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Hello everybody & GSoC Open Asset Import Library
by Alexander Gessler 24 Mar '10

24 Mar '10

Hello inkscape-devel! basing on the suggested ideas of last year (http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Google_Summer_Of_Code), I'd really love to tackle one of the suggestions, actually the 3d file import stuff. Open Asset Import Library (http://sf.net/projects/assimp) is a sort of generic importer library for 3d models, it supports two douzens of file formats from various 3d apps, frameworks, games, such as 3ds, obj, Collada, x, md5, ... Project exists since 2008, is hacked on by a team of 5-6 people. I'm currently the main committer, always trying to keep things together. Basing on the '3D Polyhedron' extension, the idea would be to integrate Assimp as model importer to get access to a wide range of formats. After importing, display a sort of real-time preview (in a separate window with OpenGL, maybe?) so the user can choose his preferred view point, lighting, whatever. When he's done, the model would be projected onto the drawing plane, converted to inkscape polygons and grouped together. Fancy stuff such as flat-shading and other things would be quite easy to accomplish. Also, Assimps development will surely continue, so format support might be improved in future (Diederik van Lierop pointed out that CAD file formats are mostly missing, also there's no support for Blenders native format yet). A few words to myself: I'm currently 18. Attending the german equivalent of highschool in year 12 of 13. A bit computer-addicted (just a little bit, you know :-) Worked with a few software technologies, in terms of programming languages mostly C, Python, C++. Also, I do like anything related to computer graphics. No development experience with Inkscape' source code yet (biggest achievement so far: it compiles), but I like the app and use it regularly and would like to contribute in future. GSoC seems a great opportunity. Please tell what you think. Regards Alexander Gessler

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Saving preferences
by Martin Sucha 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Hello all, I today closed a group of 6 Inkscape 0.47 windows and ended up with a corrupted preferences file. Is it possible that multiple Inkscape instances were writing to the same file at the same time? Has anyone encountered this before? Thanks. Regards, Martin Sucha

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Intel Aqua packaging
by Stuart Edwards 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

On Mar 22, 2010, at 2:20 PM, ~suv wrote: > On 22/3/10 18:38, Wolf Drechsel wrote: >>> Sorry, I was under the impression that you are using Mac OS X 10.5 >>> Leopard, not Snow Leopard. >>> >>> Yes, the lack of MacOSX10.4u.sdk is obviously significant for the >>> available xcodeproject of the application launcher. Please be aware >>> that the release version 0.47 was not built on Snow Leopard, nor >>> are the current development snapshots built on Snow Leopard. I.e. >>> you are trying to do something new that seems to require part of >>> the packaging modules to be modified and updated to run on OS X >>> 10.6 Snow Leopard. >>> >>> I recommend to file a bug report, detailing the SL related errors >>> you see when trying to package the application. Please include all >>> relevant information about your OS and Xcode version. >>> >>> The GTK+/Quartz (so-called "Aqua") version will also require >>> changes to both the build scripts and the launcher scripts - but >>> this should be handled in a separate bug report, similar to the one >>> Wolf filed for removing the code launching X11 on Tiger [1]. >>> >>>>> Do you have an up-to-date and complete Xcode installation? >>>> AFIK -- 3.2.1 >>> >>> Did you check if MacOSX10.4u.sdk is available as optional install >>> for Xcode 3.2.x? >> >> that's what I found in another context: >> >>> You missed simply to install 10.4u-sdk when installing xcode. It is >>> not default, just additional install for crosscompiling. >> >> (was here: >> http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15697&sid=4e4a4b850057802bd0d0… >> ) >> >> And be sure to use gcc-4.0 - they say more recent compilers wont >> work. > > hmm, I didn't really look into this (yet) but I certainly would start > the search at Apple's developer site ;) > > from the apple xcode documentation: >> Developer Tools Essentials (always installed). Contains the main >> applications, command-line tools, and other resources that make up >> the Xcode development environment. This group includes the Xcode >> application, Interface Builder, Instruments, Dashcode, Quartz >> Composer, GCC 4.0.1, and the Mac OS X v10.4 (Universal) and Mac OS X >> v10.5 SDKs, as well as sample source code. > <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Xcode/Conceptual/Xcode…> > > Stu - I don't understand why you don't have it with your Xcode > installation. Hopefully Michael or JiHO will take a look at the > ScriptExec xcodeproject if it needs to be updated for Snow Leopard. My > knowledge about working with Xcode projects is close to zero and I do > not have Snow Leopard installed. > > ~suv > > p.s. can we try to keep the discussion in one place? (I'd prefer to keep > it on inkscape-devel and not fork into several private threads). ok, we're back on the devel list now - sdk10.4 was an optional install that I didn't think I'd need. Now I have it. Probably a(nother) dumb question - but how (and when) do I switch to gcc 4.0 ? If I use the current script with sdk 10.4, will the result be useable on 10.6? I'll work on a bug report once I get to the end of this effort and can tell better what were true bugs and what was just my ignorance ; ) thx Stu

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Yet another GSOC 2010 Aspirant
by Abhishek Sharma 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Hello all, I am a student aspiring for GSOC 2010. To begin with, I would like to mention that I had used inkscape previously for creating games, amongst which one was ECG simulation. As far as developing for inkscape is concerned i would honestly admit i have no experience. I have a good knowledge in GUI development in JAVA and QT. With my skill set(mentioned in my resume), I am not sure as to what task could be assigned to myself. Although I would like to mention that in my previous works and projects I was always unaware of the technology used, yet I was always able to complete them successfully because being a Software Engineer it is my belief that everything is achievable if the problem definition is clear. With this I would request the mentors to kindly go through my resume(please do not just reject my approach to you just because I am new to inkscape development). Waiting for your response. Attached with this you shall find the resume. Thanking You. Yours sincerely, -- Abhishek Sharma B-Tech Information Technology Indian Institute of Information Technology(Amethi Campus)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Intel Aqua packaging
by Stuart Edwards 22 Mar '10

22 Mar '10

On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Wolf Drechsel wrote: >> Sorry, I was under the impression that you are using Mac OS X 10.5 >> Leopard, not Snow Leopard. >> >> Yes, the lack of MacOSX10.4u.sdk is obviously significant for the >> available xcodeproject of the application launcher. Please be aware that >> the release version 0.47 was not built on Snow Leopard, nor are the >> current development snapshots built on Snow Leopard. I.e. you are trying >> to do something new that seems to require part of the packaging modules >> to be modified and updated to run on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. >> >> I recommend to file a bug report, detailing the SL related errors you >> see when trying to package the application. Please include all relevant >> information about your OS and Xcode version. >> >> The GTK+/Quartz (so-called "Aqua") version will also require changes to >> both the build scripts and the launcher scripts - but this should be >> handled in a separate bug report, similar to the one Wolf filed for >> removing the code launching X11 on Tiger [1]. >> >>>> Do you have an up-to-date and complete Xcode installation? >>> AFIK -- 3.2.1 >> >> Did you check if MacOSX10.4u.sdk is available as optional install for >> Xcode 3.2.x? > > Hi, > > that's what I found in another context: > >> You missed simply to install 10.4u-sdk when installing xcode. >> It is not default, just additional install for crosscompiling. you're right - didn't expect to need it -- > > (was here: > http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15697&sid=4e4a4b850057802bd0d0… ) > > And be sure to use gcc-4.0 - they say more recent compilers wont work. Not sure how to do that .......... see my other Q to ~suv > > Greetings, > > Wolf Stu

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Looking for bug to fix and GSoC
by Valentin JANIAUT 22 Mar '10

22 Mar '10

Hello everybody, I am a young student in a French University (4th year). I am actually following a master degree about Image Processing. I am strongly interest to join Inkscape developer community through Google Summer Of Code. Indeed, my studying field is close to some technologies used by Inkscape, and I'd like to improve my skills. I am also a happy Inkscape (basic) end-user since 2 years now. But before, I would like to check that I am able to be a good developer for you. So I compiled the code last night, and I am checking for some easy tasks to do. This will be a good way for me to understand a little bit how the code is working. I saw the Janitor tasks on the wiki[1] and naturally the bug list from launchpad[2]. Do you have any recommendations for me ? I actually found two interesting bug I will have a look for. This is actually not bug but features requests. First of all : https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171099 . Users are asking for an option to display printer boundaries. This is something I regularly missed with Inkscape when I want to print some document. Sometimes I have some bad result, because the print area is too small for my printer. And secondly, https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171117 . Users are asking for an "Ungroup All". Sometimes when I import some Open Clip Art files, I would like to ungroup all before I start to work. So I think it can be useful. I also thought about another features. I did not see it on Inkscape wiki or Bug tracker but, I probably missed it. I would like to have some easy way to upload a svg file to the Open Clip Art library. Because I am using this wonderful resources regularly, and I like to share my creation easily on this website. I also started to think about a project for GSoC, I saw a mail about Cairo rendering. I would be quite interest in this idea, since I am working with Cairo for one of my project in my university. Feel you free to give me any suggestions about these ideas. Best Regards, [1] http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/InkscapeJanitors [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bugs Valentin JANIAUT UTBM Student : http://www.utbm.fr/ LinkedIN : http://www.linkedin.com/in/valentinjaniaut Homepage : http://www.valeuf.org/

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LinuxFund Text Tool project for Inkscape - up for grabs (it pays)
by Joshua A. Andler 20 Mar '10

20 Mar '10

Hey All, Unfortunately the person who was going to work on our Text Tool project via LinuxFund is either not willing or able to follow through with it. So, that means that there is ~$1,300 up for grabs if you're interested. The gist of the work is to add UI elements for existing functionality (letter kerning, spacing, rotation, etc) and to fix a couple text tool related bugs. The LinuxFund page for this is: http://linuxfund.org/projects/inkscape/ If you are interested in this, serious, and have time available, please email me and I will get you in contact with the person from LinuxFund. Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [PATCH] Grouping when setting mask
by Joshua A. Andler 20 Mar '10

20 Mar '10

On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 16:48 +0100, ~suv wrote: > On 4/2/10 20:59, Joshua A. Andler wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 19:10 +0100, Martin Sucha wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I've implemented feature to automatically group objects when setting clip/mask > >> and it now works for me. (Thanks Krzysztof Kosiński for help.) > >> > >> Could you please review attached patch and commit it if you consider it good > >> enough? > > > > Reviewed and tested, looks good by me (and is something I will use). > > Committed in bzr rev 9050. Thank you! > > Is it possible that this patch introduced a big performance loss when > grouping a larger selection of objects? I just stumbled upon this when > clipping ~1800 small objects (created with the spray tool) with a > rectangle using the new feature to group the selection automatically > before applying the clippath to the group: to my surprise this took very > long (~45 seconds) whereas grouping the same selection happens almost > instantaneously in Inkscape 0.47 (~2 seconds). This appears to be accurate... would you mind filing a bug report and assigning to Martin Sucha? Unfortunately, there is no way we can release with this big of a performance hit for such a common task. So if it doesn't get fixed before Feature Freeze I will have to revert it. Cheers, Josh

