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Inkboard linking/dependencies
by Montgomery, Steven S 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

Where/how do you set dependencies in the Inkscape makefile setup? When integrating this new code(which is of course in it's own file) to be called from a dialog, we're having issues with linking. It finds the function definition, but then gives the following error: dialogs/libspdialogs.a(inkboard-connect.o)(.text+0xa91): In function `sp_inkboardConnect_dialog_inkboardConnect(_GObject*, _GObject*)': dialogs/inkboard-connect.cpp:226: undefined reference to `connect_and_auth(char*, char*, char*)' connect_and_auth is defined in src/inkboard.cpp and is called from src/dialogs/inkboard-connect.cpp when the user clicks a button on the new dialog. I ran mkfiles.pl and mkdep.pl. Make.dep lists inkboard-connect.o being dependent on inkboard.h, but it's not picking up the function definition. We appreciate any help/direction on this. Thanks, Steven

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Memory leak with pango_layout_new()
by Bryce Harrington 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

If anyone is investigating memory leaks, this issue may be worth looking into: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-app-devel-list/2004-September/msg00150.h… We use pango_layout_new() in the ruler.cpp code and the font-selector.cpp code via libnrtype/TextWrapper.cpp, so if the above leak is valid, it may be affecting the inkscape codebase as well. Bryce

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critical bugs
by bulia byak 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

Here's my take on which bugs we must/should/ought to (try to) fix for the release, some of them because they're bad, some because they're relatively easy to fix or maybe already fixed. Those on Windows are marked correspondingly. Can everyone please go through the list and see if you can reproduce/add more details/report status/fix it/whatever? Help from Windows folks is especially appreciated. WIN 1069560 - annoying and pretty frequent, does anyone has an idea of what's happening there? 1108667 & 1086769 - may be the same bug but may be not, I cannot check because I don't have these input methods installed 1107922 - may be fixed by now, but I never could reproduce it anyway WIN 1107305 - something's wrong with Windows paths after Kees changed them. Need more details. 1102678 - need to force libxml to load external DTD (OK, I'll look at it once more, now that I have a newer libxml) WIN 1095300 - need more info from windows folks, is it still there? 1093060 - an easy-to-run-into freeze, I upped priority to 9, must be fixed (Mental?) WIN 1050361 - still can't open svgz on windows (again!)? It used to work, does anyone know what happened? 1055034 - do we now check for correct versions of libsigc? Can this be closed? WIN 1070816 - I guess there's no progress on this one. Looks like we'll have to release with it again. WIN 1073459 - This one frustrates me. It may be fixed but we can't figure out for sure yet. I asked about it before but got no definitive answer. Those who builds on Windows: Please check which version of libgc (boehm) you are using. If it is 6.4 AND you use latest CVS, see if you can reproduce this bug. If it's not 6.4, ask the person you got it from (Ishmal?) for this version. PLEASE LET'S CLOSE THIS ONE. It alone is worth a release. WIN 1076627 - Jon Cruz is working on that, is there chance it will be fixed? WIN 1068818 & 959352 - this may be the same bug or may be not.

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list of updated translations
by Arpad Biro 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

Hi, > Also, Arpad, can you give us a list of the translations that were > updated from 0.40 to 0.41? Translations updated on/after 2004.11.29: ca Catalan de German es Spanish fr French hu Hungarian it Italian nn Norwegian Nynorsk sl Slovenian uk Ukrainian Arpad Biro __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Updated spanish translation
by Lucas Vieites 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

Hi, even though I'm waitng for an answer on Arpad's question in hs message "typos and a translation question" I'm sending an updated spanish po. Cheers, -- Lucas Vieites Fariña Dept. Desarrollo <lucas@...212...> Asix Informática <http://www.asixinformatica.com/> Tel/Fax: +34 986 54 26 98

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DTD loading problems
by bulia byak 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

