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Election Inkscape Board: Results
by unknown＠example.com 03 Oct '17

03 Oct '17

Dear Inkscape Developer, The election for Inkscape Board is now concluded. -- RESULTS -- * Chris Rogers (Elected) * Marc Jeanmougin (Elected) ---- Full Results: http://www.inkscape.org/en/*board/elections/board-elections-2017/

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Git version/ MacOS / Quartz: Crash when clicking to draw second element
by Friedrich Beckmann 03 Oct '17

03 Oct '17

Hi, I try to build current git master (October 3rd, 2017) version on MacOS. I used Macports (+quartz) to install all required libraries and then build with CMake. The build process works and I can install inkscape. I have El Capitan with xcode 7.3. inkscape also opens. When I click the pen tool I can draw a first line. Clicking in the draw window to start the next line will crash inkscape. The same happens when I try to draw a second elipse. I traced it with the debugger and the problem is that the current selection is cleared. The failure is here: Process 27826 stopped * thread #1: tid = 0xd6be1e, 0x0000000100d0801a libinkscape_base.dylib`Inkscape::ObjectSet::_clear(this=0x000000010c678e70) + 106 at object-set.cpp:123, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=EXC_I386_GPFLT) frame #0: 0x0000000100d0801a libinkscape_base.dylib`Inkscape::ObjectSet::_clear(this=0x000000010c678e70) + 106 at object-set.cpp:123 120 } 121 122 void ObjectSet::_clear() { -> 123 for (auto object: _container) { 124 _remove(object); 125 } 126 } (lldb) quit And the calling frames are here: (lldb) f 3 frame #3: 0x00000001006533fb libinkscape_base.dylib`Inkscape::UI::Tools::PencilTool::root_handler(this=0x0000000112bae100, event=0x000000010672f950) + 91 at pencil-tool.cpp:109 106 107 switch (event->type) { 108 case GDK_BUTTON_PRESS: -> 109 ret = this->_handleButtonPress(event->button); 110 break; 111 112 case GDK_MOTION_NOTIFY: (lldb) f 2 frame #2: 0x00000001006538de libinkscape_base.dylib`Inkscape::UI::Tools::PencilTool::_handleButtonPress(this=0x0000000112bae100, bevent=0x000000010672f950) + 1054 at pencil-tool.cpp:198 195 // This is the first click of a new curve; deselect item so that 196 // this curve is not combined with it (unless it is drawn from its 197 // anchor, which is handled by the sibling branch above) -> 198 selection->clear(); 199 desktop->messageStack()->flash(Inkscape::NORMAL_MESSAGE, _("Creating new path")); 200 m.freeSnapReturnByRef(p, Inkscape::SNAPSOURCE_NODE_HANDLE); 201 } else if (selection->singleItem() && SP_IS_PATH(selection->singleItem())) { (lldb) b pencil-tool.cpp:198 Anybody out there who sees this on MacOS with the quartz backend? Any ideas? Friedrich

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G(S)List no more
by Marc Jeanmougin 03 Oct '17

03 Oct '17

Hi all! After a work in three main phases over >2years: - merge 9b7af8caac08ad42a48214518bc004e258eb5873 (+1544,-1778 over 114 files) taking care of just the uses pertaining to the selections, - merge 50ab3a3c4215474d437f9adcc4b725bed26767d7 (+701,-884 over 60 files) taking care of many various uses, - tonight's merge of https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/86/diffs (+1041,-1612 over 90 files) taking care of the rest, I'm pleased to announce that the number of GList and GSList in the codebase is at an historical low: → GLists are still in heavy uses in libcroco and libnrtype forcing two uses in sp-style-elem.cpp (libcroco) and widgets/font-selector.cpp (libnrtype) → Three files related to actions in src/widgets/ crash when gtkmmified so they still keep GSList in "proxies = gtk_action_get_proxies( GTK_ACTION(action) );". The normal way to get rid of those would be to make a big effort of gtkkmification of the actions and make them derive from Gio::Action <https://developer.gnome.org/glibmm/unstable/classGio_1_1Action.html>. I'm not sure how to achieve that. Many of these lists were not properly g_(s)list_free'd, so I may or may not have fixed several dozens of memory leaks in the process. I've been as careful as I could, but if you detect crashes or regressions linked to this merge, please contact me on IRC or email as soon as possible so that I can investigate. Yay! -- Mc

