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Deep Ungroup
by Matěj Cepl 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Hi, in view of https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171117 I have created this small extension for recursive ungrouping https://gitorious.org/various-small-stuff/inkscape-ungroup-deep/ (tarball should be available at https://gitorious.org/various-small-stuff/inkscape-ungroup-deep/trees/0.1). It is just proof-of-concept (version 0.1) but seems to work for me. Bug reports, or (even better) patches and pull requests are more than welcome! I was told on #inkscape IRC channel that I cannot add my extension on http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Extension_repository so if anybody would be able and willing to put it there, I would really appreciate it. Thanks a lot (and happy New Year!) Matěj -- http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/, Jabber: mcepl<at>ceplovi.cz GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC "Anything essential is invisible to the eyes", the little prince repeated, in order to remember. "It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important." "It's the time I spent on my rose ...," the little prince repeated, in order to remember. "People have forgotten this truth." the fox said. "But you mustn't forget it. You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. You're responsible for your rose..." "I'm responsible for my rose...," the little prince repeated, in order to remember. -- Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry: The Little Prince

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Wiki !!!
by Johan Engelen 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

I need ours! :) Thanks for fixing it, Johan

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GSEAL issues (lots of them!)
by Alex Valavanis 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Hi All, I thought it would be worth mentioning that we need to get rid of all direct access to private fields of objects as part of our GTK+ 3 migration. i.e. foo->bar = bar_val; // NO!! gtk_foo_set_bar (foo, bar_val); //Yes! bar_val = foo->bar; // NO!! bar_val = gtk_foo_get_bar (foo); //Yes! To check for these issues, you can compile inkscape with: make CFLAGS+="-DGSEAL_ENABLE" CXXFLAGS+="-DGSEAL_ENABLE" Note that there are probably hundreds of such problems, so any help with the cleanup would be appreciated! Usually there is a suitable GTK/GDK accessor function to fix the problem. Sometimes (e.g. [1]) there isn't, which I guess implies that we're doing something the "wrong" way. Cheers, Alex [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/911174

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Bazaar advice
by Johan Engelen 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Hi all, A recent commit to lib2geom compressed almost all commits since februari into one. Very annoying, although I know you can find out what those individual commits were with some more clicking. These mistakes don't surprise me; I am scared of the bzr tool that does things I do not understand. So to make people aware of the dangers of bzr, I'd like to give advice to simple folks like me: ************************************* I strongly advise you to not work in branches and merge it into trunk, and stay away from any other so-called convenient advanced functionality of bzr, like push-pull-whatever. Simply use it in 'svn mode'. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Working_with_Bazaar#Using_a_central… ************************************* If you have fully understood how bzr works, perhaps you can try to use the extra functionality. In that case, learn how to foul up the history (like rev2000 in lib2geom) so you don't type in such commands. Thank you very very very much, Johan (PS. no hard feelings to the committer of course! I blame the tool that allows these things to happen)

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Canvas color option (Bug #169623)
by Nicolas Dufour 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

Hi all, I've just committed a patch William Swanson did for the wishlist bug #169623 "Canvas color option" (https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/169623). A rather popular wishlist (12 people declared being affected on LP). It compiles and works as expected on Windows XP and Ubuntu. The canvas color is now set to the drawing background color (defined in the document properties), ignoring alpha. Thus if you choose a fully transparent black, the canvas will be black (instead of white as in the stable Inkscape version). Note that the modification doesn't affect exports (PNGs still use the alpha channel). Don't hesitate to comment. Regards, -- Nicolas PS: Apparently the snap indicator color is broken (it never gets the white stroke it has in the 0.48.x branch when using a dark background - SnapIndicator::set_new_snaptarget is *always* called with pre_snap=false), but it seems that the bug was already in the trunk (also reproduced on Windows XP with 10760, 10700, 10614 and 10568).

