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[root@...1070...: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report]
by Bryce Harrington 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Looks like we've accumulated a few new warnings... ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:21:06 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Wed Dec 28 16:50:44 2005 (Run 901) Snapshot: inkscape-20051226-1800.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 0 0 14 0 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == none == Warnings == snapped-point.h:40: warning: `Inkscape::SnappedPoint::_point' will be initialized after snapped-point.h:39: warning: `Coord Inkscape::SnappedPoint::_distance' snapped-point.cpp:15: warning: when initialized here sp-flowtext.cpp:337: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) sp-item.cpp:679: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.cpp:668) sp-shape.cpp:628: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) sp-text.cpp:497: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) dialogs/export.cpp:648: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) dialogs/export.cpp:727: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:271:3: warning: no newline at end of file == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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crash of text and font dialogue
by David Christian Berg 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hey guys! With latest CVS and an experimental Debian the text and font dialogue crashes right on trying to launch it. any clue, what might be wrong? Furthermore we're right now trying to do a script that makes it possible to extract the icons form the icons.svg in to single files. Let's see, how it works out. See you! David

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emphasize lack of W98 support
by Ralf Stephan 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hello, I would like to ask web site maintainers to emphasize the information (if it exists) on the download page that Win98/ME is no longer supported. Reason: continuing bug reports on SF and IRC. ralf

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Question for snappers
by bulia byak 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

To everyone who uses snapping in Inkscape: We plan to make _screen pixels_ (not px units) the default unit for snapping distance, so that e.g. snapping at 5 pixels remains the same distance on screen regardless of zoom. The question is, do you still need absolute (not zoom-independent) units for specifying snap distance? If so why? If there are no voices in defence of abs units, we will remove them altogether and use _only_ screen pixels. This will simplify the Doc Prefs dialog and will be generally saner and simpler. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Chase Account Suspension No:146836681
by Chase Notice 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

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closepath?
by Eric Wilhelm 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hi all, I noticed that inkscape will add a Lineto and explicit coordinate values to the end of any paths that have a closepath command (e.g. from an external source.) (I'm running 0.41 if that makes a difference.) This lineto does get followed with a closepath command, so I guess that would take care of the linejoin issue (though how to join at a zero-length edge seems rather indeterminate.) Is this a desired behavior? If so, why? Thanks, Eric -- hobgoblin n 1: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings --------------------------------------------------- http://scratchcomputing.com ---------------------------------------------------

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html link implementation?
by Hans-Cees Speel 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hi, I would like to use inkscape to make svg's with url links in them. Then I can make a diagram/overview of an open-source project with links to where various stuuf is found. Really something like a mapped jpeg in html. I have see here: http://blog.codedread.com/archives/2005/12/01/guide-to-deploying-svg- with-html/ that this is possible. Is such a feature planned for inkscape? Merry christmas! Hans-Cees Hans-cees Speel @ http://www.hanscees.com Trees @ http://www.bomengids.nl

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Trouble translating extensions
by Lucas Vieites 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hi, I'm updating the spanish translation and I find that the extensions have been incorporated to the po. That is a Good Thing (tm)! but I have a problem with the translation of some of the effects, for example: "FretFind*": What does ET stand for in "FretFind Multi Length ET"? "Kochify": What do they do, and what does Koch have to do with it? "Summer's night": What does it do? Shakespearian reference? Thanks in advance, -- ¡No olvide visitar nuestra tienda On-line! <http://www.asixinformatica.com/tienda> =================================================== Lucas Vieites Fariña <lucas@...212...> Web: <http://www.asixinformatica.com/users/lucas/> Blog: <http://www.asixinformatica.com/blog/>

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Extensions on win32
by Bob Jamison 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

Hi, all, again! For some time now, people have been struggling with getting extensions to work on win32. They have been burdened with downloading Perl, Python, PyXML, etc and installing them. We have been carrying Perl and Python DLLs in our distro for the purposes of internal scripting for a while. The interpreters can be invoked ok, but we have not been supplying any supporting libs. I have been saying for months that we should have enough of Perl and Python in the library bundle to be able to provide this in the distro. However, I guess that I have been too lazy to actually work on it. Today I started experimenting with getting Python to work, and have had some success. I added a small class (win32 only) to dynamically add the ./perl and ./python subdirectories to the app-specific PATH for Inkscape. I also updated the Python subdir in the bundle to one that already has PyXML installed. This seems to work, as far as Python is concerned. I am in the middle of uploading a new build and a new library bundle with the new capability. The build is currently too big, with the entire Python lib included, but people can experiment with pruning things out of it to see what can be left out and get the size back down. It will be a while before it is uploaded, but it will be at http://inkscape.org/win32/gtk28-051226.7z Bob

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] SVG - Barcode
by Martin Owens 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

OK, I've got to the point where I've converted my command line svg barcode tool to the inkscape extentions format and created an inx file. I have two problems: * I need an inx param type of enumberation for encoding (preset options of EAN8 Code39 Code128) * I don't know how to initalise the extention within inkscape for Mac OS X (the extentions folder was in the package direction) Best Regards, Martin Owens -- #::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::# #::.. http://www.doctormo.co.uk/ ..::# #::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::#

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swatches UI tweak
by Jon A. Cruz 24 Dec '05

24 Dec '05

If you're interested, take a peek at the update to the "View|Show/ Hide" menu. The work to get generic things placed in a nice, dynamic manner still needs to get in, but it's a visible start. working towards a "happy-happy-bulia-option"

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Fwd: [Inkscape-devel] WEBFORM problems Mac OS X
by jiho 24 Dec '05

24 Dec '05

I assume the reply was to be sent on the list so I forwarded it. It is probably nice for all the programmers out there to hear your compliments. Begin forwarded message: >> Hi Diego, >> >> Did you try a stable inkscape build or a development build? if it >> is a development build, try the stable one. Inkscape is usually >> slow to start the first time (it has to do some things with your >> fonts) so maybe you just need to be patient. There is a window >> telling you that the font cache has to be rebuild. Do you have >> this window somewhere? Normally when you have this window you wait >> until the font cache rebuild is complete and then you close and >> restart inkscape and it whould be ok. >> remember that inkscape is an X11 app so it does not start as quick >> as a native mac os X app. >> Do you use other X11 applications? do they run fine? >> >> JiHO >> --- >> Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau : >> a chaque nouvelle cuvee on sait que ce sera degueulasse, >> mais on en prend quand meme par masochisme. >> --- >> Web site: http://jo.irisson.free.fr/ > Thanks for your quick reply! > > Solved the problem. I don't know how I did it, but it worked: I > downloaded the stable built, dumped any pref. files I had regarding > Inkscape or X11 and installed again. I gave it plenty of time this > time (went off for a bite XD) and when I came back it was running > perfectly. > > I've been all night awake trying out stuff with Inkscape and let me > tell you you have a heluva program here! I decided to try Inkscape > because I had to get a project done, and Inkscape has been quick, > easy and powerful enough to get the job done. In fact when I > finished the website I was working on, I came back to Inkscape and > fiddled around a little. I am amazed at how complete that thing is. > > Please, keep up the good work. Inkscape is definitely an app. I'll > be recommending from now on. Thanks again for yout time and attention. > > Let your Holidays be merry. Take care, > > Diego. JiHO

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100% Zoom for default new document
by Andy Fitzsimon 24 Dec '05

24 Dec '05

Hi All, I've been tutoring inkscape around the place recently and one comment that keeps comming back is how small the text tool is by default. I couldnt reproduce the issue until I realised that the default new document is scaled down to show the whole area of the canvas-area the window. This means that the default font-size of 12pt actually appears quite small for all first time users ( who are only just discovering how to zoom and use all tools ) Picture this : You're a first time user who has executed inkscape and discovers the toolbar on the left hand side of the window. All tools work great however the font-size of the text tool is quite small making all text operations feel uncomfortable in comparison with the other tools. I propose we alter the default document to be viewed at a 100% scale so that all tools visually balance the way they would on the output media. what do you reckon?

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(no subject)
by unknown＠example.com 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hi, I there an easy way to extract the icons in icon.svg into separate SVG files? I have used in my book a set that came with an old version of Inkscape. This set is out-of-date and incomplete. Thanks, Tav

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Subversion is coming soon
by Bob Jamison 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hi, all, Good news! I received an email from Sourceforge yesterday concerning Subversion service testing. This was in response to an email we sent them many months ago when they first broached the subject, where we requested that Inkscape be considered as a candidate as one of their test projects. This will start on the second week of next month. Quoting from the email: > Participating projects will be provided with Subversion service from > SourceForge.net as part of the Beta. Users of your project will be able > to access (read-only) the project Subversion repository. In exchange > for being provided early access to our Subversion service, we will ask > your project team to report to us problems, questions, concerns, and > suggestions for enhancement, as soon as issues arise. > > Pending successful beta testing, we'll be launching this service to all > hosted projects. Beta participation is optional, but we would > appreciate your participation in the Subversion Beta if it is a good fit > for your project. Your participation will help us to roll out this > service more quickly, with a high quality of service for projects. > Note that GCC followed this plan recently, where there was initially a read-only Subversion view of the repository. When people became accustomed to it, they made the complete switch. This is, IMHO, wonderful news. Subversion without the pain or rehosting. Bob (ishmal)

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Windows builds broken - help needed
by bulia byak 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

This bug: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604306&aid=1379454&group_… is reported unfixed again in both win32-snap/ and in Daniel Diaz' builds. However, Bob Jamison has fixed this long ago, and this fix is verified in the builds he has personally created. So, whoever is responsible for, or in any way related to producing of, these builds, PLEASE fix this bug once and forever (asking Bob for help if necessary). Thanks! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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WEBFORM problems Mac OS X
by Diego González 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Diego GonzÃ¡lez email: didacsoy@...1120... submitted the following: Hi there! I don\'t know if you are the right people to send you this, but I don\'t know who else to submit this to. I hope you pass it on to whoever it may correspond if it\'s not you the ones I should have sent this to. I just downloaded the Mac OSX build because a friend of mine recommended Inkscape, but when I open the application, X11 opens but nothing happens. I do get an Inkscape menu bar, but it only says Inkscape (no File, Edit, Window, Help menus...), and besides X11 doesn\'t list Inkscape as one of its applications. In fact when I quit X11, Inkscape remains open. Is there something I\'m doing wrong? Do I need anything else? I\'m running OS X 10.4.3, but as I\'m a total Unix newbie, I don\'t know how to compile anything, not to speak fixing something. Thank you very much for your attention and your time. Your work for the Open Source community is great, and I am grateful for there is people like you out there, interested in something else than money. I hope I can try Inkscape out, because I have heard wonderful things of it. Regards, Diego.

