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Homepage Update
by Martin Owens 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

Translators/developers, If you're a translator for the website, I've updated the graphics on the front page and moved One Day on Farm to the gallery tab. Please update your language (also, your language can have different graphics if you want) Martin,

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[Hosting] Fwd: [Kerr_b210-announce] UPS Maintenance
by Bryce Harrington 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

----- Forwarded message from Lance Albertson <ramereth@...2167...> ----- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:50:55 -0800 From: Lance Albertson <ramereth@...2167...> To: hosting@...2167... Subject: [Hosting] Fwd: [Kerr_b210-announce] UPS Maintenance All, We got a notification this morning that the UPS maintenance schedule for today has been moved to this Thursday: *UPS maintenance for the Kerr units has be delayed until Thursday. The technician’s service truck had a mechanical breakdown and is being repaired today. He’ll be back onsite Thursday morning at 9AM.* -- Lance Albertson Director Oregon State University | Open Source Lab _______________________________________________ Hosting mailing list Hosting@...2167... http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/hosting ----- End forwarded message -----

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Font warnings on windows xp, trunk r13915
by mathog 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

Just upgraded from devlibs 50 to 53 to build Inkscape from Trunk on Windows XP. When it starts up it now emits these 3 lines: Warning: Font face with same CSS values already added: Arial Condensed (Narrow, Narrow) Warning: Font face with same CSS values already added: Arial Condensed (Narrow, Narrow) Warning: Font face with same CSS values already added: Arial Condensed (Narrow, Narrow) Arial Narrow is present on this system in 4 variants ("vanilla", bold, bold italic, italic). Is this a known glitch? Thanks, David Mathog mathog@...1176... Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech

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GSoC - Call for mentors
by Josh Andler 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Hey all, The application period will be opening in a few days for GSoC 2015. I'm just trying to gauge how many interested devs we might have for mentoring this year. If you're interested, please reply saying so. Cheers, Josh

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Thinking of attending SCALE 13x? Inkscape booth could use your help.
by Jon A. Cruz 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Hi people, I'm just sending out a quick note to explicitly invite any Inkscape users, devs or other interested parties to come to SCALE 13x and spend a little time helping to represent the project in the exhibit hall. The conference has provided us booth space again, along with a set of passes for those helping. Even being able to spend an hour or two over the weekend could be helpful. And in case you or anyone you know might be wondering about attending SCALE, I have a discount code that can be used. Since I'm speaking, the conference has given us the promotional code 'SPEAK' to advertise. Use it to get a 50% discount. http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/13x -- Jon A. Cruz jon@...18...

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Asset creation for SCALE 13x conference
by Jon A. Cruz 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Hi, Inkscape will once again have a booth at the SCALE 13x conference this year ( http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/13x ). To help with our presence, and to highlight the new release, we are producing some assets for the booth. We will be getting a large two-sided banner that will also be usable for future conferences Inkscape might have a presence at. And for giving away at the booth we will be getting some mini-business cards and stickers. The latter two will be done through moo.com. If anyone would like to lend a hand with suggesting or creating graphics for these pleas let me know. We might have a line on designs for the banners and mini cards, but much will depend on the availability of different individuals. The stickers will be a run of 180 total, but we can have many designs up to each sticker being different. As far as timing goes, it would be good for me to get the cards and stickers ordered ASAP to ensure delivery for the opening of the conference. So feel free to contact me for details and format requirements if you might be interested. -- Jon A. Cruz jon@...18...

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wiki account request
by unknown＠example.com 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

In compliance with a launchpad blueprints user's desire, I would like to request an account to access the Inkscape wiki. I'd like to be able to post an organized description of my blueprint/feature request to my user-page once my account is created. Currently my blueprint's description is a messy wall of text. It is available here if you have the ocular fortitude to endure it: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/better-fill-and-stroke-styl… I know it is currently very bad and I'm very sorry for this. A wiki page would also allow me to create upload some quick mock-up images to better explain what I have trouble explaining in words. Thank you for your time and consideration. ~RBurge1988

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Test failures in 0.91
by Ken Moffat 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

