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Text in GSoC '08
by Gail Carmichael 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hi all, I am hoping to try and get in on GSoC again this year because it would seem that having it as a "job" is the only way to ensure I have time to contribute during school (boooo!). Ideally, what I would like to do is continue with the font work I was doing before; that is, trying to support non-CSS fonts. This would require the ability to contribute and change Pango, and I have no idea if they would want to do that. So I will soon try to talk to those guys and see what they think. If that doesn't work out, I would be interested in working on anything text, including UI if so desired. Think about what items might be desired and that are GSoC'able (something like underlines, for example, has the potential to be too much to get something bug free ready, not sure). As a tref update, I have at least narrowed down the problems to be between a couple of my unrelated commits. Good in the sense that it probably means I didn't create the issue, but bad because that makes it that much harder to find the exact cause. Will be spending some more time compiling and recomipling tonight. Gail

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How to change notification settings in Launchpad?
by Maximilian Albert 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hi all, sorry if this is a dumb question but how can I change my Launchpad settings so that I do not receive an email each time someone works on one of the bugs? Is this the default behaviour for members of the "Inkscape Bug Team" group? Currently I am sent a notification for each and every change, but I'd prefer not to get my inbox flooded and rather browse the list myself when appropriate. It may be just my infamiliarity with Lauchpad (and lack of time for detailed investigation), but I wasn't able to find out how turn this off. Thanks in advance. Max

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tref
by Gail Carmichael 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Speaking of GSoC work needing polishing... It has recently come to my attention that the tref elements are not working. To be honest, I am very surprised because the last time I looked at this, which was when I committed the work 6+ months ago, it was working. Not sure what happened or when. I think it is very important to fix this for the release, as I had entered release notes and provided samples way back when. I am looking at this over the next few days and will submit a patch that could be tested and hopefully submitted to the release branch. I was just wondering - is there any way to know when it stopped working? For example, are the SVG compliance test results archived, and if so where? It should have passed sometime in the summer and stopped since then (if it never passed then I'll be really worried!). Thanks! Gail

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Proposal: Inkscape 0.47 Extensions Package
by Bryce Harrington 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

I've been kicking this idea around since the last release, and would like to put it out for discussion for us to do in 0.47... Extensions have proven to be a great way for people to contribute new ideas to the project, but unfortunately the maturity, quality, and maintenance put into the extensions can vary quite a bit. Unfortunately, a consequence is that they complicate our core Inkscape codebase releases. * Old extensions sometimes break, but their original developers aren't available to fix them. It's a regression, but is it important enough to block the release? * Extensions are quick to write, yet having to wait a full Inkscape development cycle to get them formally distributed to users seems rather excessive. * While extensions won't make Inkscape crash, they certainly can have serious bugs, but it's currently hard to roll fixes out to users. We wouldn't roll a new point-release of inkscape just to fix extension bugs. It seems that a logical solution would be to establish an inkscape extensions package separate from the Inkscape core, that could be released with more or less frequency, as appropriate. Along with that would be an 'unstable' extension package, that would contain scripts not as ready. I think our existing release processes could handle this additional package; it'd just be one additional piece to rev and upload. However, I would love to see a new team of extension writers form around this and take ownership of maintaining it and producing releases as appropriate (and hopefully more frequently than the core codebase). Let me know your thoughts. Bryce

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New win32 lib bundle with Dwarf2
by Bob Jamison 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hi, all, I just uploaded a new lib bundle on the server. It has been over a year since I last updated the C++ libs. I also have wanted for months to move from the existing setjump/longjump (sjlj) exception handling to the new (to MinGW) Dwarf2 EH. Gcc has had Dwarf2 for years, but only recently has MinGW started providing it. It should allow better backtraces and slightly smaller binaries. I made a build with it manually this morning: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape-0710221807-dw2.7z I assembled some MinGW binaries to make this working compiler: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32libs/mingw-4.2.1-071022-dw2.7z ...and here is the new bundle. http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32libs/gtk210-071022-dw2.7z Note that the C++ compiler, library bundle, and Inkscape build must all be either sjlj or Dwarf2. You can't mix them, else there will be a linking error. I also added a version of build.xml to the trunk to handle this, build-dw2.xml. This should keep from breaking everyone else's build. To use it: ./btool -f build-dw2.xml Of course there is a corresponding cross-compiler: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32libs/xmingw-4.2.1-dw2.tar.bz2 ...which made this build, which looks ok, but I haven't run yet: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape0710230156.7z It looks larger, but none of the DLLs have been stripped yet. From now on, all of the "autobuilds" there will be Dwarf2. Probably in a couple of weeks when everyone catches up, it will become the default. Have fun! ishmal(bob)

