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XOP support
by Jon A. Cruz 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

I wanted to toss out that we might want to look into XOP for binary parts. http://www.w3.org/TR/xop10/ We've had a feature request for it for a bit [ 1119540 ] XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP) support http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php? func=detail&aid=1119540&group_id=93438&atid=604309 One thing interesting about it is that the packaging is intended to be transparent from the DOM view of things.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] NEW: more stuff in Help menu (fwd)
by Alan Horkan 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Jon Phillips wrote: > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:22:42 -0700 > From: Jon Phillips <jon@...235...> > To: bulia byak <buliabyak@...400...> > Cc: Inkscape Development Mailing List > <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, > Alan Horkan <horkana@...44...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] NEW: more stuff in Help menu > > On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 14:56 -0300, bulia byak wrote: > > On 10/11/06, Alan Horkan <horkana@...44...> wrote: > > > Yes definately. In ten years time that link might break, especially since > > > it links to index.php instead of the relevant directory. Odds are it will > > > break far sooner than that - and who knows what it could get changed to - > > > but once there are Inkscape binaries out there in the wild there will be > > > nothing we can do about it. > > > > Sure, linking to inkscape.org should be preferred, but ten years? I > > can't imagine anyone will use Inkscape 0.45 in 2016. > > And, we will have flying cars ;) By 2016 we will be using 0.54, right? > hahahaha As I said in my other message I was exaggerating but when you say we will still will not have reached 1.0 I am not at all sure you are joking, given how some people seem to resist bumping major version numbers. If, no when Inkscape covers all of SVG Mobile (it aint tiny) that will be something to celebrate and merit a big 1.0 in my not so humble opinion. > > They are needed by some, that's enough. We get questions on how to use > > Inkscape in scripts regularly. > > I agree. We could even have an advanced submenu if that is > better...really, is it not more helpful to have more help rathr than > less! It is about organization IMO and Bulia's awesome addition really > cracks this one open IMO. Inkscape already has way more in the Help menu than most programs but there is very little downside to having a Help menu jam packed full of information. The time wasted by firing up a browser can be mitigated if there is some way for users to spot the difference between fast local help files and slow remote files but all too often the help menus look exactly the same. I've stated for the record there might be a small downside to having loads of things in the Help menu and good links on the website help avoid most of the usual problems. > > Therefore it is justified to mention them in the GUI because otherwise > > many people (that might benefit from them) will never even think to > > look for them. > > Yeah, I totally agree. This is one area where Inkscape (GIMP) and others > really really shine. At siggraph many production companies were into > Inkscape and other open source apps because they could do mass amounts > of work via batch scripts. Its really in our best interest to pimp these > features. funny example, gimp sucks compared to imagemagick in this regard. imagemagick has much more usable command line arguments to such an extent gimp users and developers regularly recommnd using imagemagick for batch processing. you can still do some very interesting things with gimp scripting at the command line but the base case of converting files from one format to another maybe isn't as streamlined as it should be. The command line arguments have their place but providing equivalent functionality in the user interface is an easier way to address discoverability and learnability. > > > > - SVG 1.1 specification at w3.org > > > > > > Artists are the target users of Inkscape. > > > > Who says that? > > > > > Is this really useful to artists? > > Yep, I agree. I like how Bryce makes it a point that we really focus on > developers. This is really key to getting more features in Inkscape...we > have to make it easy for new developers to get involved. and this is > really key to our philosophy. More features and developers means way > more artists... I dont think that is the whole answer, a big part of it sure but when developers actually get down to being users of inkscape the same questions of "who are the users" arises and knowing those answers makes it easier to make the right tradeoffs and know how much or how little technical information to put in certain places. > > completely open and standardized format, and we encourage editing SVG > > both by hand or by other tools in addition to Inkscape - so this menu > > item is quite relevant. > > I totally think so as well. This is very very key! Plus, it will help us > and others find compliance problems quicker (esp. if there are > questions). Linking to the w3c validator would be a better way to help avoid compliance problems if that is the underlying problem you really want to solve. > Awesome! I love how the simplest feature additions sometimes are the > most r/evolutionary...bulia, awesome job on this feature, really! Very true. I wouldn't care about the details if it wasn't already a great idea. Very inkscape. -- Alan