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Lib2geom-devel] Bazaar advice
by Krzysztof Kosiński 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

By the way, all people who work on a trunk checkout of lib2geom might need to use bzr pull --overwrite or get a fresh checkout. I'm not sure how a bound branch works in this case. If you opt for a fresh checkout, you can carry over your uncommitted changes using bzr merge --uncommitted or a diff Regards, Krzysztof

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Inkscape Website (Help needed)
by Ian Caldwell 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Hello Folks, It's that time again, I hope everyone is having a happy holidays! I am writing to you all in an urge to complete the new website within the next couple of months. I know we have all been busy with the holidays and what not. Here's a brief update on that status. The website in regards to the design elements have been completed almost all the bare bones pages have been completed and implemented into the design. The design can be seen at dev.inkscape.org . and of course the code can be viewed at https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape-webadmin . The backend code has been partially implemented however a lot is still missing such as user accounts login etc and a web based editor. I'd like to take a moment to thank Chris Morgan for porting over all the pages an Hinerangi Courtenay for the actual design as well as the various others. I can't name everyone in this email but it's definitely been a team effort. On that note there's still a lot to be done. Here's what I think our best plan of attack is. I think our best plan of attack is to take the current site and all of it's factors and put it into a solution such as pinax ( http://pinaxproject.com/) Using pinax allows us to make a custom website without having to have all the components of a CMS but it allows us to easily implement various things with little effort such as account management profiles etc and web based editing. Overall it shouldn't be too much work but we need someone with python/django experience to port our current code/design elements to pinax. >From there once it's implemented we will then of course need the various translation teams to finish translating the content and to port over the rest of the news. So today I am looking for anyone with django/python experience to contribute to getting this website finished. I need people who are motivated and willing to push forward and get this done in the least amount of time possible. If you're willing to contribute or have any further questions on the inkscape website please feel free to reply to this email or to me directly via email or irc (msg inc) Also if there is a company that would like to sponsor development of the website or put in hours. We're willing to list you as a contributor on the website development page. In the past this project has kind of been put a little bit on the back burner due to everyones time constraints which is completely understandable but any help we can get would be great. Thank you, Ian Caldwell

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Participation at SCALE 10x
by Jon Cruz 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Hi guys, Just putting out a general call for anyone who would like to help us man a booth at SCALE 10x this year. http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale10x I know Josh and I will be there, but if anyone else can spend a little time in the booth that would be a big help. The conference has given us a set of free full access passes for that. If anyone is interested in helping, just drop me an off-list email. I'll get you the instructions (which basically cover registering up to the point of paying, then sending me the registration number to finish on my side).

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] OCAL Dialog Redesign
by Andrew 28 Dec '11

28 Dec '11

Hi Guys, So I have been doing a lot of work on the Import from OCAL dialog and I have finally finished! I was wondering whether I could get some testing, especially on some different platforms with different internet connections. All you need to do is get my branch using: bzr branch lp:~and471/inkscape/ocal-dialog-improvements And then compile as usual. You will find the dialog in File > Import Clip Art So yeah, basically I want a lot of testing, to iron out any errors that I have missed and also feedback on the stuff I have done. Then once that is all done, I shall propose for merging into trunk. A list of changes is below, as well as a link to screenshots of the new dialog. Thanks! -- Andrew Screenshots: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/OCAL_Dialog_Re-Design == Changes == * UI Redesign (which includes) - Altered the padding and packing of all widgets - Added search entry with clear and search icons - Added OCAL Logo overlay - Put descriptions inline in list - New preview widget that shows extra metadata - New status widget to notify on errors/success etc. - Dialog is now persistent (retains state) - Better messages for the user - Changed title/menuitem to 'Import Clip Art' * Backend stuff (which includes) - Use new GFile API instead of depreciated GNOMEVFS - Use async methods so the UI isn't blocked - Use smaller, thumbnail images in the preview widget (save on bandwidth and increase speed) - Implement cancelling of operations - Put downloaded resources into one directory, from which we can use later - Big cleanup in terms of code

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Find / Replace dialog
by John Smith 28 Dec '11

28 Dec '11

How about an updated Find dialog to include the great replace functionality found in 2 text extensions - Replace text and Replace font ? The idea is to have a unified dialog that can find/replace on almost anything in the document - text, styles, attributes, fonts etc. A history of past find/replaces (in the combo-box), exact and case sensitive matching, undo history, dockable dialog, and the status on what was found/replaced. Any ideas to improve the find dialog more that welcome ... https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/909328 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send big files for free. Simple steps. No registration. Visit now http://www.nawelny.com

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FOSDEM and Color
by Tavmjong Bah 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

Hi, Do we have anyone going to FOSDEM[1] in February? Chris Lilley will be giving a talk on the SVG2 Color chapter at a "Colour Management" session and will be looking for feedback on color management in SVG2. Tav [1] http://fosdem.org/2012/

