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Build against external libcroco?
by Alex Valavanis 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

(Posted as question #123799 on Launchpad) https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/123799 For Debian/Ubuntu packaging purposes, it would be preferable for us to build against an external (clean) version of libcroco rather than using the one currently in the Inkscape source-tree. A while ago, someone asked at the Debian bugtracker about this: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=427946 At the time, it seems that a patched version of libcroco-0.6 was included in the source tree of inkscape-0.45, and that Inkscape could not be built with the upstream version of libcroco. Since then, a lot of changes have been made in Inkscape (including the removal of src/libcroco/README) and there is a new upstream version (0.6.2) of libcroco. Please could someone update us on the situation? Specifically: * Which version of libcroco is included with Inkscape 0.47/0.48? * Have any changes been made to the bundled library? * Can Inkscape be built successfully using a clean external libcroco? Thanks, Alex

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How to fix a bug for 0.48.1
by unknown＠example.com 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Hi all, I just fixed a bug in trunk that should be released also in 0.48.1. How should one go about this? Is there a better way of simply doing the edits twice, once in trunk and once in 0.48.1 branch? (i.e. should i merge things or...) Thanks, Johan

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Minor website fixes (was: Free Desktop Release)
by Craig Marshall 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

>> Done. Many thanks. Please check and let me know if it's okay :) > Where did you change it? You didn't put it the SVN repository. It works for me now, you must have changed it again, that's better :-) > The mod_rewrite stuff is really > weird on that server - at the end of last year I put in a rule which should > have made http://wiki.inkscape.org/favicon.ico not redirect to > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/favicon.ico - which gives a 404 - and it > doesn't work. And I don't understand why - the syntax is all correct and it > should work fine. It looks Chris is talking about having added this stuff for the favicon problem: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wiki\.inkscape\.org [NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/wiki RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/favicon\.ico$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wiki$1 [L] It looks right to me too... I know that doesn't help much yet. Can you maybe show us (or email to me) the main apache config, if it doesn't include anything sensitive? Just to see what redirecting is being done, it would be good if we can fix the favicon problem while this web stuff is being looked at. It could be the contents of a file that resides here or somewhere similar: /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/inkscape.org or /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/www.inkscape.org Thanks, Craig

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Google indexes SVG
by Aaron Spike 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

Hey, we win! Google now indexes SVG. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-now-indexes-svg.h… Aaron Spike

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Gaussian problem with inkscape 0.48
by John Culleton 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

I have tried the .gz download, the .bz2 download, and even the bazaar version. 0.47 configures and compiles with no problem. All versions of 0.48 blow up at the same spot: -------------------------------------------- libinkscape.a(nr-filter-gaussian.o): In function `_ZN8Inkscape7FiltersL12filter2D_FIRIhLj4EEEvPT_iiPKS2_iiiiPKNS_4Util10FixedPointIjLj16EEEii.omp_fn.5': /usr/local/inkscape/src/display/nr-filter-gaussian.cpp:371: undefined reference to `void Inkscape::Filters::filter2D_FIR<unsigned char, 4u>(unsigned char*, int, int, unsigned char const*, int, int, int, int, Inkscape::Util::FixedPoint<unsigned int, 16u> const*, int, int)::C.639' libinkscape.a(nr-filter-gaussian.o): In function `_ZN8Inkscape7FiltersL12filter2D_FIRIhLj3EEEvPT_iiPKS2_iiiiPKNS_4Util10FixedPointIjLj16EEEii.omp_fn.4': /usr/local/inkscape/src/display/nr-filter-gaussian.cpp:371: undefined reference to `void Inkscape::Filters::filter2D_FIR<unsigned char, 3u>(unsigned char*, int, int, unsigned char const*, int, int, int, int, Inkscape::Util::FixedPoint<unsigned int, 16u> const*, int, int)::C.622' 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I use Linux Slackware 13.0. I have posted several times on the user mail list but no useful hints are forthcoming. My gcc is version 4.3.3. Anyone have a clue what my problem is? -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html ------------------------------------------------------- -- 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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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Cloned Tiles interface rework proposal
by Valerie 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