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This got to the hottest list beatrice
by designate 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

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Recommended PC anti-virus strategy!
by unknown＠example.com 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

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WEBFORM suggestion
by Thomas 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

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[Fwd: Re: Simplify (ctrl+L) remove mask & clip_path fix]
by Popolon 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

That was the original text, I resolved the booleans functions bugs. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Simplify (ctrl+L) remove mask & clip_path fix Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:28:16 +0200 From: Popolon <popolon@...1497...> To: Popolon <popolon@...1497...> CC: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net References: <451D988D.4080505@...1497...> I believe two other bugs come from the same problem. Mask and clip_path attribute are not copied during opération, only style is copied. That's the case for object to path function. I discover than using simplify function (that do an object to path transformation), the object become path, but with the patch attached to this bug report, the mask/clip-path are keeped. This is because ths simplification function call the sp_shape_get_curve(SP_SHAPE(item)) function, and mange itself style/mask/clip-path copy with the patch. I tried to find the equivalent object to path function without succes. Their is only to keep mask & clip-path attribute and paste them in the object created after transformation. This could resolv bug #1562520 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604306&aid=1562520&group_… The same way, several bugs are relatad for mask/clip_path function. The mask and clip_path keep their 'set action time' position in the following bugs : bug #1566018 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604306&aid=1566018&group_… and bug #1568048 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604306&aid=1568048&group_… Popolon wrote: > I opened few weeks ago this bug report and just fixed it, the patch is > in the bug report : > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1561034&group_id=… > > bug #1561034 > > Regards > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > 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] How to remove several bugs in inkscape.
by bulia byak 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

On 10/10/06, Popolon <popolon@...1497...> wrote: > * make an object > * apply a mask or clip-path > * move that object > * create a linked offset => he don't follow original object at all. Yes, linked offset is obviously broken by ignoring the transform. It would be nice if you could fix it. It shouldn't be too difficult. If you run into problems, let me know. By the way, you don't need masks or clippaths to reveal this. In Inkscape Preferences, Transforms tab, we have a switch which forces Inkscape to always store transforms as matrices (Store transformations: Preserved). Turn it on and it will be much easier to find and debug such bugs. > I seen this kind of bug for mask/clip path postion with object too : > on text on path for example. Of offset's brokenness I was vaguely aware, but I never saw this kind of problem with textpath. Can you give the steps to reproduce for textpath? > Lot of objects don't manage them correctly in fact, I written a mail on > the list about some of them. I may have missed that email - can you please resend it to me? Thanks, -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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[Fwd: Re: How to remove several bugs in inkscape.]
by Olivier Gondouin 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

bulia byak wrote: > On 10/10/06, Popolon <popolon@...1497...> wrote: >> the object created (linked offset, or in some case a text to path,...) >> didn't follow the original object position. But keep the position of the >> object at the moment of setting of the mask/clip-path > > I don't think I follow. Can you please give step-by-step instructions > for reproducing this? * make an object * apply a mask or clip-path * move that object * create a linked offset => he don't follow original object at all. The same way : * make an object * create a linked offset * rotate it => The offset go to wrong position without rotation. Tried to modify this function used at the creation of the linked object : sp_selected_path_create_offset_object() in src/splivarot.cpp This isn't enough. I believe the most important is to have the matrix of the transform attribute copied by string at each update, the applied. I seen this kind of bug for mask/clip path postion with object too : on text on path for example. >> That's because when a mask/clip-path is set on an object, when the >> object move, the object coordinates are not longer modified, but a >> translation matrix is applied. > > Yes, and it should work the same regardless. If some code only looks > at "object coordinates" and ignores the transform matrix, this code is > broken and must be fixed. SVG uses transforms everywhere. > Lot of objects don't manage them correctly in fact, I written a mail on the list about some of them.