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23 Dec '05

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New icon theme by Plácido Sousa
by Jean-François Lemaire 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

I've just committed a new icon theme created by Plácido Sousa. I think it looks really good and encourage everyone to have a look at it. I think some of these icons are clearer and convey their meaning a tad better than the current ones. I'd be interested in the others' opinions. You'll find the theme here: /share/inkscape/icons/crispy_icons.svg To use the new theme, copy that file in your personal Inkscape icons directory (~/.inkscape/icons) and rerun Inkscape. -- Jean-François Lemaire

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Illustrator samples
by Jonathan Leighton 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

It's taken a while (sorry!) but as promised, I've made some samples of Illustrator files (see http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AdobeIllustrator) They are at http://turnipspatch.com/demos/inkscape/illustrator-samples/ I may/will/hope to add more samples in the future, if they are needed (Bryce?) Jon -- Jonathan Leighton http://turnipspatch.com/ | http://jonathanleighton.com/ | http://digital-proof.org/

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Chase Notice No:175 Suspension
by Chase Account 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

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SVG - Barcode
by Martin Owens 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Hello all, I was doing some production work for some DVDs and wanted Barcodes on my production. I used inkscape and so I wanted to get svg barcodes. The problem was the only things I could get to make svg barcodes on my mac was (perl) (GD::Barcode) which creates a gif barcode but with the use of GD::SVG you can make svg barcodes. I found this to be way too silly and couldn't even get GD libs installed so being a perl programmer I used online guides to create SVG::Barcode module which has only simple dependancies on SVG module. Cut to the chase, I figured you might be interested in this code as a plugin, it's in perl which is not ideal but it's not huge code and could be converted to C/C++ Encodings: Code39, Code128, EAN8 let me know if your interested. -- #::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::# #::.. http://www.doctormo.co.uk/ ..::# #::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::#

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Re: About the proposed preferences dialog
by Marco Scholten 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

>As there have been some talk about my old mockup of the new preferences > dialog, I thought it might be nice to have another look at it. > Right now [1], it's quite noisy, so I thought it might be a good time to > do a bit of the kill-your-darlings. > http://ramnet.se/~nisse/diverse/temp/inkscape_new_prefs_mockup4.png Has anyone actually started coding on this? If not i'd like to volunteer. I am making a preferences dialog for my own projects (90% finished), much like the screenshot above, it is in gtkmm (without using glade or libglade), hig compliant and written in a way that will reduce code size considerably compared to the gtk+ version. It would of course require some work to fit this into inkscape but i have done at least 50% already and i'm willing to do the other 50% as well. So let me know if i can contribute to this excellent project with this. -- Marco

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Panning mode modifier keys
by Craig Bradney 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Hi Bulia, I'm wondering about the use of both Shift and Control for the right drag panning mode. Is there a reason both have been used? I've just implemented it in Scribus using the Control right drag version but tbh I don't think we need both Shift and Control versions. Does Inkscape? It doesn't seem to differentiate. cya Craig

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About the proposed preferences dialog
by Andreas Nilsson 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

As there have been some talk about my old mockup of the new preferences dialog, I thought it might be nice to have another look at it. Right now [1], it's quite noisy, so I thought it might be a good time to do a bit of the kill-your-darlings. http://ramnet.se/~nisse/diverse/temp/inkscape_new_prefs_mockup4.png In this mockup I've done the following stuff: * only icon, no text for the help button (don't say the same thing twice) * no icon, just text in the close icon (same as above) * removed the title at the top, (it's already at the left...and you probably just clicked it). * no icon in the top right corner (it's already at the left) * no frames (the gnome hig advices them not to be used[2] ) 1. http://hagemaenner.de/stuff/inkscape/preferences/inkscape_new_prefs_mockup3… 3. http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/controls-frames.html - Andreas

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[mtou@...58...: [Inkscape-cvs] inkscape]
by Ralf Stephan 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Mathieu, are you doing cvs import? There are strange log messages on the cvs log mailing list from you or your program. Maybe someone other can explain this? ----- Forwarded message from Mathieu Dimanche <mtou@...58...> ----- To: inkscape-cvs(a)lists.sourceforge.net From: Mathieu Dimanche <mtou@...58...> Subject: [Inkscape-cvs] inkscape [...] Update of /cvsroot/inkscape/inkscape In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv15409 Log Message: Status: Vendor Tag: tcvs-vendor Release Tags: tcvs-release No conflicts created by this import [...] ----- End forwarded message -----

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shipping pyXML with the binary package for OS X
by jiho 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Hi all, Manuel Kostka just tested a binary version of pyXML for OS X and it worked fine. It is small enough (4MB, 1MB compressed) so it might be included with inkscape for mac os X in the dmg package. would there be any "legal" issue with this? what should be done with respect to the pyXML project? Michael, pyXML would have to be added to the package and therefore to the macosx packaging directory. do you think it could be done with another EXTRALIB as for libXinerama for Panther or do you think it is better to let the user move it to the correct folder (and mention the last update date in the readme)? The files and a README are here: http://jo.irisson.free.fr/dropbox/inkscape/PyXML.dmg I don't have write access to CVS so you might have to add it yourself. JiHO --- Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau : a chaque nouvelle cuvee on sait que ce sera degueulasse, mais on en prend quand meme par masochisme. --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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Inkscape init strange behavior... [nasty crash on saving]
by Mathieu Dimanche 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Hi all As I tested some grid snapping highlighting features I'm currently working on, I found a nasty bug causing a big crash. I just reproduced it 2 minutes ago with the last devel cvs. Open inkscape, open "document properties", check grid on, close "document properties" (optionnal), hit Ctrl-S. [CRASH] with a little debugging infos it seams that during inkscape init, an SPDesktop is created, filled with a SPnamedview filled with a SPdocument... and then, before the user can do anything with the app, a new SPnamedview is created as long as a new SPdocument... but the SPDesktop don't know about it, so it still knows the "old" SPdocument passed to him earlier but not the "new" one... So toggling grid display and hitting Ctrl-S reaches sp_document_maybe_done() in document-undo.cpp with an "old" SPdocument (which doesn't seam to have been destroyed so it's probably still there in memory), and the third assert (on doc->priv->sensitive) crashes the app. As I'm no application init guru (hum... I'm no guru _at all_), could anyone who knows desktop/namedview/document combination have a look at that ? Is this double namedview/document normal ? I reproduced that with an empty document AND with an svg document of mine opened through a parameter in shell. I join my little std::cout debuging info and the backtrace. mtou ---------------------------- [SPDocument::SPDocument]0x8586f78 [sp_namedview_build] building [0x85064c8] namedview with [0x8586f78] document ** Message: Beginning icon prerendering [SPDesktop::init] [0x85064c8] namedview gave [0x8586f78] document [SPDesktop::init] just before setDocument [SPDesktop::setDocument] [0x858be00] desktop is fed [0x8586f78] document [SPDesktop::init] just after setDocument [SPDocument::SPDocument]0x8586f30 [sp_namedview_build] building [0x8506338] namedview with [0x8586f30] document ** Message: Icon prerendering complete after 2,31829 seconds Here, I toogle grid displaying ON [PageSizer::setDoc] got [0x8586f78] from [0x858be00] SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP [sp_document_maybe_done] called with [0x8586f78] document, crash in 3 lines [PageSizer::setDoc] got [0x8586f78] from [0x858be00] SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP [sp_document_maybe_done] called with [0x8586f78] document, crash in 3 lines [PageSizer::setDoc] got [0x8586f78] from [0x858be00] SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP [sp_document_maybe_done] called with [0x8586f78] document, crash in 3 lines [PageSizer::setDoc] got [0x8586f78] from [0x858be00] SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP [sp_document_maybe_done] called with [0x8586f78] document, crash in 3 lines [sp_document_maybe_done] called with [0x8586f78] document, crash in 3 lines [PageSizer::setDoc] got [0x8586f78] from [0x858be00] SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP [sp_document_maybe_done] called with [0x8586f78] document, crash in 3 lines ** ERROR **: file ../../inkscape/src/document-undo.cpp: line 135 (void sp_document_maybe_done(SPDocument*, const gchar*)): assertion failed: (doc->priv->sensitive) aborting... [CRASH] -------------------- #0 0xb740d827 in g_logv () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #1 0xb740dae4 in g_log () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0xb740db50 in g_assert_warning () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x080f3894 in sp_document_maybe_done (doc=Variable "doc" is not available. ) at ../../inkscape/src/document-undo.cpp:135 #4 0x080f38b1 in sp_document_done (doc=0x8586f78) at ../../inkscape/src/document-undo.cpp:118 #5 0x082f588a in Inkscape::UI::Widget::PageSizer::setDoc (this=0x9662b24, w=0, h=-0) at ../../inkscape/src/ui/widget/page-sizer.cpp:294 [...]

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] NEW: Gtkmmified Document Preferences Dialog
by unknown＠example.com 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

The new Document Preferences dialog looks good. I have one comment about the Page tab. It is not immediately obvious that one can click on the colored rectangles to set the background and border color. In the case of the Background color, at least on my installation, one has a barely visible white rectangle on a grey background. The default Border color is easier to see but still there is nothing to indicate that this is a button until the mouse is placed over it. Another note, I think it would be better to have all Snap options turned off by default. Tav

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SGI IRIX MIPSpro crashes
by Jeremy Y. Meng 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Hi, all developers, I have been trying to port Inkscape to SGI IRIX platform using MIPSpro compiler. It is running now except that some menu entries kill it. I had asked in the #inkscape channel and got help from MenTaLguY yesterday. The symptoms: Selecting some menu items will cause Inkscape crash. These menu entries include # View\Messages # View\Scripts # View\Icon Preview # Object\Swatches # Object\Transform # Object\Align and Distribute # Object\Grid Arrange # Help\About Memory MenTaLguY observed that the dialogs behind all but one (Icon Preview) are GTKMM based dialogs. The problem might or might not be related to C++ ABI mismatch. I then re-built GLibMM, GTKMM, and Inkscape using the same settings. However the problem remains. So I am sending this email to the list and hope experienced C++ developers can give me more insights. I have made a page describing the problems at http://s92957900.onlinehome.us/is_mips/inkscape_mipspro.html My patch is at http://s92957900.onlinehome.us/is_mips/inkscape-cvs20051205-mipspro.patch In the page you can also find the traces from dbx when Inkscape crashed, and other information regarding the environment. Thank you! -- Jeremy -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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NEW: scaling ugliness finally fixed
by bulia byak 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