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Adding half tones pattern to SVG filters
by Ivan Louette 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

I would propose to add half tones patterns to svg filters primitives. I think adding them at this level could be extremely powerful and useful for designers like turbulence is already. No need for a lot of settings (most of them like color could be controlled by their association with other primitives) ; only frequencies (x and y), shape, angle and eventually other ones proposed by print specialists. ivan

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Wacom Weird
by Martin Owens 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

I just noticed that in Oneiric that my tablet isn't doing it's thing even with everything switched on. Is there still a bug in inkscape trunk over the pressure? This is what I dug up: http://osdir.com/ml/ubuntu-bugs/2011-11/msg06429.html It looks like it might be a gtk bug? If so, what needs to happen to fix it? Martin,

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] DHW file input extension
by Nikita Kitaev 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

The repository now has four test files: https://github.com/nikitakit/DM2SVG/tree/master/sample Page 1 is an all-in-one test file, Page 161 should be just a single stroke, and Page 162 should have each number on its own layer. ~Nikita On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:01 AM, Chris Morgan <chris.morganiser@...400...> wrote: > Nolota: try this and see if it works properly: > https://gist.github.com/1471691 > > (Not having any DigiMemo files I can't test it without faking data myself by > following the process in reverse, which would be a waste of time.) > > -- Chris On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Mark Schafer <mschafer@...2596...> wrote: > Thanks - please also send a very very simple test file - say with a single > stroke in it. > Cheers... > > > On 12/13/2011 11:20 PM, Nikita Kitaev wrote: >> >> Thank you. There's one test file in the repository, and I'll send you >> a couple more tomorrow. >> >> ~Nikita >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Mark Schafer<mschafer@...2596...> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Nikita, >>> I can probably convert it to python for you. >>> Can you send me some files for testing - with what they look like as pngs >>> (say) >>> >>> Cheers, Mark... >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/13/2011 10:34 PM, Nikita Kitaev wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Chris Morgan >>>> <chris.morganiser@...400...> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It won't be hard to port to Python, which would be ideal for use in >>>>> Inkscape. It's short and simple. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine >>>>> <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Nikita Kitaev wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A couple of months ago I modified someone's BSD-licensed DHW to SVG >>>>>>> converter and turned it into an Inkscape extension. DHW is the >>>>>>> proprietary format used by DigiMemo digital notepads (writing on the >>>>>>> notepad with a special pen will record all of the penstrokes and save >>>>>>> a copy of the writing onto an SD card). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Right now the code is up on github [1]. It's a 215-line perl script, >>>>>>> plus the accompanying INX file. I'm wondering if it would make sense >>>>>>> to do something else with it, like adding it to an extension >>>>>>> repository or maybe even including it with Inkscape. Any suggestions? >>>>>> >>>>>> Ahem... So we should add Perl to our Windows installer? >>>>>> >>>>>> Alexandre Prokoudine >>>>>> http://libregraphicsworld.org >>>> >>>> My fault for not knowing that perl extensions don't work on Windows. >>>> >>>> I've never done binary file operations in Python, but if I can find >>>> some good documentation (or if someone else can port it) then we can >>>> make a Python version. I have an actual DigiMemo notepad and several >>>> hundred DHW files to use as test cases. >>>> >>>> ~Nikita

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Make inkscape remember dialogs window status (bug #171579)
by John Smith 20 Dec '11

20 Dec '11

I have put an improved patch that addresses most of the issues in launchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171579 >> 1. It only works with dockable dialogs (not with Text and fonts, XML editor, etc.). Now works with both dockable and non-dockable dialogs >> 2. It doesn't work correctly with dialogs docked in a floating window Docked dialogs in floating window are now remembered as open. Currently the basic status of visible/hidden, floating/docked, size and position are saved to preferences. However we dont save the complete docking status (such as docked above/below/left of/right of, iconified, dock in floating window etc), this patch mainly addresses the visible/hidden status of dialogs. >> 3. The minimize status of the docked dialogs is not remembered (they are considered closed). Iconified docked dialogs are now remembered as open, but are docked (not reiconified) on open (same as 2. above, currently no code to open a dialog as iconified) >> 4. It doesn't restore all the locked/visible icons of the Layers dialog. Layers icons fixed >> 5. The status is updated when the dialog is opened or closed, and doesn't necessarily reflects the status of the last closed Inkscape window. Saves the last windows status correctly in all the use cases i tried. Regards, John. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send big files for free. Simple steps. No registration. Visit now http://www.nawelny.com

