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Font-related crash with chinese environment (#261475)
by Luca Bruno 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, a serious bug was reported in debian, as inkscape is almost unusable in chinese environments (http://bugs.debian.org/487623). Forwarded to our bugtracker, the crash seems to be triggered by a particular translation in the open file dialog, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/261475 but happens in other situations too and is related to font handling. I've made a patch to prevent the crash, but I wasn't able to find what's the real issue between pango and inkscape with LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8. Some more details and the actual patch are available in the bug report. I'll commit the patch in a few days, just because I'd like someone else more familiar with libnrtype/Font* code to inspect what's really going wrong there instead of just fixing symptoms... So please have a look at it ;) Cheers, Luca -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Luca Bruno (kaeso) : :' : The Universal O.S. | lucab (AT) debian.org `. `'` | GPG Key ID: 3BFB9FB3 `- http://www.debian.org | Debian GNU/Linux Developer

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Status: Inkscape Spell Checking
by Jason Beaudoin 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hiya! I have been using inkscape more and more over the last year, and appreciate the fine work you all have done. Thank you. I'd like to join in on the fun, and have found myself really craving spell checking support in inkscape. I have poked around sourceforge, archives, and summer of code project information, and it appears that some work on this has been done, but it isn't complete. So my question: what is the state of spell checking support (wrt to development), and where do we need to take this to make it as functional as one would expect? I'm willing and interested to step up to this work. regards, ~Jason

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fwd: promoting SVG
by Felipe Sanches 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

yes, we can start a thread there. But we should keep updating people here at inkscape-devel about what we are planning for the contest. I would pay $150 for half of the first prize if we decide that it will be a vinyl cutter. Anyway, I heard that maybe mozilla guys still didnt answer maybe because there is a mozilla meeting this week and everybody may be busy attending speaks and meeting mozilla people in person. Maybe we should wait to see whether we get some Mozilla funding after the event is over and this guys go back to "processing e-mail inbox" mode. Juca On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Patrick <optomatic@...584...> wrote: > Hey Juca > > Thanks for the great tutorial! > > I am looking forward to doing my own experiments(after I learn javascript!) > > Would it be wise to move this thread to the user list? There must be many > more people there, perhaps we could get more sponsorship. I need some > guidance on buying a cutter. At $300+ we have a long way to go to finding > enough support to buy one plus shipping. If a vinyl cutter is the way to go > we need to find an economical model(that is still good quality) and more > financial support. > > Thanks again-Patrick > > P.S I did not find any reasonably active SVG mailing lists, is there such a > thing? > > > > Felipe Sanches wrote: > >> I have just created a tutorial here: >> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/SVG_with_javascript >> >> Juca >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-devel mailing list >> Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >> >> > >

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Node tool issue in nightly builds?
by john cliff 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Hi guys, Had reports from the inkscape forum that people were still seeing crashes in the nightly builds in the node tool, which seemed to be fixed in the SVN builds I was making, just tried the latest (Inkscape19750-0808250930.7z) and have confirmed that it does crash for me still. Anyone got any idea whats up with it? Cheers John

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show/hide other layers like in GIMP
by RRH 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Hi all! Currently in SVN wersion a new feature concererning the layer menu appeared. Namely: show/hide show/hide other layers. In my opinion this is a half success. Layer menu should have features like in GIMP and its comfort. Sometimes I have to switch off visibility of great numer of layers. This is not comfortable doing it by hand. In GIMP using Shift key we have opportunity to hide/show layers. Shouldn't it be in Inkscape? One combination: Shift+click on eye icon, shows/hides others; Shift+click on padlock icon, locks/unlocks other layers. None menu is needed. I'd love to see this feature soon, but this is opinion only a humble Inkscape user. :) What's your view? regards, Wojciech (Voytech) Ryrych from Poland ps. sorry for my English

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Extensions Repository
by Aurélio A. Heckert 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hi all, A long time ago i propose to think in an Extensions Repository. There was more tings to think and that was forgotten by me too. Now i write a draft specification here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ExtensionsRepository#The_Repository… Will be cool if somebody help to make the idea good enough to we have a real extensions repository. Ho! Please, help the "Name Proposal" too! :-) -- Aurélio A. Heckert http://colivre.coop.br/Aurium GNU/Linux User #312507 http://counter.li.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ilustração Vetorial Livre: http://InkscapeBrasil.org Coop. de Tecnologias Livres: http://Colivre.coop.br - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Eu temo pela minha espécie quando penso que Deus é justo." Thomas Jefferson Antes de imprimir esta mensagem reflita sobre a sua responsabilidade com a preservação do Meio Ambiente.

