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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape demo import
by Bryce Harrington 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 01:44:32PM +0900, James Henstridge wrote: > [adding inkscape-devel back to the CC list] > > On 19/11/2007, James Henstridge <james@...1829...> wrote: > > On 15/11/2007, James Henstridge <james@...1829...> wrote: > > > On 15/11/2007, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...> wrote: > > > > Hi James, > > > > > > > > Hope your flight home wasn't too insane (but I'm guessing it was!) > > > > I just wanted to check in with you on the Inkscape import, and see if > > > > there's anything more we could do to assist. > > > > > > I took a few days off after allhands, so only arrived back home this > > > morning. I'll try and get you a new demo import soon. The main tasks > > > are: > > > 1. figure out what happened to the rest of the bug reports > > > 2. modify the importer to match your status/importance/category usage. > > > > Hi Bryce, > > > > I've updated the demo import of the Inkscape bugs. The missing bugs > > were due to a faulty download of one SF.net bug report that I did not > > catch. > > > > I've updated the group, importance and status handling to match your > > requirements. Please tell me whether it looks okay now. > > > > https://bugs.demo.launchpad.net/inkscape/ Hi James, I did some spot checks, and yes it now looks okay. The bug counts look like they now match up fine, and the bug states look like they've mapped well. > Assuming this import looks okay, what sort of time frame do you want > for the migration? We're now ready to go forward at your convenience. > There are a few timing constraints on our side that need to be taken > into account: > > 1. We are rolling out a new version of the Launchpad code base this > week, and I don't think there will be time to complete a migration > before that happens. So the earliest will be next week. Understood. > 2. The migration process depends on screen scraping SourceForge.net. > If you scrape SF.net too fast, they block your IP address. So it will > take a number of hours to get a fresh dump (I won't have to > re-download the attachments this time though). > If it is possible to disable filing of new bugs before the migration, > that would also be help reduce the chance of lost bug reports. Certainly. I've looked into this. It is possible to cause the bug tracker (and RFE's, patches) to be "hidden" so people can no longer submit to them. It does not appear to be possible to "lock" them but leave them visible. Because of this, I think the best approach would be for you to give me an indication of roughly when you'll be able to start the migration. I will then plan on hiding all of SourceForge's trackers for Inkscape and then email you a go-ahead. You can then run the screen scrapers and then bring up the new bug tracking at Launchpad. Meanwhile, we can let our users know of the downtime, and work on repointing our website bug tracker links to Launchpad. Hopefully then we'll be good to go! Thanks again! Bryce

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separate RSS feeds
by Alexandre Prokoudine 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Hi, Not sure this is the right list, but here goes: is it possible to have a separate RSS feeds for each available langauge? Currently news are available in cs, de, en, es, fr, it and ru. Alexandre

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windows tablet bug
by bulia byak 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Look at this diff: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ&curid=140&diff=16864&oldi… Does anyone have any idea for fixing this? Has anyone contacted GTK folks? I'm not in the game as I don't develop on Windows, and when I reboot into win2000 my tablet works just fine. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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win23 build broken: poppler link problem
by unknown＠example.com 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Hi all, I am trying to clean build 16528 but I get the following linker error: Make error line 373: LINK problem: build\libinkscape.a(pdf-input.o):pdf-input.cpp:(.text+0x2c8): undefined reference to `poppler_document_get_page' build\libinkscape.a(pdf-input.o):pdf-input.cpp:(.text+0x2d6): undefined reference to `poppler_page_render' build\libinkscape.a(pdf-input.o):pdf-input.cpp:(.text+0x2ba8): undefined reference to `poppler_document_new_from_file' build\libinkscape.a(pdf-input.o):pdf-input.cpp:(.text+0x4f7b): undefined reference to `poppler_document_new_from_file' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status I am using the latest devpackage from modevia.com: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32libs/devlibs-2.12-071115.7z -Johan

