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r10071 (compatibility patch to compile using gcc 4.6) fails to build on OS X 10.5.8 (GCC 4.2.1)
by ~suv 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

On 27/2/11 21:51, noreply@...1881... wrote: > Merge authors: > theAdib (theadib) > ------------------------------------------------------------ > revno: 10071 [merge] > fixes bug(s): https://launchpad.net/bugs/707205 > committer: theAdib <theadib@...400...> > branch nick: myproject > timestamp: Sun 2011-02-27 21:49:32 +0100 > message: > compatibility patch to compile using gcc 4.6 > modified: <snip> > === modified file 'src/Makefile.am' > --- src/Makefile.am 2010-10-12 20:06:35 +0000 > +++ src/Makefile.am 2011-02-27 16:24:40 +0000 > @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ > > inkscape_SOURCES += main.cpp $(win32_sources) > inkscape_LDADD = $(all_libs) > -inkscape_LDFLAGS = --export-dynamic $(kdeldflags) $(mwindows) > +inkscape_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--export-dynamic $(kdeldflags) $(mwindows) > > inkview_SOURCES += inkview.cpp $(win32_sources) > inkview_LDADD = $(all_libs) > Inkscape 048+devel r10071 fails to build on OS X 10.5.8 (i386): CXX inkscape-version.o AR libinkversion.a CXX main.o CXXLD inkscape ld: unknown option: --export-dynamic collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [inkscape] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 LeWitt:~ suv$ g++-4.2 --version i686-apple-darwin9-g++-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577) LeWitt:~ suv$ which ld /usr/bin/ld LeWitt:~ suv$ ld -v @(#)PROGRAM:ld PROJECT:ld64-85.2.1 ~suv

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console export fails with absolute paths on win32
by Justin Z 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

It seems that console (command-line) use of inkscape.exe to export pdf/ps/etc fails with an absolute path on Win32. This happens with SVG files from at least Visio and Dia. (I haven't checked other input formats of flavors of svg.) I use Cygwin on XP, and I discovered this when using dblatex for converting DocBook5 XML to PDF (when dblatex sees an SVG file referenced in XML it calls inkscape using absolute paths). When I test inkscape alone it clearly succeeds on relative paths but fails on absolute paths. (Note that if you want to try this yourself then you have to patch imagedata.py because it calls inkscape with in/out files mixed up -- see: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3039592&group_id=7… ) I've tried your official/stable win32 installer v0.48, earlier v0.46, and nightly build 0.48+devel r10061 (Feb 21 2011). I also tried setting pythonpath, and other variables, and have made sure my shell knows which inkscape/python combo to use. BTW, although I tried compiling the latest, some of Cygwin's packages are a bit behind and well, ain't gonna happen: configure: error: Package requirements (gdkmm-2.4 glibmm-2.4 giomm-2.4 gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.10.0 gtk+-2.0 libxml-2.0 >= 2.6.11 libxslt >= 1.0.15 cairo sigc++-2.0 >= 2.0.12 gthread-2.0 >= 2.0 libpng >= 1.2 gsl) were not met: No package 'gdkmm-2.4' found No package 'glibmm-2.4' found No package 'giomm-2.4' found No package 'gtkmm-2.4' found So I won't be able to patch source and recompile :( Thanks for any help, and I'll be glad to test new versions. PS, please accept my apologies for not wanting to create an account on launchpad -- I have far too many accounts on systems around the Net, and I prefer to subscribe/unsubscribe from lists when possible. --Jaz /cygdrive/c/temp $ inkscape -z -D --export-pdf=fig0.pdf testfile.svg (or dir/subdir/testfile.svg , or ../subdir/testfile.svg, etc) $ ls -l fig0.pdf -rwx------+ 1 jazing None 18858 Feb 25 12:50 fig0.pdf $ rm fig0.pdf $ inkscape -z -D --export-pdf=fig0.pdf /cygdrive/c/temp/testfile.svg ** (inkscape.exe:7632): CRITICAL **: Inkscape::XML::Document* sp_repr_read_file(const gchar*, const gchar*): assertion `Inkscape::IO::file_test( filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS )' failed ** (inkscape.exe:7632): CRITICAL **: Inkscape::XML::Document* sp_repr_read_file(const gchar*, const gchar*): assertion `Inkscape::IO::file_test( filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS )' failed ** (inkscape.exe:7632): WARNING **: Specified document /cygdrive/c/temp/approval.svg cannot be opened (does not exist or not a valid SVG file)

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localization of colors
by Alexandre Prokoudine 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hi, I really couldn't say how other translators see this, but running 'intltool-update ru' had a quite a jaw-dropping effect on me (797 fuzzy, 403 untranslated after 99,5% ready for 0.48). May I ask why we should have colors from .gpl palettes translatable? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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console export fails with absolute paths on win32
by Justin Z 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

It seems that console (command-line) use of inkscape.exe to export pdf/ps/etc fails with an absolute path on Win32. This happens with SVG files from at least Visio and Dia. (I haven't checked other input formats of flavors of svg.) I use Cygwin on XP, and I discovered this when using dblatex for converting DocBook5 XML to PDF (when dblatex sees an SVG file referenced in XML it calls inkscape using absolute paths). When I test inkscape alone it clearly succeeds on relative paths but fails on absolute paths. (Note that if you want to try this yourself then you have to patch imagedata.py because it calls inkscape with in/out files mixed up -- see: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3039592&group_id=7… ) I've tried your official/stable win32 installer v0.48, earlier v0.46, and nightly build 0.48+devel r10061 (Feb 21 2011). I also tried setting pythonpath, and other variables, and have made sure my shell knows which inkscape/python combo to use. BTW, although I tried compiling the latest, some of Cygwin's packages are a bit behind and well, ain't gonna happen: configure: error: Package requirements (gdkmm-2.4 glibmm-2.4 giomm-2.4 gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.10.0 gtk+-2.0 libxml-2.0 >= 2.6.11 libxslt >= 1.0.15 cairo sigc++-2.0 >= 2.0.12 gthread-2.0 >= 2.0 libpng >= 1.2 gsl) were not met: No package 'gdkmm-2.4' found No package 'glibmm-2.4' found No package 'giomm-2.4' found No package 'gtkmm-2.4' found So I won't be able to patch source and recompile :( Thanks for any help, and I'll be glad to test new versions. PS, please accept my apologies for not wanting to create an account on launchpad -- I have far too many accounts on systems around the Net, and I prefer to subscribe/unsubscribe from lists when possible. --Jaz /cygdrive/c/temp $ inkscape -z -D --export-pdf=fig0.pdf testfile.svg (or dir/subdir/testfile.svg , or ../subdir/testfile.svg, etc) $ ls -l fig0.pdf -rwx------+ 1 jazing None 18858 Feb 25 12:50 fig0.pdf $ rm fig0.pdf $ inkscape -z -D --export-pdf=fig0.pdf /cygdrive/c/temp/testfile.svg ** (inkscape.exe:7632): CRITICAL **: Inkscape::XML::Document* sp_repr_read_file(const gchar*, const gchar*): assertion `Inkscape::IO::file_test( filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS )' failed ** (inkscape.exe:7632): CRITICAL **: Inkscape::XML::Document* sp_repr_read_file(const gchar*, const gchar*): assertion `Inkscape::IO::file_test( filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS )' failed ** (inkscape.exe:7632): WARNING **: Specified document /cygdrive/c/temp/approval.svg cannot be opened (does not exist or not a valid SVG file) ----

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Compile error (color-profile.cpp)
by Marcin Floryan 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Hi! Did anyone bump into this compile error - I was just trying do do a clean compile of latest inkscape from bzr trunk. color-profile.cpp: In static member function ‘static std::list<Glib::ustring> Inkscape::ColorProfile::getProfileFiles()’: color-profile.cpp:758:34: error: ‘sanitizeString’ is not a member of ‘Inkscape::IO’ make[3]: *** [color-profile.o] Error 1 Did I miss something? Cheers, Marcin -- Marcin Floryan http://marcin.floryan.pl/ Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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New: Grayscale display mode
by unknown＠example.com 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Hi all, I just committed a new display mode: grayscale. It is separate from the other display modes. The grayscale mode is a "Color display mode", see the menu. When activated, it shows all colors in grayscale on-canvas. This does not (yet?) influence exporting, or saving. It only concerns the on-canvas view of the file, like outline display mode. Right now, there is no preference to change the grayscale calculation. At the moment it uses: grayscale value = 0.33 * red + 0.59 * green + 0.11 * blue. I found this somewhere on internet, but forgot where, and it might be wrong/unusual. I intended to add a preference setting for these values, but have not done so. Let me know if that is desired. I tried assigning Shift+keypad5 to toggle the color display mode, but it does not work here on my netbook (Ctrl+keypad5 does work). Perhaps this is a Windows bug. If someone can suggest another keybinding, or... thanks! Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Problems with 0.48.1-2
by Uwe Schöler - OSS-Marketplace.com 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Hi, everything went fine and 0.48.1-2 is still on SF. Sincerely, UweSch I bet that the issue is a change to the win32 specific build file. My guess is that if you temporarily remove line 690 from build.xml you should be good to go. Cheers, Josh On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Uwe Schöler - OSS-Marketplace.com <mail@...2227...> wrote: Hi, I've some problems building inkscape 0.48.1-2 on windows. After "bzr revert -r 20" i can build inkscape but while copying the stuff into the inkscape folder i get an error message because of a missing file. The error message is: copy : c:\devlibs/bin/libpng14-14.dll to inkscape Make error line 689: copy : file /c:/devlibs/bin/libpng14-14.dll does not exist The problem is, that in R20 only the file libpng12-0.dll exists. What can we do now to provide a 0.48.1-2 with old cairo support? Is it only just this one file or are there more necessary files to take care of? -- Mit freundlichem Gruß, Uwe Schöler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. Free Software Download: http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel -- Mit freundlichem Gruß, Uwe Schöler

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re : Re : New bitmap editor selector
by Martin Sucha 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Hi, On Tuesday 22 February 2011 17:27:10 Nicolas Dufour wrote: > > De : Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> > > > > It sounds like you've programmed to the Windows concept of selecting > > program file via their exe file. Which isn't how XDG/FreeDesktop systems > > work (gnome, kde etc), these use .desktop files in known locations which > > have translated names, icons and descriptions of the program. > > > > Have I gotten the right end of the stick, that you've modified the file > > selection dialog to allow you to select executable files from the file > > system? > > Yes, you're right. I wanted to reproduced the Scribus external apps > preferences dialog (ok, it's not a gnome application...), and wasn't aware > it could harm to do that. > I also wanted it to work with command lines in order to allow OSX users to > use 'open' commands. > Regarding the gnome concept, the old inkscape list was not better than the > new selector since it just listed some manually chosen applications. How > should we handle that specific preference then? Just let a simple text > entry (full command line)? Auto-detect installed applications and add a > command line arguments entry field? GTK+ 3 includes a widget for selecting an application[1], but it seems it is not present in GTK+ 2, unfortunately, so it probably cannot be used right now in inkscape. As for where to get the list of applications (if it is not good enough to have an entry field+file selector until inkscape is ported to GTK3), I think the Desktop Menu Specification[2] at freedesktop.org might be helpful. [1] http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/GtkAppChooserDialog.html [2] http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/ > Do you have links to applications that successfully uses that concept on > all platforms? > > Short term (for now, I don't want to spend too much time on it if it > requires too much work), should we keep the patched version or revert the > changes? If it's just a problem with the selector, we could just keep the > entry field and the context menu changes so that bitmap editing works on > OSX and Windows. I have not tried the feature, nor do I open bitmaps from within inkscape directly, but I think an ability to choose any program is better than a choice of few preconfigured programs, especially since a user may have those programs installed in non standard locations. Regards, Martin Sucha

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Problems with 0.48.1-2
by Uwe Schöler - OSS-Marketplace.com 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Hi, I've some problems building inkscape 0.48.1-2 on windows. After "bzr revert -r 20" i can build inkscape but while copying the stuff into the inkscape folder i get an error message because of a missing file. The error message is: copy : c:\devlibs/bin/libpng14-14.dll to inkscape Make error line 689: copy : file /c:/devlibs/bin/libpng14-14.dll does not exist The problem is, that in R20 only the file libpng12-0.dll exists. What can we do now to provide a 0.48.1-2 with old cairo support? Is it only just this one file or are there more necessary files to take care of? -- Mit freundlichem Gruß, Uwe Schöler

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New bitmap editor selector
by Nicolas Dufour 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Hi, I've just committed a patch (trunk revision 10062) that replaces the bitmap selector list (in the preferences) with a file selector. It reuses the existing "open" dialogs (the file type filter are set to executable files - or everything, on Gnu/Linux and OSX - and the preview disabled), but the change doesn't affect usual "open" or "import" operations. I hesitated to create a new specific dialog, but found it more logic to reuse the existing ones. The initial goal of that patch was to make it work on Windows (see Bug #26261, Edit externally doesn't work on Windows, https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/262617), but it also adds command line arguments support (as far as the image is the last argument...). It should work on Windows (native dialog and GTK), Gnu/Linux and OS-X (thanks ~suv for your help!). Don't hesitate to comment. Regards. -- Nicolas

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View mode: black&white
by unknown＠example.com 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Hi all, I am thinking about adding a view mode that shows the image in black&white. This is very convenient for preparing color figures that should also be nice when printed in b/w. I remember we had this view mode feature "Print colors", but it was removed. I cannot find what this feature did, and why it got deleted (I do remember there was a good reason to delete it). Do other people also think a "black and white" view mode would be nice to have? Ciao, Johan

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A few passes of code cleanup
by Jon Cruz 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Hi, Just wanted to point out that this weekend I spent most of my Inkscape time doing a few passes of cleanup on the code, mainly getting rid of ancient C-style macros related to SPObject. Among the other issues was that the SP_OBJECT() macro was being used many places that it was not needed. However the most important issue is that such C style macros have been hiding issues with const vs. non-const parameters and object. I cleaned up just a couple of these problem areas, and marked a few more with TODO tags. The bottom line, though, is that we should probably all keep an eye out for const issues and make sure we correct what we can. For example, if a function takes a const parameter of some type such as int foo( SPObject const *object ); And then down somewhere in the body of the function does SPItem *item = SP_ITEM(object); Things will compile correctly, and at runtime will *almost* behave correctly. The SP_ITEM() macro will do the proper GObject thing of ensuring a pointer to the proper C object type is present and the struct bookkeeping is intact, etc. *However* the C-style cast in the middle of the macro will throw away const and we'll have a mutable object when our function contract misleadingly promises that we will not modify it at all. The macros also block method overloading, add introspection overhead that we'd prefer to avoid in inner loops and such, and cause a few other problems.

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'Help > Inkscape Manual' returns '500 internal server error'
by ~suv 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Can others confirm that the link called from Inkscape's Help menu (0.48.0, 0.48.1, current trunk) for the Inkscape Manual [1] returns a 'Erreur 500 - Erreur interne du serveur' (in French)? Is this a temporary configuration error or a change in the hosting service of free.fr? I don't know since when this error occurs - I only noticed it when a related question was asked in the 'Answers' section of Launchpad [2]. ~suv [1] <http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php> [2] <https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/146155>

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Updated 2geom -- what changed?
by ~suv 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

[ forwarding to the list ] On 3/2/11 21:57, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote: > 2011/2/3 ~suv <suv-sf@...58...>: >> >> There seem still some files missing (or need to be added to >> 'src/2geom/Makefile_insert'?): trying to build r10030 fails when linking >> inkscape with a lot of 'Undefined symbols' (log attached). > > Based on the error messages, I think curve.cpp and bezier.cpp were > omitted (these files contain code that was previously in the headers). Can those two files just be copied from <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lib2geom-hackers/lib2geom/trunk/files/head:/sr…> or are there other changes needed in inkscape's 2geom files? ~suv

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eps / pdf export
by Michael Palmer 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Hi, This message was sent previously but bounced because the attachments were to big, and then apparently got lost. Apologies in case this gets double-posted. To the issue: if I understand it correctly, the eps and pdf export was switched in the transition from version 0.46 to 0.47. In my experience, the new eps export doesn't work well, producing larger files and also converting some vector elements to raster in an unpredictable way. The new pdf export seems to produce less rasterization but also produces large files that can take a very long time to render in a pdf viewer. I suppose there was a reason for this transition, maybe gradients, transparency and such. However, where these features are not required, the old export routines produce more compact output and avoid wanton rasterization. Also, the old-style eps files can be used with LaTeX' psfrag mechanism, whereas the new-style ones cannot. So, my question is, could we please have the old eps export back - as an additional option, or maybe as a user-installable extension? Thanks for consideration, best, Michael PS Example files produced from the same svg file and exported with versions 0.46 and 0.47, respectively, are not attached (the 0.47 ones are too big and blow the message size limit) but can be viewed at http://watcut.uwaterloo.ca/_files/

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Working for your project
by divyanshu bandil 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

I am second year student at NSIT, Delhi, India pursuing Bachelor of Engineering Course in Electronics And Communication. Being an engineering student and a programming enthusiast I would like to contribute to your project Inkscape under Google Summer of Code. I have certain level of experience in programming in C/C++ and would be interested in learning new programming languages as required for your project. Please guide me through the process as i am genuinely interested in the project. Best Regards Divyanshu Bandil

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LGM for Inkscape
by Louis Desjardins 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hi guys, Please let me know what Inskscape team needs and expects at LGM this year. We are planning the schedule, the talks, the panels, the teams' meeting and the among-teams' meetings. I need your input. Few words will do ! Thanks ! Louis

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Weird object
by Adrian Knoth 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi! First, my apologies for not using a better subject nor going through all 3k bugs on launchpad. The problem in question is so weird that a dev probably knows best if it has already been reported. OTOH, I tried the latest bzr checkout, and it's still there, at least to some extend. Originally, all happened on 0.48 (Debian experimental) Steps to reproduce: 1. Open the attached svg. The line end markers in the right column usually don't stop at the circle, they end somewhat inside. (at least with 0.48, the bzr version opened it correctly) 2. Press ctrl+z (undo) to move the end markers to the right position. 3. Save, close and re-open the file: it seems step 2 never happened, everything is exactly how it was at step 1. Even weirder: Select everything and try to duplicate it or copy&paste it to a new document: the whole layout is completely ruined. Likewise, simply calling ctrl+g (grouping) on the objects make the arrows in the right column move. Does this happen on other systems, too? Do you see the culprit or can link it to an existing bug report? TIA

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eps / pdf export
by Michael Palmer 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi, if I understand the issue correctly, the eps and pdf export was switched in the transition from version 0.46 to 0.47. In my experience, the new eps export doesn't work well, producing larger files and also converting some vector elements to raster in an unpredictable way. The new pdf export seems to produce less rasterization but produces very large files that take a long time to render in a pdf viewer. I suppose there was a reason for this transition, maybe gradients, transparency and such. However, where these features are not required, the old export routines seem to work better. Also, the old eps export could be used with LaTeX' psfrag mechanism, whereas the new export cannot do this. So, my question is, could we have the old eps export back - as an additional option, or maybe as a user-installable extension? Thanks for consideration, best. Michael PS I attach 3 examples. ec046.pdf was produced via eps export in version 0.46 and epstopdf. The two other files were produced from the same svg in version 0.47, either directly to pdf or via eps export and epstopdf.

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Updated 2geom -- what changed?
by unknown＠example.com 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi all, I just updated our copy of lib2geom to the latest trunk version (bzr 10025). This greatly helps in improving Inkscape and lib2geom together. What changed in lib2geom since the last time we updated? Quite an important name change has happened: Geom::Matrix is now called Geom::Affine (to be found in affine.h instead of matrix.h). Some bugs were fixed (but were backported to Inkscape often too), and there are some other name changes. See the list below. I have not done extensive tests, Inkscape seems to build fine, runs ok, and what I tested (spiro LPE) works fine too. If there are any troubles, let me know. Cheers, Johan _______________________________________________________________________ Relevant changes to lib2geom since last update: Geom::Matrix --> Geom::Affine <2geom/matrix.h> --> <2geom/affine.h> Geom::Interval::extendTo --> expandTo Geom::Line::setBy2Points --> setPoints Geom::Line::origin(Geom::Point) --> setOrigin Geom::Line::versor(Geom::Point) --> setVersor Geom::Matrix::without_translation --> Geom::Affine::withoutTranslation Geom::EllipticalArc::rotation_angle --> rotationAngle Geom::EllipticalArc::large_arc_flag --> largeArc Geom::EllipticalArc::sweep_flag --> sweep _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] bzr rant... Was: Updated 2geom -- what changed?
by Krzysztof Kosiński 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Oops, replying to the list. W dniu 13 lutego 2011 17:36 użytkownik Terry Brown <terry_n_brown@...36...> napisał: > Well, sure, but the point is 12 seconds is hardly a show stopper(*). I suspect that people sometimes forget to do their bzr work in a share repository directory, so that making a branch takes much much longer. 12s is also acceptable for me. I updated the Bazaar tutorial on the wiki a bit, it now recommends first doing a checkout and working like in SVN. I also added some information on Git-style branches. > (*) that said, if I know my change is a one liner that's going to take me only a couple of minutes, I'll often work right in the trunk branch, pull, change, commit, push. In this case I would just work in a checkout. $ bzr bind :push $ bzr update ... do work ... $ bzr commit > Usually the trunk hasn't changed in 3-4 minutes. If it has, then I can rename my trunk branch, pull a fresh trunk, merge my changes and push, but usually the initial attempt to push from the trunk works. If the trunk has changed, you can use the 'bzr rebase' command from the bzr-rewrite plugin, so that your changes come at the end. Regards, Krzysztof

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Problems with program
by David Moreno da Costa, Duque 12 Feb '11

12 Feb '11

Greetings Inskcape present an error when I paste, duplicate or any option in my vectorial works. The message presented is: *"Glib-ERROR **: gmem.c:136: failed to allocate 6144 bytes * *Aborting…"* Please help me, because I cannot continue with my project. Thanks for all -- * * *David Moreno da Costa D Estudiante del Programa de Postgrado Doctorado en Química Laboratorio No. 2 Dpto. de Química Orgánica Facultad de Química Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Teléfonos* ***(Secretaria Sra. Rosalba Meza)**: (56-2)-686-44-26* *(Móvil-Personal): (56-09)-9-470-7909 * * *

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re : Update Cairo to 1.10.2 to fix bug]
by Uwe Schöler 12 Feb '11

12 Feb '11

Hi there, i've some hardware problems with my computer, so i can't build the windows versions of inkscape with the "old" devlibs to get rid of the GUI issue. Can someone build all (installer, 7z, debug, zip and portable) again with the old devlibs (without GUI error) for 0.48.1 to get it finally published? I hope to get a new computer at the end of next week. The 0.48.1 versions on sf.net are with the GUI error and IMHO we should weight the issues. It's more annoying for the people to "live" with the GUI error than have a problem with PDF export. Who can help here to build new files? Sincerely UweSch -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re : Update Cairo to 1.10.2 to fix bug > Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 20:03:27 -0800 > From: Josh Andler<scislac@...400...> > To: ~suv<suv-sf@...58...> > CC: Nicolas Dufour<nicoduf@...48...>, > inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net, > "J.B.C. Engelen"<J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...>, > uwesch@...859..., > Chris Morgan<chris.morganiser@...400...> > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:52 AM, ~suv<suv-sf@...58...> wrote: >> On 7/2/11 11:36, Nicolas Dufour wrote: >> >>>> De : ~suv<suv-sf@...58...> >>>> Any comments from Windows users (Johan, JazzyNico, Uwesch,...)? The >>>> issue is limited to the Windows builds afaict [1] and its impact on >>>> usability seems difficult to evaluate without actually using an affected >>>> build. >>> I'm afraid we're going to have the same kind of reaction we had with the >>> persistent markers with 0.48 on GNU/Linux. The problem with UI issues is that >>> even when they are not severe (here it's just flickering, and doesn't prevent >>> Inkscape from working), they are more visible than PDF export bugs. Frankly (if >>> it's not too late), I'd rather keep the old devlibs for 0.48.1 and start using >>> the new one (and try to find a fix or a workaround) in 0.48.2. >> As far as I know, the 0.48.1-1 packages already uploaded to sf.net >> (installer, archives, debug and portable) have been built with the >> current devlibs (cairo 1.10.2). >> >> Not sure, but it looks like we'll have to bear with the user reactions >> until the next bug-fix release is ready (0.48.2). Or replace the >> uploaded files with new packages (0.48.1-2), built with the old devlibs >> (cairo 1.8.8). The links to the new files have already been spread >> quickly via twitter et al. - replacing the files now could cause some >> confusion for users. OTOH the release wasn't yet officially announced. > I see minimal harm with what has spread via twitter that is not > official. :) If people file bug reports about it prior to official > announcement and say they found out via AwesomeSoftware2011 on > twitter, we just need to tell them to watch trusted people (myself, > joncruz, prokoudine, or any number of others) for *accurate* > information about releases. Confused users that trust third-party > sources instead of trusted/official sources are the least of my > worries and imho kinda deserve the pain they subject themselves to > (like people who get malware infected machines because they pirate via > P2P and such). > > Enough of that mini-rant. :) I think that we should see about > repackaging the win32 versions with the less "annoying" bug for now > until fixed libs are released. Uwe& Chris, do you think you'll be > able to do that? BTW, has anyone checked if it's a known issue > upstream? > > Cheers, > Josh > Ausgehende eMail ist virenfrei. Von AVG Free SB überprüft - www.avg.de Version: 9.0.872 / Virendatenbank: 271.1.1/3439 - Ausgabedatum: 02/12/11 08:34:00