> http://www.foopics.com/showfull/9c37a7ecb9b96d1499428c0adfc7cc2c Nice! Let's use something like that! I think the one on the bottom left looks nicer, as the black lines are distracting, but if the black lines are made a shade of gray, it should work too. > The way rows and columns apply to groups like P4G or P6M is strange. To be honest, I never understood how those work. It never came out right for me. If anybody has a tutorial to share, please do. :) Since there is a lot of space in the Symmetry tab, we could add a link on the bottom titled "Documentation," which pops up a symmetry tutorial. In my proposal, the visually selected boundary path can take any angle, so the tutorial could tell you which best angle to use to get the desired results for that type of tiling. > But maybe things are as they are because of the structure of SVG? I haven't thought of that one! Can someone confirm whether this is the case? Apart from that, does anybody else have the pros and cons of having only clones? (you would not be able to "remove" all the clones leaving only the original, but "undo" also works no?) > Exponent has no unit. Thanks! I'll remove it from the mock-up. > BTW, I'm not sure how Randomize works. Would 5% mean that the range of > possible deviations is from -2.5% to 2.5%? if it's something else, it > might not make sense to offer absolute units there. I could see a use for absolutes in randomnize though. Let's use the example of shifting: your clones will be able to shift in either direction by up to 5 pixels, thus introducing variety without going out of certain bounds. Like this: http://a.imagehost.org/view/0418/path3188

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make Inkscape populary for Laserengravingmachine
by Axel Richter 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Dear Inkscape Developer, i work with laserengravingmachine at my job, but at home i use inkscape to draw anything. I have try with my boss to use inkscape for this laser. The surfaceraster is going right but the cut isn`t going. I hope we a any others can use inkscape in future for this laser. This could inkscape more populare and alternative for many laserusers. Now i can use Corel draw and adobe photoshop for this laser. The problem is only the cut-line this could a line how in corel a hairline or 0,01 thickness i think the laser can`t understand the vectorline from inkscape. The faces understand it. The lasers work´s with 1200dpi 600dpi or 400dpi how any printers. Other thing would be the engravers area, i would set the ruler-coordinates especially for the type of lasermachine I hope you can help to use inkscape for it. -- 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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Export dialog, relative path patch
by Craig Marshall 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Hi, I've written some codethat makes the export dialog leave out the directory when exporting a drawing or an object, defaulting to just the png filename (patch attached). This is for two reasons: 1) Since the export path defaults to the SVG directory anyway, this will a) not change anyone's workflow, but b) will reduce work when you inevitably move your files around. If relative paths are an option, is there a good reason why they are not the default option? I suppose it's conceivable that people always export all pngs to a certain fixed folder that is nothing to do with the SVG directory, but then you have to type that in anyway, so this doesn't harm that use case at all. 2) I didn't even know that relative paths worked until about a week ago*, so I have to assume that at least some others don't know about it either. This patch helps to advertise to users that it is even possible, and saves them some work! If you accept this code, please look at it very carefully, I am just a novice at these things. Craig * I have manually updated the export path in this dialog when my files need to be moved (at least once per file, depending on that jobs status, which seems to be unavoidable in my workflow), I dont even want to think how many hours I've spent doing this unnecessarily.

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Extension interface request
by Craig Marshall 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Hi, I'd like to make a couple of requests for features (or perhaps explanations/pointers to why they can't be included). 1) It would be really cool to have a proper directory selection (or popup directory chooser) as an option on the inkex dialog. This way the user doesn't have to memorise their favourite directories etc., they can browse to them, or use favourites, etc. 2) Someone on #inkscape mentioned that the filename/directory information was excluded from the SVG for security reasons, but this class of information is still freely included in the form of export hints. It's inconsistent for one, and inconvenient for another. I've just been developing an extension where it would have been much nicer to export the necessary files to the same directory by default. A possible workaround if 1) is ever implemented, would be to optionally default the directory chooser to the drawing's working directory, thereby bypassing the security problem. 3) Possibly related to 2. Whenever I export a document from inkscape, then move the file (I have a bunch of folders/hierarchies and the files move depending on various states), if I then need to export again, I have to tell it where to export to, and it's a bit of a pain, it would be nice for an option to always export to the working directory. Thanks, Craig