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How to remove several bugs in inkscape.
by Popolon 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

I found a bug in several objects after applying mask/clip-path giving me clue for lot of bug I found in inkscape. the object created (linked offset, or in some case a text to path,...) didn't follow the original object position. But keep the position of the object at the moment of setting of the mask/clip-path That's because when a mask/clip-path is set on an object, when the object move, the object coordinates are not longer modified, but a translation matrix is applied. At least the linked offset, doesn't duplicate transformation matrix (transformation attribute), then keep the original position/rotation. This cause the offset to go to buggy place when the original object is rotated + moved even without mask/clip-path. I will try to resolve this bug quickly but some help would be welcome.

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inkscape and SVG Tiny
by Jon Phillips 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Heya guys, did you all see that 150 million phones have now shipped that have SVG tiny support! http://svg.org/story/2006/9/27/121431/107 Anyway, I'm curious to revive this discussion about what we need to do to get Inkscape up to par with using differing SVG profiles. Here is what we wrote so far: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/SVG_Tiny_Compliance I really think our 0.5 is SVG Tiny compliance and I'm curious how we can get there. How can we do it y'all? Jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...896... IRC: rejon@...897...

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win32 cairo with ft support
by Adib Taraben 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

Ishmal, the current svn does not compile. There is a call to some cairo_ft_ function in the inkscape source. Our win32-cairo version is not compiled with freetype support. I got a cairo-dev from the glade/gtk+ for windows project from sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=98754 Now it compiles. DO we have to update our cairo package or do we continue with the current and have to modify this single call to the unsupported cairo function. Thanks, Adib. ---

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and not think that
by Lincoln Horn 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

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[Fwd: [ inkscape-Feature Requests-863380 ] Implementation of SVG Filters, specifically BLUR]
by Jon Phillips 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

