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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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