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C++ificiation and GTKMM
by Abhishek Sharma 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hello everyone, C++ification of inkscape has been a long term planned goal for inkscape. To the same accordance I would like to ask a few questions: 1. Does the dependency on GObject need to be removed?? The current code is huge and based on GObject as inheritance, increasing the complexity further. But if we wish to use the functionalities of GTK+ and remove GObject from the picture, wouldn't it be possible and feasible to instead use GTKMM to suffice for the same??? 2. While c++ifying what is going to be the fate of the inkscape's own implementation of garbage collection?? 3. What are your views regarding GTKMM to be introduced in the codebase for c++ification?? Expecting replies from the developers. Thank You. -- Abhishek Sharma

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Easter eggs tutorial
by Nicolas Dufour 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hello, We've recently received new translations (Galician and Polish) for the Easter eggs tutorial. It was expected to be released with Inkscape 0.45 (see http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes045#Translations.2C_tut…) but I can't find it in versions from 0.45.1 to 0.48.1. And up to yesterday, there was no translation at all for that tutorial. Is there a reason why it exists in inkscape-docs but not in the released versions? Does anyone mind if I add it to the tutorials menu? Regards. -- Nicolas

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Update Cairo to 1.10.2 to fix bug
by unknown＠example.com 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Hi all, (best wishes for the new year!) Cairo 1.10.2 has been released, and a bug concerning Inkscape was fixed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/665628 It is a pity it is just too late to include in 0.48.1 Krzystof, can you update Cairo in the Windows devlibs when 0.48.1 is done? Thanks, Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Fwd: bzr rant... Was: Updated 2geom -- what changed?]
by unknown＠example.com 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

> -----Original Message----- > From: martinpool@...400... [mailto:martinpool@...400...] On Behalf Of > Martin Pool > Sent: 07 February 2011 07:35 > > Thanks for the information. > > JBC, I suggest you uses bzr explorer and qbzr rather than tbzr as > they're much more active. TBZR == QBzr from a user perspective. All TBzr adds is the icon overlays in explorer and context menu's when rightclicking on files in explorer. If you choose something from those menus, it calls QBzr. So it is pretty hard to use tbzr, but not use qbzr :-) (Bzr explorer does not seem to provide any extra functionality for me, for simple everyday tasks) Cheers, Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Regarding memory usage when embedding pictures
by Mahen 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Thanks a lot for replying, Jon ! Well indeed I tried to embed the pictures in the SVG. Let's say they'are about 2560*1920 resolution (some less some more). So : 2560 * 1920 * 4 * 35 (number of pictures) / 1024 / 1024 = 656.25 MB and 70 MB (size on disk) * 4 / 3 = 93.3 MB Total = about 750 MB Which is indeed the memory amount taken by OO.org, but Inkscape quickly fills my 4 GB of ram (minus what is eaten by KDE of course) Well, this may be an expected behaviour actually, I just wanted to check if it had to be reported. Thanks again ! Mahen Le 07/02/2011 02:45, Jon Cruz a écrit : > On Feb 6, 2011, at 4:01 AM, Mahen wrote: > >> I tried to load my document again, and noticed Inscape was almost >> filling my 4 GB of ram. I tried to do the very same thing with >> OpenOffice draw and the memory usage was "only" of 0.7 GB. >> >> I definitely guess Inkscape is not meant for importing tons of pictures, >> but I was wondering whether there was some kind of memory leak or waste >> triggered by this particular scenario and if you think I should make >> another bugreport ? > > Yes, memory use was a major factor discussed when we were going over linked vs. embedded. If you were seeing this while linking in the images, we'll have a larger problem. On the other hand if the images were actually embedded, some such bloat was expected. This is part of why the consensus was to avoid switching to always embedding until we had such issues covered, but someone went ahead and flipped things in the code anyway. > > To get a rough idea of memory use, just multiple image width in pixels by height in pixels times four and you get the rough minimum buffer needs. Also add in on-disk image file size times four and divided by three. This gives the string size needed for the XML string embed itself. > > > So the first question is are they linked or are they embedded. Second question is if you calculate the rough memory needs for all of those 35 images do they start to hit the limits of your machine? > > >

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Inkscape 0.48.1 Source Packages
by Ted Gould 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Hey all, I finally found the time to make all of the source packages for 0.48.1, sorry about the delay. They're uploading to Source Forge here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.1/ As per-usual please don't do mass announcements of the release until packagers for the various platforms have a chance to build installable images and upload them. Here are the hashes for the paranoid :) == MD5 == 430fa43bba96ba19a98acdd163fd86d5 inkscape-0.48.1.tar.bz2 5f744c9da0e51069994d9b6ea1e5f953 inkscape-0.48.1.tar.bz2.asc 3c179eb998d49d1c312822e15773bf6d inkscape-0.48.1.tar.gz 2df7c0bf0096b2eab0e2a79ac71328ab inkscape-0.48.1.tar.gz.asc 331fab5a407a4b016eaa35bd61eac872 inkscape-0.48.1.zip f974e2ac553571261207ec960d5b75ed inkscape-0.48.1.zip.asc == SHA1 == 9727ed11cef31c2790bf2affbddf6a6ef352753f inkscape-0.48.1.tar.bz2 e578a31f3ef37df72cb90599e3399afff9c764e5 inkscape-0.48.1.tar.bz2.asc a43467119925aee70d1d63d746f9846abb4dea91 inkscape-0.48.1.tar.gz 09bb42eabd4401e7eb4aa639393465abc916ebe5 inkscape-0.48.1.tar.gz.asc 6ae30c4d70e506e4b6437b27d88ea24404420b92 inkscape-0.48.1.zip 596e1a55486ee36afb2b28177061f12909a8b99e inkscape-0.48.1.zip.asc Thanks all! --Ted

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Regarding memory usage when embedding pictures
by Mahen 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Hi everyone ! First : thanks again to everyone involved for this great piece of software ! Sorry for all those bugreports about memory usage I made before (https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/706294 regarding memory filled when using patterns and https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/708274 regarding a slight memory increase without doing anything particular :-) But I may need to fill another one : I stumbled upon a particular situation yesterday, and I would like to know if you think this is an Inkscape issue, or just a twisted use case. I wanted to import about 35 jpg pictures (from an old digital camera, so not huge resolutions but still). Inkscape managed to import and display them. I moved them onto the canvas and worked for about 2 minutes and then my hardisk started spinning tremendously, and the kernel shot down Inkscape. (I have no SWAP and 4 GB or ram) I tried to load my document again, and noticed Inscape was almost filling my 4 GB of ram. I tried to do the very same thing with OpenOffice draw and the memory usage was "only" of 0.7 GB. I definitely guess Inkscape is not meant for importing tons of pictures, but I was wondering whether there was some kind of memory leak or waste triggered by this particular scenario and if you think I should make another bugreport ? (BTW, as I told suv, I would love to contribute to "bounties" to help improve Inkscape -- regarding tasks that wouldn't be performed otherwise, like tedious memory optimization... :-) Cheers ! Mahen

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Regressions in Filters UI
by Ivan Louette 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Please could we take a look at these regressions : These two ones are regressions and may cause problems to Filters Editor users when changing the values because a lot of efficient filters use much higher values than the maximum available and visible in Filters Editor : https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/713056 https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/713050 The following one is an older problem of the same category which has the same troublesome capacities for the user : https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/713064 Thanks in advance, ivan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Can not build inkscape-0.48
by Dmitry Shkirmanov 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

I installed newest version of imagemagick from source, ./configure finished without errors, but 'make' gives new error: th, std::allocator<Geom::Path> > Geom::read_svgd(const char* )': ./2geom/svg-path-parser.h:63: warning: ignoring return value of char* fgets(char*, int, FILE*)', declared with attribut e warn_unused_result CXX 2geom/svg-path.o CXX 2geom/sweep.o CXX 2geom/transforms.o CXX 2geom/numeric/matrix.o AR 2geom/lib2geom.a CXX inkscape-version.o AR libinkversion.a CXX main.o CXXLD inkscape libinkscape.a(adaptiveThreshold.o): In function `Inkscape::E xtension::Internal::Bitmap::AdaptiveThreshold::applyEffect(M agick::Image*)': /home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0/src/extension/internal/bitm ap/adaptiveThreshold.cpp:21: undefined reference to `Magick: :Image::adaptiveThreshold(unsigned int, unsigned int, unsign ed int)' libinkscape.a(addNoise.o): In function `Inkscape::Extension: :Internal::Bitmap::AddNoise::applyEffect(Magick::Image*)': /home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0/src/extension/internal/bitm ap/addNoise.cpp:29: undefined reference to `Magick::Image::a ddNoise(MagickLib::NoiseType)' libinkscape.a(channel.o): In function `Inkscape::Extension:: Internal::Bitmap::Channel::applyEffect(Magick::Image*)': /home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0/src/extension/internal/bitm ap/channel.cpp:32: undefined reference to `Magick::Image::ch annel(MagickLib::ChannelType)' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [inkscape] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 /src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 ' make: *** [all] Error 2 Any suggestions? >What version of ImageMagick has been installed? Have the dev-libs ofImageMagick also been installed? > >It should also be possible to provide ./configure with a flag thattells it to compile without ImageMagick, IIRC, but I .don't know thesyntax of the top of my head. > >Kind regards, > >Diederik >>Hello, i can not build inkscape-0.48 on debian lenny../configurefinished without errors, but 'make' gives an error. >>Here is theextraction from the output: >># >># >>extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp: In member function vir >>tual void Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::Level::appl >>yEffect(Magick::Image*)': >>extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp:23: error: class Magick >>::Image' has no member named level' >>make[2]: *** [extension/internal/bitmap/level.o] Error 1 >>make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 >>/src' >>make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 >>make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 >>' >>make: *** [all] Error 2 >># >># >>I searched through the Google but have not found solution. >>Help me please to build it.

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Upgrading Inkscape's 2geom
by unknown＠example.com 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hi all, Now that 0.48.1 is 'out', shall I try and upgrade our 2geom copy? I am in a situation this month that I have time to do mindless search&replace operations, which will be necessary to do the 2geom upgrade. Cheers, Johan

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Release Holdup + SVG Web question
by Daniel Hendrycks 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hi, .48.1 is supposed to be finished; someone was supposed to compile it. I am wondering, are you waiting for the site re-design to be finished, then you will release .48.1? Also, some of the SVGs I make don't show up correctly in the browser -- Daniel Hendrycks

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Re : [Inkscape-translator] New translatable Keys and mouse reference
by Nicolas Dufour 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hello Leandro, Thanks for your suggestions! > De : Leandro Regueiro <leandro.regueiro@...400...> > Can you please convert the man page source to .po format as well? You > can use po4a: http://po4a.alioth.debian.org/ And please update >http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/DocumentationTranslation#Manual_pag… >9 It doesn't look too difficult. I'll take a look. > Can you please convert the NSH files for the Inkscape's Windows > installer to .po format? Right now is very difficult to translate and > update. >http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/InterfaceTranslation#Windows_instal… > Should work with po4a too. > Can you please convert the XML sources of Inkscape's user manual to > .po format in order to ease its translation? Please update > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/DocumentationTranslation#User_Manual > as well. Well, the wiki really needs an update... The docbook Inskcape User Manual is no longer maintained. It was replaced in 2009 with an online manual on FlossManuals (http://en.flossmanuals.net/). Translation is possible, but the UI is not very convenient (the new booki project, currently work in progress, should bring some new tools). Please use the related mailing list (Discuss@...2558...) for details. Regards. -- Nicolas

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Translation issues
by Jesper Öqvist 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hello, A couple months ago I submitted a new .po for the Swedish translation of Inkscape. Since then I've been unable to spend time on Inkscape. I would like to contribute to the source code proper but haven't had the time to do so. Anyway, I recently compiled the latest lp:inkscape version and noticed that there are several issues with translation strings not appearing properly in the GUI. One example is #: ../src/filter-enums.cpp:52 #, fuzzy msgctxt "Filter blend mode" msgid "Multiply" msgstr "Multiplicera" I have not worked with gettext before, but examining the filter-enums.cpp source reveals no reason why this string should not be correctly translated: 51 {Inkscape::Filters::BLEND_NORMAL, C_("Filter blend mode", "Normal"), "normal"}, 52 {Inkscape::Filters::BLEND_MULTIPLY, C_("Filter blend mode", "Multiply"), "multiply"}, 53 {Inkscape::Filters::BLEND_SCREEN, C_("Filter blend mode", "Screen"), "screen"}, 54 {Inkscape::Filters::BLEND_DARKEN, C_("Filter blend mode", "Darken"), "darken"}, 55 {Inkscape::Filters::BLEND_LIGHTEN, C_("Filter blend mode", "Lighten"), "lighten"} Note that "Screen" is correctly translated! So, anyone know why the original English string is displayed in the GUI? If this could be explained to me, perhaps I could fix other occurrences of missing translations which I've noticed. I'm assuming the same issue exists for other translations as well. I did do "btool clean" before I compiled this version, so this should rule out the possibility that I'm using some old version of the compiled translation, unless perhaps my main Inkscape installation is interfering? Another issue is that I could not find myself in the list of translators in the "About Inkscape" dialog. I would like to be listed there as I did spend a fair amount of time slugging through the Swedish translation. Best regards, Jesper

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Poppler issues *again*
by Josh Andler 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hey All, As we know, I like my distro to be bleeding... With libpoppler 0.16.0 we're again broken with compilation. I really think that we need to work on a proper solution for this because it seems like every 6 months we have to add additional checks to compensate for how things change. Also, I noticed that libwpg 0.2 isn't detected either, I tried mucking w/ configure.ac and had no success. Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Upgrading Inkscape's 2geom
by Daniel Macks 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:00:44 0100, J.B.C.Engelen@...1578... wrote: Hi all, > > Now that 0.48.1 is 'out', shall I try and upgrade our 2geom copy? Is 2geom mature/stable-interface enough that it could be used as an external dependency rather than only as an onboard internal source? dan -- Daniel Macks dmacks@...2516...

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Broken document created.
by Martin Owens 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hey guys, I was doing a teaching session on Inkscape for the Ubuntu User Days a few days ago. As with almost every show-and-tell, something went wrong. This was Inkscape 0.47 for Ubuntu 10.10 and the document that I created from scratch caused inkscape to crash. What's interesting is that the image was saved by the crash protection save feature. And although the image can be opened by gnome and seen in firefox, opening it in Inkscape 0.47 causes it to crash again. I'd like to know if the crash still exists in Inkscape 0.48, which unfortunately isn't available for Ubuntu yet. If it still exists, I'll report a bug and we'll get it nailed. If you're interested in what I did to cause the problem, it's all recorded in the live session: http://livestre.am/AWfN Crash is at about 00:37:10 Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Can not build inkscape-0.48
by Dmitry Shkirmanov 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Version of ImageMagick is 6.3.7-9 (installed from repository), dev-libs (libmagick-dev, libmagick++-dev) are installed too. >What version of ImageMagick has been installed? Have the dev-libs ofImageMagick also been installed? >>Hello, i can not build inkscape-0.48 on debian lenny../configurefinished without errors, but 'make' gives an error. >>Here is theextraction from the output: >># >># >> CXX extension/internal/wpg-input.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.o >>extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp: In constructor I >>nkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::ImageMagickDocCache::I >>mageMagickDocCache(Inkscape::UI::View::View*)': >>extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:85: warning: depre >>cated conversion from string constant to char*' >>./util/glib-list-iterators.h: In member function T* const& >>Inkscape::Util::GSListConstIterator<T*>::operator*() const [ >>with T = SPItem]': >>extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:230: instantiate >>d from here >>./util/glib-list-iterators.h:47: warning: dereferencing type >>-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/adaptiveThreshold.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/addNoise.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/blur.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/channel.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/charcoal.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/colorize.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/contrast.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/cycleColormap.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/despeckle.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/edge.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/emboss.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/enhance.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/equalize.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/gaussianBlur.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/implode.o >> CXX extension/internal/bitmap/level.o >>extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp: In member function vir >>tual void Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::Level::appl >>yEffect(Magick::Image*)': >>extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp:23: error: class Magick >>::Image' has no member named level' >>make[2]: *** [extension/internal/bitmap/level.o] Error 1 >>make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 >>/src' >>make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 >>make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 >>' >>make: *** [all] Error 2 >># >># >>I searched through the Google but have not found solution. >>Help me please to build it.

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Can not build inkscape-0.48
by Dmitry Shkirmanov 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

Hello, i can not build inkscape-0.48 on debian lenny. ./configurefinished without errors, but 'make' gives an error. Here is theextraction from the output: # # CXX extension/internal/wpg-input.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.o extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp: In constructor I nkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::ImageMagickDocCache::I mageMagickDocCache(Inkscape::UI::View::View*)': extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:85: warning: depre cated conversion from string constant to char*' ./util/glib-list-iterators.h: In member function T* const& Inkscape::Util::GSListConstIterator<T*>::operator*() const [ with T = SPItem]': extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:230: instantiate d from here ./util/glib-list-iterators.h:47: warning: dereferencing type -punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules CXX extension/internal/bitmap/adaptiveThreshold.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/addNoise.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/blur.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/channel.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/charcoal.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/colorize.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/contrast.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/cycleColormap.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/despeckle.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/edge.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/emboss.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/enhance.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/equalize.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/gaussianBlur.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/implode.o CXX extension/internal/bitmap/level.o extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp: In member function vir tual void Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::Level::appl yEffect(Magick::Image*)': extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp:23: error: class Magick ::Image' has no member named level' make[2]: *** [extension/internal/bitmap/level.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 /src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ya/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.0 ' make: *** [all] Error 2 # # I searched through the Google but have not found solution. Help me please to build it.

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Scales when importing.
by Teto 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

Hi all! First, please slap me if ask something already asked, or already in the soft... My problem: Sometimes I make pictures or objects, sets, whatever, apart, in their own file, and then I import them in the main picture. When you're importing a SVG file, and you're changing its size, by default you're changing the strokes thickness accordingly . But I have an issue here. I often use the path effect "pattern along a path, stretched" for obvious pencil effects. but when I import the file, the objects with this effect have their "thickness" completely different. That's just ugly. I'd like to have the question/option "object -> path before importing", and choose what type of object I want to transform when importing (if possible). The workaround is obvious: change in paths the objects and save in a new file before importing. But, well... you know... ;-) Also, when I change the size of an object with this effect, I'd like to have its 'thickness' changing in the same proportions too (same demand when importing and resizing). I do know that when I don't have the same proportions in X and Y, it's a problem for the soft to decide what to do, because the thickness of the effect has just one value. But an option "choose the smallest" should be enough to solve the problem. By the way, something completely different: in the build 10017 for windows, the layer tool is buggy: eyes and padlocks are invisible, you must pass the mouse cursor over to see them, then they vanish again, except if you pass over from the first to the last layer. Cheers, Teto.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC 2011 announced
by Eric Kuzmenko 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

So for students to even be considered, let alone accepted accepted, they must first have commit access to the repo? I didn't think you had to be completely familiar with the code since you are a 'student'. Please help me with this because I want to apply but haven't had the time to go through all the doxygen docs and become familiar with the code yet. On Jan 25, 2011 10:49 AM, "Josh Andler" <scislac@...400...> wrote: > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Alexandre Prokoudine [mailto:alexandre.prokoudine@...400...] > > >> > Not exactly high. The previous year was a 2/5 failure > >> indeed, but the > >> > year before was 100% success, if my memory serves me well, > >> and we are > >> > talking about 6 or 7 projects in 2009. > > In 2010 we actually had 3/5 fail. :( It was very unfortunate and I > hope we can avoid that this year as the "acceptable" (desired) rate is > 80% successful. > > > >> > One of disappeared students last year had been around in > >> the community > >> > for a rather long time, and the other disappeared student did a > >> > successful project for GIMP in 2009, so it's quite possible that we > >> > just had our bit of bad luck. We did have disappearing students in > >> > even earlier GSoCs though. > >> > IIRC, this is where the "two patches" rule comes from. > > Actually the two patches rule comes from it's the minimum requirement > to get commit access to the repo. It was part of the change in > attitude from sodi podi to be more welcoming. It's honestly a pretty > low bar. It was decided that it would be good to require this before > the students would even be considered as it was "proof" of them > checking out the code and showing a form of commitment/desire to > participate in GSoC (plus what Johan said about it allowing us to see > to some extent if they really can read/write code). > > I really think that SVG compliance projects should be a focus this > year as well (not exclusive by any means though). The list Tav posted > does have some really great ideas, so I think we need to really > analyze what those tasks really look like and which would be > reasonable GSoC projects. > > Cheers, > Josh > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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GSoC 2011 - Anyone interested in Mentoring?
by Josh Andler 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Hey All, Since the GSoC 2011 discussions have begun, I figured I would get one of the basic questions out of the way... how many potential mentors do we have this year? As usual, I'm willing to Admin again this year unless someone else would be interested in doing so (I'd otherwise be good to be the backup admin). So, is anyone interested? Cheers, Josh

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GSoC 2011 announced
by Alexandre Prokoudine 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Hello, teams :) Google has just announced GSoC2011. http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announc… The timeline is here: http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/ti… </crossposting-is-evil> Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape-devel Digest, Vol 56, Issue 16
by Daniel Krause 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

I'm sorry I've not been as busy on the Technical Drafting project as I wanted to be. I'm looking at new ways to handle my schedule, so look for more productivity on that ASAP. Thanks! -Dan www.danielkrausedesign.com 302 598 4162 "Democracy is two Wolves and a Sheep voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed Sheep contesting the vote." - Ben Franklin On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:19 AM, < inkscape-devel-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Send Inkscape-devel mailing list submissions to > inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > inkscape-devel-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > inkscape-devel-owner(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Inkscape-devel digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. GSoC 2011 announced (Alexandre Prokoudine) > 2. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (Ian Caldwell) > 3. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (Tavmjong Bah) > 4. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (Alexandre Prokoudine) > 5. Fwd: GSoC 2011 announced (Pajarico) > 6. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...) > 7. Re: GSoC 2011 announced (J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:52:58 +0300 > From: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC 2011 announced > To: Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: Scribus Development Mailing List <scribus-dev@...2133...>, > GIMP Developer <gimp-developer@...135...> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTik-94X00_DuhAcd7snAL3J5SDCWZ3-JRsxRvkpn@...401...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello, teams :) > > Google has just announced GSoC2011. > > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announc… > > The timeline is here: > > http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/ti… > > </crossposting-is-evil> > > Alexandre Prokoudine > http://libregraphicsworld.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:38:31 -0800 > From: Ian Caldwell <inchosting@...400...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC 2011 announced > To: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> > Cc: Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTi=U2bBE3N4JNZB5vewr4EuBKHpC1ui6KGRpbCZ4@...401...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > good maybe we can get some Django love somewhere in there.... since our > team > pretty much bailed... > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine < > alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> wrote: > > > Hello, teams :) > > > > Google has just announced GSoC2011. > > > > > > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announc… > > > > The timeline is here: > > > > > http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/ti… > > > > </crossposting-is-evil> > > > > Alexandre Prokoudine > > http://libregraphicsworld.org > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > > price-free! > > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > >

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Fwd: GSoC 2011 announced
by Pajarico 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

I forwarded this to A. Prokoudine only. Resending. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pajarico <pajarico@...400...> Date: 2011/1/25 Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC 2011 announced To: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> 2011/1/25 Ian Caldwell <inchosting@...400...>: > good maybe we can get some Django love somewhere in there.... since our team > pretty much bailed... If you say that for me I'm sorry, but have been very busy for the last week. Will try to add edits this week. I never had Django knowledge, thought. 2011/1/25 Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...>: >> * Easily add/edit hyperlinks > > We recently had a blueprint (by Pajarico?) for that. It's not for that. My blueprint was a proposition for adding hyperlinks to GUI as shortcuts to tutorials or key dilogs (basically, a usability improvement), not to add them to the canvas. BTW, please check it out and give some opinions. It's been published for some weeks now... I now you're all very busy with 0.48.1 but when you finish that I would appreciate your reviews.