Did a feature request get filed for the rest of the SVG filters? If not, this would be a good thing... Jon -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: SourceForge.net <noreply@...34...> > To: noreply@...34... > Subject: [ inkscape-Feature Requests-863380 ] Implementation of SVG > Filters, specifically BLUR > Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:10:22 -0700 > > Feature Requests item #863380, was opened at 2003-12-20 08:59 > Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by buliabyak > You can respond by visiting: > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604309&aid=863380&group_i… > > Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, > including the initial issue submission, for this request, > not just the latest update. > Category: Other > Group: None > >Status: Closed > Priority: 6 > Submitted By: Jon Phillips (kidproto) > Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) > Summary: Implementation of SVG Filters, specifically BLUR > > Initial Comment: > One of the biggest artistic failings of Sodipodi is a > lack of blurry objects. If I want to have a shaped > blur, there really is no possible way of doing it in > Sodipodi. I have to hack together multiple circular > objects with radial blurs and hope the effect is right. > > Think this in Gimp: Use Lasso tool to draw a shape. > Then choose to "feather selection", then fill the > selected area with a solid colour. If I could reproduce > this inside Sodipodi, I would be a very, very happy man. > > See > http://faemalia.homeip.net/ArtWorx/Anasong-Asian-size850.jpg > and notice the shadow is very sharp and crisp. In this > case, it looks good. But in other cases, I might want > the shadow to be slightly blurry. > > > KIDPROTO: This should be implemented as SVG filters: > http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/filters.html > > ( NOTE: originally in sodipodi RFE tracker as RFE # > 716562 , Date Submitted: 2003-04-06 22:22, Date Last > Updated: 2003-05-17 16:23, comments in sodi tracker ) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Comment By: bulia byak (buliabyak) > Date: 2006-10-08 21:10 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=741217 > > Finally we can close this. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) > Date: 2006-10-05 09:33 > > Message: > Logged In: NO > > Subtle blurs and drop-shadows are like the second most > common effect used for web-design currently... > > blurs are part of the svg spec as said - the sooner inkscape > can render them, the sooner it will get a whole lot more web > developers interested. once inkscape can render gaussian > blur, i assume its easy to make automatic 'outer glow', > 'inner glow', 'drop shadow' effects and so on? > > this feature is very important. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Julian Mehnle (jmehnle) > Date: 2006-05-09 12:30 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=617904 > > What's the status of this issue? Is it still being worked > on? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: James Richard Tyrer (tyrerj) > Date: 2005-07-31 13:17 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=57413 > > To quote from the GCJ documentation: > << > The key idea in CNI is that Java objects are C++ objects, and all Java > classes are C++ classes (but not the other way around). So the most > important task in integrating Java and C++ is to remove gratuitous > incompatibilities. > >> > So, the important question is whether the current version of GCJ will > build Batik. > > This might not be as easy as mixing procedural languages, but it might > work. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Nicu Buculei (nicubunu) > Date: 2005-07-31 12:06 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=612070 > > Sketsa is a Java application, so it make sense for it to > have a Java renderer (Batik), but Inkscape is C/C++, so the > renderer, which is a core component, must also be C or C++ > > Unrelated, Cairo is preparing for a 1.0 stable release in a > few weeks and is already in use in some major projects like > Mozilla (Firefox 1.5) and GTK+ (2.8) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: James Richard Tyrer (tyrerj) > Date: 2005-07-31 07:04 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=57413 > > Just a thought since Batik is already at 1.6 and Cairo is still > experimental. > > Have you ever tried Sketsa which does use Batik to render SVG. > > It also has some nice features which might improve InkScape. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Nicu Buculei (nicubunu) > Date: 2005-07-28 09:34 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=612070 > > tyrerj -> so you propose to use Batik as Inkscape's > renderer? I am affraid this is not realistic, a much better > option is Cairo > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: James Richard Tyrer (tyrerj) > Date: 2005-07-27 17:57 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=57413 > > > I guess the priority is so low (6) because is not easy to do > > it with the current renderer. > > As mentioned by wiscalico, Apache Batik (Squiggle SVG viewer) *will* > render filters. This is written in Java, but I would think that it would be > possible to port it if GCJ 4.01 won't compile it. > > The filter I use for a Drop Shadow is: > > <filter id="DropShadow"> > <feGaussianBlur in="SourceAlpha" stdDeviation="2" result="DSBlur"/> > <feOffset in="DSBlur" dx="3" dy="3" result="FinalDS"/> > </filter> > > This has three parameters: > > stdDeviation > dx > dy > > and applying it needs: > > fill-opacity > > in the "style" > > style="fill-opacity:.7500000;fill:#000000;filter:url(#DropShadow)" > > So we would have a plugin with 4 parramaters. > > It would also be helpful if there was a direct method of creating the > object with #000000 fill that is the intersection of the relevant objects. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Nicu Buculei (nicubunu) > Date: 2005-07-27 13:12 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=612070 > > franp wrote: > > If too difficult to add filters supports right now, I think > > an effect, plug-in or whatever should be quickly added to > > offer dropshadoow > > You may want to check the recently released 0.42 and enable > in preferences the experimental effects menu. There you can > use a combination of "Dropshadow" and "Blur edge". It is not > the same as the dropshadow filter (and should not stop the > development of real filters) but it may be used as a > temporary solution. > > > And since filters are part of the SVG spec there is even > > less reason filters are kept as low priority as 6, IMHO. > > I guess the priority is so low (6) because is not easy to do > it with the current renderer. AFAIK, at some point in the > future Inkscape will switch to Cairo as renderer, which will > automatically give support for rendering filters. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Franp (franp) > Date: 2005-07-27 12:59 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=1319446 > > The inkscape people are doing a wonderfull an amazing job > with features seen nowhere else, but I just wonder if the > low priority given to this feature (priority 6) is serving > the inkscape penetration in the "market". > > With dropshadow common features of all vector drawing tools > on the market for more than ten years now (it was already in > CorelDraw 3 back in 1992), the lack of support for filters > (and particulary dropshadow) is a real problem when trying > to "sell" Inkscape to my friends. The first question I hear > each time is "Where is that bloody command to add shadow ?" ... > > While I understand Inkscape surpasses many vector drawing > tools by far on many places, and happilly use it myself for > this very reason, the lack of dropshadow makes it very, very > , very, very hard to sell to the ordinary layman next door. > > And since filters are part of the SVG spec there is even > less reason filters are kept as low priority as 6, IMHO. > > If too difficult to add filters supports right now, I think > an effect, plug-in or whatever should be quickly added to > offer dropshadoow. This would certainly leverage by several > orders of magnitude the penetration of Inkscape in the > general population, even if ull, generalized support for the > other SVG filters comes years later. > > This feature thread should be separated, IMHO, in two > threads : one titled "support for dropshadow" (priority 10), > and a second one titled "support for filters in general" > (priority 6 if you like). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Jacob Emcken (wiscalico) > Date: 2004-06-04 12:08 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=784787 > > For startes I would be great if Inkscape could just render > filters. Then you could write them in a text editor and have > em exported the right way. Right now I use Batik to render > my SVG images after putting filters in them. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can respond by visiting: > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604309&aid=863380&group_i… > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...896... IRC: rejon@...897...