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Inscape crashes since installing v0.48 on WIN7
by Lars Ewering 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

Hello, the following problem i have on AMD dual core 3000+ with windows7: since the installing of inkscape v.48 the "incscape-einstellungen" (in german) or shift+contrl+p leads to a complete crash. reinstalling on v.47 doesn't fix the problem. may you can follow the example an find the reason... greatings lars

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回复：
by 明天 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

I confirm that I've installed the dev libs（The latest version）. The file gtkmm-2.4.pc exist at all in C:\devlibs\lib\pkgconfig\ . Before running btool, I run mingwenv.bat. ------------------ 原始邮件 ------------------ 发件人: "Diederik van Lierop"<mail@...1689...>; 发送时间: 2010年8月27日(星期五) 晚上7:14 收件人: "635655368"<635655368@...2378...>; 主题: Re: On 08/27/2010 11:32 AM, 明天 wrote: > I read the document at > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port. I do vevrything > follow it. But my os is windows 7. I don't know what I can do ? Thanks! We will need more information to troubleshoot, so please try to be as verbose as possible. So first of all, please confirm that you've installed the dev libs. Secondly, does the file gtkmm-2.4.pc exist at all in C:\devlibs\lib\pkgconfig\ ? Before running btool, did you run mingwenv.bat? Regards, Diederik

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LPE PowerStroke
by unknown＠example.com 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

Hi all, Because my GSoC student had no progress at the midterm evaluation deadline, I decided to fail him for GSoC. But since I was screaming so loud at LGM that this summer we would have a PowerStroke LPE, I couldn't escape coding it myself. Too bad, I should have applied for GSoC as a student myself... For those interested: I think the PowerStroke LPE is ready for some playing and testing. You have to build Inkscape 0.48+devel with experimental LPEs enabled. [1] http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.49#PowerStroke http://imgh.us/powerstroke-ell.png Cusp nodes behave funny. To see clearly what happens, you have to apply a stroke to the path, and no fill. I do not yet know whether I am going to take the effort to properly handle cusp nodes... ;) I know it is buggy, so please only mail *ideas* for improvement, etc. thanks! Johan [1] You have to build Inkscape with "#define LPE_ENABLE_TEST_EFFECTS", otherwise the LPE won't show in the LPE dialog. (uncommenting line 9 in src/live_effects/effect.cpp will do the trick)

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回复： compile error
by 明天 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

I read the document at http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port. I do vevrything follow it. But my os is windows 7. I don't know what I can do ? Thanks! ------------------ 原始邮件 ------------------ 发件人: "Diederik van Lierop"<mail@...1689...>; 发送时间: 2010年8月26日(星期四) 下午3:01 收件人: "635655368"<635655368@...2378...>; 主题: Re: [Inkscape-devel] compile error On 08/26/2010 08:53 AM, 明天 wrote: > when I compile inkscape， > make error line 0 ： cannot open the file > 'C:\devlibs\lib\pkgconfig\gtkmm-2.4.pc' for reading. To be able to help you we need more details. For example, which instructions did you follow? Have you read the wiki on inkscape.org? Have you installed the devlibs? If so, in which directory? Apparently you're using windows, but which version? And why do you want to compile inkscape at all? Our latest v0.48 release is very fresh and up-to-date Regards, Diederik

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Cloned Tiles interface rework proposal
by Valerie 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