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fw: Inkscape export error
by Maren Hachmann 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

You're welcome, Thomas. Am 02.10.2017 um 18:57 schrieb Tomax63: > I worked, thanks. > > > Am 01.10.2017 um 22:43 schrieb Maren Hachmann: >> You'd need to have Python 2.7 installed. >> >> If on Windows, you can add that during installation, it will be >> available for Inkscape only, as far as I know, and will not mess up your >> system Python version - then you don't need to do anything else. >> >> If you install the Python system-wide, or have it installed elsewhere, >> then in the preferences file, you can define which Python to use. >> In that case follow the instructions given here: >> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/215655#comment-2 >> >> Maren >> >> Am 01.10.2017 um 21:58 schrieb Shlomi Fish: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> please freaking reply to the list. See: >>> >>> * >>> http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/netiquette/email/reply-to-li… >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Shlomi >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 21:52:30 +0200 >>> From: Tomax63 <tomax63@...128...> >>> To: Shlomi Fish <shlomif@...2985...> >>> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape export error >>> >>> >>> Yes i am programming in Pythom 3. How can I solve that problem? >>> >>> >>> Am 01.10.2017 um 19:42 schrieb Shlomi Fish: >>>> Hi Thomas, >>>> >>>> On Sun, 1 Oct 2017 09:02:02 +0200 >>>> Tomax63 <tomax63@...128...> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, I receive the following message: >>>>> >>>>> File "synfig_output.py", line 396 >>>>> raise AssertionError, "Unsupported param type %s" % >>>>> (param_type) >>>>> ^ >>>>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>>>> >>>>> Whenever I try to export a file. >>>>> >>>> the problem appears to be that you are using Python 3 (which isn't yet >>>> supported) to run the python code instead of python 2. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Shlomi >>>> >>>>> Same with HP plot file >>>>> >>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>> File "plt_output.py", line 25, in <module> >>>>> from uniconv_output import run, get_command >>>>> File "D:\Program >>>>> Files\Inkscape\share\extensions\uniconv_output.py", >>>>> line 66 >>>>> except Exception, inst: >>>>> ^ >>>>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>>>> >>>>> Can you help me export to Synfig? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Thomas >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-devel mailing list >> Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > >

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Cut and paste has stopped to work between FontForge and Inkscape
by Ivan Louette 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

Copy/Cut ant paste has recently stopped to work between Inkscape Trunk ppa and FontForge on Kubuntu 16.04 I didn't use this feature for about twoo week Thanks in advance for fixing it,ivan

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Fw: Inkscape export error
by Shlomi Fish 01 Oct '17

01 Oct '17

Dear all, please freaking reply to the list. See: * http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/netiquette/email/reply-to-li… Best, Shlomi Begin forwarded message: Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 21:52:30 +0200 From: Tomax63 <tomax63@...128...> To: Shlomi Fish <shlomif@...2985...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape export error Yes i am programming in Pythom 3. How can I solve that problem? Am 01.10.2017 um 19:42 schrieb Shlomi Fish: > Hi Thomas, > > On Sun, 1 Oct 2017 09:02:02 +0200 > Tomax63 <tomax63@...128...> wrote: > >> Hello, I receive the following message: >> >> File "synfig_output.py", line 396 >> raise AssertionError, "Unsupported param type %s" % (param_type) >> ^ >> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >> >> Whenever I try to export a file. >> > the problem appears to be that you are using Python 3 (which isn't yet > supported) to run the python code instead of python 2. > > Regards, > > Shlomi > >> Same with HP plot file >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "plt_output.py", line 25, in <module> >> from uniconv_output import run, get_command >> File "D:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions\uniconv_output.py", >> line 66 >> except Exception, inst: >> ^ >> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >> >> Can you help me export to Synfig? >> >> Thanks >> >> Thomas >> >> > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ https://is.gd/MQHVF3 - The Atom Text Editors edits a 2,000,001b file Electrical Engineering studies. In the Technion. Been there. Done that. Forgot a lot. Remember too much. — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour.html Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .