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NEW: clone tiling with blurring
by bulia byak 08 Oct '06

08 Oct '06

The Tile Clones dialog now supports blurring. On the "Blur & opacity" tab, you can set the blur percentage per row or per column of your tiling, as well as randomize blurring and make it alternate (all the same options as for Opacity). -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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[Fwd: [tux-authors] December 2006 - The Holiday Projects Issue!]
by Jon Phillips 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Heya, does anybody want in on helping make an article on creating a christmas card for TUX mag? Jon -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Tony Mobily <tonymobily@...400...> > Reply-To: ed@...851... > To: tux-authors@...851... > Subject: [tux-authors] December 2006 - The Holiday Projects Issue! > Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:07:04 +0800 > > Hello, > > I am trying to organise TUX's focus for December 2006: "The Holiday > Projects" > Keep in mind that this issue will be out on the 1st of December. > > I am thinking of a small focus with just two articles. The first one > could be: > > 1 Create your own Christmas cards - the right way. An article on how > to go online, look for Christmas pictures from anywhere, and create > Christmas cards from nothing. Don't forget about printing them! > > 2 !!! Your input is welcome here! I have some possible ideas, but > well, I'd like to leave this article slot open to your ideas - what > would YOU see as a good "Holiday project"? This would be a task that > is somehow connected with the holiday season. Please let me know! > > Please let me know if you want to take 1), and your ideas about 2)! > > Thanks a lot, > > Merc. > > _______________________________________________ > Tux-authors mailing list > Tux-authors@...888... > http://lists.ssc.com/mailman/listinfo/tux-authors > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...896... IRC: rejon@...897...

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save as AUTOCAD (dxf): Unknown error attempting to open temporary file
by unknown＠example.com 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Hello list, I am using Inkscape Version 0.41 on Suse 9.3 and I would like to expot DXF format which does not work. What I have done so far: 1. downloaded svg2dxf.zip from http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~squiresm/ 2. unpacked the zip file and copied the files ps2dxf.sh and dxf_output.inx to /opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions 3. made the file ps2dxf.sh executeable 4. Then I start Inkscape from a Shell 5. right afte the start, I check the extensions-errors.log which has no messages 6. I place some straight lines and save them as .svg which works 7. I try "save as AUTOCAD (dxf)": Inkscape says "file saved" but 8. I get the following message in the shell: Extension::Script: Unknown error attempting to open temporary file : invalid or incomplete Multi-Byte- or Wide-Sign [translation from German: : Ungültiges oder unvollständiges Multi-Byte- oder Wide-Zeichen] No file has been saved. Any Idea, what has gone wrong here? Thanks for help Rai