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My contribution to the Inkscape community
by Diederik van Lierop 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Hey people, For about a year now, a colleague of mine and I have been negotiating with our current employer about the conditions for starting a spin-off company. As of yesterday it finally looks like it's really going to happen; basically all we need now is to have the contracts typed out and signed. I'm very excited about this, but consequently I won't have as much time to spend on improving Inkscape as I used to. I'm not too excited about that part :-(. This is also why I cannot commit to being a GSoC mentor this year. However, I won't quit completely and will still be around. Besides, chances still are that we won't be able to raise enough capital to get our start-up company really flying, in which case I might pick up my Inkscape work again before the end of the year. We'll see. Regards, Diederik

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inkscape.pot
by Alexandre Prokoudine 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

As of rev9207: RN po/inkscape.pot => po/inkscape.pot.OTHER Why? Alexandre

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We are in GSoC 2010!
by Joshua A. Andler 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Hi all, I just wanted to let people know that I received notice that we have been accepted in GSoC again this year! If people would be willing to look over the wiki page and help update and clean up the suggestions, that would be excellent. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Google_Summer_Of_Code Since we've now been accepted, do we have any other mentors besides JonCruz and bulia byak? I need to know this to know how many slots to request and also so we don't mislead potential students on how tight the competition will be. Cheers, Josh

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Inkscape 0.47 OSX Official - Python filters don't work (again)
by André Berg 18 Mar '10

18 Mar '10

Hi, I just downloaded the official Inkscape 0.47 release for Leopard/Snow Leopard and while Inkscape itself is running absolutely fast and awesome as soon as I touch anything that runs inkex.py the age old info message about the fantasting lxml2 library wrapper comes up again. Looking into the .app bundle I was surprised to find lxml2 and numpy installations for all (!) major python version going from 2.6 back to 2.3 this time. Hmmmm... so what could be the problem? As we all know resetting my PATH won't (and didn't) work because the bootstrap system just builds its own PATH so what gives? Well, it turns out that this mess is caused by the default Apple X11 running in 64 bit mode and thus all the python stuff included with Inkscape 0.47 is of the wrong architecture. (at least it says that when you remove the try: blocks in inkex.py and let it spit out the real tracebacks). So I guess we need to include python stuff with 64 bit support with the official OSX release. (I tried building a 64 bit Python 2.6.4 myself but sheesh it's hard...) Anyway just thought I'd report this (apologies if it's known already). It's not a deal breaker - Inkscape still rocks. André PS: I am on OSX 10.6.2 and I have MacPorts installed but X11 is the default one. And I can see it's shown as 64-bit app when it runs in Activity Manager.

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Calculating flowRegion dimensions using font-size in pixels.
by Redefined Horizons 18 Mar '10

18 Mar '10

I'm currently working on some Java code that will export Inkscape ready SVG from an open source mapping application. One of the things I need to do is export map labels. I've been taking a look at how Inkscape represents text labels in its SVG flavor. I'm looking for advice on how to calculate the dimensions of the rectangle element used as the flow region. If I know the height of the font for the text labels in pixels, is there a formula that I can use to calculate the width and height I need for the flow region? Is this calculation dependent on the type of font? (I'm not really worried about getting the flow region a little too big. I'm more worried about getting it too small, and then not being able to see the label in Inkscape.) Thanks for any suggestions. Landon

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LZMA tarballs
by Krzysztof Kosiński 18 Mar '10

18 Mar '10

Hello LZMA tarballs are smaller and decompress faster than bzip2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/539671 They are supported since automake 1.10.1, released in January 2008. We currently require 1.10, which was released 3 months earlier. The automake dep change would only affect developers, since users of tarballs can use the provided configure script. Is it OK to bump up the dependency to 1.10.1 and enable LZMA tarballs? Regards, Krzysztof

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Looks like SVG *is* set for IE9
by Jon Cruz 18 Mar '10

18 Mar '10

News articles out today note something that might help boost Inkscape... if we can leverage it. :-) Microsoft IE9 Platform Pops with Speed, Standards http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361407,00.asp = = = ... New support for SVG-scalable vector graphics Sure, you can offer a PDF download for complex content like floor plans and org charts, but why not make these decipherable right inside the Web page? SVG allows just that. SVG is a W3C standard for animated, interactive graphics based on paths rather than bitmaps. No matter how much you zoom in on an SVG image, edges remain razor sharp—unlike bitmapped image formats like JPEG, which show degradation as you enlarge them. This holds true for text, too; that's key for the org-chart example mentioned above. In fact, John Hrvatin, senior program manager lead for Internet Explorer, told journalists that IE9 is the first browser that natively supports SVG inline with HTML—previously XHTML was required. SVG is the descendant of VML, which came out of the Visio drawing tool. Other browsers use SVG for the popular map sites, while until version 9, IE has uses VML. "SVG is a huge standard," said Visio veteran and now Internet Explorer partner program manager Ted Johnson. "We're not doing all of it in the first release, but we're doing a tremendous amount of it. When we ship, we're going to be covering all the way through what we consider 'static SVG.' Filter effects, animation, and fonts won't be included. A lot of these are still in flux. What's exciting about SVG is that you can easily see the markup in view source alongside its graphical result in the browser." = = = And some "straight from the horse's mouth" at HTML5, Hardware Accelerated: First IE9 Platform Preview Available for Developers http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/16/html5-hardware-accelerated-firs…

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Inkscape 0.48 Chill (the winter is heavy everywhere!)
by Joshua A. Andler 18 Mar '10

18 Mar '10

Hey all, This is where 0.48 as a "release" begins! This email will be a little redundant for developers, but will let users know what the current plan is. The next stage (Frost) kicks into gear at the beginning of March in case you were wondering. For right now: *New feature development will focus on wrapping up. *We will identify "make check" issues (we need to make sure things are "friendly" for packaging). *We will run an About Screen contest on DeviantART (which I will announce within the next 24 hours and post all info to both lists). *Ensure that the Release Notes are at First Draft stage. This is primarily a developer task, however, if you are a user and follow development closely and have something to contribute in this area which we may have overlooked, such as fixed bugs, changes in functionality, etc. please contribute. *Update tutorials and other docs (we could use volunteers). Not joking, if you are an Inkscape user and have the misconception that the only way you can contribute is by code, you are missing out on one of the most important things for our users... documentation. If you have time to spare and some tips for others that you're willing to share, please let us know. --- boring developer junk --- I do want to request from developers... most "big" new stuff be committed by March 1st if possible (or shortly thereafter). JonCruz: The swatch previews for "auto" swatches are starting to worry me given that they have not been working for quite a while now (since 0.47 dev cycle). The same goes for the method of editing color (gradient editor rather than F&S dialog). If you will not have time to address these before Freeze, please expect that I will request the feature is disabled again for this release at that time... I will also request that in 0.49 that you not re-enable it until you are looking to actively work on it. Krzysztof: The new Node Tool is fantastic. I know you're actively working on it, but I do just want to make sure that you will be able to set aside a few hours here and there for bugfixing as there are still a number of bugs and features missing from previous releases. Arcadie/Michael: The Connector Tool really is not consistent with the behavior of other tools. If it is not likely to be sorted out by Freeze, I will request that at least the tool controls button for "add connection point" be disabled, as it is not user friendly at this point. Please know that I am not targeting people or criticizing their work. This is a schedule issue and our date of release was horribly far behind schedule for the past couple releases. We will just be sticking to release schedules much more strictly than we have previously, and if features aren't "bug-free"/complete enough to release on time... there's always next release! :) Besides, we're going to be in the trenches w/ 0.49 for a bit by what has been discussed so far. Cheers, Josh

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Event processing issue
by Diederik van Lierop 17 Mar '10

17 Mar '10

Hi all, Someone surely must see an easy fix for this annoying bug I ran into the other day. ~suv reported that scrolling the canvas using the scroll wheel is prohibited when the pointer is hovering above the snap indicator (see the last paragraph of this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/522335/comments/8). This becomes very reproducible and annoying when using a dense grid, together the pre-snap indicator, in for example the rectangle context. Through debugging I learned that the scroll events reach sp_canvas_scroll() (just as they should), and from which they should be dispatched via emit_event() (in sp-canvas.cpp). But this only works if the canvas->current_item has been set, but in this situation the current-item is null. Now my question is: what should the current-item be set to in this case, and how do I control this? Thanks, Diederik PS: This is a stack trace of how things should work, in this case there was no grid and therefore no snap-indicator was drawn: Thread [1] (Suspended: Breakpoint hit.) 31 sp_canvas_scroll_to() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp:2179 0x00000000006161fa 30 SPDesktop::scroll_world() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/desktop.cpp:1110 0x0000000000a744f6 29 sp_event_context_private_root_handler() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/event-context.cpp:707 0x000000000046279f 28 sp_rect_context_root_handler() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/rect-context.cpp:448 0x0000000000af5f6d 27 sp_event_context_virtual_root_handler() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/event-context.cpp:941 0x0000000000463222 26 sp_event_context_root_handler() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/event-context.cpp:937 0x00000000004631ed 25 sp_desktop_root_handler() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/desktop-events.cpp:67 0x0000000000a7a682 24 sp_marshal_BOOLEAN__POINTER() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/helper/sp-marshal.cpp:352 0x00000000006cf763 23 g_closure_invoke() 0x0000003e9180ba8e 22 <symbol is not available> 0x0000003e91820ec3 21 g_signal_emit_valist() 0x0000003e918220ec 20 gtk_signal_emit() 0x00000031668e3bd2 19 emit_event() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp:1348 0x0000000000613f57 18 sp_canvas_scroll() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp:1581 0x0000000000614928 17 <symbol is not available> 0x0000003166753a33 16 g_closure_invoke() 0x0000003e9180ba8e 15 <symbol is not available> 0x0000003e91820b8d 14 g_signal_emit_valist() 0x0000003e918220ec 13 g_signal_emit() 0x0000003e918227a3 12 <symbol is not available> 0x000000316687620f 11 gtk_propagate_event() 0x000000316674a794 10 gtk_main_do_event() 0x000000316674b8d3 9 snooper() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/main.cpp:896 0x000000000044d569 8 <symbol is not available> 0x0000003166e5fe9c 7 g_main_context_dispatch() 0x0000003e9143920e 6 <symbol is not available> 0x0000003e9143cbf8 5 g_main_loop_run() 0x0000003e9143d045 4 gtk_main() 0x000000316674be07 3 sp_main_gui() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/main.cpp:962 0x000000000044db86 2 Inkscape::NSApplication::Application::run() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/application/application.cpp:114 0x00000000005acada 1 main() /home/diedenrezi/InkscapeBZR/inkscape/src/main.cpp:698 0x000000000044cf9e

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Hello!
by Dmitry 17 Mar '10

17 Mar '10

M> Unfortunately it's not a simple answer, and I haven't had a lot of time M> yet since getting back from London. The most useful place for MT is in M> software rendering. There are not many other places in the codebase M> which would really benefit from it. M> -mental Hello MenTaLguY! I would like to know why multi-threading haven't been realized in Inkscape for so long time, many users wrote that they would like to have full power of theit multi-core processors. I'm starting doing this work and I want to know what are the difficulties, is it real to complete in 2.5 months working 8 hours per day? And tell me please as more as you can about this problem in Inkscape. -- Best regards, Dmitry mailto:Dmitry.Jurasov@...400...

