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Replace soft-hyphenation character with a hard-hyphenation
by Stefan de Konink 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi, I'm trying to get soft-hyphenation to work in an acceptable fashion before going into deeper details. I want te solve the following task; - In the _measureUnbrokenSpan loop (Layout-TNG-Compute.cpp) soft-hyphens are detected. It can nicely break in such situation. - Currently a soft-hypen is invisible, but clearly the position in the source stream is know. - Based on this position I want to *replace* the softhypen in this rendering run with a '-' - This might need an a priori knowledge of the '-' width Could anyone suggest how to append a Span with only a "-" or replace the soft-hyphen with a hard one in this run? Thanks in advance, Stefan de Konink

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NEW: Auto smooth nodes
by bulia byak 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Thanks to Thomas Holder for the patch: Auto smooth nodes: a new "auto" node type was added, similar to the one Xara Xtreme has. An auto node is a smooth node which automatically adjusts (rotates and stretches) its handles when this node or its neighbors are moved. This adjustment (same as what you get when you convert node type to Smooth, but continuous) keeps the curve at this node as smooth as possible. It feels a bit like Spiro paths; although not as smooth as a Spiro, it may often be preferable as it works without any Path Effect. Whenever you manually adjust the handles of an auto node or drag the adjacent curve, it loses its auto state and becomes smooth; for this reason, it is recommended to edit smooth nodes with the node handles hidden via a toggle button on the controls bar. Auto nodes are represented by little circles, as opposed to smooth/symmetric nodes (squares) and cusp nodes (diamonds). To convert selected node(s) to auto, press Shift+A or use the corresponding node type button on the controls bar. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Snapping should only occur at the end of a movement
by Diederik van Lierop 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Op Do, 30 oktober, 2008 01:01, schreef Vladimir Savic: > When freehand path drawing (pencil tool) gets intercepted by snapping, > it became almost useless. Try this, the simplest case: In new document > turn on "Snap to page border" only and switch to pencil tool. Start > drawing outside page and then head toward the border itself. Wait until > first snapping starts and continue drawing inside page area. When we've hit the pageborder, the low-pass filtering will kick in. The problem is that it will stay enabled as long as you keep the mouse button down. I will solve this. > Next one. Try attached .svg file. > Grab lower object by placing pointer at X-like drawn hole, click and > gently move up to touch upper object. I get no snapping. That's at least partly because Inkscape doesn't snap smooth nodes by default any longer. Please look for that new option on the second tab with snapping preferences. At least some nodes should snap now, but that might only have been part of the problem. It still looks like some nodes are being excluded. Bye, Diederik

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Snapping should only occur at the end of a movement
by Diederik en Rezi 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

On 10/25/2008 05:22 PM, Vladimir Savic wrote: > 1) If "Always snap" is on, turn off detection of motion speed. > For grids, "always snap" is on by default. I'd prefer to have a gain in responsiveness also when using grids. > 2) Wait a few milliseconds when snapping occurs to avoid re-snapping > glitches > That would just act as a low-pass filter, wouldn't it? It would just reduce the jumpiness but not eliminate it completely. > 3) Works fine with wacom graphire3 tablet :) > Glad to hear! Thanks, Diederik

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Inkscape and GIO
by Krzysztof Kosiński 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

GConf integration needs some additional thought and community input before deciding whether to have it or not, so I have a question about another good technology, GIO. Milestone 0.47 in the roadmap has GTK 2.12 listed in the dependencies. GTK 2.12 in turn depends on Glib 2.16 (at least on Ubuntu Hardy), which includes GIO. In fact with the next version, GTK 2.14, the build fails if giomm-2.4 is not added to configure.ac, because gtkmm-2.4 depends on it. So it looks like everything is in place to use it. Can we start making use of GIO now, or do we have to wait some more until it's more commonplace in Linux distributions? Regards, Krzysztof Kosiński. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Inkscape-and-GIO-tp20135564p20135564.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[PATCH] Fedora MinGW cross-compiling patch, version 2
by Richard W.M. Jones 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

This is the second version of the patch to get Inkscape to cross-compile from Fedora MinGW. (1) I've tested that this doesn't break the build on Linux. (2) You cannot set INKSCAPE_CFLAGS in the Win32 test, because then PKG_CHECK_MODULES(INKSCAPE, ...) refuses to update this variable. Thus I introduced a separate WIN32_CFLAGS variable. (3) You need to check for fontconfig before checking for Xft. Otherwise the cross-compiler erroneously picks up the platform native version of Xft, which leads to incorrect linker flags. (4) Use g_getenv / g_setenv instead of getenv / setenv. (5) is_os_vista no longer needs to be commented out. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Emerging Technologies, Red Hat http://et.redhat.com/~rjones virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top

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[PATCH] Export to relative paths
by William Swanson 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

Hello! I've uploaded a small patch which fixes Launchpad bugs #168715 and #171869. The patch makes Inkscape treat paths in the Bitmap Export dialog relative to the document's location rather than the current working directory. This allows the user to enter paths like "../css/bitmap.png" and have them work as expected. The patch is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/168715 Would anybody like to review and commit it? -William Swanson (s_tec)

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Help with result viewer for rendering tests appreciated
by Jasper van de Gronde 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

As you may have seen I put up a simple result viewer for the rendering test results. It's based on Google Web Toolkit and JSON. Both quite new to me, and there are quite some things that could be done, so if anyone is interested in helping out that would be great. Some things I'd love to have in the result viewer: - Better/clearer presentation, for example coloring the results to make it easier to locate them visually. - Some filters for showing only changed results (regressions or improvements) or only specific results (just the New results for example). - Links to the actual input/output images (and difference images?). - Perhaps group the test cases in a tree (they are already categorized to some extent). - Anything else that will make it easier to track Inkscape's quality. Also, if anyone has any other bright ideas about how to process the test result data, let's hear it. The actual test result data (that I will try to update regularly for at least a few months): http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/inkscape/teststatus.json The result viewer: http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/inkscape/ResultViewer.html Result viewer code: https://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/inkscape/gsoc-testsuite/Result… To run/compile it using GWT, be sure to set the environment variable GWT_DIR to the directory where GWT is installed. Linux users might have to do something special (it only contains batch files for running and compiling the project).

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Color gestures widget idea
by Krzysztof Kosiński 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

There was a discussion about the color gestures recently. I have an idea how to make them more usable and discoverable. The basic idea is to display a small strip with a gradient under the cursor. To understand what I mean check out any recent version of GIMP or GThumb, load up an image too big to fit in the window and see what happens when you drag on the small four-way arrow in the lower right-hand corner of the window. Instead of a thumbnail, a color gradient corresponding to the setting that is currently being adjusted would be displayed. The feature would be activated by dragging on a small widget with a two-way arrow superimposed over a color circle or a gradient. The appearance of the icon could change depending on what is adjusted (H/S/L) but that's optional. Why this idea is an imporvement over the current gesture functionality: First, it will be much easier to get the color you want quickly. Second, it will be more discoverable. Third, the widget could be reused to pop up similar icons on the canvas to allow the user to e.g. adjust the color of a gradient node (there would be something that enables them, maybe a separate tool, to minimize visual pollution). I believe the "everything on canvas" paradigm is superior to "tweak values in dialogs" and one of the things Inkscape does right, so expanding on-canvas functionality seems to be a good idea to me. Regards, Krzysztof Kosiński. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Color-gestures-widget-idea-tp20134327p20134327.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[PATCH] Allow inkscape to be cross-compiled from Fedora to Windows using MinGW
by Richard W.M. Jones 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Hi, I'm doing the Fedora MinGW project[1], where we are building up a cross-compiler and comprehensive set of libraries so we can build Windows software from Fedora. Mostly inkscape "just works". Install the dependent libraries such as gtkmm etc. from our yum repo[2], then: PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig \ ./configure --host=i686-pc-mingw32 \ --enable-lcms=no \ --without-gnome-vfs make With this command and the patches below I built 'inkscape.exe', and did some limited testing, and it appears to run under Wine >= 1.1.6. (Note that at no point is MS Windows required). The patches and specfile we use are in our development repository[3], and also attached to this email. (a) mingw32-inkscape-20081027-no-gc-version-check-when-crosscompiling.patch You cannot run programs when cross-compiling (not even if you have Wine). This first patch disables a test for the version of libgc which relied on running a test program. (b) mingw32-inkscape-20081027-extra-win32-objects.patch I'm not quite sure why, but a load of Win32 source files are apparently missing from the Makefile.am's. It should be safe to add these for all platforms, as long as the sources files themselves are surrounded by #ifdef WIN32 ... #endif. (c) mingw32-inkscape-20081027-no-is-os-vista.patch The code uses a function called 'is_os_vista' that doesn't seem to exist. Maybe this was added to a new version of some dependency? (d) mingw32-inkscape-20081027-pango-enable-engine.patch Some files don't compile unless you define PANGO_ENABLE_ENGINE. I didn't look into this very deeply, but certainly defining this symbol at the top of the affected files fixes this. (e) mingw32-inkscape-20081027-no-setenv.patch This is a hack we use to remove a reference to 'setenv' because that API doesn't exist on Windows. I hope you find this useful, and maybe you can use it to automate builds and tests on the Windows version. Rich. [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MinGW [2] http://www.annexia.org/tmp/mingw/fedora-9/ [3] Go to http://hg.et.redhat.com/misc/fedora-mingw--devel/ and click 'manifest' then go into the 'inkscape' directory. -- Richard Jones, Emerging Technologies, Red Hat http://et.redhat.com/~rjones virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v

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Semi-OT: Free CodeWeavers Software for one day.
by Josh Andler 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Hey all, So, thanks to a collapsing global economy and a bet that they lost, CodeWeavers will be giving away a product of your choice for roughly the next 24 hours for Linux or Mac. http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/33338904.html?elr=KArksUUUU If CrossOver is of interest to you because of games or professional apps that Wine won't run yet (that you can't live without), tomorrow is the day to get your copy of CrossOver for free. :) Yeah, it doesn't necessarily further FLOSS software directly, but for some it makes the transition to Linux more doable. Head to http://www.codeweavers.com/ for your free serial... it may help with crossplatform testing of Inkscape Win32 in Linux and Mac environments... so why not? ;) (then again it may not help at all) Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Preferences refactoring - important changes
by Diederik van Lierop 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Hello Krzysztof, Using a pre-compiled rev. 20019 on XP, I run into an assertion when I select a few objects and hit ctrl-shift-a to align them: ERROR:src/preferences.cpp:470:Inkscape::XML::Node* Inkscape::Preferences::_getNode(const Glib::ustring&, bool): assertion failed: <pref_key.at(0) == '/') Is this related to your refactoring? I haven't encountered this before. Regards, Diederik

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] "Live Pen" Feature Bounty
by Thomas Holder 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

> Nodes are awkward legacy, they should be hidden and not affect > anything. All new tools we've been adding recently go in this > direction: Tweak tool does not care about nodes; Spiros use nodes but > they are much less clumsy than bezier nodes and easier to move around Beziers are clumsy, that's true. At this point I'd like to advertise my patch [1] which introduces automatic maintained handles. I think such nodes are even more intuitive than Spiro splines, and they still can be mixed with normal smooth/cusp nodes in the same path. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/255049 Regards, Thomas

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hotkeys indication
by Alexandre Prokoudine 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Hi, Recently I discovered that quite a number of users are not aware of mnemonic hotkeys for tools. That is, looking at tools tooltips they only see Fn hotkeys (SVN version doesn't show even them) and they have no idea that mnemonic keys are available. And they don't read http://inkscape.org/doc/keys.html especially since it's not available offline. Thus the question: in case we will still show hotkeys in tooltips in stable 0.47, should we show both? E.g. "Create 3D boxes (<b>Shift+F4</b>, <b>x</b>) or "Create 3D boxes (<b>Shift+F4</b> or <b>x</b>) Alexandre

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loading local extensions
by Alexandre Prokoudine 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Howdy, I've just committed a patch from Thomas Holder that fixes loading of extensions from local folder like ~/.inkscape/extensions (LP197475). Works for me on Ubuntu Linux, please test on Win and Mac. Also, please update AUTHORS whenever you commit someone else's patch. ;-) Alexandre

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Make bug 227949 enter in Milestone 0.47 ?
by worms invasion 25 Oct '08

25 Oct '08

Hello, I'm not familiar with how "milestones" work and what they are, nor with what "string freeze" and similar are, so I'll ask my question and for your indulgence if it's not a "good" question. In May 2008, I filed a bug which I think is a major annoyance when using 0.46: the bug is https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/227949 and is: ENTER does not work anymore in transform dialog (but does in 0.45.1). I was really hoping that the bug would make it in 0.47, but looking at https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.47 , I don't see it in the list. So, the question is, is that list "closed"? If not, is there a way to make the bug enter in it? Can I "nominate for release" or something? Will that be enough? (I do understand that asking this is "pushing" the bug, but I also think it's a really important feature that the users have lost, in usability). Thanks for any answer!

