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Fedora-2 RPMS
by Plinnell 29 Aug '04

29 Aug '04

Hi all, I've uploaded Fedora-2 rpms for 0.39, thanks to Phil Compton, one of the core Fedora packagers. The move is allmost done, so next time, there will be less delay. Cheers, Peter

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Re: Re: Temp freeze + stuff
by Bob Jamison 29 Aug '04

29 Aug '04

bulia wrote: >Works! Though it is very slow for large images, almost as good as a >dead freeze. To make it usable, we need to provide a progress bar and >to make it interruptible in some way. Another problem is that it puts >the path into 0,0 instead of overlaying the original image; look up >sp_selection_tile in selection-chemistry that solves a similar problem >for Tile. Yeah, it's full of little problems for now. I just wanted to get something out there that people could see. The pathlist that is generated has the x,y coordinates relative to the top/left of the image. All we need to do is copy the x/y attribute of the <image> itself to the <path> and we can fix this. Path simplify works well to reduce the number of nodes. However, I'm sure there there is a tolerance setting or something in Potrace for estimating the curve and controlling the number of nodes output. I noticed the delay. At first, I thought it was the text output/repr parsing that was slowing it down, but it is not. The tracing takes all of the time, and the output is very quick. I'll look at the tiling stuff you mentioned. Maybe execute this in a thread? Maybe not; we might -want- the user to see the delay, so he realizes that it is an expensive operation on large images. Hey, we need an animated 'Busy' icon. How about a potato sleeping on a couch? ;-) Would be appropriate for many of us coders! Bob

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Re: Temp freeze + stuff
by Bob Jamison 29 Aug '04

29 Aug '04

Oops. I haven't been able to use POP access to my email from home recently, so I didn't know about the freeze until just now, by reading it on the list archive on the website. I'll stop now :-). But in the meantime, I have gotten the Tracing operation to a limited initial functionality. Please give it a try. It will obviously need to be tested and tweaked. It will almost certainly need an associated dialog to adjust the settings. Please defer any feature suggestions until later... we just want to get it to work. To make it work, I embedded a copy of Potrace in Inkscape. Instead of using its full functionality of reading images and writing vectored output (that's OUR job), I just have it read the data from an <image>, and create an associated <path>. Eventually, I will probably make a generic Tracer class, with various tracing engines referenced by it. The basic function a tracer needs to perform, is to read a GdkPixbuf, and output the d="" attribute of a <path>; as long as an engine does that, we can consider it a black box. Sooo... give it a try. To use, load an image, select it, and choose "Trace image". That is all it takes. It will of course work much better on line art than a multicolored image. Currently, the color->line art conversion threshold is hardcoded at 50% brightness; this will of course be a future dialog item. So. I'm quitting coding for now... going back to debugging. (Hey, I found a good bug Friday, anyway ;-) Bob

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ANNOUNCE Scribus 1.2 Released
by Atlantic Tech Solutions 29 Aug '04

29 Aug '04

The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.2 - Open Source Desktop Publishing. The 1.2 release is the culmination of over 1 year of hard work since last year's 1.0 release. The Scribus team urges all users and distros to use this latest release. The Scribus Team is also proud to announce the first commercial implementation of Scribus for commercial newspaper production. Last month, the premier issue of Twin Tier Times, a US weekly newspaper was launched using a production workflow centered on Scribus and other Open Source applications including GIMP 2.0, Inkscape and others. Among the major changes and features in 1.2 since the release of Version 1.0: * A new EPS/PS importer, which can import EPS and PS files as vector or postscript outlines, which can then be edited as native Scribus objects. * A dedicated documentation site, http://docs.scribus.net has been implemented. There are French and German translations in progress. * Over 800 bug reports and user feature requests have been squashed. * Scribus now features a New from/ Save as Template plug-in, which enables end users to quickly generate preformatted documents. This is useful for both first time users, as well as experts. * The Scribus GUI is now translated into 27 languages. * Scribus 1.2 features new print previewer which has the ability to render CMYK separations on screen, transparency, UCR (Under Color Removal) to give users a true postscript generated preview of the page. * A new table feature to create basic tables within Scribus. * Many enhancements to text frames including multi-columned text, baseline grids, new contour options, tabs and drop caps. * Several new plug-ins for exporting documents as images, as well as special typography plug-ins for Czech, French and other languages. Scribus was chosen by Trolltech as one of their "Cool Applications". We on the Scribus Team are honored to be recognized as such and appreciate the recognition. The Scribus Team will present the first public demo at KDE Community World Summit 2004 "aKademy" 21-29 August, 2004 Ludwigsburg (Stuttgart Region), Germany. Enjoy!