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automated regression tests
by Felipe Sanches 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

sourceforge does not allow us to have pre-commit regression tests http://alexandria.wiki.sourceforge.net/Subversion+-+Version+Control+for+Sou… Hook Scripts SVN is capable of running server-side scripts during the various stages of a SVN commit operation. These hook scripts are very powerful, but due to the implementation of hook scripts in SVN, projects are not permitted full control over them. This is quite a large change from how CVS handles pre- and post- commit scripts. Accordingly, SourceForge.net makes available to projects specific scripts which may be of use to hosted projects. The following scripts are available for your use: * svnnotify: Sends email notifications of changes made during a SVN commit. Two versions of this hook script are available, one that includes a diff of the changes, and one that doesn't. * check-case-insensitive.py: Checks to make sure filenames are valid for a case insensitive environment (Windows, for example) * check-mime-type.pl: Checks to ensure a mime-type property is set for files added to the repository * ciabot_svn.py: Reports commit activity to cia.navi.cx.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] tref
by Gail Carmichael 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

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PDF, CMYK and cairo
by Aubanel MONNIER 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

2008/2/22, Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...>: > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Aubanel MONNIER wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I was looking at the cairo-pdf export code and wondered how hard it > would be > > to output PDFs in CMYK(a) colorspace ? From what I've seen it shoudl be > > fairly easy on inkscape side. However the status of CMYK(a) support in > Cairo > > looks unclear to me (found some references in cairo ML but nothing in > the > > actual cairo headers, + a ruby (?) implementation for it). Does anyone > have > > a some knowledge / pointers on that ? > > > Not implemented yet. > > I spoke to Carl Worth and Behdad Esfahbod about it before (November > 2007) and they basically told me that everyone asking about it has > his/her own understanding of what CMYK support means. > > Specifically, Behdad told me that a good proposal coming from Inkscape > team might help designing API. > > Alexandre > > I'm not sure that I understand everything, but in terms of API i think the _rgba functions should be replaced by _color functions with type color = | Rgba of int8 * int8 * int8 * int8 | Cmyka of int8 * int8 * int8 * int8* int8 | Spot of spot_color Possibility to define a conversion function for back-ends whose do not know how to handle certain color types might prove useful I guess (defaults to returning an error "I do not know how to handle this color type"); Additional thought might be necessary for CMYK and TIFFs in CMYK, but I guess this could be handled transparently (just look at the data in the bitmap ?). For me the only big question in terms of API is: should the colorspace be document specific or on a per color basis ? Is there any use case where you want to mix on the same document RGBs and CMYKs ? I don't think so, but I might be wrong.

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Mac OS X printing/packaging issue...
by Jamie Kimberley 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Hi all, I've been using the 0.46pre2 release on os X 10.4.11 PPC for a few days now and am having issues with printing using the .app bundle generated by the included bundling script. Here is the scenario: After building from source I can run the compiled binary (not the packaged .app) from the command line and printing works as expected. However after using the included script (osx-app.sh) to bundle the binary into a double-click-able .app the print dialog shows no printers. I've also tried launching the binary inside the .app from the command line (i.e. inkscape.app/Contents/MacOS/Inkscape) but the same issue with the print dialog exists. It seems that this is most likely an issue with the packaging script, but I could be wrong. I can provide more info if you let me know what you would be useful. Thanks, Jamie "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems with just potatoes."--Douglas Adams __________________ Jamie Kimberley Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Mechanical Engineering The Johns Hopkins University Office: 410.516.4398 Mobile: 217.621.8272 Fax: 410.516.4316 E-Mail:jamie.kimberley@...1884...

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Kidscape (Inkscape version for kids)
by Ocetalo 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Greetings I've posted this suggestion in user-inkscape and in the Inkscape Forums. Since I can't help on coding, I just registered blueprint<https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/kidscape-project>in Inkscape Launchpad. If you like this idea, please contribute. Let's discuss. God bless you all -- Favor no cambiar el ASUNTO Please don't change SUBJECT

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quartz engine
by Alexandre Prokoudine 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

Hi, http://people.imendio.com/richard/archives/2008/02/native_mac_them.html That looks impressive :) Any chance this can be used for upcoming release? Alexandre

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Inkscape 0.47 development trunk open!
by unknown＠example.com 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

Now that the release branch is established, the main svn head is back open for regular development. Commit freely! Bryce P.S., while you're developing, if you spot a fix that ought to go into the release, please file a bug report with a description and the commit ID, and mark it milestone 0.46. Josh and I will take it from there.