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [PATCH] Fix for "terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::length_error'"
by bulia byak 25 Oct '08

25 Oct '08

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Adrian Knoth <adi@...2046...> wrote: > Anyway, somebody who's more common with the code should have a look at > this, since my patch only cures the symptoms, not the root cause. Seeing it's just a safe NULL check, I committed it anyway. Curing a symptom is better than doing nothing. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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testsuite testfiles testcases etc
by unknown＠example.com 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hi all, Maybe there are people out here that have time to kill and want to help on Inkscape but don't want to or can't code C++. I'd like to remind you of this years 'Test Suite' GSoC project, which was imo very succesfull. We need artists that can provide SVG files and PNG renders of them; so no coding required! The testsuite can be found here: https://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/inkscape/gsoc-testsuite For some documentation see: http://www.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/TestingInkscape ("rendering tests") What this testsuite does is provide numerous svg files that are rendered by Inkscape to PNGs. The PNGs are then compared to a reference PNG and Inkscape will score a pass or fail for that particular "testcase" svg file. It is a very nifty procedure/tool to see what Inkscape can and cannot do. Moreover, it can be used to track regressions. So where can you help? Add testcase files! If you've created some crazy drawing that uses complicated SVG structures, or LPEs, or perhaps you have a simple drawing with 'corner cases' (lines with zero length, rectangles with zero length, closed paths with start and end markers, etc...).... those are the files we need ! Note that we need a lot of files where Inkscape does something non-trivial but does it correctly! This way we can ensure that will work in the next version. If you can also provide a reference PNG of the correct rendering, that would be awesome :) Check the testcases directory, perhaps your testcase is already there. You can post the testcases on launchpad, mail it to me, or find another way of getting it to us. Ask the maillist if you'd like SVN write access, if you've shown good work in two patches, it will be granted to you. I'm happy to answer questions about the testsuite, but it's perhaps better to ask Jasper for details (cc'ed in this mail). Cheers, Johan

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Inkscape icon in Launchpad
by Krzysztof Kosiński 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Can someone with appropriate privileges change the Inkscape's old icon in Launchpad to the current one which uses Tango style? (It's in trunk/inkscape.svg) Regards, Krzysztof Kosiński -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Inkscape-icon-in-Launchpad-tp20137482p20137482.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Direct Mailing Extension - A end-use file generator
by Aurélio A. Heckert 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi all, I made this extension: http://www.colivre.coop.br/Aurium/InkscapeDirectMailing I don't think "Direct Mailing" is a good name, but is the better that i can think because it do part of this work. This is on it's third version after some usage and a test by the brazilian Inkscape community. For now it's being used by the DebConf organization at Argentina to make the certificates. :-) Até! 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Eu temo pela minha espécie quando penso que Deus é justo." Thomas Jefferson Antes de imprimir esta mensagem reflita sobre a sua responsabilidade com a preservação do Meio Ambiente.

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update-inkscape - a build/update bash script (Linux)
by Michael Park 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hi there, So a while ago I hacked together a script to do the legwork of downloading/building/installing. To date, I've been using it w/o any real grief (yet), so I thought I'd clean it up and send it out there on the tubes.. who knows, maybe someone else will find it handy (or wants to adapt it to a real package manager or something). Sorry, I'm not savvy on creating RPMs, DEBs, or what-have-you, so yeah.. I can't help with that just yet. At any rate, here's the useage (pretty simple): # first time build from SVN (no source yet) update-inkscape # catch up your build to the latest from SVN update-inkscape # build a specific SVN version (in this case, -r20036) update-inkscape 20036 Btw, some notes about the script: 1 - This script doesn't take care of Inkscape's build dependencies.. sorry, but the package names differ by distro, so unfortunately I have to leave that up to the user to take care of first 2 - Putting it to work is the usual deal.. put it in ~/bin and 'chmod u+x ~/bin/update-inkscape' 3 - I prefer to keep my source in ~/install/apps/inkscape/trunk (you can change this by editing the ${BUILD_DIR} variable) 4 - when it installs - it installs to /opt/inkscape/${revnum} (I keep a couple revs handy in case the latest doesn't work out) - if you ever want to uninstall/remove an old build, simply 'sudo rm -rf /opt/inkscape/${revnum}' (also don't forget to rm the symlinks in ~/bin) - if you ever want to switch your default 'inkscape' command to an older version, simply run 'ln -sf /opt/inkscape/${revum}/bin/* ~/bin' 5 - it uses 'sudo' for the root privilege stuff (which isn't setup by default on Fedora, but it's pretty easy to, let me know if you got q's) 6 - I did away w/ the normal output flood, and instead replaced them with 'busy dots'... sorry, I didn't implement a toggle switch for this - however, output is by default saved to: ~/install/apps/inkscape/trunk/${cmdname}.log ~/install/apps/inkscape/trunk/${cmdname}-error.log - the one downside to this is that 'sudo make install' is unfortunately saved to the unhelpfully named 'sudo.log' and 'sudo-error.log' Let me know if you folks have any questions/run into any problems. Hopefully the script source is clear enough to grok, but my bash-fu is still pretty grasshopper.. so if you've got any suggestions for improvement, feel free to let me know. Cheers. --Mike

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Recent Documents list
by Josh Andler 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Unfortunately the recent change seems to nuke the recent documents list within Inkscape. However, this has been a long standing wishlist item. Krzysztov, is this wishlist item now fulfilled? https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170016 Cheers, Josh

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NEW: Lots of stuff
by Ted Gould 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Sorry, I got off on a branch and ended up with a bunch of things. I'm just going to flatten and merge... Here's the list. * Added a focus mode activated by Shift+F11. The goal of this mode is to remove all toolbars for a short period so that you maximize screen area. Useful on small screens. Also when you know lots of shortcuts. * Created what I'm calling "Quick Zoom." The idea here is to have a modal zoom for touching up something with fine detail and then returning to what you're doing. This is activated with the letter "Q" on the keyboard. When you release it, you return back to where you were. This will zoom in on selected objects, or if you're in the node tool selected nodes. * Added .svg on the temporary files in extensions. This'll make many of them happier. This only works on recent versions of GLib, but shouldn't break older ones more than they already are. * Moved the Inkscape configuration directory on Linux from ~/.inkscape to ~/.config/Inkscape. This is the new way to do things with the cross desktop naming spec. I'm unsure whether we should be putting crash dumps in .config or .cache though. * Removed 'tools_switch_current' because every usage of it already had a pointer to where it needed to go. Removes usage of globals. * Made it so that dialogs will be transparent when not focused. This is an alternate to having the docked, and one that I like better as I feel it gives me more screen area. You can adjust how much transparency and the speed of the animation in the preferences dialog. (Note: this requires GTK+ 2.12 and a compositor, but gracefully degrades if you don't have either)

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Re factoring effort
by Krzysztof Kosiński 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Since the main focus of 0.47 is refactoring, I'm posting some ideas for discussion I've come up with while refactoring the preferences code (the final version of which just made it into SVN). 1. id-clashes.cpp - this is a stopgap solution at best. The roadmap proposes to solve this problem by making SPObjects ref-aware. I think this isn't a good idea, as it uses a canvas level API to solve an XML level problem. The real solution would be to make the XML tree CSS-aware (to detect ID references in CSS), and handle this transparently by special-casing the "id" attribute so that setAttribute("id", "something") would automatically update every ID in the document. An alternative approach would be to have an XML::Document level API like alterID(gchar const *oldid, gchar const *newid) which would do the same. 2. Tools tree. This is one of the last big chunks of GObject left in the codebase. It's also rather messy - for example, every tool has a gradient dragger but in reality it only makes sense for the Node and Gradient tools. Converting this hierarchy to C++ would be a great step forward. It would also get rid of toolbox.cpp. 3. Namespace proliferation. Many namespaces contain just a few members and their fully qualified names are very long. The record is namespace depth of 4 for internal bitmap extensions and a few other things. Is this level of granularity really necessary? There's also the UI namespace - its purpose is unclear to me because Inkscape::UI::Widget::SuperGizmo conveys no additional information compared to Inkscape::Widget::SuperGizmo. It's obvious to me that widgets and dialogs are parts of the UI, so why put Widget and Dialog namespaces in another namespace? On top of that, names of many classes are redundant, like Inkscape::UI::Dialog::SomeDialog. It should be either Inkscape::UI::SomeDialog or Inkscape::Dialog::Some. BTW: The "using namespace" directive is discouraged in the coding practices. 4. Transferring data between Inkscape and other apps. The new clipboard code is a step in the right direction (by the way - thanks for everyone for fixing the issues with it I weren't able to find), but the "import/export drawing data as some format" functionality should be split off into another function/object, so that the same code is used for importing and exporting via drag-and-drop, the Import and Export dialogs and the clipboard. 5. Memory leak problem (?). Inkscape is constantly eating memory even when idle. Is anyone aware of why is this happening? Also of note is the fact that creating a single rect can take up to 250 kilobytes. 6. Verbs. It looks like verbs.cpp is a reimplementation of Gtk::Action with some extra features. I don't know this part of Inkscape very well but it looks like we could create an Inkscape::UndoableAction deriving from Gtk::Action and use it instead of verbs. We could then use Gtk::UIManager to build menus and toolbars. Please let me know if you have any suggestions / objections regarding those refactoring problems, and whether they make sense to you. Regards, Krzysztof Kosiński. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Refactoring-effort-tp20079146p20079146.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Cannot compile
by Preben Soeberg 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi, Missing a file (was deleted in SVN 20013) after a "btool clean": Make error line 294: problem compiling: mingw32-g++: src/fontsize-expansion.cpp: No such file or directory mingw32-g++: no input files >svn up At revision 20028.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Preferences refactoring - important changes
by Diederik en Rezi 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Op Di, 21 oktober, 2008 11:05, schreef Alvin Penner: > similar to : https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/286496 ? No, I don't think so. That one doesn't invoke a crash. Diederik

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gradient fill swap (tooltip?)
by MilesTogoe 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

speaking of tooltips - I can never remember the cntrl key to swap a gradient fill from inside-out to outside-in. I've thought about what would be the best way to do this in the gradient editor or the gradient edit bars but really haven't come up with something good. Maybe an extra button on the type of fill. Maybe dragging the bars from positive to negative would do it or maybe just a tooltip that gives the cntrl key - well worth the dwell :)

