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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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