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Fwd: [cairo-announce] cairo snapshot 1.11.2 now available
by Alexandre Prokoudine 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

FYI. Meshes are officially in Cairo now. Scribus 1.5.0svn actually had internal copy of that branch for meshes support. Not anymore probably :) Alexandre ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Wilson Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:59:00 +0000 Subject: [cairo-announce] cairo snapshot 1.11.2 now available To: cairo-announce@...278... Cc: gnome-announce-list@...45..., ftp-release@...626... A new cairo snapshot 1.11.2 is now available from: http://cairographics.org/snapshots/cairo-1.11.2.tar.gz which can be verified with: http://cairographics.org/snapshots/cairo-1.11.2.tar.gz.sha1 40b9e1066fcd33c2aeecd800764b1aa5a0ac7bde cairo-1.11.2.tar.gz http://cairographics.org/snapshots/cairo-1.11.2.tar.gz.sha1.asc (signed by Chris Wilson) Additionally, a git clone of the source tree: git clone git://git.cairographics.org/git/cairo will include a signed 1.11.2 tag which points to a commit named: ac9ee388faf3c8c5df502f6cc7b039f043154954 which can be verified with: git verify-tag 1.11.2 and can be checked out with a command such as: git checkout -b build 1.11.2 Snapshot 1.11.2 (2011-01-23) =========================== In this first snapshot along the way to cairo-1.12.0, we are very excited to announce the introduction of Bezier surface gradients, known as type 6/7 gradients in PS/PDF parlance. This is the culmination of much work by the dynamic duo: Adrian Johnson and Andrea Canciani. Thanks guys! Also, I want to warmly welcome Uli Schlachter who recently joined the Cairo community on a mission. That mission is to make cairo-xcb a supported backend for 1.12. And for this snapshot he has made great strides in fixing all the bugs I had left behind. Thanks Uli! And we have also seen a new contributor, Alexandros Frantzis, who has begun bringing up cairo-gl for GLESv2 devices. Thanks Alex! And lastly, I must also thank Adrian and Andrea for the vast numbers of bugs that they have tackled between them, fixing all those little corner cases that lie hidden until too late. -Chris

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[Repost] Broken PDF files + crashes involving patterns
by Mahendra Tallur 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Hi to the team ! I just realized the 2 emails I sent to the inkscape-user ML were more appropriate on the devel ML (I first thought the devel ML was only for developers). I could just wait & see what happens, but it seems 0.48.1 is just around the corner, and I would feel guilty if some important bugs I stumbled upon were not reported in time ! Please allow me to copy/paste their content below : *[First mail : issues with patterns involving crashes]* Hi everyone ! First : thanks for the amazing work done by the Inkscape developers ! I'm a new casual Inkscape user:) I'm using it at the moment to carry on the work done by someone who owned inDesign. Thus, I used an .svg file that was exported from this piece of software. The export went fine overall, except some fonts issues (for instance, I could only select the first line in text frames) and colours were generally not good. I fixed almost anything by rewriting the text and changing colours but I encountered a few issues and problems in general with patterns. Indeed : in the document, there are a few polygons which are filled with a pattern which consists in many spirals. For some reasons the colours went wrong during the export but I couldn't change directly the colours used in the patterns. (more generally, I didn't know how to apply the same colours to many objects at the same time) So I converted the pattern back to an object, changed to colours, converted it to a pattern, and applied it to the object. So it did the trick. However I had many issues in the process : 1) Inkscape completely filled my memory twice and the kernel had to kill the task. This happened when using several times in a row the functions to convert patterns to objects or the contrary. All of a sudden, the hard drive began to spin non-stop (I have no swap but 4 GB of ram) and I could barely move my mouse cursor. It also happened when I was using the "node" tool to change the position / rotate etc. the pattern when applied to an object. 2) I managed to crash inkscape when undo-ing some operations that were involving a pattern<-> object conversion Also, I was wondering if there was a simpler way to handle patterns ? (edit them afterwards / change their colours / remove them from the list ?) 3) to make the operation easier, I decided to change some colours directly in the pattern definition in the XML file. It seemed to worked : the drawing was displayed properly in Inkscape or when exporting to .png. But when exporting to .pdf, the modified patterns were invisible or trashed when zooming in. Oops ! Can you guys please tell me if I should file some bugreports ? Maybe those bugs are known and fixed in the upcoming 0.48.1 ? (I'm also the one who filed the bugreport involving a font that was not displayed properly in Acrobat Reader under Windows, but was OK in Linux / OSX....) PS : I may upload the .svg file somewhere, if some of you are curious ! Best regards& thanks again to the team ! Mahen *[Second mail : Broken PDF files produced] * Hi again ! I would like to add some more data to my previous mail. I'm using Inkscape 0.48. I assumed the faulty PDF file I obtained was due to my modifying the XML file directly. But it's actually not the case as it also happens with another document I didn't modify this way. Please let me show you some sample files : 1)http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/Plaquette%20-%20Int%c3%a9rieur.svg as you can see, there is in the bottom right corner a polygon which is filled with a pattern which contains many spirals 2)http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/Plaquette%20-%20Int%c3%a9rieur.pdf here is the resulting PDF On my computer : - the PDF takes about 5 to 10 seconds before being displayed !! (core2duo 3 GHz, 4 GB RAM). While the PDF file produced by inDesign (from which I exported this svg before modofying it under Inkscape) was displayed instantly (but, the inkscape produced .pdf was almost 10 times heavier, it seems a couple of parts were converted to bitmaps, I wonder why). - the bottom-right pattern is invisible (under evince / Ubuntu 10.10) when looking from far away. When zooming in, you can make out the polygon shape but it's filled with some kind of random pattern - if I scroll in the document, from the PDF reader, it even makes it *crash* and slows down my system a lot ! (of course, there was no display problem under Inkscape itself) It seems using some exported .svg files definitely don't please Inkscape a lot. Or this kind of patterns at least... PS : I provided some font files used by the document in http://mahen.free.fr/inkscape/ Thanks ever so much for reading this ! Mahen

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Layermanager and germanmailinglist?
by Axel Richter 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Hi inkscapedevs. I would be happy if the Layer Manger would be further developed. So that you create in a main layer can still flat. More specifically, if I want to put on an object shadows or highlights. Which are then all in the layer of the object. Another thing would be if it were still a German mailing list. Is it possible to care for something or just want to be? Thanks for help -- www.airwaveindehouse.com +3D+Vector+

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Debian bugs
by Alex Valavanis 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Dear All, The Inkscape package in Debian is used by several other major linux distributions (e.g. Ubuntu) and hence it represents bugs which potentially affect a very large number of Inkscape users in linux. Its bug tracker is available at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?package=inkscape Unfortunately, the Debian tracker is quite out of date, and many of the reports have not been forwarded to the Inkscape tracker on Launchpad. I think it's quite important for Inkscape QA, that the Debian tracker gets back in sync with the upstream project. I have been (slowly) working through the reports, but there's a pretty large backlog and some of the bugs were probably fixed years ago. Would any of the upstream triagers be interested in helping out with this task? If so, a possible option would be for me to forward all the Debian bugs which relate to the upstream part of the Inkscape package. We could then triage the bugs in Launchpad, and I will update the Debian reports accordingly. If anyone has any alternative/better suggestions for how to do this, then please let me know. Thanks, Alex

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Inkscape 0.48 trunk compiling under Windows
by PolinaYanovich 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Hi! I'm trying to compile Inkscape 0.48 trunk version under Windows following the instructions from http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port. I keep getting a few types of error messages: Make error line 291: problem compiling: src/eraser-context.cpp: In function 'void set_to_accumulated(SPEraserContext*)': src/eraser-context.cpp:752:55: error: 'r' was not declared in this scope The code at the problematic location looks like this: Inkscape::Rubberband::Rubberband* r; r = Inkscape::Rubberband::get(desktop); When I browse it under Eclipse, Eclipse hooks Rubberband up and shows the class definition promptly. However when I try to compile Inkscape from console, it throws an error described above. Make error line 291: problem compiling: In file included from src/extension/internal/bitmap/adaptiveThreshold.h:9:0, from src/extension/internal/bitmap/adaptiveThreshold.cpp:12: src/extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.h:14:22: fatal error: Magick++.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. Magick++.h exists in the devlibs directory. This one I get from both Eclipse and console. I have checked all environment variables and they seem to be ok. Any ideas what it might be? Thank you, Polina -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Inkscape-0.48-trunk-compiling-under-Windows-tp3067677… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Downloading inkscape source with revision history
by Ershad K 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Dear All, I'm Ershad K, an engineering student from India. I would like to how to download the source of inkscape from trunk, without revision history using bzr. As I'm using a slow internet, I couldn't download hundreds of megabytes. Thanks, Ershad K

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Use of Inkscape Icon
by Michael Grosberg 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

I was browsing through Samsung's app store for their Bada platform and saw an app that used the Inkscape logo: http://www.samsungapps.com/topApps/topAppsDetail.as?productId=G00000365294&… I'm assuming the guy didn't ask for permission and I bet he didn't follow the GPL license. I just thought to bring this to your attention.

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Regarding Jabber Whiteboard Feature
by Vasudev Kamath 18 Jan '11

18 Jan '11

Hi all, My name is Vasudev I'm a developer with C/C++/Python knowledge, my friend Hiran (CCed) told me about Whiteboard feature in inkscape also mentioned the feature is currently not included in new versions of inkscape. Me and my friend (CC'ed) would like to work on the Whiteboard feature. I contacted ScislaC on conference.gristle.org, he asked me to write to this mailing list. If some one can brief us on what needs to be done on whiteboard feature it would be really helpful Thanks and Regards -- Vasudev Kamath http://vasudevkamath.blogspot.com http://identi.ca/vasudev http://twitter.com/vasudevkamath

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Fwd: About Inkscape Whiteboard.
by Hiran Venugopalan 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

Hi, My name is Hiran, and I am using Inkscape for designing. I am using it for nearly 3+ years. I remember the old version having an option of Whiteboard. I haven't used it, as I don't had any collaborative works to do. But currently when I checked to use it, I found its removed from latest versions. When I asked in IRC, some one told me that "Pedro" module is removed since it needs from the scratch coding to work properly. I want to know more details. Is the old code available. Is any one working on the project, if someone, some students are ready to take this as an academic project, will there be anyone to mentor / help them. and so on. -- Hiran Venugopalan Usability / IxD Geek, Ubiqurio IRC : HFactor | Phone : 09496346709 | W : http://hiran.in

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Short Git tutorial
by Krzysztof Kosiński 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

Hello Does anyone know some short tutorial on Git that shows how to work with multiple branches that come from different repositories? I'm forced to work with it if I want to do anything with Cairo and Pixman. [rant] Coming from an SVN / Bazaar background I find Git impenetrable, and some design decisions are crazy. (For example, "silently commit successful merges" and "revision numbers are for wimps".) Regards, Krzysztof

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Undefined ratio between px and inch
by unknown＠example.com 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

Hi all, On the user maillist there has been a discussion on a (imo) very serious flaw in the units (px, cm, in, m, ...) in Inkscape. In short, all units except 'px' are a 'lie'. Inkscape stores lengths in 'px' unit, while the SVG standard nowhere specifies the ratio between 'px' and one of the other units Inkscape features (like inch, cm, m, ...). Inkscape relates inch and other units to 'px' by assuming 90 px = 1 in. This is not defined in the SVG standard nor in the SVG file Inkscape creates. Although SVG permits the use of several other units besides 'px', for example inches, Inkscape luckily uses only px units to store graphics (correct me if I am wrong). This means that all objects will scale the same, whatever the ratio between 'px' and 'inch' is chosen on interpretation. Unfortunately, the absolute length information of objects is lost. These two rects have the same dimensions in Inkscape, but not in some other viewers (e.g. firefox): <rect width="90" height="90"/> <rect width="1in" height="1in"/> My concern is the following. Inkscape now chooses 90 px = 1 in. But this information is not stored in the SVG. If someone desides to have Inkscape follow the CSS default (96 px = 1 in) and changes Inkscape's code, this would mean that all old files will be opened with wrong dimensions. For webgraphics, perhaps not a big deal. For my book cover, for my technical drawings, etc... this is a very very big deal. So we have to come up with an idea to explicitly define the lengths of the units we expose to the user. Jon has suggested using the 'viewBox' attribute. In think that <svg width="2in" height="2in" viewBox="0 0 180 180"> would explicitly define Inkscape's measure of 90 px = 1 inch (viewbox coords are expressed in px). Perhaps there are better ideas to solve this. Ciao, Johan

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inkscape.org a call for assistance
by Ian Caldwell 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

hello, It's come that time again, We're currently making decent progress with the current website, however as we all know things take times and we all have our own day jobs. So we've come to you to ask for help in the following three categories 1. *General Content* - This is where we need your help proofreading our current content. - Adding to the existing content - Porting over old content such as news and tutorials etc. and in general just making the pages ready for primetime 2. *Mockup -> html/css* - This is where you will take the mockups that we get from our designer and port them to valid html/css the main site design is already in place, so it should be fairly basic.... 3. *DJANGO* - Lets face it we've got a lot of great ideas for the site, but we need your help in implementing the various features! If you're skilled with Django we'd love your help even if it's just for a few hours a week! If you're willing and able to contribute in any way, we'd love to have your help! feel free to reply here or join us on irc.freenode.net in #inkscape-web . We could really use your help! special thanks to Chris Morgan, Leo Jackson and Hinerangi Courtenay. We appreciate all your help! We need everyones feedback in making this the best website for everyone involved! please feel free to email me privately or the list and please list what you'd like to help with.... Thanks, Ian "Inc" C.

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Call for SCALE 9x participation
by Jon Cruz 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Hello all, Inkscape is setting up once again to exhibit at SCALE this year Feb 25-27. http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/ We get a few passes to help man the booth, so if anyone might be able to travel to the conference to help us out, we can get you in. Just let me know off-list if you happen to be interested and able to attend. Thanks.

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text object rotation & position coordinates (x and y values)
by Bric 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Hi, all. I am trying to use a script to edit inkscape SVG code, and mostly succeeding, except with coordinate values. Specifically, with text objects, there seems to be some tricky function generating the "x" and "y" values (object coordinates). The function seems to be tied to the transform values. With no transformation in effect (theoretically, with the matrix being (1,0,0,1,0,0) -- i say theoretically because the line is absent when these are the (implied) values), the "x" and "y" values are what one would expect, when one drags the object left and right, up and down. The x and y values change in the expected manner. However, when the text object gets transformed, as in the example below: transform="matrix(0.42584538,0.90479595,-0.90479595,0.42584538,0,0)"> transform="matrix(0.42584538,0.90479595,-0.90479595,0.42584538,0,0)" the x and y values become severely strange... Dragging the text object vertically affects the x value (as well as the y value), and horizontal drag affects both as well. The values become negative in an unexpected way. And visually, the objects are not where the script attempts to place them. Could someone please clue me in about the function (the math of it)? thanks in advance

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idea: Exposée-like effect for visualizing complex stacks of svg elements in Inkscape ?
by Felipe Sanches 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

I have been using inkscape a lot recently and I noticed that sometimes it can become very annoying to select svg elements that are in the middle of a pile of other elements. Thus, I was thinking that we could have a key-combo that would break appart all "hidden" shapes to allow you to select one of them, and after that, all shapes would be places back in their correct places. Sometimes I do something similar to that by hand, but an automated UI feature would be very useful. Also, it would be solely a visualization mode, not actualy modifying elements in the SVG DOM. I'd like to have some feedback on this idea. thanks, Felipe Sanches (Juca)

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Suggestion: allow to select next shape color with color selector
by Michael Grosberg 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

I wanted to run this by you before submitting a feature request. Currently, if you want to draw a new shape, and you want to select its color and stroke in advance, your only option is to use the swatches - you cant select some arbitrary color for the next shape. Selecting the stroke width is impossible. I suggest making the Fill and stroke dialog active even when nothing is selected, so that changing it affects the next created shape. I know that there's a setting where you can set a specific style for each tool instead of drawing with the last used style. In this case we have two options: 1. Upon changing to a tool that has its own style, the fill and stroke dialog remains grayed out. 2. Upon changing to a tool that has its own style, the fill and stroke dialog changes to reflect this style, and modifying it changes the tool's style for the rest of the session.

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[Blueprint] Informative UI (hyperlink-like shortcuts on UI)
by Pajarico 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

I'm working on a specification and would like to now your thoughts. https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/informative-ui Regards and happy new year.

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Palettes
by Teto 09 Jan '11

09 Jan '11

First, all my greetings for the new year ^^. Second the palettes. You can change/configure the color of the fill/stroke with 3 tools: - The one shown with Shift+Ctrl+F - The palettes -> Shift + Ctrl + W - The palette always shown on the bottom of the screen. Until today, I never used the last 2 ones, because they were simply useless for me, preferring the first one (a gimp-like tool). Now it's different, I read the documentation and discovered how to edit the palettes, and change the tip texts (for naming colors). I have to do that by hand, but it's better than nothing. I need user-defined palettes. But. I think that's something is missing: a direct link between the palettes and "Shift+Ctrl+F". In the tool "Shift+Ctrl+F" I'd like to see: - Another tab, named "palette" with a palette that can be changed/edited/saved/whatever dynamically. - 3 buttons (under cursors blur and opacity): 'add' to add the color shown above (for stroke or fill, the one which is active) in the dynamic palette ; 'copy' to copy the color shown above in a special clipboard ; 'paste' to paste the color in the clipboard to the active color. - Of course, the tab 'palette' would have all the comforts: change active color, edit/delete colors, rename them, save/load/create the palette, replace the one in the bottom of the screen, and so on. - The gimp palettes seem to avoid alpha. Pity, but it doesn't matter. These are just my little thoughts in the beginning of the year. Maybe changes are planned for futures versions, I must admit that I didn't watch. If it's not the case I really think that something must be done to change palettes in a more 'user-friendly' way. My 2 cents, Teto. By the way: 0.48.1 is out soon. That rocks! ^^ Great job all developers!

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Building the trunk on Gentoo. Compile problemswith GTK
by Daniel Macks 09 Jan '11

09 Jan '11

On Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:57:21 -0800, Jon Cruz wrote: > On Jan 5, 2011, at 6:00 AM, Alexander Wright wrote: > > > svg-view.cpp:116:28: error: ‘gdk_cursor_unref’ was not declared in this scope > > svg-view.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void SPSVGView::mouseout()’: > > svg-view.cpp:122:70: error: ‘GTK_WIDGET’ was not declared in this scope > > svg-view.cpp:122:85: error: ‘gdk_window_set_cursor’ was not declared in this > > scope > > make[3]: *** [svg-view.o] Error 1 > > > > Adding #include <gtk/gtk.h> to svg-view.cpp and widgets/sp-color-wheel- > > selector.cpp fixes the problem. > > In general, good practice is to include only the smallest set of headers that a .cpp file will be consuming. Avoiding "kitchen sink" headers brings many advantages including code clarity, better modularity and encapsulation, faster compile times, etc. > > It appears that GTK might be moving away from this. Although adding <gtk/gtk.h> might help 'unbreak' a compile, I'd see if a few explicit additions can help. (BTW, this is a perfect example of problems due to one include file including other include files). gtk has an explicit goal of only allowing a library's main header to be included. With the exception of one or two oddballs (outside scope of normal gtk and gdk use), <gtk/gtk.h> and <gdk/gdk.h> are the only approved ones for public consumption. See: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/CleanupGTKIncludes Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger:) dan -- Daniel Macks dmacks@...2516...

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Feature request: text object could be viewed differently in the editor
by Mukhtar Ullah 09 Jan '11

09 Jan '11

Dear Inkscape developers, I would love to see a feature from TpX and Jpgfdraw. When using the pdf export with latex option, the latex code may get too long and obscure the other objects in a small figure. In TpX and Jpgfdraw, the properties dialog of the text objects allows to specify two text strings: one for to be typeset and one for the editor to show. If this is implemented in Inkscape, the figures would look neat because then the user needs only write a short hint to the actual latex formula for showing in the editor. Currently I have the following workaround. In a text object with a long latex string, I write the actual latex code in the description property of the text object (by right.clicking on it) and write a short hint to the latex code inside \cm{}. This command I define in the latex document: \newcommand{\cm}[1]{} to make sure that only the description is typeset in the output pdf. Mukhtar

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Building the trunk on Gentoo. Compile problems with GTK
by Alexander Wright 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

Hi, I'm getting this compile error on Gentoo: svg-view.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void SPSVGView::mouseover()’: svg-view.cpp:114:40: error: ‘GDK_HAND2’ was not declared in this scope svg-view.cpp:114:49: error: ‘gdk_cursor_new’ was not declared in this scope svg-view.cpp:115:70: error: ‘GTK_WIDGET’ was not declared in this scope svg-view.cpp:115:87: error: ‘gdk_window_set_cursor’ was not declared in this scope svg-view.cpp:116:28: error: ‘gdk_cursor_unref’ was not declared in this scope svg-view.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void SPSVGView::mouseout()’: svg-view.cpp:122:70: error: ‘GTK_WIDGET’ was not declared in this scope svg-view.cpp:122:85: error: ‘gdk_window_set_cursor’ was not declared in this scope make[3]: *** [svg-view.o] Error 1 Adding #include <gtk/gtk.h> to svg-view.cpp and widgets/sp-color-wheel- selector.cpp fixes the problem. On IRC, user su-v suggested it might be related to this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/claws-mail/+bug/247909/comments/12 I think this requires a code fix. Cheers, Alex. >>> Emerging (1 of 1) media-gfx/inkscape-9999 from Alexander * Package: media-gfx/inkscape-9999 * USE: amd64 dia elibc_glibc inkjar kernel_linux lcms multilib nls postscript spell userland_GNU wmf * FEATURES: preserve-libs sandbox splitdebug >>> Unpacking source... * bzr update start --> * repository: lp:inkscape Tree is up to date at revision 9995. * exporting ... ============================================================================= When you report a trouble about building BZR version of inkscape, Please report following information about distro and tools version, too. --1. distribution------------------------------------------------------------ Gentoo Base System release 2.0.1 --2. tools------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/bin/m4: m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.15 /usr/bin/autoconf: autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.65 /usr/bin/autoheader: autoheader (GNU Autoconf) 2.65 /usr/bin/automake: automake (GNU automake) 1.11.1 automake-1.7: not found automake-1.8: not found /usr/bin/automake-1.9: Useless use of /d modifier in transliteration operator at /usr/share/automake-1.9/Automake/Wrap.pm line 60. automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6 /usr/bin/aclocal: aclocal (GNU automake) 1.11.1 aclocal-1.7: not found aclocal-1.8: not found /usr/bin/aclocal-1.9: aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.6 /usr/bin/intltoolize: intltoolize (GNU intltool) 0.41.1 /usr/bin/gettextize: /usr/bin/gettextize (GNU gettext-tools) 0.18.1 --3. environment variables--------------------------------------------------- LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed LDFLAGS_default= PORTAGE_PYM_PATH=/usr/lib64/portage/pym PRELINK_PATH_MASK=/usr/lib64/libfreebl3.so:/usr/lib64/libnssdbm3.so:/usr/lib64/libsoftokn3.so CFLAGS_default= ASFLAGS_x86=--32 PROFILE_PATHS=/usr/portage/profiles/base PORTAGE_BIN_PATH=/usr/lib64/portage/bin CXXFLAGS=-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe PATH=/usr/lib64/portage/bin/ebuild- helpers:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64- pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.2 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 DCCC_PATH=/usr/lib64/distcc/bin LANGUAGE= CFLAGS=-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe LDFLAGS_x86=-m elf_i386 CFLAGS_x86=-m32 ROOTPATH=/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.2 USB_DEVFS_PATH=/dev/bus/usb ============================================================================= I am testing that you have the required versions of autoconf, automake, glib-gettextize and intltoolize. This test is not foolproof and if anything goes wrong, there may be guidance in the file HACKING.txt checking for autoconf >= 2.52 ... yes (version 2.65) checking for automake >= 1.10 ... yes (version 1.11.1) checking for glib-gettextize >= 2.0.0 ... yes (version 2.26.1) checking for intltool >= 0.17 ... yes (version 0.41.1) Running aclocal-1.11 ... Running autoheader ... Running libtoolize ... libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'. libtoolize: linking file `./ltmain.sh' libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in- tree. libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am. libtoolize: `AC_PROG_RANLIB' is rendered obsolete by `LT_INIT' Running automake-1.11 --copy --force --add-missing ... configure.ac:42: installing `./compile' configure.ac:12: installing `./config.guess' configure.ac:12: installing `./config.sub' configure.ac:14: installing `./install-sh' configure.ac:14: installing `./missing' share/palettes/Makefile.am:36: foreach i,$(palettes_i18n: non-POSIX variable name share/palettes/Makefile.am:36: (probably a GNU make extension) src/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp' Running autoconf ... Running glib-gettextize --copy --force ... Copying file mkinstalldirs Copying file po/Makefile.in.in Running intltoolize --copy --force --automake ... Done! Please run './configure' now.

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Inkscape Intro video assistance needed
by Ian Caldwell 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

I'm forwarding on an email on behalf of myself and Courtenay, We're attempting to create an intro video for the inkscape website located at http://djink.chrismorgan.info/about/ The following listed below is a sample of the video http://inkscape.org/~inc/mockup-intro-vid-started.mov If you're willing to assist with one of the parts please either A. reply to this email or B. add your name to the list here... https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1QDTbDv7SGZIyrBUvSoraC_587ROY49l-bV… Thanks, Ian Caldwell ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hinerangi Courtenay I've updated the movie file with some sample shots ( http://inkscape.org/~inc/mockup-intro-vid-started.mov) - it gives a slightly clearer idea of the atmosphere I'm trying to create. Here is a list of shots still needed: • 5 second shot of Inkscape with docked dialogs open and a nice illustration being worked on • 3 second shot of Inkscape being used on Windows (XP/Vista/7) - full-screen recording with taskbars visible • 3.5 second shot of Inkscape being used on any Linux distro - full-screen with taskbars visible • 3-5 seconds each of 2-3 people using Inkscape for different purposes (eg. diagrams, artwork, logos, etc.) - to illustrate pro users & hobbyists • 10 second time-lapse/fast-motion of someone making art • 3 second close-up of pen tool or caligraphy tool in use • 4 seconds of something representing community - any suggestions? Ideally there would be different people for most of these - at worst we could get away with maybe 4? If anyone has any better ideas for shots already included, they're more than welcome to make suggestions. I think it would be useful to have an official Inkscape channel - then any videos created for the website could go there (promos, interviews, tutorials, etc). Youtube has a huge audience, and could draw more traffic to the Inkscape website.