I'm looking at 0.91 for BLFS [http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/] and we usually tell people how to run tests, if they wish to. I've now installed lxml and numpy, but I'm getting 5 failures. First question: do you intend that a builder should run these tests, or are they, like some packages, there to be run before the release ? I ask that because the only things that seem to run without the Python modules are the cxxtests which XFAIL, and intltool-update and check_markup with the translations. With the Python modules, I'm getting the usual impenetrable tracebacks for the failures - >> Testing gimp_xcf test_empty_file (__main__.GimpXCFBasicTest) ... Unable to open object member file: svg/empty-SVG.svg ERROR test_empty_layer_file (__main__.GimpXCFBasicTest) ... Unable to open object member file: svg/default-inkscape-SVG.svg ERROR test_expected_file (__main__.GimpXCFBasicTest) ... Unable to open object member file: svg/multilayered-test.svg ERROR ====================================================================== ERROR: test_empty_file (__main__.GimpXCFBasicTest) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "gimp_xcf.test.py", line 37, in test_empty_file e.affect(args, False) File "../inkex.py", line 264, in affect self.parse() File "../inkex.py", line 179, in parse sys.exit() SystemExit ====================================================================== ERROR: test_empty_layer_file (__main__.GimpXCFBasicTest) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "gimp_xcf.test.py", line 47, in test_empty_layer_file e.affect(args, False) File "../inkex.py", line 264, in affect self.parse() File "../inkex.py", line 179, in parse sys.exit() SystemExit ====================================================================== ERROR: test_expected_file (__main__.GimpXCFBasicTest) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "gimp_xcf.test.py", line 28, in test_expected_file e.affect(args, False) File "../inkex.py", line 264, in affect self.parse() File "../inkex.py", line 179, in parse sys.exit() SystemExit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 3 tests in 0.001s FAILED (errors=3) and a bit later >> Testing markers_strokepaint test_empty_defs (__main__.StrokeColorBasicTest) ... Unable to open object member file: svg/default-plain-SVG.svg ERROR test_no_defs (__main__.StrokeColorBasicTest) ... Unable to open object member file: svg/empty-SVG.svg ERROR ====================================================================== ERROR: test_empty_defs (__main__.StrokeColorBasicTest) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "markers_strokepaint.test.py", line 31, in test_empty_defs e.affect(args, False) File "../inkex.py", line 264, in affect self.parse() File "../inkex.py", line 179, in parse sys.exit() SystemExit ====================================================================== ERROR: test_no_defs (__main__.StrokeColorBasicTest) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "markers_strokepaint.test.py", line 25, in test_no_defs e.affect(args, False) File "../inkex.py", line 264, in affect self.parse() File "../inkex.py", line 179, in parse sys.exit() SystemExit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 2 tests in 0.002s FAILED (errors=2) ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m.

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Windows 64bit MSI missing dlls?
by Martin Owens 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Dear Devels, I have an inkscape using client and I invited him to install inkscape on his windows machine. He's reported an error back to me: missing DLLs: librsvg-2-2.dll, libcroco-0.6-3.dll su_v tested to confirm they're not installed with the msi or IRC and I'm wondering if these are required libraries and should they be packaged? I'm hoping we've not just sent out a couple of thousand duff windows builds :-/ Thanks for all the hard work the packagers put in. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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LGM Submissions
by Tavmjong Bah 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Hi, Since many us plan on being at LGM I was wondering if anyone is planning on giving an Inkscape talk? Might be a lot of interest in 0.91! Deadline for talk proposals is ...today. See: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2015/call-for-participation/ Tav

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Extra bugs introduced between r13888 and r13893
by Johan Engelen 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Hi all, clang scanbuild found 2 extra bugs that were introduced somewhere between r13888 and r13893. See here which ones are new (highlighted in red): http://jenkins.inkscape.org/job/Inkscape_trunk_scan-build/lastSuccessfulBui… (yes you will have to wade through all the other potential bugs that we have [1]) It concerns file /src/widgets/mesh-toolbar.cpp - Johan [1] Jenkins currently uses a threshold of 309 clang scanbuild bugs before it starts flagging builds as unstable. This is obviously way too much, so if you can resolve any of the bug warnings, it'd be a great help, and we can then lower the unstable-threshold. It is of course possible that resolving a false-positive would introduce too much other trouble; in that rare case we can increase the threshold.