Trying to fix the loading of documents that do not contain xlink namespace declaration but instead rely on external DTD subset to supply it (bugs 1042161 and 1102678), I replaced the xmlParseFile call to the newer xmlReadFile call with these options: doc = xmlReadFile (localFilename, NULL, XML_PARSE_RECOVER | XML_PARSE_NOENT | XML_PARSE_DTDLOAD) in sp_repr_read_file. This fixed the namespace bug. However this resulted in loading the external DTD across the network for ALL regular Inkscape files too! This is because all our files contain <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd"> which is really not necessary at all and even non-compliant (because with our extension elements, we will likely fail validation with that DTD). However that DTD reference is being inserted since Sodipodi times and is now in all old files. And this means that these files will now have a delay on load while libxml fetches the DTD from the net, and will generate an error if you try to load them while network is not available. So, I did not commit this change, and I'm really not sure what to do about it. Should we try to supply our own catalog to the parser, which would force it to use a local copy of the DTD (which we also must therefore supply)? This sounds like a lot of hassle. Or just forbid the parser to access the net and suppress the error (this is possible)? But then the xlink namespace bugs will remain unfixed. And can/should we, at least, stop inserting the DOCTYPE in the files we create? It really serves no useful purpose, IMHO.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Gradient Editor design and Macromedia Freehand
by Jon Phillips 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

Jonathan Leighton wrote: > Hi Jon, > > I posted to the list saying I could do this also, but it doesn't seem to > have showed up yet (it's annoying how slow they are!). Anyway, I'm not > bothered either way, but I wanted to make sure we don't both do the same > thing and waste our time! Let me know whether you're going to do this, > or would like me to. As I say, it doesn't matter which. Why don't you go ahead and do -- it is a simple, but helpful task. You can see an example of what I did previously here: http://rejon.org/projects/inkscape/reference/ I took screenshots of gimp and adobe illustrator for ref. Jon > > Jon Phillips wrote: > >> Bryce Harrington wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Jozsef Mak wrote: >>> >>>> Among all the programs I�ve ever used, Freehand has the best >>>> implementation of gradients and color management; plus the finest >>>> interface. >>>> >>>> From the gradient options you can chose Linear, Radial, Logarithmic, >>>> Contour and Cone. You can further modify each of these by applying >>>> Normal, Repeat, Reflect and Auto size modifiers to the gradient >>>> styles. In addition, the gradients allow you to interactively modify >>>> the style within the object using small handles. With this you can >>>> create a great variety of patterns including abstract ones and also >>>> 3D effects. (Freehand also has a sophisticated 3D tool, as well, >>>> which is similar to Corel�s but more advanced). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From the above it sounds like Freehand should be analyzed for ideas on >>> redesigning the Gradient Editor. >>> >>> Does anyone happen to have a copy of this, that they could make some >>> screenshots or elaborate on Jozsef's comments above? >>> >> >> I have a copy of MX. I will take some screenshots and post them on my >> site like I did for illustrator. I'm taking requests.... >> >> Jon >> >> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting >>> Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time >>> by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. >>> Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Inkscape-user mailing list >>> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- Jon Phillips USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) CVS Book (http://cvsbook.ucsd.edu) Scale Journal (http://scale.ucsd.edu)

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(no subject)
by unknown＠example.com 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

Hi, <snip> > Ha, I use 6.4, which may be why I didn't see it taking more than 2 > minutes. Please compile 6.4 and see if it fixes it for you. This will > be an important result if it does. > > Just tried CVS with your fix, it does improve the load time but not by > much (was 1:50, now 1:39). I just upgraded to boehm-gc 6.4 - and now the file loads in about 35s. Moreover, I can see the whole file unlike in the other programs I've tried. I'll also try to upgrade to the CVS version when it appears in a snapshot (I don't think it's there yet?) Thanks, gav. -- Gavin Band <gavinband@...663...> ___________________________________________________________ Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005. Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/ Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/

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Gradient Editor design and Macromedia Freehand
by Bryce Harrington 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Jozsef Mak wrote: > Among all the > programs I�ve ever used, Freehand has the best implementation of gradients > and color management; plus the finest interface. > > From the gradient options you can chose Linear, Radial, Logarithmic, Contour > and Cone. You can further modify each of these by applying Normal, Repeat, > Reflect and Auto size modifiers to the gradient styles. In addition, the > gradients allow you to interactively modify the style within the object > using small handles. With this you can create a great variety of patterns > including abstract ones and also 3D effects. (Freehand also has a > sophisticated 3D tool, as well, which is similar to Corel�s but more > advanced). >From the above it sounds like Freehand should be analyzed for ideas on redesigning the Gradient Editor. Does anyone happen to have a copy of this, that they could make some screenshots or elaborate on Jozsef's comments above? Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-user] new screenshot
by bulia byak 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:35:55 +1000, Adam Pearson <addon@...666...> wrote: > Is this one of any interest to you? I am really a beginner with Inkscape > and have set out to learn how to do drawings like the attached. 8-) Sorry for not responding before. Ideally, a screenshot must be both: (1) visually stunning and (2) demonstrating some new feature for the release. Yours is nice visually (is it your artwork?) but I'd like it to show not just the layer menu but the newest layer menu which would show some of the layers grayed out (hidden) and some in [] (locked). Can you please do that? Best of all in 1280x1024 resolution which is what other screenshots use, but this is not necessary. And a request for everyone: One feature we really need showcased for 0.41 is the color tracing. Can someone please do it? Ideally it would show several trace modes, different number of colors, etc., with brief captions as on this one: http://inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.40-CVS-linux-trace.png Make sure the original photo is free to reproduce.

