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WEBFORM Who wrote Inkscape, and how can I verify that it\'s safe?
by Lisa 12 Jan '06

12 Jan '06

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Lisa email: xiaoxiao_2008@...19... submitted the following: Sorry for bothering you, but my mom won\'t let me download Inkscape unless she knows that it won\'t install a virus or spyware on the computer or something. So who wrote/created Inkscape? I know that it\'s open source, but what exactly does that mean? Is there any way I can prove to my mom that it\'s a safe and reputable program? Thanks, Lisa

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arcs/elliptical arcs in path data
by Eric Wilhelm 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Inkscapers, I just noticed that inkscape uses elliptical arcs in its path data (not if you draw a path, only if you draw an ellipse -- but it uses the <path> element rather than an <ellipse> element I guess because <ellipse> cannot represent rotated ellipses or elliptical arcs.) However, it seems that any sort of union or offset on these ellipses causes them to be converted to bezier curves. (Simplify seems to also convert them.) Xar only supports bezier curves in the path data, so this would have to be converted. It looks like postscript conversion has a similar issue in that its arcto does not support ellipses. >From the info that I've been able to find, an ellipse can only be approximated with a quadric bezier curve. Is that correct? Can anyone please give me some hints as to whether the inkscape source has anything that would be generically usable for converting ellipses to bezier? I've been digging through the source starting with extension/internal/ps-out.cpp and it appears to be leading me to ps.cpp, but I think I missed the conversion. Thanks, Eric -- "These crispix get soggy so quickly." -- Tina Connolly --------------------------------------------------- http://scratchcomputing.com ---------------------------------------------------

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GPLv3 Launch at MIT - Inkscape invited
by Bryce Harrington 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Hi all, Inkscape has received an invite to the GPLv3 launch at MIT in Cambridge, MA on January 16-17. Mental and I would have liked to attend, but unfortunately have other commitments. Would anyone else be interested and able to represent Inkscape at this event? It would be great if an Inkscape user or developer located near Boston could attend at least one of the days. More information is available here: http://gplv3.fsf.org/launch Thanks, Bryce

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WEBFORM Language
by Robert GEBHART 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Robert GEBHART email: robgebhart@...1139... submitted the following: Enter your message or news here. Is Inkscape available to run in English? I have no trouble using it in German -- it\'s just thar my Windows XP is in English, and so is all the Inkscape supportive material that I see. Thanks! RG

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Build errors [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report]
by Bryce Harrington 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Looks like we're getting some new errors on 'assert()' ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:21:05 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Tue Jan 10 11:59:17 2006 (Run 951) Snapshot: inkscape-20060110-1040.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 2 10 11 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == libavoid/static.cpp:70: error: `assert' undeclared (first use this function) libavoid/static.cpp:70: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) removeoverlap/generate-constraints.cpp:27: error: `assert' undeclared (first use this function) removeoverlap/generate-constraints.cpp:27: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) removeoverlap/remove_rectangle_overlap.cpp:29: error: `assert' undeclared (first use this function) removeoverlap/remove_rectangle_overlap.cpp:29: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:75: error: `assert' undeclared (first use this function) removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:75: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) removeoverlap/solve_VPSC.cpp:115: error: `assert' undeclared (first use this function) svg/svg-path.cpp:487: error: `assert' undeclared (first use this function) svg/svg-path.cpp:487: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) == Warnings == sp-flowtext.cpp:323: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) sp-item.cpp:665: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.cpp:654) sp-shape.cpp:611: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) sp-text.cpp:477: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) dialogs/export.cpp:638: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) dialogs/export.cpp:717: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) display/canvas-arena.cpp:84: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:84: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:131: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:131: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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Compile error on text-edit.cpp
by Carlos Garcia 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

It complains about gtkspell_new_attach not being declared or something like that. Adding #include <gtkspell/gtkspell.h> solves the problem for me. Is it happening to anybody else? Carlos

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pdf export - a reminder
by Alexandre Prokoudine 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Hi, It looks like we still need 7 more votes for PDF export to go to the next stage http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PrintingConsensusPoll Alexandre

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Export bug submitted
by Lucas Vieites 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Hi, I just submitted this bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1401357&group_id=9… For some reason I can't manage to stay logged in on Sourceforge. The bug is related to exporting bitmaps. When I try to export a selection, the height always stays at 1 pixel. Cheers, -- ¡No olvide visitar nuestra tienda On-line! <http://www.asixinformatica.com/tienda> =================================================== Lucas Vieites Fariña <lucas@...212...> Web: <http://www.asixinformatica.com/users/lucas/> Blog: <http://www.asixinformatica.com/blog/>