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broken 'po/de.po' in r9998?
by ~suv 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

Building Inkscape from trunk r9998 fails in 'po' with these messages: > Making all in po > cd .. \ > && CONFIG_FILES=po/Makefile.in CONFIG_HEADERS= CONFIG_LINKS= \ > /bin/sh ./config.status > config.status: creating po/Makefile.in > config.status: executing depfiles commands > config.status: executing libtool commands > config.status: executing default-1 commands > config.status: executing po/stamp-it commands > file=`echo de | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \ > && rm -f $file && /Volumes/green/mp-inkscape/with-a-long-long-long-directory-name/bin/msgfmt -o $file de.po > file=`echo fr | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \ > && rm -f $file && /Volumes/green/mp-inkscape/with-a-long-long-long-directory-name/bin/msgfmt -o $file fr.po > LC_ALL=C /Volumes/green/mp-inkscape/with-a-long-long-long-directory-name/bin/intltool-merge -d -u -c ./po/.intltool-merge-cache ./po inkscape.desktop.in inkscape.desktop > Found too-old cached translation database > Generating and caching the translation database > Merging translations into inkscape.desktop. > de.po: Not in msg format: <content of 'de.po' snipped> > WARNING: Bad markup found in translations. Please consider fixing the above problems. After reverting 'po/de.po' to revision 9997 'make' finishes without failure. @JazzyNico or @UweSch, could you take a look at the current version of 'po/de.po' committed in r9998? ~suv

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Should inkscape take over libcroco?
by Daniel Macks 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

I just received a fairly surly reponse to a libcroco bug on bugzilla.gnome. Apparently the upstream is so inactive that gnome doesn't want to see bugs about it. Inkscape appears to be a major user of this library and (last I knew) had some unmerged (or at least unreleased) patches for it. Might be worthwhile for an inkscape dev to get developer access to the project on gnome to keep it alive. Bonus: could actually use it as an external dependency instead of needing bundled source? dan -- Daniel Macks dmacks@...2516...

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[Fwd: Re: Autoconf 2.68 vs. 2.67 problem]
by ~suv 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

Does any of the experts of Inkscape's current build system know a) Are changes in Inkscape's sources needed to avoid the warnings mentioned below, occuring with autoconf 2.68 installed? (See attached file for a log from inkscape trunk). b) Or is this is a platform-related issue that needs to be addressed in the portfile for autoconf in MacPorts? Original thread starts at <http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2011-January/023060.ht…> The same issue was briefly addressed on the autoconf mailing list: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2010-09/threads.html#00074> but the answer (Upgrade to libtool 2.4) doesn't apply - libtool 2.4 is already installed. Possibly related discussions on the bug-autoconf mailing list: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2010-09/threads.html#00090> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2010-10/threads.html#00022> ~suv -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Autoconf 2.68 vs. 2.67 problem Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:45:49 +0100 From: ~suv <suv-sf@...58...> To: Dominik Reichardt <domiman@...400...> CC: MacPorts Users <macports-users@...2532...> References: <7B048C2B-C32D-4192-B5B3-512A7A22745C@...400...> On 5/1/11 00:00, Dominik Reichardt wrote: > $ ./autogen.sh > Generating build information using aclocal, autoheader, automake and autoconf > This may take a while ... > configure.in:41: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body > ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:194: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from... > ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2591: _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from... > ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2607: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from... > configure.in:41: the top level <...> > Now you are ready to run ./configure. > Anyone know what is going on here? I have it confirmed by at least > two other users that they ran into this problem. > > Known issue? Something that DOSBox' autogen.sh/configure.in does > wrong? I couldn't find a tracker for this. Similar warning messages occur when running autogen.sh on a checkout or local branch of Inkscape trunk (outside of MacPorts, but using the dependencies installed via an up-to-date MacPorts installation) - only noticed after the autoconf port was updated to 2.68. It doesn't cause any configure and/or build failures though for Inkscape AFAICT. (Attached log file is from 2010-11-09; warnings still occur when rebuilding after updating the checkout/branch via bazaar) ~suv ============================================================================= I am testing that you have the required versions of autoconf, automake, glib-gettextize and intltoolize. 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Fourth-year student projects
by Jean-Baptiste Mouret / Mandor 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi Inkscape developers, I teach computer science in France (in this school: http://www.polytech.upmc.fr/version-english.html ) and my fourth-year students are required to work on a project for a few months (2-3 months), for about 2 days a week. Instead of asking them to do "random" projects, I would like them to (try to) contribute to open source projects. In particular, I would love that they contribute to Inkscape. We have three main constraints in the choice of the project: - be do-able by 2 students in a few months; - be a challenge interesting enough to provide work to 2 students for a few months; - include a design phase (understanding the topic, asking questions, designing a planning, find algorithms, etc.) and a coding phase (this excludes code cleaning, documentation, bug-fixes, etc.). Ideally, I would like the students to be mentored by an Inkscape developer who could answer their questions and give some directions; I'd like a least to be sure that the project is interesting for inkscape developers. You can think about this like something similar to the Google Summer of Code. The main difference is that we don't really select candidates so the students may not be very good and the project can obviously fail; but sometimes they can also be very efficient and motivated! I've checked the google summer of code page (http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Google_Summer_Of_Code). The import/export code might be interesting to try with them. The font designing idea and the ICC support migh also be cool. Are these proposition still up-to-date? I'm of course open to other ideas. Something I was thinking about: I often use Inkscape to design posters and I'd really like to have an option to use the Knuth-Plass algorithm and hyphenation (at least in English). I know that they're not in the SVG specifications but this could be only for pdf exports. Another feature which would be useful is to be able to link text blocks (as do Indesign and Xpress) [again, this is not in the svg specs]. This would make an interesting challenge for our students. What do you think? Would some of you be interested in helping us? What task would you suggest? At any rate I need your help to calibrate a task (or several tasks) so it's not too hard but challenging enough. Thank you and merry Christmas. Best regards, -- Jean-Baptiste Mouret / Mandor http://people.isir.upmc.fr/mouret 3 ((4&({*.(=+/))++/=3:)@([:,/0&,^:(i.3)@|:"2^:2))&.>@]^:(i.@[) <#:3 6 2

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OpenMP fix
by Krzysztof Kosiński 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

I just discovered that OpenMP support (used to parallelize Gaussian blur) is not functional on Linux and OS X because of a missing AC_DEFINE. Here is a patch that fixes this problem. Admins: please apply to 0.48 branch also. Regards, Krzysztof

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1 bug left for 0.48.1
by Josh Andler 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Hey all, Given that I'm thinking a .2 will probably be in order, this is the one bug really holding back .1 from being released at this time. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/510618 Is anyone willing and able to look into this? If not, the only way that .1 will get out without it is to have someone pledge to fix it for 0.48.2 or 0.49 to be released (whichever makes sense in 4-6 months based on the current rate of progress). If 0.48.1 gets out without this fixed, it will not be avoidable as a fix after that... no exceptions, as unnecessarily hitting the undo-history or dirtying documents is incredibly bad practice. I hope we have a taker. Cheers, Josh

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Cut and paste from one year to another :)
by Ivan Louette 01 Jan '11

01 Jan '11

Dear open source and open minds friends I wish you the best for 2011 ! Here is an example of my research in image re-drawing and posterizing svg filter effects from 2010 cutted and pasted into the new custom filters we are working on Nicolas Dufour and me for Inkscape 0.49 Have a Great Year !!! ivan

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current trunk fails to build with dbus enabled (Bug #696062 “dbus builds no more”)
by ~suv 31 Dec '10

31 Dec '10

Bug #696062 “dbus builds no more” <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/696062> fails with (current): 9994 last known working: 9834 on fedora 13: > CXX extension/dbus/dbus-init.o > extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp: In function ‘void Inkscape::Extension::Dbus::init()’: > extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp:87: warning: unused variable ‘obj’ > extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp: In function ‘gchar* Inkscape::Extension::Dbus::init_document()’: > extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp:109: error: ‘sp_document_new’ was not declared in this scope > ./document.h:99: error: ‘gchar* SPDocument::name’ is protected > extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp:112: error: within this context > extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp:103: warning: unused variable ‘result’ > extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp:104: warning: unused variable ‘error’ > make[3]: *** [extension/dbus/dbus-init.o] Error 1 Anyone else building with dbus enabled and getting the same build failure? ~suv

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] inkscape.org update needs [text]
by Leo Jackson 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

Chris, I wanted to make a comment about the text shown in the mockup there. This part: "which runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux" Quite besides putting your fellow FOSS project last in a list of supported operating systems, especially since many distros package and release Inkscape ready to install and windows and macosx don't. It's quite simply a question of popularity. The list of operating systems goes by general OS popularity - and quite reasonably too. Linux users will expect it to go in that order, whereas if you put Linux first, I think many Windows and OS X users would be put off it as "a Linux thing" that just happens to have been loosely ported to Windows/OS X. Yes true order is right. But worse is the confusion of "Linux". Does this sentence mean that Inkscape will work on Android? Will it work on my TiVo or my Home brew Wii? It is nonsense to claim to run on Linux when linux is a kernel which can't run Inkscape in most cases. I disagree very strongly with your case here. "Linux" is a generally recognised family of operating systems. In the lingua franca, "Linux" means these operating systems, not the kernel as a technical definition of Linux may be. And there isn't really any way I think it can be improved without it becoming too verbose (frankly I think even one word more in each of the places where Linux is mentioned would be too verbose, the brevity of "Windows", "Mac OS X" and "Linux" is important, and on your later points a group of three is in a literary manner far more pleasing than four or five items would be). I don't believe anyone will get confused and expect it to run on any mobile browsers. The downloads page will also have OS-sniffing and so present the most likely of the three options first, including highlighting the relevant option (e.g. Mac OS X 10.4 users will get that button glowing and the others slightly faded, Ubuntu users will get a sentence on how to get it in Ubuntu highlighted in some way). It would be more clear and honest to say "which runs on Gnome/Linux" or "FreeDesktop Linux" or just "Fedora, Debian and other awesome Free Desktops". If you start putting in some particular flavours of Linux then you get bickering about which ones get included. And if you're of the opinion that Android and such aren't marketed as Linux and there for won't be confusing. Think about the way Ubuntu isn't marketed as Linux either (because it isn't true and because it's not helpful to scare away new users), will we have "which runs on Linux and Ubuntu" to account for that? No. Ubuntu is still recognised as Linux. And putting this in combination with highlighting the relevant information on the download page, I don't think it'll be an issue. Some people are adopting GNU/Linux as the operating system. Free Desktops include and not limited to Gnome, KDE, Xfce, and others. The lack of consideration that Linux distros are given by the Inkscape website is currently frustrating. The install for Windows and Mac is easy, but we don't have a single deb, apt link, or ppa and instead ask users to compile. Please consider rectifying and please start with the text on the front page. You're right about the need for more information on how to source Inkscape; I don't believe you're at all right about starting with the text on the front page. What it says is correct. The modifications only need to take place on the download page. So very true and easy to do. Regards, Leo Jackson

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Submission Process
by Martin Owens 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

Hey guys, I'm not sure I can remember if I need to do anything special for my recent submission of a branch on launchpad for review and merge. Does Inkscape follow the normal launchpad workflow since it's on launchpad? https://code.launchpad.net/~doctormo/inkscape/barcode-refactor/+merge/44768 Let me know if there is anything special I need to do to make sure this gets put into the right pile. Martin,

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inkscape.org update needs [django and video]
by Ian Caldwell 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

hello all! just wanted to update you all on the website we're making some good progress and things are starting to come together for the website, We're currently in the process of having the pages mocked up and then translating those to html/css and django. we do however need a couple things.. 1. We need someone to develop a good quality video for our about page it'll be a brief overview of inkscape and will hopefully be less than 2-3 minutes. - It would be great to include a couple brief interviews of prominent companies that us inkscape for their everyday work. If you're able to submit interviews in video format to add to the video it would be great too! It will essentially be a promo video - Here's an example of where the video would go ( http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41698/mockup-about_1.1.png) 2. if you're skilled in Django and willing to take on various features of the site such as i18n (localization). so if you're willing to help either email me here or join us at irc.freenode.net and join #inkscape-web Thanks and happy holidays! Ian "Inc" Caldwell

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Poppler internal API problem
by Krzysztof Kosiński 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

We are still using the internal Poppler API to import PDFs. This is very bad, since the internal Poppler API is not stable, and will keep breaking. (We already don't build with poppler > 0.12.1) How about using the public Glib API to render to a Cairo SVG surface instead? This is how pdf2svg works, and to be honest I had to use that utility several times to augment Inkscape, because it handles text much better. What are the advantages to using internal Poppler API directly? Regards, Krzysztof

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What's left to do before 0.48.1?
by Krzysztof Kosiński 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

Hello Looks like nearly everything is done for 0.48.1 now: https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.1 The remaining unclosed issues are minor: 427514 only result in some confusion when working with 2 windows at once, 520521 is a build system improvement and 510618 is a connector-related quirk we can live with for now. There's also the bezier stamping regression, but I don't think the feature is used often enough to warrant further delay; the same effect can also be achieved with some more work using Ctrl+D. Is there anything else holding up the release 0.48.1? There are several important bugs fixed in it, so I think it's important to push it out as soon as possible. Regards, Krzysztof

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Rev. 9970: Compile error and startup segfault
by Maximilian Albert 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

Hi, I'm having a few problems after my last pull (I'm at rev. 9970 at the moment). Firstly, I couldn't compile straight away because widgets/icon.cpp uses the GStatBuf type which AFAICT was newly added to glib in a recent version (the latest version on Ubuntu 10.04 is glib 2.24.1, which doesn't know it). Would it be possible to recode this so that the latest version supplied by Ubuntu (or other distros, for that matter) is sufficient? After installing glib 2.26.1 from source, I managed to compile Inkscape but now it crashes on startup (see backtrace below). Any ideas? Thanks, Max ------------------------------------------ Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x0012d422 in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0x0012d422 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x01728651 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #2 0x0172ba82 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #3 0x0166952f in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 #4 0x01667465 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 #5 0x016674a2 in std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 #6 0x016675e1 in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 #7 0x005fd090 in Glib::FileError::throw_func(_GError*) () from /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1 #8 0x0060ae82 in Glib::Error::throw_exception(_GError*) () from /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1 #9 0x005fd5ef in Glib::Dir::Dir(std::string const&) () from /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1 #10 0x0832bbb8 in IconImpl::validateCache () at widgets/icon.cpp:421 #11 0x0832cdac in IconImpl::prerenderIcon (name=0x985e1f4 "edit-select-all-layers", lsize=GTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR, psize=22) at widgets/icon.cpp:1337 #12 0x0832e237 in Inkscape::queueIconPrerender (name=..., lsize=Inkscape::ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR) at widgets/icon.cpp:1311 #13 0x085f8118 in create_action_for_verb (verb=<value optimized out>, view=<value optimized out>, size=Inkscape::ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR) at widgets/select-toolbar.cpp:387 #14 0x085f9866 in sp_select_toolbox_prep (desktop=0x8e78db0, mainActions=0x98e7e60, holder=0x8a4daa0) at widgets/select-toolbar.cpp:405 #15 0x08355dd5 in setup_aux_toolbox (toolbox=0x9229f30, desktop=0x8e78db0) at widgets/toolbox.cpp:1902 #16 0x0834b204 in Inkscape::UI::ToolboxFactory::setToolboxDesktop (toolbox=0x9229f30, desktop=0x8e78db0) at widgets/toolbox.cpp:1668 #17 0x08383184 in Inkscape::UI::UXManagerImpl::connectToDesktop (this=0x97c68e8, toolboxes=..., desktop=0x8e78db0) at ui/uxmanager.cpp:230 #18 0x08320b67 in SPDesktopWidget::createInstance (namedview=0x8a5b950) at widgets/desktop-widget.cpp:1464 #19 0x08320c82 in sp_desktop_widget_new (namedview=0x8a5b950) at widgets/desktop-widget.cpp:1413 #20 0x0809655f in sp_file_new (templ=...) at file.cpp:126 #21 0x08096934 in sp_file_new_default () at file.cpp:178 #22 0x08086565 in sp_main_gui (argc=1, argv=0xbffff754) at main.cpp:982 #23 0x080886d3 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff754) at main.cpp:717

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potrace 1.9 is available
by Alexandre Prokoudine 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Hi, Potrace 1.9 was released yesterday "The xfig and eps backends were improved, and a fixed pagesize PDF backend was added. Support for BMP version 4 and version 5 files, as well as top-down BMP files, was added. Minor speed improvements to Potrace and major speed improvements to mkbitmap. A Gaussian blur option was added to mkbitmap. Libtool is now used to build and optionally install the Potrace library. An optional simplified progress bar was added for dumb terminals. This release also contains some portability improvements, cross-compilation improvements, and minor bug fixes." Anything we need to backport? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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[website] Discussion on the wiki
by Ian Caldwell 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

hello, This email is sent on behalf of Steven M. Ottens. I've been pondering the wiki-issue ever since I sent my mail on site/menu-structure to Ian. A few observations: -The current wiki is a MediaWiki-wiki, which is the same as Wikipedia and as such quite known to a broad audience. -A wiki is inherently different from a pre-structured website. -We want to have both a structured website guiding the various target groups towards the info they need and have a dynamic place where new info is quickly (and chaotically) added. -We want to point people towards the more chaotically but richer information source that is the wiki from the structured website -Any 'fixed' content system is not a wiki. I've had experiences with various combinations of plain HTML, blogs, CMS and wiki's and there is no holy grail which will do everything perfect. So I think we shouldn't try to get the wiki into Django. The wiki is the wiki and people are reasonably aware of the principle of a wiki. That being said, currently the wiki is a whole separate entity which I never ventured into until today. There is a wealth of information there, but it is hidden behind the simple link 'wiki' So I don't think we should try to create a design which forces the wiki to behave as the rest of the site, but to create a separate (but similar) design for the wiki to make it clear for the users they are in the wiki with a clear way back to the site. Also we should make more appropriate links from the site to the wiki. There are many topics in the site which are also discussed in the wiki, we should link to those. I came up in my restructuring mail with 'landing pages' on various topics. Having various main pages in the wiki which reflect the menu-structure in the website might create a stronger bridge between the two, without restricting the wiki to the website-structure. Regards Steven note: I know making a difference between the wiki and 'the website' isn't entirely fair, the wiki is part of the website etc etc. It is just a quick way to get the message across (I hope)

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Lock the group from editing
by Yu-Chung Wang 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Is there any API which can prevent the group from editing by the users? My situation is that I add some elements in the python extension. However, I don't want them to be changed by the users. I know that it's impossible to prevent user to delete them from the XML editor. However, I hope want to limit it from editing in the UI.

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A proposal for the filter tool (and the others)
by Teto 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Hi! First, I have to say that I do like inkscape, that I use everyday, sometimes just for fun. But, like all free softwares, it has few problems. Some are not important, others may become disabling. Obviously filters belong to the second category. Not because there are buggy (they aren't), but because the rendering engine is just too slow, when you are using few "big" filters in a big picture and you want to export in a big size, it takes centuries. I'm not complaining, I take a coffee during the export, but well... And it has other few problems like "what you see is not really what you get". More than this, useful features are missing: using filter in another filter, disable/mask an effect without remove it, things like that. Again, I'm not complaining, developing a soft like Inkscape is a hard stuff, and you, developers, do a great job. First remark: When we watch filter structure closely, it's very similar to "path effects" and even "stroke" or "shape". You have an object that you change with effects: colors, shape, style and so on. For fun, again, I use UDK (Unreal Development Kit) to develop games (mostly to understand how they work). I suppose that many people know this kit, if not, search "Epic Unreal Development Kit". In this kit, like all other game development kits, you apply materials to 3D objects, that are basically textures improved with a lot of effects to fake light, glow, deepness, relief and so on. To create these effects, you use a GUI (attached picture) where you start with the 3D object (the big rectangle on the left) and put on it effects, which can be modified by sub-effects, which can be etc. The attached picture is obvious, and shows clearly how it works, I think. What do I want to say? I think that many tools/operations of Inkscape can be done via a GUI like this. - Everything can be a "basic" object: line, stroke, shape, geometric shape, group, clone. - On these objects you can change 4 things: shape (fill or edge) and color (fill of edge). That's all. - For the effects available you find all tools available in "filter" or "path effects", like bending, matrix operations, styles... - So when I want to put a "object on fire" effect on a circle, I click on it, a window like the attached picture is opened, I can see the object "circle" on the left, and few effect already attached, like fill color and the type of the stroke for the edge. I'm choosing the filter "on fire" in the library, and put it. I'm using dashes to tell where it's used, configuring it, closing the GUI, and the effect appears. - You see also what I mean: With this system you can create you own effects and use them like "basic effect" in other filters (missing feature in the actual filter tool). - It's the same for the objects themselves. For instance you could have a 'group' with effects (filter, transparency,...) with many sub-objects/shapes with their own effects. - Many existing GUI/tools in Inkscape could disappear with this one, and changed by "basic effect objects" attached on shapes/strokes: Tools filter, path effect, color, text, transform, tiling, distribute, 'rows and columns'... I do know that the work for this is huge (another summer google contest?). You have to start from scratch, basically. And I read somewhere that for futures versions, Inskcape will merge "filter tool" and "path transform tool" in order to unify all this stuff. I agree, it's essential for my point of view, if you want to continue improving your great tool without too much trouble. My idea can be useless, because the concept doesn't fit with the .svg specifications (I'm thinking about colors or edge thickness, for example, that are directly in the object definition, while filters are stored in <svg:defs>). Or compatibility with other softs that reading .svg. Or maybe you don't care. But implement this and many expensive professional vectorial tools will become "old-school" immediately ^^ ... Sorry for the length. And sorry if I seemed arrogant or smug, it wasn't my intention, English is not my native language. I just had this idea this morning. My 2 cents, François. PS: About the actual filter tool: Maybe I missed something, but the tool "snapshot picture behind the object and use it" is missing, and could be useful for effects.

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patch review needed for bug #172219 “Calligraphy pen: optionally rotate tablet tilt by 90deg”
by ~suv 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Could anyone knowledgeable of tablets (code and usage) review and test the patch provided for Bug #172219 “Calligraphy pen: optionally rotate tablet tilt by 90deg”: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/172219> if it works as expected for tablet users and doesn't introduce regressions for us ordinary mouse clickers ;) ? ~suv

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MediaWiki skin
by Krzysztof Kosiński 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

Hello Can we please change the MediaWiki skin used on wiki.inkscape.org to the default, as seen on Wikipedia, but with our logo? The current one is no good and it would be more work fixing it than writing a better one from scratch. I know there is a website redesign in progress, but this is a simple change that would immediately improve the lives of wiki users. Here's how to do this. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_configuration Regards, Krzysztof

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sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:138:22: error: missing binary operator before token "(", inkscape trunk@...2518...
by Jeff Kowalczyk 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

I get the following compile error with inkscape trunk rev 9964: CXX widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.o widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:138:22: error: missing binary operator before token "(" widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:223:22: error: missing binary operator before token "(" widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp: In function ‘void resizeHSVWheel(GtkHSV*, GtkAllocation*)’: widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:135:42: error: ‘gtk_hsv_set_metrics’ was not declared in this scope widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void ColorWheelSelector::init()’: widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:169:26: error: ‘gtk_hsv_new’ was not declared in this scope widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:170:40: error: ‘GTK_HSV’ was not declared in this scope widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:170:49: error: ‘gtk_hsv_set_metrics’ was not declared in this scope widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void ColorWheelSelector::_colorChanged()’: widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:275:82: error: ‘gtk_rgb_to_hsv’ was not declared in this scope widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:276:42: error: ‘GTK_HSV’ was not declared in this scope widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:276:53: error: ‘gtk_hsv_set_color’ was not declared in this scope widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp: In static member function ‘static void ColorWheelSelector::_wheelChanged(GtkHSV*, SPColorWheelSelector*)’: widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:351:40: error: ‘gtk_hsv_get_color’ was not declared in this scope widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:356:39: error: ‘gtk_hsv_to_rgb’ was not declared in this scope widgets/sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp:367:94: error: ‘gtk_hsv_is_adjusting’ was not declared in this scope I'm using Gentoo Linux ~amd64, let me know if there are any dependency versions you need to know. Thanks, Jeff

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Merry xmas + InkViewer as previewer?
by Mark T 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

All the best for your seasonal festivities. Especially those enduring the norther climes. WIn-users are a phussy lot. When introducing them to a new graphics program where there is not preview, the impact is low. Is there a path of possibility of the InkViewer being used as a preview.er in a Windows explorer preview pane? Renesis domain has expired. They did produce a previewer. MarkT -- (+61 4) 0679 5734 :: skype: govirtual.com.au :: チェックアウトが、Jingle だ! ::It's a Jingle Out There!