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Inkscape export error
by Tomax63 01 Oct '17

01 Oct '17

Hello, I receive the following message: File "synfig_output.py", line 396 raise AssertionError, "Unsupported param type %s" % (param_type) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Whenever I try to export a file. Same with HP plot file Traceback (most recent call last): File "plt_output.py", line 25, in <module> from uniconv_output import run, get_command File "D:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions\uniconv_output.py", line 66 except Exception, inst: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Can you help me export to Synfig? Thanks Thomas

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Bleed options
by imagen imperio 30 Sep '17

30 Sep '17

Hi everybody, Recently i start to have a lot of work with a big variety of sizes, for evrything materials, but this is not the heavy work the mostly is be adding an image as background and bleed, this is necesary after the print proccess to give a good finished to art. At the end you have to cut this bleed to have the real size, for example: A letter size art with the bleed could has 8.75 x 11.25 inches after the cut have to be exactly 8.5 x 11 inch. Have you ever considered add this necesary option? i know that people can export to png and choose if you want to export the page or the total image, with the total image you can solve the problem because de background is bigger than the area but png is nos a good format for offset print process, so after export the png you have to do other steps for this art works in offset printers. Thanks for your attention to this question. -- José Quintanilla Ramírez Graphic Designer

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
by Eduard Braun 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

