September 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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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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wiki page about coordinate frames
by Thomas Holder 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

Hi, I'd like to add this scheme to the wiki: http://www.thomas-holder.de/tmp/inkscape-frames-of-reference.svg However, uploading SVG is not permitted, I'm getting this error: "Upload warning: .svg is not a permitted file type. Permitted file types are png, gif, jpg, jpeg." I've found two wiki pages which address coordinate systems: - http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CoordinateSystems Old (2005), but mostly correct - http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/UI_and_Document_coordinates This one is linked from the Main page but was deleted!? My questions: 1) can SVG upload be enabled? 2) do you know other relevant wiki pages about the topic? Thanks, Thomas

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"Perspective path" LPE
by Thomas Holder 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Hi, Does anyone know how the "Perspective path" LPE is supposed to work? Is it functional? I already asked Jabier, but he also doesn't know. I'm asking because it uses hard coded desktop coordinates that I would fix if I knew how to test it. This LPE is in the LPE_ENABLE_TEST_EFFECTS section. If nobody knows if/how it works, then I suggest to remove it. Implementation: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/blob/master/src/live_effects/lpe-persp… Thomas

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Location path for an imported figure
by David Carrasco de Busturia 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Dear All, I am finding `Inkscape` a really good tool for importing `PDF` or `EPS` scientific plots into a blank page, and then place arrows on top of the graphs, text, make scientific drawings assemble them in the desired location and then save as a unique PDF page that can then be included as a unique `figure` in a `latex` document. Let's imagine an inkscape project that has assembled 10 plots, imported from these folders: /path1/plot_1.pdf /path2/plot_2.pdf ... /path10/plot_10.pdf We already know that in /path1/ there is also the python, gnuplot, etc source code that produces the PDF plot, for instance: /path1/plot_1.py /path2/plot_2.gnu etc Most of the times I need to continue working over the original PDF plots that I once imported into a inkscape project I made back in time. For example, change the scale and the title of the plots, and so on. In other words, I need to go to the original source code (gnuplot, python, etc) that produces those plots that have been assembled in the inkscape project. In these situations, while having the nice inkscape project in the screen with all the plots 1 to 10, it is quite hard to remember where is the location of the original PDF plot. As far as I am concerned, there is no option in the inkscape interface that allows you to know which is the original location path of the PDF plot that was once imported into the inkscape project. The closest solution I could find is the following: every time I import a new PDF of EPS, I right click and and create a link which is basically a copy-paste of the location path of the figure. This solution is quite tedious and most of the times one forgets to create the link. Once the image is imported, the next natural step is to resize it and locate in the desired place, and it is very easy to forget to create the link. For instance, if this multi PDF plots assemble project was made in Latex, the location path of all the plots would be perfectly identified, i.e. in the `\includegraphics` line. I was wondering if it is possible to check an option in the importing process that would allow to automatically write the location path of the figure somewhere. Or any other strategy that would automatically write the location path every time a plot is imported. Would this be difficult to implement ? Thanks a lot for all your help, All the best, David

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Shop
by Jabier Arraiza 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

If we want feedback about shops we can ask to Sven about this one: https://www.redbubble.com/es/people/dillerkind/works/34076967-blade-girl-9 Regards, Jabier.

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Hackfest summary is complete please review
by C R 23 Sep '18

23 Sep '18

Okay, I've cobbled this together about as best I can. :) https://inkscape.org/en/news/2018/09/20/inkscape-hackfest-kiel-2018-what-ha… That means there are probably errors and omissions. If you find either, please let me know. :) Back to the video stuff! -C

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Inkscape g+ feed, moderator still blocking me. Also posted this:
by C R 23 Sep '18

23 Sep '18

Mr. Grady is still on the offensive, and is getting defensive too. He says: "Please folks, I don't care who someone is. If someone is engaging in discussions, especially helping a new Inkscape user learn and your only contribution is to troll the person offering the help, expect to at least have the posts deleted. If that's kind of your modus operandii around here, then you'll eventually get kicked." Of course, still denying his role in the issue. I'm still blocked, and see nothing but excuses from Mr. Grady, still treating our Inkscape feed like his personal property. Solutions? Thanks for the attention to this matter. -C

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Your hackfest experience.
by C R 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

Hey folks. I'm going to do a writeup of the hackfest to accompany and help finish the video content. If each of the hackfest attendees could answer these questions for me, I'll combine all of it into the hackfest summary. 1. What did you work on during the Kiel hackfest? 2. What do you consider the best benefit to being at the Kiel hackfest this year? 3. What were the most fun things or things you most enjoyed about the hackfest? 4. Did your hackfest activities extend beyond the hackfest? 5. Did the hackfest increase your motivation to work on the Inkscape project? 6. Anything else you'd like to include. :) Thanks for your comments. I'll begin posting video content this week, (3-4 videos in total), witht he goal of releasing the hackfest summary first, so the sooner everyone responds to this information, the sooner I can put it together with some accompanying photos into a complete summary. Thanks for you help, and it was super cool to be able to hang out with all of you. Last week. -C

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