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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [SPAM] - Re: "Inkforge": Inkscape Becomes an SVG FontEditor? - Email found in subject
by Jan Homan 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

We just added a feature to our PDF FLY graphics conversion suite which extract the font glyphs from unknown embedded fonts in a PDF file and include them in the resulting SVG file. Let me know if I can help you answering your questions about SVG Fonts ? Best regards, Jan Homan http://www.pdf-fly.com http://www.visual-integrity.com -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: inkscape-devel-bounces(a)lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net]Namens Chris Lilley Verzonden: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:20 PM Aan: Felipe Sanches CC: inkscape-devel Onderwerp: [SPAM] - Re: [Inkscape-devel] "Inkforge": Inkscape Becomes an SVG FontEditor? - Email found in subject On Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 1:16:30 AM, Felipe wrote: FS> I also think this should be possible. Currently I am working on SVG FS> Fonts rendering as my Google Summer of Code project. Maybe I can work FS> a bit on it after SoC. Not sure yet. FS> Did anybody record the LGM talks? FS> What did Chris Lilley say about SVG Fonts? There was no video recording since it was in the other room. My slides are online, starting at http://www.w3.org/Talks/2008/LGM3/cover.svg (the left and right blue bars link to previous and next slides) I added two slides with static screenshots of the demos. They work fine in Opera, an look fine in Inkscape too. (Firefox does not do SVG fonts and also seems to miss off some text). -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@...157... Interaction Domain Leader W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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How to create a FullDBG version in Win32 ?
by Yann Papouin 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Hi everyone, I'm trying to create a fulldbg version (where the size of the inkscape symbol is > 200Mo) of inkscape but I don't know where to set the correct param Actually I'm using this wiki page : http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port to build inkscape. My objective is to create a bug report of an inkscape crash when previewing *.ico file -- Yann PAPOUIN,

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Error on file ru.po
by Karlisson 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Hi, I got an warning on compiling rev18681: --------- Generating and caching the translation database Merging translations into inkscape.desktop. ru.po: unclosed <b>: #: ../src/dialogs/swatches.cpp:249 msgid "Color: <b>" msgstr "Цвет: <b>" WARNING: Bad markup found in translations. Please consider fixing the above problems. --------- It's just a unclosed tag <b> It is not the first time it happens with *.po files. Is there some way to avoid this? -- Karlisson de Macêdo Bezerra http://nerdson.com/ -

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Can't get the SWF output working anymore
by Juho Viitasalo 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Can anybody explain why I can't get the SWF output extension working or even it to show in saving dialog. You can find a link to this extension from: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ExtensionsRepository I extracted the .inx file to extensions folder, but I can't see SWF file saving option when saving a file. I compared the syntax of the swf_output.inx file to pdf_output.inx.txt file that I found from the same folder. I noticed that <name>, <filetypename> and <filetypetooltip> tags had an underscore in the pdf_output file. I tried to add underscores to swf_output with no success. I also removed txt extension from pdf_output.inx file. After that corresponding saving option appeared to Inkscape. I also started to change pdf_output file to correspond to swf_output file. I could change name and id tags to <_name>SWF Output</_name> <id>org.inkscape.output.swf</id> in pdf_output.inx and it still shows up in save dialog. If I change anything else "Adobe PDF via postscript (*.pdf)" saving option won't show up. Any ideas? -Juho- swf_output.inx ------------------------------------------------- <inkscape-extension> <name>SWF Output</name> <id>org.inkscape.output.swf</id> <dependency type="extension">org.inkscape.output.pdf</dependency> <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">pdf2swf.sh</dependency> <dependency type="executable">pdf2swf</dependency> <output> <extension>.swf</extension> <mimetype>application/x-shockwave-flash</mimetype> <filetypename>Flash SWF (*.swf)</filetypename> <filetypetooltip>Flash movie shape</filetypetooltip> </output> <script> <command reldir="extensions">pdf2swf.sh</command> <helper_extension>org.inkscape.output.pdf</helper_extension> </script> </inkscape-extension> pdf_output.inx.txt ------------------------------------------------- <inkscape-extension> <_name>PDF Output</_name> <id>org.inkscape.output.pdf.via_gs</id> <dependency type="extension">org.inkscape.output.ps</dependency> <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">ps2pdf.sh</dependency> <dependency type="executable">ps2pdf</dependency> <output> <extension>.pdf</extension> <mimetype>image/x-portable-document-format</mimetype> <_filetypename>Adobe PDF via postscript (*.pdf)</_filetypename> <_filetypetooltip>Adobe Portable Document Format</_filetypetooltip> </output> <script> <command reldir="extensions">ps2pdf.sh</command> <helper_extension>org.inkscape.output.ps</helper_extension> </script> </inkscape-extension>