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Rendering test server unstable
by Niko Kiirala 17 Mar '10

17 Mar '10

Automated rendering tests for Inkscape have been run for a couple months now. The results are visible at http://auriga.mine.nu/inkscape/ (opening that page can take a while, as it is javascript-heavy) Unfortunately, the server I've used for running the tests and for hosting that website has become unstable, shutting down with no warning or visible reason. It is likely that the tests won't be run every day and the result page may be unavailable every now and then. -- Niko Kiirala niko@...1267...

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Move "Task" to the View menu
by Krzysztof Kosiński 16 Mar '10

16 Mar '10

Hello I think the "Task" combo box should not be in the main toolbar, but in the View menu under the name "UI Layout" or "UI Mode", analogically to the "Display Mode" submenu. This fixes three problems at once: 1. The main toolbar is no longer super-wide when it's vertical. 2. The combo box no longer jumps around the UI. 3. The unclear word "Task" is replaced with something more explicit. Regards, Krzysztof

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Work on NFT dialog for GSOC 2010
by Albin Manoël 16 Mar '10

16 Mar '10

Hi developpers About GSoC, I have read that this is a full-time job between may and july. But in this time, my studies aren't finished (because of the french school system). That's why, I realized that I can't participate to GSoC. Anyway, this not a problem for me. My own goal is to contribute to Inkscape and not to earn money with Google. So I'm ready to begin the specs with Alexandre. And then, when the specs will be finished, I will probably ask you for a "mentor" in order to help me programming. So, I am going to improve the specs when I have time ;-) see you ! Albin Manoël 2010/3/8 Joshua A. Andler <scislac@...400...> On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 10:52 +0300, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > On 3/5/10, Albin Manoël wrote: > > > > > If the spec aren't finished, we can begin now to improve them. Are you > agree > > > ? > > > > I'll see what I can do. I'm quite lacking spare time at the moment and > > trying to do too many things at once already. > > Albin, I will see if we can get other volunteers to help flesh out the > spec a little more... however, if no one is able, it may be a last > minute "here are the basics of what you need to accomplish" situation. > Then again, this is assuming that we are accepted as a mentoring > organization and that slots permitted, your proposal is selected. > > > > About mentoring, I would enjoy that you become my mentor. And for > programing > > > questions, I think that developers can help me :-) > > > > I'm not sure that it is the right way. I'd first hear from the > > organization's admin. > > That is not the right way. We need to have Albin paired up with a > developer as the mentor. That's not to say that Alexandre can not give > input and feedback, as I've done that with a majority of our SoC > students in the past. Right now we've only had one possible developer > agree to be a mentor this year, so if that's all we have to offer (and > are accepted by Google), competition with proposals will be fierce. > > Cheers, > Josh > >

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0.48 About Screen Contest is a go!
by Joshua A. Andler 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hey All, We do have recent builds for Windows & OSX now, so, it's now time to begin the contest. Find out more at: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/blog/30919607/ Cheers, Josh

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Tests and making code testable
by Jon Cruz 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Hi, you mentioned this so I think it really warrants a good thread and discussion to itself: > I have no idea what you are trying to say. The test in question tests > the Preferences object. It is not possible to replace it with a stub > because then the test becomes meaningless. Aside from a stub, for some cases, a test mode or other things are very very useful. It's good that you recognize where something itself is being tested that the thing should not be changed. However, things around it can and should be changed. If we have code that is a monolithic mess, then it will be hard to deal with and maintain. It will also be harder to understand intentions and desired use of the API, etc. I think you hand encountered all of these when you did your cleanup pass on the preferences. Given the state of things when you started, the current code is pretty nice. However we do have an opportunity to improve it even more and get things quite solid and maintainable. What it sounds like to me is that we have some good opportunity for a better understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development The main aspects I am thinking of here are in testability and API design. If we have some code that can't be tested, then it is a sign that the code needs to be re-worked. Specifically here it would appear that the code is doing too much "all-in-one" and could benefit from some modular breakup. In this specific case, the persistence of the preferences can be split up. For some testing of the preferences class I would think that some testing should be on the actual setting and fetching of values. A *separate* set of testing can focus on the actual backing store of things that currently persist to a file. I would rank this as even more appropriate for these classes since the stated design intent is to have the ability to hook to different backing down the road. So for a quick overview of factors to look a to try to glean an idea of what might be done in this case: * Look at splitting the backing store from the main class that others use. (a singleton/facade helps us here) * Consider having the unit tests run with the XDG environment set to point to other locations. (less desirable) * Consider a *compile-time* flag to have an explicit file used for the preferences when inside a unit test, instead of the fallback defaults * Some other unit tests might benefit from a preferences instance that either breaks in determined ways or reads from some canned setup. Splitting the backing store might be a bit more work than we need now. The XDG environment variables *could* be used to affect testing, but that's probably not as stable of an approach. I think compile-time flags to enable "read-only" and/or "read from a special .xml" might be the most helpful. The "read-only" mode should work for most tests, but reading from an explicit file might allow tests to be run using canned data. If you have a bit of time to look at this, one of the things I've done in the past on other projects is some simple changes to add a call that will clear out the preference type objects and fill them from an explicit file. This makes it very easy to switch starting state of things on a case-by-case basis even if multiple tests are run inside of a single executable. Let me know if this has helped you start to get some ideas. We probably should bounce things around a bit in the chat room, then get some details up on the wiki so that others can have guidelines as they work on other code too. Thanks.

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Discoverablity of kerned text
by unknown＠example.com 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

Hi all, I recently had a problem with text that was kerned manually without me knowing it. It would probably have helped if there were some small indicator that it was 'manually kerned'. Things I can come up with: - change color of textbox when using the texttool - add small indicator to the textbox Anybody else have an idea? Thanks, Johan

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uniconvertor on windows
by Alexandre Prokoudine 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

Hi, Igor has just mailed me that a new version of UniConvertor (1.1.5) will be out soon. Here is what you (win32 packagers and users) need to know. 1. First of all, Inkscape currently ships older version of UC - 1.1.3, whereas the actual one is 1.1.4. 2. The new Windows build of UC will be *much* larger (around 50Mbyte), so he's thinking about doing a special, smaller build for Inkscape, stripped of Python (IIRC). 3. The new version of UC is tuned for VisualStudio 2008 which allows 64bit builds, whereas Inkscape seems to rely on mingw (no 64bit, as he states). This might be problematic for Windows packagers. If you need any details, please mail him. Alexandre

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Modifiers on OSX
by Krzysztof Kosiński 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Hello I have never used OSX, but I know there are issues with modifier keys on it. Correct me if I'm wrong. * Control is called Command, and is used for shortcuts * There is a different key called Control, which is used to emulate a right click and is rarely used for shortcuts * Left Alt is called Option and is used for shortcuts * Right Alt (AltGr) is called Alt and is used for inputting diacritics (third level chooser) * Shift is called Shift I would like to know the following things, to create an initial solution for Inkscape, with the goal of including it in GTK. - How are those keys reported to GDK, e.g. which bits in the state field are set when they are pressed? GDK knows about Shift, Control, Mod1 (aka Alt), Super (aka Windows key), Hyper and Meta. Which of them correspond to which Mac keys? - Does the above differ in the Quartz version of GTK? I know there are some X server preferences that can be used to alter the mapping. - Is it OK to shorten "Option" as "Opt" in the UI? I know that Command is shortened as Cmd. My plan is as follows: - Define some constants in ui/tool/event-utils.h that define cross-platform masks for the "state" field of GDK events, so that e.g. INK_STATE_ALT maps to Alt on Linux / Windows and to Option on Macs, and INK_STATE_CONTROL accordingly maps to Control or Command. - Define macros for names of the keys indicated by the above masks. For example INK_KEYNAME_CTRL would expand to "Ctrl" or "Cmd". This name would also be marked for translation. - Adjust all messages that contain modifier names. - Look into modifying GTK so that menu items created from actions have the correct modifier names. Alternatively, derive from Gtk::Action and override the widget creation functions. PS is there any way to run OSX in a virtual machine? If not, then maybe people who do have access to OSX machines could help. Regards, Krzysztof

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Moving to Frost stage...
by Joshua A. Andler 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Hey All, To move from Chill to Frost we need to do some things. 1) Get most 'make check' issues resolved. I can probably help with some of these and will try to and see what I can pull off this week, however, additional help would be appreciated as I need to get our GSoC stuff rolling and in order. 2) Get current 'make distcheck' issues resolved. I have not reviewed how this is done yet, so, experienced volunteers are appreciated. 3) Get current builds available. We do have fairly recent win32 and non-universal osx builds available. If I could have users other than the people who produced those builds confirm viability, that would be great! 4) Start the About Screen contest. The only thing necessary for this is to get #3 done. Speaking of this, any ideas on a potential theme this time (if we want to go that route)? Cheers, Josh

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Bug importance guidelines?
by Krzysztof Kosiński 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hello Do we have any bug importance guidelines? I'm asking because some of my bugs had absurdly high importances. This node toolbar "bug" that is a cosmetic change in UI got "High" - same as the flowtext issue. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/534045 This preferences "bug" that affected a developer-only debug setting got "Critical" - same as graphic tablets not working on Windows. (and I don't even agree with classifying this as a bug - for me it's an incorrect use of preferences) https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/367752 Regards, Krzysztof

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Revno in the splash screen
by Uwe Schöler 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi, i miss the revision number in the splash screen on an windows devel. I think it's imoprtant for users who want to file bugs. Can someone fix this 'problem'? Sincerely, UweSch