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WEBFORM GUADEC logo and theme contest
by Quim Gil 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Quim Gil email: qgil@...1130... submitted the following: Dear Inkscape development team, This is an invitation to be part of the jury that will decide the winner of the GUADEC logo and theme design contest. We would like to have a member of the Inkscape community in this jury. We are inviting: * GNOME Foundation - the owners of the brand * GUADEC committee - the contest organisers * art.gnome.org - main source of contributors (I) * gnome-look.org - main source of contributors (and II) * GIMP development team - experts in creative GTK+ tools (I) * Inkscape development team - experts in creative GTK+ tools (II) * Drupal.org - experts in themes * GNOME Catalan translation team - the local perspective * The community - vote based on a poll We are sending all the invitations today, since yesterday the GUADEC beta site was soft-released: http://beta.guadec.org We have designed a procedure to decide the winner that shouldn\'t take much time, nor debates. It is based on a first round of nominations and a second round of votes. The whole decision process will last one week, starting on Feb 1st. More information about the contest: http://beta.guadec.org/?q=contest More information about the jury: http://beta.guadec.org/?q=node/27 We will be honoured if you accept this invitation! :) Quim Gil GUADEC coordinator

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export bitmap doesn't respect file extension
by Wolfram Quester 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

Hi, I received a bug report against debian's 0.43 version of inkscape: > In the export bitmap entry of the File menu, the default is to have an > image with an extension (and format) of png. However, if I change this > to file.jpg, inkscape silently decides that it'll still export a png, > but with the *extension* jpg. > > Instead, inkscape should do as the Gimp does, and do smart things with > the extension and/or offer the user a choice. > > At the bare minimum, give a warning and/or save the file as file.jpg.png > so there is no ambiguity about the filetype. I thought I should submit this here before I add it to the tracker due to the recent discussion about changes in the export dialog. Perhaps we could warn the user in this dialog that at the moment only png is supported for bitmap exports. With best wishes, Wolfi

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enumerating resource files
by MenTaLguY 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Have we got a portable way in the tree to enumerate resource files (e.g. stuff in /usr/share/inkscape/[dir] and ~/.inkscape/[dir] ?) -mental

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Page properties - size errors
by Lucas Vieites 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Hi, I'm running cvs version of Inkscape 0.43 and I'm having trouble wtih the paper size. When I create a new document I usually use A4 paper size. My default units are mm, and according to the Document properties an A4 sheet of paper is 248,03 x 350,79 mm. This is incorrect, should be 210 x 279 mm. When I accept this setting and return to the main window I create a vertical guideline at 0mm, which goes correctly to the left edge, and another guideline at 210mm, which goes correctly to the right edge. Strange... On the other hand horizontal guidelines go wrong; a hor. guide at 0 mm goes correctly to the bottom edge, but a guide at 279mm goes way below the top edge. Another curious thing is that, although it uses 248,03 x 350,79 mm as the size in mm for A4 when I change the units to cm, it sets the page size to 21,26 x 30,07 cm. It didn't convert correctly. How to reproduce this: - Open a new document. - Open "Document Properties" (Shift+Ctrl+D) - Set page size to A4 - Set units to mm (note the width and height) - Set units to cm (note the width and height) If this is a know "feature" I'll wait for it's solution, otherwise I'll be happy to file a bug. OK, I just checked the bug list on sourceforge and I guess this is just a confirmation of bug: [ 1391348 ] Win32: 0.43 devel+: wrong page sizes http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1391348&group_id=9… I'm using Ubuntu Breezy, so I can confirm that. Cheers. -- ¡No olvide visitar nuestra tienda On-line! <http://www.asixinformatica.com/tienda> =================================================== Lucas Vieites Fariña <lucas@...212...> Web: <http://www.asixinformatica.com/users/lucas/> Blog: <http://www.asixinformatica.com/blog/>

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WEBFORM Inscape Doc
by Rohdimus 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Rohdimus email: rohdimus@...1140... submitted the following: Enter your message or news here. Hi Can you the Docmentaion of inscape to offer download in a HTML files for Offline Dokomentaion? Rohdimus

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NEW: Metadata dialog
by Ralf Stephan 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Hello, this is just to remind people the Document Properties dialog has been split. So, if you use $(HOME)/.inkscape/menus.xml then you might want to generate a new one, or add the DialogMetadata tag to it. Work continues on both dialogs. Regards, rwst

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font not working
by David Christian Berg 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Hey guys! I've a font consisting of 18 styles... it's in pfb as well as afm, pfm and inf format. I've not clue, which files I actually need, but I think the pfbs are the ones, because they have a preview :) Anyways, when trying to use them in Inkscape I see the list with all the different styles, right as one would expect, on selecting the font. However, the styles aren't rendered properly. Is it an Inkscape or an Pango bug? Abiword and OOo skrew up as well, but after all they can't handle that many styles anyway. Scribus doesn fine. Thanx for you help! David

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problems with linked offsets
by Ian Bruce 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Inkscape version: 0.43 (Debian package, i386) If you create a "linked offset", and then move the primary object to which that offset is linked, the offset moves FARTHER (in the same direction) than the primary. Watching this process in the XML editor, it appears that moving the primary inserts a "translate" block into the SVG code for the offset, which was not initially present. If this tag is removed, the offset will then recenter on the primary at its new location. Rotating the primary creates similar problems. The linked offset will NOT rotate, but it does move around, although in this case the "translate" tag does not appear in its SVG code. I don't know whether this behavior is intentional or not; to me, it seems kind of disfunctional, like some vector transformations are being applied in the wrong order or something. It's easy to reproduce; it happens every time. So is this behavior a bug, or a "feature"? -- Ian Bruce

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WEBFORM use trace tiles clone
by michele 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: michele email: michele.ingenuo@...1138... submitted the following: how to use tiles clones for images in backgroung??? please

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WEBFORM Line with arrows
by Aguiar 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Aguiar email: reginojapao@...864... submitted the following: Pls I would like to know if there is a command for insert arrow (left and right) to a line. Thank you!