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extension parameters
by john cliff 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hi guys, Been battling with trying to create an output extension today, and am having real trouble with the script I'm trying to call not having parameters that I've got in the command bit of the inx being passed to it. my inx has the following <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <inkscape-extension xmlns=" http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension"> <_name>gmail file storage</_name> <id>org.ekips.output.gml</id> <dependency type="extension">org.inkscape.output.svg.inkscape</dependency> <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">gecp_ink.py</dependency> <output> <extension>.svg</extension> <mimetype>image/svg</mimetype> <_filetypename>Write svg to a gmail account(*.svg)</_filetypename> <_filetypetooltip>Export to a gmail account</_filetypetooltip> <dataloss>false</dataloss> </output> <script> <command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">gecp_ink.py username:Inkscape_Files password</command> </script> </inkscape-extension> The script expects the username as arg 1, password as 2 and the filename as 3. all its getting is the temp filename. Anyone got any ideas why? Also any suggestions for asking for a user/pass combo in a secure way? Cheers John

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bug in the layer menu
by RRH 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

hi guys! First, I want to apologize for my English. I'll try to explain everyting clearly. So, some time ago, I found a bug. I'll describe it now. Please repeat with me. Create a new layer without typing a name and then click add. figure 01: http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8720/01cz8.jpg Left mouse button on layer name (probably, the name will be called layer1) and call it anyhow. I called it "test". Please note that the name in the status bar still remains called layerX, not "test". figure 02: http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7800/02bh2.jpg Next click on eye or padlock icon and note that name of the layer returned to layer10 (in my case). This won't happen if we name layer typing in window dialog. I've been testing it in the past but didn't know where to notify it. Also my language is a barrier so please forgive me for that. cheers!

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Fwd: Some of the Inkscape title bugs
by Jeff Schiller 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Can anyone help review and provide feedback for patches on the following bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/249445 (patch 15 days old) https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/254857 (patch 11 days old) https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/238113 (patch 7 days old) I'd like to move on to the UI changes that might be necessary for the doc title (Bug 209199). It would really help to get the above patches in first. Thanks, Jeff ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Schiller <codedread@...400...> Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:34 AM Subject: Some of the Inkscape title bugs To: launchpad@...2033... Cc: rob@...2034..., jon@...18... Hi sas, Rob and I have been trying to contribute some patches for Inkscape bugs related to title/desc and accessibility on behalf of the W3C's SVG Interest Group. The list of bugs we're interested are at: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/wiki/Accessibility_Activity#Inkscape I'm sure you're busy, but if you could take a look at the patches that have been submitted and give us your feedback [or commit them! :) ] that would be fantastic. I think Rob has another patch for Bug 238113 that solves a couple more cases. Hopefully he'll be able to submit it some time this week. Bugs that have some patches: 238113, 249445, 254857 After these get fixed, I will be working on some ideas for Bug 209199. Copying Jon on this as I think he might have some ideas in the UI direction for it. Thanks, Jeff

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] svn-19741 node tool crash
by Bob Jamison 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