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GSoC: Possible Mentors?
by Joshua A. Andler 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

Hey all, Obviously we do not know if we will be getting accepted to GSoC, however it would probably be good to know who's willing to possibly be a mentor this year. Any volunteers? Cheers, Josh

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ocal v2.0 import/export
by Alexandre Prokoudine 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

Hi, So, we have OCAL v2.0 that uses a new engine now. Importing does work, so kudos for keeping backwards compatibility :) But maybe the new team behind OCAL v2 could work on fixing the exporting? Alexandre

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Libre Graphics Meeting Pledgie Campaign
by Donna Benjamin 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Hey Everyone! The LGM will be in Brussels at the end of May. http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/ The pledgie campaign is open for donation! http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926 and the Design and Architecture committee of the Flemish ministry for culture is supporting LGM2010! http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/news/governmental-support-for-lgm But we need more. And you can help! Please spread the word about the pledgie campaign. The libre graphics community itself has been one of the biggest sponsors of our main event. It's a fantastic way for all the users of free graphics tools out there to make a contribution too... but not if they don't know about it. So please - dent, tweet, blog, and post to mailing lists about the LGM and about the pledgie campaign. Please forward this message to other libre graphics developer groups you're involved with. http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/ http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926 -- Donna Benjamin Libre Graphics Meeting, Brussels 27-30 May, 2010 http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/

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Work on NFT dialog for GSOC 2010
by Albin Manoël 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Hi developers, I found something on the blueprint that I really want to work on :-) It's the NFT dialog : « New From Template » dialog. For more informations see : http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/NewFromTemplateSpec I think that I have sufficient skills in order to work on this improvement. And It could be great if I can work on this for the Google Summer of Code 2010. Is there anybody who wants to be my « mentor » ? :-) Good night. Albin Manoël

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[NEW] Very simple fix for the image embedding problem
by Krzysztof Kosiński 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Hello I wondered for some time how to add an "embed" checkbox to the import dialog, but it wasn't necessary - I used the extension parameters feature. I fixed the embedding of images in the following way: 1. If a bitmap file is imported, a dialog appears that asks the user whether to link. (Same when opening a bitmap image.) 2. When a bitmap file URI is dragged over Inkscape's window, a dialog appears as in 1. 3. When pixel data is dragged over Inkscape's window, it is embedded an no dialog is shown. 4. When a bitmap file URI is pasted, nothing happens (for now) - that's because the clipboard doesn't support URI lists yet. 5. When pixel data is pasted, it is embedded as in 3. As a bonus, all bitmap import should now use the same code path. Regards, Krzysztof

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Devlibs bug supervisor
by Krzysztof Kosiński 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Hello I changed the maintainer of Inkscape Devlips in Launchpad from myself to Inkscape Administrators. It was required to set the same bug team as for Inkscape. Can one of the admins set the bug supervisor to Inkscape Bug Team? https://launchpad.net/inkscape-devlibs Regards, Krzysztof

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object and stroke to path buttons missing from node tool controls bar - bug 534045
by Donna Benjamin 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

I have added a bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/534045 the 'object to path' and 'stroke to path' buttons have gone AWOL. There were after the 'make selected segments curves' button but aren't there now. I went looking in node preferences to see if I could turn them on again, but there is no option to do so. I reckon these are pretty fundamental node options... as you can't use the node tool on shapes until you've made the conversion. Yes, there are keyboard shortcuts, and they are also the first items in the path menu - but a quick icon click beats both those methods for me. Can we please have them back? And if not, a rationale for why they've been removed, and a configurable option to turn them on again? thanks! - D. -- Donna Benjamin - kattekrab.net Inkscape: Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics http://www.inkscape.org

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configure: error: You have a broken version of the <tr1/unordered_set> header
by Wolf Drechsel 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Hi everybody, I did a bzr checkout and tried to compile a more recent version of inkscape - both: X11 and aqua. In both procedures the following configure error occured: > configure: error: You have a broken version of the <tr1/ > unordered_set> header. See http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ > CompilingMacOsX for information on how to fix this problem. The wiki page says I shall get a > Working version of the <tr1/unordered_set> and <tr1/unordered_map> > headers but doesnt say how I can get one. Could someone tell me? BTW.: What I noticed is that the osx-build.sh script still contains some code on svn. This may not be relevant in this context - but might be worth to be fixed occasionally. Shall I file it as a bug? Yours, Wolf

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Inkscape 0.48 About Screen Contest - slight delay
by Joshua A. Andler 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Hey all, I was looking forward to announcing the contest beginning today... however we will have a slight delay before it begins. The reason behind the delay... we need some new builds with new features for our users! So, would packagers for win32 and OSX be willing to put some builds together soon for our users? Please respond if you will be able to help with this. Cheers, Josh

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enhancing shortcuts schemes
by Alexandre Prokoudine 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Hi, It's probably not very well known that keyboard shortcuts in localized (e.g. Russian) UI do not work in Windows. This is one of the oldest GTK+ bugs that nobody bothers to fix. A user has just come up with an clever hackaround that looks like this: bind key="g" action="ToolGradient" / bind key="G" action="ToolGradient" / bind key="Cyrillic_pe" action="ToolGradient" / bind key="Cyrillic_PE" action="ToolGradient" / That is, he specifically maps Russian "P" character which is on the same key that English "G" is. He also patched relevant parts for Illustrator, Corel DRAW etc. schemes. This is probably not Dvorak-pron, though. Should we ship patched versions of the shortcut schemes? Alexandre

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Which GSoC project would do the most good?
by Krzysztof Kosiński 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Hello I'd like to know the opinion of others: which of those projects would be the most beneficial in the long run and at the same time can be finished in the GSoC timeframe? 1. Convert renderer to Cairo - drawing speedups. 2. C++ize the SP layer and make XML nodes private.* 3. Multi shape editing - ability to edit more than 1 shape (like ellipse or star) at once, with extra features like resizing rectangles by dragging their edges. 4. Remove livarot in favor of 2Geom, improving 2Geom where necessary (e.g. boolops). *) When XML nodes are private, it's much easier to implement backwards compatibility - we just implement the reading of obsolete versions in the corresponding SP object. It's pretty much required to solve the problems with flowtext and markers on rect. The idea is to make the SP layer slightly more DOM-like so that it can be exported through D-Bus. It seems like the only way to seriously decruftize Inkscape, but I'm not sure if it's doable in 2 months. Maybe somebody has an idea for a project that could do it at least partially? Regards, Krzysztof

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Wiki ref to mail archive
by unknown＠example.com 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

In http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape_SVG_vs._plain_SVG there is a link [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7412326&forum_id=375… ref] which appears to be included to point to background for the Wiki article. Since SourceForge no longer seems to use that form of reference to the archive (for instance, forum_name is now used instead of forum_id), that link is broken. Searching the archive for "Inkscape SVG" doesn't seem to point to any useful background discussion. Can anyone recall any key words that may have been included in the thread title so we can relink the Wiki article to the discussion? Or shall I remove the Wiki link?

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report: Mac OS X aqua in productive use
by Wolf Drechsel 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Hi everybody, I've used inkscape 0.47 AQUA PPC, devel-r9101, OS 10.4.11 now for several days in my daily work as a public transport consultant. There are two standard crashs (reported here: https:// bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/527571 and here: https:// bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/528632) which occasionally occur. In general, there is some trouble using the aqua variant - but with some care and adventuresomeness it can be used for productive work. Here is my very personal wishlist for next steps: * Fix bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/527571 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/528632 - these are the most important ones. * do some ige-mac-integration work in order to make the inkscape-bin icon dissappear from the programme switcher and remap ctrl to cmd key After that I'd regard it as ready for an alpha release. I want to say thank you to everybody who has made it possible - I really do admire the tough and steady work. Yours, Wolf

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New Filter Set
by Joshua Facemyer 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Needing a set of web buttons, I created three filters for 3-state buttons. I'd be happy to contribute these. If this is desirable, how would I go about contributing them to the source? JF

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inkscape aqua PPC alpha for testing
by Wolf Drechsel 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Hello friends, thanks to many hints, especially by ~suv, a new ready-for-testing inkscape aqua can be downloaded here: http://verkehrsplanung.com/Inkscape_aqua_PPC_047.zip It should launch alone without any macports environment, may immediately kill the X11 after its launch - and makes a quite useable impression. It was made on a PPC, 10.4.11. Unluckily I cannot switch to the universal variants at the moment, so I'd be grateful if some intel owner would check whether it runs on rosetta. I manually removed i386 python components, this may cause intel machines to get in trouble. Also, I couldnt check whether it works on Leopard or Snowie… If somebody has some spare time, maybe he wants to have a look at it. The recipe can be found here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ CompilingMacOsX#Building_Aqua_February_2010 Yours, Wolf

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Fwd: Re : Albin Manoël : new contributor
by Albin Manoël 01 Mar '10

01 Mar '10

Hi all, Thank for your answers. I'm currently reading articles of the Wiki. I am also looking what is Google Summer of Code, it seems to be interesting. I will mail you when I find something to do, i saw that there is a lot things in the Blueprints. Thank a lot and see you soon ! Albin Manoël

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hello -- newbie with c++ and floss
by Jonathan Zacsh 01 Mar '10

01 Mar '10

Hi all, Just introducing myself. I'm a compSci student, loving C++ and Inkscape, so figured this would be a good place to learn more c++ and enjoy it. Caio, -- Jonathan Zacsh

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Build broken (bzr 9118)
by unknown＠example.com 01 Mar '10

01 Mar '10

After bzr 9118, I get the following build error on Windows XP: ============================= Make error line 298: problem compiling: src/extension/implementation/script.cpp: In member function 'Glib::ustring Inkscape::Extension::Implementation::Script:: resolveInterpreterExecutable(const Glib::ustring&)': src/extension/implementation/script.cpp:160: error: invalid conversion from 'uns igned int' to 'HINSTANCE__*' src/extension/implementation/script.cpp:161: error: ISO C++ forbids comparison b etween pointer and integer In file included from src/extension/implementation/script.cpp:43: src/util/glib-list-iterators.h: In member function 'T* const& Inkscape::Util::GS ListConstIterator<T*>::operator*() const [with T = SPItem]': src/extension/implementation/script.cpp:748: instantiated from here src/util/glib-list-iterators.h:47: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer wi ll break strict-aliasing rules Thanks for fixing it soon, Johan

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Albin Manoël : new contributor
by Albin Manoël 28 Feb '10

28 Feb '10

Hi all, I am a french student in «Master 1» of computer sciences (equivalent to a Bac+4). I use Inkscape every days during my studies and hobbies. That's why, I am interested by the development of Inkscape. I have some skills in C/C++ and Doxygen but I never have contributed to an open source project. During my studies, I have done some programs, like an « image manipulation » program in C++ with QT, and some programs with GTK+. Also, I know how to report bugs, i already reported some bugs in Launchpad. Currently, I have done a checkout of inkscape with Bazaar. And I maked the project, he is correctly running. So now, I am asking you what can I do in order to help the project. If you want to ask me questions, we can go on IRC or something else. Also, you can show me the documentation that i have to read :-) See you ;-) Albin Manoël

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Get time
by unknown＠example.com 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

Hi all, I want to print a timestamp to the LaTeX output, how should I get a string representing the time+date? Thanks a lot, Johan

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can't commit to lp:inkscape
by Aurélio A. Heckert 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

Hi! I won back a piece of my time, and i back to work for Inkscape. I (re)started to work to help webdesignes, but when i try to commit i receive this error: bzr: ERROR: Cannot lock LockDir(lp-64613584:///~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/.bzr/repositorylock): Transport operation not possible: readonly transport I did what is write here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Working_with_Bazaar (i help to write this page) I have a SSH key https://launchpad.net/~aurium ... My last commit was in the svn... :-/ What i need? Thanks, Aurium -- Aurélio A. Heckert http://colivre.coop.br/Aurium GNU/Linux User #312507 http://counter.li.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ilustração Vetorial Livre: http://InkscapeBrasil.org Coop. de Tecnologias Livres: http://Colivre.coop.br - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Windows 7: a new era of restrictions." http://windows7sins.org Antes de imprimir esta mensagem reflita sobre a sua responsabilidade com a preservação do Meio Ambiente.