For what it's worth I also prefer a px-based default template. * For digital art it makes the most sense as Tyler noted. * For stuff that's intended to be used "on paper" it does not break anything and can in fact even avoid incompatibilities due to the viewbox scaling. Also it feels more natural to make a line 1or 2 px wide (which are useful widths for me in everyday use) instead of fiddling with fractional millimeters. If I need mm-based sizes I can also still use them where necessary. On a related note I'm not even sure our default size of A4 is overly useful. I've yet to create content in Inkscape that would need an A4 size... For me it's either digital artwork which has some even pixel size or I'm creating graphics that are put on A4 paper and therefore need to be smaller anyway (e.g. ~ 8cm wide to fill one column). So, while we need some default (which might just as well be A4) I don't think we should assume users actually create A4 content and base our decision on that. Regards, Eduard Am 20.09.2017 um 16:00 schrieb Tyler Durden: > I see no downside to having all releases/localizations use px as > display units and scale=1. > > AFAICT, it breaks nothing, which cannot be said for other current > defaults. Everything works and no gymnastics trying to explain units > and scale to the non-technically inclined. > > Even the newest users can understand how to set the document to their > preferred display units. No need for typical users to change scale. > > Simple rationale: svg is a web format, hence default.svg units = px. > > > Thanks, > TD > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 9:47 AM, brynn <brynn@...3133... > <mailto:brynn@...3133...>> wrote: > > Oh, I didn't know about these templates! > > However, I think it's better for users to know how to use the > interface, rather than use a template which only sets up the > units, and not the page size (unless you happen to want an A4 page). > > I'm not clear what you mean by this: > > The one thing you cannot do, however, is modify the document > units after > > Inkscape has opened the startup file. > > If you know how to change the units (as I've just learned how to > do it correctly) can't they be changed? Or do you mean that the > user would have to save a new template if they change the units? > > I'm just writing the new FAQ item right now, so I'll include this > info about the templates too. But need to understand that last > statement (above). > > Thanks Alvin :-) > > -----Original Message----- From: alvinpenner > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6:29 AM > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units > > It may be worth mentioning that you can choose the document units > that you > prefer when you start up Inkscape. If you use the startup template > file > C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\share\templates\default.svg (which > is the > default), then you will find that the document units are mm. You > can confirm > this by drawing a rectangle that has the width of the full page > and then > using the XML editor to confirm that the width has been expressed > in mm. A > typical example would be > > <rect > style="..." > id="rect10" > width="210.91072" (should be 210, my hand was shaky) > height="88.446426" > x="0" > y="0.66666663" /> > > If you prefer to use px as the document units, then use the > template file > C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\share\templates\default_px.svg. In > this case > if you draw a rectangle that has the full width of an A4 page you > will get: > > <rect > style="..." > id="rect18" > width="797.14288" (should be 793.7007, which is 210mm > expressed in > px) > height="357.14285" > x="0" > y="2.519685" /> > > If you prefer to use pt as document units, then use the template file > default_pt.svg > > If you want to permanently modify the startup units, then copy a > file like > default_pt.svg to overwrite the file default.svg. (after first > making a > backup, just in case.) > > The one thing you cannot do, however, is modify the document units > after > Inkscape has opened the startup file. > > hth, > Alvin > > > > > -- > Sent from: > http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Inkscape-User-f2857977.html > <http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Inkscape-User-f2857977.html> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
by brynn 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Here's the new FAQ. If I've made any mistakes, or left something out, or some language can be improved, please let me know. Or if you have the right access, please feel free to change it yourself. https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/?edit_off=true#how-change-display-units-v… If anyone is interested in writing a more detailed and technical explanation of all this, in the wiki, we can link to it from the faq. (Or if there already is one, please give me the address and I'll make the link. Thank you very much! brynn -----Original Message----- From: Marc Jeanmougin Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 2:52 AM To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units Hi, On 09/18/2017 03:19 AM, brynn wrote: > So when someone needs to change the Display units, so that their drawing > is as close to real world size as possible, do this: > > 1 -- set the desired Page Size and units (this sets the viewBox, right?) > 2 -- temporarily change Display units to px > 3 -- change the Scale to 1 > 4 -- change the Display units to the desired unit > 5 -- the Scale will automatically change to the appropriate value > 6 -- leave everything else alone Yes > > If that's correct then > > 1 -- I'll make a new FAQ item for it (if no objections) - perhaps link > to Marc's article about it - or is there a wiki page for it? > 2 -- I'm really thinking Inkscape needs to do all that internally. I > think users should be able to simply select the unit they want, the page > size they want, and Inkscape does the rest. May I make the bug/feature > report, or is it already planned or requested? > > If that's not correct, please tell me where I'm going wrong. We also can control the "scale" because, whether it is practical or not, the current behavior of the "default mm" template is that a unitless value in the document (like width="5"), like inkscape sets by default, is in millimeters to be able to "see" it in the xml. (Which also means that width="5mm" will NOT be 5mm) > Oh, one last question. > >> If you only measure > your stuff with the display units (and do not use units in the code, it > should not matter (tools "should" take the scale into account, and if > some do not it's an bug > > Do you mean to say that it's possible some tools are not respecting the > Scale? Or is that more of a theory. Technically possible, especially with extensions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Candidates Needed
by Martin Owens 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Dear Developers, There are 4 potential candidates that have yet to accept (or reject) their invitation. If no other candidates step forward today, then the voting process at 3am UTC will be automatic and the two candidates we have will be automatically selected without a vote. Thanks for everyone's attention. Best Regards, Martin Owens 2017 Election Officer

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-docs] UX team?
by brynn 24 Sep '17