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HIG - Access keys in dialogs
by Bryce Harrington 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

Jizzbug, In reading the HIG I notice it specifies that labeled widgets in dialogs must have access keys in their labels. See for example, http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/images/controls-spin-box.png http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/images/controls-text.png In each, the first letter of the widget is underlined to provide use of access keys. To my knowledge, this has not been done for any of the Inkscape dialogs so far, but it seems like a good usability enhancement. Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re: [Inkscape-user] loading large files
by unknown＠example.com 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

Hi, Thanks very much for looking into this further. I re-emerged inkscape and tried loading the file again but, I'm afraid, gave up after 12 minutes or so. <snip> > > Your file did eventually load, although I think it may have taken as > > > much as half an hour to do so on my machine. > > > > Wow, it was under 2 minutes on mine :) (I'm speaking about > > 1236745up.svg, is this what you tried?) > > Yep. I was also starting to swap a bit towards the end, which may have > contributed. > > Mine didn't get to the point of swapping, instead (watching top) I see that it rapidly uses up 55.5% or so of memory and then stops using any more (at least until I killed it). What machines you are running on? Mine is a 1700MHz Pentium M, 512Mb ram. <snip> > > Just FYI, Batik ran out of memory on that document, and Adobe never > > loaded it either (maybe it would if I waited long enough, but I doubt > > that). So Inkscape was the only software capable of loading and even > > editing it. > > Yes, Batik failed for me as well. I didn't have Adobe handy. > > w.r.t singly-linked-lists, does Sodipodi store these structures differently? Sodipodi opens this file in about 30 seconds on my machine. However, both sodipodi and my colleague's copy of Adobe, which also loads the file, seem to chop off the image (which is very wide) at its left and right extents - so perhaps they don't really load the whole file. Perhaps I'm just asking too much & should make my files smaller? Thanks again, gav. P.S. Incidentally, Adobe has a nice feature - a progress bar while it's loading... ___________________________________________________________ Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005. Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/ Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/