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lockups & Seg faults [Re: libsigc++ problems in Yoper]
by tom b 28 Aug '04

28 Aug '04

From: Mike Hearn <mike@...519...> Re: libsigc++ problems in Yoper [Re: Please Help: Yoper linux packaging/compiling problems] 2004-08-22 09:06 >> "Could not find "libsigc C++ callback library"" > That"s odd. It should have downloaded it and installed it for you. > Bugs, bugs, everywhere .... It did d/l some other packages before libsigc. >> 1) There is no such package for Yoper yet >> 2) I config/make/make install libsigc-1.2.so5 (I think > Check that /usr/local/lib is actually in your linker path and > that you reran ldconfig as root. OK, that worked. New tests: 1) ./inkscape-0.40cvs.package installed everything fine inkscape -V said "Aug 21 2004" ran inkscape & got "Segmentation fault" & wouldn't run 2) package remove inkscape ./inkscape-0.39.package installed everything fine ran inkscape in shell & inkscape window opened fine (though I did notice window resizing was slow on my AthlonXP 2200) drew a square shape, computer locked up (I could move mouse, but not click, & [Enter] wouldn't work) shell said "Emergency save activated! completed..." had to do a hardware reboot (couldn't reboot in linux) (BTW: I have the exact same lockup problem with .39 in Win98se & Mandrake Cooker on the same computer. But Debian unstable seemed to work fine.) 3) package remove inkscape ./inkscape-0.40cvs.package installed everything fine, though re-installed libsigc again inkscape -V said "Aug 21 2004" ran inkscape & got "Segmentation fault" & wouldn't run cheers ===== high-speed downtempo radio: http://live365.com/stations/infuzon _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com

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svg plugin
by Lucas Vieites 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Hi, I was just wondering, while we're waiting for Mozilla and Firefox to implement full svg support, is there any plugin available for Linux to see svg drawings inside a web page? Of course I know of the Adobe svg plugin, but it seems to be available only for RedHat 7.1 (quite far away in time by now). Would it be very difficult to adapt the inkview code to act as a plugin and not as an external viewer? Just asking, not actually proposing an "inkscape svg plugin" ;-) Thanks for your time. -- Lucas 'Basurero' Vieites Dept. Desarrollo <lucas@...212...> Asix Informática <http://www.asixinformatica.com/> Tel/Fax: +34 986 54 26 98

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] svg plugin
by Tobias Jakobs 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Lucas Vieites <lucas@...212...> schrieb am 27.08.04 09:47:02: > > Hi, I was just wondering, while we're waiting for Mozilla and Firefox > to implement full svg support, is there any plugin available for Linux > to see svg drawings inside a web page? > Of course I know of the Adobe svg plugin, but it seems to be available > only for RedHat 7.1 (quite far away in time by now). > > Would it be very difficult to adapt the inkview code to act as a > plugin and not as an external viewer? > > Just asking, not actually proposing an "inkscape svg plugin" ;-) > The librsvg even provides a Mozilla/Firefox plugin and standalone viewer (rsvg-view) http://librsvg.sourceforge.net/ ____________________________________________________ Aufnehmen, abschicken, nah sein - So einfach ist WEB.DE Video-Mail: http://freemail.web.de/?mc=021200

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re: svg plugin
by tom b 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