24 Sep '17

Oh! (Copying over to dev and user lists.) There are so very many people interested in working on the UX (I seem to recall several people had been signed up -- it's hard to believe not one of them would volunteer for this simple task. If "the team's business" means writing the intro, Team Details and Charter, I can do that. What other business might there be? (Even though I'm leading the Moderators Team, I suspect the "business" is probably different.) If it requires a lot of work, let's put it up on the To-Do List page, to try to recruit someone. But what kind of business is it? Thanks, brynn -----Original Message----- From: Martin Owens Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 7:25 AM To: brynn ; Inkscape-Docs Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] UX team? On Wed, 2017-09-20 at 06:42 -0600, brynn wrote: > Hi Friends, > I just noticed there is no UX team showing on the Teams page > (https://inkscape.org/en/teams/). I could have sworn I saw one > there, not too > long ago (couple of months maybe). I think it had several members. > > What happened with that? The UI team is currently hidden as it's TODO introduction and lack of leadership made it hard to justify keeping it visible. So what it needs is someone with a passion, preferably a UX person, who can say that even if it's just a team of one, that they will handle the team's business. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Style dialog
by Jabier Arraiza 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Hi. Im using style dialog, and couldent change inline atributes and inside SVG style defined css selectors. First one only allow delete atributes and second one only alow add atribute but couldent add value. Im in Inkscape 0.92+devel (a113f4663e, 2017-09-05). Im thinking on move part of the "Meassure Segment" code to be handled by CSS Style Dialog. All the best, Jabier.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
by Tyler Durden 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Greetings all, A universal default.svg with units px and scale=1 provides a simple single solution to a number of issues: - Resolves broken extensions and features like symbols and outset/inset, etc. - No need for users to consider scale, they just set the display units and work. - No need to tailor localizations with in/96, mm/3.77953. - Fewer bug reports for scale and localization issues. - Neophytes are less likely to abandon Inkscape as confusing or complicated. That's a lot of benefit, for what could be relatively little effort. Like with any graphics or CAD application, users should be familiar with setting document units when starting to work. This is the most basic of best-practices. Even making a template is not difficult, but a button/tool to save the current document as a template would be very handy. Regards, TD

