January 2022 - Inkscape Devel

call of 'virtualenv' with option 'p=python3' syntactically wrong
by fi＠igh.de 04 Jun '24

04 Jun '24

Dear Maintainers, after pulling revision 5448704355e03a97d2838e1ba30272db335f0dbb I have built inkscape according to https://inkscape.org/develop/getting-started/ Trying to manage extensions (Extensions -> Manage Extensions) I receive the following error message: There has been a problem creating the python environment: Return Code: 3: b'' b'The path =python3 (from --python==python3) does not exist\n' args: ['/usr/bin/virtualenv', '-p=python3', '/home/xx/.config/inkscape/extensions'] Indeed the call is syntactically wrong. Instead of '-p=python3' the option '-p python3' ### without equal sign should be used. As far as I understand, the problem seems to exist in inkscape/share/extensions/extension-manager-bootstrap.py:69 call('virtualenv', TARGET_DIR, p='python3') which then in inkex/command.py:to_args() is evaluated to the wrong sytnax. According to the (very good) comments in to_args() :Keyword Arguments: * *name* (``str``) -- Becomes ``--name="val"`` ... * *n* (``str``) -- Becomes ``-n=val`` ... it should become ``-n val``. I do not know whether a change would result in problems using other programs that want -n=val. Which should that be? Best regards Torsten -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Torsten Finke fi(a)igh.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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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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Regarding the serialization of Spiro control points
by Fred Brennan 28 Mar '22

28 Mar '22

Greetings, I write from the FontForge project. Of particular interest to me is the Spiro spline feature, which was originated around ten years ago by Raph Levien. One thing I'd like to add, (which would benefit both our projects,) is the ability of FontForge to understand the Inkscape Spiro serialization format. However, there are several things about the format which to me as an outsider appear to be defects serious enough that I have no idea how to even *import* these splines correctly, much less export our Spiro splines to this format. I would very much like to support the _de facto_ standard Inkscape has originated of supporting Spiro in SVG, but I am lost. George Williams, FontForge's original author, noticed this defect over eleven years ago.[1] Things are virtually unchanged since then, I checked `git blame`. Spiro has five point types, not including beginning and ending points. They are: * G4 curve (o) * G2 curve (c) * Corner (v) * Left Constraint ([) * Right Constraint (]) The ASCII single letters are the normal method of Spiro serialization, as championed by Raph Levien and by us in FontForge. Inkscape seems to create what I will call a "pseudo-SVG path". So, it is not really an SVG path, but rather is an SVG path which undergoes transformation into the typical Spiro format. Inkscape stores this in the "original-d" attribute. So, given a Bezier spline with control points defined as (x, y, c1, c2), Inkscape interprets a control point with only (x, y) to be a corner, meanwhile a control point with all four is a G4 curve, and (x, y, c1, NULL) is a left constraint while (x, y, NULL, c2) is a right constraint. I can probably overcome this, although George Williams was right to be skeptical of this format. There is no way I can see to define a G2 curve in this strange "original-d" format. Thus, this email. I write to ask a few things. I suppose first of all, what are the chances that we can convince you guys to store Spiro splines in plate[2] format, or another widely accepted Spiro serialization format? Second, if we cannot convince you to do that, how do I export FontForge spiros which contain G2 control points to Inkscape's original-d format? It's not possible, yes? So should I just silently fail and save them as G4? The curves will not be the same if I do that. Should I disallow export to SVG w/Spiro if glyph contains G2 control point? That seems a steep cost that will just confuse my users, so perhaps I should abandon the whole thing if it comes to that. Cordial regards, Fredrick Brennan (@ctrlcctrlv) [1]: https://narkive.com/63FADpG3.4 [2]: https://levien.com/garden/ppedit/README, section "Plate files"

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How do I invoke my.custom.extension by CLI
by marc 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