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Preferences refactoring - important changes
by Krzysztof Kosiński 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Rev 20019 is a preferences refactoring mega-commit. Most of the changes are there in order to simplify adding a GConf backend soon (I'll get to this after cleaning up in the preferences.xml file and handling enum and color preferences sanely). Here are the most important changes from the developer perspective: 1. Preference path syntax has changed to use a single path and slashes instead of dots as separators. The old syntax was based on the fact that preferences are stored as attributes of XML nodes, which was the reason for separation of the two path parameters. The new syntax uses a familiar file system metaphor, and will simplify adding GConf and possibly other backends, like the Mac OS X settings files mentioned somewhere here (?). 2. Preferences are handled through the singleton object Inkscape::Preferences. Use its methods instead of the prefs-utils.h functions. They are mostly equivalent. Be sure to use the correct type. 3. There is no inkscape_get_repr() any more. To retrieve a CSS style from preferences, use the getStyle() or getInheritedStyle() methods. 4. You cannot add an XML observer to the prefs document. Instead, use the inner class Inkscape::Preferences::Observer. Additionally, you can't add the same observer to more than one preference path - you'll have to create multiple instances. There are no changes to the preferences.xml format yet. There will be changes to it in the future, to remove things like /options/somerandomoption/value (which should be /options/some_random_option in GConf, or even better /options/some_appropriate_group/some_random_option) but I'll try to handle them transparently. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Preferences-refactoring---important-changes-tp2007233… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Attribute lock ratio proposal
by Patrick 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Like many of you I would like to advance the use of SVG only web design. Unless I am missing something, one problem that exists is the automatic Y-axis scaling of designs with text. Specifically what I am referring to is the fact that the flow text box "dead ends" once it is full unlike an html div that can continue to autosize in the Y-Axis(or X). In addition even if the flow text box did resize other elements in the design would not. If for instance we had a blue square for a background and some text in the center then the blue box would also need to resize to prevent the text from flowing past the bottom of it. My programming skills are not up to standard with the rest of you but if you would like, I could hack together a proof of concept in Python, if it was of value someone could re-do it in C and you folks could figure out a where and how to use it in the GUI. By counting line numbers and the pixel height of the letters, I should be able to calculate the size the flow text box should be and then I could use those attributes to resize other attributes. Am I missing something? Is this a dumb idea? -Patrick

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documentation effort
by unknown＠example.com 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

Hi all, (cc. Inkscape devel, maybe there are some documentation wizzards out there) I've started a bit of documentation work. The Doxyfile configuration file for doxygen has been updated to the latest version. I've also made some tweaks that I found useful, or want to try a bit. First hour I am using doxygen so... Go to lib2geom's root and run doxygen. Then, you should get doc/html/index.html, which is the homepage of the generated documentation. As you can see, there is a lot to do. Please read a bit of the doxygen manual if you want to contribute a lot. Note 1: Doxygen can generate nice equations: http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/formulas.html Put your LaTeX equations between a pair of "\f$" commands: \f$ x = 1 \f$ Note 2: Doxygen makes use of special commands you can put in your code, such as: /** \brief Scales this vector to make it a unit vector (within rounding error). * * The current version tries to handle infinite coordinates gracefully, * but it's not clear that any callers need that. * * \pre \f$this \neq (0, 0)\f$ * \pre Neither component is NaN. * \post \f$-\epsilon<\left|this\right|-1<\epsilon\f$ */ void Point::normalize() { ... It is worth checking out other commands like \param, \see and \return. Note 3: The documentation is filled with "Geom::" namespace. I have not yet figured out how to tell doxygen to only document the Geom:: namespace and leave all other things (like std!!!!?!??!) out. Note 4: Doxygen accepts two command styles: \pre and @pre. They can be mingled without a problem I think, but shall we try to use the slash? \file, \brief, etc. Note 5: I'll be adding a lot of empty template documentation comments, so you don't have to think much about how to add documentation. This way, many people can help without much knowledge of doxygen. Note 6: We should get a server to run this every day and put it on the web somewhere! (including a tar so people can download it?) Cheers, Johan

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lpe/verbs
by Alexandre Prokoudine 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hi, Can live path effects have verbs and would it be reasonable at all? Alexandre

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Spiro & "piecewise clothoid curves"
by Bill Baxter 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Saw this paper at SBIM 2008. Sketching Piecewise Clothoid Curves http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mccrae/clothoid/ It may be very similar to how Spiro is implemented, but last time I looked at Spiro I couldn't find any sort of an algorithmic description. Anyway, the approach presented by this paper seems pretty simple and logical to me, so maybe it could suggest some ideas for Spiro. Or not. It's a good read either way. The video is nice too. --bb

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] 20,000!
by Bob Jamison 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

And of course: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape20001-0810171634.7z -----Original Message----- >From: Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> >Sent: Oct 17, 2008 9:45 AM >To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...1798...> >Cc: Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> >Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] 20,000! > >Indeed! it's absa'fookin'tastic'a'licious. And any inkscape developer at >USD will get free drinks from me. > >2008/10/16 Bryce Harrington <bryce@...1798...>: >> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 03:47:34PM -0700, Josh Andler wrote: >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I think it's worth noting that Inkscape has passed the 20,000 commit >>> mark. Wow! >>> >>> Johan, nice that it was a refactoring commit! :) >> >> Wow, congrats again everyone! >> >> Bryce >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-devel mailing list >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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20,000!
by Josh Andler 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hey all, I think it's worth noting that Inkscape has passed the 20,000 commit mark. Wow! Johan, nice that it was a refactoring commit! :) Cheers, Josh

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inkboard
by monroy-lopez 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Hello. I have been trying out Inkboard without much success. Sorry about being so vague but I haven't noticed a pattern. It just... doesn't work :( I'm wondering... what's the status of Inkboard? In case it's just my configuration, this was the set-up: Inkscape 0.46-r5 on Gentoo. Two computers were connecting to gristle.org. Connecting (and sometimes chatting) works without problems. So far, I have not been able to share a canvas... Best wishes, ivan

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icons
by unknown＠example.com 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Hi all, Inkscape on Windows has had this warning for a looong time now: (inkscape.exe:2628): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon 'edit-select-all'. The 'hicolor' theme was not found either, perhaps you need to install it. You can get a copy from: http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases The select-all icon is displayed correctly in the menu, but is not displayed in the toolbar. I've been trying to get rid of this warning/error; and as a result I think I've found some legacy dead code concerning icons. Are /src/ui/icons.h and icons.cpp ever used sensibly? The only one calling to these files is edit-widget.cpp. If I remove that call "Icons::init();", nothing changes for me. (all icons are displayed correctly, except for the select all icon in the toolbar) the code in similar files seems very old and not used: stock-items.cpp stock.h Who can tell me more about these files? I am planning on deleting them. Thanks, Johan

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vectorsection
by Alexandre Prokoudine 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

FYI: http://groups.google.com/group/vectorsection/browse_thread/thread/6e5d4d820… Eric, are you back? :-) Alexandre

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Appreciation for migration work
by Bob Jamison 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Hi all, I mentioned this on #inkscape, but I thought I should post this on the list, too. For the last several weeks, Johan, Josh, and others have been making huge commits, migrating the vector math code from libnr to 2geom. And for the last few weeks, the grumpier among us (like me :-) have been grouching about build breaks and/or the requirement to perform a complete build after every "svn up." But, hey, that's natural. We like to complain. But nobody should ever forget the fact that we really appreciate the huge amounts of work that they have been doing, the massive commits they have been making, and all of the headaches they have been suffering. These guys deserve our heartfelt thanks for moving ahead and giving the migration the momentum it needs. bob (ishmal)

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Next version(0.47) string freeze
by Lucas Vieites 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Hi, a few days ago someone mentioned how close the string freeze was for the new version (0.47). Is this real? Has a release calendar been set for 0.47? If so, where can I find it? The Roadmap data on the website is generic and has no dates. I'm just being curious and anxious to start translating the new strings in es.po. Thanks in advance. -- Lucas Vieites

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lpe and transforms
by jf barraud 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

Hi, Transforms (translate, rotate, etc...) and lpe do not get on well... If you are not familiar to it, consider lpe-bend for instance: Imagine you rotate the input, but not the path parameter (along which the input is bent) the new result is completely different. So transforms need a particular treatment in presence of lpes. Our solution to this problem up to now is to transform the parameters along with the object (or more precisely, to let each lpe decide what todo on transform). This (good!) solution is user friendly, as your lpe parameters nicely move along with your object. However, it implies some limitations (please invalidate if I'm wrong!): I think it prevents from sharing lpes accross different objects, as if one is moved but not the other, which one should be followed by the lpe-parameters? Note that atm, lpe are automatically forked/made unique when you move one object, and I guess that's the reason (?right?). A related (but different) question is about "cloned" path parameters (i.e. references). I might be wrong, but I think path-reference parameters are not transformed atm. (Marginally, one can even think of lpe that depend on the object location, but not relatively to a path or point parameter --- "underlying objects color" for instance?!?--- in which case, transfering the transform to parameters is useless; hmmm! I agree, this is pure abstraction ;-) Although this is not a critical issue ("sharing lpe" jsut does not make sens for a lot of them!!), I think it's a good thing to have, so let's discuss possible strategies! One easy workaround is to add a "lpe-transform" at the end of the lpe-stack whenever the object is transformed (of course, if the last lpe is already a (non shared) transform-lpe, we should just update it instead of adding a new one). This is easy to implement and solves the issue. I think it is a bit cleaner as pes don't have to care about transforms anymore, etc... The (serious) drawback however, common to all solution you can think of, is that if the lpe-parameters do not follow the object anymore, you'll have to look for them all the time and everywhere: if you applied your lpe somewhere, and moved your object a lot, at edition time you'll wonder why the lpe parameter shows up at the other corner of the page, which was the original place, but you completely forgot about. :-( As a conclusion, if we want to keep track of the objects transforms *and* allow lpe to be shared, lpe must be able to strore object specific information at objects level (not in the lpe itself in the defs). Maybe we could add one more attribute to the object, where lpes could register all the data they need (this would be usefull for other purposes anyway). This would make it possible to remember the original position of the object when the lpe was applied: lpe paramters could then be suitably transformed at apply/display/edition time, but stored untransformed. What do you think? jfb.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] inkscape_version.h is not being updated
by Bob Jamison 09 Oct '08

09 Oct '08

Hi! Thanks for this info. Well, until recently, the SVN revision was not being dynamically fetched at all, so the dependency on inkscape_version.h has remained the same. I have seen this, too, and have added inkscape_version.h to the "touchabout" and "clean" targets. It should have been listed there already, but I guess that since it was never dynamic before, it didn't matter previously. Creating inkscape_version.h -every- time would be overkill and a burden for people wanting to only compile their own files, since that would force aboutbox.cpp to be compiled every time. So... for the typical build/code/build/code cycle, just occasionally do "btool touchabout". "btool clean" will take care of a complete build. -However-, I can see where it might be necessary for <makefile> to make a file every time, regardless if it is up-to-date. So I added an attribute, 'force="true"' to <makefile> to allow this. bob -----Original Message----- >From: Preben Soeberg <prsodk@...400...> >Sent: Oct 9, 2008 1:44 AM >To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: [Inkscape-devel] inkscape_version.h is not being updated > >Hi, > > > >On Windows XP, if inkscape.version.h exists, it is not being updated with >the new revision number, and the old revision number appears in the help >about splash. > >After deleting inkscape_version.h, it is generated with correct revision >number. > >I have seen this behavior since revision 19964. > > > >Preben >

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inkscape_version.h is not being updated
by Preben Soeberg 09 Oct '08

09 Oct '08

Hi, On Windows XP, if inkscape.version.h exists, it is not being updated with the new revision number, and the old revision number appears in the help about splash. After deleting inkscape_version.h, it is generated with correct revision number. I have seen this behavior since revision 19964. Preben

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 btool problem
by Bob Jamison 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

Done. Give it a try, see if it works. Works fine for me on windows and linux. But of course, "works for me" is one of the most hated phrases in CS. :-) bob -----Original Message----- >From: Bob Jamison <rwjj@...127...> >Sent: Oct 7, 2008 1:40 PM >To: J.B.C.Engelen@...1578..., john.cliff@...400..., docsonic@...58..., inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 btool problem > >Hi, all, > >Yes, that is the idea. One thing I need to learn first is the format >of that file. The svn properties are fetched as ${svn.fieldname}, >so I need to know which fields are which. > > >bob > > > >-----Original Message----- >>From: J.B.C.Engelen@...1578... >>Sent: Oct 7, 2008 1:18 PM >>To: john.cliff@...400..., docsonic@...58..., inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >>Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 btool problem >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: john cliff [mailto:john.cliff@...400...] >>> Sent: dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 15:03 >>> To: Docsonic; inkscape-devel >>> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 btool problem >>> >>> You need to get the command line svn executable. or edit out >>> the bit in build tool that calls it. >>> I think ishmal was going to make it optional... >> >>Even beter: ishmal was thinking about not using the svn executable, but >>the .svn/entries file. That would make it universal. >> >>:) >> Johan >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >>Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >>Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >>http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>_______________________________________________ >>Inkscape-devel mailing list >>Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-devel mailing list >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Text to Path conversion limitation
by Aurélio A. Heckert 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Hi, Is normal to me convert works on PDF and some times i need to make changes on the text, because i need to convert the text in path, and the text has some color or opacity variations. I'm trying to generate a lot of PDF automatically, with automatically generated SVG. That is cool! But i lost some information. Please, see my explanation in the bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/279897 This image show what we lost in a Text to Path conversion: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18305828/text2path.png I compile the Inkscape every week. I'll be really glad to test this feature if a developer like the idea. 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Eu temo pela minha espécie quando penso que Deus é justo." Thomas Jefferson Antes de imprimir esta mensagem reflita sobre a sua responsabilidade com a preservação do Meio Ambiente.