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
by brynn 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Oh, I didn't know about these templates! However, I think it's better for users to know how to use the interface, rather than use a template which only sets up the units, and not the page size (unless you happen to want an A4 page). I'm not clear what you mean by this: > The one thing you cannot do, however, is modify the document units after Inkscape has opened the startup file. If you know how to change the units (as I've just learned how to do it correctly) can't they be changed? Or do you mean that the user would have to save a new template if they change the units? I'm just writing the new FAQ item right now, so I'll include this info about the templates too. But need to understand that last statement (above). Thanks Alvin :-) -----Original Message----- From: alvinpenner Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6:29 AM To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units It may be worth mentioning that you can choose the document units that you prefer when you start up Inkscape. If you use the startup template file C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\share\templates\default.svg (which is the default), then you will find that the document units are mm. You can confirm this by drawing a rectangle that has the width of the full page and then using the XML editor to confirm that the width has been expressed in mm. A typical example would be <rect style="..." id="rect10" width="210.91072" (should be 210, my hand was shaky) height="88.446426" x="0" y="0.66666663" /> If you prefer to use px as the document units, then use the template file C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\share\templates\default_px.svg. In this case if you draw a rectangle that has the full width of an A4 page you will get: <rect style="..." id="rect18" width="797.14288" (should be 793.7007, which is 210mm expressed in px) height="357.14285" x="0" y="2.519685" /> If you prefer to use pt as document units, then use the template file default_pt.svg If you want to permanently modify the startup units, then copy a file like default_pt.svg to overwrite the file default.svg. (after first making a backup, just in case.) The one thing you cannot do, however, is modify the document units after Inkscape has opened the startup file. hth, Alvin -- Sent from: http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Inkscape-User-f2857977.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
by brynn 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Oh, well if that's the only reason, I would suggest going back to px for the native user units! It looks to this non-tech-oriented user like using mm for the native units is making these things much more complicated (not to mention confusing) than they really need to be. Is there any reason why I can't make a feature request in LP, to revert to px? Like is there some other reason for the change, or we're already planning to revert, or ??? I know it might or might not happen. But really, just to make the default doc match one single template -- this really is imposing a great deal of confusion for many users! Thanks again for taking the time to explain all this! brynn -----Original Message----- From: Marc Jeanmougin Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 2:56 AM To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units On 09/20/2017 05:22 AM, brynn wrote: > 1 -- I would also like to see the display unit set for px by default. > But as far as I understand, Inkscape is now recognizing mm as the > default unit. I'm not sure why, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had > something to do with SVG standards. Nothing. I think it's because the default template is A4 so it sort of made sense to use millimeters since A4 is defined as 210x297 mm² -- Mc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Blur branch
by Yale Zhang 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Vlada, good to hear from you again. It's very unfortunate I didn't do more to get my vectorized blur code merged especially when it was 99% done. It was reviewed and the main complaint was it didn't compile for i686. That could've been done easily, but there was another problem I realized which was how to handle vector remainders without reading past the end of an array, which could cause a crash (but with low probability). Let me wrap this up over the next few weeks if my schedule permits. Jabier, are you talking about my branch https://code.launchpad.net/~simdgenius/inkscape/inkscape or another one. There was a proposal a long time ago about approximating blur as 3 sequential box filters. You can still do that, but you would still need a version with higher accuracy for the best rendering mode. -Yale On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Jabier Arraiza <jabier.arraiza@...2893...> wrote: > Hi Vlada. > > Thanks for the reply, Please could you upload the patches to gitlab to > be sure the code not be lost? And maybe reviewed and applyed for a > enought quelified dev. > > All the best, Jabier. > > > > > On Mon, 2017-09-18 at 20:50 +0200, Vladimir Savic wrote: >> Hi Jabier! >> >> Unfortunately, those patches got lost along the way. I still have >> them somewhere on my computer, but I doubt it will apply to trunk >> cleanly. >> >> Shame that no one from the core team gave it a chance. It was a major >> improvement. I know that Yale (that is the name of developer, if I >> recall correctly) continued working on even faster rendering - >> something about multithreaded redrawing of canvas. On my intel i7 >> 6700 it was enormous improvement. I doubt that it will do anything >> for people with one or two processor cores, though. >> >> Regards, >> Vlada >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Jabier Arraiza <jabier.arraiza@...3065... >> er.es> wrote: >> > Hi all. I want to know the status of the blur branch, I think it >> > introduce a great improvement but need to be tested well so the >> > faster >> > is landed in trunk the better. >> > >> > I don`t undertand his changes, also dont remember the branch >> > location, >> > recently cleanup my mailbox..., I remember Tav made some comments >> > to it >> > to be done. >> > >> > Cheers, Jabier. >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ------------- >> > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Inkscape-devel mailing list >> > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >> > >> >>

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Breakage with glibmm [Build #13381797] i386 build of inkscape-trunk 1:0.92.0+devel+16029+91~ubuntu17.10.1 in ubuntu artful RELEASE [~inkscape.dev/ubuntu/trunk]
by Bryce Harrington 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Could someone investigate this? The PPA builds started breaking a few days ago. Not sure why, but I note glibmm mentioned prominently in the error messages. ----- Forwarded message from Launchpad Buildd System <noreply@...1881...> ----- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:45:31 -0000 From: Launchpad Buildd System <noreply@...1881...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...> Subject: [Build #13381797] i386 build of inkscape-trunk 1:0.92.0+devel+16029+91~ubuntu17.10.1 in ubuntu artful RELEASE [~inkscape.dev/ubuntu/trunk] Reply-To: Launchpad Buildd System <noreply@...1881...> * Source Package: inkscape-trunk * Version: 1:0.92.0+devel+16029+91~ubuntu17.10.1 * Architecture: i386 * Archive: ~inkscape.dev/ubuntu/trunk * Component: main * State: Failed to build * Duration: 6 minutes * Build Log: https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/+archive/ubuntu/trunk/+build/13381797/+… * Builder: https://launchpad.net/builders/lgw01-amd64-056 * Source: not available If you want further information about this situation, feel free to contact a member of the Launchpad Buildd Administrators team. -- i386 build of inkscape-trunk 1:0.92.0+devel+16029+91~ubuntu17.10.1 in ubuntu artful RELEASE https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/+archive/ubuntu/trunk/+build/13381797 You are receiving this email because your team Inkscape Developers is the owner of this archive. ----- End forwarded message -----