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WEBFORM Some informations...
by Eric Fernandes 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Eric Fernandes email: eric@...1511... submitted the following: Hi! I\'ve looking for a place to contact you but just today I found the right place... I\'m brazilian, and I\'m studying computer science in University from ViÃ§osa. I\'m developing some tutoriais in portuguese for the inkscape, and I need help to know where I found people that are doing the same thing... I translated the basic tutorial at yet... It\'s my final project in my course, and I need some directives to know how can I contribute to the inkscape. I\'m thinking to create a new function to learn about multimidia for teenagers that never had learned about computers... is there a place in internet that i can find this?? if yes, please tell me... I thank you a lot since now! And wait you answer... Eric

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WEBFORM What is your wiki?
by David 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: David email: penzes_david@...36... submitted the following: Dear Adress! What is the name of your wiki, wich you are yousing for the Inkscape? Best wishes! P.D. from hungary

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The fixed length toolbars issue
by Chris Hayes 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Hi, I'm new to this but I was hoping that I could get some feedback about this bug submission about the fixed toolbar making inkscape unusable on unusual or small screen resolutions: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1469554&group_id=93438&ati… I have left a reply to it, and I hope that people will read what I've added, because it is stopping me from being able to use inkscape. Could someone please reply telling me whether it might be possible for anyone to fix this or not? Or more importantly, whether this bug is one that the developers consider important enough to warrant a fix or not. I have made some suggestions as to how it might be fixable, however I am not a real programmer, so they are just suggestions. Thanks for reading this, Chris

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The fixed length toolbars issue
by Chris Hayes 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Hi, I'm new to this but I was hoping that I could get some feedback about this bug submission about the fixed toolbar making inkscape unusable on unusual or small screen resolutions: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1469554&group_id=93438&ati… I have left a reply to it, and I hope that people will read what I've added, because it is stopping me from being able to use inkscape. Could someone please reply telling me whether it might be possible for anyone to fix this or not? Or more importantly, whether this bug is one that the developers consider important enough to warrant a fix or not. I have made some suggestions as to how it might be fixable, however I am not a real programmer, so they are just suggestions. Thanks for reading this, Chris

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GSoC 2006 Mentor Summit
by Bryce Harrington 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Google is holding a summit in San Francisco, on Sat Oct 14th. I won't be making it, but wanted to pass this along in case another mentor (Ted? Jon?) would like to... http://www.red-bean.com/ospowiki/MentorSummit-2006 Bryce ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LH <lhospo@...400...> to GSoC Hello everyone, If you are an organization administrator who is not planning to attend the summit, please forward this message along to the two delegates for your organization so they can register for the event and get looped in all logistical details. We've put up a wiki to plan the GSoC 2006 Mentor Summit. Thanks to our friends at red-bean.com for hosting it for us! In order to access and edit the wiki, you will need to register at http://www.red-bean.com/socwiki/UserPreferences Once you've registered and logged in, please visit http://www.red-bean.com/socwiki/. From this page you'll find general information about the summit, as well as links to an attendee registration page, logistics information, an agenda page and our mentor summit FAQ. A few things you'll notice when visiting the wiki: 1) We're structuring the summit as an unconference - we want you to decide what topics should be discussed and will be most useful to your fellow mentors and admins. Please feel free to populate the conference agenda with whatever sessions you'd like. 2) There is still no information on the wiki for booking flights, though there is information on booking your hotel stay. According to our Finance department, everything should be ready with our travel agent to allow you to book flights as of tomorrow morning. I will post to the list as soon as everything is finalized and instructions for booking flights have been added to the wiki. Any questions, just let us know at soc2006support@...1508... Cheers, LH

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] New Cairo renderer (for PDF export)
by Johan Engelen 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