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Inkscape Version 0.91 is Released!
by Bryce Harrington 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

The Inkscape community proudly announces the release of Inkscape 0.91. https://inkscape.org/en/download/ Inkscape is a drawing and painting tool similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, and Xara X, but with features, new tools, and interface style of its own. It emphasizes the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format, but reads and writes a wealth of other formats including PDF, so it is an easy complement to your other graphics and desktop tools. Best of all, Inkscape is created *by* the community *for* the community: Inkscape is 100% Open Source and freely available to everyone in the world. This release marks the culmination of a multi-year effort to switch to a new internal graphics rendering engine, Cairo. This brings performance enhancements and more accurate rendering of drawings. Thanks go especially to Google for sponsoring much of this work. A new Trace Pixel Art feature enables creation of vector art from bitmaps, sprites, and icons. A new Symbols Library provides reusable graphics elements - you can even read in Visio symbol libraries. New Snapping options and improved Snap preferences make it easier to quickly place items in the alignments you need. The tools for arranging objects offer several new ways to position the elements of a drawing. Tons of other little improvements have been made across all the other tools as well. Several new file formats are supported, including FXG, SIF and HTML5 export; and VSD and CDR import. EMF/WMF are now readable and writable for all platforms. And XCF, PDF, EPS, and PS+LaTeX support are improved. Inkscape has a rich Extension ecosystem, which is well known for bringing clever, cool, and innovative new ideas. Over a dozen new extensions are added in this release, including an Isometric Grid Generator, a Bitmap Cropper, a Text Extractor and a Text Merger, an HSL Adjuster, a Font Replacer, a Voronoï Diagram Creator, and more. The above barely scratches the surface of all the new stuff included in this release. For the full story, including examples and screenshots, please see our detailed Release Notes: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.91 The Inkscape developers plan to meet for a 3-day Hackfest in Toronto at the end of April 2015. You can help us to improve Inkscape by donating to help cover travel, room and board so our international volunteer developers can attend the hackfest in person: https://inkscape.org/en/donate/hackfest/ Bryce

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New blending modes in trunk
by Ivan Louette 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hi Tav, I began to try the new blending modes in filters this morning. Very nice and interesting ! The only one which doesn't work for me is soft-light. Is it implemented ? ivan

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Needed: Screenshots to showcase 0.91 features
by Bryce Harrington 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Our screenshots page is used to show off the latest cool features. Currently it's showcasing 0.48 features. Can you help provide screenshots (and/or descriptive text) for some of the visually stimulating capabilities that 0.91 brings? https://inkscape.org/en/about/screenshots/ As a reminder, here's our comprehensive list of new features this release: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.91 Please feel free to update the screenshots page directly, if you have a website editing account. Otherwise, reply to this thread with your contribution and one of us on the web team will help get it landed! Thanks, Bryce

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which faq should Help menu open/link to?
by Brynn 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hi Friends, The FAQ item in the Help menu caught my attention just now, and I notice it opens or links to the faq in the wiki. Since we now have a new, and more user oriented faq on the website, I wonder if it should link there, instead? Thoughts, comments? Thanks, brynn

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Inkscape 0.91.0 source tarball
by Bryce Harrington 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Finally we are here. The official Inkscape 0.91.0 tarball now exists and can be downloaded here: https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/5720/ Packagers please do your thing, and reply here when you've uploaded usable packages. Everyone else, join me this evening in updating website links, news items, documentation, and so on. We'll need to also put final touches on release announcements and complete translation work. Once we have Linux, OSX and Windows packages present and accounted for, we can pull the trigger on sending out release announcements. Bryce

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Mesh Gradients: Auto Smoothing
by Tavmjong Bah 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hi, I've implemented some auto-smoothing algorithms for mesh gradients in trunk. It would be very helpful others can have a look a it. Normal Coons Patch mesh gradients suffer from abrupt changes in the color derivatives along patch boundaries which leads to undesirable visible artifacts (Mach Banding). Both Illustrator and CoralDraw implement smoothing to eliminate this problem. I will be proposing to the SVG working group that SVG 2 mesh gradients should have an auto-smoothing option. I've turned on some experimental features in trunk including meshes. Information on how to edit meshes and what smoothing options are implemented can be found at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Mesh_Gradients Most of the derivative calculations are currently being done using a "Catmul-Rom" method which assumes an evenly spaced grid. I'll change this to allow for un-even grids in the near future. Thanks, Tav

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Jenkins
by Johan Engelen 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