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r19979 - crash on open of SVG
by Michael Park 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Hi there, I've been doing a more er less daily build of inkscape, and the last few days have been crashing when I try to open an existing SVG file (through the file open dialog). The last stable working version for me was r19967 (Fedora 9 x86_64, KDE4.1.1, using 'updates-testing' repo). Here's the output I get at the console: ------- ** ERROR:(display/nr-filter-units.cpp:44):void NR::FilterUnits::set_resolution(double, double): assertion failed: (x_res > 0) Emergency save activated! Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now. If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it. ------- And I hope I did this right, here's the gdb backtrace I got when following the instructions from http://www.inkscape.org/report_bugs.php?lang=en ------- (gdb) bt #0 0x0000003064632215 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x0000003064633d83 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x00000031a525ced7 in g_assertion_message () from /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00000031a525d372 in g_assertion_message_expr () from /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0x0000000000784944 in NR::FilterUnits::set_resolution () #5 0x000000000077036c in NR::Filter::render () #6 0x000000000074670b in nr_arena_item_invoke_render () #7 0x00000000007481ad in nr_arena_group_render () #8 0x000000000074663d in nr_arena_item_invoke_render () #9 0x00000000007481ad in nr_arena_group_render () #10 0x000000000074663d in nr_arena_item_invoke_render () #11 0x00000000007481ad in nr_arena_group_render () #12 0x000000000074663d in nr_arena_item_invoke_render () #13 0x00000000007481ad in nr_arena_group_render () #14 0x000000000074663d in nr_arena_item_invoke_render () #15 0x00000000007481ad in nr_arena_group_render () #16 0x000000000074663d in nr_arena_item_invoke_render () #17 0x0000000000751ddb in sp_canvas_arena_render () #18 0x000000000076b095 in sp_canvas_group_render () #19 0x000000000076b095 in sp_canvas_group_render () #20 0x000000000076d6b1 in sp_canvas_paint_rect_internal () #21 0x000000000076d8f6 in sp_canvas_paint_rect () #22 0x000000000076dd69 in do_update () #23 0x000000000076ddf2 in idle_handler () #24 0x00000031a523742b in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #25 0x00000031a523ac0d in ?? () from /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #26 0x00000031a523b13d in g_main_loop_run () from /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #27 0x00000031a82e7027 in gtk_dialog_run () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #28 0x00000000005e54a4 in Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileOpenDialogImplGtk::show () #29 0x0000000000453a95 in sp_file_open_dialog () #30 0x0000000000789ccb in sp_action_perform () #31 0x00000031a560b6cd in g_closure_invoke () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #32 0x00000031a561f6b1 in ?? () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #33 0x00000031a5620b8c in g_signal_emit_valist () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #34 0x00000031a56210d3 in g_signal_emit () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #35 0x00000031a826b85b in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #36 0x00000031a826b90c in gtk_action_activate () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #37 0x00000031a560b6cd in g_closure_invoke () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #38 0x00000031a561f6b1 in ?? () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #39 0x00000031a5620b8c in g_signal_emit_valist () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #40 0x00000031a5620f1d in g_signal_emit_by_name () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #41 0x00000031a848e0b2 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #42 0x00000031a560b6cd in g_closure_invoke () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #43 0x00000031a561f6b1 in ?? () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #44 0x00000031a5620b8c in g_signal_emit_valist () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #45 0x00000031a56210d3 in g_signal_emit () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #46 0x00000031a8285e13 in gtk_button_clicked () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #47 0x00000031a828722b in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #48 0x00000031a560b6cd in g_closure_invoke () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #49 0x00000031a561efc6 in ?? () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #50 0x00000031a5620b8c in g_signal_emit_valist () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #51 0x00000031a56210d3 in g_signal_emit () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #52 0x00000031a8285d7c in gtk_button_released () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #53 0x00000031a8286fb2 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #54 0x00000031a8387452 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #55 0x00000031a560b6cd in g_closure_invoke () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #56 0x00000031a561f382 in ?? () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #57 0x00000031a5620a0f in g_signal_emit_valist () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #58 0x00000031a56210d3 in g_signal_emit () from /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #59 0x00000031a84f48be in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #60 0x00000031a84f4406 in gtk_widget_event () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #61 0x00000031a83859ee in gtk_propagate_event () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #62 0x00000031a8384625 in gtk_main_do_event () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #63 0x00000031a6e57c29 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 #64 0x00000031a523742b in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #65 0x00000031a523ac0d in ?? () from /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #66 0x00000031a523b13d in g_main_loop_run () from /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #67 0x00000031a8383db0 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #68 0x00000000004498b9 in sp_main_gui () #69 0x0000000000449d1d in main () ------- Please let me know if I did the backtrace wrong, I did see some message fly by about missing debuginfo of some packages. Also, I'll see if I can bisect down to which build this behaviour started happening. Thanks. --Mike

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Problem with running Inkscape on KDE 4.1.2
by ryrych＠...400... 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Hello, I've done a upgrade of my debian recently. I instlled KDE 4.1.2 and now my Inkscape would't run. I got an error: inkscape: error while loading shared libraries: libpoppler.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory but I've got libpoppler in /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.3.0.0 The package libpoppler3 is required by KDE 4.1 so I can't remove it and restore the older one. Everything was OK before my upgrade in Sunday. What's the matter? Could you help me? cheers, Wojciech RRH Ryrych :)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 btool problem
by Bob Jamison 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Hi, all, Yes, that is the idea. One thing I need to learn first is the format of that file. The svn properties are fetched as ${svn.fieldname}, so I need to know which fields are which. bob -----Original Message----- >From: J.B.C.Engelen@...1578... >Sent: Oct 7, 2008 1:18 PM >To: john.cliff@...400..., docsonic@...58..., inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 btool problem > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: john cliff [mailto:john.cliff@...400...] >> Sent: dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 15:03 >> To: Docsonic; inkscape-devel >> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 btool problem >> >> You need to get the command line svn executable. or edit out >> the bit in build tool that calls it. >> I think ishmal was going to make it optional... > >Even beter: ishmal was thinking about not using the svn executable, but >the .svn/entries file. That would make it universal. > >:) > Johan > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-devel mailing list >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Win32 btool problem
by Docsonic 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

I am having a problem with btool on winxp sp2, creation of btool works fine but when I try to run it it stops immediately with the error - C:\inkscape-cvs>btool #################################################### # BuildTool v0.9.7 #################################################### ######## PARSE : build.xml ============ cmd ============ svn info --xml ============================= Make error line 0: executeCommand : could not create process : The system cannot find the file specified. Make error line 0: error executing 'svn info --xml': Thanks, Tony -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Win32-btool-problem-tp19856275p19856275.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Cairo PDF, PS, and PNG output.
by Tavmjong Bah 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Hi, I've just checked in a few more "fixes" to Cairo PDF, PS, and, PNG output. Clipping and masking now work at least at a basic level. Let me know if you find any problems. Note, evince may not display an object using an image as a mask but acroread will. I know of a few more problems with Cairo output: 1. First and last points of closed paths aren't joined properly. At least in the PS output, the last point is doubled and there is no closepath. 2. Clipping path output twice in PS (maybe PDF too). The second time it is unused. 3. Patterns don't always display correctly in PNG output. Any other problems people know about? Tav

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I am DAILY cutting vinyl with Inkscape
by bruce westfall 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

I've posted this before, but here goes again - What I am currently doing is organizing a cut page with Inkscape, saving that single color file as /home/bruce/hpgl/newplot.ps I then click a script called 'cut newplot.ps' which changes to the correct directory, generates a view using evince ( just to make sure I'm going to cut the right thing ) and then activates another script based on the one found at: http://pldaniels.com/hpgl-distiller/ ( I changed a few things and am more than happy to share everything with anyone. ) Once I close the preview, the plotter does it's thing. ----------------------------- I would like to create a menu item in Inkscape, but haven't figured that out yet. Any links on how to make a custom menu item?? -- Bruce Westfall 740-767-3636 740-707-7038

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Inkscape and GMP.
by Polarina 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

Rounding errors bug me a lot with these "0.999995" values in the SVG files, it lead me to the idea of creating a patch that makes Inkscape use GMP instead of floating-point values. Discuss - I do not want to take the effort into creating this patch if it turns out to be inappropriate after all. Thank you, Polarina.

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Inkscape component libraries support
by Brian Allen Vanderburg II 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

This may already be possible but I'm not certain. I'm currently using 0.44 Debian until I get all the required dependencies compiled. I would like to be able to create named components in an external file and be able to 'import' these items into my svg files and use them. If modified in the external file, the svgs using them would update. Is there any way to do this or does SVG even support something like this? Brian Vanderburg II

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fwd: NEW: more modes in Tweak tool
by Inkscaper Inkscaper 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

> Several new modes are added to the Tweak tool for transforming, > duplicating, and deleting selected objects using the same "soft brush" > metaphor that the path editing and coloring modes use. Using these new > modes, it is easy to "sculpt" scatterings of small objects, such as > clone tilings, into complex and naturalistic textures. Those are great new features, but this makes tweak tool even more cluttered, wouldn't clones be better for such funcionality? I would propose to split it into: 1. Clone tool ( or Spray/Aerograph tool) - with buttons for creating new clones and changing properities which are currently hidden under "Create tiled clones" window, like align, distribution, size, rotation, blur, opacity and color. This tool would operate only on clones. 2. Tweak tool, which would make the only thing not possible with clones - change shape of different object(s) (push, shrink, attrack, roughten) , and if eventually used on linked clone - unlink them. Current solution encourages users to create zilions of similar objects first, and then radnomise them using smudge tool, which doesn't seem to be elegant way of doing things and will result in huge ang ugly svg files.