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0.48.1 release notes
by Krzysztof Kosiński 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

Hello I started the 0.48.1 release notes page, available here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.48.1 Regards, Krzysztof

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irc bot
by john cliff 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

anyone know whats going on with the irc bot in the jabber room? Cheers John

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Fwd: [Press] PRESS RELEASE: Framework 0.7 is Faster and Open Clip Art 2.8 Goes Creative Commons Zero
by jon＠...235... 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hi guys, just let you know we making great progress on Open Clip Art Library these days and also plowing on its engine. Its a great time to come help out! Jon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jon Phillips <press@...2474...> Date: Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:15 PM Subject: Fwd: [Press] PRESS RELEASE: Framework 0.7 is Faster and Open Clip Art 2.8 Goes Creative Commons Zero To: clipart-list <clipart@...330...> Ok, cool, spread the word! We got the release out! ### San Francisco, December 15, 2010 UTC – Aiki Framework (http://aikiframework.org) is ending 2010 on a series of high notes that make up it's latest Release of Version 0.7. Lead Aiki Developer, Bassel Safadi (http://bassel.ws), along with fellow Fabricatorz (http://fabricatorz.com/about) have spent a month leading to the upgrade pushing revisions, planning Aiki's future, and deploying new features to Aiki's growing list of sites. Aiki Framework is a leading open source, web-based content management system. Version 0.7 is marked by a number of enhancements to the package, including revamps of core elements by Aiki Developer, Roger Martin (http://rg1024.wordpress.com). As a result, Aiki processing speed has been supercharged. Bassel has also been working tirelessly to enhance existing features while also killing bugs to improve user experience in the admin panel, as well as allowing developers greater control of the sites they build on the platform. Aiki's flagship site, The Open Clip Art Library (http://openclipart.org), has seen a month of growth and renewed focus on future goals for the project. Open Clip Art Library 2.8 brings over 1,000 new and remixed images into the Public Domain. Going even further to solidify OCAL as a leading provider of Open Source Content, registered users have grown by an astonishing 2,500 since November 1. The ever-expanding Community of artists continues to deliver solid themed content, as the latest Package Release brings a collection of over 75 Winter Holidays 2010 Clip Art (http://www.openclipart.org/packages-holidays2010). This release also sees the update of the site to use Creative Commons updated CC Zero Public Domain Dedication tool. The goal of this tool is to work internationally and take into account concerns by those living in jurisdictions around the world that have other types of rights around the creation of a work. By visiting the site, one will notice now all references to waiving copyright on clip art contributions are using this tool. Fabricatorz and Open Clip Art Library founder Jon Phillips stated, "Open Clip Art Library is used all around the world by Wikipedia, teachers, artists, and plain old Mom's as a key source for graphics. By updating our licensing tool, we are in compliance with the latest Creative Commons recommendation for releasing works into the public domain globally, and leading on the net with trying to increase sharing. This type of sharism is crucial to the open web." Beyond licensing, a new "Collections" system has also been launched. Registered OCAL members now have the ability to aggregate their favorite clip art into created lists. Each created list will appear on the user's profile page. This is only a first step in a larger plan for "Collections", so users are encouraged to test out this feature and report any bugs. Profile editing continues growing more robust and usable, thanks to OCAL Developer Chovynz (http://www.openclipart.org/user-detail/chovynz). Users now have access to their profile by simply selecting their username in the header. Selecting the re-worded 'My Profile' will now lead users to their management page. Improving usability even further, Bassel has invoked "pretty urls" for all clip art uploaded to Open Clip Art Library. With these new updates in place, the Librarians want to open the floodgates for Community involvement. Developers will be pleased to learn that a major behind-the-scenes update has taken place, and The Open Clip Art Library is now backed by the latest Version of Aiki Framework. On top of that, Framework auto-updates are in place, so OCAL will always be on the cutting edge as Aiki rockets toward the future. The Open Clip Art Library's progression has been mapped out on Launchpad (http://launchpad.net/openclipart). Here, users can learn where OCAL is heading and how they can help. All are encouraged to file any suggestions and bugs they find while utilizing The Open Clip Art Library, as well as helping to fix existing issues. Any who are unsure of how best to help are welcome to get started by logging into OCAL's irc chat (#openclipart at freenode.net). The invitation to contribute extends to Aiki Framework, whose future is also mapped out on Launchpad (http://launchpad.net/aikiframework). Aiki's Developers welcome feature requests and bug filing. For those just beginning their Aiki Framework adventure, online documentation is in place (http://www.aikiframework.org/wiki/Main_Page#Documentation) and is continually being updated with definitions, tutorials, and latest feature breakdowns. Aiki's irc channel (#aiki at freenode.net) is also a great place to ask questions and learn from those who are doing. Get started and be a part of a powerful and Open future. Highlights * Aiki Framework 0.7 Release * Faster processing & bug fixes * New Open Clip Art Library 2.8 Release * 2,500+ new registered users last month * Winter Holidays 2010 Clip Art Package Release * Call for Aiki Framework & Open Clip Art Library Developers For more information * http://aikiframework.org * http://openclipart.org * http://fabricatorz.com * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Clip_Art_Library * http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Clip-Art-Library/345650985985 * http://aikilab.org Press Contact Jon Phillips press@...2474... +1.415.830.3884 San Francisco + China _______________________________________________ Press mailing list Press@...2475... http://lists.fabricatorz.com/listinfo.cgi/press-fabricatorz.com -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ http://fabricatorz.com/ http://status.net/ http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86.187.1003.9974 (china) -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ http://fabricatorz.com/ chat/skype: kidproto | irc: rejon +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86.187.1003.9974 (china) +65.8330.5807 (singapore)

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Abhishek's "refactoring" (r9946) makes things much worse
by Krzysztof Kosiński 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hello The object of the C++ refactoring GSoC project by Abhishek was to better separate the object tree (interpretation) and the XML tree (representation). But the recent merge of his work made it clear that he potentially made things much worse! Abhishek's patch introduces these functions: void attach(SPObject *object, SPObject *prev); void reorder(SPObject *prev); void detach(SPObject *object); long long int getIntAttribute(char const *key, long long int def); unsigned getPosition(); gchar const * getAttribute(gchar const *name,SPException *ex=0) const; void appendChild(Inkscape::XML::Node *child); void addChild(Inkscape::XML::Node *child,Inkscape::XML::Node *prev=0); void setKeyValue(unsigned int key, gchar const *value); void setAttribute(gchar const *key, gchar const *value, SPException *ex=0); void readAttr(gchar const *key); void removeAttribute(gchar const *key, SPException *ex=0); bool storeAsDouble( gchar const *key, double *val ) const; All of those are public and operate directly on the XML tree - exactly the type of operation that the project was supposed to reduce! What do we do now? At the least, all the functions listed above should be made private. Regards, Krzysztof

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[website] website structure
by Ian Caldwell 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hello, Also send on behalf of "Steven M. Ottens" Hi all, I've been pondering the site structure using the three focus groups, while keeping in mind that our audience is diverse and groups overlap. To put it simply: New users want to: -know what inkscape is -get it -know how to get started Existing users want to: -get new versions of inkscape -get add-ons -learn how to use it -get involved (user/designer style) -get the latest news Developers want to: -get source code -learn how to develop -get involved (developer style) -get the latest news Note that all three groups want to 'get something', all three want to know/learn something and two want to get involved somehow and get updated with the latest news. Also getting involved means different things to different people. Also the current distinction between developers and community is not entirely valid in my opinion. For a starter, developers are a part of the community :) Also bugtracking is both important for users and developers. In stead of focussing on the different target groups, I'd like to focus on the different activities. When someone visits the site, (s)he will not first think of him/herself as a developer, user, etc. (S)he will have a specific need which (s)he wants to be met. So instead of forcing visitors to think which role they fit, I'd like to meet their questions head on. So my suggestion is to make these 6 toplevels for the menustructure: -*about* (which should meet questions on what it is, who work on/with it, what can you do with it, what can it do) -*downloads* (which should answer all questions relating getting inkscape and related resources) -*learn* (which should answer questions on how to get started, use it and develop for it) -*get* *involved* (which should answer questions on how to get involved in all possible ways) -*news* (which should show what's happening in the community, the development, the wiki) -*donate* (which should bring us money ;) The frontpage should apart from the 6 menu-items provide a direct link to the download which is appropriate for the visitors OS and underneath an 'other version link' which links to the main downloads page, similar to firefox approach. Also it should provide direct access to 'overview' 'features' 'gallery' 'getting started/learning resources' and show the latest news. This probably leaves us some space to be filled on the frontpage. I've not yet come up with appropriate extra content, so if there are any suggestions, please let me know. One question I have is the integration of the wiki within the main site. Obviously being a wiki, we cannot or should not force the same structure as the site. Though different parts of the wiki are interesting in different places in the menu structure. It would be good if we create and link to main wikipages on different subjects. For instance wiki/learn as a starting page for all learning-related wikicontent. This way we can integrate the wiki more into the main site. The rest of the menu structure would then look something like this (note that it is most likely not complete, I'm typing this on the move so don't have access to the website and wiki to check for missing bits): ABOUT -overview -screenshots -gallery -cases -features -supporters/sponsors (?) DOWNLOADS -windows -linux -mac -other -source -addons (palettes, plugins etc) -open clip art (extern) LEARN -books -tutorials -videos -FAQ -wiki/learn -dev docs -user docs GET INVOLVED -forums -mailinglist -bugtracker -irc/jabber -wiki -roadmap -developer -designer NEWS -news -releases -contests -meetings -wiki/recent DONATE (nothing under here, just a direct link to the donations page) I am aware this structure is quite different from the current and as such it might take quite some effort to relocate current content in the new structure. As stated before I haven't looked to each individual page in the current site and checked if it has a proper place in the new structure. I haven't thought very hard and deep on how to integrate the wiki into the main site, other than the linking in the menu, this might need some more thought. Also it is a proposal so I'm open for feedback, comments and improvements. Regards, Steven

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Embed Python script engine
by Yu-Chung Wang 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Is the link become available in the WIKI? We are actually working on adding scene and animation editor into the inkscape. This will make the inkscape become an environment similiar to the Abobe Flash. So far, we have finished some prototype to edit multi page SVG file and some simple animation support. So far, in the integration is only at the Node and NodeObserver level, therefore, its relationship between inkscape and python VM is quite weak. However, in order to make it easier to use, we need to bind more and more functions into the python. This will make the binding easier to be broken from version to version. This is why we want to make it into the code base. The other possibility is not to put the python into the code base directly. Instead, define an binding interface which should be used by any system like ours so that we can develop our stuff outside the code base safely. You can decide to include our stuff or not until the technical issue is clear. >>I'll list out a few more details on this in the wiki, so that the reoccurring discussion can be captured.

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0.48 trunk compilation bug&fix, launchpad questions
by Robin Palotai 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hello, Sorry in advance, this is a composite-topic email. 1) Launchpad question - am I ok so far? Being new to bzr/launchpad I'm a bit confused yet. What I would liked to do is to branch the 0.48.x branch and apply/rewrite some of my former patches to there (not the 0.49.x, because unfortunately my libs seem to be too old to compile it). I branched lp:inkscape/0.48.x, and also pushed it to a custom branch atlp:~palotai-robin/inkscape/0.48.x . Now at the bottom of the launchpad page, it tells that it is "stacked on lp:inkscape", where I would expect it to be lp:inkscape/0.48.x. Is this ok? 2) Some compilation errors with the 0.48.x trunk I used 'configure --disable-lcms', gcc 4.3.2, x86, Debian Linux (lenny), glib 2.22.4, glibmm 2.16.4, gtk 2.12.12, gtkmm 2.12.7 (according to the package manager). 2A) The error mentioned here: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.devel/35338 Solution was to include "io/sys.h" in color-profile.cpp 2B) Gtk::IconTheme::load_icon doesn't have default third parameter on my system, while inkscape uses the two-param version at two places: interface.cpp <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.devel/35338>- Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> pb = iconTheme->load_icon( it->second, *it2 ); + Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> pb = iconTheme->load_icon( it->second, *it2, (Gtk::IconLookupFlags) 0 ); ui/widget/dock-item.cpp - Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> pb = iconTheme->load_icon( it->second, *it2 ); + Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> pb = iconTheme->load_icon( it->second, *it2, (Gtk::IconLookupFlags) 0 ); 3) How do I commit these patches? Having these fixed, what is the expected lp/bzr procedure for create bug/commit patch? 4) Is adding new features (those I originally wanted) on the 0.48.x branch is in vain? If it is a corrections only branch, then maybe it is in vain. But I can't compile for 0.49, so maybe creating the patches for 0.48 would make it easier to merge them in 0.49 eventually. Thank you, Robin

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Firefox corrupts svg files !
by Ivan Louette 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

I send this message here because they concern settings files created for Inkscape and I think everybody concerned by svg creation could be concerned. Some time ago I placed some svg filters files on OpenClipart and more recently I heard from users that they didn't work despite all my tests were positive. Yesterday I discovered that following the way you take to download them they work or not. The problem seems to be specific to Firefox and doesn't occur with other browsers (tried with Safari, Opera and Chrome). Here are the address of the two files : The first one is an Inkscape template which activates filters for background images or objects : http://www.openclipart.org/detail/92749 This second one contains color filters decicated to work on background object or images (place any shape on top of a picture and apply the filters to this shape) : http://www.openclipart.org/detail/92977 Here is the problem : - When you click on the "Download SVG" button on the OpenClipart page it opens the svg in Firefox. Then, if you save this SVG file displayed in Firefox and try to work with it in Inkscape it doesn't work because Firefox changed something in the file. - If you right click on the "Download SVG" button and do "Save target as", then the file download unchanged on your disk and all works as expected. Could somebody send the bug to Firefox ? Thanks for your attention, ivan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] r9946 build failure
by ~suv 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

Issues with revision 9946: <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/9946> On 12/12/10 11:39, ~suv wrote: > CXX dialogs/spellcheck.o > dialogs/spellcheck.cpp: In function ‘void sp_spellcheck_accept(GObject*, > GObject*)’: > dialogs/spellcheck.cpp:783: error: ‘SPDocumentUndo’ has not been declared > make[3]: *** [dialogs/spellcheck.o] Error 1 > make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make: *** [all] Error 2 System: osx, gcc 4.2.1, gtk 2.22.1, glib 2.26.1, gtkmm 2.22.0 sanguivor (on irc) confirms same error (no system info provided). houz (on irc) has no build failure, but reports that 'File > Open' no longer works with r9946 (file chooser freezes when 'Open' is pressed): System: debian, gcc 4.4.5, gtk 2.20.1, glib 2.25.11, gtkmm 2.20.3 ~suv

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(no subject)
by John Cliff 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

http://sportseventmerchandise.com/images/gr.php

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Update W3C tests
by Tavmjong Bah 11 Dec '10

11 Dec '10

Hello, The W3C SVG working group is in the final stages of getting the SVG 1.1 "Second Edition" out the door. The test suit has been greatly expanded as part of this work. Before the standard can be finalized, each test in the suite must have at least two SVG renderers pass the test. I have run Inkscape via the command line over the suite. At the moment there are 440 approved tests (this may change in the next few weeks). The results are: OK (PASS): 166 PARTIAL: 23 FAIL: 251 Most of the fails are due to non-supported features: No DOM, animation, interactivity support: ~160 No SVG font support: ~20 Still, there is quite a bit of room for improvement, some probably trivial. I've prepared web pages for the tests. They can be found at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/W3C_SVG_1.1F2/harness/htmlInkscapeApproved… Tav

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website design bounty
by Alexandre Prokoudine 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

Hi, I have a spare hardcopy of recently released book "inkscape 0.48. Essentials for Web Designers" and I propose to make it a bounty for winner of the website design contest. Could anybody please adjust announcement text? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] website
by Steven Ottens 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Hi All, Since I've volunteered and been drafted as a Ux/UI guy for the redesign of the website a couple of remarks and questions on the idea for the new website. For me and probably also for the designers as well it would be nice to define who the visitors of the new website will be. I came up with these three main groups. -new users -users (artists/designers etc) -developers These three groups have different needs and expectations from the site. This is my view on their needs and expectations, feel free to shoot holes into them/enhance them. New users The new user group has been addressed by the 'Big Issue' talk on blenderguru. Short version: -they need to know what it is, what it does and where to get it. -frontpage is their first introduction to Inkscape and as such should be focussed towards their need (Short explanation, download button/link, 'learn' button/link) and visually attractive Users They already have inkscape, they visit the site for a couple of reasons. -Check for/download new version (put version number on the download button/link) -Learn how to use inkscape/improve their skills through tutorials -Get help with (technical) issues with inkscape -Showcase their work -Get more resources like scripts/plugins/palettes etc. -... Developers They already know inkscape and like to improve it. So they visit the site because: -They like to know how to get the sourcecode, compile it etc -File/solve bugs -...? (I'm no developer so help me out :) The reason I ask this, is because knowing who is using the site and why makes it easier to design a site-structure. The current mind-map of the site, although very complete doesn't provide a very balanced site-structure. 'Community Frontpage' is 3 levels deep, 'Press and references' is one level deep and 'Open clip art' is not even part of the site, though all three are shown as equal children of the frontpage. Having a beautiful and consistent design, isn't enough. A logical and short site-structure is important as well; having relevant subsections close to each other is key. Love to hear your thoughts. Having the discussion now makes it possible to incorporate the outcome in the winning design from day one. Regards Steven -- Senior UxDesigner

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Inkscape Tango/Art Libre icons.
by David Bolack 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Without getting on any particular nerves about Inkscape and this Icon Set, I have a question. :) Looking at the wiki page here, http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Themable_icons, it appears that ya'll have vastly extended the Art Libre set. Have these additions been contributed back into Art Libre (the page for that looks stale) and if not are what license are they under?

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patches from Adonis
by Alexandre Prokoudine 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Hi, There's probably a good dozen of merge requests from Adonis Papaderos over last couple of weeks, all with bug fixes, some already applied. Can anybody say if the pacthes are good so we could suggest commit access as per rules? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Inkscape 0.48.1?
by Josh Andler 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Hey all! Any blockers left? Things look pretty ripe right now imho and it seems like momentum has slowed. Better question... any opposition to moving forward? Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape-devel Digest, Vol 55, Issue 2
by Daniel Krause 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Hello all: I've not been active for a while, but I wanted to begin again. My focus is the Technical Drafting portion of Inkscape. I've put together my thoughts in this document. I would love some feed back. https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1hSD8lW0Nv3Z3BHFXXg9vDsBI4U0CaWw1kP… I'm a bit selfish, as I am sick and tired of shelling out hundreds and thousands of dollars for the latest and greatest drafting software every few years. Having Inkscape be able to replace AutoCAD and Vectorworks would be the greatest gift I could every receive. You should all know that you have made a fantastic piece of software here. Thanks! -Dan www.danielkrausedesign.com 302 598 4162 On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:17 PM, < inkscape-devel-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Send Inkscape-devel mailing list submissions to > inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > inkscape-devel-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > inkscape-devel-owner(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Inkscape-devel digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Notebooks in internal extensions > (J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...) > 2. Re : Notebooks in internal extensions (Nicolas Dufour) > 3. Re: Re : Notebooks in internal extensions > (J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...) > 4. Re: website (Jaros?aw Foksa) > 5. Re: website (Ian Caldwell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 09:55:26 +0100 > From: <J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Notebooks in internal extensions > To: <nicoduf@...48...>, <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > < > EEEAA170F9750D449D15AEF17CE7ED6D0345AA03@...1579...> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nicolas Dufour [mailto:nicoduf@...48...] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 15:02 > > To: Inkscape Devel List > > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Notebooks in internal extensions > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm currently trying to use a 3 tabs notebook in an internal > > extension (a filter with some options and two color > > selectors), but Inkscape crashes as soon as an > > ext->get_param_xxx function is called from the filter's code. > > Everything > > ext->works > > fine if I remove the notebook from the filter UI code. > > > > These functions use the parameters list of the extension (see > > extension/extension.cpp, line 427+) to return the requested > > value. The problem is that this list, which is also used to > > create the UI, only contains the first level parameters, and > > when using a notebook, the notebook's parameters only (but > > not what's inside it). > > ParamNotebook (extension/param/notebook.cpp, line 64+) has > > it's own lists (one for each page), which are also used to > > create the pages' UI, and contain all the parameters that > > should be (but currently are not) accessible from the > > extension's get_param functions in order to make notebooks > > work as expected. > > > > Since it's not possible to add the notebook's pages > > parameters to the extension's ones (it would break the UI), I > > plan to add a new private merged list in Extension::Extension > > and a public Extension::add_param function to allow > > parameters addition from the notebook code. > > > > Could an extension expert (Ted, Johan?) advise me? > > Hi Nicolas, > Perhaps I can have a look at it this evening. I think the fix would be > to have the get_param functions do something like a > notebookparam->get_param if the extension's parameter is a > ParamNotebook. (right?) > > Ciao, > Johan > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:29:03 +0000 (GMT) > From: Nicolas Dufour <nicoduf@...48...> > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Re : Notebooks in internal extensions > To: J.B.C.Engelen@...1578..., inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <958479.56148.qm@...2088...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi Johan, > > Thanks for your answer! > > > > De : "J.B.C.Engelen@...1578..." <J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...> > > Perhaps I can have a look at it this evening. I think the fix would be > > to have the get_param functions do something like a > > notebookparam->get_param if the extension's parameter is a > > ParamNotebook. (right?) > > It was my first guess, but how do you find the parameter's type from its > name > (there's no "get_param_type" function or public "type" var in parameter.cpp > and > notebook.cpp)? > > Regards, > -- > Nicolas > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 14:46:45 +0100 > From: <J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re : Notebooks in internal extensions > To: <nicoduf@...48...>, <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > < > EEEAA170F9750D449D15AEF17CE7ED6D0345AB6C@...1579...> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nicolas Dufour [mailto:nicoduf@...48...] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 11:29 > > To: Engelen, J.B.C. (Johan); inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Re : Notebooks in internal extensions > > > > Hi Johan, > > > > Thanks for your answer! > > > > > > > De : "J.B.C.Engelen@...1578..." <J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...> > > > Perhaps I can have a look at it this evening. I think > > the fix would > > > be to have the get_param functions do something like a > > > notebookparam->get_param if the extension's parameter is a > > > ParamNotebook. (right?) > > > > It was my first guess, but how do you find the parameter's > > type from its name (there's no "get_param_type" function or > > public "type" var in parameter.cpp and notebook.cpp)? > > >From the top of my head I can think up two solutions: > - Make a virtual get_sub_param function in Extension::Parameter that > does nothing. And override that method in Extension::ParamNotebook. > - Or (ugly) do dynamic type cast to check for param type > ("dynamic_cast<>") > > I'd go for the first option, and rewrite Extension::param_shared (and > rename to get_param). > I find the method somewhat strange. Seems better to me, to rewrite it > without using recursion: > (not my best piece of code, but I hope the idea is clear) > > Parameter * > Extension::get_param (const gchar * name) > { > if (name == NULL) { > throw Extension::param_not_exist(); > } > if (this->parameters == NULL) { > // the list of parameters is empty > throw Extension::param_not_exist(); > } > > for (GSList * list = this->parameters; list != NULL; list = > g_slist_next(list)) { > Parameter * param = static_cast<Parameter*>(list->data); > if (!strcmp(param->name(), name)) { > return param; > } else { > Parameter * subparam = param->get_param(name); > if (subparam) { > return subparam; > } > } > } > > // if execution reaches here, no parameter matching 'name' was found > throw Extension::param_not_exist(); > } > > > Then for example get_param_string would become: > const gchar * > Extension::get_param_string (const gchar * name, const SPDocument * doc, > const Inkscape::XML::Node * node) > { > Parameter * param; > > param = get_param(name); > return param->get_string(doc, node); > } > > > > Extension::Parameter::get_param(const gchar * /*name*/) > { > return NULL; > } > > > Extension::ParamNotebook::get_param(const gchar * /*name*/) > { > here a loop similar to Extension::get_param > } > > > Hope these pieces of (pseudo)code help, > Johan > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:28:56 +0100 > From: Jaros?aw Foksa <jarek@...2504...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] website > To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: > <AANLkTinwrFBDQ3jv8CDGdFRp4cCjsjL0g7xu-Ows5cxD@...401...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I remember that back in 2008 we had simillar discussions - Chris was > advocating Django, I wanted Drupal, there was a lot of talk but we > ended up with the old site. > > Development Seed (http://developmentseed.org/) was offering volunteer > work on new inkscape.org site few months ago. Is this proposal still > actual? They are one of the best shops you could find - perhaps it > would be best to let them lead the development if they agree so. > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Ian Caldwell <inchosting@...400...> > wrote: > > hello, > > > > It's been a good long while since I've emailed the mailing list I am a > part > > of the server management involving inkscape and have been for > approximately > > 4+ years. I am writing you today for 2 reasons. > > > > Our current site is terrible, I'm sorry but there is no chance of just > > brushing over it. I know there have been a fair number of people in the > past > > 2 years who have submitted website mockup ideas and we've had contests > but > > no one has ever followed through. Which I'll take partial blame for it. > > Things are just scattered every which way > > I wanted to update you on the status of the Test suite, Osuosl is > currently > > in the process of setting up the ability to run test suites so that we > can > > test the SVG building more?efficiently. So stay tuned for more info on > this > > in the near future. > > > > Anyway back to problem 1. Here's how I think we can best solve this > problem. > > We're going to break the website into different categories and duties. > > > > UI (mockups) (*ARTIST*/PROGRAMMERS*) > > > > Ability to make mockups of how you think the website should look. > > After we pick yours we will request to see the top couple in HTML/CSS > > > > Artwork for the website (*ARTIST*) > > > > Ability to develop / sharpen logos as well as various buttons etc as > needed > > > > Drupal Modules (*PROGRAMMERS*) > > > > Skills required > > > > Knowledge of Mysql/PHP/JS and HTML > > Knowledge or ability to learn how drupal works > > > > Documentation (*WRITERS*) > > > > Skills > > > > Moderate knowledge and ability to update and port existing content over > to > > the new site. > > > > Translation > > > > We need people who specialize in various languages to port content once > > completed into the various languages. > > > > So what's wrong with the current design? a lot, it's way too cluttered > and > > disorganized not to mention you click wiki you go to a whole different > > navigation and sub site. That is just a pain to deal with as a user. So > if > > you have skills in 1 of the above 5 categories, please contact me or the > > list directly and we'll assemble the a team and get this going! let me > know > > what you think.... > > Thanks, > > Ian "Inc" C. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for > grabs. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 14:17:16 -0800 > From: Ian Caldwell <inchosting@...400...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] website > To: Jaros?aw Foksa <jarek@...2504...> > Cc: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: > <AANLkTin7aCd=GVqPrC7On8fD7ztTyndYcsa5wr5yTdDY@...401...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > yup, completely understandable. I have contacted the people from > developmentseed that originally offered to help with the new website prior > to sending this email and I have yet to hear anything back..... so I'm not > real hopeful and it's time for us to make a move. So we're starting with > mockups. If you have a backway to contact them and they're still willing > we're more than willing... > Thanks, > Ian > > 2010/12/1 Jaros?aw Foksa <jarek@...2504...> > > > I remember that back in 2008 we had simillar discussions - Chris was > > advocating Django, I wanted Drupal, there was a lot of talk but we > > ended up with the old site. > > > > Development Seed (http://developmentseed.org/) was offering volunteer > > work on new inkscape.org site few months ago. Is this proposal still > > actual? They are one of the best shops you could find - perhaps it > > would be best to let them lead the development if they agree so. > > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Ian Caldwell <inchosting@...400...> > > wrote: > > > hello, > > > > > > It's been a good long while since I've emailed the mailing list I am a > > part > > > of the server management involving inkscape and have been for > > approximately > > > 4+ years. I am writing you today for 2 reasons. > > > > > > Our current site is terrible, I'm sorry but there is no chance of just > > > brushing over it. I know there have been a fair number of people in the > > past > > > 2 years who have submitted website mockup ideas and we've had contests > > but > > > no one has ever followed through. Which I'll take partial blame for it. > > > Things are just scattered every which way > > > I wanted to update you on the status of the Test suite, Osuosl is > > currently > > > in the process of setting up the ability to run test suites so that we > > can > > > test the SVG building more efficiently. So stay tuned for more info on > > this > > > in the near future. > > > > > > Anyway back to problem 1. Here's how I think we can best solve this > > problem. > > > We're going to break the website into different categories and duties. > > > > > > UI (mockups) (*ARTIST*/PROGRAMMERS*) > > > > > > Ability to make mockups of how you think the website should look. > > > After we pick yours we will request to see the top couple in HTML/CSS > > > > > > Artwork for the website (*ARTIST*) > > > > > > Ability to develop / sharpen logos as well as various buttons etc as > > needed > > > > > > Drupal Modules (*PROGRAMMERS*) > > > > > > Skills required > > > > > > Knowledge of Mysql/PHP/JS and HTML > > > Knowledge or ability to learn how drupal works > > > > > > Documentation (*WRITERS*) > > > > > > Skills > > > > > > Moderate knowledge and ability to update and port existing content over > > to > > > the new site. > > > > > > Translation > > > > > > We need people who specialize in various languages to port content once > > > completed into the various languages. > > > > > > So what's wrong with the current design? a lot, it's way too cluttered > > and > > > disorganized not to mention you click wiki you go to a whole different > > > navigation and sub site. That is just a pain to deal with as a user. So > > if > > > you have skills in 1 of the above 5 categories, please contact me or > the > > > list directly and we'll assemble the a team and get this going! let me > > know > > > what you think.... > > > Thanks, > > > Ian "Inc" C. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > > > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > > > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > > > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for > > grabs. > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for > grabs. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > >

