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Batch export feature request
by Brian Vanderburg II 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Simple request, I think it would be nice to support 'relative' exports when doing a batch export such that the 'inkscape:export-filename' paramters is relative to the location of the saved document. I <g id="item1" inkscape:export-filename="../images/item1.png" ...> and the file is saved as c:\documents and settings\allen\my documents\gfx\svgs\test1.svg, then it would save it as c:\documents and settings\allen\my documents\gfx\images\item1.png. But if I move the document or save elsewhere, it will export relative to that new location. In this case the export-filename could perhaps be in a 'universal' format that would work no matter what system it is on unix or windows path seperators don't matter. Just an idea. Brian Vanderburg II

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zh_CN - Translation Patch in Launchpad
by ryan lerch 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

A zh_CN translation update for inkscape has been submitted to Launchpad. I was not sure if the translators that have SVN access check the bug tracker... https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/184734 cheers, ryanlerch

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translatable about screen
by Felipe Sanches 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Today I was wondering about how to make the about screen more easily translatable. I figured out that the main problem is that text and effects applied to it are stored as curves. Maybe if we could use raw text and apply filters to it, then translators would have an easier task. This made me try to implement the mirrored reflex effect that we can see in the 0.45 about screen using filters. This is what I came up with: (1) feImage xlink:href=#(gradientrect) (2) feDisplacementMap input=SourceGraphic and displacement map=(1) <-- makes the mirrored reflex (3) feComposite input1=(2) input2=SourceGraphic <-- adds the original image to it apply a linear gradient to the rect whose id is gradientrect This gradient must be setup so that it mirrors the source graphic when applied to feDisplMap We probably would need to have an additional primitive on this stack, in order to alter opacity in the reflex Unfortunately, we don't have feImage working yet. Maybe there is another way of implementing this. And it also remains the problem of having to depend on system available fonts Anyway, this is just brainstorm :-D This also brings to discussion the general question about tools to make easily translatable drawings using SVG. Juca

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Undo looses selection (in Tweak tool)
by jiho 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Hello again, One other glitch which the tweak tool revealed: undoing looses selection. Example: draw a circle, switch to tweak, tweak, CTRL-Z, tweak again = you can't because the circle is not selected anymore. and furthermore: draw a circle, draw another, select all, switch to tweak, tweak circle nb 1, CTRL-Z, switch to select = only circle nb 2 is selected In fact this happens in all tools: draw a circle [-> it is selected], draw another [-> the second one gets selected], CTRL-Z = nothing is selected anymore This is not particularly annoying in all other tools but it is in the tweak tool, because undoing the first tweak deselects and an additional tool switch is necessary before one can tweak again. I already noticed that when the too was in its embryonic stage in the calligraphy tool... but failed to report it :( It would be nice if: - the selection could be kept in Undo history. this would solve the issue for all tools and in addition I found myself bitten by the lack of selection history several times. Ex: you try to select several small objects, it takes a while, you add another object by mistake, the only way to subtract it from the selection is to click on it again... which cool get messy if there are already several other objects selected, or if you added it via a select under or in group or... - there was a way to select objects directly from the tweak tool. this would, in addition, allow to avoid constant switches between the select tool and the tweak tool (not that s and and w are far apart on the keyboard but still). ALT is not already used as a modifier in the Tweak tool ;) Of course the selection behavior won't be as powerful as the select tool (since the select tool modifiers is already very complex and its modifiers are all full) but just ALT+click/drag = selects and SHIFT+ALT+click/drag = adds to selection would be nice. Cheers, JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Pattern along path
by unknown＠example.com 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