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Compile Inkscape r19969. Open Crash!
by Valessio S Brito 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

I compile Inkscape svn r19969, ok... and open, crash! $ inkscape inkscape: /usr/include/boost/optional/optional.hpp:578: typename boost::optional_detail::optional_base<T>::reference_type boost::optional<T>::get() [with T = Geom::D2<Geom::Interval>]: Assertion `this->is_initialized()' failed. Emergency save activated! Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now. If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it. inkscape: /usr/include/boost/optional/optional.hpp:578: typename boost::optional_detail::optional_base<T>::reference_type boost::optional<T>::get() [with T = Geom::D2<Geom::Interval>]: Assertion `this->is_initialized()' failed. Aborted

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Win32 build broken
by Bob Jamison 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

Somewhere in the NR->Geom migration, the win32 build was broken. I could fix it tomorrow, but probably the best person would be the one modified the .h file, and knows what the mapping should be. bob ===================== Make error line 293: problem compiling: src/ui/dialog/filedialogimpl-win32.cpp: In member function 'bool Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileOpenDialogImplWin32::set_svg_ preview()': src/ui/dialog/filedialogimpl-win32.cpp:872: error: no matching function for call to 'sp_item_invoke_bbox(SPItem*, boost::optional<NR::Rect>&, Geom::Matrix, bool )' src/sp-item.h:216: note: candidates are: void sp_item_invoke_bbox(const SPItem*, boost::optional<Geom::D2<Geom::Interval> >&, const Geom::Matrix&, unsigned int, SPItem::BBoxType) src/sp-item.h:217: note: void sp_item_invoke_bbox(const SPItem*, NRRect*, const Geom::Matrix&, unsigned int, SPItem::BBoxType)

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LPE Spiro stress test
by unknown＠example.com 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

Hi all, I think I just fixed the long standing bug where LPE Spiro crashed inkscape with a non-continuity exception. (we caught that exception, but okay...) I need some stress testing now! I already did some tests and am no longer able to crash inkscape. Give it a go and let me know if you can crash inkscape with lpe spiro now. Cheers, Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [PATCH] terminate called after throwing an instance of std::length_error
by Ted Gould 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 14:58 +0200, Adrian Knoth wrote: > On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 02:51:32PM -0700, Josh Andler wrote: > > turn out to be a duplicate report issue. It appears that the issue in > > the reports is actually library related, as I can not reproduce it with > > a newer distribution (Ubuntu Intrepid) and the 0.46 release. > > I'm running Debian Unstable, which is probably as new as Intrepid, but > I'm facing the bug... This is likely to be that the poppler API changed. We've added a fix for that, and detection, in SVN but not released a patch for 0.46 for it. It's been on my TODO list for a little while as this is also broken with the 0.46 packages in Intrepid and any other distro that is shipping an updated version of poppler. --Ted

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [PATCH] terminate called after throwing an instance of std::length_error
by Josh Andler 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Hi Adrian! Thank you for the patch. I have taken care of the bug reports as it did turn out to be a duplicate report issue. It appears that the issue in the reports is actually library related, as I can not reproduce it with a newer distribution (Ubuntu Intrepid) and the 0.46 release. I have attached the patch you supplied to the bug report so it can be tested against Ubuntu Hardy to see if it is fixed there (as that generation of distro seems to exhibit the problem). Thanks again, and know that if you want to submit more patches or contribute in any other way, it's always appreciated. :) Cheers, Josh Adrian Knoth wrote: > [Note: I've already sent this yesterday, but the mail didn't make it > through until now, so I resend it with inline patch and without quotes > in the subject] > > [Note2; Yesterday, I tested against NULL, but changed this to 0 in order > to avoid the notion of a pointer.] > > Hi! > > Sorry for not posting to launchpad, I don't want to register all the > time. I'm talking about > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/229412 > > and > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/235383 > > which are probably the same (duplicate). > > I also faced this problem, so I took a closer look. Here's a more > detailed backtrace: > > Starting program: /tmp/inkscape-0.46/src/inkscape /tmp/mon_01_overall.pdf > [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] > [New Thread 0x7fe1e17eb6f0 (LWP 12419)] > terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::length_error' > what(): basic_string::append > > Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. > [Switching to Thread 0x7fe1e17eb6f0 (LWP 12419)] > 0x00007fe1d9a26ef5 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 > (gdb) bt > #0 0x00007fe1d9a26ef5 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 > #1 0x00007fe1d9a28413 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 > #2 0x00007fe1da4c6244 in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler () > from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 > #3 0x00007fe1da4c4646 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 > #4 0x00007fe1da4c4673 in std::terminate () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 > #5 0x00007fe1da4c475a in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 > #6 0x00007fe1da461347 in std::__throw_length_error () > from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 > #7 0x00007fe1da4a3be0 in std::string::append () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 > #8 0x00007fe1e05dffc2 in Glib::ustring::append (this=0x7fffe9930a20, > src=0x3083 <Address 0x3083 out of bounds>, n=18446744073709551615) > at ustring.cc:494 > #9 0x000000000091f404 in Inkscape::Extension::Internal::SvgBuilder::_flushText > (this=0x3733c00) at extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp:1213 > #10 0x000000000091fb79 in Inkscape::Extension::Internal::SvgBuilder::endTextObject (this=0x3083, state=0x3083) > at extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp:1317 > #11 0x0000000000923b99 in PdfParser::go (this=0x3733dc0, > topLevel=<value optimized out>) > at extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp:410 > #12 0x0000000000927413 in PdfParser::parse (this=0x3733dc0, > obj=0x7fffe9930da0, topLevel=1) > at extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp:381 > #13 0x0000000000901653 in Inkscape::Extension::Internal::PdfInput::open ( > this=<value optimized out>, uri=<value optimized out>) > at extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:704 > #14 0x00000000008de5e1 in Inkscape::Extension::Input::open (this=0x2d58ea0, > uri=0x35caad8 "/tmp/mon_01_overall.pdf") at extension/input.cpp:156 > #15 0x00000000008dd9dd in Inkscape::Extension::open ( > key=<value optimized out>, filename=0x35caad8 "/tmp/mon_01_overall.pdf") > at extension/system.cpp:92 > #16 0x0000000000458899 in sp_file_open (uri=@0x7fffe9930f00, key=0x0, > add_to_recent=true, replace_empty=true) at file.cpp:181 > #17 0x00000000004500ef in sp_main_gui (argc=2, argv=0x7fffe9931088) > at main.cpp:714 > #18 0x0000000000450605 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffe9931088) at main.cpp:539 > > > Obviously, frame 9 calls text_buffer.append(&glyph.code, 1). It turned > out that glyph.code[0] eventually is \0, so glyph.code shorter than 1, > hence the exception. > > I haven't digged into the code to find out why glyph.code does not > always contain a sensible value, but I've added a 0 check. > > The attached patch fixes the problem, inkscape can then successfully > import the PDFs in question. > > > Anyway, somebody who's more common with the code should have a look at > this, since my patch only cures the symptoms, not the root cause. > > > HTH > > PS: Somebody should probably also update and merge the bug reports ;) > > > --- src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp 2008-03-11 05:20:21.000000000 +0100 > +++ src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp.adi 2008-09-30 20:07:18.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1210,7 +1210,9 @@ > last_delta_pos = delta_pos; > > // Append the character to the text buffer > - text_buffer.append((char *)&glyph.code, 1); > + if (0 != glyph.code[0]) { > + text_buffer.append((char *)&glyph.code, 1); > + } > > glyphs_in_a_row++; > i++; > > >

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Cheat Sheet For Converting to 2geom
by Joshua L. Blocher 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

For those of you who asked and some who didn't. I give you a copy of my notes on converting from NR:: to Geom::. Please feel free to fill in anything I missed. I will update it with anything new I learn as time permits. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CheatSheetForConvertingto2geom Joshua L. Blocher verbalshadow

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current problem with inkscape-svn & poppler-0.8.7
by unknown＠example.com 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

I upgrader last week poppler to version 0.8.7 and then get error on inkscape svn compilation, I suppose it's related to poppler upgrade instead of inkscape changes: ../../inkscape/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp: In member function ‘void PdfParser::doShowText(GooString*)’: ../../inkscape/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp:2264: error: no matching function for call to ‘GfxFont::getNextChar(char*&, int&, CharCode*, Unicode**, int*, double*, double*, double*, double*)’ /usr/include/poppler/GfxFont.h:204: note: candidates are: virtual int GfxFont::getNextChar(char*, int, CharCode*, Unicode*, int, int*, double*, double*, double*, double*) ../../inkscape/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp:2317: error: no matching function for call to ‘GfxFont::getNextChar(char*&, int&, CharCode*, Unicode**, int*, double*, double*, double*, double*)’ /usr/include/poppler/GfxFont.h:204: note: candidates are: virtual int GfxFont::getNextChar(char*, int, CharCode*, Unicode*, int, int*, double*, double*, double*, double*) warning: unused variable ‘nSpaces’ Here is the definition of this function in poppler/GfxFont.h: // Get the next char from a string <s> of <len> bytes, returning the // char <code>, its Unicode mapping <u>, its displacement vector // (<dx>, <dy>), and its origin offset vector (<ox>, <oy>). <uSize> // is the number of entries available in <u>, and <uLen> is set to // the number actually used. Returns the number of bytes used by // the char code. virtual int getNextChar(char *s, int len, CharCode *code, Unicode *u, int uSize, int *uLen, double *dx, double *dy, double *ox, double *oy) = 0; It looks like: the Unicode is a ** instead of a * (not sure, I have to look again on k&r & Stroustrup books as I didn't coded for long time) the int uSize is missing in the function call. Regards. Olivier

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lpe vonkoch
by jf barraud 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Hi! I did separate the "reference path" and the "generating path" in lpe-vonkoch. I think it makes the UI more clear, but it changes previous conventions of course (the last segment of the old generating path should be cut/pasted into the new "generating path"). Caution: this might change again. As it is supposed to contain only one segment, the "reference path" could/should be replaced by 2 points (on the other hand, it might be more convenient to be able to move both points at once, copy/paste that segment, etc..., so I'm not sure what's the best here). I also modified the tooltips, and parameter order, trying to follow your remarks. Thank you Alexandre P. and joncruz. Please review it again... Bye, JF.

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Win32 nightly builds don't work since Aug 16
by Alvin Penner 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

this is just an attempt to bump the priority of https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/259237 and http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=op.uf6b2ds4a8nfnl%… as far as I can tell, the windows nightly builds have not worked since Aug 16. Using the Aug 21 download, the most recent timestamp that I can see on any files is 08/16/2008 02:49 PM 14,671,360 inkscape.exe part of my reason for posting this is because there is a possibility that I may have caused this, since I did a commit on that day, svn 19670, for the first time, and I'm afraid I may have done it wrong. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Win32-nightly-builds-don%27t-work-since-Aug-16-tp1909… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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website
by Alexandre Prokoudine 28 Sep '08

28 Sep '08

Hi, Could we please have the website fixed? ./publish_web.sh does grab new stuff from SVN, but chnages on website do not appear. That's been happening for last couple of months. Alexandre

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Fwd: NEW: Lots of stuff
by Pajarico 28 Sep '08

28 Sep '08

>> And even with that, it still doesn't recover >> zoom position. 3 works but ` doesn't. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. >> The equivalent menu option "Previous zoom" works, thought. > > Most likely your keyboard just issues some other keycode on pressing > this key. Again, it's only you who can investigate that and propose a > fix. > How can I check this? >> Actually a switch key would work better. Like push 3 for zoom in, push 3 >> again to zoom back. I don't like the idea of keeping Q stroked. > > That wouldn't work. We have much more zoom keys - 1, 2, 3, 4 etc all > have their functions. Not everyone zooms in with the intention to zoom > back again. If you want to zoom to selection _again_ and instead it > zooms you out to some previous zoom, it wouldn't be good usability. Maybe I didn't explain it correctly... I don't intend this to replace the zoom to selection button. Rather this is a new mode which would zoom in when pressed and zoom out when pressed again. The zoom in level would be detrmined by the largest zoom factor used on the last action, and the zoom out level would be determined by the smallest zoom factor used for a determined period of time (to avoid setting a zoom out level accidentally while zooming out with the wheel/zoom tool). The workflow would be like this: 1. You have an object and zoom in and do some fine tuning on the nodes. The zoom in factor is determined (and the zoom position). 2. You zoom back and stare at the changes for a while. In this short period of time the zoom out factor gets determined. 3. Press the key and you go back to zoom in state and do some more tweakings. 4. Press key again and go back to zoom out state. Stare at the editing and go back to zoom in if you wish. Something like this. Would be too cumbersome? > So, a single key which travels back through your history of zooms is a > much better solution. > That's kinda what I'm looking for... implementation details aside. Regards. PS: I'm resending this to inkscape-devel. Sorry bulia.