* <b>Scaling of objects with stroke</b> in Selector used to cause undesired shifts of the scaled object, as well as scaling it in the dimension which was intended to remain untouched (e.g. slight change in width when you scale only height). All these problems are now fixed, both for interactive scaling by mouse and for numeric scaling via the Controls bar, and for both values of the "Scale stroke with objects" option. Among other things, this means that stroked objects no longer lose snapping on scale, and that the "Default scale origin" option in the Selector tool preferences finally works as designed. Caveat: There may still be problems if you scale a selection that contains objects with different stroke widths. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Slow Download of gtk28-051122.7z
by Chris Share 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

Hi, I'm trying to build the Windows version of Inkscape. I'd like to download gtk28-051122.7z however it's incredibly slow (0.3k/s). Any ideas why this is? Cheers, Chris

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New CVS developer account
by Carl Hetherington 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

Hi all, Mathieu Dimanche (mtou, sf user 1404882) is doing some good work with me on snapping and highlighting. Could whoever has the power give him access to developer CVS? Thanks Carl

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Re: Using clones for boxes with text in block diagram
by unknown＠example.com 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Quoting Phil Endecott <spam_from_inkscape_users@...1109...>: > Mental suggested: > > This is basically what CSS classes are for; I think we do have > > sufficient CSS support to use them now, but not good UI for CSS > > yet. > > Great, I can do CSS, and "instance of a class" is a more familiar > mental > model (HTML+CSS, C++) than "duplicate of a clone". > > So, I can set a class attribute on things using the XML editor > [is there an easier way?] and I can write a CSS stylesheet in a > text editor. Can you help me to associate the stylesheet with > the document? Yes, you're stuck with the XML editor at the moment. For now, you'll also need to embed the stylesheet in the document; use an <svg:style> element inside <svg:defs>, give it a type="text/css" attribute, and add a single text node inside it to hold the actual stylesheet. The XML editor includes a simple text editor for modifying text nodes. [ You will find "unset" fills helpful here too, to allow the class properties to "take over". ] Hopefully our CSS support is mature enough to handle this now; I haven't tried this yet, but I know peter has been working on it a lot. -mental

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WEBFORM inkscape dosn\'t work
by Zlatko 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Zlatko email: zlatko.glavac@...1108... submitted the following: Hello! I have install inkscape ant it\'s reporting error. \"Inkscape encuntered an internal error and will now close\" Why? Regards, Zlatko GlavaÄ, SLO

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NEW: Gtkmmified Document Preferences Dialog
by Ralf Stephan 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Hello, the new Document Preferences Dialog is now default in CVS. Please report any bugs you might find, and that are not mentioned here. Changes /wrt the old versions include: - included Carl's new snapping widgets by collecting everything snapping related on ond page - Grid and Guide widgets are on the same page - metadata widgets are spread over two pages, making the dialog height smaller - fixed 1366507 - grayed out license URI has too low contrast --> no longer grayed - fixed 1366504 - proprietary license should clean license uri - fixed 1357224 - no spinbutton tooltips - fixed 1232941 - minor grid quirks - implemented 1251393 (rfe) - canvas color should ignore bkg alpha value - dramatic reduction of code size due to usage of widget objects - used widget objects should be reusable by other dialogs, too - much more readable code; thus, less comments. still todo, but will be done before 0.44: - 1370648 - save as LGPL license not possible. huh? lgpl? ==> will remove LGPL from list - color picker windows don't close/hide together with doc prefs - on activedoc changed - set better DEFAULTS for grid + snapping Also, I would appreciate help on issues that apparently affect only the Win32 version: win: "dialog expands on startup" win: "license combo very wide" best ralf

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Win 32 tablet support
by James Kilfiger 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

There have been a number of bugs recently reported about problems with tablets on Win32: bugs 1281512, 1335301, 1379654, 1380883. These relate to either the mouse being treated as a pen, or the X and Y axis being reversed. Similar problems are known on gimp under Win32, and the problem seems to be in gdk. I made a patch to add #ifndef NOEXTINPUT around all the template code, which lets me compile without extended tablet support (the tablet will work as mouse or pen, but there is no pressure or tilt support). So I'd like to get this into CVS, what do I do next? The patch is conservative, there are no changes to the code unless NOEXTINPUT is defined. James

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Compiling win32
by Joshua A. Andler 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Is compiling on win32 working for anyone? Mine is dying with: In file included from dialogs/../text-tag-attributes.h:7, from dialogs/../sp-text.h:20, from dialogs/text-edit.cpp:44: dialogs/../svg/svg-length.h:29: error: expected identifier before ',' token make[1]: *** [dialogs/text-edit.o] Error 1 but there is nothing visibly wrong with the file or included files...

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NEW: stroke width indicator
by bulia byak 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

In the statusbar, * The Stroke indicator also displays the stroke width of selection (averaged if there are multiple objects selected with different stroke widths), located to the right of the stroke color/transparency swatch. Left-clicking on it opens the Fill&Stroke dialog with the Stroke Style tab selected. Right-clicking on it opens a popup menu which allows you to choose the units for displaying the stroke width, as well as choose one of the presets to assign to selection. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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WEBFORM Tutorial translation
by Anna 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Anna email: anna.1704@...112... submitted the following: Hi, I\'m disposable to help to translate from french to italian some Inkscape tutorials already published in this site. If you are interested, please contact me. Regards Anna

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rpm links
by Ralf Stephan 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

As there is, again, a bug report against our rpm packages I propose - to either give a recommendation for autopackage with reason near the rpm links on the download page, - or to no longer provide rpms at all. Regards, ralf http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1374877&group_id=9…

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NSIS installer
by Daniel Díaz 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Hello, all! I'm seeing a clash of intentions with packaging/win32/inkscape.nsi (as of revision 1.14) and Makefile.mingw (as of revision 1.49.) inkscape.nsi is looking for "inkscape/README", while Makefile.mingw only copies "README.*" in the dist target. I suggest changing Makefile.mingw to allow README to be copied by dropping the dot in the filename. I noticed this now that I make'd clean. If I have obsolete revisions of the involved files, please let me know. Greetings! Daniel Díaz ddiaz@...1105...

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Newbie Q: Compile Error
by Chris Share 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Hi, I'm new to Inkscape. I'd like to compile the program on Windows. I've followed the instructions on the website however I'm getting the following error: $ make -f Makefile.mingw copy config.h.mingw config.h make: copy: Command not found make: *** [config.h] Error 127 Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Cheers, Chris

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The calendar contest on deviantART
by Joshua A. Andler 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

I propose we give a crazy extension to it or put it on hold. My thought is that we can aim for the calendar to be ready for the middle of '06. We could then make it an 18-month calendar that will go through the end of '07. Doing this will give everyone time to work on new pieces and refine older ones. We'll also get better quality entries and hopefully people will get other great features to work with in the interim as well. I don't think that just extending it for a shorter period of time will do anyone any good. If we're going to associate Inkscape with any fund raising merchandise, we should aspire to give people their moneys worth. Any thoughts? -Josh

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inkboard on OS X?
by MenTaLguY 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hey, dumb question. I know the Jabber library we're using isn't portable to Windows, but does it work on OS X? -mental

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Community support for creating PDF Export/Import feature
by Bryce Harrington 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet Brandon Sanders when he visited OSDL about a conference he's organizing. He's also a long time Inkscape user and fan. Brandon's also involved in IBESI, an org that helps ordinary people create and run R&D projects. He's been looking for good guinea pigs. It struck me that this could be one way to meet our PDF export/import needs. It seems to fit Brandon's model very well. The community needs this feature badly, and users may be willing to fund development if there's a solid plan and concensus. Anyway, to keep this email short, I'm going to gloss over a lot of details and just post the link: http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PrintingConsensusPoll PLEASE, if you are interested in Inkscape PDF, do this: 1. Go to the above page 2. Vote "NO" (since there's no proposal yet) Once we get 20 people participating, we can move to the next step (see the page for details). Bryce

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Volunteers needed, was Re: [Inkscape-devel] SVG Filters
by bulia byak 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

On 12/10/05, Edward Flick <eddy@...690...> wrote: > Hello everybody, > I haven't said anything in a while, and I have a quick question. I was > looking into implementing SVG Filters several months ago, when you guys > said I might want to wait until Inkscape got Cairoized. Well, so I > fell out of touch for a while, and now I'm just wondering where > Inkscape's Cairoification is at. I love inkscape and one of the only > shortcomings that I continously run into is the inability to create real > soft drop shadows, halos, embosses, and other raster effects. So are we > almost cairoized, or do we already have plans for imlementing SVG filters? Cairoization has seen no progress so far, in part because cairo turned out to be very slow, even slower than we are at the moment. Also we all wait for Xara renderer sources to open, with the hope to borrow some of it to Inkscape and/or to Cairo. I completely sympathize with your plea for blurring. I'm in desperate need for it too. Moreover I think that the gaussian blur filter will be THE most important feature added to Inkscape during its existence. It will at once trancend the limits of a "vector editor". I even looked into the possibility of enabling blurring in our renderer. This seems doable. I didn't move on with that, in part because of the unclear prospects of our renderer and whether it will be replaced by anything. However apart from renderer, filter support needs a lot of new code at the SVG level. And this is what we can start doing now, it won't be lost in any case. We'll need to add an SPFilter object and make it implement the SVG specification for the svg:filter element, and we also need CSS support for specifying filters. This is all pretty straightforward - a lot of the logic can be borrowed from SPGradient which has a similar mode of operation. I hereby call for volunteers for the SPFilter task. You won't see immediate result from this yet, but it's a good task for novices who want to learn a large and important part of the codebase. (For one thing, you are unlikely to break anything by adding it :) If and when the SVG/CSS support is ready, I will probably be tempted to add a quick and dirty blur support to the renderer, no matter whether it's going to be replaced later or not. So - any takers? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Save and Open as .ZINK (was zip with images)
by Pim Snel 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi, I enhanced the first extension, which was able to save a zip archive with svg and images, with an extra extension which is able to read the archive instantly. I changed the zip-extention to .zink which is of course a combination of Zip and Inkscape. The output extension creates a zip and makes all image hrefs relative. The input extension does the reverse: it unpackes the zip and before printing the doc to stout it replaces all image hrefs with the exact path of the temp dir. The svg in the archive is named content.svg so its easy to open. Of course a file with metadata can be packed be also, but I wanted quick results and I don't really know what to store in such a manifest because everything is said in the svg. It works rather smooth. You won't notice that this is not the native file format. You can open a .zink make changes and click CTRL-S so it save the .zink-file again. Please download and test it on different platforms. http://facility.lingewoud.nl/hacks/inkscape_save_and_open_as_zink/ You can also download the example .zink which you must be able to open after installing the extensions. Hope you like it. Pim -- Lingewoud B.V. | Tel. +31 418 663963 Maasdijk 4 | Fax. +31 418 663053 5328 BG Rossum | pim@...982... The Netherlands | www.lingewoud.com