> -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Antonishen [mailto:rob.antonishen@...400...] > Sent: dinsdag 15 januari 2008 17:43 > To: Engelen, J.B.C. (Johan) > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Pattern along path > > > > Is there a way to make a pattern-along-path without > distorting the > > > original path? Currently, all four options (single, single > > > stretched, repeated and repeated stretched) distort the path > > > > I do not understand your question. Could you provide an example of > > some kind? > > > > I believe he is referring to the distortion of the objects. > If your pattern consists of a square, you will end up with > distorted squares that follow the path ( i.e. not straight > lines connecting at 90 degrees). I think he wants to know if > it will effective "stamp" the pattern along the path either > rotating to follow the path direction at that point (or > possibly not rotating...) Is that what you mean Joshua? This is indeed not possible with pattern-along-path. You could file a feature request for such an effect. (please provide mockup of what you'd like) Regards, Johan

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filters area
by Felipe Sanches 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

shouldnt we have a way in the UI to setup the filter area (default -20%, +120%) ? Juca

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Is Xara Xtreme still merging with Inkscape?
by Louise Hoffman 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Dear Inkscape developers, I was wondering, if anyone know what's has happened to the merge of Xara Xtreme and Inkscape? The Xara Xtreme website haven't been updated for over a year, but the GPL source is still available from their SVN. Lots of love, Louise

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Photo Printing Kiosks
by Alexandre Prokoudine 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

On Jan 21, 2008 12:44 AM, z.pekar wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking for a (Gnome) program that provides functionality of a > photo printing terminal/kiosk (smth. like this: > http://www.richardfrankfurt.co.uk/index.php?productID=24 ). http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/photoprint.shtml Alexandre

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Usage of about screen
by khiraly 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

What about to use the second entry for the inkscape devel version? So the first entry would be for the official 0.46 version, while the second one would be for the development builds (svn version). What do you think? Khiraly

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release schedule?
by Felipe Sanches 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

I have never participated on a freesoftware project, so I dont know exactly how does the release schedule rolls. What comes after pre0 ? How many time does it take until pre1? Is pre0 the same that other projects call rc0 ? When do we have string freeze? How many time do translators have? At which date would you guess that we will have 0.46 released? One of the reasons that makes me ask these questions is the fact that I have been working on the filters more actively recently and I hope I am not messing the release schedule. Juca

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On-canvas editing of clips and masks
by unknown＠example.com 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

Hello all, Josh looked at the LPE parameters in the <defs> section and saw similarities with masks and clips. LPE path parameters are on-canvas editable, so why not clips and masks asked Josh. Well... they *are* very similar, and with minimal effort I made the attached patch. =) Bugs everywhere I think (did not test what happens when you delete the clip path when editing for example...), so definitly 0.47 :) Cheers, Johan

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Small enhancement of ellipse tool
by Maximilian Albert 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

Hi, I just discovered that the stuff I committed for the 3D box tool also contained a patch for the ellipse tool that had accidentally slipped in. I always found it a bit awkward that it's not possible to create circles/ellipses whose *boundary* (not a corner of the bounding box) passes through the the mouse cursor. Since the Alt-modifier seemed as yet unused in the tool, I added the following functionality. - Alt+drag creates the same ellipse as it normally would, but scaled by a suitable factor so that it passes through the click point and the mouse pointer; - Alt+Shift+drag behaves analogously with regard to Shift+drag (i.e., this creates an ellipse with center at the click point and passing through the mouse pointer); - Alt+Ctrl+drag creates a perfect circle with diameter the segment between click point and mouse pointer; - Alt+Shift+Ctrl+drag behaves the same as Alt+Shift+drag but with radii ratios constrained to integers. So basically pressing Alt just means "make the ellipse pass through the mouse pointer", apart from the exceptional case Alt+Ctrl, which I found very handy. Could you tell me if these shortcuts are intuitive to you or if you would like anything to work differently? Or maybe I missed something and it's already possible to draw these kinds of ellipses easily? If there is no objection, I'll add this to the Release Notes and also add the shortcuts to keys.xml. Thanks, Max

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Inkscape filter effects causing crash
by Brian Vanderburg II 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

I'm using XP SP2 Inkscape 20080118 snapshop. When creating a filter effect for an object and connecting the filter to the fill color, activating the effect on the object causes Inkscape to close. I can connect the effect to the source graphic, but not the fill. The problem may also exist in other places of the filter effects. I sent this to both the user and dev lists because the last time I sent something to the dev list it didn't make it and I got a reply of some problem. It should make it to one of them. Brian Vanderburg II