From: Lucas Vieites <lucas@...524...> svg plugin 2004-08-27 00:45 > Hi, I was just wondering, while we"re waiting for > Mozilla and Firefox to implement full svg support, > is there any plugin available for Linux > to see svg drawings inside a web page? A search for "SVG" at Mozilla.org digs up these links: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/ http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/build.html So, you can compile a version with SVG built-in. There are also UNOFFICIAL builds here that may support SVG: http://www.pryan.org./mozilla/firefox/ Use at your own risk! :) ===== high-speed downtempo radio: http://live365.com/stations/infuzon __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Adding tablet support to inkscape
by Danni Coy 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

On Wednesday 25 August 2004 13:33, inkscape-devel-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > SPCanvasWidget should be the right sort of widget to do this with. > > Have you tried writing a small standalone program as a test case to make > sure that you're doing everything else you need to? (you might e.g. > have to set event masks and things) So far I have have gone through and played with Scribble... > > i.e. try it with your own trivial custom widget first ... I'm afraid > event flow with our canvas is currently rather convoluted Good Idea... Thanks Danni > > -mental -- "and i actually like debian 2.0 that much i completely revamped the default config of the linux systems our company sells and reinstalled any of the linux systems in the office and here at home.."

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Anonymous Bug reports and feature requests
by Alan Horkan 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

Anonymous Bug reports and feature requests are a bad idea. There are many anonymous bug reports and feature requests that are poorly explained some with no more than a summary and no description whatsoever. Without someone to follow up and provide a more detailed description I think these reports only waste people time. Many of the requests are wishlists, rather than specific enhancment requests. There are inevitably duplicate or overlapping reports. Vague suggestions and requests should be directed to the user list so that we at least have a contact address and can get people to clarify what they mean. If the suggestions are good and users are still unwilling to register to file a bug report some one else will be willing to put their name to the report. Openness is good up to a point but I think a minimum barrier is necessary, and that reporters are need to put their name to a report and take some responsibility and show they care about a feature before developers expecting developers to spend their time on it. I dont believe that many people are looking at the request tracker and it is difficult to manage so many vague reports. I think the system needs to be changed to require people to log in before posting feature requests and bug reports. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/proj/Inkscape/

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Milestone 16
by Teemu Ikonen 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Hi all, Down at the bottom of the roadmap (http://www.inkscape.org/roadmap.php) there's a note about splitting the SVG canvas out of Inkscape. I'm wondering how far this goal is in terms of development effort. The canvas in Inkscape is by far the best looking and most functional I've seen in any free software project. I'm sure there are many projects which would benefit from a canvas with nice antialiased output to screen, good print quality by SVG->PS conversion and the ability to manipulate the figure by pointing and clicking in some way. Could someone familiar with the Inkscape code estimate if it would make sense at the moment to try to use the canvas this way in, say, another GTKmm-application? Or is the code just too much coupled with GUI right now? All the best, Teemu

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Adding tablet support to inkscape
by Danni Coy 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

I noticed that The UI is being upgraded from gtk+ to gtkmm I would like to try and get Pen Tablet support (it is probably a good time). My early experiments in doing this are not doing too well (considering that the GTK documentation is totally out of date). The dynadraw tool looks like the easiest to convert to use extended input But I don't seem to be able to get it to respond to this extra information. >From what I have managed to glean so far "gdk_input_set_extension_events" has to be called on each "gdk_window" you want to get receive extended event information. So far I have tried doing this with sp_canvas but it seams not to have worked. Which gdk_window(s) does the dynadraw context draw onto? Thankyou Danni -- Comparing software engineering to classical engineering assumes that software has the ability to wear out. Software typically behaves, or it does not. It either works, or it does not. Software generally does not degrade, abrade, stretch, twist, or ablate. To treat it as a physical entity, therefore, is misapplication of our engineering skills. Classical engineering deals with the characteristics of hardware; software engineering should deal with the characteristics of *software*, and not with hardware or management. -- Dan Klein

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MAC OS X 10.4 to be resolution independent
by Jon Phillips 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

You see it here: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=610 You know what this is leading towards...SVG desktop or vector desktop? Jon -- Jon Phillips USA.PH.858.361.2811 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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libsigc++ problems in Yoper [Re: Please Help: Yoper linux packaging/compiling problems]
by tom b 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