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inkscape-devel님, 1:1 전화영어 시범강의 및 영어 메일 서비스 신청 안내 드립니다.
by 이인구 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

온라인코리아의 2005년 12월 9일자 Happymail입니다 위에 있는 [Happymail 입장하기] 버튼을 클릭하시면 팝송과 영어유머등의 내용을 보실 수 있습니다. inkscape-devel님 안녕하세요? 전화를 이용해서 강사와 1 : 1 로 외국어 학습을 할 수 있는 Online Korea 어학원 이라고 합니다. 저희 회사에서는 외국어(영어,일어) 능력 향상을 위해 매일(월-금), 영어유머와 생활에 필요한 회화, 그리고 팝송과 영어뉴스 등을 무료로 보내 드리고 있어요. 이와 같은 내용의 서비스를 받아보기 원하시면 ≪ olk3@...1102... ≫로 "yes"라는 제목의 메일을 회신하여 주시기 바랍니다. 그리고, 저희 전화 외국어 강의에 관심있는 분들을 위해, 무료 시범강의를 청강하실 수 있도록 하고 있으니 무료 시범강의를 원하시면 아래의 시범강의 신청하기를 클릭하신 후 신청 폼을 작성하셔서 보내 주시면 담당 강사께서 inkscape-devel님이 원하시는 시간에 전화하여 무료 시범강의를 진행하여 드리겠습니다. [1:1 전화영어 무료시범강의 신청하기] 이 내용이 불필요한 정보였다면 정말 죄송하게 생각하며 정중히 사과 말씀을 드립니다. 감사합니다. 발송자 : 온라인코리아(이인구) 사업자 번호 : 214-04-35713 TEL : 02-588-0048 주 소 : 서울시 서초구 서초동 1355-8 E-mail : olk3@...1102... ▣ 본 메일의 수신을 원치 않으시는 분들은 【수신거부】를 하여 주십시요. ▣ 온라인코리아에 대해 궁금하신 분은 【Q&A】를 이용해주십시오. ▣ 언제나 행복을 전하는 Online Korea가 되겠습니다.

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NEW: Translatable .inx files
by Ted Gould 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Okay, I figured out the intltool magic, and the user viewable strings in the .inx files should be placed inside the .po files. I can't figure out how to make my Inkscape run in a different language, so I can't test to make sure that they show up translated. But, I believe that they do. The strings definitely show up in the .po files. -- Translators -- If someone could go through their translation and make sure that all the GUI is translatable. I think this was the large set of strings that couldn't be translated. As far as I'm aware the entire interface should be translatable. -- Extension Authors -- The inx files now support having an underscore in front of anything user viewable. So an attribute like "description" now also supports "_description". I've changed all the ones in CVS. --Ted PS - I'm really behind on the list, if you expected a reply from me on something, I hope I'll get to that today. Sorry.

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opening EPS, PS and SK files on Ubuntu Breezy (may work on other distros)
by Mathieu Dimanche 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

As asked on the Jabber Conference Room and IRC channel, it seems some people (and I was one of them too) can't open EPS files in Inkscape. I realised that the *.eps option didn't even show up in the masking filetypes during File/open. So I tried to find why and found what to do in order to make this work. Some (All) of these steps can be easily done on every linux distro I think Could someone else try these steps to give feedback ? I don't really know where to say this, so I try here, maybe someone will be kind enough to complete, test and put it somewhere on the wiki for desperate users... mtou --------------------------------------------------------- * In order to be able to open *.eps files, you need gs (ghostscript) installed AND to be able to open *.ps files (as read in share/extensions/eps_input.inx) * In order to be able to open *.ps files, you need pstoedit installed AND to be able to open *.sk files (as read in ps_input.inx) * In order to be able to open *.sk files, you need skconvert, which comes with sketch, which as been recently renamed to skencil I think (as read in sk_input.inx) So, what I done on my ubuntu breezy distro was to install all that was missing in these dependencies. sudo apt-get install gs pstoedit sketch Now, *.eps, *.ps and *.sk filetypes can be opened in the breezy inkscape package. But... some error still occur during the conversion from an sk file to the final svg file. In fact, to open an eps file, we ask gs to convert it to a *.ps file, pstoedit to convert it to an *.sk file and then skconvert (via ../inkscape/share/extensions/sk2svg.sh) to convert it to an *.svg file inkscape can open and edit. the first 2 conversion worked very well, but the last one, using skconvert was broken. The guilty is the sketch version (0.6.15-1ubuntu2 as I speak) which has a broken feature while reading the file and trying to parse the sk file (sketch bug report here : https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1025599&group_…) So I uninstalled the "broken" sketch package, and tried to install the debian unofficial package from http://www.nongnu.org/skencil/download.html Its dependencies were broken because it needed python2.3 and the 2.4 version is already installed on my computer, so I threw it away not to mess up with my libraries. Last thing that could have been done was to compile the last sketch(skencil) version from source So I downloaded the skencil-0.6-17.tar.gz tar ball from http://www.nongnu.org/skencil/download.html copied it in my /usr/src and then untarred it (for ubuntu users : make sure you are in group src to be able to write in the /usr/src directory) then go to the skencil sources directory and try the setup to configure my system lacked python, tcl and tk development packages, so I need to install them sudo apt-get install python2.4-dev tcl8.4-dev tk8.4-dev after that, when you try to configure (./setup.py configure), it works like a charm you then need to compile (./setup.py build) and install (./setup.py install) if you want to install this in the directory you want (and I highly recommend that no to mess up with the package system), you just need to pass an --prefix option to setup.py when it's fully installed, the skconvert works very well and inkscape load eps, ps and sk files without a hitch ----------------------- For developpers now : The errors reported when the import does not work is really not user friendly When sketch isn't installed, the only thing inkscape tells us is that the tempfile /tmp/XXXXXXsdfgjndrg.svg is not found Could someone look to change the *.inx files to require a _working_ version of sketch and no only the skconvert utility ? Is it hard to do ?

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Image export to EPS: black background
by Tobias Sager 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Hi all, Inkscape is great! Just finished my master thesis and used it for quite some graphics.. I had one problem though. I have a drawing with a single image on the page. Displays fine. When saving this image to EPS, the image would get a black background. When exporting to PNG and then converting to EPS (GIMP), all works fine. You can get a sample here: http://toe.ch/~tsa/inkscape-image.tar.bz2 Any ideas? Or did I just set a background or anything wrong? Cheers Tobias -- GPG-Key 0xEF37FF28 - 1024/4096 DSA/ELG-E - 16.11.2001 Fingerprint: 3C4B 155F 2621 CEAF D3A6 0CCB 937C 9597 EF37 FF28

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Alphabetical order internationalization
by Ted Gould 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

If I want to sort a list of strings in alphabetical order, obviously that is dependent on the alphabet being used. How do I find out the order of the alphabet being used? Or, better yet, is their a function to rank two strings based on that alphabet? I don't see anything to do this. The standard functions just seem to use ASCII numbering, which of course doesn't really work for any language besides English. What happens when you sort by name in Nautilus? Is this a known problem I just don't realize? --Ted

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WEBFORM website design
by Sasi 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Sasi email: info@...1096... submitted the following: I like inkscape and if you like this http://viragelet.pardey.org/inkscape_home_by_szabolcs_sinka.jpg plan, then that is my support towards the project. You can use it for free, you don\'t even have to mention my name. If you like it, tell it and i will send the psd or any format you like. Sincerely, Szabolcs Sinka Hungary - Budapest

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[Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report
by Bryce Harrington 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Cool, the About dialog problems have been fixed! :-) Bryce ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:21:05 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Tue Dec 6 12:36:47 2005 (Run 893) Snapshot: inkscape-20051206-1000.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 0 0 4 0 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == none == Warnings == display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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Two new contests at deviantART!
by Joshua A. Andler 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

We have two new contests going over at deviantART! The first contest is for an Inkscape calendar (which has a deadline of next Monday, 12/12/05) and which we will be choosing 12 winning images. The second contest is for Inkscape T-shirt designs to help fund Inkscape development (which we have no arbitrary number of winners for, if it's good it'll probably be accepted as one of many designs). You can read more over at: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/7226595/ -Josh

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[Desktop_architects] Portland: The Linux Desktop Integration Interface
by Bryce Harrington 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

One of the things that's come out of the desktop architect's meeting was the need for something to simplify having to choose between GNOME and KDE. This need has spawned a new project called "The Portland Project", formed by leaders from KDE and GNOME (and a bunch of other projects). Briefly stated, the goal of the Portland Project is to make KDE and GNOME work so well together that a software developer could choose either Gtk or Qt at their whim, and it will "just work" and fit natively for either desktop environment, including look and feel, themes, services, and so on. The kickoff announcement is below. There is a mailing list on freedesktop.org for this just forming. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from "Bastian, Waldo" <waldo.bastian@...1100...> ----- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 19:49:50 -0800 From: "Bastian, Waldo" <waldo.bastian@...1100...> To: desktop_architects@...701... Subject: [Desktop_architects] Portland: The Linux Desktop Integration Interface In the followup session aimed at making the live of ISVs easier wrt targetting the Linux Desktop two topics were discussed. The first topic addressed the issue of integrating with the two different desktop environments. The second topic addressed the issue of API/ABI stability. I will not be addressing the second topic here. During the meeting on Thursday a number of desktop integration points were identified that would benefit from having a well defined interface, independent of the desktop environment in use. In the follow up meeting it was discussed how we can move forward to make such common interface a reality. Nothing is real without a name and so "Portland" was adopted as the name of this initiative. Since the goals of Portland are very much in line with the mission of FreeDesktop.org it was agreed that FreeDesktop.org was the proper place to drive this effort. To speed up the process a task force of 4 people will be created with two representatives from both Gnome and KDE. Alex Graveley (Gnome) and George Staikos (KDE) agreed to lead the task force and will each invite one additional member. The goal of the task force is to prioritize integration points, solicit feedback from ISVs and identify existing functionality in Gnome and KDE that can be used to implement Portland, and possibly provide a first draft implementation. The task force will do a first report out before Linux.Conf.au (End of Jan, 2006) The goal is to have the first version of Portland ready for inclusion in LSB 4.0 which is scheduled for the end of 2006. In order to reach this goal it is important that Portland is available in early 2006 so that it can be included in distributions before LSB adoption. It is understood that the first version of Portland may not be able to address all integration points and that additional versions may follow. Cheers, Waldo Linux Client Architect - Channel Software Operation - Intel Corporation _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list Desktop_architects@...701... https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects ----- End forwarded message -----

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[cairo] GTK+ cairo canvas widget
by Bryce Harrington 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