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more shortcuts, align
by Christian Schirm 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

Hi developers, I miss very much keyboard shortcuts to single alignment tools like align top, align center, align right .... This speeds up my work a lot when using CorelDraw (here keys l,r,t,b,c,e,p can be used for). src/verbs.cpp contains only a limited set of accessible commands (verbs). I'm not familiar with the inkscape source code. Can this please made accessible for future releases? Or is it possible to define shortcuts to the alignement tools with user defined python scripts? (I am familiar with python). Thanks for help, Chris

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NEW: LaTeX export for PDF/EPS/PS
by unknown＠example.com 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

Hello all, For all who use LaTeX, please read the text below from the Release Notes 0.48. Or read http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/images/SVG_in_LaTeX.pdf . (the new feature will be available in development test builds from this evening on) ===New LaTeX export for PDF/EPS/PS=== Similar to GNUPlot's `epslatex' output terminal, Inkscape can now export graphics to PDF with an accompanying LaTeX file that overlays the text over the PDF when inputted in LaTeX. The image's text is typeset by LaTeX, so for example mathematical expressions are rendered correctly, and all text will be in the font and style of the LaTeX document (even when changing the document's font afterwards). ''(the following description assumes export to PDF, but will work the same for EPS and PS)'' Two files will be created: a PDF file containing all graphics, without text; and a LaTeX file with the same name, containing all text, and code to include the PDF and overlay the text. To include the exported image in LaTeX, one writes \begin{figure} \centering \def\svgwidth{\columnwidth} % sets the image width, this is optional \input{image.tex} \end{figure} A more thorough description of how to use the new feature (and automate the exporting/inclusion of the image in LaTeX) is given in this PDF: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/images/SVG_in_LaTeX.pdf ====From the GUI==== When exporting to PDF/EPS/PS from Inkscape's GUI, the usual dialog pops up after selecting to which PDF/EPS/PS file to export to. In this dialog, you can find the PDF/EPS/PS+LaTeX option. ====Command line option==== When exporting to PDF/EPS/PS from the command line, adding --export-latex will turn the LaTeX export on. For example inkscape image.svg -z -D --export-pdf=image.pdf --export-latex Cheers! Johan Engelen

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move objects to hidden layers
by Wolf Drechsel 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Hello, in all of my inkscape versions it is not possible to copy an object to a hidden layer. To me that is a littlebit annoying, as when I shunt objects between layers in other vector drawing progs, I'm used to switch on the source layer and hide the target layer - so I've got control which objects are done already. Is there a deeper meaning in this behaviour - or can anybody give me another strategy for shunting objects between layers - or shall I file it as a bug? Yours, Wolf

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Patch for bug #376987
by Nicolas Dufour 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi, Stephan has attached a patch for the bug "Clones from blur elements are not visible in exported PDF" (https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/376987). I've tested it successfully on Ubuntu 9.10. Could someone approve its code before we commit it? Thanks! -- Nicolas

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Misplaced Wiki section
by unknown＠example.com 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Does http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_Inkscape#Build_Dependenc… belong in http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingUbuntu ? (Maybe it's there already?)

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Converting rpm packages to tgz to install Inkscape
by unknown＠example.com 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

On http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_Inkscape#Slackware_Linux "I used the precompiled rpm provided by Inkscape for the 0.44 release as my gcc wouldn't compile it. All you need to then do is run rpm2tgz at the command line on the package, eg " rpm2tgz inkscape-0.44-0.i686.rpm" and then install with "installpkg inkscape-0.44-0.i686.tgz"." I'm not yet a *NIX developer, but sense that there may be a more generic set of instructions hidden in this specific tip. Would it be correct to say, 'RPM packages can be used to install Inkscape from a GNU zipped tar ball (.tgz) by using the appropriate converter utility, rpm2tgz, after retrieving the rpm. Thus, "rpm2tgz inkscape-0.44-0.i686.rpm" produces inkscape-0.44-0.i686.tgz, which can be installed with "installpkg inkscape-0.44-0.i686.tgz".' The title of the section, I imagine, could then be something like, "Converting an RPM package for installation as a GNU zipped tar ball (.tgz)".

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Commandline on Windows
by unknown＠example.com 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Hi all, In the FAQ I read: "Note that on Windows you must provide full paths for all files: inkscape -e c:\mydir\file.png c:\mydir\file.svg Without the c:\mydir\ it won't work." Why is this so? Perhaps someone can point me in the direction of solving this? Thanks, Johan

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Inkscape logo usage authorisation request
by Gilles Coulais 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

Hello. I'm a member of the April association (http://april.org), a French advocacy group for Free Software. We are building a booklet, presenting 25 must-have free softwares. Inkscape has been selected as vector graphics editor. We are now requesting authorisation to the project teams to use their logos in the booklet, as well as specific rules you might want us to apply when using it. I checked on your website, but couldn't find anything related to this specific subject. More information on the project : http://wiki.april.org/w/Catalogue_Libre The latest version of the booklet (WIP, Inkscape is presented on page 26) http://polux.rootard.free.fr/catalibre.pdf The project pages and the booklet are in French. If any translation of the Inkscape pages is needed, feel free (as in free speech :) ) to ask. Thanks in advance. -- Gilles Rejoignez nous aux Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre http://rmll.info

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Splitting filename into components
by unknown＠example.com 21 Feb '10

21 Feb '10

Hi all, Does anybody remember the way to split a gchar filename string into the file's path, it's name and it's extension? Thanks a lot! Johan

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LGM2010
by Alexandre Prokoudine 20 Feb '10

20 Feb '10

Hi, The next Libre Graphics Meeting [1] is planned for late May in Brussels. For last couple of years there have been very few developers present at the conference. Given current amount of European contributors to the project it would be great to see more Inkscape related activity at the conference again. So please think about visiting it ;-) There was a lite academic bias last year, so maybe our past and present Lyon Polytechnique students would like to attend? We will soon officially announce accepting talk proposals. [1] http://www.libegraphicsmeeting.org Alexandre

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] How to build Inkscape 0.47 on Redhat #4.
by Joshua L. Blocher 20 Feb '10

20 Feb '10

On Friday 19 February 2010 04:16:17 pm william.crocker@...2318... wrote: > >> Oops. Now I have homework. > >> > >> I will forge ahead and see if I can build Inkscape > >> here in the 19th century. If so, I will document the libraries > >> which I used, their versions and the apparent build order. > >> I can then publish that information, but it will have a finite > >> life-time as with the information referenced above. > > I don't believe it, but I am looking at Inkscape 0.47 > running on my RedHat #4 machine. > > - I had to download and compile 21 separate components > and many of them multiple times before I found versions > I could work with. > > - I have a build order. > > - Some of the components built without issue, > but a number of them required pampering. > I've written it all down. > > - I have a list of environment variables which I > had to set to trick it all into working. > > What would you like me to do with this information? I would like to thank you for your time and effort. Your struggle will help other RHEL users. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingRHEL will most likely be the best place to put it. It is currently empty so feel free to form it to your will. You will also need to add a RHEL link to the http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_Inkscape page. Again without users willing to go the extra mile inkscape could not exist. Thank You. Joshua L. Blocher verbalshadow

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Increasing Boost version for py2geom
by unknown＠example.com 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

Hello all, While trying to build py2geom, I run into problems because the version of Boost that we use (1.34) does not support our compiler's version (gcc 4.4.1). Not being able to build py2geom is not a huge problem for Inkscape, but it is a big disappointment. I read that Boost 1.37+ does support gcc 4.4.0. Boost 1.34 was released in 2007. Boost 1.37 at the end of 2008. Is that too recent for us to be able to use it? Increasing the version of Boost for Windows is not a big problem, since we have our devlibs. For Linux, I do not know the issues involved. Thanks, Johan

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py2geom -- libboost_python binaries in the devlibs
by unknown＠example.com 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

Hi all, Now that we moved our devlibs to bazaar, I have write access to it and could upload the boost binaries required for building py2geom on Windows. I've added details on how to build it on our Wiki. Hope this helps spread the use of py2geom! Ciao, Johan

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windows devel builds
by Mourad Mokrane 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

Hello, just wanted to ask if new development version will be available for testing on http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/?M=D . It seems that no new devel builds have appeared there for quite some time. Thanks, Mourad

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Node tool crash due to modified path data?
by ~suv 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