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lpe point/path parameters incompatibility?
by jf barraud 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

Synopsis: Choose an lpe having both a point and a path among it's parameters. Apply it to an object. Node-edit the path parameter. Exit node-edit mode and move the object around. Inkscape crashes when you release the mouse. [ Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x77c17742 in strcmp () from C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll ] You might complain there is no such lpe in the code base. hmmm. Right. This is a virtual bug (so very difficult to reproduce!), and the reason why I submit it here and not in launchpad. My new version of VonKoch would fit, but I don't want to commit it and get on all users nerves because of unexpected crashes... To make it less virtual, take lpe-test-doEffect-stack (an empty effect, good for testing) . -------------------- - in lpe-test-doEffect-stack.h, add #include "live_effects/parameter/path.h" ... PathParam path; - in lpe-test-doEffect-stack.cpp, add (in the LPE creator:) path(_("path param"), "tooltip of path parameter", "path_param", &wr, this,"M 0,100 100,0") ... registerParameter( dynamic_cast<Parameter *>(&path) ); -------------------- Is this the correct way to add a path parameter? When I do so, the bug shows up. If I comment out every thing about either the point or the path parameter, it works fine. When both are present it crashes (adding a redefinition of the path in a resetDefaults() function does not help) Am I missing something? any help/confirm/invalidate appreciated! Inkscapely yours, JF.

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cmyk support in Inkscape/Cairo
by Felipe Sanches 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

what is the current status of cmyk support in inkscape? what about cmyk in cairo? I have a friend working on brazillian government and they seem to be interested in paying some brazillian developers to put some effort on cmyk support in inkscape Any suggestions about what should be preferably done? Would it be better to focus on cairo cmyk development? Which cmyk features are needed and currently not implemented? JucaBlues (Inkscape)

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bbox not correctly calculated
by the Adib 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

Buliabyak, I refer to https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/273767 If you select the shape in the attached file you get marker of a huge bounding box. It calculates a width of 83111 and a height of 18847. The calculated space for the image can not be given. BTW The same crash you get when you want to convert the object to bitmap. Despite the problem that it not properly handles NULL pointer after the g_new, could you please evaluate WHY it tells this huge bounding box? Regards, Adib. ---

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Stand alone inkscape version for servers
by Bassel Safadi 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

Hello folks, we are trying to include the functionality of converting svg files to png in our web content management system ( ccHost ) mostly for ( openclipart.org ), I tried every possible solution using imagemagick and GD, but nothing did the job as of inkscape, so we decided to actually use inkscape for that ( below the php function that do this ), that cleared the biggest problem, but still have another one: inkscape have a GUI that means a lot of stuff needed to be installed on a "web server " to get inkscape running, but we are using inkscape from the command line and we don't need all that fancy GUI things.. So can you please help us shipping ( or doing this if possible for us ) a stand alone ( one file only ) copy of inkscape without GUI, just the command line, in case we got a one file inkscape binary we can use in a lot of content management systems to actually add the functionality of converting and handling SVG files it will be great if some one can do it, we need such thing a lot Thank you all in advance. Best regards, Bassel Safadi _______________________________________ php function that can handle svg to png converting using inkscape: function convert_svg_png($path_to_inkscape, $svg_default_background, $images_path, $filename){ $filenamepng = str_replace(".svg", ".png", $filename); //check if inkscape is exists exec("".$path_to_inkscape."inkscape -V", $checkversion); if ($checkversion[0]){ exec("".$path_to_inkscape."inkscape -e ".$images_path.$filenamepng." ".$images_path.$filename." --export-background=".$svg_default_background."", $output); }else{ $output = "<b>Fatel Error: </b>Can't find (inkscape)"; } return $output; }

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] NEW: Lots of stuff
by Inkscaper Inkscaper 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:48 AM, Ted Gould <ted@...2044...> wrote: > > * Created what I'm calling "Quick Zoom." The idea here is to have > a modal zoom for touching up something with fine detail and then > returning to what you're doing. This is activated with the > letter "Q" on the keyboard. When you release it, you return > back to where you were. This will zoom in on selected objects, > or if you're in the node tool selected nodes. Hi, Could you please allow users to redefine this shortcut? I can't find it in global keys/default.xml file. It's a bit frustrating as I was using "q" key to group objects for a half year or so, and after update this key started to zoom objects and nothing can be done to change it. I had the same problem with "d" and space keys, but those were hard coded for a long time, so most users probably get used to them.

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Fwd: NEW: more modes in Tweak tool
by bulia byak 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

Oops, looks like I sent this to 2geom-devel instead of inkscape-devel by mistake... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: bulia byak <buliabyak@...400...> Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:32 PM Subject: NEW: more modes in Tweak tool To: "lib2geom-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net" <lib2geom-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Several new modes are added to the Tweak tool for transforming, duplicating, and deleting selected objects using the same "soft brush" metaphor that the path editing and coloring modes use. Using these new modes, it is easy to "sculpt" scatterings of small objects, such as clone tilings, into complex and naturalistic textures. * Move mode moves those selected objects that are under the brush in the direction in which you move the brush. This is similar to the Push path mode, except that the Move mode affects entire objects and not parts of the paths under the brush. * Move in/out mode moves those selected objects that are under the brush towards the cursor (default) or away from cursor (with Shift pressed). This is similar to the Attract/repel path mode, except that the Move in/out mode affects entire objects and not parts of the paths under cursor. * Move jitter mode moves those selected objects that are under the brush in random directions and by random amounts, but the overall amount of movement depends on Force, pen pressure (if you're using a tablet pen), on the closeness of the object to the center of brush, and on how long you apply the brush. * Scale mode scales those selected objects that are under the brush down (by default) or up (with Shift pressed). The speed of scaling depends on Force, pen pressure (if you're using a tablet pen), on the closeness of the object to the center of brush, and on how long you apply the brush. * Rotate mode rotates those selected objects that are under the brush clockwise (by default) or counterclockwise (with Shift pressed). The speed of rotation depends on Force, pen pressure (if you're using a tablet pen), on the closeness of the object to the center of brush, and on how long you apply the brush. * Duplicate/delete mode randomly duplicates those selected objects that are under the brush (by default) or deletes them (with Shift pressed). The chance of an object to be duplicated and deleted depends on Force, pen pressure (if you're using a tablet pen), on the closeness of the object to the center of brush, and on how long you apply the brush. As with regular Duplicate command, duplicating with Tweak tool places the copies right over the originals, and you may need to use the Move jitter mode to ruffle them apart. Note that the duplicates created by the tool are not automatically added to selection and therefore are out of reach for further tweaking until you manually select them. To work around this, group all the objects you are working on and select the group. All Tweak modes will work with individual objects inside the group, and any objects created by the Duplicate mode will also be part of that selected group and therefore immediately tweakable. Also, the existing path editing modes of the tool have been rearranged: now Shrink and Grow are one mode (shrinks by default, grows with Shift), and Attract and Repel are one mode (attracts by default, repels with Shift). Here is a complete list of modes and shortcuts of the Tweak tool: Shift+m, Shift+0 move mode Shift+i, Shift+1 move in/out mode Shift+z, Shift+2 move jitter mode Shift+<, Shift+>, Shift+3 scale mode Shift+[, Shift+], Shift+4 rotate mode Shift+d, Shift+5 duplicate/delete mode Shift+p, Shift+6 push path mode Shift+s, Shift+7 shrink/grow path mode Shift+a, Shift+8 attract/repel path mode Shift+r, Shift+9 roughen mode Shift+c color paint mode Shift+j color jitter mode -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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On hold
by Maximilian Albert 25 Sep '08

25 Sep '08

Hi all, just a quick note to all of you who are waiting for me to further work on (i.e., clean up, improve, extend, etc.) my latest contributions: It's likely to take a while until I can resume this work since my laptop ceased to work a couple of days ago. I can't tell yet how severe a problem it is (although I'm not too confident) and how fast it can be fixed - if at all... But in any case it'll take some time before I can set up either this or a new machine and start working on Inkscape again. Sorry for the inconvenience. :-(( Max -- GMX Kostenlose Spiele: Einfach online spielen und Spaß haben mit Pastry Passion! http://games.entertainment.gmx.net/de/entertainment/games/free/puzzle/61691…

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Posible bug with text on windows
by Michael Grosberg 25 Sep '08

25 Sep '08

I have a problem with the behavior of the text tool which has been bugging me (excuse the pun) ever since 0.46 came out and still exists in the dev builds. I'm guessing it's something unique to my system or else it would have been reported long ago. First, my system description: Windows XP SP2, with Hebrew language support and some Hebrew fonts installed. I also have Inkscape installed on my Ubuntu system at home, with no problems there. The problem is with the font selection drop-down box in the toolbar. On my system, it just doesn't work. I can't select fonts using it. If I have text selected, I can open the drop down, and click on a font, but then nothing happens. the drop down list stays open as if I haven't clicked anything. If I'm on the text tool but have not yet clicked on the canvas and don't have any text selected, I can select a new font from the list, it will seem as if I just set a new font, but once click on the canvas to begin writing, the font reverts to the last used font. I can only use the text dialog to change font. The font size drop-down box on the toolbar works normally though. Is this a known bug? if not I'll report it officially in the bug tracker. Michael

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Illustrator CS4 New Features
by Josh Andler 23 Sep '08

23 Sep '08

http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/features/?view=topnew Well... the Multiple Artboards appears to be somewhat like SVG viewboxes. Otherwise not surprisingly a couple other new features would be transparency in gradients and on-canvas gradient editing. And I'm unsure of the Blob Brush... I can't watch the video because apparently Flash doesn't want to work for me today. -Josh

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Big Thanks - redux
by jiho 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

## Sorry for the earlier stub of an email, here is the full thing: Dear everyone, I have not been very active for the last few months regarding Inkscape matters, less than I would have wanted to anyway. The reason why is posted there: http://jo.irisson.free.fr/work/#publications Low resolution version - 3.8Mb : http://jo.irisson.free.fr/work/papers/these_irisson-web.pdf High quality version - 24Mb : http://jo.irisson.free.fr/work/papers/these_irisson.pdf I was preparing, defending, and correcting my PhD dissertation. While of little interest to most of you (I guess no one here is currently dying to know where fish larvae go after they are spawned), I wanted to take advantage of this occasion to thank everyone who was ever involved in the development of Inkscape. Every single graphic (scientific or not for that matter!) that I have dealt with in the last 4-5 years have gone through Inkscape and the experience has been delightful (most of the time ;) ). For all of the 60+ graphics of my manuscript, the excellent PDF import and export of the current version, as well as the notorious ease of use of Inkscape's GUI, on canvas tools, and shortcuts were invaluable. The illustrations in my dissertation are probably not very impressive for full-fledged graphic designers; by scientific standards however, they are (hopefully) not too bad, even quite good for some (most of you would be horrified to see what ends up on presentations slides in the average life sciences conference!). I really think that the quality of the tools I used made me upgrade my personal quality standards and, at the same time, allowed me to meet these standards. I am recommending Inkscape often in the scientific community, especially now that it integrates so well file-format wise with the rest of the workflow. Except for X11 issues on Mac OS X (which are mine to fix) people are usually very happy with it, and sometimes surprised that such quality software could be free. I encourage them to think about what they could bring to the software and the community in return, in terms of quality bug reports, well thought suggestions and the like. Hopefully this will pay in the long term. Anyhow, I really wanted to thank you all for such a fine piece of software and for the great community that revolves around it. Working with (and, on too rare occasions, for) Inkscape is an enjoyable and gratifying experience. JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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lpe sketch, vonkoch, and knot.
by jf barraud 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hi! I quickly added a few words in the wiki about Sketch, Knot and VonKoch. Please feel free to review and eventually translate to decent english ;-). btw: I remember I had some remarks about the name of the "knot" effect. Does it sound correct? Would "over-under" be more evocative? Any suggestion? I also have 2-3 more questions about lpes: -Is there a way to hide/show knotholder/helper paths on demand --- at the moment, I through them far away off the page :-( -Is there a way to have arbitrary and dynamically varrying number of knotholders? I would like to have one per crossing... -An alternative would be to replace them by a path, with a function called whenever a point is clicked. Is this possible? Thanks! JF.