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Re: Bug Status for 0.41 -- 1/26
by Bryce Harrington 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Thanks go both to Arpad for organizing translators, and to Josh for bringing the AUTHORS file up to date. Now is also a good time to take a look at the tutorials and man page for any updates needed. Browsing through the crit-9 bugs, none look to me to be show stoppers. Number 1107922 looks like it could be bad if anyone can replicate it. Does anyone else see any particular ones that they think must be fixed before the release? Bug ID# PRI Owner Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1108620 9 joncruz Drag and drop case sensitive 1107775 3 pjrm wrong paper sizes 1105787 9 johncl Installation problem: libatk-1.0-0.dll not found 990677 6 ted readme needed for extensions 1107562 9 bulia Node Align Crash 1101210 3 bulia CVS: Flowtext not working 1103001 3 ted Grid is shown non-uniform 1102318 9 kees Crash on "save as" 1104741 6 bulia Printout 25% too large 1105352 6 pjrm Markers are not shown in Plain-SVG-Export 1075860 9 pjrm WIN: assert when doing stamping during move 1080252 9 bryce crash on intersectiion 1068116 6 mental complie error in gc.cpp with inkscape-20041116 1076872 6 kees ngettext isn't used 933461 6 kees Win32 Install Directories 1068299 6 kees Build failure on mips(el) 1100675 6 mental svg tag requires xmlns attribute in CVS2005-01-10 1097652 9 pjrm crash on whitespace property value ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Current: 120 Goal: 150 Feature Freeze - Jan 26 Hard Freeze - Feb 1 Release - Feb 5-6 Bryce On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Okay, since there were no comments to the contrary, I suppose it's safe > to assume this proposal is acceptable to everyone. If not, lemme know. > We'll shoot for 150 points for low/med/high (3/6/9 pts) that are closed > as FIXED (i.e., no points for dups, won't fix, invalid, etc.) and that > are confirmed as present in 0.40 or in CVS. > > Bryce ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Feature Freeze for 0.41
by Bryce Harrington 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Hi all, We will be entering feature freeze mode today, Jan 26th, as mentioned in the bug status message on 1/24, unless anyone has any objections. At this point, changes to the codebase should be restricted to bugfixing activity. If you have feature work still needing wrapped up, please try to do so today. For the next couple of weeks, if you wish to continue to do development work while the release is coming together, you're encouraged to do so on a branch or in the experimental module. See Wiki for details. Around Feb 1st, we'll switch to a hard freeze mode. At this point the focus will narrow to showstopper and packaging bugs. We'll be putting out release candidates at this point for folks to test out. The final release will probably come a few days after the hard freeze, assuming everything goes well. Thanks, Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Re: Inkscape-user digest, Vol 1 #238 - 1 msg
by Bryce Harrington 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Hi Lee, How's it going? Are you still having compile errors? We're closing in on a 0.41 release within a couple weeks, and I hope we've gotten your compile troubles squared away (or can do so easily if not). Thanks, Bryce On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Lee McLain wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have been trying to compile Inkscape .40rc3 for about a week now > with no luck. I keep getting dependency errors. I am trying to compile > on both SuSE 9.0 and Fedora Core 3 with the same error...I am not at the > computers right now, so I can't remember the exact error. > The main problem is that I easily compiled .39 on the SuSE system, > but I don't know what I am missing with .40 and the subsequent > releases. What packages are needed when going from .39 to the future > versions? > > Thanks, > Lee > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > >

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Inkscape icons and resolution
by Ashwin Bharambe 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Hi all, This is just a random thought: is it possible for the icons to be differently stroked depending on the resolution? For example, I think many of the icons look much crisper (to me, at least) if I decrease the stroke width. However, if I go to a higher resolution display, they will perhaps look too "broken". -Ashwin

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new tips
by bulia byak 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

New sections on export slicing and radial tiling are added to the top of the tips&tricks tutorial. The radial tiling one is big, and I know I need to write a whole new tutorial on clones and tiling and move that section there, but I don't have time right now. The radial placement trick was asked by two people, however, so I thought I'd write it up.

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Question about translation
by Lucas Vieites 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Hi, Arpad warned me about the imminent 0.41 freeze, so I started updating the spanish translation. There's a new feature called "Shift" which appears in strings like: "Horizontal shift per each column (in % of tile width)" What does this exactly do? Is it a movement of the tiles? Thanks, -- Lucas Vieites Fariña Dept. Desarrollo <lucas@...212...> Asix Informática <http://www.asixinformatica.com/> Tel/Fax: +34 986 54 26 98

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Updated spanish translation
by Lucas Vieites 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Hi, I'm attaching the updated spanish translation. Should I put it in the patch tracker at sourceforge? Cheers, -- Lucas Vieites Fariña Dept. Desarrollo <lucas@...212...> Asix Informática <http://www.asixinformatica.com/> Tel/Fax: +34 986 54 26 98