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Broken Autopackage builds
by Nicu Buculei 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Since I upgraded my system to Fedora 8 a couple of weeks ago I am unable to use the Autopackage development builds anymore. It installs, claim the dependencies are satisfied but won't start due to missing libraries, here are a few examples: - it want libMagick++.so.9 (and I have libMagick++.so.10); - it want libMagick.so.9 (and I have libMagick.so.10); - it want libWand.so.9 (and I have libWand.so.10); - it want libtiff.so.4 (and I have libtiff.so.3) and maybe some more, I just gave up at libjasper-1.701.so which I don't have at all (I have only libjasper.so). Wasn't Autopackage supposed to have some kind of dependency checker? -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org my cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ my clipart collection: http://clipart.nicubunu.ro/

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Thanks for Inkscape!
by Donn 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

To all the devs out there, I just wanted to send a warm-hearted THANKS for Inkscape and all your work. I have been using it to design my house plans and without this wonderful free-of-chains tool, my options would have been dismal and slight. Your work is making a difference in the world; Inkscape is a marvel and I'm sure you never get thanked enough. Regards, Donn Ingle South Africa.

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Online vectorizing application
by jiho 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Hello everyone, I just found out about this app developed at Stanford: http://vectormagic.stanford.edu/ which offers high quality bitmap vectorization/tracing through and online interface. There is a comparison of its output with Adobe and Corel's ones. The good part is that Inkscape's trace (well Potrace one actually) is already _way_ better than those two ;) However, VectorMagic takes it even a step higher. Their output is really nice. For comparison purposes I created a file with their test images, Inkscape's trace and VectorMagic trace: http://jo.irisson.free.fr/dropbox/inkscape/VectorMagicTests.svgz Bear in mind that their second image is hand tweaked in the middle of the tracing process and that mine are probably not the best Inkscape/ Potrace can do. I tried to tweak Potrace's parameters the best I could but I am no expert. Be that as it may, their output is still superior, particularly on the first image. Since it is developed in a university lab I wonder how they would license it. Maybe getting them a bit exited about Inkscape would incline them toward putting their code under a license liberal enough for Inkscape to use it. I did not contact them but I think it would be a good thing if someone more officially involved in Inkscape contacted them and discussed a possible collaboration, or at least pointed them to the traces Inkscape/Potrace can produce. I would love to see a fifth column on their comparison page with Inkscape kicking Adobe and Corel's a.... ;) Anyway, even currently their tracing service can be very useful to Inkscape users (they export SVG!). JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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Inkscape under KDE - focus question
by Donn 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Hi, I know KDE can do all kinds of funky tricks with windows and focus etc. I was wondering if anyone out there has a way to do this: Make the floating dialogues (like align) release the focus (perhaps when the mouse is away) so that the main canvas keeps it. I am quite worn down by all the click one has to do to get the focus (keyboard) back onto the canvas between uses of dialogues -- one has to click the title bar so selections are not lost and then carry on. So, it's click, select, click the dialogue, work, click title bar, continue, repeat. I could set focus to follow mouse, but that affects *all* other apps and it's not cool. Just wondering. /d -- If there is anyone in the audience who believes in telekinesis, please raise my hand! -- James Randi

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Inkscape architecture - another idea
by Donn 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Hi all, I have been back on my house plans for a day and one thing just occurred to me: I am having trouble setting a scale. It sounds simple enough: pick a unit, call it X mm's and carry on. But, the plans have been to a draughtsman and back, into the scanner and onto a bottom layer. So I am tracing (drawing over) those drawings and his scale is 1:100 which after the scan and the resize to fit A4 is anyone's guess :) So, my idea is this: Have a tool that one can snap from one point to another -- say along a line of known world length (call it 6000mm) and have it set the the grid size accordingly. I'm not gifted numerically, so giving particulars is unlikely to happen soon, but I'd say that if the grid could mark-off 1 "meter" and 0.5 "meter" lines according to the 6000 "mm" ( which is some random pixel count after all the resizing/scanning ) such that they visually match that same line - it would be very helpful. So, after using the tool, I'd be able to draw a line next to the original (which is marked at 6000mm) and my line would be (say) 600px. I'd also have a grid across the whole drawing set accordingly. (Oh, while I'm on it - a way to click a point on a corner of the drawing to say : start the grid here!) I guess it would have to fiddle with the overall matrix of the drawing, but here I lose all credibility :) Sorry if this is garbled, I'm still waking up and in a rush to meet the builder and ... I gotta go! Now - go forth and write code because *I* said so :D :P /d