Trying to node-edit the third path in the attached file immediately and reproducibly crashes inkscape (tested with Inkscape 0.47+devel r9092 on OS X 10.5.8). - The path was created by combining two copies of a rectangle and applying (testing) the proposed extension 'Remove redundant edges' from recent launchpad report #521988 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/521988> - The path is rendered without error in Squiggle (Batik 1.7) - The path can be node-edited in Inkscape 0.47 r22583 without crash. I don't know what is wrong with this specific path but even if the path data is invalid wouldn't it be better if Inkscape displayed an error message and refused to render or edit it? ~suv Process: inkscape-bin [8471] Path: /Volumes/blue/src/Inkscape/Inkscape-BZR/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape-bin Identifier: inkscape-bin Version: ??? (???) Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: Inkscape [8470] Date/Time: 2010-02-16 04:06:56.755 +0100 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L30) Report Version: 6 Anonymous UUID: 06BF1784-B9BF-4BFA-8A5D-2D66E467AB39 Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000007 Crashed Thread: 0 Thread 0 Crashed: 0 inkscape-bin 0x005dbc0b Inkscape::UI::PathManipulator::_createControlPointsFromGeometry() + 123 1 inkscape-bin 0x005dcc3f Inkscape::UI::PathManipulator::PathManipulator(Inkscape::UI::MultiPathManipulator&, SPPath*, Geom::Matrix const&, unsigned int, Glib::ustring) + 1391 2 inkscape-bin 0x005c999e Inkscape::UI::MultiPathManipulator::setItems(std::set<Inkscape::UI::ShapeRecord, std::less<Inkscape::UI::ShapeRecord>, std::allocator<Inkscape::UI::ShapeRecord> > const&) + 990 3 inkscape-bin 0x005d7574 (anonymous namespace)::ink_node_tool_selection_changed(InkNodeTool*, Inkscape::Selection*) + 372 4 inkscape-bin 0x005d8d8c (anonymous namespace)::ink_node_tool_set(SPEventContext*, Inkscape::Preferences::Entry*) + 1404 5 inkscape-bin 0x00068ded sp_event_context_read(SPEventContext*, char const*) + 269 6 inkscape-bin 0x005d81eb (anonymous namespace)::ink_node_tool_setup(SPEventContext*) + 2219 7 inkscape-bin 0x00068b9f sp_event_context_new(unsigned long, SPDesktop*, char const*, unsigned int) + 271 8 inkscape-bin 0x0002fd19 SPDesktop::set_event_context(unsigned long, char const*) + 121 9 inkscape-bin 0x001d15c2 tools_switch(SPDesktop*, int) + 738 10 inkscape-bin 0x001e6454 Inkscape::ContextVerb::perform(SPAction*, void*, void*) + 1348 11 inkscape-bin 0x00315a62 sp_action_perform(SPAction*, void*) + 530 12 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01973bf9 g_closure_invoke + 313 13 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01984684 signal_emit_unlocked_R + 2788 14 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x019859bd g_signal_emit_valist + 1853 15 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01985d29 g_signal_emit + 41 16 libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x0135396a gtk_button_clicked + 138 17 libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x014de708 gtk_toggle_button_released + 72 18 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01973bf9 g_closure_invoke + 313 19 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01983f35 signal_emit_unlocked_R + 917 20 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x019859bd g_signal_emit_valist + 1853 21 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01985d29 g_signal_emit + 41 22 libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x013538ca gtk_button_released + 138 23 libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x01354bbb gtk_button_button_release + 43 24 libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x0140dcab _gtk_marshal_BOOLEAN__BOXED + 107 25 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01973bf9 g_closure_invoke + 313 26 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01984495 signal_emit_unlocked_R + 2293 27 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01985437 g_signal_emit_valist + 439 28 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x01985d29 g_signal_emit + 41 29 libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x0152ea86 gtk_widget_event_internal + 662 30 libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x0140bf79 gtk_propagate_event + 425 31 libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x0140c42f gtk_main_do_event + 1151 32 libgdk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x01778945 gdk_event_dispatch + 85 33 libglib-2.0.0.dylib 0x01e6a91d g_main_context_dispatch + 573 34 libglib-2.0.0.dylib 0x01e6e39b g_main_context_iterate + 1179 35 libglib-2.0.0.dylib 0x01e6e677 g_main_loop_run + 439 36 libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib 0x0140b4c1 gtk_main + 177 37 libgtkmm-2.4.1.dylib 0x00ebf50b Gtk::Main::run() + 27 38 inkscape-bin 0x0000590a sp_main_gui(int, char const**) + 1146 39 inkscape-bin 0x001ed932 Inkscape::NSApplication::Application::run() + 178 40 inkscape-bin 0x00004362 main + 322 41 inkscape-bin 0x00003b96 start + 54 Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93dfd46e __semwait_signal + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93e4d9f8 pthread_cond_timedwait$UNIX2003 + 72 2 libgthread-2.0.0.dylib 0x01e3c63b g_cond_timed_wait_posix_impl + 107 3 libglib-2.0.0.dylib 0x01e43a31 g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked + 225 4 libglib-2.0.0.dylib 0x01e43d01 g_async_queue_timed_pop + 65 5 libglib-2.0.0.dylib 0x01e95de0 g_thread_pool_thread_proxy + 272 6 libglib-2.0.0.dylib 0x01e93f28 g_thread_create_proxy + 152 7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93e27155 _pthread_start + 321 8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93e27012 thread_start + 34 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): eax: 0x0905cd08 ebx: 0x005dbb9b ecx: 0x0905cd1c edx: 0x00000003 edi: 0x0905cd08 esi: 0x0905cd1c ebp: 0xbfffcf18 esp: 0xbfffcdd0 ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00210206 eip: 0x005dbc0b cs: 0x00000017 ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037 cr2: 0x00000007

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Problem with POpen on windows
by Rob Antonishen 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Hi- I discovered the restack extension stopped working (under windows at any rate) in .47 for more than 82 objects in the svg document The code calling inkscape with the --query-all parameter (to get all the bounding boxes) was: if bsubprocess: p = Popen('inkscape --query-all "%s"' % (file), shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE) rc = p.wait() f = p.stdout err = p.stderr It will just hang the python window in such a case. I found my removing the rc = p.wait() line the extension will work... but I am not sure of the impact of making that change. I see the Popen.wait call is used in other extensions as well, but they all seem to be using the single object query flag --query-id=ID, so so not experience this problem. The python docs state Popen.wait "will deadlock if the child process generates enough output to a stdout or stderr pipe such that it blocks waiting for the OS pipe buffer to accept more data. Use communicate() to avoid that." but it also states that with communicate() "The data read is buffered in memory, so do not use this method if the data size is large or unlimited." -Rob A>

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SourceForge downloads
by Felipe Sanches 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

have we already unblocked our SourceForge downloads? On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Aaron Spike <spikeac@...836...> wrote: > On 2/8/2010 1:20 PM, Felipe Sanches wrote: > > > > let's unblock it! > > > > > > SourceForge Removes Blanket Blocking > > < > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/08/1620238/SourceForge-Removes-Blanket-… > > > > on Monday February 08, @12:12PM > > > > Posted by ScuttleMonkey <http://slashdot.org/%7EScuttleMonkey/> on > > Monday February 08, @12:12PM > > from the power-to-the-people dept. > > government <http://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=government> > > Recently there was much gnashing of teeth as SourceForge (who shares a > > corporate overlord with Slashdot) started programmatically blocking > > users in certain countries > > < > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/01/25/1854241/SourceForge-Clarifies-Denial… > > > > to comply with US export restrictions. Thankfully they didn't let it end > > there and have found a way to put the power back in the hands of the > > users <http://ow.ly/14U1k>. /"Beginning now, every project admin can > > click on Develop -> Project Admin -> Project Settings to find a new > > section called Export Control. By default, we've ticked the more > > restrictive setting. If you conclude that your project is *not* subject > > to export regulations, or any other related prohibitions, you may now > > tick the other check mark and click Update. After that, all users will > > be able to download your project files as they did before last month's > > change."/ > > If this cover's things like SSL Do we need to quit distributing python? > > Aaron Spike >

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Inkscape 0.48 Release Progress
by Joshua A. Andler 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

Hey All, It appears that everything is still on track for 0.48. Given that, I'd like to remind everyone that Chill will be setting in about 2 weeks from now. For those that do not know, here's what happens during Chill: New feature development focuses on wrapping up. We identify current 'make distcheck' issues. Have a small sprint to Triage new bug reports. Run an About Screen contest. Ensure that the Release Notes are at First Draft stage. Update tutorials and other docs (we could use volunteers). I'd like to push that if we want to get the DBUS stuff in for this release, that we look to get it merged by the 1st of March if possible (we just need to not break anyone's compilation, we can get it working on all platforms after the fact). Lastly, there is always an "open culture" issue about the hosting of the About Screen contest. Unless someone has something functional and easy for us to use by Chill, it will be taking place via DeviantART again. Any questions or comments? Cheers, Josh

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Connecticut Film Festival
by Joseph Annino 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

I am a volunteer with the Connecticut Film Festival, Interactive and New Media component. Our festival, in its 6th year, this being the 2nd year of the Interactive and New Media component, is looking for presenters for workshops and panels. The festival is May 4-9, with the Interactive component on May 7,8,9, Friday to Sunday, in Danbury CT, located about 60 miles from New York City. Our theme this year is "Connections Multiplied". We have a strong focus on free and open source software for creative professionals. I think Inkscape would be an excellent fit as an illustration tool. We already have presenters lined up for Blender and Celtx, and representatives from the FSF and EFF. We want this festival to be a way for developers and users of these tools to connect with each other, as well as educate the larger public about their existence, usefulness, and importance. If anyone with extensive user, development, and/or training/presentation experience with Inkscape is interested in being a presenter please contact me at joeaguy@...400... to discuss further. We can provide hotel accommodations, and have limited funds to reimburse travel, so we would prefer someone based in the north east USA if you need travel reimbursement. I would also like to extend an invitation to our conference to all the members of this list. Please feel free to pass on this message to anyone whom might be interested. Our web site is http://ctfilmfest.com

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] inkscape aqua PPC alpha for testing
by Stuart Edwards 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

> >> Wolf >> ok -- you shamed me into it - at least giving it a try. > > Oh - I'm so sorry… (-; - and happy you jumped onboard. > I should go into recruitment… > >> Didn't have a macports installed so that was a pain -- ~120 dependencies and 3 Gb later we're almost ready to start the real business. >> Quick question - gtk2 installed +quartz+no_x11 without a murmur using macports - does this mean that the necessary patch is preinstalled now or should I uninstall it and use the procedure you wrote up in the wiki? > > Are you talking about this patch: > > http://trac.macp orts.org/ticket/22451 yes, that's the one > > This one should be applied, as otherwise you are likely to build gtk2 and inkscape, but inky will crash during launch. ok I'll fix that > > Did gtk2 install automatically during these installations: > >> sudo port install autoconf automake >> sudo port install librsvg libwpd libwpg libcroco >> sudo port install libxslt boost boehmgc gtkmm lcms intltool popt >> sudo port install cairo +quartz+no_x11 cairomm pango +quartz+no_x11 poppler +quartz gtk2-clearlooks > > gtk2 came in as a dependency of poppler > In that case I should swap order, as gtk2 needs an awful lot of time. Probably a good idea. Now for the critical bit ~ actually working on Inkscape Best - Stu

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Lib2geom-devel] Geom::Path and boost::ptr_vector
by Jasper van de Gronde 14 Feb '10

14 Feb '10

Krzysztof Kosiński wrote: > ... > BTW I want to make 2 additional changes: > > 1. When the ends of normal path data coincide, no closing segment is added. To clarify: you're talking about a path which is NOT closed? Then it sounds logical (although I wonder why Inkscape would add a closing segment). If you're talking about having a closed path and then not adding the closing segment, please reconsider. Inkscape used to do this in the past and it caused some very nasty bugs (having to do with round-tripping for one), apart from simply being incorrect (at least in SVG).