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Failure on .xcf save
by Tom Davidson 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

XCF export was just fixed a couple days ago in the development branch by Aaron Spike: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/189871 https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/168277 If you are still having this problem in the latest svn (or in the next preview release of 0.46), please leave a comment at one of those bugs... -Tom On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Alan Lord <alanslists@...400...> wrote: > Hi, > > I was trying to save a simple image tonight so I could play with it in > the gimp. > > It's a rectangle, white, with a drop shadow. If I try to save as an xcf > for the gimp I get the following error. > > " > ** (inkscape:6325): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is > being opened as SVG. > No batch interpreter specified, using the default 'plug-in-script-fu-eval'. > > (gimp:6327): Gimp-Base-WARNING **: tile cache not empty (1096832 bytes left) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/gimp_xcf.py", line 92, in <module> > e.affect() > File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex.py", line 157, in affect > self.effect() > File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/gimp_xcf.py", line 87, in effect > x = open(xcf, 'r') > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > u'/tmp/tmpWU79O2/ink_ext_4W.xcf' > " > > I am running 'Inkscape 0.45.1, built Sep 20 2007' on an up-to-date > ubuntu 7.10 desktop. I have attached the svg. Try and save it in xcf and > see if the same problem occurs for you. > > Cheers > > Al > > -- > The way out is open! > http://www.theopensourcerer.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > >

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Native File Dialogs Now Merged
by Joel Holdsworth 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

I've just merged the Native File Dialogs for Windows branch into the mainline. All comments, criticisms or bug reports are very welcome!

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Kidscape (Inkscape version for children)
by Zelus et Radix 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

Greetings Since I can't help on coding, I just registered a https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/kidscape-project blueprint in Inkscape Launchpad. If you like this idea, please contribute. Let's discuss. God bless you all -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Kidscape-%28Inkscape-version-for-children%29-tp156420… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Failure on .xcf save
by Alan Lord 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

Hi, I was trying to save a simple image tonight so I could play with it in the gimp. It's a rectangle, white, with a drop shadow. If I try to save as an xcf for the gimp I get the following error. " ** (inkscape:6325): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG. No batch interpreter specified, using the default 'plug-in-script-fu-eval'. (gimp:6327): Gimp-Base-WARNING **: tile cache not empty (1096832 bytes left) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/gimp_xcf.py", line 92, in <module> e.affect() File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex.py", line 157, in affect self.effect() File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/gimp_xcf.py", line 87, in effect x = open(xcf, 'r') IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/tmp/tmpWU79O2/ink_ext_4W.xcf' " I am running 'Inkscape 0.45.1, built Sep 20 2007' on an up-to-date ubuntu 7.10 desktop. I have attached the svg. Try and save it in xcf and see if the same problem occurs for you. Cheers Al -- The way out is open! http://www.theopensourcerer.com

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Native File Dialogs Now Merged
by Joel Holdsworth 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

Changing build.xml causes build.dep to be recreated, which is what makes it compile. The dialogs/filedialog-win32.cpp file is now gone, so the exclude line makes no difference whether it's there or not - I've now removed that line from the SVN; Thanks for spotting that! There is a filedialog-win32.cpp file, but that's completely different code now located in /ui/dialogs. On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 22:36 +0200, Simon Dahlbacka wrote: > no I hadn't, but i found <exclude > name="dialogs/filedialog-win32.cpp"/> in build.xml that I commented > out, and now I got it successfully building. > > /Simon > > 2008/2/23, Joel Holdsworth <joel@...1709...>: > Strange, it compiles for me from a fresh check-out. Have you > done that > trick where you delete build.dep? I introduced a couple of new > files. > > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 19:59 +0200, Simon Dahlbacka wrote: > > > FWIW, I still get a link problem: > > > > Make error line 372: LINK problem: build > > \libinkscape.a(filedialog.o):filedialog.cpp:(.text+0x371): > undefined > > reference to > > > `Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileSaveDialogImplWin32::FileSaveDialogImplWin32(Gtk::Window&, Glib::ustring const&, Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileDialogType, char const*, Glib::ustring const&)' > > build\libinkscape.a(filedialog.o):filedialog.cpp:(.text > +0x3da): > > undefined reference to > > > `Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileOpenDialogImplWin32::FileOpenDialogImplWin32(Gtk::Window&, Glib::ustring const&, Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileDialogType, char const*)' > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > > > and regarding the copyright year, the one I was referring to > the one > > in inkview.rc but seemingly inkscape.rc also says 2007 > > > > > > > > 2008/2/23, Joel Holdsworth <joel@...1709...>: > > Hey, thanks for picking that up! I have no idea why > that > > didn't merge > > properly - but it's in now. > > > > Thanks > > Joel > > > > > > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 18:24 +0200, Simon Dahlbacka > wrote: > > > > > > As far as I can see the file show-preview.bmp > referred to by > > > inkview.rc is missing, and FWIW should the > copyright year be > > 2007? > > > > > > /Simon > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio > 2008. > > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >