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GTK+ version dependency
by Alex Valavanis 20 Dec '11

20 Dec '11

Hi All, As we move towards GTK3 compatibility , we're going to run into a lot of backward-compatibility issues. For easy cases like bug #800565 [1], we can just add code alternatives, but there are other situations where this isn't really desirable. An example would be fixing deprecated symbols in our copy of GDL... I'd really prefer to import changes from upstream rather than increasing the size of our diff any further. However, the upstream fix for one of the GDL issues requires gtk+ 2.22. The question is when to start bumping the gtk+ version requirement for Inkscape? If we want to support LTS linux distros, we could be waiting a **very** long time. For example... Ubuntu Lucid (LTS) has no GTK+3 library, and only gtk+ 2.20, and is supported until April 2013. Options include... 1. Keep our linux LTS-release support rigorously; don't make any gtk code updates that introduce a gtk > 2.20 dependency (unless there are easy code-alternatives for backward compatibility). Eventually move on when common LTS distros reach end-of-life. 2. Gradually inch forward with dependency versions. Drop linux LTS-release support for trunk, but maintain support for all current non-LTS distro versions (e.g. Ubuntu Maverick and higher). 3. Charge ahead mercilessly towards compatibility with the current stable GTK version (currently 3.2). Break support for linux distributions as required, and laugh heartily in the faces of the grieving users. Any thoughts? AV [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/800565

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Floating Dialogs with multiple documents
by John Smith 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Is there a plan for how floating dialogs should be managed with multiple windows ? Currently each document has is own set of dialogs and a dialog-manager to control them. The dialog-manager ensures there is only one instance of each dialog per document. So with 2 documents open, you have 2 dialog-managers and can have 2 identical dialogs floating around at the same time (and several bug reports relating to this below) All floating dialogs respond to the current active document. When a document is closed all the dialogs opened with that window are reattached to the next open window and remain alive until the application is shutdown. Hence memory usage grows for each new window that is opened and is not reclaimed when documents are closed. Users have requested 2 different styles of operation (1) Have floating dialogs per document, but close/hide them when a document is closed/unfocused (258013) (2) Have at most a single instance of each floating dialog that works across all open documents "gimp style" (317439). Which is the preferred behaivour ? (1) Looks simpler because (2) needs to deal with dialogs docked with a document and floating dialogs across the whole app, and with new instances launched (such as double clicking a file in the file manager) Related bugs * https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/317439 * https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/258013 * https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/216693 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send big files for free. Simple steps. No registration. Visit now http://www.nawelny.com

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Toolbars architecture
by Romain de Bossoreille 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hi, I'm working updating the wiki to have a more clear view on modules, works to be done and tips for developpers. Here I'm working on the toolbars: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/User_Interface_Modules#Toolbars Some questions: * Nearly everything is in src/widgets/toolbox.cpp. The final goal is it to have breakdown in per-toolbar-files (like for exemple we have actually for Select and Gradient toolbars) + toolbox.cpp file? o If yes, can I work at this breakdown or is there already a work to do this? * Is there a C++ migration guidance for toolbars? I've found nothing. * Can toolbars files move to a dedicated directory (ex: src/toolbars and then the C++ version in src/ui/toolbar) or will they still appears as widgets? * In files we are speaking about "toolbars" and "toolboxes". What's the good word? I think it's toolbar, but just to be sure... Moreover, I would like to propose you to have one page per toolbar in the wiki with a screenshot, list of functions (like a user documentation but that could be also usefull for developpers to find their way), links to related source files and (if we can have an automatic link between the wiki and launchpad) links to all bugs/wishlist related to it (with a system of tags). What do you think about it? Can I work in this direction? Thanks, -- *Romain de Bossoreille*

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Inkscape::UI::Dialog::PanelDialogBase .cpp and .h file
by Romain de Bossoreille 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

Hi, I was working filling the wiki about User Interface. Is it normal that the file src/ui/dialog/panel-dialog.h does not have a .cpp? This file contains prototypes and source code of all functions of the class Inkscape::UI::Dialog::PanelDialogBase. For clarity and compilation optimisation, would it be better to break it in a .cpp and .h files ? Thanks, -- *Romain de Bossoreille*