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LPE Extrude: need some input!
by unknown＠example.com 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

Hi all, I just 'finished' LPE extrude. I'd like you to test it, see if it bugs for some paths. And, I'd like your input. What should be added and what should be improved? You have to build Inkscape with "#define LPE_ENABLE_TEST_EFFECTS", otherwise the LPE won't show in the LPE dialog. (uncommenting line 9 in src/live_effects/effect.cpp will do the trick) Thanks, Johan

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File preview size limit
by Nicolas Dufour 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

Hi all, Heisenbug suggests, in bug #499310 (preview cutoff at 1.3 MB too small for images, https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/499310), that we set a higher file preview size limit. The current value is 1.3Mo, and the suggested one is 10Mo. Is this value acceptable? Regards. -- Nicolas

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Necessary Inkscape Wiki article?
by unknown＠example.com 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Jaw_crusher

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Necessary Inkscape Wiki article?
by unknown＠example.com 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Gunfight_took_place_near_Pakistan's_army_headquarters Who is the Inkscape Wiki Administrator that can remove pages from the Wiki completely?

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Quicktorials
by Robert Martinez 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

Is there anybody interested in implementig quicktorials into Inkscape? The integrating video tutorial project (http://quicktorials.org) is beginning to be usable and ready for some real implementations. There is a "Help" section on the page, but I would be happy to discuss any arising questions. Cheers, Robert

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inkscape aqua - tried again
by Wolf Drechsel 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

Hello friends, I tried again to build an inkscape aqua… I uninstalled all X11-related components first, than reinstalled the quartz/aqua variants, finally did a selfupdate above all. I ended up with an inkscape build which launches, shows a window for a fraction of a second, and than crashes. Here are the terminal messages: > ** (inkscape:630): CRITICAL **: Inkscape::XML::Document* > sp_repr_read_file(const gchar*, const gchar*): assertion > `Inkscape::IO::file_test( filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS )' failed > > ** (inkscape:630): WARNING **: Unable to read keys file Contents/ > Resources/keys/default.xml > 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 > > (inkscape:630): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion > `object->ref_count > 0' failed > > (inkscape:630): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion > `object->ref_count > 0' failed As far as I remember, similar messages occured when launching my working version last year, so probabely we dont have to care too much on that. These are a few lines from crash reporter: > Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) > Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000 > > Thread 0 Crashed: > 0 <<00000000>> 0x00000000 0 + 0 > 1 libgdk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 0x02347c44 gdk_window_destroy + 36 > 2 libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 0x021100b8 gtk_widget_real_unrealize > + 168 > 3 inkscape 0x00140af0 sp_canvas_unrealize > (_GtkWidget*) + 320 > 4 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0251a014 g_closure_invoke + 436 > 5 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0252cfcc signal_emit_unlocked_R + > 3452 > 6 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0252e30c g_signal_emit_valist + 2012 > 7 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0252e580 g_signal_emit + 48 > 8 libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 0x0210c5e0 gtk_widget_unrealize + 256 > 9 libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 0x0206fa3c gtk_table_forall + 76 > 10 libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 0x02110090 gtk_widget_real_unrealize > + 128 > 11 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0251a014 g_closure_invoke + 436 > 12 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0252cfcc signal_emit_unlocked_R + > 3452 > 13 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0252e30c g_signal_emit_valist + 2012 > 14 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0252e580 g_signal_emit + 48 > 15 libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 0x0210c5e0 gtk_widget_unrealize + 256 > 16 libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 0x0200935c gtk_paned_forall + 124 > 17 libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 0x02110090 gtk_widget_real_unrealize > + 128 > 18 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0251a014 g_closure_invoke + 436 > 19 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0252cfcc signal_emit_unlocked_R + > 3452 > 20 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0252e30c g_signal_emit_valist + 2012 > 21 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 0x0252e580 g_signal_emit + 48 > 22 libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 0x0210c5e0 gtk_widget_unrealize + 256 I can find some google hits on "gdk_window_destroy" - but its far ahead my knowledge to draw any wisdom from it. I'd be grateful for some hints where to start research - inkscape, macports, gtk2 ?? - Who is the person (list, forum) to ask first - any hints would be appreciated. Yours Wolf

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Broken URL
by unknown＠example.com 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

In http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ApplicationIcons [http://www.out-of-order.ca/inkscape-icon-tutorial/ A Beginner's tutorial on making icons in Inkscape] appears to be broken. I will be making it disappear from the displayed Wiki page, unless someone can tell me where it went.

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node handles
by MilesTogoe 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

I keep running into the situation where instead of 2 handles I only have one - I suspect the missing handle is actually centered on the node itself but there doesn't seem to be any way to get at it. As I cursor around I get all the handles, not just the 'selected node". so is there a way to: a) just get the handles for the selected node ? b) way to highlight the handle points so even if it's on a node, a user can click on it ? or is the 2nd handle sometimes not there ? I think this is somewhat a user question, but also a design/development question.

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Xavier Araque has invited you to Dropbox
by Dropbox 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

We're excited to let you know that Xavier Araque has invited you to Dropbox! Xavier Araque has been using Dropbox to sync and share files online and across computers, and thought you might want it too. Visit http://www.dropbox.com/link/20.9Icy44ZmSu/NjkzNTQ3NDk3 to get started. - The Dropbox Team ____________________________________________________ To stop receiving invites from Dropbox, please go to http://www.dropbox.com/bl/37affd43b15a/inkscape-devel%40lists.sourceforge.n…

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Inkscape_coverage Wiki article broken URLs
by unknown＠example.com 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

On http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape_coverage the following links respond with indicate messages: Sorry, 'URL' does not exist or is not available. [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/19/214206 newsforge article] Oops! This link appears to be broken. http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/23/1638201&from=rss Redirects to site home page: [http://linuxgraphic.org/section2d/articles/miroir_Inkscape/index.html A nice tutorial focused on Inkscape, in French.] http://www.gnuzilla.info/download/index.php?action=downloadfile&filename=GN… Parked: [http://www.other-space.com/inkscape/ Inkscape Tutorials] I'll be commenting out the reference in http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape_coverage unless someone can tell me who to contact to fix the site.

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Selecting Clipped Objects
by Alex Leone 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Hi everyone, I spent a lot of time this weekend trying to wrap my head around how an object gets selected to no avail. My goal is to fix this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/365458 Currently selection of clipped objects is horribly broken - see http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31755891/clip-selection-bug.ogv Anyway, can someone explain: 1. What handles click events on the canvas 2. Where is the logic that decides what gets selected >From what I can tell, display/sp-canvas.cpp:1505 sp_canvas_button (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventButton *event) handles click events. Within this function I don't see any calls to anything that resembles "is this point within this object". Help! Thanks! - Alex

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Text dialog
by Diederik van Lierop 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Yay, I just noticed this: "Fundraising goal: $1300 – Raised to date: $1,415" on http://www.linuxfund.org/projects/inkscape/ Will this finally bring us user friendly sub- & superscript capabilities? Diederik

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Newsforge?
by unknown＠example.com 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape_coverage#Online_Articles_a… contains * [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/19/214206 newsforge article] When I follow that link, it appears my ISP redirects the newsforge domain to a Yahoo search with the message, "Sorry, 'www.newsforge.com' does not exist or is not available." Can anyone else reach the newsforge server?

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SourceForge Removes Blanket Blocking
by Felipe Sanches 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

let's unblock it! SourceForge Removes Blanket Blocking<http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/08/1620238/SourceForge-Removes-Blanket-…> on Monday February 08, @12:12PM Posted by ScuttleMonkey <http://slashdot.org/%7EScuttleMonkey/> on Monday February 08, @12:12PM from the power-to-the-people dept. government <http://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=government> Recently there was much gnashing of teeth as SourceForge (who shares a corporate overlord with Slashdot) started programmatically blocking users in certain countries<http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/01/25/1854241/SourceForge-Clarifies-Denial…>to comply with US export restrictions. Thankfully they didn't let it end there and have found a way to put the power back in the hands of the users<http://ow.ly/14U1k>. *"Beginning now, every project admin can click on Develop -> Project Admin -> Project Settings to find a new section called Export Control. By default, we've ticked the more restrictive setting. If you conclude that your project is *not* subject to export regulations, or any other related prohibitions, you may now tick the other check mark and click Update. After that, all users will be able to download your project files as they did before last month's change."*

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Broken Links in Wiki Gallery list
by unknown＠example.com 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

On http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Galleries the following links are broken with the noted result: I'll be commenting out each reference in http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Galleries unless someone can tell me who to contact to fix the site. 404 - File or directory not found. Simondebelem http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Simondebelem http://www.wrzs.igk.pl/simondebelem/simondebelem.htm Piotr Kosmala http://www.insert.waw.net.pl/vector/firecat_large.jpg Henrich Fichna http://haef.szm.sk/ This webpage is not available. Slightly Weirdly http://slightly.weirdly.net/illustrations_vector.php Inkscape animations http://www.revis.co.uk/site/?q=taxonomy/term/7 Haypo http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Haypo http://www.haypocalc.com/perso/image/vache_qui_rit.ico.png Tribal tattoo drawn in Inkscape http://dump.c7.se/tribal.png freewaydesign http://www.freewaydesign.com/ Topological images http://aumat.unipv.it/~arecchi/miatesi.pdf Oops! This link appears to be broken. Cal Russell-Thompson http://clik.to/cal Andy's Blog http://blog.die-scheiss-kiste.de/wordpress/ Jon Campbell http://www.joncampbell.ca/inkscape/gallery.php Larry's Main Entrance http://www.protemporeevents.com/larrys/ jhuss's artwork http://jhuss.com/category/arte/ OrganicaDTM Studio's gallery http://blog.organicadtm.com/wp-gallery2.php Parked Jiije artworks by jiije http://www.jeromehouix.info/ picturi,reproduceri,portrete http://www.pictura4.1gb.at/ portrete la comanda in creion http://www.pictura4.1gb.at/portrete_in_creion_pe_hartie.html Cedric Gemy http://www.ndparking.com/le-radar.com Fred's SVG Wallpapers http://f-r-e-d.org/ Brain Cud http://www.braincud.com/ CejasBravas TV serie webpage http://cejasbravas.com/

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Inkscape Brasil Galeria inaccessible?
by unknown＠example.com 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

http://wiki.softwarelivre.org/InkscapeBrasil/.Galeria responds: This webpage is not available. in Google Chrome 4.0.249.78 unknown (36714) In fact, http://wiki.softwarelivre.org/ responds the same. I'll be commenting out the reference in http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Galleries unless someone can tell me who to contact to resurrect the site.