> I use tiled clones extensively in my work, and it just > feels too fundamental a tool to be kept over in the > edit menu, so I agree with that suggestion. Glad we agree on this point! > I personally disagree somewhat about the reclassification > into three tabs, as the tabs as they exist now correspond > precisely to the various fundamental linear transformations That's just it though, you're talking in math terms now. It just happens that the vast majority of people want to run at the mention of "maths." :P You might as well replace everything with transformation matrices... If you want to reason in maths terms, in my proposal: - The Tiles tab corresponds to the current "x,y" coordinate approach - The Radial tab corresponds to a "radius, angle" coordinate approach What prompted me to this suggestion is that recently, I wanted to design a simple gear (but still a bit more complicated than what the LPE offers). I ended up doing the rotation manually because it was faster than opening a tutorial to find out what in the world rows and columns were supposed to do for rotations. I just wanted to duplicate the pattern exactly 6 times in a rotation. A lot of people would want to do that for simple designs such as flowers, clocks, round patterns etc., and they probably don't want to need a maths degree for something that basic. Good point about other options missing in the Cloned Tiles interface though. So right now, here's a recap on what me may find missing with the current interface: 1. Location: Move to Objects, add a shortcut, open a docker? 2. On-screen guideline. The default will be as currently, but if you select the object and either a straight line or a line with two segments, I'd like a drop-down to appear allowing you to choose it as the guideline for the transformations, so there's no need to resort to tricks to add spacing to tiling, to choose a centre of rotation, etc. 3. The ability to switch between % and absolute values. 4. Add skew. 5. An Easy, intuitive way to do radial clones. At the very least, add a button in the Rotation tab for "Rotate around centre", and maybe add a "Divide sphere by n" times so that people don't have to calculate the exact angle. Of course, people would want the ability to choose what that centre is, which is where the guideline comes in. An alternative approach would be to add a Radial Align option in the Align Tab. It'd rotate the clones several times around the centre of rotation. Anything else? I do believe that this is an area where an improvement in just the interface will provide very big returns to users.

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Inkscape 0.48 released
by Joshua A. Andler 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Hey all! A huge thank you and congratulations to the Inkscape community for all of their effort as Inkscape 0.48 is now out! As usual, please show the news items some love at all the usual places (here are a few). http://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/d4p1h/inkscape_048_is_out/ http://digg.com/software/Inkscape_0_48_is_out http://slashdot.org/submission/1315486/Inkscape-048-is-out http://news.deviantart.com/article/126847/ Cheers, Josh

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compile error
by 明天 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

when I compile inkscape， make error line 0 ： cannot open the file 'C:\devlibs\lib\pkgconfig\gtkmm-2.4.pc' for reading. what I can do ? thanks

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compile error
by 明天 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

when I compiling inkscape

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Offering for the showcase
by Mike 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hello, all, My name's Mike, and I have been an avid Inkscape user for several years. For a year as a web designed I used Inkscape almost exclusively despite the fact that my station was equipped with Adobe Illustrator. I also love and support open source projects, so I figured the two fit. I'll spare the rest of my intro and get to the point. Recently Pi Mu Epsilon, a national mathematics honor society of which I am a member, announced a seal redesign contest to commemorate their centennial in 2014. Each chapter in the country could submit a design. This last month in Pittsburgh, at Mathfest, the four national semifinalists were unveiled, and mine, created entirely using Inkscape, was one of them. I have it attached as an SVGZ file. I wanted to share and offer it as a possible showcase addition. You will notice that I left many of my alternative design elements present in the file, but if you export the page at 300dpi you will see what I submitted to the contest. Thanks very much, Mike

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Inkscape docs moved to Launchpad
by Nicolas Dufour 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hi all, Inkscape's doc stuff (mainly tutorials po files) has just moved from the old Sourceforge svn to Launchpad. The project url is: https://launchpad.net/inkscape-docs. Feel free to use it if you need to report a bug or request (you can still use the translators list, of course!) The maintainer and driver of this project is the Inkscape Administrators group, and the trunk owner is the Inkscape Developers group. In order to get a local checkout of the files, please use the following command: # bzr checkout lp:inkscape-docs You can create a local branch instead, but I suggest that you use a checkout so that using it is as easy as is was with svn. Please refer to the wiki (http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Working_with_Bazaar) if you need some details about bazaar (just replace lp:inkscape with lp:inkscape-docs). Could someone with the appropriate rights freeze "https://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/inkscape/doc-docbook/ on Sourceforge"? Regards. -- Nicolas