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Problem with real units (mm)
by khiraly 19 Jan '08

19 Jan '08

Hi! Problem 1: I have switched everywhere (in inkscape) to unit mm. I only want to use that unit (and not px), for everything. Now, when I move something on canvas (or just a node) inkscape still write into the svg file the coordinates without unit (so pixel) and it calculates back and forth between pixel and millimeter. This approach has two disadvantages: - almost impossible to hand edit the resulted file or correct some inaccuracies in it. (because I need a calculator when I want to touch the file) - inaccuracies inserted for sure Problem 2: If I specify the unit in svg file, inkscape does not handle it, and misinterprets the file! Two Examples: 1: <path d="M 0,0 L 30mm,0 L 30mm,30mm L 45mm,30mm" id="path7887" /> becomes in inkscape (after modifying something in xml editor (ex: style), or moving a node): <path d="M 0,0 L 30,0 M 30,0 L 30,0 M 60,0 L 45,0" id="path7887" style="fill:none;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1" /> Second example: <g transform="matrix(1 0 0 -1 0 297mm)">  </g> I want to use it for flipping my coordinate (to carteesian coordinate), so I could more easily hand-edit/correct my drawing. But it does not work (I assume because of the unit specificator) Does anybody know a workaround? Best regards, Khiraly

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Inkscape 0.46pre0
by Ted Gould 19 Jan '08

19 Jan '08

Hello, I've gone and rolled a 0.46pre0 package for everyone's delight. Mostly the goal here is to start the packaging process and give packagers a chance to get angry at the distribution makers (me). This also gives a nice line in the sand for bug reports. 80fc7b7c1fe56976b8a2d33ed952c454 inkscape-0.45+0.46pre0.tar.bz2 ea746cd7b679e7c9790b45393513db2d inkscape-0.45+0.46pre0.tar.bz2.sig b5fe65ed8db1c5b23b82d2cbc5cc0447 inkscape-0.45+0.46pre0.tar.gz 4c6807e0d7c90e9ad78a687ffba57a90 inkscape-0.45+0.46pre0.tar.gz.sig cff5a26997c51079d51731a612ff3d11 inkscape-0.45+0.46pre0.zip 63c8853f3ae5f6dd6861b0502340d005 inkscape-0.45+0.46pre0.zip.sig I went ahead and MD5 summed the GPG signatures. I'm not sure if that makes things more secure, but I do find it funny. https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=991… Tell me where I messed up! --Ted PS - I'll get SVN all tagged nice tomorrow, I'm tired now.

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Inkscape 0.46 About Screen Contest - Developer choosing time
by Josh Andler 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hello all! Community voting results for the about screen contest: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/16414256/ As it goes, the developers are now choosing from the top 3 to decide which one best fits the upcoming release. If you click on the thumbnails of the about screens, on the page you are then taken to, there is a download link on the left to obtain the SVG files. Since I know that would be everyone's first question. ;) I imagine the decision can be made in 3 days so we can then request/discuss/make tweaks shortly thereafter. Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Attaching parasite information to an object (or group)
by khiraly 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

On sze, 2008-01-16 at 22:03 +0000, john cliff wrote: > if you add an attribute in the inkscape namespace such as > inkscape:whateveryouwant i believe it shouldnt get lost. I have read a bit of svg specification, and I have found what would be standard compliant. An container element (like 'g', the group) can have a <title> and a <desc> element. I have added this to my group, and inkscape preserves it. However, inkscape also adds an additional id to the <desc> which I dont think so is permitted. So when i copy my group, it becomes like this: <g id="g7890"> <desc id="desc9">this is my component</desc> <path id="path7884" d="M 168,215 L 397,215" style="fill:none;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1" /> <text id="text7886" y="264" x="217" style="font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1;font-family:Bitstream Vera Sans" xml:space="preserve"><tspan y="264" x="217" id="tspan7888" sodipodi:role="line">component's name</tspan></text> </g> If somebody are interested, here is a bit more information about this: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#DescriptionAndTitleElements I tried validate my svg document through validate.w3.org, but there are many errors, so I cant be sure if it is valide or not. The question is: Is it permitted and desirable to attache an id tag into a title or desc element? So which one is preferred?: <desc>this is a description</desc> vs. <desc id="desc9">this is a description</desc> And the latter is still valid svg? Best regards, Khiraly

