequently transform it (i.e. rotate and possibly translate) using simpletransform.composeTransform () and simpletransform.applyTransformToPath(). As a follow-up question, is it possible to clone an object from within a Python extension? With 'clone' I mean the operation that's available in Inkscape through Edit → Clone → Create Clone. Thanks! Best, Pieter

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Python coder needed for simple Launchpad/Gitlab metrics tools
by Bryce Harrington 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Hi all, I've got a little scripting project for someone interested in exercising their python skills for Inkscape over the next couple weeks. It involves collecting data about bug reports via the Launchpad API, and a similar tool using the Gitlab API. One tool will use Launchpad's API to get data about bugs (age, # comments, length of description, etc.) and calculate a score. We essentially want to measure the "triaging difficulty" of each bug. The other tool will use Gitlab's API to detect bugs that have been moved from Launchpad, what the LP bug # was, and the person that did the triaging work. It also does some simple quality checks on the ported bug - presence of tags, length of bug description, is the bug description in valid markdown format, etc. If this sounds interesting, let me or Chris Rogers know and we can fill you in a few more details and help you get going. Bryce

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Vectors Meeting - Tomorrow
by Ryan Gorley 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Hello all, Just a friendly reminder that the Vectors are meeting tomorrow. The agenda is being refined but the time and place can be found here: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/74 All are welcome! Ryan

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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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want link to download Inkscape for Mac
by Ishita Swarup 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

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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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