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] opening .cdr file
by Guillermo Espertino 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

> Hi, I need to open a .cdr file, the file was created in CorelDraw GS X5. > Inkscape can't open it. Do you have any tip/trick? Ask the guy who gave you the file to save it in an older version that Uniconvertor can manage or even better, in a format better suited for exchange (SVG or at least PDF). That's probably the same they would ask you if you send them a Corel Draw X5 file and they would have Corel X4. And, as a personal remark, I think it's more reasonable to ask closed source software to have good support of files that have open specifications than expecting free software to support closed source formats. ;-)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Problem with Nautilus
by Guillermo Espertino 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

As far as I can remember, that problem was caused by a bug in the creation of thumbnails. If it's that, you can temporarily fix it by deleting the .thumbnails folder and de-activating thumbnail generation from nautilus preferences. Nautilus is pretty clumsy when it comes to thumbnail creation. Even in newer versions you'll find some problems with that (for instance, browsing a folder with SVG documents with several embedded images - the new inkscape's default - will freeze nautilus until thumbnails are ready, and file limits specified in the preferences don't seem to apply).

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opening .cdr file
by Lucas Mongiat 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

I pasted below the error message UniConvertor failed: Cannot list directory /home/lucas/.uniconvertor:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/lucas/.uniconvertor' ignoring it in font_path Cannot list directory /home/lucas/.uniconvertor:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/lucas/.uniconvertor' ignoring it in font_path /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/utils/locale_utils.py:9: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated. Use the subprocess module. from popen2 import popen2 No plugin-type information in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/__init__.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/__init__.py", line 82, in uniconv doc = load.load_drawing(input_file) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line 364, in load_drawing return load_drawing_from_file(file, filename) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line 337, in load_drawing_from_file doc = loader.Load() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/cdrziploader.py", line 54, in Load doc = load.load_drawing_from_file(cdrfile, cdrfile.name, doc_class = self.doc_class) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line 346, in load_drawing_from_file raise SketchLoadError(_("unrecognised file type")) app.events.skexceptions.SketchLoadError: unrecognised file type

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opening .cdr file
by Lucas Mongiat 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hi, I need to open a .cdr file, the file was created in CorelDraw GS X5. Inkscape can't open it. Do you have any tip/trick? thanks L

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Clip selection glitch & another minor bugs
by Karlisson 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Congrats for Inkscape 0.48! I've tested the new features and the old ones, specially, searching for bugs. Great work. But bugs like this are still alive: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/365458 And this https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/486404 I know there's more serious bugs to solve, but these little glitches (that few cares about, I presume) are very bad for the user experience. It's like a costumer entering a new and shiny shop of broken/scratched products that a sharp eye customer won't buy, so he never returns. That makes me think if all the features are really tested before being released. []'s -- Karlisson M. Bezerra http://nerdson.com/ -

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funding inkscape developement
by Drechsel Wolf 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hello everybody, probabely there are lots of thoughts on this, so I'd be grateful for some hints: I do have some very special wishes on inkscape developement: # Improving the Mac OS X integration # implement a routine which counts the number of objects surrounded by another object: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/621627 Esp. the first has hardly moved forward during the last year, since I've started watching it. Is there a way of funding a special developement, which obviously does not attract a lot of attention? Inkscape is free - alternatively I'd to pay 1000s of Euros for a "professional" product - with all its disacvantages. So I'd be happy to donate a number of Euros - and probabely some other people as well - to pay somebody to get special work done, which would not be done otherwise. Is there a mechanism for that? - Could there be one? - Maybe some young person would be interested to earn a small sum, learn and get experienced - and get some work done within a professional environment? - Or is that idea completely against the spirit of open source? Have a nice weekend! Wolf

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