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] units
by Valerie 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/35808 makes me wonder > if we could use chosen unit throughout UI, in all dialogs and > extensions (where a unit is in most cases "nailed" and cannot be > changed). > > I believe, https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/real-units > deals with this issue in some way. Any ideas? Actually, I would like if one could choose the unit and step of All options out there. For example, when doing Live Path effects, clicking on the "width" field gives me increments of 0.01. Now really, the minimum increment -I-'d want is 0.1. Clicking 10 times just to get 0.1 is not very feasible, so it'd be nice if for all tools, in the options area, you can set a unit yourself. That and, Shift-click to change in increments of 10 times the base unites. Alt-click can go in increments of 0.1 times the base unit too. Does such a proposal exist already?

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Proposal: stick to node or stick to segment
by Valerie 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

The concept is pretty simple: you take two nodes, you have them "stick" together (think snapping), and when you move the other node directly or indirectly (moving the whole object), the other node stuck to it moves along. Same with segments. It basically makes a copy of that segment and its handles, and sticks all of them together. Same with whole objects actually, I forgot that one, you "snap" the whole object onto a point. Background: I mainly came up with the concept because I like (trying to) do drawings with complex strokes. The new LPE interface makes the complex strokes a lot easier, but if you actually want to fill anything in between, you have to edit the strokes And the fill (basically doubling the edit time). Now, you Could tell me to just deal with it and/or delete the fill and make a new one, but it becomes a whole other story if Inkscape wants to include animation one day, so consider this a preliminary feature: http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/2604/stickynodesja9.png The problem is the interface. We could have a sub-mode of Edit, or a whole new tool, and of course we'll need shortcuts. Then for that new fill option, a new option would have to be added as well. I'm still pondering the matter (as well as the text tool interface), but maybe some of you have ideas already? This way at least we could discuss the blueprint. Maybe when Summer of Code 2009 comes around, some student would be interested and take up the whole thing! :)

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Question about namespaces and xpath
by khiraly 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hi! I would like to ask two questions: * In sodipodi:namedview what are the attributes inkscape:cx and inkscape:cy? * What is the difference between these two Xpath expressions: //g vs. ./g Thank you in advance, khiraly

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units
by Alexandre Prokoudine 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hi, https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/35808 makes me wonder if we could use chosen unit throughout UI, in all dialogs and extensions (where a unit is in most cases "nailed" and cannot be changed). I believe, https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/real-units deals with this issue in some way. Any ideas? Alexandre

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] How to create a FullDBG version in Win32 ?
by Yann Papouin 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Thank your for your advice, almost 1 hour to build in full debug mode. After crashing inkscape (by previewing the icon), the backtrace is empty, it tell me that there is no call stack. This is normal ? (gdb) symbol-file inkscape.dbg Reading symbols from C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape/inkscape.dbg...done. (gdb) run Starting program: C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape/inkscape.exe Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libatkmm-1.6-1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libatk-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libglib-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\intl.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\advapi32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\gdi32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\user32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\shlwapi.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\ws2_32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\ws2help.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libglibmm-2.4-1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libgmodule-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libsigc-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libcairo-2.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libfontconfig-1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\freetype6.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libexpat.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libpng13.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\zlib1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\msimg32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libcairomm-1.0-1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libpango-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\imm32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libgdkmm-2.4-1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\X86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\comdlg32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\winspool.drv Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libpangomm-1.4-1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libgthread-2.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libgtkmm-2.4-1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\jpeg62.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\liblcms-1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libpoppler-3.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libxml2.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\iconv.dll Loaded symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\wsock32.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libpopt-0.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libtiff3.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libwpg-0.1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libwpg-stream-0.1.dll Loaded symbols for C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\Mes depots\Inkscape\inkscape\libxslt.dll Program exited with code 03. (gdb) bt No stack. (gdb) icons to reproduce: http://ftpmerou.free.fr/inkscape/icon-ok.ico http://ftpmerou.free.fr/inkscape/icon-that-will-crash.ico