----- Forwarded message from Damon Chaplin <damon@...1099...> ----- Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:13:58 +0000 From: Damon Chaplin <damon@...1099...> To: cairo@...278... Subject: [cairo] GTK+ cairo canvas widget Hi, I've been working on a GTK+ cairo canvas widget, goocanvas: http://www.dachaplin.dsl.pipex.com/goocanvas/ See the TODO file for things left to finish. I'm fairly new to cairo, so if anyone spots a problem with the cairo code let me know (I think the image drawing code may be wrong, for instance). Also, currently the layout of the text (using Pango) changes when you zoom in/out, even though I've used CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_OFF. If anyone knows a way to fix that I'd really appreciate it. Damon _______________________________________________ cairo mailing list cairo@...278... http://cairographics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cairo ----- End forwarded message -----

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NEW: misc
by bulia byak 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

* Guidelines are made easier to pick: now you don't need to position mouse <i>exactly</i> over a guideline to activate it, instead there's a small position tolerance (1 screen pixel on each side of the guideline). * The keyboard shortcut for "Make selected segments curves" in Node tool is changed from Shift+K to Shift+U for better mnemonics. * In Calligraphic tool, Esc deselects as in most other tools. * In Selector, Ctrl+Enter enters the selected group (making it a temporary layer). Ctrl+Backspace leaves the current layer and goes one layer up in the hierarchy (but not to root). -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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[Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report
by Bryce Harrington 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

The About Box error is persisting... You can see from the name of the snapshot that this is against the current snapshot. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:21:04 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Mon Dec 5 11:09:58 2005 (Run 883) Snapshot: inkscape-20051205-0820.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 2 4 2 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp:88: error: no matching function for call to `Inkscape::UI::Dialog::AboutBox::size_request()' /usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/widget.h:510: error: candidates are: void Gtk::Widget::size_request(const Gtk::Requisition&) == Warnings == display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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PDF Export/Import via Cairo
by Bryce Harrington 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hi all, I talked with Carl a bit more today about the PDF functionality with Cairo and what it'd take to use it with Inkscape. Here's some additional info. Carl, correct me if I've captured any of this wrong. Some clarification on libsvg, when Carl said he wasn't supporting it, I interpreted this to mean it needed another maintainer. He clarified this; the reasons he had forked libsvg from librsvg originally was to try out replacing its libart backend with a cairo backend. Now that librsvg uses cairo as it's back end, there's no reason for libsvg to be used, and in fact it lacks capabilities that are in librsvg. So... The plan going forward would be this. svg2pdf as it exists now is probably ok for a start; it's at least better than we got now, and fits within our existing system. I think it's mainly going to be a packaging issue to hook it into our extension framework. Beyond that, svg2png needs to be modified to use librsvg instead of libsvg. This is probably a fairly simple task, as svg2png is a really short bit of code. I told Carl about UberConverter. He wasn't sure if the design of Cairo's PDF functionality would match UberConverter's structure, so a crs2pdf via Cairo may not be the right approach. Carl also mentioned something called Poppler(?) which does PDF _import_, that works in conjunction with Cairo, and that would give us a good round-trip to and from PDF. This sounds worth checking out. Bryce

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PDF Support in Inkscape
by Bryce Harrington 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hi all, I've been noticing a LOT of requests for PDF/PS support in Inkscape. Either export or import or both. I'm fairly certain that this is the #1 top feature need for Inkscape right now. Over the past year or so, I've been fishing around for a volunteer to implement this. But unfortunately I'm coming up dry. Ain't no one I can find with an itch to implement this, not on a volunteer basis anyway. However, there are a TON of users with this need. Some of whom, I'm fairly certain, would be willing to pledge some money towards it. Maybe a little, maybe a lot, who knows. I think if enough people pitched in funds, we could actually make this happen. This is one feature I think we as a community could just force through, by hiring some mercenary to attack and kill it for us, hardcore style. Can you all tell me what you think? I really have no solid idea if enough people would be open to this plan. Are you a user that'd be willing to pledge $100 or more towards this? Are you a developer that'd be willing to commit to doing this work for some $k? Or do you have some ideas on how we could make this need get met? Please email me and let me know what you think. Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-user] PDF Support in Inkscape
by Bryce Harrington 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

----- Forwarded message from Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...> ----- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:24:51 -0800 From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...> To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] PDF Support in Inkscape Hi all, Great feedback, thanks! And I got a possible solution to this problem that we could implement right now. I took the opportunity here at the desktop architect's meeting to grab Carl Worth and present the problem to him, to get a direct from the horse's mouth on Cairo's PDF. I mentioned that we'd heard that Cairo's PDF export wasn't good, and asked for the skinny on that. Here's the gist. Cairo's original mission was for screen and print perfect PDF, so what you see on the screen is what you get on the printer. Originally this was done by just creating a bitmap snapshot and embedding it in the PDF. This *looked* great, but of course is a heavyhanded solution. Later, someone created a new PDF backend for Cairo, but when they got ready to release 1.0 they saw that it was woefully inadequate, so Cairo 1.0 wasn't able to meet its PDF export capabilities. However, Carl says that actually has been their number one area of focus for the next release. This release is scheduled for Dec 15. He recommends we withhold making conclusions about Cairo's PDF until that release. Also, I asked about some sort of pluggable cairo-based svg-to-pdf converter, and this immediately clicked! He'd written a svg2pdf tool based on (an old) librsvg that does this. This is in the Cairo tree, and my guess is that this is something we could wrap up with an extension and immediately use. Perhaps the inkscape developers who are conversant with Cairo stuff could briefly mind meld with those who do extensions, and we can have Cairo-based PDF export in a matter of days. However, there are some caveats. In theory, this should work on Windows, but Carl's never tested it. So some of our Windows (and OSX) Inkscapers might want to put some time into this, too. I know PDF export is probably *most* important for users on non-Linux platforms so this testing is absolutely critical for y'all. Second, Carl says he's not providing any support for the libsvg module that this tool depends on, and in fact it's missing some features - filters, markers, transparency, etc. that we're definitely going to need. Thus, I think if we are going to invest time and/or money anywhere, this is the spot to do it. I'm not sure exactly what form that'd take - would we migrate code from inkscape into libsvg? Or the reverse? Would we collaborate with the librsvg people? Would we take over maintainership of libsvg? What do you guys think? Are we as a project interested in handling maintainership of libsvg? Regarding Google Summer of Code, I heard that they're also planning a Winter Summer of Code and/or a follow up next summer, but haven't heard confirmation. Also, even if they do, there's no guarantee Inkscape would again be accepted as a project... Also, I think the work may be more than one college kid could handle. ;-) So, I think we need to not count on Google for this one; if we do get in again, I think we'd want to divvy out the work in smaller chunks anyway, so even best case it wouldn't give us a total solution. Someone asked about the check from this last time... Yep, it just arrived via FedEx on Tuesday. :-) Early on we'd thought it might be good to put this towards some sort of sponsorship, so certainly adding it to the pool for a PDF solution is a possibility, if there's a strong enough concensus to use it for that. Btw, Dan Kegel is taking really good, thorough notes on the meeting; Kees and I were sitting next to him and admiring his good note taking. :-) http://kegel.com/osdl/da05.html Also it's kinda cool, Kees and I have had several people come up and say "Thank you so much for Inkscape!" One person said the thing they liked the most was how prolific, friendly, and strong our community was. :-) A couple other notes of relevance to Inkscape... There's something called RUDI that is getting a lot of discussion as a solution to better desktop integration - sounds pretty cool. The C++ ABI breakage has gotten a lot of discussion; Kegel says the gcc devs have committed to stabilizing their ABI so these problems may diminish. There's a strong feeling that there should be a stable package of GNOME/etc. libs for Windows, so each ISV/project doesn't have to statically link and ship their own copies. Carl and Mike Shaffer of Mozilla were discussing a lot about Cairo performance; sounds like there's much work going on in that area. John Waugh of Ubuntu told me about something called 'Dogtail' that sounds like it's a powerful way to do testing, and suggested we use that for Inkscape. An idea occurred to me - some of the exercises we're doing here with pens and cards seem like they'd work *much* better on top of Inkboard. I think it would be useful to record an inkboard session and then create 50+ simulated sessions all talking to the same document, and fix whatever breaks. Inkscape could totally rule as a conference collaboration tool. Bryce On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 12:32:01AM -0700, Michael Moore wrote: > > I've been noticing a LOT of requests for PDF/PS support in Inkscape. > > Either export or import or both. > > > > Over the past year or so, I've been fishing around for a volunteer to > > implement this. But unfortunately I'm coming up dry. Ain't no one I > > can find with an itch to implement this, not on a volunteer basis > > anyway. > > > > Can you all tell me what you think? ----- End forwarded message -----

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Compile error for About screen?
by Bryce Harrington 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

I just did a cvs up and rebuild, and got this error: /home/bryce/src/Inkscape/inkscape/src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp: In constructor ` Inkscape::UI::Dialog::AboutBox::AboutBox()': /home/bryce/src/Inkscape/inkscape/src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp:88: error: no matching function for call to `Inkscape::UI::Dialog::AboutBox::size_request( )' /usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/widget.h:510: error: candidates are: void Gtk::Widget::size_request(const Gtk::Requisition&) make[2]: *** [ui/dialog/aboutbox.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryce/Build/Inkscape/inkscape/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bryce/Build/Inkscape/inkscape' make: *** [all] Error 2 In case this was just due to out of date autoconf stuff, I'm doing a make distclean and a full rebuild. Bryce

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Wiki Spam, more security. time for accounts yet?
by Alan Horkan 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

The current anti spam system doesn't seem to be effective anymore and it is quite annoying to use, at least with a login system I only have to worry about it once and then save the settings in my browser. (The notSPAM block must be typed every time and it is quite frustrating even the option to use logins and avoid having to confirm everything each time woudl be a big help). I cleared some SPAM links from the main wiki page inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net and then noticed the sneaky beggars had added blocks of hidden links which do not actually show up on the page. Even if you decide logins are too much of a restriction, I do hope the security can be cranked up some other way. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

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[Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report
by Bryce Harrington 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:21:03 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Sat Dec 3 03:55:34 2005 (Run 876) Snapshot: inkscape-20051203-0220.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 2 7 2 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp:88: error: no matching function for call to `Inkscape::UI::Dialog::AboutBox::size_request()' /usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/widget.h:510: error: candidates are: void Gtk::Widget::size_request(const Gtk::Requisition&) == Warnings == display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:183: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:240: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:244:2: warning: no newline at end of file == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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[root@...1070...: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report]
by Bryce Harrington 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Some breakage in the codebase; I am guessing this is due to the recent About screen work? I've also run into this issue this morning on my own desktop system. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 05:21:03 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Sat Dec 3 03:55:34 2005 (Run 876) Snapshot: inkscape-20051203-0220.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 2 7 2 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp:88: error: no matching function for call to `Inkscape::UI::Dialog::AboutBox::size_request()' /usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/widget.h:510: error: candidates are: void Gtk::Widget::size_request(const Gtk::Requisition&) == Warnings == display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:183: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:240: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:244:2: warning: no newline at end of file == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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NEW: Ensure selected objects don't overlap each other
by Peter Moulder 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Tim Dwyer from the office next to mine has been working on code to move rectangles by the minimal amount enough that they no longer overlap. Now he's spent a few days adding this to Inkscape (with a little help from me, njh & possibly Brisgeek): in the Align & Distribute dialog box near the existing Clump/Unclump buttons. (Unclump merely reduces overlap, whereas Remove Overlaps completely removes overlap.) You can also think of it like the Distribute edge-to-edge buttons, except that it moves things only enough to ensure that they don't overlap; e.g. if applied to a set of objects that are roughly in a grid arrangement, then the new code probably does what the user wants (preserve the grid nature), whereas existing Distribute edge-to-edge would put the objects in a long diagonal line (unless the user does extra work, acting in small groups at a time). This should be a significant addition to Inkscape's usability for diagramming. Interface changes welcome; e.g. I wonder if it should be in the same box as Distribute; though having the separate box does make it clearer that the Hor/Vert Gap settings apply only to the Remove Overlap option. pjrm.