From: Mike Hearn Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:19:51 +0100 >On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:40:01 -0700, tom b wrote: >> Hello, I'm having problems trying to RPM &/or compile >> inkscape in Yoper linux. I have a thread going on the >> Yoper site here: >> http://www.yoper.com/forum2/index.php?showtopic=1928 > >As Bryce said, there is an autopackage you can use here: >http://navi.cx/~mike/inkscape/0.39/inkscape-0.39.package >Alternatively if you want the bleeding edge of Inkscape >development try this: >http://navi.cx/~mike/inkscape/inkscape-0.40cvs.package I tried that, & keep getting "Could not find 'libsigc C++ callback library'" 1) There is no such package for Yoper yet 2) I config/make/make install libsigc-1.2.so5 (I think from Debian?) sucessfully, but inkscape-0.39.package still couldn't find it. 3) I I config/make/make install libsigc++-2.0.3 (from Sourceforge), but inkscape-0.40cvs.package still couldn't find it. both libs are in usr/local/lib Aside from switching distros (1 last go with Yoper), any other ideas? cheers ===== high-speed downtempo radio: http://live365.com/stations/infuzon __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Update French translation
by Frederic Rodrigo 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Hi, I have updated the French translation. Thank to the helpfull Peter Moulder Fred.

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svgs2pdf?
by Bryce Harrington 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

It occurred to me that for presentation purposes, it would be very handy to be able to generate one PDF file from a set of SVG's. Anyone know of a mechanism for doing this? Bryce

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Weirdness with new fileopen dialogue and gdb
by Carl Hetherington 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Hi, I've just been trying current CVS with gdb, and I find that starting inkscape under gdb and then choosing File->Open results in Program received signal SIG32, Real-time event 32. 0x40c772e1 in sigpending () from /lib/libc.so.6 #0 0x40c772e1 in sigpending () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x40c773a7 in sigsuspend () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x40131258 in pthread_getconcurrency () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #3 0x40130ac5 in pthread_create () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #4 0x4109ab41 in ?? () from /usr/lib/./libgthread-2.0.so.0 #5 0x08b09bd8 in ?? () #6 0xbfffd600 in ?? () #7 0x40b6de80 in g_static_private_free () from /usr/lib/./libglib-2.0.so.0 #8 0x40b6e0ec in g_thread_create_full () from /usr/lib/./libglib-2.0.so.0 #9 0x41081ef6 in link_thread_io_context () from /usr/lib/./libORBit-2.so.0 #10 0x41081961 in link_exec_command () from /usr/lib/./libORBit-2.so.0 #11 0x41081fe5 in link_set_io_thread () from /usr/lib/./libORBit-2.so.0 #12 0x4107c6a5 in ORBit_ObjectAdaptor_set_thread_hintv () from /usr/lib/./libORBit-2.so.0 #13 0x411843a3 in bonobo_poa_get_threadedv () from /usr/lib/./libbonobo-2.so.0 #14 0x41184506 in bonobo_poa_get_threaded () from /usr/lib/./libbonobo-2.so.0 ... Does this happen for anyone else, or is it a quirk of my system? Thanks Carl

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compiling inkscape
by Martin Wiebusch 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Hi, I would like to contribute to the inkscape development, but I have problems compiling the cvs checkout. I got the checkout with the command cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@...54...:/cvsroot/inkscape co inkscape running the autogen.sh script gives the following output > checking for autoconf >= 2.52 ... yes (version 2.59) > checking for automake >= 1.7 ... yes (version 1.7.9) > checking for glib-gettextize >= 2.0.0 ... yes (version 2.2.3) > checking for intltool >= 0.17 ... yes (version 0.31.1) > > Running aclocal-1.7 ... > Running autoheader ... > Running automake-1.7 --add-missing ... > configure.in:25: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found > Please fix the error conditions and try again. The file ltmain.sh is nowhere to be found among the downloaded files. What am I doing wrong? Martin.