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Generic Auto Updater for Inkscape on Windows
by Victor Westmann 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if this is interesting for Inkscape project on Windows platform. The website of the project is here: http://wingup.org Text extracted from the homepage of GUP: "WinGUp is a Generic Updater running under Windows environment. The aim of WinGUp is to provide a ready to use and configurable updater which downloads a update package then installs it. By using cURL library and TinyXml module, GUP is capable to deal with http protocol and process XML data. Originally WinGUp was made for the need of Notepad++ (a generic source code editor under MS Windows). During its conception, the idea came up in my mind : if it can fit Notepad++, it can fit for any Windows program. So here it is, with LGPL license to have no (almost not) restriction for integration in any project. Being LGPLed, WinGUp can be integrated in both commercial (or close source) and open source project. So if you run a commercial or open a source project under MS Windows and you release your program at regular intervals, then you may need WinGUp to notice your users the new update." I find it very convenient to be able to update notepad++ by clickinh on "?" > "Update Notepad++". I am aware that in Linux and MacOS environments updates are a more automated task and usually happen in the shell or CLI side of things... but I would just like to suggest this and collect the feedback on the possibility of this feature. Thanks everyone and have a great day! --Victor Westmann

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
by brynn 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Sorry for the delay. I think I'm getting it :-) Now, more or less understanding "user units", I'm back at #3 of your first reply. And here in the middle of that paragraph....I think....is the answer I need. > (temporarily set display unit to px, set scale to 1, put display unit back to whatever you need), So when someone needs to change the Display units, so that their drawing is as close to real world size as possible, do this: 1 -- set the desired Page Size and units (this sets the viewBox, right?) 2 -- temporarily change Display units to px 3 -- change the Scale to 1 4 -- change the Display units to the desired unit 5 -- the Scale will automatically change to the appropriate value 6 -- leave everything else alone If that's correct then 1 -- I'll make a new FAQ item for it (if no objections) - perhaps link to Marc's article about it - or is there a wiki page for it? 2 -- I'm really thinking Inkscape needs to do all that internally. I think users should be able to simply select the unit they want, the page size they want, and Inkscape does the rest. May I make the bug/feature report, or is it already planned or requested? If that's not correct, please tell me where I'm going wrong. Oh, one last question. > If you only measure your stuff with the display units (and do not use units in the code, it should not matter (tools "should" take the scale into account, and if some do not it's an bug Do you mean to say that it's possible some tools are not respecting the Scale? Or is that more of a theory. Thanks again, brynn -----Original Message----- From: Marc Jeanmougin Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 2:22 AM To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units On 09/15/2017 10:00 AM, brynn wrote: > What is a "user unit" and what do you mean by "outside coordinate > system"? Please don't explain anything below that unless you can't > explain "user unit" and "outside coordinate system" otherwise. > Hopefully once I understand those 2 things, the rest will make sense. > But I need to go one step at a time. The "outside coordinate system" is just the length of things upon displaying the file, assuming one respects the given "Size" of the document. "Inside" the file, everything is measured with the "inside" coordinate system. This system's unit is the abstract "user unit": your document may have a rectangle measuring 2 user unit wide and 5 user units tall, and you can tell (in the viewBox) that your complete document is the area between the point of coord (0,0) and the point of coord (20,50), in user units. They're abstract units, like when you do basic geometry in mathematics, without units; only meaning here that 2 user units wide is 10% of the document's width and 5user unit tall is 10% of the document's height. Only the additional data of the "Size" can tell you what the total height is in the "outside world", hence what 10% of it (== my 5uu of height) are worth. Now, the units *inside* the file (like the "cm" in my post-scriptum) are only shortcuts for given, fixed, multiples of the user unit (by definition, "px" is the name of that user unit and "in" is the name given to 96 user units), but if you do not set "1 user unit is one outside-world-pixel", they're not worth what they seem. -- Mc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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pressure sensitivity for Pencil tool using powerstroke?
by brynn 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Hi Friends, Someone has recently posted on a forum, asking for a tool which combines pressure sensitivity of Calligraphy, freehand, powerstroke, and simplify, all in one tool. I explained we have something pretty close to that with Pencil, Triangle In/Out, with Simplify option. But it made me start to wonder. The Calligraphy tool must have been chosen for pressure sensitivity, at least in part because it can achieve variable width. Well now that we have powerstroke, I wonder if it would it be possible to give pressure sensitivity to the Pencil tool, using powerstroke? Probably a wild thought. But can't hurt to ask. Just asking if that, or something like it would be possible. Thanks, brynn