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background icon prerendering performance
by MenTaLguY 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

As some of you may have noticed, JonCruz implemented my idea about prerendering the icons as a background task. It seems to work very, very well. Good work, Jon. Basically the idea is that the GUI icons get rendered one-at-a-time in the brief pauses between mouse motions or keypresses, when Inkscape isn't otherwise busy. On my lowly Celeron 500, it takes about 60ms (average) to render a single icon; a few icons take a bit longer (as much as 175-200ms). Even while I'm doing other stuff, it seems to take only 15-25 seconds to get all the menu icons rendered, during which time I can draw or navigate around the fileselector or something (the File menu renders first). By the time I start using the menus, their icons have usually been rendered. Compare this to the situation we used to have: formerly, the first time you clicked on the Object menu, on a machine like mine you were guaranteed at least a: 70ms*16 = 1120ms = 1.12s delay. And that's something of a best case. Let's not even think about what it used to be like when we rendered all the icons up-front at startup time... This is a vivid demonstration of how doing the same amount of work more cleverly can make an application feel a lot more responsive. Anyway, I've refactored the code a little bit and also stuck in some timers to assess rendering performance. The g_warnings are temporary; I'd just like to get a sense of how common it is for the rendering of icons to run over 70ms on different people's machines right now. Ultimately I'd like to get some incremental rendering code in place, not just for background icon rendering, but also for other things, like previews in the file dialog. It's really annoying to select a complex file in the fileselector and have to wait for its preview to finish rendering before you can do anything. -mental

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about curve morphing
by Albert 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Dear all, I am not aware that curve morphing is available in Inkscape. If so please ignore this email. For my own biology research purposes I've implemented the curve morphing algorithm by weighted means of strings, which can morph any pair of Bézier curves (or any other set of points that define a curve) with as many weighted averages as the user desires. The primary use is for reconstructing volumes for 3D modelling purposes, but I believe the ability to create average curves (both open and closed curves work), particularly regarding animated SVG, would be a nice feature to have in Inkscape. I lack the knowledge of the Inkscape code base to plug this in myself. If anyone is interested, I can help and learn about Inkscape in the process. The algorithm consists of an ANSI C python module, with the core functionality separated in a pure C file. The page: http://www.pensament.net/java/CurveMorphing.html Albert -- Albert Cardona Molecular Cell Developmental Biology University of California Los Angeles Tel +1 310 2067376 http://www.pensament.net/java/ http://www.mcdb.ucla.edu/Research/Hartenstein/

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WEBFORM Linux Arts web site
by Joey Cagle 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Joey Cagle email: jcagle@...1097... submitted the following: I have just launched a web site called Linux Arts. It\'s at http://linuxarts.caglewebcreations.com. The following is from my About page Many people know Linux as the operating system for programmers and network administrators. Believe it or not, there are great tools for tasks involving graphic design and web site design, digital film making, digital animation, audio recording, and more! Traditionally done on a Macintosh computer, these tasks are being done incresingly in Linux as well. But many people don\'t even know this. For that reason, the Linux Arts web site was created. This is the web site that will keep you updated on the software in Linux used for digital arts. We don\'t just keep up on the big names in open source software like GIMP and Inkscape, but we\'ll also let you know about other Linux software that\'s not so well known as well as software soon to be released. We also keep an eye on the Linux distributions best suited for these tasks, such as medainlinux, Grafpup, SuSE, etc. Finally, we\'re building a community to discuss the Linux software available for your multimedia needs, whether it be from a user standpoint or production standpoint. Welcome to Linux Arts!

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Re: PDF Support in Inkscape
by Jeff Kowalczyk 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Bryce Harrington wrote: > I think if enough people pitched in funds, we could actually make (PDF) > happen. This is one feature I think we as a community could just force > through, by hiring some mercenary to attack and kill it for us, hardcore > style. Sounds like http://fundable.org would be a workable mechanism. Define the feature, announce it here, and let people contribute according to interest level. (I can't clearly find what their 'load' is on funds raised. Fundable.org may be no-load, donation-driven) BTW, would it me more productive to enhance Cairo to convert between various surface/image format backends and the (perhaps unfinshed) PDF backend. Some sort of recording canvas might be needed, but very useful to other Cairo apps.

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Extention Collect images/Publish Zip
by Pim Snel 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hello, I've been busy creating my first extention for inkscape which is also my first python script. Though it needs some work we use it allready and it's is quite usefull. Its called "Publish Zip" and resides in the filters menu. It does the following: - it copies all linked images to the current dir en modifies all links to be relative - it creates a zip containing the document and the linked images. The zip can be mailed and opened by someone else with all images correctly displayed. You can find it here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1364270&group_id=9… known problems: - Document has to be saved first - to create a correct svg-document in the zipfile pubzip has to be run, then the document has to be saved, then pubzip has to be run again. - it fails with an ugly error when document is never saved before. Unknown problems: - only tested on Linux/Debian PPC To solve the known problems I've a question: Is there a possibility to give a "save doc" command from inside a python script to inkscape? This would fix all above problems. If someone has another solution to solve these problems please tell me. Also another question: Is it possible to put an extention function in the File Menu next to e.g. "Save as"? Regards, Pim Snel -- Lingewoud B.V. | Tel. +31 418 663963 Maasdijk 4 | Fax. +31 418 663053 5328 BG Rossum | pim@...982... The Netherlands | www.lingewoud.com

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recent statusbar change
by bulia byak 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

>From changelog: >2005-12-01 MenTaLguY <mental@...3...> > > * src/widgets/desktop-widget.cpp: > > moved zoom selector away from the right edge so it won't get covered > by window manager decorations I don't like this at all. The left end of the statusbar has become very crowded, noisy, and hard to make out. The whole statusbar is very unbalanced. Also, the rationale given for this change sounds very strange. Window decorations must never cover the window contents. They are always on the outside. If this is not the case for your WM, I think it's the WM that needs fixing, not Inkscape. Can you please consider reverting this change? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Snap points or snap nodes?
by Carl Hetherington 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi all, I'm just having a tinker with the grid code; one thing I noticed: the preferences for snapping points to grids/guides uses different terminology: "snap points to..." or "snap nodes to..." Does anybody have any idea which one is right? Also: I'm playing with object snapping. Does anyone know of any existing code within Inkscape to compute straight-line - bezier curve intersections? Thanks Carl

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moved zoom widget
by MenTaLguY 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I had to move the zoom widget again because too many window managers/themes like to cover the lower right corner of windows with decorations (mostly resize handles). Not totally happy with the new location, but at least it's accessible to everyone now. -mental

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about dialog tweaks
by MenTaLguY 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Home sick today, and not much good for anything else, so I decided to fix some of the visual things that had been annoying me about the about dialog. Highlights: * the splash panel is constrained to the correct aspect ratio, so you can't see any "off-the-canvas" bits anymore * dialog is now automatically sized to the correct dimensions for the splash panel to have its natural document size * the window can still be arbitrarily resized (maybe it should have a minimum size, though?) * notebook tabs scroll when window is resized small * the build label is (in my opinion) positioned more aesthetically -mental

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WEBFORM italian translation for Tavmjong\'s inkscape guide
by Giuped 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Giuped email: gbd at tiscali dot it submitted the following: Salve volevo chiedere al/ai traduttore/i della versione in italiano se Ã¨ prevista o Ã¨ in corso la traduzione dell\'ottima guida di Tavmjong. Grazie e a presto.

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Icon rendering at startup
by Jon A. Cruz 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I went ahead and implemented the idle callback rendering of icons. This should make the menus much more responsive the first time they pop up. I think it's pretty solid as far as being defensive about the state before it tries anything, and drops off the idle list once pending things are complete.

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inkscape.spec file
by Daniil Ivanov 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hello! Please find patch to the inkscape.spec file attached to the email. Now it contains correct dependecies for Fedora Core 4. Thanks, Daniil.

