March 2022 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

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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Inkscape 1.1.2 and Inkscape 1.2-alpha released
by Marc Jeanmougin 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Inkscape 1.1.2 ============== Inkscape 1.1.2 is now released. You can download it at: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.1.2/ then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at: https://inkscape.org/support-us/ ---------------- Inkscape 1.1.2 is mainly a stability and bugfix release. It fixes numerous crashes and several major inconveniences, such as lost styling when when converting text to path, or relative position of clones pasted into a new document ---------------- In addition, we are releasing an alpha version of Inkscape 1.2, to facilitate testing of major upcoming features, such as the multipage support, editable markers, on-canvas alignment, revamped alignment and snapping options, layer and objects dialog, etc. If you find any issue with this new version, please report it tohttps://inkscape.org/report You can download it at https://inkscape.org/release/1.2alpha0/ ----------------------------- Join an Inkscape project team ----------------------------- Inkscape is always happy to welcome new contributors in various areas: code, docs, translation, UX, bug triaging, or even outreach! The main ways to get involved are listed onhttps://inkscape.org/contribute/ and you can get in touch with us onhttps://chat.inkscape.org/ Thanks to everyone involved in this release! -- The Inkscape team

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Contributors' Voting for the Inkscape 1.2 About Screen until March 20
by Maren Hachmann 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Dear Inkscape Contributors, here they are, our community's 5 favorites for the Inkscape 1.2 About Screen, chosen by 353 community members from 25 entries by 20 different artists: ----------------------- 1: “New discoveries await...” by Chris Hildenbrand https://inkscape.org/~SpriteAttack/%E2%98%85new-discoveries-await 2: “Joy!” by Chris Hildenbrand https://inkscape.org/~SpriteAttack/%E2%98%85joy+1 3: “A New Dawn” by Fabian Mosakowski https://inkscape.org/~fabianmosakowski/%E2%98%85a-new-dawn 4: “I artist” by Davi Maia https://inkscape.org/~daviarte23/%E2%98%85i-artist 5: “Fox & Drag Bugs” by Muhamad Farlly https://inkscape.org/~mfarlly/%E2%98%85fox-drag-bugs ------------------------ Please fill in the following snippet with your ranked choices and send it as a reply to this email to the **Inkscape developers' mailing list** (this one: Inkscape-devel(a)lists.inkscape.org): ========================================= Ranking: Name or nickname: Contribution to Inkscape: ========================================= You can subscribe to the mailing list here: https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.or… (you do not need to create an account, it's easier without!) In case you have encountered difficulties with posting your vote to the mailing list, please contact Vectors in the Inkscape Vectors chat channel ( https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors ) so we can help you set this up. The contributor vote closes on Sunday, March 20, 2022, 23:59:59 UTC (in one week from now). To see the complete gallery with all entries, visit: https://inkscape.org/gallery/=about-screen-contest/contest-for-12/ Thank you everyone! --------------------- Explanation: Ranking: Put the numbers in order of preference, so '32154' would mean 3 is your first choice, 2 is your second choice etc. You don't have to rank all numbers if you don't want to. No comma or spaces in between, please. The system that is used for determining the winner is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting, using the package openSTV from (old) Ubuntu repositories. Ties will be broken randomly. Name or nickname: The name you usually use in your communication in the Inkscape project, required in case you change your vote or forgot that you had already voted. Contribution to Inkscape: We allow voting from all Inkscape contributors (as opposed to C++ developers and translators in the AUTHORS file only). Please help us with determining your eligibility for voting by telling us what you do or did in the Inkscape project (very short, only main area, e.g. 'writing Inkscape code', 'writing website code', 'writing news articles', 'setting up infrastructure', 'translating', 'forum moderation', 'bug triage', 'board member' etc.). For next time, we hope to use a new membership system provided by the inkscape.org website for the voting. Please watch out for an announcement that asks you to register for an Inkscape membership!

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Future of Gtkmm?
by Diederik van Lierop 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

Hi, Not sure if everyone is already aware of this, but see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtkmm/-/issues/110 "I will not continue forever with maintenance of gtkmm and other *mm modules. Unless someone else continues the work, glibmm, gtkmm and other modules will be abandoned in a near future." Should we be worried? Best regards, Diederik

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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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Inkscape 1.2 About Screen Contest: Chris Hildenbrand wins with "New discoveries await …"
by Maren Hachmann 22 Mar '22

22 Mar '22

Dear Inkscape Contributors, thank you to all of you who have cast their vote in the Inkscape 1.2 About Screen Contest and to all of you who have worked to allow for this Contest to take place again! The winning image is this awesome entry: "New discoveries await …" by Chris Hildenbrand, aka 2DGameartGuru https://inkscape.org/~SpriteAttack/%E2%98%85new-discoveries-await Congratulations, Chris Hildenbrand! A big thank you also goes to all the other artists who took the chance and participated. You can find their Inkscape-made artwork in the contest gallery: https://inkscape.org/gallery/=about-screen-contest/contest-for-12/ The votes ballot file and election running log are available for your interest here: https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2271327 For the next Inkscape About Screen Contest, Tim created a collection of possible changes that came up during or before the contest in Vectors meetings. We still need to set a date for when to figure out which of them and how to implement those, more discussion topics are welcome, too: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/-/issues/243 Maren

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Voting for 1.2 screen
by Victor Westmann 22 Mar '22

22 Mar '22

I would like to cast my vote to the artwork in this link: https://inkscape.org/~SpriteAttack/%E2%98%85new-discoveries-await Thank you all! Amazing submissions! Thanks, Victor

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Vote for your favourite Inkscape About Screen for Inkscape 1.2 until March 13 2022!
by Maren Hachmann 22 Mar '22