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Coordinates in SVG file do not match display.
by Dave Cole 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Sorry if this has been reported before, but since sourceforge do not allow the public to search their mail archives, or google to index their archive I have no way to check... I have been using the most excellent Inkscape to draw some simple graphics that I then load into the Gnome canvas - I am using my own (simplistic) Python code to parse the SVG via sax, and end up loading all of the coordinates into CanvasBpath shapes. The problem I have is that the coordinates bear little relationship to those inside Inkscape. It appears that Inkscape is internally doing an invisible translate and scale to make the paths appear on the page. This is befuddling not only me, but my code as well. I end up with with coordinates in paths that are off the page while clearly the entire document is on the page (inside Inkscape). Note also that I always ungroup all objects whenever I scale or translate in Inkscape to avoid the creation of a transform attribute. Should there be some way to get Inkscape to "normalise" object coordinates so that they match the size of the document? After all, the is what is being displayed. - Dave -- http://www.object-craft.com.au

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new document template
by bulia byak 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

* The new empty document created when you launch Inkscape or use File > New is now based on a template instead of being hard-coded into the program. If you want your new documents to have different initial zoom, window size, page border, metadata, etc., just save a document with the desired settings (it may contain some objects, too) as default.svg in your share/templates directory (typically /usr/local/inkscape/share/templates on Linux, $INKSCAPE_DIR\share\templates on Windows). Later I will make File > New a submenu listing all svg files in templates dir, so that one can have more than one template and choose among them (Ctrl+N will always run default.svg). Now, Mental, you can add a default layer into the default.svg, to get layers going.

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API churn
by MenTaLguY 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

Just a heads up that I'm dropping quite a bit of new code on the tree tonight; I've been rewriting more code to take advantage of the garbage collector, and in the process I ended up gutting and rewriting the GC wrapper API. To summarize real quickly: Inkscape::GC::Object<> -> Inkscape::GC::Managed<> Inkscape::GC::FinalizedObject<> -> Inkscape::GC::Finalized Inkscape::Refcounted -> Inkscape::GC::Anchored Inkscape::Refcounted::claim() -> Inkscape::GC::anchor() Inkscape::Refcounted::release() -> Inkscape::GC::release() One important change is that the three GC classes no longer inherit from one another. So you will need to derive from Managed<>, and then also from Finalized or Anchored if you require features added by either one of those classes. -mental

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[thimo@...153...: Bug#261848: inkscape: segfaults on startup (Alpha)]
by Wolfram Quester 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Hi alltogether, I received the attached bug report for the debian package of inkscape, ver 0.39. Can someone comment on this? I ask here berfore I submit it to the tracker because I'm not sure if it's my package or inkscape. The other bug referenced in the report is available at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=187196 With best regards, Wolfi ----- Forwarded message from Thimo Neubauer <thimo_at_debian_dot_org> ----- X-Original-To: wolfi@...33... Subject: Bug#261848: inkscape: segfaults on startup (Alpha) Reply-To: Thimo Neubauer <thimo_at_debian_dot_org>, 261848@...499... Resent-From: Thimo Neubauer <thimo_at_debian_dot_org> Original-Sender: Thimo Neubauer <thimo@...500...> Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@...501... Resent-Cc: Wolfram Quester <wolfi@...111...> Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:33:01 UTC Resent-Message-ID: <handler.261848.B.109102783927786@...499...> X-Debian-PR-Message: report 261848 X-Debian-PR-Package: inkscape X-Debian-PR-Keywords: From: Thimo Neubauer <thimo_at_debian_dot_org> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@...499...> Resent-Sender: Debian BTS <debbugs@...499...> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de Package: inkscape Version: 0.39-1 Severity: important Even before showing the first window inkscape runs into a segfault. This is the backtrace: riff /home/thimo> gdb inkscape GNU gdb 6.1-debian Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "alpha-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)...Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/debug/libthread_db.so.1". (gdb) r Starting program: /usr/bin/inkscape [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 16384 (LWP 11392)] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 16384 (LWP 11392)] 0x0000020000a3cba8 in g_type_is_a (type=540847136, iface_type=4835814432) at gtype.c:2730 2730 gtype.c: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden. in gtype.c (gdb) bt #0 0x0000020000a3cba8 in g_type_is_a (type=540847136, iface_type=4835814432) at gtype.c:2730 #1 0x0000000120095a34 in sp_object_repr_build_tree () #2 0x0000000120050690 in SPDocument::collectOrphans () #3 0x0000000120050e98 in sp_document_new () #4 0x0000000120054efc in sp_file_new () #5 0x000000012004f078 in sp_main_gui () #6 0x000000012004ed50 in main () (gdb) It seems a bit like #187196 but all my other Gnome-programs work fine. Additionally, the inkscape package from testing (0.38.1-4) starts without problem but runs into another segfault on exit, but also inside libgobject-2.0.so.0. I can't really tell if it's inkscape or glib but at least the different behaviours of the inkscape versions seem to suggest that inkscape at least takes part in the problem. If my assumption is wrong, feel free to reassign the bug :) Tell me if you need more information. Cheers Thimo -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: alpha Kernel: Linux 2.6.6-1-generic Locale: LANG=de_DE@...502..., LC_CTYPE=de_DE@...502... Versions of packages inkscape depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6.1 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-3 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.4-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.4-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libpango1.0-0 1.4.0-4 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-6 PNG library - runtime ii libpopt0 1.7-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libsigc++-1.2-5c102 1.2.5-1 Type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol client li ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxml2 2.6.11-2 GNOME XML library ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information ----- End forwarded message -----