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Preferences refactoring + Calligraphy tool
by Krzysztof Kosiński 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

I have committed a rewrite of the preferences system. The old Inkscape::Preferences stub class was replaced by a meaningful singleton, and everything in prefs-utils.h except the recent file list was replaced with stub functions using the new class. I replaced all instances of prefs_get_string_attribute(), create_pref(), pref_path_number_of_children() and pref_path_get_nth_children(). I'll now concentrate on refactoring code which contains calls to inkscape_get_repr() - it is equivalent to the new _getNode member function, but it should be private. I have also introduced boolean preferences in a backwards-compatible way - generally you can replace prefs_get_int_attribute_limited(blah1, blah2, 0, 1, 0) with prefs->getBool(blah1, blah2). There is however some weird breakage in the Calligraphy tool - e.g. sometimes it seems that tracing is on while the widgets indicate that it is off. I don't know whether this is something introduced by the rewrite or a pre-existing bug. Can someone more familiar with this code (widgets/toolbox.cpp) take a look? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Preferences-refactoring-%2B-Calligraphy-tool-tp195164… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Big thanks
by Jean-Olivier Irisson 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

Dear everyone, I have not been very active for the last few months regarding Inkscape matters. Jean-Olivier Irisson --- Division of Applied Marine Physics Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida 33149-1098 +1 786 342 3410 http://jo.irisson.free.fr/work/

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] web page to show svg file
by Tena Sakai 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

Hi Sorin, I am happy with what I discovered, albeit via big meandering. I have no more issues. Here's the "big picture" as you asked. I have an svg file I created via Inkscape, call it SampleFile.svg. And using a sample given by http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Web-Use.html I created a webpage: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>SVG Included with <object> tag in an XHTML File</title> </head> <body> <h2>s o m e h e a d i n g</h2> <object type="image/svg+xml" data="SampleFile.svg"> Browser does not support SVG files! </object> </body> </html> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ which works fine. My question was how to make a link (ie., href) thereby users can click the link and get my file displayed. Ultimately, I have 46 files I want to display, but I want any user to pick ones they want via a bunch of hrefs. That was/is what I am after. I didn't/don't intend to create a web page via Inkscape. I think that's what Nicu is doing. By looking at the example above, I made things overly difficult. What I am now doing is to have the filename at the right side of the equal sign of href specification and it works simply and elegantly (so long as I use firefox v3.01, which is not a problem for me). Thanks for your helping hand. I appreciate it. Tena -----Original Message----- From: SorinN [mailto:nemes.sorin@...400...] Sent: Thu 9/18/2008 3:40 PM To: Tena Sakai Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] web page to show svg file I can help you more but ..I can't get the big picture ...U want a SVG website designed on Inkscape ?. hmm, interesting - why you don't wanna HTML tags? and a normal ( HTML ) website - where you can put as many images ( or SVG or Flash files ) as you want ? Don't try to generate HTML from Inkscape ( as I know ..this feature is not planned very soon ), and also this is a nonsense. Do your graphics on Inkscape, save your work as JPG, then use Gimp to cut your graphics on pieces, then assemble pieces with an HTML editor eg. Kompozer / Seamonkey / Dreamweaver / Namo Wen Editor / Microsoft Expression Web. I use first 3 editors because I use 98% of my PC time Ubuntu and only 2% of time ...XP for different Corel Draw conversions. My last 2 websites ( both are not finished yet ) are done in Inkscape - all graphics ( ...less photos ofcourse ). Then I use Dreamweaver to put images on tables. The result = a sum of webpages linked each other by ...links;). Now the general idea is to tell us what are you need specifically then we can help you in a more practical an concise way. .............. Type, Role, Arcrole, Title, Show, Actuate -> they are SVG specific rules - no need to know them to make webpages ............. That is, I'll wait for your description ( if is not such a big secret ofcourse ;)). For NICU Nicu, tu esti in echipa de dezvoltatori Inkscape ? 2008/9/18 Tena Sakai <tsakai@...2019...> > Hi Sorin, > > Thank you for your help, but I am not getting it. > > > in first form ( Href: ) enter the web address > > eg. http://www.google.com > > By "http://www.google.com" what you mean is the actual > html file? Ie., something like http://blabla.bla.com/index.html. > What I am asking is what that html looks like. What tags go into > it? Can I get Inkscape to create it? Can I use editor to create > one? Things like that. > > > then go to second form (Target:) -and choose from > > the possible states: > > _blank ... > > _self ... > > _top ... > > Do you mean each of them defines how the browser behaves in response > to the user's clicking the href anchor? Again, my fundamental need > is to generate the html file above, for which I have no clue. > > BTW, what are the rest of fields of the link properties? Type, > Role, Arcrole, Title, Show, Actuate? Would you mind pointing out > where they are documented? I just bought the Inkscape book, but > I haven't located it. Maybe they are defined by WC3 folks? > > Anyways, I feel I am blinded and appreciate a bit of guidance. > > Thank you. > > Tena Sakai > tsakai@...2019... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: SorinN [mailto:nemes.sorin@...400... <nemes.sorin@...400...>] > Sent: Wed 9/17/2008 12:07 PM > To: Tena Sakai > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] web page to show svg file > > I made a screenshoot for you. > > Steps : > click on text you wish to make link > after text is active, right click, > select > Create Link > right click again on your text and select Link Properties > > in > first form ( Href: ) enter the web address eg. http://www.google.com > > then > go to second form (Target:) -and choose from the possible states : > > _blank ( link will be opened on the new tab in web navigator ) > _self ( link will be opened in actual tab of web browser ) > _top ( in case you the website use frames - link will be opened in place of > the parent of all frames ) . > > I hope it was pretty clear. > > Good Luck, > Sorin > > 2008/9/17 Tena Sakai <tsakai@...2019...> > > > Hi Nicu, > > > > Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. > > > > > Select an object from your drawing, right click, use "Create Link", > > > right click again, use "Link Properties" and type the desired URL. > > > > Even though I am able to follow your instruction, > > I fail to understand what the corresponding url > > should look like. Would you mind giving me a > > small example? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Tena Sakai > > tsakai@...2019... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: inkscape-devel-bounces(a)lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Nicu > > Buculei > > Sent: Wed 9/17/2008 2:09 AM > > To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] web page to show svg file > > > > Tena Sakai wrote: > > > I hope I am posting to the right place. If not, please > > > advise where I should post. > > > > > > I have a web page which I got from > > > http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Web-Use.html > > > The first example given there is what I took. The html file > > > looks like (I have modified it so very slightly, but it works > > > as expected): > > [...] > > > The data file SampleFile.svg is made by inkscape and what I am > > > interested in doing now is to make a hyperlink out of the object > > > tag. > > > > I am not sure about a link in the OBJECT tag, but you can use the next > > best thing: place the link *inside* the SVG (however, search engines may > > ignore it). > > Select an object from your drawing, right click, use "Create Link", > > right click again, use "Link Properties" and type the desired URL. > > > > -- > > nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com > > Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org > > my cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ > > my clipart collection: http://clipart.nicubunu.ro/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > > challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > > prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > > challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > > prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > > > > > > -- > Nemes Ioan Sorin > > -- Nemes Ioan Sorin

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ABLEConf this weekend in AZ (and a request for images)
by Josh Andler 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Hey all, This Saturday, September 20, 2008 in Tempe, AZ (USA) the first ever ABLEConf will be taking place. I will be doing a presentation as well as Q&A session on Inkscape there (in addition to the many other speakers that will be there that day). If you are in AZ I'd recommend coming if possible. Additionally, if you are in AZ and not in the Metro Phoenix area, people from around the state are trying to arrange ride shares to reduce the cost for everyone making a trip. To find out more about the conference, the location, and the ride sharing go to http://www.ableconf.com/ Additionally, I was asked to put together a gallery of images created with FLOSS tools. So far I have mostly gathered illustration and some design work from some Inkscape users via deviantart, however a lot of people have not responded to messages (a lot of people don't log in as much as they used to). So... that leads to the following request: If you have any images created/edited/composited with any FLOSS tools such as Inkscape, The GIMP, Krita, Karbon14, Blender, Scribus, or your other favorite open source apps please get in contact with me directly. We'd love to display your work and credit you appropriately (it's a great way to get free advertising if you're looking for contract work). Note that were looking for Illustrations, Design (web, logos, marketing materials, etc), diagrams, blueprints, photography (obviously color corrected, manipulated, etc), industrial or trade related images, and the list could go on. A focus of the conference and this image gallery is to show the small businesses how versatile and powerful the tools available are. Oh, and if you want to pass on the word too that would be more than welcome! :) Cheers, Josh

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web page to show svg file
by Tena Sakai 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Hi, I hope I am posting to the right place. If not, please advise where I should post. I have a web page which I got from http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Web-Use.html The first example given there is what I took. The html file looks like (I have modified it so very slightly, but it works as expected): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>SVG Included with <object> tag in an XHTML File</title> </head> <body> <h2>s o m e h e a d i n g</h2> <object type="image/svg+xml" data="SampleFile.svg"> Browser does not support SVG files! </object> </body> </html> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The data file SampleFile.svg is made by inkscape and what I am interested in doing now is to make a hyperlink out of the object tag. Would someone please give me a tip? An example would be highly appreciated. Thank you. Regards, Tena Sakai tsakai@...2019...

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] web page to show svg file
by Tena Sakai 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Hi Sorin, Thank you for your help, but I am not getting it. > in first form ( Href: ) enter the web address > eg. http://www.google.com By "http://www.google.com" what you mean is the actual html file? Ie., something like http://blabla.bla.com/index.html. What I am asking is what that html looks like. What tags go into it? Can I get Inkscape to create it? Can I use editor to create one? Things like that. > then go to second form (Target:) -and choose from > the possible states: > _blank ... > _self ... > _top ... Do you mean each of them defines how the browser behaves in response to the user's clicking the href anchor? Again, my fundamental need is to generate the html file above, for which I have no clue. BTW, what are the rest of fields of the link properties? Type, Role, Arcrole, Title, Show, Actuate? Would you mind pointing out where they are documented? I just bought the Inkscape book, but I haven't located it. Maybe they are defined by WC3 folks? Anyways, I feel I am blinded and appreciate a bit of guidance. Thank you. Tena Sakai tsakai@...2019... -----Original Message----- From: SorinN [mailto:nemes.sorin@...400...] Sent: Wed 9/17/2008 12:07 PM To: Tena Sakai Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] web page to show svg file I made a screenshoot for you. Steps : click on text you wish to make link > after text is active, right click, select Create Link > right click again on your text and select Link Properties > in first form ( Href: ) enter the web address eg. http://www.google.com > then go to second form (Target:) -and choose from the possible states : _blank ( link will be opened on the new tab in web navigator ) _self ( link will be opened in actual tab of web browser ) _top ( in case you the website use frames - link will be opened in place of the parent of all frames ) . I hope it was pretty clear. Good Luck, Sorin 2008/9/17 Tena Sakai <tsakai@...2019...> > Hi Nicu, > > Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. > > > Select an object from your drawing, right click, use "Create Link", > > right click again, use "Link Properties" and type the desired URL. > > Even though I am able to follow your instruction, > I fail to understand what the corresponding url > should look like. Would you mind giving me a > small example? > > Thanks in advance. > > Tena Sakai > tsakai@...2019... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: inkscape-devel-bounces(a)lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Nicu > Buculei > Sent: Wed 9/17/2008 2:09 AM > To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] web page to show svg file > > Tena Sakai wrote: > > I hope I am posting to the right place. If not, please > > advise where I should post. > > > > I have a web page which I got from > > http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Web-Use.html > > The first example given there is what I took. The html file > > looks like (I have modified it so very slightly, but it works > > as expected): > [...] > > The data file SampleFile.svg is made by inkscape and what I am > > interested in doing now is to make a hyperlink out of the object > > tag. > > I am not sure about a link in the OBJECT tag, but you can use the next > best thing: place the link *inside* the SVG (however, search engines may > ignore it). > Select an object from your drawing, right click, use "Create Link", > right click again, use "Link Properties" and type the desired URL. > > -- > nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com > Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org > my cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ > my clipart collection: http://clipart.nicubunu.ro/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > -- Nemes Ioan Sorin