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Notebooks in internal extensions
by Nicolas Dufour 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Hello, I'm currently trying to use a 3 tabs notebook in an internal extension (a filter with some options and two color selectors), but Inkscape crashes as soon as an ext->get_param_xxx function is called from the filter's code. Everything works fine if I remove the notebook from the filter UI code. These functions use the parameters list of the extension (see extension/extension.cpp, line 427+) to return the requested value. The problem is that this list, which is also used to create the UI, only contains the first level parameters, and when using a notebook, the notebook's parameters only (but not what's inside it). ParamNotebook (extension/param/notebook.cpp, line 64+) has it's own lists (one for each page), which are also used to create the pages' UI, and contain all the parameters that should be (but currently are not) accessible from the extension's get_param functions in order to make notebooks work as expected. Since it's not possible to add the notebook's pages parameters to the extension's ones (it would break the UI), I plan to add a new private merged list in Extension::Extension and a public Extension::add_param function to allow parameters addition from the notebook code. Could an extension expert (Ted, Johan?) advise me? Regards. -- Nicolas

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website
by Ian Caldwell 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

hello, It's been a good long while since I've emailed the mailing list I am a part of the server management involving inkscape and have been for approximately 4+ years. I am writing you today for 2 reasons. 1. Our current site is terrible, I'm sorry but there is no chance of just brushing over it. I know there have been a fair number of people in the past 2 years who have submitted website mockup ideas and we've had contests but no one has ever followed through. Which I'll take partial blame for it. Things are just scattered every which way 2. I wanted to update you on the status of the Test suite, Osuosl is currently in the process of setting up the ability to run test suites so that we can test the SVG building more efficiently. So stay tuned for more info on this in the near future. Anyway back to problem 1. Here's how I think we can best solve this problem. We're going to break the website into different categories and duties. 1. UI (mockups) (*ARTIST*/PROGRAMMERS*) - Ability to make mockups of how you think the website should look. - After we pick yours we will request to see the top couple in HTML/CSS 2. Artwork for the website (*ARTIST*) - Ability to develop / sharpen logos as well as various buttons etc as needed 3. Drupal Modules (*PROGRAMMERS*) - Skills required - Knowledge of Mysql/PHP/JS and HTML - Knowledge or ability to learn how drupal works 4. Documentation (*WRITERS*) - Skills - Moderate knowledge and ability to update and port existing content over to the new site. 5. Translation - We need people who specialize in various languages to port content once completed into the various languages. So what's wrong with the current design? a lot, it's way too cluttered and disorganized not to mention you click wiki you go to a whole different navigation and sub site. That is just a pain to deal with as a user. So if you have skills in 1 of the above 5 categories, please contact me or the list directly and we'll assemble the a team and get this going! let me know what you think.... Thanks, Ian "Inc" C.

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Website redesign discussion (purely the aesthetic talk)
by Josh Andler 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Hey All, I had seen a well done comparison of the Blender website with the alternative commercial tools websites by Andrew Price. I was putting together a similar comparison for vector apps but the websites vary a bit more and reading what he had done is sufficient enough for people to get the point. I think that his analysis is just as valid for Inkscape's website too. Visit http://www.blenderguru.com/the-big-issues/ and do a quick search for "marketing" and scroll down just a little to see what his observations were. At this point I have to say that we should really follow a similar approach for our redesign too. Following are the links to a few commercial alternatives in the vector editor category, to compare their sites to ours. http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/ http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1281109933608 http://www.xara.com/us/products/designer/ http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/design_overview.aspx My main observation? 3D software is marketed much more nicely and I actually think we should approach the redesign in a similar way. Realistically I think we can be a bit more playful with the design, but we should have something that communicates what inkscape is and what it's capable of in a better way for non-existing users. What are other people's thoughts? If most people think the "similar to 3d apps websites" approach is good, I will post something to deviantart requesting designs there too. Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] website
by Chris Morgan 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

See for yourself by comparing the designs. Things like omitting the sidebar completely, doing the footer menu well, doing the primary/secondary links ideally, squeezing a language selection block into the header - they're mostly *possible* with Drupal, but they don't fit well with the normal design and tend to require some custom PHP code in the template, rather than Just Working. When I say "too hard" I mean that it was too hard for me to do at that point when I was just creating a prototype of it all. Some, like the primary and secondary links, would have come back properly a little later on, but the thing is they require *work* in Drupal, while in Django the system can be designed that way at a lower level, more friendlily. (For example, instead of having a "language block" which is just a fixed block, you can easily have a template which manages the HTML for the block completely). Working with Drupal yourself extensively, you may disagree with me on the "too hard" - but I hope you'll see what I mean, anyway. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Donna Benjamin <donna@...2156...> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-11-25 at 11:39 +1100, Chris Morgan wrote: > > Some elements in duckgoesoink's design I had changed for > > no good reason other than that in Drupal it would be too hard to do it > > another way. > > Which elements? > > -- > Donna Benjamin - Executive Director > Creative Contingencies - http://cc.com.au > ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414 > open source - facilitation - web services > >

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Mask calculation error.
by Tavmjong Bah 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Hi, I just checked into trunk a fix for Cairo export of masked objects (bug 597974). In tracing the problem I came across another mask related problem. Inkscape is calculating the value of the mask wrong for screen display. The value of the mask is suppose to be calculated using "the luminance-to-alpha coefficients (as defined in the 'feColorMatrix' filter primitive)" on linear RGB values. At the moment, Inkscape is combining the RGB values with equal weight. This leads to a noticeable difference between Inkscape screen display and the Cairo based exports, as well as display in browsers. I am guessing that sRGB color values are being used in addition, although I don't see a noticeable difference when comparing Inkscape PDF output or corrected screen display output with Batik or Firefox rendering. The code to fix is in nr-arena-item.cpp at line 518 and 536... but as this is speed critical code, I don't know the best way of doing this. Can someone who is familiar with nr-pixops, etc. have a look? This is the current code: m = NR_PREMUL_112 (s[0] + s[1] + s[2], s[3]); d[0] = FAST_DIV_ROUND < 3 * 255 > (m); This is the desired code equivalent: d[0] = (int)((s[0]*0.2125 + s[1]*0.7154 + s[2]*0.0721) * s[3]/255.0); Tav

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re ndering arcs - Bug 653315
by Alvin Penner 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Hi, I wonder if anyone could point me to the general location of the code that is responsible for converting a circular arc to its corresponding cubic Bezier approximations for the case where the arc has no sodipodi attributes. I know that the file src\sp-ellipse.cpp does this if sodipodi attributes are present, but it appears that the non-sodipodi case is handled separately. This is in reference to LP Bug 653315, which points out some rendering problems in this case. tia, Alvin -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/rendering-arcs---Bug-653315-tp29894997p29894997.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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makerbot competition
by john cliff 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

Hey all, Saw this on the makerbot blog and thought it may be of interest to some of our community: http://blog.makerbot.com/2010/11/26/four-ways-to-win-a-makerbot-unicorn-pen… Cheers Simarilius

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Fwd: [Merge] lp:~ado-papas/inkscape/bug_669537 into lp:inkscape
by Jasper van de Gronde 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

Is anyone looking into these fixes? If they do indeed fix bugs it would be a shame to let them go to waste. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Merge] lp:~ado-papas/inkscape/bug_669537 into lp:inkscape Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:11:52 -0000 From: Adonis Papaderos <ado.papas@...1244...> Reply-To: mp+41851@...2499... To: mp+41851@...2499... Adonis Papaderos has proposed merging lp:~ado-papas/inkscape/bug_669537 into lp:inkscape. Requested reviews: Inkscape Developers (inkscape.dev) Related bugs: #665316 crash when saving after changing stroke width (no focus-out-event) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/665316 #669537 crash when activating "snap to path" mode after changing stroke width (no focus-out-event) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669537 Fix Bug #669537 - crash when activating "snap to path" mode after changing stroke width (no focus-out-event) -- https://code.launchpad.net/~ado-papas/inkscape/bug_669537/+merge/41851 Your team Inkscape Developers is requested to review the proposed merge of lp:~ado-papas/inkscape/bug_669537 into lp:inkscape.

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NEW: books section
by Alexandre Prokoudine 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Hi, Since the SSL bug is fixed, the new Books section on the website is finally available: http://inkscape.org/books/index.php This is only first version of the section, I intend to give it polish and add more books and then keep updated. The HTML code is quite horrible, I'm not proud of it :) Feel free to improve it. The section is localizable the very same way it is done for other pages. I'm not sure however that it makes sense doing this now that we have so many Django programmers willing to do an entirely new website. Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Embed Python script engine
by Thinker K.F. Li 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Hi all, A week ago, I had post a message about adding a dock item with Python script in Inkscape window. Actually, I had embedded Python script engine to Inkscape successfully in our Inkscape branch (pybind). It works with low latency compared to the extension interface provided by Inkscape now. It is also more powerful than what the extension interface is now. We make it for another project. With this Inkscape branch (pybind), we can add a dock item, or any widget around canvas. We even create a timeline GTK widget with Python and pack it just under the SVG canvas. With this branch, some functions, of Inkscape, that is not CPU-intensive can be implemented with Python script. So, I want to know if it is possible to merge our Inkscape branch (pybind) back to the trunk.

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How to include examples in an Extension?
by Pieter Barendrecht 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Hi all, I'm currently working on an expansion of the L-System Extension (just for fun, getting to know XML and Python). I implemented an extra parameter "Factor", such that the fractal scales with each level. More info about this at the Inkscape Forums: http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6411 The thing is, I would like to include some examples in the extension. I thought of a drop-down menu (an "enum" type), with entries like "Koch Snowflake" and "Pythagoras Tree". |<param name="Examples" type="enum" _gui-text="Examples:"> <item value="Koch_Snowflake">Koch Snowflake</item> <item value="Pythagoras_Tree">Pythagoras Tree</item> </param>| When the user clicks on such an entry, appropriate values should be assigned to the fields (e.g. Axiom="F", Rules="F=F+F+F", Factor="0.5", etc.). I wondered whether this is possible using XML, or the Relax NG schema language? So to be clear, the GUI-part isn't a problem. The UI looks like this at the moment: http://www.redpanda.nl/ExamplesInkscape.png However, the "auto-assign" function needs to be implemented yet. Thanks, Pieter

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Feature idea: shapes in node-edit mode
by Bryan Hoyt | Brush Technology 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

I was just editing some paths in Inkscape and found myself wanting to add a circle to the path. Admittedly I could achieve this right now, fairly simply, just by creating a circle separately, converting it to a path, and then using "Combine paths" to combine both paths. But that's a bit of a process, and it requires switch modes a number of times, and finding a few commands hidden in the menus (or knowing the keyboard shortcuts). If I could just click on the circle tool, and draw a circle which was automatically combined with the current path I'm editing, that would save a lot of time. Presumably if I could do it for circles, I could do the same for any shape. One of the most useful scenarios for such a feature is editing clipping paths -- I love how you can edit them directly these days. But to combine any shapes with clipping paths, I currently have to release the clip, do the Combine, then set the clip again. That's sometimes a bit annoying. Of course, sometimes you want to intersect/subtract/add, etc, and then you'd need to go through the process. But for a simple combine, this seems fairly intuitive. I'm not proposing to do it myself (sorry!), but does anyone have any comments on how hard/useful this feature idea would be? - Bryan -- PS. Check out the Brush newsletter: *Subscribe or read our previous newsletters* <http://brush.co.nz/newsletters> Bryan Hoyt, *Web Development Manager* -- Brush Technology *Ph:* +64 3 942 7833 *Mobile:* +64 21 238 7955 *Web:* brush.co.nz

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Plural forms in the node tool
by Krzysztof Kosiński 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Hello I have fixed this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/601719 But now I have second thoughts with regards to putting the fix in 0.48.x branch, since it changes strings. Should I back it out? Regards, Krzysztof

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Removal of mysterious code
by Krzysztof Kosiński 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Going back to this topic. W dniu 9 listopada 2010 11:14 użytkownik Hans Meine <meine@...2314...> napisał: > Furthermore, Qt does not allow additional GUI elements anymore. While I am > sure many people miss this (like I did, for example), there are good arguments > for this, too: The one that immediately recall is that these GUI elements are > easily overlooked. After all, you get one of the dialogs you see most often, > and there's usually only a small difference this time (i.e. such a checkbox). We have one very important thing which depends on adding extra elements to the dialog, namely the preview window. Removing this would be a bad idea. I'll try to capture some screenshots that compare how the dialog looks in its native form and its GTK form on Windows. Regards, Krzysztof

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Node Tool Regressions(?)
by Tavmjong Bah 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi, In updating my book, I've done a comprehensive test of the node tool. Here is a list of regressions I've found (a couple where reported earlier today). 1. Clicking on the background with a node selected deselects the path rather than the node. 2. Page Up/Down no longer adds/removes nodes when cursor is hovered over a selected node (mouse wheel still works). 3. Node selection via mouse wheel swaps with/without Shift key functionality (spatial distance vs. distance along path). 4. Shift no longer prevents grabbing the path when doing a rubber-band selection of nodes. 5. Shift no longer disables snapping of nodes while dragging nodes. 6. Space bar no longer drops a copy of the nodes while dragging. 7. . or > expands only one handle rather than both, while Right-Ctrl . or > expands both. Ditto with Alt (rotating handles is correct with respect to Left/Right Ctrl/Alt keys). 8. Node-sculpting pressure sensitivity with tablet lost. Are all these bugs or are some feature changes? Tav

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Inkscape bitmap question
by Kris De Gussem 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi all I stumbled upon a few issues during the translation of the tips tutorial. In the preferences you'll find the option "Resolution for Create Bitmap Copy:" in the Bitmaps tab. It does not seem to be related to the "Bitmap export" dialog... so to what feature is this option relating to? Secondly, the tips tutorial refers to an option for "always importing bitmaps as pattern-filled rectangles" in the Misc tab. However, this option is not present in either the misc, nor the Bitmaps tab in the Preferences. Hence, I'd like to know where to find the option so I can update the tips tutorial. Regards Kris

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Color Gestures Cursors
by Tavmjong Bah 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi, The color gesture cursors appear to be missing in v0.47 and v0.48 (the ones with the +/- and H, S, or L). I know that they present translation problems so I am wondering if this is intentional. Tav

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Wacom + browser plugin active.
by Mark T 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

I've recently been made aware of: http://mura.deviantart.com/ It uses a Wacom plugin in the browser. The plugin is installed with the recent Wacom installer. It did this with my Bamboo Fun Touch. I saw the plugin in the browser list of plugins a while back. There were little clues at the time what/where. The above site is a major clarification. Devel relevance for Inkscape could be use of the plugin to resolve driver issues? All best. MarkT -- (+61 4) 0679 5734 :: skype: govirtual.com.au :: チェックアウトが、Jingle だ! ::It's a Jingle Out There!

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape 0.48.1?
by ~suv 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

[ back to the list ;) ] On 15/11/10 11:15, Tavmjong Bah wrote: > On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 08:28 +0100, ~suv wrote: >> On 4/11/10 05:35, ~suv wrote: >>> On 4/11/10 04:37, Josh Andler wrote: >>> >>>> Any blockers left? Things look pretty ripe right now imho and it seems >>>> like momentum has slowed. Better question... any opposition to moving >>>> forward? > > One more minor things... > > It appears that clicking on the background when a node is selected with > the node tool no longer just deselects the node but deselects the path. > This is a change in behavior from 0.47 where the first click deselected > the node leaving the path selected and the second click deselected the > path. IIRC this has come up before and is related to the multi-path editing feature of the new node tool, but I'm not sure about that. ~suv

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Enable background please !
by Ivan Louette 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

I suggest we make background enabled by default in templates in next builds (perhaps to late for 0.48.1 but definitely possible and easy for devel versions). Regards, ivan

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Wacom Enabled = Mouse Wheel Scrolling Broken?
by Tavmjong Bah 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi, Has anybody else noticed that in v0.48 when a Wacom tablet is enabled via the Input Devices dialog that scrolling using the mouse wheel (even with a different mouse or via the edge of a trackpad) no longer works? Tav

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Re : [Inkscape-translator] What a big chang!
by Nicolas Dufour 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Hi, > De : Masato Hashimoto <cabezon.hashimoto@...400...> > In 0.48.x branch-r9714, POTFILE.in is updated and it seems to affect > all of existing translations. > As for ja.po, It was completed expect for unimplemented features but > there are 88 fuzzy and 72 untranslated strings after the commit. > > If it's necessary changing, please notify us. I don't know why POTFILE.in was updated (probably to clean it), but it was not a good idea because the generate_POTFILES.sh script is not up to date and 1. forgets some files 2. adds some unused files (mainly experimental LPEs) that were previously removed or commented. Anyway, as this is a bugfix release, there should be no string change, and AFAIKT there's nothing to do for the translators in the 0.48.x branch. Of course you can still update your strings (if the translation is not 100% finished or if you need correct it), but please don't update your po file with the new POTFILE.in. Regards, -- Nicolas

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NEW: QR code
by bulia byak 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Inkscape now has an extension to generate this increasingly popular 2D barcode format (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code). Go to Extensions > Render > Barcode: QR Code. Please report to me any problems. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Removal of mysterious code
by Krzysztof Kosiński 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Please tell me how do you feel about removing the following code: - dom/ - pedro/ - jabber_whiteboard/ - Scripts dialog - Java binding stuff - one of the Find dialogs - native Windows file dialogs Rationale: - dom/ and Java binding are obsolete, the DBus binding should be used instead. For high performance applications there could be a binary plugin API, but I'd prefer to do that once the internal APIs are sane (right now they are far from it). - pedro/ and jabber_whiteboard/ contain Inkboard stuff which doesn't work. - The purpose of the script dialog evades me. To what extent does the scripting capability work? - There are two Find dialogs, one of them is disabled with a notice in the code encouraging to test it. This should be finally resolved. - Native file dialogs are a maintainability nightmare and aren't that much better than GTK dialogs; they are the reason I went for the "embed / link" popup hack for images instead of putting the checkbox in the import dialog. If you have a strong attachment to any of the above, keep in mind those are only suggestions. Regards, Krzysztof

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Corrupted pdf
by Damien Cassou 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Dear all, it looks like inkscape is creating corrupted pdf files for some of my diagrams (not just one). https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/672686 I've attached a sample file for you to try. -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them popular by not having them." James Iry

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Text Pattern Spam
by Tavmjong Bah 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hi, I've looked into the cause of pattern spam with text (adjusting a pattern fill inside text creates lots of new pattern entities, each transforming the previous one). I've found a problem that I don't know how to fix. Here is a "trace" of what is happening: When a pattern is adjusted: PatternKnotHolderEntityScale::knot_set() calls sp_item_adjust_pattern() which calls sp_pattern_clone_if_necessary() This routine looks at the hrefcount for the pattern. If it is greater than 1 then a new pattern is created. For shapes hrefcount is always 1 but for text it is 3. One problem I found here is that if a new pattern is needed, sp_repr_css_change_recursive() is called. This adds an unnecessary style attribute to tspans. Bingo, I thought. But changing this to sp_repr_css_change() didn't fix the problem. The hrefcount still ends up at 3. Sometime after returning from PatternKnotHolderEntityScale..., sp_object_href() is called 3 times, setting the hrefcount to 4 (2 in the case of a shape). Somehow this gets reduced by 1 before the next time sp_pattern_clone_if_necessary() is called leaving the hrefcount at 3 (1 in the case of a shape). Can anybody give me a clue as to what is happening? Thanks. Tav

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Add a dock ittem in Inkscape window with Python
by Thinker K.F. Li 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hi All, I am glade to tell you that we can add a dock item in the window of Inkscape with Pythn code. The screenshot is attached. You can try it by - bzr branch lp:~thinker-codemud/inkscape/pybind inkscape-pybind - cd inkscape-pybind - configure --with-python - make - PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/src/pybind/tests ./src/inkscape and, then, you will see a test dock item in the window of Inkscape.

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0.48.1 next week
by Alexandre Prokoudine 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Hi, We were planning to release 0.48.1 around October 25. Are there any issues of satble version somebody is working on or planning to work on in the coming days? Do we have Windows and Mac packagers at the ready for that? Do you know of any reason we should postpone this point release? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Windows Console Options
by Adin Ramirez Rivera 05 Nov '10

05 Nov '10

Hi all, I've been using Inkscape for a while now, and most of the time I'm working from console. So I decide to write as the FAQ say so. So please consider including a console executable (linux like options would be great!) in your official builds. Thanks in advance, keep with the cool work! adin

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[Fwd: [CREATE] Pro bono ads in Libre Graphics Magazine]
by Ted Gould 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Seems that we should have an official "Inkscape Ad" -- perhaps a contest on Deviant Art? --Ted -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: ginger coons <ginger@...2483...> To: create <create@...626...> Subject: [CREATE] Pro bono ads in Libre Graphics Magazine Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:38:19 -0400 Hello, Create! More chatter from Libre Graphics Magazine. In issue 1.1, we've reserved nine full pages for pro bono ads. These pages are spaces we want to go to the promotion of F/LOSS and Libre Graphics software and projects. So far, only one is spoken for. Which means that we've got eight whole pages left for the promotion of Libre Graphics projects. We're running A4 size pages and if you don't want to design an ad yourself, we'll do it for you. If your project wants one of those spaces, either reply to this thread, to me, or to enquiries@...2484... -- ginger "all-lower-case" coons adaptstudio.ca 647.865.7757 (Toronto) 514.213.1318 (Montreal) _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@...626... http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Filters Not Saved with PNG
by Jasper van de Gronde 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Chris Lilley wrote: > On Saturday, January 16, 2010, 10:32:16 PM, knowone wrote: > ... > k> How can I save the file as PNG with the drop shadow intact? > > Make sure you are exporting as PNG. Do not 'Save As' Cairo PNG. > > (I came across this a couple of days ago, and the symptom was that blur filters were not being applied. Also, the pixel dimensions of the two methods differ, if the graphic bleeds over the edge of the 'page'). Can someone tell me why we have a non-vector format in the save as list? One that seems redundant and apparently with less functionality than the normal export. Is this for testing purposes?