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] User experience
by Pierre Boulenguez 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Pierre Boulenguez a écrit : > bulia byak a écrit : > >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:24:44 +0100, Pierre Boulenguez >> <boulenguez@...558...> wrote: >> >> >>> * geometrical constraints (draw a tangent line, a perpendicular >>> ...), Rhinoceros3d has a very good look&feel for this. >>> >> >> >> Might be nice but I don't really see how this would fit our interface. >> I don't know anything about Rhinoceros3d; can you elaborate? >> >> >> >>> * mathematical characters. For this, xfig behavior is good to me as >>> it allows to insert Latex characters computed externally. The >>> problem here is that it cannot be integrated into SVG isn't it ? >>> >> >> >> In principle it's possible to do an extension that would store LaTeX >> fragments in extension attributes, run TeX to convert them to EPS, and >> import that EPS as an object. This was discussed here some time ago. >> All we need is a programmer motivated to do that. >> >> >> >>> * a simple way to add an arc between two lines to represent angles >>> (very important :-) ). >>> >> >> >> That's easy. Draw a circle from the tip of the angle with Ctrl+Shift, >> then drag the two handles at the right side of the circle to create an >> arc. See the Shapes tutorial for more details. >> >> >> > Ok, Rhinoceros3D is a modeler as blender is, except that it has an > awesome interface. > I never experienced such a behavior on any software I ever used !! > > As on other app, each ui button match a "function" but with > Rhinoceros3D, the "function" can also be called directly via the > built in command line. Actually, first come the comand line function, > and then, a button is sometime added as a "shortcut". > > Parameter of a function can be (example) > > * a 3d point, you can input either by clicking in the 3d scene or > entering digits in the command line > * a color > * a length (1d point) > * a scene object. Here let me give you some examples : > o You want to use the "scale" function. The input are a scale > factor and an object on which you want scaling to occur. It > can be any object as scaling is available for all objects. > The operation is then to select an object (via click in > the scene or ID in the command line ) and input a "length". > o You might want to trace the bisectrice of an angle. The > inputs are then two "line" objects. > o You want to draw a tangent, one of the inputs is of type > "curve" but there are many way to position a tangent on a > curve. It then exists multiple similar "tangent" functions, > just using different parameters. > > > A "function" doesn't necessarly posess a "shortcut" button as it is > always possible to access it via the command line. > > Those who does, let's say "draw an arc", are scrolling buttons meaning > that when you click on it, you access to a list of sub-buttons as it > exists multiple "draw an arc" functions, depending on different > parameters ( as the "tangent" function does). Of course, buttons and > sub-buttons use schematic idioms to make the interface intuitive. > > > This design have multiple benefits, I just point out lightweight but > very very powerful user interface, perfect adequation to C++ and, as a > consequence, a developer friendly plug-in interface. > > To make your own opinion, you might have a look at the Rhinoceros3D SDK. > > http://www.rhino3d.com/ > > I don't know if this help, but it was my only goal. > Pierre > > PS: thank you for the tip to draw an angle :-) > > >

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inkscape_gtkmm: new dialog designs and other things
by Derek P. Moore 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Howdy, I thought I'd post about the current state of inkscape_gtkmm. Here's a screenshot I just made showing off a few things (check it out before reading on): http://thestraycat.org/~derekm/inkscape/inkscape_gtkmm.png The Trace, Transform, and About dialogs in that screenshot are using libglademm and their XML specification in share/ui/glade/dialogs.glade to do most of the work. If you'd like to help make/improve dialogs for the Gtkmm conversion effort, fetch: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/inkscape/experimental/bryce/inkscape_… I have a few different prototypes for the Trace dialog. They are: http://thestraycat.org/~derekm/inkscape/Trace.png http://thestraycat.org/~derekm/inkscape/Trace2.png http://thestraycat.org/~derekm/inkscape/Trace3.png Which one is best? I tend to think probably Trace3.png. The "Inkscape Preferences" dialog shown in the screenshot is unfinished (many of its pages are blank) and doesn't use Glade. I'm just showing it to emphasize the current state of things. Besides the dialogs shown in the screenshot, there are only a few more mostly unfinished dialogs in the inkscape_gtkmm codebase. However, empty placeholders do exist in the code for all dialogs that need to be implemented. I've been working a lot on the dialogs lately, and andreas_n has started helping out. I have a "Document Properties" dialog I'm finishing, and andreas_n has said he's starting on the "Object Properties" dialog. I've been experimenting a lot with libglademm in the dialogs, and I'm becoming rather in favor of libglademm's use in the Gtkmm-ification effort. I've been able to create dialogs much quicker and more efficiently with libglademm, it's very flexible and simple to work with (imho). JonCruz and Bryce have been doing more work on the Units subsystem. JonCruz has brought an XML format and parser (via his new SimpleSAX stuff) to Units (for loading unit definitions, ratios, etc. at runtime from XML [instead of Bryce's original flat text file]). It also looks like SimpleSAX could be used for the new preferences system that's yet to be written for the Gtkmm-ification work. Anyways, that's all I've got to report... Anybody else got anything? Derek

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] inkscape_gtkmm: new dialog designs and other things
by Bob Jamison 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