Hello all, this is my first post on this list. I'm not sure whether this is the place to ask, but couldn't find a better one. I chose to use inkscape for modifying vector-graphic-PDFs and convert them to PNGs and also to a varienty of PDFs with extra information in a background batch job. Basically this works well with official Inkscape 1.1 (c68e22c387, 2021-05-23) and the results are just as desired. Unfortunatelly there is some glitch with inkscape freezing every some hundred conversions. To track down the above freeze I decided to try the latest inkscape source and build it myself (Windows 10/Windows 11) to be able to debug it. I found that the current app (24f6795) does not obey to the same CLI. Calling --verb=my.custom.extension complains Unable to find: my.custom.extension verbs_action: Invalid verb: my.custom.extension I get the same error message if I try to invoke as -- actions=my.custom.extension. Both --action-list and --verb-list do not list any extensions. The extension is part of the menu, so inkscape seems to know about it. Commit 5e32ad5 "Menubar Filters + Extensions : Conversion to Actions" removes extensions from the verb-list. Various comments suggest that verbs are supposed to be moved to actions. Not sure whether that is the plan for extensions as well. So my question is: How can I invoke my custom extension from CLI in the current version of inkscape (24f6795926, 2021-12-25) or any later? Cheers and a happy new year to everybody, Lokomoko

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PLC Meeting this Friday (2022/2/4)
by Ted Gould 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Howdy Folks, We have a PLC meeting this Friday at Noon Texas time. Agenda is updated here: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Leadership_Committee_Status_Updates And you can find the time for you locally here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20220204T10&p1=202 Everyone is invited to join in, hope to see you there! Ted

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Fwd: Scribus 1.5.8 released
by Maren Hachmann 25 Jan '22

25 Jan '22

Forwarding for your interest: -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.5.8. Like previous releases, work on version 1.5.8 focused mostly on bugfixes and code optimizations, the latter of which are expected to lead to reliability and speed improvements. We have also begun to prepare Scribus for using Qt6, which will make our work easier for future releases. Most important changes General - UI Improvements for dark mode and some icon updates and window interactivity - Improvements to file import (IDML, PDF, PNG, TIFF, SVG) - Improvements to PDF export - Improvements with respect to tables (undo/redo, styles) - Improvements to the Story Editor - Improvements to the build system - Translation updates Technical/OS-related updates - Scribus 1.5.8 now includes Python 3 and is built for mac OS Catalina or higher. Additional Notes The complete changelog is available here: https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=112. More details are available from the Scribus Commit Mailing List archive (http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus-commit/), beginning with revision 24637 in April 2021. Please note that while some bug fixes still may be backported to the 1.4.x branch, we do not plan an official release of this version anymore. If you think you need the changes, you have to check out the SVN repository and build 1.4.9svn from source. We encourage all Linux and *BSD distributions to switch from 1.4.x to this new version, since it's not only much more versatile but also more stable. Download For download links and checksums please visit: https://w.scribus.net/wiki/index.php/1.5.8_Release Credits The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites. We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie for sponsoring. The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio Oldenburg (Germany), Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA), Software Consulting Services (USA), freieFarbe e.V. (Germany), bauwerk Kommunikationsdesign (Germany) as Special Supporters and donors of color palettes and other content since the 1.4.x release, just like we are grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some of his work as Scribus Templates. Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release.

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plantage sous win 10 Point critique
by Jean-Marc LELIEVRE 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Bonjour ami.e Inkspacer, Je ne peux plus exporter en png. Le message derreur : « point critique. un point d'arrêt a été atteint » Inkspace se ferme alors (plantage). Jai cherché sur la liste en anglais (inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.org <https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.or g/> ) si cette erreur avait été rapportée. Apparemment non. Je travaille sous Win 10 Pro (ordi de linstitut). Merci à qui pourra aider. JML

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Re: [Inkscape-translator] Re: Call for translations for Inkscape 1.1.2 (bug fix release, stable branch)
by Maren Hachmann 16 Jan '22