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Palette tweaks
by Jon A. Cruz 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

I did a quick write-up of the color palette changes I got in this week. http://codewideopen.blogspot.com/2008/02/color-palette-tweaks-for- inkscape-046.html I know Bulia had more ideas of what might be done, so perhaps others do too. What I'd be most interested in would be experience in using it, along with any "wishlist" use cases for additions. Thanks.

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crash on pdf/ps export
by the Adib 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

I found that an access to a NULL-pointer caused the crashes on pdf/ps export. The pointer access is in the file src/extension/prefdialog.cpp line 178 in the function: void PrefDialog::on_response (int signal) { The function was last edited by gouldtj as follow: r17821@...1818...: ted | 2008-01-31 12:59:57 -0800 Okay, I'm not 100% sure what all these changes are but I want to start working on this again from a checked in point. I'll fix the bugs from here. So if one can review the diff from 17244 to 16419. Right now I just test for NULL in that specific case I found. HTH, Adib.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Native File Dialogs Now Merged
by Joel Holdsworth 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

Strange, it compiles for me from a fresh check-out. Have you done that trick where you delete build.dep? I introduced a couple of new files. On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 19:59 +0200, Simon Dahlbacka wrote: > FWIW, I still get a link problem: > > Make error line 372: LINK problem: build > \libinkscape.a(filedialog.o):filedialog.cpp:(.text+0x371): undefined > reference to > `Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileSaveDialogImplWin32::FileSaveDialogImplWin32(Gtk::Window&, Glib::ustring const&, Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileDialogType, char const*, Glib::ustring const&)' > build\libinkscape.a(filedialog.o):filedialog.cpp:(.text+0x3da): > undefined reference to > `Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileOpenDialogImplWin32::FileOpenDialogImplWin32(Gtk::Window&, Glib::ustring const&, Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileDialogType, char const*)' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > and regarding the copyright year, the one I was referring to the one > in inkview.rc but seemingly inkscape.rc also says 2007 > > > > 2008/2/23, Joel Holdsworth <joel@...1709...>: > Hey, thanks for picking that up! I have no idea why that > didn't merge > properly - but it's in now. > > Thanks > Joel > > > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 18:24 +0200, Simon Dahlbacka wrote: > > > > As far as I can see the file show-preview.bmp referred to by > > inkview.rc is missing, and FWIW should the copyright year be > 2007? > > > > /Simon > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > >

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Native File Dialogs Now Merged
by Simon Dahlbacka 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

As far as I can see the file show-preview.bmp referred to by inkview.rc is missing, and FWIW should the copyright year be 2007? /Simon

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fix of feTurbulence transform bug
by jf barraud 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

Hi, Here <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/188814> is a partial fix of #188814: object carrying a turbulence are now tranfsormed correctly. (they used to become more transparent). I have been looking at other effects that do not render properly when transformed, but I need help about the code: can someone help me with "area_enlarge"? -is the area in display coordinates? -how to interpret the filter parameters (for instance scale for displacement map) in these coordinates? Thanks, jfb.

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Inkscape 0.46 Branched - Hard Freeze
by Bryce Harrington 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

Hi all, The codebase has been branched, and we're now in the hard freeze period of the release. This release branch can be checked out via the command: svn checkout https://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/inkscape/inkscape/branches/REL… inkscape-0.46-branch Please note that since we're now at Hard Freeze, changes to the release branch are at release warden discretion - please contact Josh Andler or I for any patches needing to be incorporated into the release. Bryce

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PDF, CMYK and cairo
by Aubanel MONNIER 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Hello all, I was looking at the cairo-pdf export code and wondered how hard it would be to output PDFs in CMYK(a) colorspace ? From what I've seen it shoudl be fairly easy on inkscape side. However the status of CMYK(a) support in Cairo looks unclear to me (found some references in cairo ML but nothing in the actual cairo headers, + a ruby (?) implementation for it). Does anyone have a some knowledge / pointers on that ?

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release notes - gentle reminder
by Alexandre Prokoudine 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Hi, Some bits of Release Notes are not finished yet: [text toolbar - deadchip?] - absent [Open Clip Art Library import and export - rejon] - absent [toolbars - JonCruz] - doesn't look complete [filedialogs - JonCruz] - absent Alexandre

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