I tried looking, and got to path.is_empty(), but couldn't find anywthing in particular. -----Original Message----- >From: "Jon A. Cruz" <jon@...18...> >Sent: Aug 20, 2008 1:42 PM >To: inkscape List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> >Cc: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> >Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] svn-19741 node tool crash > > >On Aug 20, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Docsonic wrote: > >> >> I just updated svn to 19741 and it has an odd crash situation - >> >> If I open a document or create new and add objects, I can >> manipulate the >> objects with either the select tool or the node tool with no problems. >> However, if I convert any object to a path and select the path with >> the node >> tool, Inkscape crashes as soon as I click on the path. >> I also tried drawing a rectangle, converting to a path and >> selecting with >> the select tool. Then I chose the node tool so that the path nodes are >> displayed and I tried rubberbanding 2 of the nodes. The moment I >> let go of >> the mouse button, Inkscape crashes. >> >> This is in WinXP SP2 > >I was chasing this down the other night with a few others. We >narrowed it down to only happening when -O2 was used with the build, >but not -O0. In other words it was only showing up with optimizations >on. > >Maybe that will give someone a hint for reproducing and/or fixing. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-devel mailing list >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Welcome to GSoC 2008!
by Aaron Spike 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Felipe, Jasper, Johan, Marco and Maximilian, On behalf of the Inkscape community, let me congratulate you. You have been selected to participate in Google's Summer of Code 2008. I'm happy to see that all of you have already begun working with the community. We're all looking forward to working with you through the summer and beyond. Bryce Harrington and I are the GSoC administrators for Inkscape this summer. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have concerns. If you have not already done so, please subscribe to the Inkscape-devel mailing list. We recommend that you conduct the bulk of your Inkscape related communications through this list so that the community can keep up-to-date with your progress. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel We want to see you complete your project successfully. With this in mind, please strive to communicate actively. Active and open communication is a must for any successful Open Source Software project. We recommend that you be mindful of your schedule. Attempt to complete 90% of your project by the midterm evaluation period (July 7-14th). This will allow you to concentrate on bug fixing and documentation for the remaining time. Aaron Spike

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Command line server option
by Joshua L. Blocher 19 Aug '08

19 Aug '08

I'm unsure who this should be assigned to for review it has a patch included. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/259303 I also want make sure the List saw this as it's contributor seems willing and eager to be part of the Inkscape community. Joshua L. Blocher verbalshadow

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SVG Fonts: current status
by Felipe Sanches 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

today I talked to behdad in #cairo He gave me these instructions after reading my code: (02:03:59) *behdad:* JucaBlues: the new text_to_glyph areguments are mandoatry (02:04:08) behdad: and you shouldn't ignore utf8_len (02:04:09) behdad: really (02:04:19) behdad: forget about the old api (02:04:26) behdad: it was never in a released version of cairo (02:05:43) *behdad:* JucaBlues: also you shouldn't use malloc for glyphs anymore. (02:06:03) *behdad:* JucaBlues: read the new cairo_user_scaled_font_text_to_glyphs_func_t docs and implement it (02:06:58) behdad: your code also is not utf8-clean (02:07:27) *Juca:* :-P (02:07:38) *Juca:* so I have lots of stuff to work on (02:08:30) *Juca:* what do you mean by utf8-clean? (02:08:57) behdad: use g_utf8_* functions to deal with text (02:09:03) behdad: instead of assuming one char = one byte (02:09:08) *Juca:* ah (02:09:10) *Juca:* great! (02:09:41) *Juca:* I didnt now that but I was sure there was a correct way of coding it (02:09:56) *Juca:* and I suspected mine was wrong

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Code duplication
by Maximilian Albert 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

Hi all, there is a large chunk of code (~ 130 lines) that is essentially duplicated in both dyna-draw-context.cpp and eraser-context.cpp, namely the function fit_and_split(). The two versions only really differ in a few lines, but they also contains a couple of #ifdef switches that are used for debugging. The problem is that these are also dependent on the file (to wit, #ifdef ERASER_VERBOSE and #ifdef DYNA_DRAW_VERBOSE). I believe it would make sense to melt these two functions together, but how can this be done while at the same time respecting the #ifdefs? Is there a kind of #or directive? Max P.S.: It just occurred to me that the two contexts might share other code, too (although I haven't checked). Perhaps they could even be merged to a larger extent.

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F9 + KDE 4.0 (and 4.1) + Inkscape (missing color picker widgets)
by Michael Park 17 Aug '08

17 Aug '08

Hello, My apologies if I'm asking in the wrong place (this seemed like it might be a bug, so I thought I'd try here). So I installed inkscape-0.46-2.fc9.x86_64, and it's exhibiting unexpected behaviour in the color-picking widgets (in the Fill + Stroke dialog). Basically, they're not displaying any color: http://imagebin.org/24367 (RGB) http://imagebin.org/24368 (HSL) http://imagebin.org/24369 (CMYK) The 'Wheel' color picker, however, seems just fine. Is there a specific package dependency that I need to reinstall to get these color pickers to work (this is in Fedora 9). I also tried compiling from http://inkscape.modevia.com/svn-snap/inkscape-19664.tar.bz2 (build 19666 didn't seem to compile), but got the same result with the color pickers. Can someone help point me in the right direction to solving this? Thanks. --Mike