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Disappearing units on win32
by Jasper van de Gronde 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I've verified that the bug described at the URL below is indeed caused by the fact that the _unit_table member is declared statically (as far as I can tell). It's a pretty irritating bug and the problem should be quite easy to fix, I don't feel confident enough with the Inkscape source to provide a proper patch though, could someone look into this? The variable is declared/used in unit-menu.h/cpp in the ui/widget subdir, the UnitTable class is defined in units.h/cpp in the util subdir. For testing purposes I made the static member variable _unit_table into a pointer, made all methods use getUnitTable instead of using the member variable directly and constructed the unit table with new inside the UnitMenu constructor (if it wasn't constructed yet). This seems to do the trick. The bug in the bugtracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1275848&group_id=9…

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win32 make.* files
by unknown＠example.com 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Can src/make.dep, src/make.files and src/make.ofiles come out of the repository? Or is it possible to script their regeneration so that they stay in sync? Aaron Spike

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Re: [Clipart] idea: OCAL tapping into enormous popularity of "coloring books" for kids
by Jon Phillips 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 15:25 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Open Clip Art Library Feedback Form wrote: > > Name: Ruud Steltenpool > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=8920715&forum_id=360… > > I have a similar idea with publishing at lulu.com but my personal > stopper is the PDF export in Inkscape. > > It would be basically like this: make a book, release it with a Creative > Commons license (share alike), put the PDF on OCAL website and sell in > physical form at lulu.com. Depending on the success, it may be without > profit or with a small addition collected in a fund for OCAL development. That would be awesome! I just met Bob Young (CEO of LuLu) today and found out more about this service. I'm cc'ing the Inkscape devel list about this as well... Nicu, maybe you should detail this idea on the OCAL wiki...(note, our new wiki uses mediawiki)... Jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...896... IRC: rejon@...897... Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) San Francisco Art Institute (www.sfai.edu)

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inkscape crash
by Néstor Díaz 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hello: Since 0.42 release of inkscape I am experiencing crashing with the gtk-qt-engine. All the others gtk applications works fine with the gtk-qt-engine and so does Inkscape except for the Align and Distribute Dialog. Whenever I click on it (new or saved drawing) I get this: nestorm@...1092...:~$ inkscape QPainter::begin: Cannot paint null pixmap QPainter::setPen: Will be reset by begin() QPainter::setBrush: Will be reset by begin() QPainter::setBrush: Will be reset by begin() QPainter::setPen: Will be reset by begin() QPainter::setPen: Will be reset by begin() QPainter::setPen: Will be reset by begin() (inkscape:9051): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixmap_foreign_new_for_display: assertion `(anid != 0)' failed (inkscape:9051): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_drawable: assertion `src != NULL' failed (inkscape:9051): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (inkscape:9051): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_new: assertion `width > 0' failed (inkscape:9051): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_n_channels: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed (inkscape:9051): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_bits_per_sample: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed (inkscape:9051): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_width: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed (inkscape:9051): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_height: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed (inkscape:9051): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed (inkscape:9051): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed QPainter::begin: Cannot paint null pixmap QPainter::setPen: Will be reset by begin() QPainter::setBrush: Will be reset by begin() Emergency save activated! Emergency save document locations: Documento nuevo 1.2005_11_28_19_10_31.0 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. Violación de segmento (core dumped) Removing the qt integration solves this topic, but I wonder if there is any other reason behind this failure. why it's only with one dialog? why only since 0.42 release? why only with Inkscape? I use in a daily basis Gimp, Mozilla, all of the visually integrated thanks to the gtk-qt-engine with no probs. It happened with ubuntu hoary and it happens now with mandriva2006official. Too many questions for me. Thanks: Néstor

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0.44 plans
by bulia byak 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

So, with 0.43 finally out, let's all return to development. The 0.44 will be a "long" "development" release, so you all have plenty of time to try your wildest ideas. (If you start right now, that is :) I would like to list some things that I know are being worked on and that I would like to see finalized for 0.44. I'm not trying to push anyone, just making an overview of the projects I know and care about, in no particular order. Additions are welcome, as are comments - from the developers mentioned below as well as anyone else. Let's use this thread to get an idea of where we are and what we can expect in the future. - GTKmmfication. Ralf Stephan seems to be making a good progress, so I really hope we'll see this coming to some kind of milestone soon, with most of the current code duplication eliminated. An update on the current status would be much appreciated. - Rotation center retention (John Cliff) - a very useful simple patch that just needs to be rewritten correctly. I will then reuse this facility so that keyboard and Transform dialogs honor the center position as well. - Path effects (ACSpike) - this basically means converting all the Python effects (and adding more) so they are completely live and applicable to any path or shape, without losing the editability of the original. We have a pretty good idea of what to do and how to do it. I'd really love to see this implemented, at least bascially, in 0.44. - Memory debugging. No one has been doing this recently. Our memory intake is truly notorious, and I'm sure a lot can be done about that by a dedicated developer. The most natural person for this task is Mental, thanks to his libgc involvement, but patching leaks does not require much knowledge of the codebase (though it requires much special expertise), so volunteers are welcome. - Text UI. I really have no excuses for not implementing the text toolbar. Except for, you guessed it, GTKmmfication being unfinished. For example, I want to subclass the Gtk::Spinbutton to make it easier to add a useful right-click menu for spinbuttons. I can do this now, but again, I'm not sure how much of this will have to be redone later. - DOM (Bob Jamison). We have a Javascript subdir for ages, and I'm afraid it will start to bitrot (if not already) if not put to use. Bob, can you give an update on this? - Layers dialog (Mental). Long overdue. Mental, is there anything specific we can do to help you start moving with that? - Swatches panel in the main window (Jon Cruz). Really a must. A simple change, but one that will change the perception of Inkscape by new users drastically. Jon, what holds you back with this? - Snapping. Lots of problems have accumulated in that area. User complaints are regular. Someone (probably me, though volunteers are welcome) just needs to lay out a plan and attack this methodically. - style.cpp automation - Richard Hughes had some code for autogenerating style.cpp code from the CSS specification. I wonder what is the status of this? - More connectors work (Michael) - specifically, I would love to see an option for connectors made of hor/vert segments only. This seems to be the most useful in practice. (And if we have Path Effects working, one of the first effects I'd like to see implemented is Round Corners. Any effect will be transparently applicable to connector lines.) - Site redesign. We've got a design chosen, so what is the next step? Is anyone working on that? - Windows "dialogs on top" patch for GTK from this bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1363297&group_id=9… This issue sucks so big that we simply have no serious chances on Windows until it's resolved. Anyone knows the current status of the patch? - Bug sorting and closing. We're really behind on that. Let's not (try to) clean this up before the release only. If everyone reviews, comments, and ideally closes a couple bugs right now, we will all have more room to breathe when 0.43 bugs start pouring in. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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[Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report
by Bryce Harrington 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Back almost to normal. Minor warning about end of line in one of the overlap files. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:21:04 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Mon Nov 28 17:01:40 2005 (Run 833) Snapshot: inkscape-20051128-1520.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 0 0 5 0 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == none == Warnings == display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) removeoverlap/remove_rectangle_overlap.h:15:31: warning: no newline at end of file == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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[root@...1070...: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report]
by Bryce Harrington 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hey check it out, someone knocked the number of warnings from 7 down to 4! Cool! Bryce ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:21:03 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Thu Nov 24 15:10:24 2005 (Run 819) Snapshot: inkscape-20051124-1320.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 0 0 4 0 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == none == Warnings == display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) == Environment Summary == ----- End forwarded message -----

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Fwd: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report
by Bryce Harrington 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 05:21:03 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Mon Nov 28 00:10:23 2005 (Run 831) Snapshot: inkscape-20051127-2240.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 2 5 5 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == removeoverlap/remove_rectangle_overlap.cpp:23: error: `solve_VPSC' undeclared (first use this function) removeoverlap/remove_rectangle_overlap.cpp:23: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) removeoverlap/remove_rectangle_overlap.cpp:27: error: `cleanup' undeclared (first use this function) removeoverlap/removeoverlap.cpp:54: error: `removeRectangleOverlap' undeclared (first use this function) removeoverlap/removeoverlap.cpp:54: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) == Warnings == display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) removeoverlap/remove_rectangle_overlap.h:15:31: warning: no newline at end of file == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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about dialog
by MenTaLguY 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

I've just committed a radically simplified about dialog (both code-wise and UI-wise). I'm reasonably happy with it except the size needs a little tweaking and I think the tab currently called "About" needs a better name. -mental

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Debian Bug #340855 inkscape: Font dialog messes font style of FreeSans, FreeSans and FreeMono
by Wolfram Quester 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi alltogether, I received the following bug report in debian's BTS at http://bugs.debian.org/340855. Althou it refers to 0.43pre2, I can reproduce this bug on my machine with 0.43. I did not submit it to the tracker since I am not sure if it is a problem with inkscape or the debian package, so my question is if someone can reproduce this bug. Thanks for help, Wolfi ----- Forwarded message from Kai-Martin <kmk(at)familieknaak(dot)de> ----- Subject: Bug#340855: inkscape: Font dialog messes font style of FreeSans, FreeSans and FreeMono Reply-To: Kai-Martin <kmk(at)familieknaak(dot)de>, 340855@...499... From: Kai-Martin <kmk(at)familieknaak(dot)de> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@...499...> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:59:03 +0100 Resent-Sender: Debian BTS <debbugs@...499...> Package: inkscape Version: 0.42.2+0.43pre2-1 Severity: normal The font dialog messes the font style for some fonts. This is what happens with the various styles: "Medium/Regular": The font style jumps to "Bold" when pressing the apply button. Make default sets the default font style to bold. Consequently the font actually used in the drawing is bold. "Oblique/italics": No problem. "Bold": No problem. "BoldOblique/BoldItalic": The font preview shows a regular style. The apply button sets the font used in the drawing to "regular". This behavior is consitent with all three "Free" fonts (Free Mono, FreeSans and FreeSerif). Other fonts that also come in different styles (e.g. Sans or Courier) can be set as expected. The font chooser of the gnome system (MainMenu/System/Settings/Fonts) seems to use the same font chooser dialog. Yet it does not suffer from the described symptoms. ---<(kaimartin)>--- -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-k7 Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages inkscape depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libbonobo2-0 2.8.1-2 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library ii libc6 2.3.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfontconfig1 2.3.1-2 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgc1c2 1:6.5-1 conservative garbage collector for ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-3 GCC support library ii libgconf2-4 2.10.1-1 GNOME configuration database syste ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.0-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libglibmm-2.4-1c2 2.6.1-1.2 C++ wrapper for the GLib toolkit ( ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.10.1-5 The GNOME virtual file-system libr ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.9-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libgtkmm-2.4-1c2 1:2.6.2-1.1 C++ wrappers for GTK+ 2.4 (shared ii liborbit2 1:2.12.2-1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.2-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libperl5.8 5.8.7-7 Shared Perl library ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2 2.0.10-3 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System protocol client li ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxml2 2.6.21-1 GNOME XML library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxslt1.1 1.1.15-1 XSLT processing library - runtime ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System client libraries m ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime Versions of packages inkscape recommends: pn dia | dia-gnome <none> (no description available) ii imagemagick 6:6.2.4.5-0.2 Image manipulation programs ii libwmf-bin 0.2.8.3-2 Windows metafile conversion tools pn perlmagick <none> (no description available) ii pstoedit 3.33-15 PostScript and PDF files to editab ii sketch 0.6.15-1 Interactive vector drawing program -- no debconf information ----- End forwarded message -----