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Cloning clones
by unknown＠example.com 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

Hi all, Right now the cloning ctrl+D explanation text says: "Create a clone (a copy linked to the original) of selected object" This was confusing for me, since I read it as: Create a clone. A copy linked to the original of the selected object. I'd like to add a feature that does what I initially tought ctrl+D did: create a clone of the original of an object. This way I can clone around without making enormous clone chains. (often i have the original somewhere off-canvas, and it is much easier to clone a clone) shortcut = Ctrl+Alt+D Does this make sense? What would be the explaining text? "Create a clone of the original of selected object" Thanks, Johan

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Icon sizes in Inkscape UI
by Michael Grosberg 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

Hi, I'm trying to create icons for Inkscape's Tango icon set. I noticed that while the icons in the current default set are designed as 16x16 pixel icons, they are rendered as 13X13 icons. I tried first to recreate the import and export icons. They look fine on the toolbar, but in the menu they don't look well at all. Strangely, the other icons look somewhat better. It almost looks as if the two icons I created are being rescaled using a "nearest neighbor" algorithm instead of interpolation. I checked and double checked - they are exactly on the grid and in the same size as the rest of the icons. So, I'd like to know, first, as long as this size is used, what should I do to make the icons look OK? Secondly, why was the 13X13 pixels size used in the first place? As far as I know Inkscape is the only app using this size. I also noticed odd icon sizes both in the SVG file (such as 27X27 icons) and on Ubuntu, some icons that should be small such as the four "affect" buttons at the end of the select and transform toolbar are excessively large. One more question I'd like to open for debate is, are too many icons used in the menus? Usually, only "important" features get icons, to make them more easily recognizable in a long menu. Giving everything an icon misses the point because easy recognition is no longer possible. We can still have all the icons in the icons.svg file, but I think the number of actually used icons in the menu should be lower.

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new button
by bulia byak 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Jon, what is that new button you added to the main UI? For me it's just disabled so I have no idea what it does. Judging by the code, it has something to do with "adjusting the display". Do you think this adjusting has to happen so often as to deserve a button right where you added it? I think any adjustments are best kept in preferences. In any case, the place you chose for the button is most unfortunate. I always hide the scrollbars to free some extra room for the canvas, and now this just results in two empty strips of unused space to the left and upwards from your button. In other words, your single button takes as much space as the two scrollbars! Please reconsider this. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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2Geom assertions => exceptions
by unknown＠example.com 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Hi all, I've made a nice system to replace the 2geom assertions I think (this is what makes LPE crash in at least one case). Please have a look of what I coded into the 2geom dir of Inkscape now [1]. My next step is to change asserts into assert_invariants, such that an exception is thrown instead of a terminate(). I'd also like to splice the exception stuff from utils.h into a separate file. Planning on moving this to lib2geom svn head very soon; just give a shout when it's not any good! Cheers, Johan [1]: http://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/inkscape/inkscape/trunk/src/2 geom/utils.h?revision=16507&view=markup

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today's compile error
by bulia byak 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

main.cpp: In function 'void sp_do_export_png(SPDocument*)': main.cpp:981: error: 'errno' was not declared in this scope main.cpp:981: error: 'ERANGE' was not declared in this scope -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Improved performance of the object snapper
by bulia byak 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