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Attaching parasite information to an object (or group)
by khiraly 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hi! Right now im developing a little extension, and I have a problem what I could not get workaround. I hope someone more knowledgeable can me give a hand. Im implementing cross referencing in inkscape (it can be found on many schematics), please take a look at this example: http://khiraly.googlepages.com/crossreference.png The problem is, when a group (or object) is copied, all the ids got a new random string, so it cant be determine the original ids or the original component's type. All the component is similar (from a svg point of view) so it consists lines and texts. So Im looking forward to attach infos to an svg group, which persiste, when the group is copied. Im interesting in any method, like defining a css style, adding a parasite information, or rename the resulting group's id back to its original form plus a random character. Can anybody help me here?

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missing verbs
by Alexandre Prokoudine 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hi, Every time I start Inkscape from console I see this: $ inkscape Unable to find: FilePrintDirect ** (inkscape:26549): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: FilePrintDirect Unable to find: ToolCalligrphic ** (inkscape:26549): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: ToolCalligrphic Unable to find: ToolCalligrphic ** (inkscape:26549): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: ToolCalligrphic Unable to find: ToolCalligrphic ** (inkscape:26549): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: ToolCalligrphic Unable to find: EditCloneOriginal ** (inkscape:26549): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: EditCloneOriginal Unable to find: EditCloneOriginal ** (inkscape:26549): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: EditCloneOriginal Unable to find: HelpKeys ** (inkscape:26549): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: HelpKeys Is it normal? Alexandre

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remove fedisplacementMap ?
by Felipe Sanches 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

feDisplacementMap seems to be so useless if we dont have feImage that I think we could hide it from users while we dont have feImage Juca

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min/max values
by Alexandre Prokoudine 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hi, One of quite annoying usability issues is that in many cases min/max values are unknown and/or unpredictable. Few examples: - all LPE options - Gaussian blur - 0 to 100,0 of what - pixels? A hint for them could include the missing bit of information, e.g. "... (0 to infinity)." Should we be trying to fix those? Alexandre

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"Ask a Question" on help menu
by Felipe Sanches 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

I suggest that we add an entry on the help menu that links the user to the "ask a question" page at launchpad Juca

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disable some filters
by Felipe Sanches 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

we need to find out a way to hide some filters from the ui because they are not implemented yet. These filters are feFlood, feTile, feImage and feComponentTransfer feImage is only partially implemented. I wrote the patch that is attached to this email. It seems to work, but it crashed once when I tried to add a primitive to an opened SVG that contained one of these four filter primitives. Maybe we should instead let these 4 primitives listed on the combobox but display a message saying that they are part of the SVG specs but not implemented yet. Juca

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Impossible to correctly scale LPE stitch subcurves?
by unknown＠example.com 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

Hello all, I am trying to fix transformation behavior for LPE (translation, scaling, rotation). I think I found a fundamental problem. Take Stitch Subcurves. Let's say we are stitching between a straight horizontal line, and a line in the shape of: _________________ / / / For equidistance stitch spacing, the stitch start points would be: ____o_____________o / / / o o__________o___________o Note that the distance is taken *along* the length of the line, not just the distance in the x-direction as this would not work in general Now, after scaling in the Y direction: ____o_____________o / | | | | | | / / o o__________o___________o

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Fixed size Export Bitmap dialog
by Tavmjong Bah 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

Hi, I just noticed that the Export dialog is now fixed in width. This, in my opinion, is a not a good change as one cannot now expand the dialog to show the entire file name path. This means having to click on the file name and use the arrow keys to get to then end to customize the file name, a real pain if doing lots of exporting from one file. Tav

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