> From: Aaron Spike <aaron@...749...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] New Cairo renderer (for PDF export) > > Mikl?s Erd?lyi wrote: > > Any ideas, comments regarding the subject are welcome. > > Looks like we are still having a few troubles on win32. /snip > extension/internal/cairo-render-context.cpp:74:22: error: > cairo-ft.h: No such file or directory I think your Cairo package does not have FreeType, same as my package. You can disable building Cairo-pdf support by editing config.h in your inkscape root and outcomment #define HAVE_CAIRO_PDF ; that way you can compile again. I have not searched for a compiled Cairo package with included FT font support yet. - Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Hi
by Jamaal Meekins 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

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Building Debian package from svn
by Stefan Endrullis 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hello, I have tried to run 'checkinstall' after compilation but building the Debian package fails. Here are the default values I had to customize: > 0 - Maintainer: [ root@...1501... ] > 1 - Summary: [ A Vector Drawing Application ] > 2 - Name: [ inkscape ] > 3 - Version: [ 0.44+devel ] > 4 - Release: [ 0 ] > 5 - License: [ GPL ] > 6 - Group: [ Applications/Graphics ] > 7 - Architecture: [ i386 ] > 8 - Source location: [ inkscape ] > 9 - Alternate source location: [ ] > 10 - Requires: [ desktop-file-utils > desktop-file-utils ] First I have set the release value to '0' because it includes spaces. But there is still a problem with the requirements. I get the following error message: > dpkg-deb: Fehler beim Parsen, in Datei »/var/tmp/GUhrNQjUXHjWJoYFAWYQQ/package/DEBIAN/control« nahe Zeile 9 Paket »inkscape«: > Zeilenvorschub im Feldnamen »desktop-file-utils« When I try to change the value of Requires nothing changes. Any suggestions? Thanks. Regards, Stefan

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ANNOUNCE 1.3.3.4
by Plinnell 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.3.3.4 This release is purely a further bug fix release to the recently released 1.3.3.3. In particular, there are a number of SVG import and rendering fixes, including better support for gradients in imported SVGs. Also there were fixes and improvements in the Story Editor and Undo/Redo and UI translation updates. Scribus now requires libtiff and the littlecms libraries. The Scribus team has announced previously there there will be substantial core code changes in the next 1.3.4 and 1.3.5 releases, so the team has branched 1.3.3 to provide a stable usable version. The upcoming 1.3.4 version will include a completely rewritten text layout engine for more refined glyph and text layout, along with a host of new features including advanced transparency support, image effects and more. The team has decided to migrate QT 4.2.x for version 1.3.5. The Scribus Team would also like to thank - Anduin.net/Øverby Consulting and Cardia AS for their continued hosting of all the Scribus websites. The Scribus Team would also like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release. Downloads: Windows 2000/XP: http://windows.scribus.net MacOSX: http://aqua.scribus.net Source Tarball, GPG Signature and Suse 10.x rpms: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=125235 Debian/Ubuntu Repository: http://debian.scribus.net Ubuntu/Kubuntu Instructions: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Getting_Scribus_on_Ubuntu/Kubuntu_up_and_… Thanks to Gustvo Homem from Angulo Solido, Mandriva RPMS : http://people.angulosolido.pt/~gustavo/scribus/scribus-rpm/mdv2006/1.3.3.4/… http://people.angulosolido.pt/~gustavo/scribus/scribus-rpm/mdv2006/libqt3/R… About Scribus Scribus is a cross-platform open source page layout application with a focus on high quality commercial grade PDF and postscript export. Originally developed on Linux, Scribus runs natively on Windows 2000/XP and MacOSX. Scribus is free of charge and source code is free to download. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, spot colors, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation. Scribus was the first page layout application on the planet to directly support PDF/X-3 output, a rigorous ISO standard. Scribus did so by almost a year. The Scribus Team is made up of a diverse group of developers with significant experience in pre-press, and newspaper publishing. Commercial support for Scribus is available for companies and institutions for implementation, training and migration.

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