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improved dxf export
by john cliff 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Seems like theres a couple of improved versions of the dxf export script floating around the web, can we contact the devs in question and see about getting one of them pulled back into head? http://www.bobcookdev.com/inkscape/inkscape-dxf.html http://tim.cexx.org/?p=590 http://www.bigbluesaw.com/saw/big-blue-saw-blog/general-updates/big-blue-sa… cant see any references to licenses, but since they seem to derive from the inkscape one I guess their GPL, would be wise to confirm that with the devs in question tho. Cheers John

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.48.1 next week
by ~suv 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

[ this time sending reply to the list ;) ] On 31/10/10 20:46, ~suv wrote: > On 31/10/10 19:40, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote: >> On 30/10/10 19:12, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote: >>> 2010/10/28 ~suv <suv-sf@...58...>: >>>> On 28/10/10 16:04, Tavmjong Bah wrote: >>>>> 1. It is no longer possible to scale/rotate patterns used to fill text >>>>> (related to changing the snap point for text?). >>>> >>>> Reproduced with Inkscape 0.48.0 and 0.48+devel r9860 on OS X 10.5.8 >>>> Possibly not implemented in the new node tool? >>> >>> Pattern editing is seriously broken at the moment, sorry :( >>> I will investigate ways of mitigating this in a few hours. >> >> Looks like I have fixed it. As a bonus we get multiple shape editing >> (e.g. editing 4 rects and 2 ellipses at the same time) for free in the >> node tool. The shape tools still can't handle many shapes at once >> though, and there are no multi-shape features. >> >> See rev. 9867 in trunk, 9708 in stable. > > I still don't see any pattern handles for text objects filled with a > (stock) pattern in r9867 [1]. This worked in Inkscape 0.47 by selecting > the pattern-filled text with the node tool and allowed to scale and > rotate the pattern. It works when selecting the text with one of the shape tools, which was unexpected to me, but it allows to change the knots of the pattern. > Could you maybe take a look at (just reported) bug #669162? Besides the > missing feature in the new node tool, it can also cause Inkscape to > crash after trying to stamp paths while dragging a node or its handle. ~suv

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.48.1 next week
by ~suv 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

[ back to the list ] On 31/10/10 21:29, Tavmjong Bah wrote: > On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 20:55 +0100, ~suv wrote: >> [ this time sending reply to the list ;) ] >> >> On 31/10/10 20:46, ~suv wrote: >>> On 31/10/10 19:40, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote: >>>> On 30/10/10 19:12, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote: >>>>> 2010/10/28 ~suv <suv-sf@...58...>: >>>>>> On 28/10/10 16:04, Tavmjong Bah wrote: >>>>>>> 1. It is no longer possible to scale/rotate patterns used to fill text >>>>>>> (related to changing the snap point for text?). >>>>>> >>>>>> Reproduced with Inkscape 0.48.0 and 0.48+devel r9860 on OS X 10.5.8 >>>>>> Possibly not implemented in the new node tool? >>>>> >>>>> Pattern editing is seriously broken at the moment, sorry :( >>>>> I will investigate ways of mitigating this in a few hours. >>>> >>>> Looks like I have fixed it. As a bonus we get multiple shape editing >>>> (e.g. editing 4 rects and 2 ellipses at the same time) for free in the >>>> node tool. The shape tools still can't handle many shapes at once >>>> though, and there are no multi-shape features. >>>> >>>> See rev. 9867 in trunk, 9708 in stable. >>> >>> I still don't see any pattern handles for text objects filled with a >>> (stock) pattern in r9867 [1]. This worked in Inkscape 0.47 by selecting >>> the pattern-filled text with the node tool and allowed to scale and >>> rotate the pattern. >> >> It works when selecting the text with one of the shape tools, which was >> unexpected to me, but it allows to change the knots of the pattern. >> > > Krzysztof, thanks for working on this! > > One problem, it seems to fill up the <defs> section with hundreds of > patterns. Does anybody else see this? Confirmed: when using a shape tool to scale or rotate a pattern of a text object tons of patterns definitions with 'patternTransform' are created. Does already happen with Inkscape 0.47 (using the node tool) and 0.48 (using one of the shape tools) when transforming a pattern of a text object. ~suv

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Text import extension does not load in Ubuntu
by Alex Valavanis 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

Hi everyone, I'm helping to maintain the Ubuntu package of Inkscape. I mentioned in bug #479944 that the text import extension does not load in Ubuntu. I'd be grateful if anyone can offer any extra debugging assistance with this - I can't see any obvious reason why the extension does not load. As I mentioned in comment #7, extension-errors.log doesn't report any problems. Thanks, Alex

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NEW: mouseover cursors in Selector
by bulia byak 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Selector tool has a new mouse cursor (arrow with an open hand) for when your mouse is over a selectable object, and another (arrow with clinched hand) for when you're dragging an object. This improves precision of selection and UI consistency (previously, the mouse cursor over a selectable object was different across platforms, e.g. hand icon on Linux or four-way arrow on Windows). -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.48.1 next week
by Michael Wybrow 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

On 25/10/2010, at 5:47 PM, Michael Wybrow wrote: > On 21/10/2010, at 8:12 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > >> Are there any issues of satble version somebody is working on or >> planning to work on in the coming days? > > I'm still looking at a problem with connectors seemingly caused by recent changes to the ConvexHull code (possibly by differences in 2Geom's implementation?). Should be fixed shortly. Okay, the fix for this connector bug is now committed to the trunk. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666586 Cheers, Michael

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Fwd: Know any developers (or someone else who might know any) working on Inkscape in Toronto, Canada?
by Diederik van Lierop 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

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PDF export wrong color for black line
by unknown＠example.com 26 Oct '10

26 Oct '10

Hi all, For those of you that know a little about cairo, please have a look here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/665628 It is a somewhat strange bug, as it only happens for completely black paths, not for other colors, while Inkscape does the same for paths with any color. So I think it is a cairo bug. Thanks for looking into this. Ciao, Johan

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Exporting a SVG to PS causes excessive blurriness
by Jevon Wright 26 Oct '10

26 Oct '10

Hi everyone, I am trying, but struggling, to find a solution to bug #585286 [1], where exporting a SVG containing a transparent PNG to PS causes excessive blurriness. This is a major bug for me. I've done as much research as I can do on this bug. After delving through the code base, I think this bug is related to bug #427226 and bug #208217 - apparently Postscript does not support alpha transparency [2], which I think is what is causing the rasterization, and I think it is happening within Cairo. However, it still supports clipping and masking, so as far as I can tell this should be technically possible! An alternative is simply to increase the resolution of the forced rasterization, but I can't find anywhere in the code to increase this. Would this be part of Inkscape or Cairo? I've tried using Cairo 1.10.0 with no effect. If anybody has some knowledge of Inkscape/Cairo and can suggest some solutions or even ideas, I would be most grateful. Thanks Jevon [1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/585286 [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_%28graphic%29#Transparency_in_Pos…

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LaTeX vs. other forms of TeX.
by John Culleton 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

There is a presumption that the de facto version of TeX is LaTeX. However the latest work in TeX is centered around non-LaTeX versions such as XeTeX and Luatex. Some of us prefer our TeX without the excess baggage of LaTeX. So I wonder if it would be practical to have the Inkscape output of TeX text in e.g., pdftex format as well as LaTeX format? This output would be both less verbose and more flexible in e.g., paper sizes. -- John Culleton, Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" $5.95 at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html Free eps format barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/

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adopted extensions in point releases
by Alexandre Prokoudine 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hi, We have a number of adopted extensions shipped with Inkscape. One of them is JessyInk, which, IIRC, was updated at least twice since we added it -- once in August and yesterday. Both are bugfix releases. Do we update code for the upcoming point release? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Crop tool should be straight forward to implement, thoughts?
by Andy Fitzsimon 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

G'day everyone, I had a thought after some observation and while it wouldn't look good on our already crowded toolbox, it should be fairly easy to implement a crop tool. In practice its just applying parent group to all things then a clippath and finally a resize page to contents command which we already have the code for... Also, it would be easy to have a rule that crops from the selection (if things are selected) by skipping that last resize page and only grouping the already selected stuff.. maybe attached as a mode of the default selector tool from the parent toolbar My thinking is that right now creating clippaths is a weird concept for new-to-vector users, but almost everyone gets the idea of cropping This could be a very achievable GSOC feature if someone is willing to mentor it.. Personally, I can see how much simpler it would be rather than drawing rects and making a weird selection every time i want to crop. to new users, this workflow is not obvious What are the thoughts here? -- Andy

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changing textnodes with dbus?
by unknown＠example.com 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hello, I would like to change the text of textnodes with the dbus api. Is it possible, or does it require changes to the dbus implementation? -- Joakim Verona

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Help needed in fixing line positioning bug.
by Tavmjong Bah 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, I've found a problem with line positioning in text objects after a line is deleted. When I first saw this bug I though I might have introduced it with my recent work on text but it turns out that it predates the work. In any case I've investigated the bug and have narrowed down the problem but I don't know how to fix it. Here is how to reproduce the bug: 1. Create some multiline text. 2. Remove one of the middle lines including the new line character. 3. Save the file then look at it in a web browser or with the XML Editor. The lines will be shifted down one unit of line-height. Here is what I have found: When you delete a new-line: sp_te_delete calls delete_line_break and then te_update_layout_now. The latter calls SPText::rebuildLayout() which loops over the tspans, calling tspan->attributes.setFirstXY(anchor_point). The values of anchor_point are correct and Inkscape displays the tpans correctly but the x and y attributes as shown by the XML Editor are not updated. It is as if the x and y attributes are being updated in a copy of the tspans. What needs to be done to get the tspans in the tree update correctly? Tav

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inkscape feature : fullscreen + scripted button
by audrey samson 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX apologies for Xposting XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX hello all, i am working on a performative installation in which inkscape is used. the idea is that people can draw on the screen (in inkscape) and a constantly refreshing screengrab is streamed to a server (in pure data) which displays it on a webpage. this page also displays a performer in australia. both 'screens' (australia + touchscreen in amsterdam) are communicating together through drawing/touch. what i am missing in inkscape for all this to run smoothly is: 1) full screen option (not even showing the menu bar 'File', 'Edit', etc., *only* the canvas). 2) a graphical button (i.e. filled green circle) which, when 'pressed', will 'save as' (to record the current vector drawing to a folder with a numerically incrementing filename), 'select all', 'erase', 'return pointer to paintbrush tool option'. the situation is that i have very little time to figure this out and i can imagine that for some people on this list this is rather easy to implement. therefore i hope that someone out there has a bit of time and perhaps an inclination to work on this. there is of course budget for this and proper credits to the programmer/developper and promotion of inkscape project will be included in the project documentation. the project runs on nov. 6th. (thus very quick deadline). you can contact me @ this email address or on irc.indymedia.org #etc. i tried to join #inkscape but i cannot post. much appreciated! audrey samson ideacritik.com

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missing file 'application/editor.h', Windows, rev 9830
by Alvin Penner 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

attempting to compile for the first time, Windows XP, rev 9830, I get the error message: C:\InkscapeBZR>btool #################################################### # BuildTool v0.9.9 #################################################### ######## PARSE : build.xml snip ##### compile the source to .o --- compile / cc cc : compile of build/obj/ui/view/edit-widget.o required by source: src/ui/v iew/edit-widget.cpp ============ cmd ============ mingw32-g++ -c -Wall -Wformat -Werror=format-security -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast- dget -Isrc/util -Isrc/widgets -Isrc/xml src/ui/view/edit-widget.cpp -o build/obj /ui/view/edit-widget.o ============================= Make error line 299: problem compiling: src/ui/view/edit-widget.cpp:51:32: fatal error: application/editor.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/missing-file-%27application-editor.h%27%2C-Windows%2C… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Adding Nodes in 48
by Martin Owens 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Got 0.48 with 10.10 and now I can't add nodes to paths by double clicking. Although I did finally work out how to work the pressure sensitivity dialog and turn my wacom on. Have the node adding feature been removed? Martin,

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New translatable Keys and mouse reference
by Nicolas Dufour 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Hello, A "Keys and mouse reference" translation system is available in the inkscape-docs project as of revision 385 (see https://code.launchpad.net/inkscape-docs). The new keys.xml has been almost entirely docbookified in order to make its conversion to PO easier, and the resulting HTML file is slightly different than the current one (new external CSS, some style changes, and strict XHTML 1.0). I didn't wanted to change its aspect too drastically, and thus only fine-tuned some styles in order to (hopefully!) improve the overall readability on most browsers (tested with Opera 10.63, IE8 and Firefox 3.6.10 on Windows XP, and Firefox 3.6.10 on Ubuntu 10.04). Don't hesitate to comment. To add a new translation, copy keys.pot (from http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape-docs/trunk/files/head%3A…) to LANG.po, translate (only 939 strings...), and attach the PO file to a bug report, send it to the translators' list, or commit it if you have the appropriate rights. Then update the UI translation file to redirect the link to the new HTML file on the website. BTW, we currently use keysVERSION.html (keys048.html) and thus it would be straightforward to use keysVERSION.LANG.html (keys049.sk.html...). But we could also choose keys-VERSION-LANG.html (keys-049-ja.po). Any preference? or another idea? Regards. -- Nicolas

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pdflatex use case
by Richard Henwood 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Hi All, I am very grateful to Johan for the excellent work he did putting a Latex export into 0.48. In my use of Inkscape/Latex, I maintain a sub-directory with the figures in... indeed, sometimes I maintain a sub-directory for each chapter, each with a figures directory. This use doesn't play well with the export as it stands currently. The Latex export assumes that the figure is in the same directory as the calling latex document. I would like to ask if the directory that the exports reside in could be specified from Inkscape. I would like, for example, to make mine './ chapter1/figures'. The output .tex from latex would then append this to the image path called by 'includegraphics'. A text field on the export dialogue is one possibility (but I appreciate that dialogue is already busy). Please let me know any if you require any further detail or work on this proposal, Richard

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Inkscape forum down
by Bryan Hoyt | Brush Technology 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi, inkscapeforum.com seems to be down at the moment (mysql database crashed). Is the person in charge aware that it's down? - Bryan -- PS. Check out the Brush newsletter: *Subscribe or read our previous newsletters* <http://brush.co.nz/newsletters> Bryan Hoyt, *Web Development Manager* -- Brush Technology *Ph:* +64 3 942 7833 *Mobile:* +64 21 238 7955 *Web:* brush.co.nz

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Fwd: [Press] PRESS RELEASE: Aiki Framework Releases Version 0.5 Alongside Open Clip Art Library 2.6
by Jon Phillips 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

please help us spread the news!!! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fabricatorz Press <press@...2474...> Date: Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:38 AM Subject: [Press] PRESS RELEASE: Aiki Framework Releases Version 0.5 Alongside Open Clip Art Library 2.6 To: press@...2475... For immediate release: October 14, 2010 UTC – Aiki Framework has been rapidly gaining ground in 2010, and that progress is highlighted in the latest Official Release of the open source software: Version 0.5. Developer, Bassel Safadi (http://bassel.ws) has logged an impressive list of revisions and fixes in his latest iteration. Highlights of the new release allow for more secure and stable installations. The administration panel has seen the benefit of Event Listeners logging changes made and more intuitive and real-time widget modification. File handling is also becoming friendlier, as ZIP files can now be uploaded to a server, stored, and unzipped, all through Aiki Framework 0.5. For users interested in where Aiki Framework is headed next, a Roadmap exist and is being consistently updated (http://www.aikiframework.org/wiki/Roadmap). The Open Clip Art Library (http://openclipart.org) team continues it's push for a more intuitive and Community-driven package, with the Official Release of Open Clip Art Library 2.6. October's new release is marked by over 35,000 images created and remixed by a Community of artists that remains increasingly numerous. September's registrants added over 1,500 new users to OCAL's user base, which now totals over 68,000. Site stats like these have grown exponentially since the Librarians renewed mission began with this Spring's release of Open Clip Art Library 2.0. Community-centric features now serve as a central focus for OCAL Developers. Visitors to Open Clip Art Library's Participation page (http://openclipart.org/participate) will find a new "Community Help" Section that pulls in the top 10 most important "user-requested" features from OCAL's Launchpad Blueprint (https://launchpad.net/openclipart). This section is a gateway for those in the Community who are passionate about Open Clip Art Library's purpose and would like to help make it better. All users are invited to contribute to future OCAL Releases via feature requests, bug reports, and coding. Another highly requested feature is also making it's return to Open Clip Art: Profile Management. A special thanks to [http://www.openclipart.org/user-detail/cgbug cgbug] for getting this feature back into the mix. Once logged into their OCAL profile page, users can now select "Edit Profile" from the right sidebar and edit personal information, including adding a custom Avatar. Halloween is in the spotlight this month, and it's only right that Open Clip Art 2.6 celebrate by delivering yet another content-drenched themed Clip Art Package. September's Fall 2010 Theme pales in comparison to the 160+ images users can expect to receive as they download the latest addition to OCAL's Themed Sets. More information on these and other events involved in the progression of Open Clip Art Library can be found via the project Roadmap (http://www.openclipart.org/wiki/Roadmap). == Highlights == * Aiki Framework 0.5 Release * Over 35,100 unique and remixed clip art * 1,500+ new registered users last month * New Open Clip Art Library 2.6 Release * Halloween 2010 Clip Art Package Released (158 Clip Art) == Downloads == We now provide monthly customized packages related to monthly themes. Please follow the url below to download the latest packages. *http://openclipart.org/packages == About Open Clip Art Library == Since 2004, the Open Clip Art Library (http://www.openclipart.org/) aims to create an archive of user contributed clip art that may be freely used. All graphics submitted to the project are placed into the Public Domain according to the Creative Commons Public Domain Declaration. The site is powered by the Aiki Framework (http://aikiframework.org), a new web framework using the AGPL license. The Open Clip Art Library. Drawing Together. == For more information == * http://openclipart.org * http://aikiframework.org * http://fabricatorz.com * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Clip_Art_Library * [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Clip-Art-Library/345650985985 Open Clip Art Library Facebook Page] * http://aikilab.org == Press Contact == Jon Phillips press@...2474... +1.415.830.3884 San Francisco + China _______________________________________________ Press mailing list Press@...2475... http://lists.fabricatorz.com/listinfo.cgi/press-fabricatorz.com -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ http://fabricatorz.com/ http://status.net/ http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86.187.1003.9974 (china)

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Can't compile on XP
by Preben Soeberg 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Something went wrong in r9828. Got this: Make error line 299: problem compiling: src/main.cpp: In function 'int main(int, const char**)': src/main.cpp:710: error: invalid initialization of reference of type 'char**&' from expression of type 'const char**' src/main.cpp:261: error: in passing argument 2 of 'bool replaceArgs(int&, char**&)' Regards Preben

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three patches regarding batch export, layer selection and xml-editor
by Robin Palotai 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

Hi List, I've been a happy user of Inkscape, and now I needed some tweaks. I attach the patches against the current svn head, and brief description for them: (1) mutual_hide_on_png_export.patch This adds a new checkbox to the Export dialog if multiple selection is present. Ticking it hides not only non-selected items, but also other selected items on export, therefore the different items don't iterfere with each other. (2) xml_editor_jump_to_element_on_layer_select.patch If a layer is selected in the Layers dialog, the XML editor jumps to the appropriate svg:g element. (3) add_layer_to_selection.patch This is kind of work-in-progress. A new two-state column is added to the Layers dialog, which shows if the layer is selected or not, and also on clicking the row icon can add/remove the layer to/from the selection. I mainly use this for sub-layer selection and moving. Possible improvements: - currently the show/hide eye icon is copied - right-align the column (how is this possible in gtk?) - if multiple layers are selected, trying to grab and move them by clicking on an item inside one of the selected layers moves only that layer. Hack: create a dummy layer with a "control" rectangle, select the control-rect, add the layers to the selection using the new icons, and then grab the control rect and move them all. I hope you find the patches useful and even improve them if required. BR, Robin

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"close all curves" extension
by Alexandre Prokoudine 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi, Do we want this extension in the bundle? http://www.cnc-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=37 By the way, the very same guys implemented an absolutely amazing extension that creates Gcode (Computer-aided manufacturing, or CAM data) out of Inkscape drawings: Main English page seems to be http://kalyaev.com/2010/20100423/gcodetools.html They have a bzr repo here: https://launchpad.net/gcodetools Unfortunately there is less information in English than in Russian. But you can look at pretty pictures :) http://www.cnc-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=34 Alexandre

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Quirkiness with CMS Fill tab
by Chris Mohler 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi list - The CMS Fill tab acts funky when I link to 'USWebCoatedSWOP.icc' (as provided by Adobe[0]). The drop-down only works the first time (ie, color sliders appear), but making changes is not really possible - the sliders disappear as soon as you attempt to interact with them. Linking 'ISOcoated.icc' does not cause this issue. This is in stable 0.48. I just checked 0.47 and I get the same weirdness in the CMS tab there. No output on the command line. Can anyone confirm? I'm ubuntu 10.04 amd64. I built 0.48 from the tarball this morning and 0.47 is from the repos. Not a huge deal - but I am curious as to what the problem might be. Thanks, Chris [0] http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/iccprofiles/icc_eula_win_end.html

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svn going nuts
by Alexandre Prokoudine 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi, As you very well remember, we still use SVN for the website. So, I was intending to commit news translation into Russian today, but they ended up being commited instead of English files, so out first two news items in English for September are in Pushkin lingo now. Here is what I see when I try to commit some more translations: avp@...2472...:~/soft/src/inkscape_web/news/ru/2010$ svn commit 09/004.inc Adding 09/004.inc svn: Commit failed (details follow): svn: File '/svnroot/inkscape/inkscape_web/trunk/news/en/2010/09/004.inc' already exists svn: Your commit message was left in a temporary file: svn: '/home/avp/soft/src/inkscape_web/news/ru/2010/09/svn-commit.3.tmp' Note how files from ru directory try to be committed to en directory. Could anybody please explain how on Earth this is possible? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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¿How can I move the toolbars from right to top?
by jEsuSdA 8) 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hello, First at all, congratulations for the new Inkscape release. I love it. I have a problem, I can not move the toolbars from right to top. There are more icons than the bar can contains, then it is a headache working with this settings. There are any way to move toolbars from right to top, like the 0.47 version? Thanks! Salu2 de jEsuSdA 8)

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Compiling on Windows
by Nery Chucuy 05 Oct '10

05 Oct '10

Hi, According to http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port I need to use MinGW, is there any way I can use only MSVC08. Have you though about using Scons? Thank you,

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Inkscape UI Papercuts
by Aleksandar Kovac 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hi everyone, in the last month+ I have conducted a tiny survey with a few fresh Inkscape users. A mixture of ethnographic research in design and 'papercuts' by mr. Siegel. ;) (http://davidsiegel.org/one-hundred-paper-cuts/) I asked a few colleagues to try using inkscape for some time and put down all the little irritations they find. I tried to systematize the list somewhat, but that could use some more work probably. They are mostly small inconsistencies, unnecessarily complex jargon, etc. Anyhow, it's a list of roughly 100+ small issues (some with suggested simple corrections), a la: -- Inkscape preferences: Color management: 'Black point compensation', the tip says: 'enables black point compensation' not too informative. -- Inkscape preferences: Interface. 'Enable dynamic relayout'... Technical jargon. -- Commands Bar: Import: The Tip says: 'Import bitmap or SVG into this document' but actually it imports so much more (see import in the file:import) -- Text and Font panel: The 'Layout' area is a misnomer. Solution: The correct title would be: 'Text alignment and direction'. (Alignment being: Left, centered, right, justified. Direction: horizontal/vertical). ...etc. What would be the best way to present those? Should I submit them as bugs? Should I try to out down the solution suggestions for the issues, too? Thanks. Alex.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] ui improvements
by Jasper van de Gronde 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

On 2010-09-09 12:54, J.B.C.Engelen@...1578... wrote: > ... (about tool cursor with color preview) > Pretty neat! > Could you also implement this for the spiral, pen(cil) and calligraphy > tools? Sure. The main reason I didn't do it yet is that it isn't clear to me what should be shown. Other than that it's just a matter of changing the corresponding .xpm and adding a small line with tool's "preference url" to its TOOL-context.cpp (in the init function, see rect-context.cpp for example, if you want to do it yourself).