On Nov 16, 2007 12:04 PM, Diederik van Lierop <mail@...1689...> wrote: > bulia byak wrote: > > IMHO the key thing here is not just snapping to extensions of bbox, > > but _visualizing_ what it is that you snap to. In AI, it flashes the > > snap line when it snaps. We need to add infrastructure that would > > enable such displays when snapping, then smart guides will be easy. > > > > Absolutely! It's also needed for the post-snap visualization that was > discussed a few months ago, in which something lights up for a second at > the point that has snapped. What would be a good starting point in the > code to find out how such a thing would be drawn to the canvas? Do you > already have passive elements like that, not allowing user interaction > and disappearing after some time? Of course. We have a number of classes that draw various helper things on the canvas. These classes handle proper canvas redraw (so you don't have to worry about that) and usually have methods for setting coordinates, colors, showing/hiding etc. Note that unlike regular objects, these helper thingies can use inverse color so they are visible on any background. But these classes do not do any user interaction; that is performed by upstream classes that uses these display classes. They also have no provisions for automatically disappearing after a time, that you will need to add in your own code. Here they are: display/sp-ctrlline - draws a straight line, used by node tool bezier handles and by gradient tool for gradient lines display/sodipodi-ctrrect - draws an upright rectangle, used for rubberband selection display/sodipodi-ctrl - draws a number of various small fixed-size shapes, such as diamond, circle etc; used for knots and nodes display/sp-ctrlquadr - draws an arbitrary quadrilateral, used for text selection display/canvas-bpath - draws an arbitrary path with antialiasing, used for the red helper path in Node tool and for Pen tool, as well as for Tweak tool's circle (note: this one is slightly buggy, it leaves behind some dirt on the canvas; I want to switch it to using cairo but it's not yet possible due to incompatibility of buffer formats). You can search the codebase for a lot of examples of using these things. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Improved performance of the object snapper
by unknown＠example.com 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

About the disappearing after some time: desktop->messageStack()->flash( Inkscape::WARNING_MESSAGE, "blah" ); That puts a message on the statusbar for a couple of seconds. -Johan > -----Original Message----- > From: inkscape-user-bounces(a)lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On > Behalf Of Diederik van Lierop > Sent: vrijdag 16 november 2007 18:05 > To: Inkscape User Community > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Improved > performance of the object snapper > > bulia byak wrote: > > IMHO the key thing here is not just snapping to extensions of bbox, > > but _visualizing_ what it is that you snap to. In AI, it > flashes the > > snap line when it snaps. We need to add infrastructure that would > > enable such displays when snapping, then smart guides will be easy. > > > > Absolutely! It's also needed for the post-snap visualization > that was discussed a few months ago, in which something > lights up for a second at the point that has snapped. What > would be a good starting point in the code to find out how > such a thing would be drawn to the canvas? Do you already > have passive elements like that, not allowing user > interaction and disappearing after some time? > > Diederik > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all > challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >

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SVN error
by Michael Yinger 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

Hi All, I'm trying to build an inkscape project by importing the inkscape SVN repository. Everything goes along fine until I get to xml-tree.cpp and I get an error. I've tried it with various SVN clients in Win XP and Linux (Fedora). I've been able to do this about a week ago. Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong? Thanks for any help you can give. ... Added: C:\Documents and Settings\myinger\workspace\src\dialogs\item- properties.h Added: C:\Documents and Settings\myinger\workspace\src\dialogs\xml-tree.cpp Error: REPORT request failed on '/svnroot/inkscape/!svn/vcc/default' Error: REPORT of '/svnroot/inkscape/!svn/vcc/default': Could not read chunk delimiter: Secure connection truncated (https://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net) Thanks. -- Mike