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] F9 + KDE 4.0 (and 4.1) + Inkscape (missing color picker widgets) [SOLVED]
by Michael Park 17 Aug '08

17 Aug '08

Hi Joshua, > I'm guessing that you have gtk-qt-engine-kde4 (debian/ubuntu package name) > installed and Use My KDE style in Gtk apps selected. Yes, that's correct, for F9, it's gtk-qt-engine-1.1-1.fc9.x86_64. > Do into the system settings->appearance->GTK styles and Fonts pick the use > another style option pick a regular GTK theme will make them look normal, > ugly but normal. Thanks, that was it! System Setting -> Appearance -> GTK Styles and Fonts -> GTK Styles -> Use another style -> <some other option than Qt4> (I used Nodoka) > Again this looks like a GTK-QT Theme Engine bug. So would it be better to report this bug to the GTK-Qt Theme Engine devs, or the Nokia/Trolltech guys? Thanks. --Mike

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Missing nightly builds for Linux&MacOS
by Bob Jamison 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

Speaking of devlibs... I just committed Cairo 1.7.4 to devlibs, along with Pixman 0.11.8. I know that it is an unstable version, but we probably need to experiment with this one for development purposes, since it has user font support and other text improvements. I did test it. I would say that it ran fine but it didn't. It had a crashing bug in win32_surface code, but Adrianj magnanimously fixed it immediately and it runs great now. Thanks! So people might want to "svn up" in their devlibs dirs to get this update. bob -----Original Message----- >From: Diederik van Lierop <mail@...1689...> >Sent: Aug 13, 2008 2:15 PM >To: Bob Jamison <rwjj@...127...>, inkscape-devel <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> >Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Missing nightly builds for Linux&MacOS > >Bob Jamison wrote: >> Often I have considered halting the win32 builds. :-) >> >I don't think that is funny at all ;-) ! Although I can imagine the >hassle and frustration in maintaining this stuff. > >These builds are very valuable to me, because at work I only have XP, >and it's only at work that I really use Inkscape. All coding is done at >home though using Fedora, so without these nightly windows builds I >would be very less likely to find any bugs of my commits, while being at >work. > >Of course I could compile Inkscape during my lunch breaks, but I'd >rather not go that route ;-) > >It's excellent how you've set up everything using btool and the libs in >SVN! It couldn't have been much easier. > >Thanks, > >Diederik

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Elimination of SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP
by Maximilian Albert 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

Hi, during a couple of boring compilation phases I recently decided to use my multitasking capabilities :) to eliminate quite a few instances of SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP. These eliminations should be harmless because they mainly involved passing in the desktop variable from the caller. Anyway, please keep the change in mind and report any bugs this might nonetheless have introduced. E.g., I encountered one place in widgets/toolbox.cpp where the obvious change broke things (it's not committed yet; I'll have to investigate this further since it looks like there is bug hidden somewhere else). Since I wanted the changes to be safe I didn't touch the floating dialogs stuff. It's probably better if someone with more knowledge in this area (Gustav?) tackles this. Max

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TikZ and PGF exporter
by Kjell Magne Fauske 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

Hello everyone, For some time now I have been working on an Inkscape extension for exporting from SVG to TikZ/PGF format for use with LaTeX. A PGF exporter has been requested before[1], but as far as I can see no one has worked on this yet. The extension is not feature complete yet, but the code is available at: http://code.google.com/p/inkscape2tikz/ If someone are working on a TikZ/PGF exporter I would like to know. Maybe we can join forces. This is my first extension, so I would appreciate any comments. It is currently implemented as an effect to allow selecting which curves to export and allow clipboard export. I should probably also provide it as an exporter as well. Regards, Kjell Magne Fauske www.fauskes.net [1] http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Google-Summer-of-Code-Project-Idea%3A-PGF-Expor…

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What parts of the code should be tested?
by Jasper van de Gronde 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

As part of my GSoC project I'm also compiling a list of (currently untested) parts of the code that could definitely use a few (unit) tests. This list will include a few of my personal favourites, and I'm working with gcov and svn logs to determine some "objectively" interesting parts of the code. Now my question to you is: What parts of the code do you consider to be in urgent need of testing? Obviously the most straightforward answer is "all", but - again obviously - that is also the least interesting answer :)