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Cloned Tiles
by Thorsten Wilms 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hi! Back to the topic of the Cloned Tiles UI: One issue is if you try to apply one of the non-rectangular wallpaper groups to rectangular prototype, the result does not appear to make sense. Showing schemes like http://thorwil.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/wallpaper_groups1.png would help a bit. But actually, the user should start with the right shape. They should be encouraged and assisted to do so. The "Use saved size and position of the tile feature" allows one to deal with geometry that extends outwards of the base tile, as nicely explained on http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/TilePattern.html I think this is a hack to seemingly get around the need for 2 different things: the base tile area used for building the pattern (gap-less, no overlap), and the prototype with the geometry to be repeated. A solution could be to put this functionality into a tool/effect. You choose the Wallpaper group, then you create the base tile area that will have the right shape (similar to rectangle/star/polygon tools). There could be automatic selection of geometry covered by the base tile area. If you start with a selection, the base tile area could be created centered on it, automatically. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/

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Problem resizing horizontal or vertical lines
by JiHO 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hello all, This is an old issue I think, and this made wonder wether there was a workaround by now. Here are the steps: 1- draw a perfectly horizontal line (snap to grid to be sure) 2- select the path with the selector tool. Its size is displayed in the toolbar 3.1- in inkscape preferences > tools, select visual bounding box 3.2- resize the width of the line by typing a new number (say, half the original) in the toolbar => The line is resized but only approximately 4.1- in inkscape preferences > tools, select geometric bounding box 4.2- resize the width of the line by typing a new number in the toolbar => The line is not resized at all This works the same when you try to change the height of a vertical line. I guess all this relates to a division by zero somewhere since it disappears as soon as the line is slanted even by the tiniest amount. I could not find a bug report but there is surely one (I probably just searched with incorrect terms). Is there a fix in sight? a workaround? I am trying to map an apartment and it's just a bunch of horizontal and vertical lines that need to have a precise length. Thanks in advance for any help, JiHO --- http://maururu.net

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How to reduce complexity of scanning svg file
by Stephen Dickason 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hello all. I am using Inkscape to vectorise images - i.e. set up path information - that I can then parse the resulting .svg file into an intermediate program that when run generates the equivalent PDF drawing commands. This was nice and easy with version 0.46, but I have a windows XP configuration where the Inkscape floating toolbars don't work properly on that version and upgraded to version 0.48 where they now work. A new problem is now the path information (after working on the path) is now not just M,L,C,z commands, but also m,l,c commands, and command omission on repetition. (The M,L,C commands are great because translating them is relatively simple.) I have attempted to correctly interpret the relative coordinates of the m,l,c commands, but I don't seem to get the curves right. The command omission on repetition I may have to rewrite my parser, or try understand the whole thing again (No it wasn't BNF'd or Yacc'd). I have a few options in order of preference: 1) Find the switch in Inkscape that makes it use the original M,L,C path commands. 2) Export the path(s) from inside Inkscape to something similar. 3) Fix my parser, which will take a while and may break again in future versions. 4) Find a nifty utility that helps with the svg parsing. Can anyone can help or advise with the above options or suggest a better alternative? Thanks In Advance This email is subject to our disclaimer which can be found by visiting our website on http://www.elcb.co.za/UI/Contents.aspx?ID=28

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Funding inkscape development
by Drechsel Wolf 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi everybody, as I was the person to start this discussion, I feel myself obliged to try a sort of resume, so I tried a solution hopefully many people can agree with. What about a sort of "market place solution" like this ? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We create a "market place" section in the wiki. Somebody looking for the solution of a specific problem (called "inquirer" in the following) can create a related page, containing a description of the task and a table with two columns and several lines. One column contains contributors with their financial offerings - obviously starting with the inquirer. The other column can contain entries of people who are willing to do the job, including the amount of money each person is asking for to do the job. When the sum of offerings exeeds the lowest demand, the inquirer can ask the contributors to wire the money to a "inkscape bank account in trust", which should be administrated by a small commitee. When the sum came in, the administration committee can issue the mandate to the contractor, who will start to work on the solution. When the inquirer states that the job is done, the administration committe can tranfer the money to the contractor, and the inquierer can remove the request page. In the case of conflict, the committee should act as an arbitration board. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ As a EC citizen, I'd like a European Bank account - would make money transfer very cheap and easy due to the IBAN/BIC thing. If this or a modified solution of this kind would find general acceptance, I'll be happy to design the wiki pages/templates. Let me hear your comments. Yours, Wolf

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Non-model extension dialog consistency
by Craig Marshall 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

Hi, I think it would be good if the 9 extensions that are not using live-preview[0] could use a non-model dialog, just like all the other live-preview-enabled extensions do (when live-preview is unchecked). By live-preview-enabled, I don't mean whether the live preview checkbox is checked, I mean whether it has the checkbox at all. Note: I am only talking about extensions of the "effect" type, not input, output or any others that may exist. For example, if I want to re-apply an extension (a non-live-preview-enabled extension) and to change the workpiece between applications, I currently I have two options: 1) Close and reopen the dialog between uses. 2) Pretend that the extension can make use of live preview, but leave it unchecked. Option 1 is irritating, even though there is a "Previous extension" menu entry. Option 2 is a nasty hack, and one which could cause the extension to crash if the checkbox is accidentally checked. Since this non-modal functionality is the default for extensions that say "I can use live preview", I see no downside to making it the default to all extensions. In fact, it is a more consistent, and more user-friendly approach. I've filed a bug [1] and attached a very small patch, which implements this proposed change. It works in Windows 7 and OS X 10.5.8 at least. I think it would be great if some of the original or current UI/extension authors could give their points of view and possibly tell me where my thinking is flawed. Thanks, Craig [0] Add nodes, Embed Image, Extract Image, Guillotine, Printing Marks, Replace Font, Webslicer Create Group, Webslicer Create Rect and Webslicer Export [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/649441

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problem while building 0.48
by Britton Kerin 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

It fails like this (on a re-run of make after vanilla configure): $ make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bkerin/tmp/inkscape-0.48.0' Making all in src make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bkerin/tmp/inkscape-0.48.0/src' CXXLD inkscape /usr/bin/ld: warning: librt.so.1, needed by /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.2/libgomp.so, may conflict with librt.so.19 /usr/bin/ld: warning: librt.so.1, needed by /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.2/libgomp.so, may conflict with librt.so.19 libinkscape.a(addNoise.o): In function `Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::AddNoise::applyEffect(Magick::Image*)': /home/bkerin/tmp/inkscape-0.48.0/src/extension/internal/bitmap/addNoise.cpp:29: undefined reference to `Magick::Image::addNoise(MagickLib::NoiseType)' libinkscape.a(channel.o): In function `Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::Channel::applyEffect(Magick::Image*)': /home/bkerin/tmp/inkscape-0.48.0/src/extension/internal/bitmap/channel.cpp:32: undefined reference to `Magick::Image::channel(MagickLib::ChannelType)' libinkscape.a(levelChannel.o): In function `Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::LevelChannel::applyEffect(Magick::Image*)': /home/bkerin/tmp/inkscape-0.48.0/src/extension/internal/bitmap/levelChannel.cpp:33: undefined reference to `Magick::Image::levelChannel(MagickLib::ChannelType, double, double, double)' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [inkscape] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bkerin/tmp/inkscape-0.48.0/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bkerin/tmp/inkscape-0.48.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 any clues? Thanks, Britton

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how to include size information in SVG_G_ELEMENT
by Ogla Sungutay 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

Hi guys, I need to add the size of the SVG_G_ELEMENT in a custom namespace as seen below: <g inkscape:label="baz" id="foo" myNamespace:width="647" myNamespace:height="400" > This will require some hacking, so before I go into the code, I wanted to get some feedback from you; I'm hoping that you can give me some directions or offer me solutions. Thanks!! -- V. Ogla Sungutay, UI programmer www.lyciasoft.com skype:oglasungutay

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Website redesign Proposal (was: )
by AJ Ashton 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

Hi all, I've been reading the side-discussion about the current state of the Inkscape website and figured I should speak up. from Alexandre Prokoudine in the 'Free Desktop Release' thread: > In fact, our custom website CMS is rather unmaintained. Several people > volunteered to create a new website based on drupal or possibly > something else, and we never heard back from them. This was me and my colleague Young Hahn. We work for Development Seed, a small web shop in Washington, DC, with a focus on using & contributing to open-source projects. Young and I are both designers who rely on Inkscape for the majority of our graphics work. You can see the kinds of things Inkscape is helping us do at http://developmentseed.org/projects Earlier in the year we chatted with Josh Andler about how the current website works and what a Drupal redesign/migration might look like. We suggested Drupal since that is what we specialize in - Young, in addition to being a kick-ass designer, is also a highly respected and experienced Drupal developer. Since our initial chat with Josh we've been letting other projects distract us. However, recently I've been speaking to Young and our CEO, Eric Gundersen, about scheduling some real time for this and, if the community is willing, we'd love to get started soon. One important aspect of the site that we think needs work is the information architecture. We propose reducing the main navigation menu to: - News - Download - Documentation - Resources - Gallery - Community - Development I would like to open a discussion about people's thoughts on this, and perhaps get into some specifics regarding what pages/sections would need to be consolidated, rethought, or perhaps eliminated in order to do this. I have some ideas regarding a new visual design as well, but think that can wait until these more fundemental decisions are made. Thanks! AJ Ashton

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our logo in EPS
by Alexandre Prokoudine 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

Hi, For a reason I may not yet announce I need our logo in EPS file format. Unfortunately Inkscape still has no idea how to flatten transparencies when saving to PS/EPS. Before I go tweaking the SVG to get rid of them, I'd like to find out if somebody did this job before, so that some time could be spared. Thanks in advance, whatever would come out of this :) Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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round and bevel edges of any kind of shapes ?
by Axel Richter 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

hi, is it possible to bevel or round edges on any shapes? i know its going on the boxes but how can i realize it when i need a bevel of 5mm or any unit. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Axel Richter ~ +WEB+VECTOR+PHOTO+MUSIC+ ~ Web: http://www.airwaveindehouse.com http://www.axelrichteronline.de Mail: airwaveindehouse@...1439...

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Status of dbus awareness
by Kent Tenney 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

Howdy, I just built the inkscape trunk from bzr and ran this script #!/usr/bin/python import dbus bus = dbus.SessionBus() inkdoc1 = bus.get_object('org.inkscape', '/org/inkscape/desktop_0') doc1 = dbus.Interface(inkdoc1, dbus_interface="org.inkscape.document") im = doc1.image(100 ,100, '/home/ktenney/Firefox_wallpaper.png') Which worked on a dbus branch a while back. Now it starts inkscape, but does not place the image - was the dbus code merged? - if so, how do I enable/use it? - if not, where is dbus capable code? Thanks, Kent

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Error while building 9775 on windows
by Uwe Schöler - OSS-Marketplace.com 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

After R19 of devlibs everything is fine. Got a new completely rebuild. Thanks Krzysztof Sincerely, UweSch The build problem introduced in trunk revision 9775 should be fixed with devlibs revision 19; they now contain libxml2 2.7.7 built against iconv and zlib from the devlibs. Regards, Krzysztof ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel -- Mit freundlichem Gruß, Uwe Schöler

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Error while building 9775 on windows
by Uwe Schöler - OSS-Marketplace.com 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

Hi, i get the following error: Make error line 299: problem compiling: src/xml/repr-io.cpp: In function 'Inkscape::XML::Document* sp_repr_read_file(const gchar*, const gchar*)': src/xml/repr-io.cpp:297: error: 'XML_PARSE_HUGE' was not declared in this scope Can someone else build 9775 on windows? Sincerely, Uwe Schöler

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Bug reports in portuguese
by Felipe Sanches 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

The brazilian inkscape community is very active. But lots of people are not familiar with english. So there seems to be a need for a community effort to proxy their bug reports and feature requests into our official bugtracker (by translating them into english). I am not sure whether launchpad has a feature to enable that. But I would like to install a launchpad server to host bug reports in portuguese and I'd like to know whether there is some feature that would help us keep some kind of relation between equivalent bugs in both systems so that we can minimize the human effort to keep both systems fairly synchronized. I'd like to have bug status, tags, metadata, etc.. all shared and synchronized so that the only human effort would be the actual translation of user comments. But if we dont have such features, I still would like to try to setup the best system we can in order to allow greater user participation. Felipe "Juca" Sanches

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] funding inkscape developement
by Björn Göransson 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

LyX has some kind of mechanism for jointly donating towards the implementation of a specific feature. http://www.lyx.org/Donate With a bit of googling there seem to be quite a number of sites for > arranging freelance work like this. I don't know if anyone here has an > experience with such a site or would be able to recommend one, but my > guess would be that it might be easiest and most transparent to just > post your requests on such a site and announce it here, especially if > you also want to let others donate. > -- Med vänlig hälsning, Björn A. Göransson

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Accessing Inkscape document data as it is generated
by David Yip 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

Hello all, Haven't posted a message here in a long time -- hope things are going well! I've received a message asking about the best way to access Inkscape's document data as it's changed. His project involves serving document data from Inkscape to locally-running programs, for which he plans to use DBus. The questioner prefers to remain anonymous for now. My initial response recommended implementing Inkscape::UndoStackObserver, much as Inkboard did, as it's an easy way to obtain a stream of transactions on the document. However, questioner's concern with this approach was that listening for changes on the undo stack wouldn't capture intermediate states of actions, e.g. motion along a path. He brought up another possibility, which was to send changes in batches at short intervals (using, say, Inkscape::XML::NodeObserver). I'm no longer familiar enough with the Inkscape codebase to give an opinion on how well this would work, nor do I know if there's been any changes in the past few years that would make this sort of thing easier. Can anyone help out? I can offer clarifications as necessary. Thanks, - David

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] our logo in EPS
by Guillermo Espertino 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

May I ask why EPS? Even the position of its creator is to move forward to PDF. I usually find myself trying to import/export proprietary formats but if I send the "wrong" format to my providers they ask me to export it again in their preferred format. I wonder why we have to worry about this and not them, since we can do PDF or even SVG (which doesn't seem to be very well supported by some commercial and people can't complain, by the way). I know saying this won't solve anything and it's not very helpful, just my two cents.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Error while building 9775 on windows
by Uwe Schöler - OSS-Marketplace.com 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

Do difference :( > -----Original Message----- > From: bulia byak [mailto:buliabyak@...400...] > Sent: 22 September, 2010 22:04 > To: Uwe Schöler - OSS-Marketplace.com; Krzysztof Kosiński > Cc: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Error while building 9775 on windows > > Anyway, I added #include <libxml/parser.h> in rev 9776, see if this > fixes it for you. > > -- > bulia byak It made no difference. Searching, I could not find the constant anywhere in devlibs. Preben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel -- Mit freundlichem Gruß, Uwe Schöler

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.po problem when compiling on Win 32
by Docsonic 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

When I try to compile the source files on a Win32 platform, I get a raft of errors saying that 'keyword msgctxt not found' in file am.po. Each file I delete leads the error onto the next po file until I delete all the po files, the compilation then works properly. This is not a great issue for me as I don't need the translations but it is bound to be a problem for some others. Thanks, Tony -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/.po-problem-when-compiling-on-Win-32-tp29771438p29771… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Private strings: use of const
by Kris De Gussem 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

A few months ago we had a thread about static code analysis with coverity. However, I have not heard anything from it anymore. So I just installed myself another static code analysis software packet, cppcheck. I played with it a bit and stumbled upon several notifications of functions that could be const. See e.g. the extract of the log: [E:\Inkscapecode\inkscape\src\extension\extension.h:122]: (style) The function 'Extension::get_help' can be const [E:\Inkscapecode\inkscape\src\extension\param/parameter.h:111]: (style) The function 'Parameter::name' can be const [E:\Inkscapecode\inkscape\src\extension\param/parameter.h:116]: (style) The function 'Parameter::get_tooltip' can be const [E:\Inkscapecode\inkscape\src\extension\param/parameter.h:119]: (style) The function 'Parameter::get_gui_hidden' can be const [E:\Inkscapecode\inkscape\src\extension\dbus\dbus-init.cpp:87]: (style) Unused variable: obj [E:\Inkscapecode\inkscape\src\extension\dbus\dbus-init.cpp:104]: (style) Variable 'error' is assigned a value that is never used So the first item lists line 112 of extension.h: gchar const * get_help (void) { return _help; } which should return the pointer to a string in a private variable. However what should be const? The pointer, the string to which the pointer points to or both? Aparently the pointer should be const, no? (e.g. to ensure that the string can not be deleted in some buggy code that calls get_help, leaving the pointer_help in the class pointing to some odd data chunk?) This would result in: gchar * const get_help (void) { return _help; } Or is there something that I am missing? BTW: this is just an example, the same reasoning is valid for the listings in parameter.h Regards Kris

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Input Device UI
by Hans Meine 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Am Freitag 17 September 2010, 04:56:48 schrieb bulia byak: > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Jon Cruz <jon@...18...> wrote: > > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/54403269/xinput-ink-vs-gimp.png > > That image was seriously revelatory! Only from it I figure out that > the new dialog does in fact has a column of "disabled" values - for me > it was completely obscured because the dialog appeared in a narrow > sidebar, and I only saw the list of devices. So now we need to solve > the following problems: > > 1. Make sure this column is always visible. If there are no other values than "screen" and "disabled" (I guess there are), one could even just add checkboxes in *front* of the devide ID. HTH, Hans

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Input Device UI
by Guillermo Espertino 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

My wife has a Genius Pensketch tablet that uses the wizardpen driver in gnu/linux. The driver is provided by the community and have some limitations, like being unable to work with a mouse at the same time (if you use the tablet you lose the ability to use mouse on the work area until you change the stylius from screen to de-activated). If that selector is removed it will render inkscape unusable for people with those tablets who want to use the mouse as well. And there are lots of cheap tablets that only run in linux with that driver. Wacom tablets (and those that use the wacom drivers) don't have that problem and you can safely leave everything set to screen.

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rss generation
by Alexandre Prokoudine 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

Hi, While we are waiting for Development Seed guys to start working on the new website, it'd be nice to fix some things on the existing one. One thing that IMO needs fixing is the RSS feed generator. Currently it just compiles all the text it can find into one paragraph, which isn't nice, and loses all HTML links, which is even worse. Could anybody with PHP-Fu please fix that? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape and the future of printing !
by Guillermo Espertino 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

Adjusting the colors to the destination gamut seems more acceptable than just de-activating filters since most of the popular CMYK profiles fall pretty much inside the sRGB gamut. The out-of-sRGB-gamut colors can be adjusted using the relative colorimetric intent (probably it would be a good idea to nag the user with a warning when this happens) but in my oppinion as user that's completely acceptable. I agree that allowing untagged CMYK would be a bad idea. Thanks to poor design decisions in popular software packages, users tend to think that the important thing is to have CMYK and color profiles remain like something rather obscure that it shouldn't be touched (i know because I was one of those clueless designers ranting for CMYK knowing nothing about color management :-p) Thanks to being unable to work with early binding with Inkscape and GIMP I got used to late binding and once I saw the benefits I realized that it's better. I finally understood that when designers (like me) ask for CMYK they're actually asking for a way to use black as a spot pass. Pantone colors can be used with both early and late binding. Most of the designers I know use the formula books -which have Lab color values- in an early binding workflow, thinking that they will get the "right" CMYK values and they don't realize that the colors are being mapped to the generic CMYK profile they're using. So, truth to be said, maybe it's better to adopt a late binding worflow with the ability to "force" CMYK values (for blacks/grays or for specific CMYK combinations) rather than worrying too much about how to deal with CMYK and filters and all. >From my user p.o.v. everything seems pretty much ready for a print workflow. We just need to make it more obvious in the UI, and it looks like something that can be achieved improving the fill+stroke dialog and the auto-palette a little. Just my 2 cents.

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Input Device UI
by Martin Owens 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

Hey all, I've just installed inkscape 0.48 from the nightly build (there is still no stable ppa) since 0.47 started crashing every time I pressed the stroke/fill dialog. Now my presure sensitivity has gone and I was looking at the new dialog for input devices... I can't make heads nor tales of it. What is it supposed to be letting me do? What's the difference between the configuration (which has a single checkbox and that's it) and the hardware tab? What is linking for? If the use pressure sensitivity checkbox is checked, then why doesn't it work? Is there anything else? If the testing area is for trying out all the inputs, why is it so confusing? All those little boxes? Where would pressure be shown? Why is the box so small, even when there is nothing else in that side pannel? It's hard to see everything. I did recognise that the old input ui needed fixing, but I'm very unsure about this ui. I know what I'm doing and I can't figure it out. Martin,

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0.48.1
by Joshua A. Andler 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Hey All, Just moving an off-list discussion to the devel list. It seems like setting a goal date for 0.48.1 is a good idea to move forward with it. So, what are people's thoughts on this and the state of things in that branch? Cheers, Josh On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 00:28 +0200, ~suv wrote: > On 15/9/10 23:07, Nicolas Dufour wrote: > > >> De : Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> > >> Nicolas, su-v, is there a considerable amount of bugs fixed already or > >> at least some important ones? > > > > Two crashers, and some minor issues fixes > > (https://edge.launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.1). > > And maybe some backports pending. > > > a) 2 patches with pending code review: > > - Unicode/encoding related crash > I'd like to see the patch attached in > Bug #369861 “Unable to open previously imported pdf file”: > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/369861> > get reviewed and backported for 0.48.1 if it is ok'ed. > > Actually the patch seems to address the issue reported as > Bug #605872 “pdf to svg fails with characters from Unicode Plane 1 (SMP)”: > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/605872> > which fails when using certain characters from the XITS math font. > It also fixes (at least on osx) > Bug #625927 “Inkscape crash when importing PDF file”: > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/625927> > > The patch in bug #369861 was provided by the font developer who made the > XITS fonts (OpenType MATH enhanced STIX fonts), see > <http://www.khaledhosny.org/node/143> > <http://typophile.com/node/71171> > > I still haven't had the chance to test other encoding/Unicode related > crashes which might possibly be fixed by this patch too (in my > understanding there are several similar ones to bug #369861). > > - Import dialog enhancement > Another one with a patch pending review, nice to have in 0.48.1: > Bug #203070 “Import Dialog doesn't handle multiple files”: > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/203070> > > - ... > > b) Regressions/crashes (no fix yet) I'd like to nominate for 0.48.1: > > - crash loading system monitor profile > Bug #623640 “inkscape 0.48 crashes on startup in > colorprofile_get_system_profile_handle()”: > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/623640> > Same issue reported on windows: > Bug #608229 “Inkscape crashes on startup”: > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/608229> > > - ... > > c) and of course I'd prefer to wait with 0.48.1 until > > Bug #482993 “Inkscape extensions do not work on MacOS X 10.6 (Snow > Leopard)”: > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/482993> > is either fixed or we know one or two viable, confirmed workarounds that > can be recommended to users on Snow Leopard until the issue is solved > and Inkscape is bundled with updated python modules for all architectures. > > d) ... ? > > > ~suv

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Inkscape and the future of printing !
by Ivan Louette 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Will Inkscape be compatible with this kind of printer ? http://www.zigonet.com/imprimante/une-machine-imprime-des-lettres-qui-flott… ivan

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Tiff output?
by John Culleton 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Version 0.48.0 won't export tiff file format. This format will accept both vector and bitmap objects. Is tiff output in the plans somewhere? -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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feComponentTransfer resource management
by Nicolas Dufour 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Hi, I'm currently trying to implement customizable filters (try Filters>Experimental) with Ivan Louette, and found (thanks to ~suv) a small bug in the code of the feComponentTransfer primitive (see https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/638943). To summarize, when the effect preview is updated (sometimes after many changes) the following error shows in the console: gboolean sp_document_add_resource(SPDocument*, const gchar*, SPObject*): assertion `!g_slist_find(rlist, object)' failed sp_document_add_resource is called from componenttransfer.cpp, line 103, preceded by the comment: //do we need this? When this call is commented out, the error message doesn't show, but I'm not sure it's safe to remove it. It is also used in some other filters (pointlight.cpp, distantlight.cpp, spotlight.cpp and componenttransfer-funcnode.cpp) always with the same kind of comment (or // is this necessary?), but in these cases, the resources are released differently (compare sp_fedistantlight_release with sp_feComponentTransfer_release). Could someone give a clue? or a fix ;) Regards, -- Nicolas

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Two essentials for publishing users.
by John Culleton 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Inkscape needs two more features for publishing. First, the CMYK color model needs to be a real option. ImageMagick will convert an svg file to CMYK but that means going from vector to bitmap. Second, there should be an option for PDF output in PDF X/1-a format to satisfy the largest POD printer, Lightning Source Inc. (LSI). Currently my only path is to import all or part of a cover image into Scribus 1.5.0 (development version) and save it from there. Two requests from the trenches. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Updates from the Image Links branch
by Steren 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

Hi, The project of the students from Ecole Centrale Lyon has ended in June. Their report (written in english) is available on my page of the Inkscape Wiki <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/User:Steren>. The code is in a dedicated Inkscape branch<https://code.launchpad.net/~centralelyon2010/inkscape/imagelinks2> on Launchpad. You will find: - a use of relative links by default - a smart relinking tool for broken images - a first step in the image properties redesign. The first part of this page<http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Image_properties_dialog_enhancements> details what has been done and is dedicated to bug tracking for this branch. (Can we use launchpad bug tracking for a branch? If so, we should do it). You are welcomed to test it and report errors, keep in mind that it is non-finished work. Once again, I think it was a great experience for the students to work on a project such as Inkscape. I hope they will see their effort being integrated into trunk one day, the same we were pleased to see the spray tool or the enhanced LPEs. Students involved are : - François Petit <Francois.Petit@...2281...> - Baptiste Soyer <Baptiste.Soyer@...2281...> - Mor Ngom <Mor.Ngom@...2281...> - Rafik Boughida <Rafik.Boughida@...2281...> - Vincent Pais <Vincent.Pais@...2281...> - Yoann Desgrande <Yoann.Desgrange@...2281...> And I was their mentor. Unfortunately, I won't be able to be involved into this project in the future. Some of the students and Nicolas Dufour <nicoduf@...48...> (JazzyNico) volunteered to continue the work. (thanks!) I would advise to continue the work on the branch, and to merge when things start being usable. The code surely needs a review from an experienced dev. And some questions around usage of URL or IRI shoud be discussed (see the previous wiki page): Originally, file:// was before the path, after the students' work, path is written directly and no ASCII conversion is done. The W3C allow the use of IRI, but this change may interfere with Inkscape. I guess it shouldn't be too hard to transform the IRI into a URI. What do you think ? Any feedback is welcomed. Feel free to test the branch. I hope these efforts will help Inkscape. Thanks for your support. Cheers Steren

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