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] perfect bound cover
by John Bintz 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Nov 9, 2007 2:44 PM, John Bintz <jcoswell@...1414...> wrote: >> That's because I didn't actually test to see if <_option> elements >> worked, I just assumed it would. :( I just put that fix into the >> extensions code and now it's working. Try it now. >> > > For some reason options do not show up as translated :-/ Unfortunately, I'm not seeing how you would make the translated option elements show up correctly, even after getting the <_option> tags working. :/ Aaron, Ted: do you have any insights? Thanks, John

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Mouse Location
by Gail Carmichael 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Hi all! I'm playing with a little accelerometer and I want to see how well I can get it to work in Inkscape so that it would replace the mouse. I was wondering if anyone could tell me where exactly the mouse location is read? I am literally going to plug code to read this accelerometer there instead. Clearly, this is not work that will be usable in Inkscape! Just for fun :) Thanks, Gail

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Improved performance of the object snapper
by Alexandre Prokoudine 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

On Nov 15, 2007 10:35 PM, Diederik van Lierop wrote: > Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > I wonder if within current snapping framework the so called Smart > > Guides are possible. That is -- snapping without touching. > > This is new to me, but it looks like it simply aligns > vertically/horizontally to the boundingbox of objects at any distance, > am I correct? Yes, both BB and rotation center. > Such a thing is not supported by the current snapping > framework, but it shouldn't be too difficult to implement. Sounds like a dream :) > If implemented, it will need a key binding though to easily turn this > on/off because otherwise it will get annoying. Definitely! :) Alexandre

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Improved performance of the object snapper
by bulia byak 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

On 9/5/07, Diederik van Lierop <mail@...1689...> wrote: > The last few days I've spent on improving the performance of the object > snapper. It used to take ages (e.g about 6 seconds on my machine) to > move a simple rectangle over a large text box, but I've managed to > reduce this significantly (i.e. < 1 sec.!). This was with both snapping > to paths and snapping to nodes turned on. For this I had to refactor the > object snapper code significantly, so I might have introduced new bugs > or regressions. Please be aware of this and report any suspicious > behavior, so we can have both fast and robust snapping in v0.46! Thanks, great news! Please add a note about that in the "speed and interactivity" section of the release notes as well. > Please note that the performance has only increased when using the > selector tool for transforming a number of points, e.g. when dragging a > selection. Using the node tool to drag a single node will not benefit > from this. I just tried to test this: opened new document, drew a spiral and a small rect, then opened doc prefs and turned on "snapping of: bbox corners" and "snapping to objects: snap to paths". But when I drag the rect it does not snap to the spiral. What am I doing wrong? > Before, for _every_ point in the selection being transformed (using the > selector tool), Inkscape would search for snapping candidates, build a > list of nodes and paths, and finally call convertWithBackData(). Only > then would it snap this single point and start all over again for the > next point in the selection. Now we only do this collecting and > converting stuff once, store the results, and then snap all points in > the selection (using the stored data). Not having to call > convertWithBackData really helps a lot! I think that in many common > cases this improves the performance dramatically. Yes, this is approximately how I imagined that. The convertWithBackData, as all livarot functions, is very slow. Hopefully we'll be able to use 2geom for that task one day. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Compiling on Linux
by Docsonic 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