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Path representation
by unknown＠example.com 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hi all, I've been in a little discussion with Jasper and he has found a problem with the new path representation. A story about what now works, and what now does not work. Please check what I state here. It is how I have understood the SVG standard, but I could well be wrong. On purpose, Jasper and I discussed obscure paths. == Explicit closing line segment == A: "M 0,0 L 1,1 z" B: "M 0,0 L 1,1 L 0,0 z" These two paths are not identical in SVG. When adding midpoint markers, path A will not have a marker at (0,0), but path B will. Inkscape 0.46 did not distinguish between these two paths. 0.47 does distinguish them, however after nodetool editing, path A is converted to path B. I think this is a bug and it is better to always output path A after nodetool editing. It will be harder to remember whether to explicitly state the closing segment without showing multiple nodes on-canvas etc... == Line segment without moveto after closing path == C: "M x1,y1 ... z L x2,y2" D: "M x1,y1 ... z M x1,y1 L x2,y2" These paths are also not identical. I think this has to do with the stroke of a path being continued for path C after the closing "z" ; instead for path D, a new stroke is started after "z". Inkscape 0.47 is not able to represent the difference between these two paths, converting path C to path D. Unfortunately, 2geom's path representation (at the moment) is not able to represent path C. I can try to change things, but it will be an ugly hack probably... == Only moveto's in a path == E: "M 0,0 M 1,1 M 2,3" Such a path is used for paths where only markers should be shown, without stroking the rest of the path. Inkscape 0.46 discards this path data; 0.47 correctly handles this kind of path. Regards, Johan

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tutorial copyright question
by Fela Winkelmolen 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hi, I'm going to write a tutorial for the calligraphy tool I implemented in Karbon, given that the tutorial of Inkscape is done very well and the tool is very similar I thought it would be silly to rewrite it from scratch. It isn't too clear under which license the tutorial is licensed so some clarification would be greatly appreciated. The xml file generating the tutorial contains the line: <!-- Copyright (C) 2004-6 bulia byak, buliabyak@...859... and josh andler, scislac@...1050...> The parent directory also contains a COPYING file with the GPL, my best guess is thus that that's the license of the tutorial, but I would like a confirmation. Thanks! - fela

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Missing nightly builds for Linux&MacOS
by Bob Jamison 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hi, The trick, of course, is having volunteers to create the builds. Often I have considered halting the win32 builds. :-) There are some almost nightly binreloc-enabled Linux builds here: http://inkscape.modevia.com/btool/?C=M;O=D But since they are purely for testing, they do not provide the required library dependencies. People can download their own. Well, everything on that site is for testing (not for a casual user), so they are a bit more effort than a regular install. bob -----Original Message----- >From: Jiri Klement <jiri.klement@...400...> >Sent: Aug 12, 2008 2:41 PM >To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Missing nightly builds for Linux&MacOS > >Hi, > >I've found a little error in inkscape website. On page >http://www.inkscape.org/download/?lang=en in section Compiled packages >should be nightly builds, but nightly builds are available only for >Windows, other systems have only compiled stable versions. > >-- >Jiri > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Inkscape-devel mailing list >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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How to interactively replace control widgets in toolbars?
by Maximilian Albert 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hi all, I'd like to implement a toolbar which is comprised of various subtools. These subtools are represented by icons in the left half of the toolbar. Depending on the currently active subtool I want to display certain control widgets in the right half. How can I interactively replace these control widgets when the user switches subtools? Another question: While certainly there should be at most one subtool active at each time, there are situations when I want none of them to be active. If I understand correctly, EgeSelectOneAction is not the right thing for my purpose because it always requires exactly one option to be active. Is there another kind of action which I can use or do I need to implement my own? Many thanks for your help, Max P.S.: Sorry for cc'ing you directly, Jon, but Bulia said that you might know the anser. :)

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patch for website download link
by John Faith 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hello, The attached patch adds a link for an OS X package for 0.46. Could someone please apply this patch to inkscape_web, or enable svn write access for me? I have write access to the regular source tree, but when I tried to check in under inkscape_web I got "authorization failed." Thanks! , John

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