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Inkscape slides
by Bryce Harrington 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Attached are slides for Inkscape. Wasn't sure what to list for followup meetings, so I left it blank. :-) Bryce On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 11:31:51AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > 11/23 OSDL DAM Pre-Meeting Summary > C. Johnson, OSDL > > Overview > -------- > - Roster Review > - Pre-Read material collection > - Revised Meeting Format > - distro reps list > > Roster Review > -------------- > orgs and attendees were reviewed and updated to reflect the most recent > attendance status. John will publish a final list of attendees on the > list later. > > Pre-Read Materials > ------------------ > Focus areas, challenges, and dependency information needs to be > collected in advance of the meeting in order to provide a model to guide > the group effort to establish collective areas of focus. > > *Action*: email desktop_architects@...701... with your completed > material by noon on Tuesday 11/29. > > -- Limit of 1 slide per topic - keep descriptions brief so they can be > written on post-its for use on the chart. > > 1. <org name>: Focus Areas > (List of gaps you're addressing) > > 2. <org name>: Challenges > (What's not getting solved) > > 3. <org name>: Dependencies > (projects and needs from each) > > 4. <org name>: Follow on Meetings > (list of orgs and topics) > > Revised Meeting Format > ---------------------- > In order to facilitate the prioritization of key focus areas to > accelerate Linux desktop adoption, the meeting format will not focus on > presentations but rather on group dialog and focus area breakout > session. A revised meeting agenda will be sent to the list later today > that reflects the new format. > > Distro Reps > --------------- > - Redhat + Fedora - ? > - Sunwah - Albert > - Debian - ? > - Xandros - Ping > - Ubuntu - Jeff Wah > - Linspire - Tom Welch > - OpenSuse - Schumacher > - TurboLinux - ? > - Mandriva - > > _______________________________________________ > Desktop_architects mailing list > Desktop_architects@...701... > https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects

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Fwd: [XaraXtreme-dev] Interview with Charles
by Bryce Harrington 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

----- Forwarded message from Andy Armstrong <andy@...1091...> ----- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:36:36 +0000 From: Andy Armstrong <andy@...1091...> To: xara-dev <dev@...1048...> Subject: [XaraXtreme-dev] Interview with Charles Just in case anyone missed it: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/28/techscape_moir/ I'm not sure what Acorn machine they're talking about that had four chips + RAM - maybe the Electron[1] - but it's a great interview. It made me incredibly nostalgic for the BBC Micro :) [1] http://piazza.iae.nl/users/bverhoev/Specs/Specs.html -- Andy Armstrong, hexten.net ----- End forwarded message -----

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shortcuts.xml (configurable key bindings)
by unknown＠example.com 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Here's the schema I've settled on: <keybindings name="user-visible name for shortcut scheme">  <primary keyval="a gdk keyval name" modifiers="control,alt,shift" verb="VerbName" />  <seconary keyval="a gdk keyval name" verb="OtherVerbName" /> </keybindings> The keyval names are as returned by gdk_keyval_name(). I've comitted a shortcuts.xml file that I've extracted from shortcuts.cpp; it follows this schema. We'll probably move it somewhere else later, but right now it's in src/. No code to read it, yet, but that'll come soon. I think files using these schemas will go in /usr/share/inkscape/keybindings/ and ~/.inkscape/keybindings/. I'm not sure whether the default schema should remain hard-coded or whether that should stay in an XML file. Thoughts? -mental

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Markers
by Daniel Haude 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hello inkscape developers, many of my colleagues and myself are working in a scientific field which frequently requires the production of figures which are essentially bitmaps with some added annotations. A photograph with an arrow pointing at some feature. And a bar with two T-shaped ends to indicate a length unit. The problem is that most of the images are pretty dark, so what would be required are white arrows and scales. Which is difficult, given how SVG treats markers totally seperately from the lines to which they're attached. It is in fact this shortcoming in that has prevented me from advertising inkscape to my colleagues, many of which use WinDoze almost exclusively to prepare graphics in CorelDraw. For my own use I have created a markers.svg file in which I defined the most important arrows and stops in white, but this is a rather unstisfactory workaround (and it will be hell to explain to users why they should knuckle under restrictions which, from their point of view, have to do only with inkscape's weird data storage format -- all they need in the end is PostScript). Let's face it: there is hardly any case in which one would want arrowheads and other markers to have a different color than the line to which they're attached. Sadly the creators of SVG haven't seen this and provided some marker style option that makes markers inherit the colors of their attached path. So what would be required is that inkscape silently added an additional marker definition for every line color that is used with a marker. Maybe the "Stroke Style" dialog could include a checkbox to turn off this behavior if desired. I've looked into inkscape's code hoping to find a place where this functionality could be added but have found none. Anybody who is deeply familiar with inkscape's architecture could probably add the necessary code in one weekend, while it would take me weeks to just get my head around the entire source tree. So I'd be glad if someone could look into this. Inkscape is a great piece of software, and this would make it even better. -- dunno@...1090...

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inkscape 0.43 not building on windows
by Sébastien Kunz-Jacques 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi there, I try to build inkscape 0.43 and CVS snapshot on winXP, with latest mingw and perl/gtk2.8 as indicated on the win32 build page (http://inkscape.org/win32/win32buildnotes.html). The trouble is that some files seem to be missing from the 0.43 source archive found on inkscape website (for example, files under src/dom/js). These missing files make the build fail. When I try to build from a CVS snapshot (http://www.inkscape.org/cvs-snap/) I encounter other difficulties which seem to come from a broken CVS tree. Is it normal ? What is required to build 0.43? Best regards, SKJ

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by Intersectors Servizi sas 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

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PATH variable for extensions (problem on OSX)
by jiho 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

I forked the discussion from "[Inkscape-devel] Re: Using Inkscape for scientific work" because this thread was becoming very large. I should have done it before. On 24 nov. 05, at 19:34, Bryce Harrington wrote: >> the first problem is to get these EPS in Inkscape. At least on OS X, >> EPS import does not work because Inkscape cannot find pstoedit or >> ghostscript, though they are installed from fink. Where does inkscape >> takes the PATH from? With my fink tree added to the PATH in .bashrc >> or .profile in my home (.profile is the default) it does not work. >> With uberconverter on the way I hope all this will be solved in a >> not- >> so-far-away future. > > The path stuff in Inkscape is a bit limited; it works sufficiently on > linux but I'd have been surprised if it worked out of the box on > OSX. I > think it still doesn't work reliably on Windows. > > If you'd like to dig into this problem, here are a couple starting > points. > > First, there is a directory where config files for the extensions are > located. On Linux this is in /usr/share/inkscape/extensions. These > don't include path info but you may find it illuminating to review > their > settings and so forth. I think that the solution is somewhere there. All these are of the form: <inkscape-extension> <name>Postscript Input</name> <id>org.inkscape.input.ps</id> <dependency type="executable">pstoedit</dependency> <input> [...] </input> <script> <command reldir="path">pstoedit -f plot-svg</command> <check reldir="path">pstoedit</check> </script> </inkscape-extension> So the problem is to find the "executable". If I link my executables from /sw/bin to /usr/bin everything works. So when the path is standard, all work as expected. The problem is to know where the "path" of reldir="path" is defined. I found some references to the inx files in src/extensions/extensions.cpp and some references to paths to but it's only the paths where to look for the extensions... In doc/extension_system.txt the inx file are said to be read at startup but I couldn't find where. > Second, the paths are set in the src/path-prefix.h file. There is a > section for ENABLE_OSX_APP_LOCATIONS. If I were you, my first step > would be to verify that this define is actually set correctly on your > machine. If it is, then also doublecheck that the paths match up to > what you have on your system. these are set to find inkscape files (ui, tutorials, extensions... everything that is normaly in /usr/share/inkscape/) in the app bundle. It works fine. > Third, there is a little bit of path manipulation going on in > src/main.cpp in the main() routine. See line 610 for instance, where > the current homedir is set for WIN32. I don't see any OSX specific > hacks there though. The home dir is non standard in OSX but ~ works so I guess everything is alright. I have never had problem at least. The whole thing might well be a shell problem rather than an Inkscape problem after all. The only problem from the inkscape side is: what "shell" is executed to give the PATH and at what level (user configuration files are apparently omitted)? In addition, while looking at the inx files I remarked that to open an eps file Inkscape in fact does: eps --gs--> ps --pstoedit--> sk --sk2svg--> svg which implies that you have sketch installed in order to open (e)ps files. what is the reason not to do: eps --gs--> ps --pstoedit--> svg or even: eps --pstoedit--> svg ps --pstoedit--> svg which work (I changed my inx files and tested) except for the usual problem with ps to svg conversion (see the XML repair wiki page). If using sketch as an intermediate is better, could the dependency be conditional: with only ps and pstoedit, use them, when sketch is present, add the sketch step. it's a bit weird to have to install sketch to have ps import in inkscape... JiHO --- Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau : a chaque nouvelle cuvee on sait que ce sera degueulasse, mais on en prend quand meme par masochisme. --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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gtkmm memory leaks?
by MenTaLguY 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

I'm noticing, looking over the dialog code, that people don't seem to be paying attention to memory management with gtkmm. Now, it may be that folks aren't bothering, simply because the dialogs never get freed, but I'd still rather people do it properly. Here is an explanation of how memory management is supposed to work in gtkmm. In most of the cases I've seen, the remedy is as simple as adding manage() around the creation of a widget. http://www.gtkmm.org/gtkmm2/docs/tutorial/html/ch18.html Fingers off the about dialog, though, I've got that one. -mental

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Re: Re: AW: IRT: [Very long subject lines]
by Bob Jamison 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

I have noticed that a lot of messages recently, after re-routing, forwarding, replying, etc, have developed extraordinarily long subject lines! ;-) Maybe people could trim those a bit, too? The subject titles are falling off the right side. Thanks a million lupins! bob

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Extensions and binary distribution
by Mike Hearn 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Inkscape, like many open source programs, uses Python as a scripting language for extensions. This is all fine and good, but unfortunately raises serious issues for binary distribution. A few are obvious: * Windows users don't have it * Mac users probably have an out of date version * Linux users almost certainly have it, but it's probably got a different ABI/API to what is expected The first two do not concern me here. The last one does. The libpython C API varies between systems in an incompatible manner. Python 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 are all in the wild, and they export different APIs. Worse, Python can be configured to use either UCS2 or UCS4 unicode strings. The upstream default is UCS2 but some distributions configure it to use UCS4 - this changes the exported ABI. I'm not sure what the solution to this is. Currently we recommend people do add Python for scripting to their applications, but that horse is long since gone for Inkscape. So we have a few alternatives: 1) Disable Python scripting in autopackage build. That'd be a shame. 2) Enable it in such a way that if libpython cannot be loaded, Inkscape still starts and works minus scripting 3) Figure out some new magic tricks so we can be compatible with all of them (relaytool can help here), for instance by avoiding the unstable parts of the API 4) Drop Python and port the scripts to some other system, like Lua or Mono (3) is the best for the user but requires the most in-depth knowledge of the Python API and versioning history. Statically linking Python isn't really an option, unfortunately. thanks -mike

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