my apologies for cross-posting but I wasn't getting any response in Inkscape-User so I thought I might have posted to the wrong list. I tried to install the latest autopackage of Inkscape but it seems my glibc is too old (Requires GLIBC_2.4 - I have GLIBC_2.3.6 ... is it possible to release a GLIBC_2.3.6 autopackage?) and the package suggested I install from sources. When I try to compile the source, i get an error - ui/dialog/ocaldialogs.h:247: error: expected class-name before '{' token ui/dialog/ocaldialogs.h: In constructor 'Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileListViewText::FileListViewText(guint, Inkscape::UI::Dialog::SVGPreview&, Gtk::Label&, Gtk::Button&)': ui/dialog/ocaldialogs.h:250: error: class 'Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileListViewText' does not have any field named 'ListViewText' I use Debian Etch (stable) so it seems compiling myself is my best option but I have tried with about 5 different source packages and the result is always the same (the package which created this error was 16060 but it is still there in 16148). Thanks, Tony -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Compiling-on-Linux-tf4534516.html#a12940589 Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Failing compile with 2geom/path.h
by Mason Thomas 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, I have recently been unable to compile Inkscape on Linux because of a compile failure in nodepath.cpp. It exhibits the same failure, even when I checkout an older version that used to compile for me! Here is the beginning of the message I get (it goes on much longer), could someone please help? Thanks, -Mason In file included from live_effects/effect.h:16, from live_effects/lpeobject.h:13, from nodepath.cpp:50: ./2geom/path.h:72: warning: `virtual Geom::Curve* Geom::Curve::reverse() const' was hidden ./2geom/path.h:313: warning: by `Geom::Curve* Geom::SVGEllipticalArc::reverse(double, double) const' ./2geom/path.h: In member function `Geom::BaseIterator<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Geom::Curve**, std::vector<Geom::Curve*, std::allocator<Geom::Curve*> > > > Geom::Path::begin()': ./2geom/path.h:376: error: `Geom::BaseIterator<IteratorImpl>::BaseIterator(const IteratorImpl&) [with IteratorImpl = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Geom::Curve**, std::vector<Geom::Curve*, std::allocator<Geom::Curve*> > >]' is private ./2geom/path.h:472: error: within this context ./2geom/path.h: In member function `Geom::BaseIterator<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Geom::Curve**, std::vector<Geom::Curve*, std::allocator<Geom::Curve*> > > > Geom::Path::end()': ./2geom/path.h:376: error: `Geom::BaseIterator<IteratorImpl>::BaseIterator(const IteratorImpl&) [with IteratorImpl = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Geom::Curve**, std::vector<Geom::Curve*, std::allocator<Geom::Curve*> > >]' is private ./2geom/path.h:473: error: within this context

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Using multi-path objects with the "Pattern along path" or "path along path" effects
by Tony Vigil 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Currently, only a single path can be placed along the path in a single instance of the effect. Will either effect ever be able to place an object (with multiple paths) along a path? Perhaps even turned into a stroke style??? The reason I ask is that it would be very nice to be able to create brushes (objects with multiple paths) that could be placed along a path. Here is an example of what I am talking about... http://soundnvision.homestead.com/files/brush_along_path.png The steps required to make the various shades of my example brush follow a single path is very time consuming. After I trace the bitmap, I need to include a bounding rectangle with each object that makes up the different shades of the brush so that each element is placed relative to all other elements along the same path. Then, each element is placed along the path separately. You can't edit the original path and have ALL of the elements respond accordingly. Therefore, you must start the process all over again if you don't have the original path placed exactly as as you need based on your brush shape. Best case scenario... this effect becomes a stroke style that can be applied to any object (i.e. rectangles, ellipses, text, spirals, etc.), not just path objects. The only other place I've ever seen this type of tool is in Microsoft Expression. Inkscape's path effect comes close, but doesn't quite hit the mark. - Tony

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student project : distortion envelope tool
by Steren Giannini 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hello, It is now official for the administration of our school, we are starting working on the "distortion envelope tool" at the end of december. Our official "tutor" from the dev team is Johan Engelen. The school is only interested in observing how we manage to organize our project alone and if we meet the requirements. I'll be the project leader, we are 6 in the team and we will be working for 5 months. (from 4 to 8 hours a week) We are before all inkscape users and we are very exited to build something for it. The goals are : - create the distortion tool engine for paths (using lib2geom, and path effects) - create the tool's UI - extend path effects to groups for the distortion tool and others (path along path for example) Of course : - SVG compliant - The original object is saved. If the project goes well, the goals could be extended. We'll see with Johan. (nb : Yesterday, I was thinking about path effect on clones, path effect on texts...) Bye, Steren

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