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lpe vonkoch
by jf barraud 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Hi, I updated the vonkoch lpe to handle groups and allow general transformations. Caution: I had to *change* the meaning of the path parameter: It is now supposed to consist in separated paths of 1 or 2 consecutives segments (remaining segs are ignored). A single segment defines a rescaling map (pevious behaviour) 2 segments define a general transform (sending a frame attached to the original object to this new "frame") If VonKoch was used with consecutive segments, you'll have to separate them to obtain the same result. Please report bugs, or suggestion to improve usability and "understandability"... JF

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Patterns with clipped objects become (partly) invisible, depending on zoom level
by worms invasion 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hello. A pattern with a clipped object becomes partly or totally invisible, depending on zoom level and/or if it's selected, in latest inkscape build. (I used http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape19816-0809080916.7z ) The file "mesh7_046R" contains a pattern = (objects + a clipped rectangle) and was not opened with later builds of Inkscape. The pattern shows correctly at every zoom level in the 0.46 release.. The file "clipped_pattern046R_046Dev" is the same (mesh7_046R), then it was opened in the latest build, and a new similar clipped pattern was created. Both patterns disappear, totally or partially, depending on whether they are selected or not and on the zoom level. This seems to only happen to patterns with clipped objects.

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lpe-knot and lpe path-dependent parameters
by jf barraud 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hi, I've just updated the lpe-knot, to let the user choose the orientation of each crossing independantly. Please test and report bugs. (yes there are some! I know one of them at least: it won't work for groups, and cannot be shared by different objects) Writing this, I came to an issue I don't know how to solve: Up to know, lpes are supposed to be black-boxes taking any path as input, and giving an other path as output. You can eventually tune the behaviour of the black box using some parameters, which are always attached to the blackbox, and do not depend on the input. Some effect however require the storage of path-specific information. lpe-knot is an exemple: for each crossing in the path, we need to attach an orientation. This has to be somehow stored in svg, but highly depends on the path. In particular, this information canot be shared by different paths :-( I guess other cases will show up. Did we already meet and solve this? Any clue about the way this could be handled? One way could be to systematically duplicate the lpe when trying to use it on several objects (for groups or when pasting). What do you think? Best regards, JF.

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New SVG 1.2 Tiny Working Draft
by Josh Andler 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Published today: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGMobile12/ Announcement here: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2008Sep/0049.html Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Gdadin: an Inkscape Effect to draw algorithms
by alpt 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

alpt wrote: > > Gdadin > http://freaknet.org/alpt/src/gdadin > GUI to Draw Algorithms Designed with Inkscape > > > Gdadin is an Inkscape effect. It creates complex drawings from simple > rules > The rules are defined with an intuitive GUI based on the Copy&Paste > principle. > Any news? Regards. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Gdadin%3A-an-Inkscape-Effect-to-draw-algorithms-tp186… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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inkscape test-cases render-test
by the Adib 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Hello Jasper, I have seen you did some scripts to automate the render-tests. As we need also some metrics about the other outputs (pdf, ps, ...) I extended your script. - integrated the functionality of tester.cpp into the python script - integrated an pdf render-test The difficulty of the other output formats is that you need a 3rd party application to convert your pdf-file into png. In this case I use ghostscript to do that. Actually I dont know how much false-positive or false-negative tests there are. The ghostscript converter runs fine on Linux. attached the extended script. HTH, Adib. ---

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Want to write software to go between inkscape and plotter, but...
by stuart 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Hi... I want to write some software to go between inkscape and a plotter. Specifically, I want to port graphtecprint from python to visual C++ or C# (which ever is easiest). But the more I find out about how M$ drivers are developed, the more I believe this is a lost cause! Actually, how (or why) dose anyone deal with this? It sounds like a horrible right of passage. And the M$ support for drivers (i.e. the WDK) is no where near as friendly as that for Visual C# or even the less supported Visual C++. Really, is there anyone here that could help (i.e. point me in the right direction). I have that feeling of possibly spending days trying to use some tool when the answer is a download away. ...thanks

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Anyone up for testing in Canada?
by Jon A. Cruz 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

http://svg.org/story/2008/9/12/13254/9530 "An SVG Tiny 1.2 test fest will be held Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2008 in Ottawa, Canada." People in the W3C SVG groups have asked if we might have anyone in the area who could attend the "Test Fest". So, do we have anyone who might be able to make that?

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Python extension behaviour
by ricardo lafuente 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Dear all, Here's a call for help, as i'm totally stuck in this. I've been getting familiar with Python extensions and managed to whip up a couple. I ran into an issue, though: if i call an external command (using os.system('pwd'), for the simplest example), it executes it but doesn't go through the rest of the extension script, closing the window and returning to Inkscape. (i believe the same happens with exec statements) I thought it could be that the extension architecture doesn't allow for running external commands, but fact is that the extension actually executes it before borking. Am i missing something obvious? Thank you ricardo

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 builds for the next few days
by Bob Jamison 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Thanks. As I am writing this, it appears that the storm was not so devastating for Clear Lake (which is between Galveston and Houston). It looks like there was a lot of flood damage for things near the Bay, but not much wind damage ("much" meaning destroyed) for the shorter buildings. So it looks like there will be no more Sunday brunches at the Hilton down the street. :-) Hopefully we will be home in a few days, when power is restored. And then I can log back in. After several years, it has become a habit. bob (ishmal) If anyone is curious, here is what I am talking about: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=nassau+bay,+texas&ie=UTF8&… -----Original Message----- >From: Alvin Penner <penner@...1856...> >Sent: Sep 12, 2008 9:14 PM >To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 builds for the next few days > > > >Bob Jamison-2 wrote: >> >> while Hurricane Ike wreaks havoc in my neighborhood. > >best wishes. I hope it turns out to be less than anticipated. > >Alvin > >-- >View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Win32-builds-for-the-next-few-days-tp19465899p1946681… >Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-devel mailing list >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Win32 builds for the next few days
by Bob Jamison 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Hi, all, I just wanted to let you know that there will not be any win32 autobuilds for the next few days, as I am away from home while Hurricane Ike wreaks havoc in my neighborhood. My home (Clear Lake, TX) is in the direct path. I'm emailing from Kerrville, several hundred km away. I will start making them again when things get back to normal. Hopefully, my net connection will work when I return home! :-) bob (ishmal)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 builds for the next few days
by Bob Jamison 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

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2geomification progress
by unknown＠example.com 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

Hi all, Some have already noticed: I've started removing obsolete files from the libnr directory. Notably "nartbpath.h" has been removed =) Most probable to be removed next are the files about NR::Point and NR::Matrix (and translate, scale, rotate); but there are still many places in the code where these are used so... (we have about 6k occurances of "NR::" left in the code outside the libnr directory) Verbalshadow is now helping with the NR:: --> Geom:: conversion, so if you want to help and have questions, you can ask him too! :) Johan

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A few issues with writing tutorial
by ryrych＠...400... 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hi, Firstly I want to apologize to you for writing to this discusion list not to translators' list, but that one is a bit "overlsept" and doesn't respond quickly. ;) I've encountered to a few problems with translating tutorial. Namely polish language and other too, I think, require that some words should cling together. I though that adding a hard space ( ) would solve the problem but XML parsel printed out a problem: Making advanced/tutorial-advanced.pl.svg... Error on line 13 column 357 of file:/home/wojtek/Dokumenty/tłumaczenia/Inkscape-tutoriale/advanced/tutorial-advanced.pl.xml: Error reported by XML parser: The entity "nbsp" was referenced, but not declared. Transformation failed: Run-time errors were reported So how to declare the nbsp char? This will be very helpful. I'd like my translation to be correctly written and edited. Would anyone be willing to help me? cheers, Wojciech RRH Ryrych ps sorry for my English :)

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Re commended reading and Netbeans configuration
by microUgly 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

Sorry to be the noob coming in blind asking the broadest questions. But I would like to try my hand at developing and need some guidance. Firstly, I haven't touched C++ code since before 2000 where I used Turbo C++ to write the simplest of cin cout programs. So whilst I haven't forgotten the concepts, the code I'm seeing is beyond me (I'm a PHP programmer). So can someone recommend some reading material? Preferable in print form. Secondly, I'm using NetBeans 6.5 to examine the code and at the moment it's hilighting a lot of errors because I haven't included the necessary folders for "Code Assistance". Should I include 'every' folder (and possibly sub folder) in /devlibs/include? Are there other folders that might help to include? Thirdly, do you use "btool" in place of when you would otherwise specify "make" in an IDE? I don't really understand "btool"--I assume it makes it easier to build Inkscape than running MinGW directly? I'm not sure if I should favor using the MinGW compiler when Netbeans has support for it, especially for debugging? I have created btool and build Inkscape successfully with it. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Recommended-reading-and-Netbeans-configuration-tp1941… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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broken .wmf import in inkscape 0.46?
by jan falkenhagen 09 Sep '08

09 Sep '08

Hi again, another problem I'm having is that wmf import seems to be broken in inkscape 0.46 (both on CentOS 5.2 and F9). The same wmfs are working fine in Inkscape 0.45 (tested on CentOS 5.2). This is very annoying because wmf used to be a good file format for exchange with commercial Windows application, such as ChemDraw and others. You can find example files on my webserver (original wmf file and Inkscape 0.45/0.46 screenshots): http://lkenhagen.de/files/target_cdx.wmf http://lkenhagen.de/files/inkscape045.png http://lkenhagen.de/files/inkscape046.png Is there any fix/patch for this behaviour? -- best regards jan

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inkscape, psfrag and type 1 fonts
by jan falkenhagen 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

Hi everybody, I got a strange problem with inkscape, psfrag and eps. The situation: I am using psfrag to replace text (with counters, but that doesn't really matter) from Inkscape-eps-figures during latex compiler runs. The problem is that it works only if the embed type 1 font option in Inkscapes eps-export is deselected (export text as paths is deselected too). But unfortunately then all the text appears as a sort of a typewriter font (so the installed type1-fonts are not used?). If I activate the embed fonts feature the replacements seem to be made for the .dvi that is produced by latex, but in the final .eps or .pdf the to-be-replaced text strings show up again. Any Ideas how this issue can be avoided? The system is a Fedora 9 Linux box with all the updates so far (Inkscape 0.46, Texlive 2007). best regards jan

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Loss of precision for grids in millimeters
by Pajarico 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

Hi, I've a case of quirkiness: I set a grid in mm and the X spacing is set to 0.3761mm. On the canvas, there is a visible difference between 0.3761 and 0.376 but when i close and reopen the file the value is cut to 0.376mm. I thought there was some conversion of mm->px and that the stored value was in px, but opening the SVG in a text editor reveals the value stored is 0.376 and the unit is mm. So i wonder why it is possible to store a value in px with 4-decimal precision but not so in mm. For some reason is not possible to store 4 decimals for millimeters... I can set values with 4 decimals in px or " just right --i've another grid set to 0.0625in (1/16 of an inch) without problem. Is there a conversion somewhere -which I'm unaware of- cutting the last decimal? Should I resort to doing the conversion from mm to px to achieve more precision? Best regards.

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Python extension cheatsheet
by Kent Tenney 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

Howdy, I'm working on a documentation toolchain incorporating Inkscape. I've roughed out an example of the kind of thing I want to do at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentTenney Any comments or corrections are appreciated. Thanks, Kent

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