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UberConverter
by Eric Wilhelm 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Hi all, I'm nearing completion on the xar2crs, crs2xar, svg2crs, and crs2svg connectors which represent the xar <-> svg conversion for the UberConverter. I threw together a build script today. If anyone feels like testing, now would be a good time to checkout from the svn and start playing with it. You'll need svn, perl, Module::Build, and svn co http://scratchcomputing.com/uc/trunk/ uber-converter/ cd uber-converter/code/perl/ perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build install --install-base=/tmp/uc/ PATH=$PATH:/tmp/uc/bin/ PERL5LIB=/tmp/uc/lib/perl5/ svg2crs foo.svg | crs2xar > foo.xar The "perl Build.PL" step should complain if you're missing prerequisites. Assuming you have the cpan command-line client, you might just: cpan XML::SAX cpan YAML cpan Compress::Zlib cpan Class::Accessor cpan SVG cpan Test::More cpan CAD::Calc cpan CSS::SAC::LexicalUnit cpan CSS::SAC cpan Math::Vec Let me know if the build process gives you any trouble. I'm sure there are still some gaping holes in the code itself, but I thought some of the braver souls might be interested in trying things at this stage. Please do use svn, this is still too in-flux for tarballs. Thanks, Eric -- Consumers want choice, consumers want openness. --Rob Glaser --------------------------------------------------- http://scratchcomputing.com ---------------------------------------------------

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ERROR WITH INKSCAPE 0.43-2 (this one has the screenshots-sorry.)
by Anonymous User 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

I am using Windows ME to try to load INKSCAPE 0.43-2 after installation - but it crashes. All that I get instead are the following error messages back to back: PANGO ERROR**:file shape.c:line 75 (pango_shape): assertion failed:(glyphs-> num_glyphs > 0) aborting... "Then after that I get": PANGO ERROR**:file shape.c:line 75 (pango_shape): assertion failed: (glyphs-> num_glyphs > 0) aborting... Pango warning (recursed)**:Couldn't load font "MS Sans Serif 8" falling back to Sans 8" aborting... I am attatching screenshots of these errors as they appear on my screen. WHAT IS CAUSING THIS AND HOW CAN I MAKE IT STOP? - IS THERE A CORRECTIVE PATCH OR SOMETHING? I can't even get INKSCAPE to load - PLEASE HELP ME! Thank You - oddball_arty_guy@...36... --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

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export dialog breakage
by bulia byak 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

Lately the export dialog got broken: you can't click on Selection, it always goes back to Custom with some wild w/h values. It's basically unusable because of this. There were no suspicious commits to export.cpp so the problem is elsewhere. I'm very busy with work right now and cannot investigate further. I would really appreciate if those who did many commits lately (especially rwst and cth103) could check if some of their changes were the reason. Thanks! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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[root@...1070...: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report]
by Bryce Harrington 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

Queue has gotten caught up. The 14 warnings have been reduced to 10. ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:21:04 -0800 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Wed Jan 4 17:03:43 2006 (Run 925) Snapshot: inkscape-20060104-0400.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 0 0 10 0 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sut-1 ?? == Errors == none == Warnings == sp-flowtext.cpp:337: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) sp-item.cpp:679: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.cpp:668) sp-shape.cpp:628: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) sp-text.cpp:497: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) dialogs/export.cpp:648: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) dialogs/export.cpp:727: warning: `sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:208) display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:87: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: invalid access to non-static data member `SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:133: warning: (perhaps the `offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) == Environment Summary == ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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Adding Buttons
by Lorenzo Luengo 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

How do I add a button to the toolbar?? I'm interested in developing measuring tools for inkscape, and for testing i need to add a button. ¿any hint? I've been looking into the sources but no idea where to add a button...

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Question for snappers
by bulia byak 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

A followup question: On 1/3/06, mental@...3... <mental@...3...> wrote: > Think "snap sensitivity", not "grid size". Will anyone object if we rename it from "snap distance" to "snap sensitivity"? Does this make sense? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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ZINK documentation removed
by Pim Snel 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hi, In the discussion about the store-as-zink-plugin I was advised to create good documentation so people know how to install and use the zink-plugin. I created a Wiki page at inkscape.org with the first documentation, but the link to the page is now removed from the frontpage in the revision: Revision 504 . . (edit) December 25, 2005 5:53 pm by pool-70-22-95-197.balt.east.verizon.net [despamming] Is it possible to have it back again. I hope to go on with the development, adding more compatibility and security and also hope the code will be added to CVS. Pim Snel

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