22 Mar '22

It's time to vote for the About Screen for Inkscape's version 1.2! We're very proud to present you with an amazing gallery featuring 25 entries, by 20 different Inkscape artists. Thank you so much to everyone who entered! Community voting opens on March 7 (0:00 UTC) and closes on March 13, 2022 (23:59:59 UTC). Here are the rules: * If you don't have a user account on the Inkscape website yet, you need to register (https://inkscape.org/user/register/) to be able to vote. * Everyone who enjoys Inkscape is allowed to vote. * Everyone gets 1 vote - this includes all contest entrants. * Visit the gallery and check out all the amazing works of art. * Click on one of the thumbnails to see the a larger version of the image and a description. You can also comment on the contest entry. * To cast your vote, either click on the check mark below the image or hover over the small image in the gallery to see a circle-shaped checkbox you can click on. If you accidentally vote for the wrong entry, you can change your vote by simply voting for a different one. * Voting will ONLY be accepted via the Inkscape website. * You can vote until Sunday, March 13, 2022, 23:59 (Time zone: UTC). In the gallery, there's also a countdown timer available that shows how long voting is open. * Once the community voting is done, the top five entries with the most votes will be passed on to the developers, who will then vote to determine the winner. * For the contest participants, ANY modifications of the files are prohibited at this point. SEE ALL ENTRIES AND CAST YOUR VOTE HERE: https://inkscape.org/gallery/=about-screen-contest/contest-for-12/ Good luck to all participants!

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Re: Contributors' Voting for the Inkscape 1.2 About Screen until March 20
by Maren Hachmann 20 Mar '22

20 Mar '22

Forwarding your vote to the mailing list, Adib - it's now in the ballot file, too! Thank you! Maren Am 20.03.22 um 15:29 schrieb the Adib: > ========================================= > > Ranking: 1 3 5 > > Name or nickname: theAdib > Contribution to Inkscape: developer > > ========================================= > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 1:36 AM Maren Hachmann <maren(a)goos-habermann.de > <mailto:maren@goos-habermann.de>> wrote: > > Dear Inkscape Contributors, > > here they are, our community's 5 favorites for the Inkscape 1.2 About > Screen, chosen by 353 community members from 25 entries by 20 different > artists: > > ----------------------- > > 1: “New discoveries await...” by Chris Hildenbrand > https://inkscape.org/~SpriteAttack/%E2%98%85new-discoveries-await > <https://inkscape.org/~SpriteAttack/%E2%98%85new-discoveries-await> > > 2: “Joy!” by Chris Hildenbrand > https://inkscape.org/~SpriteAttack/%E2%98%85joy+1 > <https://inkscape.org/~SpriteAttack/%E2%98%85joy+1> > > > 3: “A New Dawn” by Fabian Mosakowski > https://inkscape.org/~fabianmosakowski/%E2%98%85a-new-dawn > <https://inkscape.org/~fabianmosakowski/%E2%98%85a-new-dawn> > > > 4: “I artist” by Davi Maia > https://inkscape.org/~daviarte23/%E2%98%85i-artist > <https://inkscape.org/~daviarte23/%E2%98%85i-artist> > > > 5: “Fox & Drag Bugs” by Muhamad Farlly > https://inkscape.org/~mfarlly/%E2%98%85fox-drag-bugs > <https://inkscape.org/~mfarlly/%E2%98%85fox-drag-bugs> > > > ------------------------ > > Please fill in the following snippet with your ranked choices and send > it as a reply to this email to the **Inkscape developers' mailing list** > (this one: Inkscape-devel(a)lists.inkscape.org > <mailto:Inkscape-devel@lists.inkscape.org>): > > ========================================= > > Ranking: > > Name or nickname: > Contribution to Inkscape: > > ========================================= > > You can subscribe to the mailing list here: > https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.or… > <https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.or…> > (you do not need to create an account, it's easier without!) > > In case you have encountered difficulties with posting your vote to the > mailing list, please contact Vectors in the Inkscape Vectors chat > channel ( https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors > <https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors> ) so we can > help you set this up. > > The contributor vote closes on Sunday, March 20, 2022, 23:59:59 UTC (in > one week from now). > > To see the complete gallery with all entries, visit: > https://inkscape.org/gallery/=about-screen-contest/contest-for-12/ > <https://inkscape.org/gallery/=about-screen-contest/contest-for-12/> > > Thank you everyone! > > --------------------- > > Explanation: > > Ranking: > Put the numbers in order of preference, so '32154' would mean 3 is > your first choice, 2 is your second choice etc. You don't have to rank > all numbers if you don't want to. No comma or spaces in between, please. > > The system that is used for determining the winner is > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting>, using the package > openSTV from (old) Ubuntu repositories. Ties will be broken randomly. > > Name or nickname: > The name you usually use in your communication in the Inkscape project, > required in case you change your vote or forgot that you had already > voted. > > Contribution to Inkscape: > We allow voting from all Inkscape contributors (as > opposed to C++ developers and translators in the AUTHORS file only). > > Please help us with determining your eligibility for voting by telling > us what you do or did in the Inkscape project (very short, only main > area, e.g. 'writing Inkscape code', 'writing website code', 'writing > news articles', 'setting up infrastructure', 'translating', 'forum > moderation', 'bug triage', 'board member' etc.). > > For next time, we hope to use a new membership system provided by the > inkscape.org <http://inkscape.org> website for the voting. > Please watch out for an announcement that asks you to register for an > Inkscape membership! > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape Devel mailing list -- inkscape-devel(a)lists.inkscape.org > <mailto:inkscape-devel@lists.inkscape.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to > inkscape-devel-leave(a)lists.inkscape.org > <mailto:inkscape-devel-leave@lists.inkscape.org> >

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