I think that this argument is moot, as I think that Derek and I have agreed on option 3. Well, Jeez.... I agree with you on most things, but I'm afraid that I must disagree on this one small thing. The different tracing algorithms need different parameters. Crowding a small set of "user friendly" params onto a mismatched set of algorithms would not work. "Single scan" and "multi scan" are artificial ideas that I made up myself to fit my 3 input filters and 2 output filters onto Potrace. They do not map to anything but my weak idea of how to wedge Potrace into Inkscape. They are all silly tricks on how to make a black & white tracer work on color bitmaps. Potrace does NOT do color. The next tracer (not Autotrace) that I have in mind works natively in colorspace, with no intermediate bitmap (thus no Preview) and works by tracing along lines of constant color slope. Bob mental@...658... wrote: >Quoting Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...>: > > > >>If multiply scanning with autotrace is possible, then there might be >>no reason to separate trace engines with tabs there. All we need is a >>switcher between engines (2 radiobuttons or a combobox). Functionality >>is in the first place, name of engine that provides it -- in the >>second ;) >> >> > >Yes. We ought to use the hierarchy dictated by the users' needs, not the >structure of the implementation. > >-mental > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >

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Re: Bug Status for 0.41 -- 1/24
by Bryce Harrington 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Now that we're in the triple digits, it is time to start wrapping up any remaining feature work currently under way. I'd like to propose the following rough timeline (exact dates may vary): Feature Freeze - Jan 26 Hard Freeze - Feb 1 Release - Feb 5 Bug ID# PRI Owner Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1105787 9 johncl Installation problem: libatk-1.0-0.dll not found 990677 6 ted readme needed for extensions 1107562 9 bulia Node Align Crash 1101210 3 bulia CVS: Flowtext not working 1103001 3 ted Grid is shown non-uniform 1102318 9 kees Crash on "save as" 1104741 6 bulia Printout 25% too large 1105352 6 pjrm Markers are not shown in Plain-SVG-Export 1075860 9 pjrm WIN: assert when doing stamping during move 1080252 9 bryce crash on intersectiion 1068116 6 mental complie error in gc.cpp with inkscape-20041116 1076872 6 kees ngettext isn't used 933461 6 kees Win32 Install Directories 1068299 6 kees Build failure on mips(el) 1100675 6 mental svg tag requires xmlns attribute in CVS2005-01-10 1097652 9 pjrm crash on whitespace property value ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Current: 108 Goal: 150 On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Okay, since there were no comments to the contrary, I suppose it's safe > to assume this proposal is acceptable to everyone. If not, lemme know. > We'll shoot for 150 points for low/med/high (3/6/9 pts) that are closed > as FIXED (i.e., no points for dups, won't fix, invalid, etc.) and that > are confirmed as present in 0.40 or in CVS. > > Bryce

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OSDL Desktop Linux Capabilities
by Bryce Harrington 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

For those interested in desktop linux in general, OSDL put out a first public draft (v0.9)of its DTL Capabilities document, for community review and comment. http://osdl.org/lab_activities/desktop_linux/DTL09/ Please feel free to send comment through myself or the mailing list on that page. (List subscription info is at lists.osdl.org.) Bryce

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Papers for Technical Conferences?
by Bryce Harrington 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Interested in writing a technical paper about Inkscape? We're now in "Tech Paper Season", when the proposals for papers are coming due for many technical conferences between now and March, such as OSCON, LWE, etc. What's due right now is not the paper itself but just the proposal. That's a couple paragraphs and the promise to write a full paper if your proposal is accepted. Why write a journal paper on Inkscape? First, it's an extremely good way to earn some PR for Inkscape. Second, published technical papers are something you can include on your resume or CV for your whole career. If you have a career in either art or programming, that will be a solid foundation stone for you. Third, it helps move Inkscape into a more "professional" space and will help encourage all of us to make the tool even better. If you're unsure about writing a technical paper alone, or want a co-author, let me know. I may write something myself but would much prefer co-authoring with other folks. Tell me your ideas and let's see what we can do. For topics, there are clearly three topics we can provide information about: Computer Graphics, Programming/Technology, and Open Source Processes. Probably more beyond that. Obviously, no guarantees getting a paper accepted, except if we don't try, we'll definitely not be accepted. But the more we try, the more opportunities we have to succeed. ;-) Bryce

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