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SPCurve::get_pathvector instead of get_bpath
by unknown＠example.com 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hi all, Maybe you've noticed: I reworked the internals of SPCurve such that now it is possible to get the old Inkscape pathtype (NArtBpath) or the 2geom type PathVector (both representations are kept in-sync with each other). I have started converting all calls for the old type (get_bpath or SP_CURVE_BPATH) to the new PathVector type (get_pathvector). Helping me with this conversion would be really nice, but I think I have already dealt with most of the easy ones. Therefore... My request is for *new* code to use get_pathvector! I'm sure you'll find the 2geom type much nicer to work with than the old path type. If you need help, talk to us in the lib2geom jabber channel; some times functionality is lacking from 2geom and we are very interested in hearing about them! :-) Johan

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Segfault in select-context.cpp
by Bob Jamison 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Hi, all. I am geting a segfault at line 413 in select-context.cpp during startup: switch (event->type) { where "event" is null. This is in sp_select_context_root_handler(), which is called by, in the stack, sp_event_context_root_handler() sp_desktop_root_handler(), which is called by sp_marshal_BOOLEAN__POINTER() which is a Glib thing. "event" appears to be null all the way up. Has there been a change to any of the knot code to cause this, or am I seeing a typical verb alignment problem from verbs.h being edited and a clean build being required? I did a clean build twice, just in case, but no effect. bob

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Can't get the SWF output working anymore
by Ted Gould 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 11:05 +0300, Juho Viitasalo wrote: > I can't find any extension-errors.log. I'm using windows xp and I have Inkscape 0.46 that I normally > downloaded from Inkscape.org. Is there some kind of developer version with errorlogs? No, the normal version writes out this file, but Windows puts things in funny places. Someone else on the -devel list may be able to help out here. > Saving as PDF works great. Also pdf2swf.cmd works great with drag'n'drop and with command line. So > the problems seems to be why pdf2swf.exe isn't receiving the pdf file. This is probably something to do with how the command line is handled. It's be nice to see what is actually being called. Does someone know ho to do "strace" on Windows? --Ted

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] UI proposal for Freehand with automatic LPE (stroke effects)
by Valerie 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

> Not in the sense that SVG does not support anything but regular bezier > paths. So at the SVG level, they will always be regular paths with LPE > attached. But we can certainly make dealing with Spiros more > convenient - for example, we can add to the Pen tool a switch allowing > it to draw a spiro path directly. I nearly forgot this! Added Spiro to possible modes! :D (is it possible to do LPE on top of Spiro lines yet though? Current LPE seems to be only one at a time...) http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3450/lpeie2.png I've also removed the word "presets" before the presets (because it should be obvious enough, and is part of Shape), and I've added the repeat modes when Clipboard is chosen. I'm not sure about what to do with all the other options though (or if they're even necessary with the pencil tool), the toolbar is getting quite crowded as is.

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cutters & the inkscape wiki...
by stuart 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

cutters & the inkscape wiki... > I was thinking not many - but now I see the inkscape wiki catering to > these type of people: > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/BlueprintCutterControl > > ..ok, tell me where to post the patch and I'll alter the wiki accordingly. > On the above wiki web page, isn't the Graphtec CC200-20 the same as the Craft ROBO? > vidar's page + patch from Ulisses (comments in the blog) Where is the inkscape "blog"? > Xyron Wishblade (Protocol) Graphtec CC200-20 The (old / blue) wishblade may use the same protocol but it identifies it's self differently.