16 Jan '22

Hi Firas, confirmed, it's an annoying GitLab issue that hasn't been addressed for quite some time. I think it could potentially be fixable by adjusting our Continuous Integration to not have the Windows builds in a separate pipeline and to just go by date instead or whatever. (or, of course, GitLab itself could fix it, but they have known about the problem for a couple years now, so I'm not hopeful.) The summary is that the additional, scheduled (so, resource-conscious) job of the Windows builds overwrites the build results listed in the dropdown and drops old build results from the 'latest' job. You can still always find the latest successful build for 1.1.x here in this list (don't choose those that are have the little 'Scheduled' badge, but the latest one of the others): https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/pipelines?page=1&scope=all&ref=1.1.x… Or, just wait a bit... (not a great idea at the moment). Or, currently, the po and pot files in the repository are up to date, too, but that is never guaranteed. I'm including the developer mailing list as this is something they might have a way to fix. Maren Am 16.01.22 um 15:31 schrieb Firas Hanife: > Hello, > > I'm not sure if it's only an issue on my side but I'm unable to get the > latest translation from 1.1.x branch artifacts. > The provided link leads to a "Page Not Found" message. > > Can anyone confirm? > > > Thank you! > > > Il giorno sab 15 gen 2022 alle ore 17:03 Maren Hachmann > <maren(a)goos-habermann.de <mailto:maren@goos-habermann.de>> ha scritto: > > Hello Inkscape translators! > > This is the official call for translations for the upcoming Inkscape > 1.1.2 , which is planned to be released in early February. > > 1.1.2 is expected to be the last in the 1.1.x series of Inkscape, and it > is bugfix release, so the number of updated strings is small. > > If you'd like to contribute to 1.1.2 translations, please coordinate > with everyone in your language's translation team, and get the latest po > and pot files from > https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/jobs/artifacts/1.1.x/download?job=tr… > <https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/jobs/artifacts/1.1.x/download?job=tr…> > > Further information is available from > https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Translation_information > <https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Translation_information> and > https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Interface_translation > <https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Interface_translation> > > -------- > > If you are a translator for any of the languages below, please also > check your 1.1.x branch po file for errors – either using the > translation tool of your choice, or by compiling it to a mo file on your > computer and reading the output – as they contain formatting errors and > / or do not properly indicate the language they are for (default value > is still set): > > as, az, doi, en_AU, en_CA, eo, es_MX, fa, hy, kok@latin, ks@aran, mk, > ml, mni@beng, mni, mr, or, sat@deva, sat, sd@deva, sd, ur, ta > > --------- > > Inkscape 1.2 (currently still the same as the master branch) is > approaching its alpha stage. Translations for 1.2 are already accepted, > but it is expected that especially the newly added strings will still > change until the release. > > –––––––––– > > Happy translating! > Maren > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape Translators mailing list -- > inkscape-translator(a)lists.inkscape.org > <mailto:inkscape-translator@lists.inkscape.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to > inkscape-translator-leave(a)lists.inkscape.org > <mailto:inkscape-translator-leave@lists.inkscape.org> > > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape Translators mailing list -- inkscape-translator(a)lists.inkscape.org > To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-translator-leave(a)lists.inkscape.org >

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PLC Meeting this week!
by Ted Gould 14 Jan '22

14 Jan '22

Howdy Inkscapers! We have a PLC meeting this Friday at Noon Texas time. You can figure out that time in your local timezone and get info on the agenda here: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Leadership_Committee_Status_Updates Everyone is invited! Hope to see you there! Ted

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How to get started with contributions
by Pranjit Kakoti 13 Jan '22

13 Jan '22

Respected Sir/Madam I am Pranjit Kakoti, an undergrad. I am in my first year at NIT Silchar. I am new to open source contributions but I am well aware of C, C++, Python and a little bit of data science and machine learning. I am open to learning new technologies.I would love to contribute to your organisation but could you please tell me how to get started? Hoping to hear from you soon. Regards Pranjit Kakoti

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