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http://www.ufowebfactory.net/ seems to be having a problem
by unknown＠example.com 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

http://www.ufowebfactory.net/download/free-svg_en.htm responds: CakePHP Rapid Development Missing controller You are seeing this error because controller DownloadController could not be found. Notice: If you want to customize this error message, create app/views/errors/missing_controller.thtml. Fatal: Create the class below in file : app/controllers/download_controller.php <?php class DownloadController extends AppController { var $name = 'Download'; } ?> I'll be commenting out the reference in http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Galleries unless someone can tell me who to contact to fix the site.

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r9059/60: pencil tool sometimes fails when node snapping to grid is active
by ~suv 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

One of the changes in recent revisions 9059 or 9060 makes the pencil tool act strangely with default snapping settings (global node snapping enabled) while a grid is visible and set as active snapping target: it seems as if some key press or release events don't get processed immediately. To reproduce: draw freehand curves with different mouse speed and timing of left-mouse-button-clicks. Sometimes neither the path outline while dragging nor the finished line when releasing the left mouse button are visible, yet the starting point is picked up for and added to a later drawn curve. It does not happen with no grid visible nor when global snapping is disabled. This is reproducible with my usual preference settings as well as with a default (new) preferences.xml file. I haven't seen it in earlier revisions <= 9058, but can reproduce it with Inkscape 0.47+devel r9060 and r9061 on OS X 10.5.8 ~suv

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performance 047 vs. 046 Mac OS X 10.4
by Wolf Drechsel 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

Hello friends, after having built 0.47 for Mac OS X 10.4, I got the feeling that it is quite a bit slower than 0.46 was. Now I tried to verify that suspicion (all done on a G4, 1350MHz, 960MB RAM): Launching inkscape + X11: 047: 27s 046: 17s Opening a very tiny SVG file (3350B), inkscape already open: 047: 4s 046: 2s Opening a more complex SVG file, inkscape already open: 047: 5s 046: 4s Importing a pdf file with lots of text, than selecting all and ungrouping all the contents (time is just for the ungrouping): 047: 16s 046: 8s Probabely this is just an issue of my home brew thing - but maybe this is an issue which is more easily noticeable on such a slow machine like mine. So I'd be grateful if people on other platforms would cross-check that. In the case it is a general issue it may be well worth to put some effort in fixing it in 048. Greetings, Wolf

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Exchange position of two objects
by Nicolas Dufour 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi, Roland Meub has posted a patch to implement this nice feature (see https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171944). It compiles and works correctly on Ubuntu 9.10, and the only glitch I've found is related to 3Dbox (unexpected translations). Could a C++ expert review this code and commit? Regards, -- Nicolas

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file format
by mahesh kumar 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

hi, can anyone help me on how the file format for inkscape was made? on which basis, and how to build it and all... pls, give me some suggestions on its basics. i want to build a new file format of a pagination application. It will be very helpful if you suggest me... thank you.... regards, -- mahesh kumar

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Node tool committed to trunk
by Krzysztof Kosiński 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

The new node tool is now in the trunk - please test and report any bugs. I made a few last minute improvements inspired by the discussion. New features are listed in the release notes: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.48#Node_Tool I also made a new icon for the spray tool. It's much better than the old one, but there's still something not quite right with it. Regards, Krzysztof

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] pixelsnap
by Bryan Hoyt | Brush Technology 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi, I'm Bryan, the original author of pixelsnap. I'd be keen to have PixelSnap included in the official Inkscape repository, and to do whatever's necessary for that purpose (I don't mind releasing it under GPL, either -- I just like the MIT license because it's short & sweet) Just a brief rant on why I think PixelSnap is a useful part of a digital artist's workflow, even if they know inkscape's tools: I'm a fairly technical user of Inkscape, but in spite of the great work done on snapping & grids recently (kudos to the people involved with that!), I've still found the "right" way to be a bit of a pain in the backside. The reasons Rob gives below are two good examples. Another big reason why the "right" way is often unworkable is the fact that odd-width strokes are offset by exactly 0.5 pixels. I understand the reasoning for this, but it means you have to have 2 pixel-sized grids, one pixel-aligned, and one mid-pixel-aligned. Also, you have to keep the grid on permanently while editing for the "right" way to work, unless you want to go back and edit all your vectors later on. I don't find it very easy working with grids all over my work. Sometimes I don't want stuff to snap either -- I only want vertical & horizontal lines to snap-to-pixel. I'd also rather set up meaningful grids for my artwork -- i.e. grids for layout purposes, not grids to overcome the shortcomings of my screen. Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > On 1/13/10, Rob Antonishen wrote: >> The biggest benefit is when working with existing images that were not >> necessarily drawn to pixel snap. >> >> Or after rescaling images and resnapping the elements to the nearest >> pixel. > > Exactly :) > -- Bryan Hoyt, *Web developer* — Brush Technology *Ph:* +64 3 942 7833 *Mobile:* +64 21 238 7955 *Web:* brush.co.nz

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pdf import crashing
by MilesTogoe 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

I've had both pdf and ps import crashing - when trying to open file, the pdf import dialog pops up but when I click the program crashes - no message, just completely exits. The same files open okay with GIMP. Anyone else confirm this bug ? running this on Fedora 12 w/ gnome.

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IMPORTANT: Windows compiler change
by Krzysztof Kosiński 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Hello I have made a Windows build of Inkscape that does not exhibit this long standing critical bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/173116 However, it requires changing the compiler. To build Inkscape and all other C++ libraries, I used TDM-GCC (a patched build of MinGW) version 4.4.1 with SJLJ unwinding. We don't use exceptions in performance critical code, so bothering with Dwarf2 to get a minimal perf gain while substantially increasing code size doesn't seem worth it. (SJLJ gtkmm is 3x smaller than the Dwarf2 one!) http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/ Therefore, a note to all Windows devs: when you update to revision 9 or later of devlibs, required by revision 9041 of Inkscape trunk, also change your compiler to TDM-GCC version 4.4.1. You can just download the .exe at the top, it contains everything that's required. You will need to rebuild from scratch after this (btool clean). http://sourceforge.net/projects/tdm-gcc/files/TDM-MinGW%20Installer/1.908.0… Install it into C:\mingw, as usual, or set MINGW_PATH to the directory where you installed it before executing mingwenv.bat. Updated instructions for compiling on Windows: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_Inkscape_on_Windows Regards, Krzysztof

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[PATCH] Grouping when setting mask
by Martin Sucha 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Hi all, I've implemented feature to automatically group objects when setting clip/mask and it now works for me. (Thanks Krzysztof Kosiński for help.) Could you please review attached patch and commit it if you consider it good enough? Thanks. Best regards, Martin Sucha

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Dwarf2 exception handling on Win32
by Bob Jamison 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Hi all, For those people who arrived to the party too recently to remember, it was always Mingw's intention to shift to Dwarf2 EH. It was just slow in coming. One of the reasons it took so long was that for a long time, Mingw's compiler was not considered to be a first-class target, but was only a set of patches maintained by Mingw.org itself. Now Mingw -is- a first-class GCC target, and their compiler patches do make it into GCC trunk somewhat faster. Now that DW2 is becoming the default on Win32, shifting back to old SJLJ would be going -against- progress. (And be bad timing, too :-) Anyway, DW2 is what I will be using from now on. bob

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bzr checkouts large and slow + failing to build for ~the last month: cube.obj
by Bernard Gray 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Hi All, I've been trying to migrate my package building process (for debian sid) for about the last month (on and off ;-) ) but I've encountered one fatal issue, and one pita issue. The fatal one: ... make[5]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/inkscape-0.47+svn20100202.cle/share/extensions/Barcode' Making all in Poly3DObjects make[5]: Entering directory `/tmp/buildd/inkscape-0.47+svn20100202.cle/share/extensions/Poly3DObjects' make[5]: *** No rule to make target `cube.obj', needed by `all-am'. Stop. make[5]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/inkscape-0.47+svn20100202.cle/share/extensions/Poly3DObjects' make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/inkscape-0.47+svn20100202.cle/share/extensions' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/inkscape-0.47+svn20100202.cle/share' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/inkscape-0.47+svn20100202.cle' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/inkscape-0.47+svn20100202.cle' make: *** [build] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 ... I've got this for the last month - I'm building inside a clean pbuilder chroot, the process has been consistent for the last year or more, spitting out weekly builds. The pita issue - I've followed the instructions for checking out the latest bzr branch (head?) using the command: bzr checkout lp:inkscape - this takes _ages_. It begins with a decent dl rate of ~300KBps, but then drops to ~4KBps for the next 4 hours! Please help :( Bernie (cleary)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.47 X11 on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
by ~suv 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

On 17/1/10 12:47, Michael Wybrow wrote: > On 11/01/2010, at 11:42 PM, JiHO wrote: >>> On 7/12/09 20:51, Wolf Drechsel wrote: >>>> my attempt in building a 0.47 X11 on Tiger can be visited. >>>> It is PPC only - are there people around who need Tiger-Intel? >> I'd say, post it like that. I don't and won't ever have a Tiger >> machine to test it. The release will be the large scale test I am >> afraid. I agree it should be posted, as a reward for Wolf's tremendous >> efforts. > > I tested Wolf's build on Friday and it worked fine other than the > status bar issue which also occurs on all versions of Inkscape I > tested (though it does go blank moving over the page sliders on 10.4 > but not the other later versions). > > I forgot to write a response on Friday, but you may have noticed that > I compressed it as a DMG and uploaded in to Sourceforge. > > Thanks for all your work on this Wolf, and also ~suv. Much > appreciated. Could the newly uploaded Tiger PPC build please be added to the download page on inkscape.org? ------------ Stable release 0.47 intended for production use is available: * Mac OS X o OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard – Universal .dmg o OS X 10.5, Leopard – Universal .dmg (Please first upgrade X11.app to at least XQuartz v2.1.4.) + o OS X 10.4, Tiger - PPC .dmg [1] (requires Apple's X11 v1.1.3) [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.47/Inkscape-0.47-… ------------ ~suv

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