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Multiple NR::Filter symbols
by Bob Jamison 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi all. verbalshadow and I have been having link errors today. The reason is, that sp-filter.o and nr-filter.o both contain all of the methods of NR::Filter. After a lot of searching, I noticed that sp-filter.cpp #includes nr-filter.cpp. Not the .h, but the .cpp. That can't be right. :-) Does someone need to fix this? Things work nicely with that line commented out. bob

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Waring: Sans font not in fontlister
by unknown＠example.com 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi all, I forgot: how do I get rid of this warning? ** (inkscape.exe:1616): WARNING **: Family name Sans does not have an entry in t he font lister. I get it for example when drawing a rectangle, but also when dragging it, etc. Thanks a lot, Johan

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Sourceforge 2008 Community Choice Awards
by Marcin Floryan 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi! You might want to vote for Inkscape in Sourceforge 2008 Community Choice Awards here http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08-nominate And perhaps put a badge on the webpage: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/?project_name=Inkscape&project_url=inksca…"><img src="http://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/badge_img.php?project_name=Inkscape&proje…" border="0" /></a> Regards, -- Marcin Floryan http://marcin.floryan.pl/ [GPG Key ID: 0D5581C5]

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(no subject)
by Alvin Penner 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

In the preferences.xml file, try editing the font family name to be Times New Roman, or Arial, as in : <eventcontext id="text" usecurrent="0" gradientdrag="1" font_sample="AaBbCcIiPpQq12369$â¬Â¢?.;/()" style="fill:black;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:40px;-inkscape-font-specification:Times New Roman;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal;text-anchor:start;text-align:start;writing-mode:lr;line-height:125%" selcue="1" /> ------[ This message was sent using Vaxxine Webmail ]------ www.vaxxine.com - Niagara's Premier Internet Service Provider

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Merge my branch into trunk
by unknown＠example.com 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi Peter, devels, I have just merged my branch back into trunk. Most of SPCurve's methods are also correct for the 2geom path in it, so one could start using get_pathv instead of get_bpath to get path data. If you want to do testing for me, please comment out this line in /src/display/curve.cpp: #define NO_CHECKS (put comment // in front) This enables the checking I have coded at the end of those functions to check whether there is a difference between the NArtBpath repr and PathVector repr. Because of this "doubling" of path operations, things will be slower, but I didn't notice a huge set back. The doubling will be removed when it works 100% okay, so no worries! Thanks! Johan

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Minor inconsistency with disabling snapping by "key accelerators"
by Rock Star 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Since I'm using Inkscape mostly for technical drawings I've come across minor inconsistency with disabling snapping by key accelerators. This is an extremely useful feature when you need to temporarily disable, otherwise turned on, snapping - for example for positioning text etc. However, I find the behavior a bit inconsistent. Currently it is like this: If you want to disable snapping by key accelerator while: 1) MOVING a path, shape, group, text etc., you have to press SHIFT. 2) MOVING a NODE of a CURVED PATH, you have to press SHIFT or ALT. 3) MOVING a NODE of a STRAIGHT PATH, you have to press ALT. If you press SHIFT, a straight path becomes curved. So, the 3rd behavior is somehow nonintuitive to me. I think it would be better if the same key accelerator would be used in all cases. I would vote for SHIFT since I'm used of it. In this case I guess that for straight paths SHIFT and ALT should be switched. Though, on the other hand, if ALT comes from "alternative" it would make more sense to use ALT for disabling snapping. Anyway, maybe I'm missing something here, because I'm really much more technically than artistically oriented. So, is there some other explanation of this? Rok

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Tablet support on win32
by Bob Jamison 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi, ->From: Stephen Silver <sasilver@...36...> >They can probably even use the libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll now in devlibs, >as it should be compatible with previous ones: >https://svn.modevia.com/inkscape/devlibs/bin/libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll > Yes, I would suggest using this "official" one, if that's what you want to do. And again, they changed PNG lib dependencies, so you will probably need the libpng12-0.dll file, also in the same place. But any builds in the future will have this fix. bob

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NEW: HPGL exporter
by Alexandre Prokoudine 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi, A quick followup to the recent cutters thread :) A simple exporter to HPGL which is used by various cutters has just been committed to SVN. It was created by Aaron Spike on demand coming from a couple of users and it's a partial solution for the inkscape-not-handling-more-cutter-file-formats issue. Cheers to Aaron! ;-) Alexandre

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Tablet support on win32
by Bob Jamison 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