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Election Inkscape Board: Nominations
by unknown＠example.com 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Dear Inkscape Developer, There is a new election underway to elect 2 new members to Inkscape Board, you have 6 days (Sept. 23, 2017) to invite members of the community to stand for the election. ---- With Krzysztof Kosiński and Jon Cruz stepping down from the Inkscape board, it's time to elect two new replacements for our board. The board is the governing body for Inkscape in its non-profit home, the Software Freedom Conservancy and looks after the project's financial and legal decisions in partnership with the conservancy. ---- You must be a member of the team on the website in order to vote or invite candidates to stand. You must make sure that your team membership status is settled before the vote opens in order for your ballot to be created in time. Send invitation: http://www.inkscape.org/en/*board/elections/board-elections-2017/

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Deactivate scaling of imported bitmaps
by Lino Milkau 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Hello, I have an svg layer with certain width and height. When I import an image, I want to be able to rotate it and mirror it, but I want the resizing function disabled. Is this possible to hard code this? If so, how? Kind Regards Lino Milkau

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Mailing List logs
by Martin Owens 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Dear Developers, Since 11th July sourceforge has changed the way they're giving us access to our mailing list log. It used to contain the full email mbox for all the messages sent to the system. Now they are giving us smaller, stripped mbox files that aren't as complete. I believe all messages are there, but headers are modified and email addresses are changed to bryce@...3609... etc. We've been collecting our mailing list records ever since we started planning moving our mailing lists away from sourceforce. When it comes to do the import into the new mailman, I'm going to try and retain as much of the old messages as possible and then add on the stripped messages since then, but it would be nice to have the full log. If anyone has a complete record of inkscape messages, please let me know. (also double cool if we have pre-sourceforce records, but no worries if they're lost to time) Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
by brynn 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

Thanks, Maren. I will try to find some time to read those. But I was really hoping for a shorter answer. It's not that I mind learning new things. But if it takes that much reading to understand a program's feature, then I think the feature needs to be redesigned, so that users are eased into it. (Original message posted to User list, but now copying to the devel list) If this would help for developers or advanced users know how to answer, here is the basic question. How to change the display units, so that the file is using those units, and so that the drawing is as close to the real life units as the user's screen resolution permits (like for printing or cutting). Also, an issue was raised in a forum, that symbols and some extensions don't work properly if the scale is not set a certain way. ("don't work properly" means that the resulting sizes aren't correct.) In this case, I mean for a new drawing in the current version of Inkscape (not opening a file which was started in an earlier version). Thanks again, brynn -----Original Message----- From: Maren Hachmann Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 3:49 PM To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units Suggested reading: https://www.patreon.com/posts/units-part-i-13563546 https://www.patreon.com/posts/units-part-ii-13566508 https://www.patreon.com/posts/units-part-iii-13741251 https://www.patreon.com/posts/units-part-iv-13993147 (Articles written by Marc Jeanmougin, for his patrons on Patreon and for the whole Inkscape community) Maren Am 14.09.2017 um 23:11 schrieb brynn: > Hi Friends, > Sending up a signal flare from the not-so-technially-inclined > user community. Please either explain the Scale setting and how users > can easily change the Display units; or fix the UX so we can use it. > > Thank you so very much, > brynn > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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