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Make inkscape remember dialogs window status (bug #171579)
by Nicolas Dufour 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

Hello, The wishlist report bug #171579, "Make inkscape remember dialogs window status", has been recently patched by John Smith. (https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171579) The patch compiles correctly on Windows XP, OSX and Ubuntu, and behave *almost* as expected. But: 1. It only works with dockable dialogs (not with Text and fonts, XML editor, etc.). 2. It doesn't work correctly with dialogs docked in a floating window. 3. The minimize status of the docked dialogs is not rememberer (they are considered closed). 4. It doesn't restore all the locked/visible icons of the Layers dialog. 5. The status is updated when the dialog is opened or closed, and doesn't necessarily reflects the status of the last closed Inkscape window. 1, 2 and 4 are probably out of the scope of the patch, but fixing 5, and maybe 3, would make the patch committable for 0.49 IMHO. 5 is debatable though. Should we save the status in the preferences when the last document is closed, or save it on a per document basis? Tests and comments are welcome! Regards, -- Nicolas

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svg cleaner
by Alexandre Prokoudine 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Hi, Today I got a mail from developers of a new SVG cleaning app called... *drumroll*... SVG Cleaner :) Source code is at Launchpad: bzr branch lp:svg-cleaner There are builds for Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/~svg-cleaner-team/+archive/svgcleaner The app seems capable, developers are seeking input from experienced users. Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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DHW file input extension
by Nikita Kitaev 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

A couple of months ago I modified someone's BSD-licensed DHW to SVG converter and turned it into an Inkscape extension. DHW is the proprietary format used by DigiMemo digital notepads (writing on the notepad with a special pen will record all of the penstrokes and save a copy of the writing onto an SD card). Right now the code is up on github [1]. It's a 215-line perl script, plus the accompanying INX file. I'm wondering if it would make sense to do something else with it, like adding it to an extension repository or maybe even including it with Inkscape. Any suggestions? ~Nikita [1] https://github.com/nikitakit/DM2SVG

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re : Adding half tones pattern to SVG filters
by gespertino＠...400... 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

2011/12/11 Ivan Louette <ivan_louette@...48...>: > Thanks ! It's a very nice filter in GIMP indeed ! > > But SVG filters are non destructive and another advantage is that you can > combine several filters in one to create powerfull and customizable non > destructive custom effects. You're welcome! I mentioned GIMP's newsprint just as a reference of the needed features (dot shape, resolution, channels, etc) and UI. Using similar sets of features, names and UI distribution would make the SVG filter more familiar for GIMP users and vice-versa. I know SVG filters are different and of course I'd love to have a non-destructive filter instead of a one-time raster effect. Well, I'd love to have non-destructive filters in GIMP too, but that's far in the GEGL horizon. ;-)

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Useful functions
by Josh Andler 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

Hey All, I stumbled across some videos a while back relating to some plugins for Illustrator that provide some pretty cool functionality and wanted to share, I just don't believe I did on the list (hopefully I'm not repeating). Do we have an appropriate page in the wiki for me to add them or does anyone think it would be more appropriate to just add a number of RFEs to the tracker? This first one shows some pretty useful color functionality you normally see associated with raster apps but is stuff that would rock to have for use in the vector space. Yes we have extensions that provide some of the functions, but they're destructive effects. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRthJrsYepg This live half-toning stuff is definitely sweet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLOVqTE9Zy8 When we finally get to a point where we can produce proper PDFs for print, this would be some fantastic functionality to have (especially with the costs of home printing supplies). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnGgtQAXf8U Just thought I'd share... Cheers, Josh

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Next release check-in...
by Josh Andler 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

Hey all, Anything in particular people are looking to add or refactor which they haven't discussed yet? Development has greatly slowed and I am curious if it's related to lack of interest, time, or people not wanting to hold up a possible release by adding new features. Note, a release is unfeasible at this time anyway, so we're really still game for new code currently. Related to this, Tavmjong's gradient mesh branch is pretty nice (and still has bugs) atm... if anyone is interested in helping out with it, please let him know. It would be awesome if we could see that work stabilized and available in the next release. Just checking in... Cheers, Josh

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