I have been hearing that there has been some trouble getting Wacom tablets working on win32. Gtk had a bigfix release today, 2.12.10, that mentions Wacom support as one of its fixes. Give this a look: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape0806041806.7z I added the new Gtk, Glib, and Pango revisions to the devlibs. Just "svn up" now to receive them. If you notice that the build is a bit larger, it's because for some strange reason, Gtk changed the name of their PNG DLL dependency from libpng13.dll to libpng12-0.dll. Rather than spend several days recompiling everything that needs PNG, we'll just make a copy for now. (ARRRGH!) bob

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Fwd: Programming for Inkscape.
by bulia byak 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

...forwarding this to the devel list... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pam B. <pamely@...329...> Date: Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:26 PM Subject: Programming for Inkscape. To: buliabyak@...400... Hi, I have been told to contact you by Bibi Morris. I understand that in the past some wonderful people have made changes in Inkscape that made it an incredibly useful program for owners of Wishblade and CraftRobo personal media cutters. I have now been provided a tip that would allow users of Linux to drive their machines directly from Inkscape. The "tip" suggested that Windows users might be able to do the same if someone was able to do something with the windows binary for Inkscape. As is probably already obvious, I know nothing about Operating Systems, nor do I know anything about coding and software programming. Actually, I no longer even own a Wishblade, (I have moved on to a bigger machine.) but I do run a support group for over 1,000 personal cutter owners. This has the potential of being a very powerful tool to owners of these types of cutters and could save them hundreds of dollars in software upgrades. Would you please check into this and see if it is something that can be done for us? Thank you, Pam Beard and the 1,000+ in the yahoo group: EasyWishbladers The "tip" is pasted below: If the words Linux, RedHat, Debian, Inkscape and / or Python mean anything to you read on (warning, getting technical here...). How would you like to cut from inkscape? all in Linux? I have been lurking in Linux Printer Driver land and was very happy to find an early copy of a Python script designed to provide the necessary "linkage" between Inkscape and a craftrobo cutter. With a little change to the code, we verified it works with a wishblade as well. But you might have to wait until there is support in the down loadable python script. Basically, you print from Inkscape "using PostScript operators" (not as a bitmap). And, instead of sending the output to a printer, you "pipe" it to the python application. This operation is actually described in the Inkscape print popup menu. When you click on print, the python GUI pops up giving you more options. This GUI interface is *much* simpler than the actual graphtec software. Most anything to do with the image needs to be done in Inkscape. The only real control on the GUI are the paper size, the cutting speed and the cutting pressure. I suppose this can also be done in windows. My *assumptions* are that there is a windows binary for inkscape as well as python and python related software. If that's the case, then you may be able to skip setting up a Linux box. I know I am hitting only about 1% of you, but if you want to try the script you can get it here: http://vidar.gimp.org/graphtecprint/ ....I am sure feed back at this stage of development would influence what features are fixed, enhanced and / or added. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Some issues with using .46
by MilesTogoe 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

As we're using .46, here are some issues that have arisen (some pre-date .46). Should they be added as RFE's? Sodipodi absolute paths - if you add an image, then delete it, the old image absolute path seem to remain in the file. Maybe it's the sodipodi namespace stuff. In fact is there a good reason for both an xlink and sodipodi:absref for the same image - seems like unnecessary duplication and chance for bugs. Effects|Modify Path|Color Markers - In .46 it's giving a weird warning message box (maybe it is being fixed) and does strange things like accessing the sodipodi full paths (see above). This effect has always seemed to be a kludge since stroke color should be applied when end markers are chosen in the object|fill & stroke|stroke style dialog Effects|Render|Grid - This is confusing. the right grid and guides are in document properties. I used the effects grid by mistake, then couldn't adjust it - had to undo. If the Render grid is for fill shouldn't it be under the object|fill & stroke |fill pattern Open Icon - the blue folder color is very similar to the old save icons (with blue floppy disk) thus, I keep clicking the wrong icon for save - the open folder color should be tan (manila). Object|Fill & Stroke|Fill gradient pattern - trying to use the awesome gradient tools more and I find there is an inside out gradient but not an outside in gradient and I can't figure out how to switch it. This also applies to left-right vs right-left (including the gradient adjustment tool) - this can be worked around by flipping the object but that's kind of kludgy. Finally here's a perfect patch opportunity for a newcomer wanting to get involved: Object|Transform|Scale - switch default scale proportionally to checked - this is a simple gtk checkbox setting

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