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Linux Format UK Article
by Plinnell 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Hi all, I wanted to let you know the Sept issue Linux Format UK has published a very nice review of Linux drawing applications, as well as a short tutorial for both Inkscape and Scribus. Inkscape 0.38 got 8/10 overall and tied with OO draw to top honors. Overall a very positive review. Ease of use got 9/10. Many of the comments on missing features are already in 0.39 or are on the 0.40 roadmap. Summing up, they said: "The future of Inkscape looks bright, especially if planned cooperation with Scribus and the GIMP comes to fruition, which would finally realise the concept of a full-spec graphics suite to Linux....The crucial omissions are support for PDF and EPS formats, though getting around this is not too onerous with a little help from Scribus." If it is available locally it might be worth getting. Enjoy, Peter

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Fwd: [Inkscape-devel] randomized stars
by bulia byak 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

> I don't see that we need this custom RNG thing. Storing the generated > random number with the star gives us portability and more. What is non-portable about this simple formula? Depending on a system-provided RNG, on the other hand, may result in different rendering on different platforms or lib versions. > For example, the seed can be controlled independently of tip position, > allowing smoother variation of the output function and easier to get > back to "that one half a second ago" without needing exceptional mouse > stability: can use a "lower-geared" widget (less rapidly changing as a > function of mouse position) or keyboard. This seems to require some extra UI, and I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. > Much less importantly: I'd guess that there can be consistency problems > with using tip position to seed the RNG, due to different floating point > behaviour on different machines (and even with different compiler or > compiler flags). When computing the unique int, the coordinates are rounded to approx 1/1000 of px, which is likely to protect it from rounding errors of any kind.

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Extensions, python, etc
by David Turner 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

I want to add Python support to Inkscape. >From what I read, this should be a script extension. However, extensions don't seem to show up for me. Are they disabled? Do I need to do something special? Am I looking in the wrong place? My theory was to implement a svgdom interface (+ maybesome extensions to support inkscape's stars and the like) to the sprepr, so python extensions can be used in any program which supports svgdom. Is this reasonable? Should there be a C++ DOM interface, which I just wrap in Python, or can I just get the sprepr into Python and then use pure Python to wrap it in DOM (easier for me, probably)? -- -David "Novalis" Turner Stalk Me: 617 441 0668 "PLAN WHILE YOU CAN, LITTLE THING OF EARTH. WE ARE NOT YET CAST DOWN." - Mary Gentle, _Ash: A Secret History_

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