I'm sorry for the potential confusion in my email: I meant to say, please sign up for inkscape-tester@...233... You can also register yourself for jenkins.inkscape.org, but that is only needed when you want to help maintain and improve the Jenkins setup. cheers, Johan ----- Reply message ----- From: "Christoffer Holmstedt" <christoffer.holmstedt@...400...> To: "Inkscape Devel List" <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, <inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Jenkins Date: Sat, Jan 31, 2015 06:13 Thanks for the information about that tester mailing list, I've signed up. I'm interested in testing and verification so this could perhaps be a good way into the core of inkscape source code. -- Christoffer Holmstedt 2015-01-30 23:44 GMT+01:00 Johan Engelen <jbc.engelen@...2592...>: > Hi all, > Our "continuous integration" system, Jenkins, is up and running. It > does automated builds, checks for bugs, runs the unittests, generates > documentation with doxygen and will publish it online, and in future > will also run rendertests. > Currently it does those things for Inkscape trunk and 0.91.x branches; > and also runs some jobs for lib2geom trunk. > If some job fails (i.e. build is broken, a test no longer passes, or > clang scanbuild discovers a new potential bug), Jenkins will send a > notification email to the inkscape-tester SF maillist. If you are an > active developer, please sign up for that maillist if you have not already. > > You do not need to sign up, unless you want to help maintaining and > improving the system. All help is welcome. If you want to help, sign up, > and let us know so we can give you more rights. Currently, only I and > Martin Owens have full access. That is definitely not enough, so let > yourself be known if you are interested! > > Have a look here: http://jenkins.inkscape.org > > cheers, > Johan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Jenkins
by Johan Engelen 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Hi all, Our "continuous integration" system, Jenkins, is up and running. It does automated builds, checks for bugs, runs the unittests, generates documentation with doxygen and will publish it online, and in future will also run rendertests. Currently it does those things for Inkscape trunk and 0.91.x branches; and also runs some jobs for lib2geom trunk. If some job fails (i.e. build is broken, a test no longer passes, or clang scanbuild discovers a new potential bug), Jenkins will send a notification email to the inkscape-tester SF maillist. If you are an active developer, please sign up for that maillist if you have not already. You do not need to sign up, unless you want to help maintaining and improving the system. All help is welcome. If you want to help, sign up, and let us know so we can give you more rights. Currently, only I and Martin Owens have full access. That is definitely not enough, so let yourself be known if you are interested! Have a look here: http://jenkins.inkscape.org cheers, Johan

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[inkscape.jenkins@...400...: [Inkscape-tester] Inkscape_trunk_unittests - Build # 12 - Still Failing!]
by Bryce Harrington 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Bunch of warnings and some test errors: http://jenkins.inkscape.org/job/Inkscape_trunk_unittests/12/console I bet a lot of these are pretty simple things to fix... For the 0.92 release, as a goal it would be nice to have a 100% clean test run. This would set our QA up well for the final run to 1.0. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from "Jenkins (build tester)" <inkscape.jenkins@...400...> ----- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:02:41 -0800 (PST) From: "Jenkins (build tester)" <inkscape.jenkins@...400...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] Inkscape_trunk_unittests - Build # 12 - Still Failing! Reply-To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Hi developers, I found a problem with one of the builds: Inkscape_trunk_unittests - Build # 12 - Still Failing: Check console output at http://jenkins.inkscape.org/job/Inkscape_trunk_unittests/12/ to view the results. Your friend, Jenkins http://jenkins.inkscape.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] DBus Interface -- Compiling, Status and Usage Help?
by Mike Jarema 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

I managed to track down the source of the issue. It looks like gnome vfs has an issue with my system. Specifically, inkscape was hitting the following in src/file.cpp on line 762 when I attempted to save_as() via the dbus interface: g_warning("Could not find the temp saving."); I'm not sure what gnome vfs brings beyond access to remote clip art and usage of /tmp (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=653516), neither of which I need, so I disabled it on my local build: $ ./configure --enable-dbusapi --with-gnome-vfs=no After recompilation, my dbus test case -- specifically save_as() and save() -- works as expected. Thanks all. -- Mike Jarema e: mike@...3206... w: mikejarema.com m: +1-905-399-4291 On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Mike Jarema <mike@...3206...> wrote: > Hi All, > > TL;DR I've put forth some solid effort on the following, but need help: > - how do I properly compile Inkscape 0.91 with DBus enabled? > - I'm getting errors calling basic methods using the DBus API, eg. save() > and save_as(), are others seeing this? > - is the DBus API maintained? > > > __ Some background first: __ > > My goal here is to automate some repetitive tasks across tens of thousands > of SVGs. My approach uses a combination of these methods/verbs: > load, selection_ungroup, object_to_path, selection_combine (union and > exclusion), select_move, save_as. > > This is my first attempt at compiling Inkscape and using the DBus API, so > I suspect the problem probably lies on my end. I'd appreciate pointers to > help correct my ways. > > > __ What I've done: __ > > I'm running an Ubuntu 14.04 image within VirtualBox. Here's how I've > compiled Inkscape. Also I show a simple DBus test case, via python, which > fails on save() and save_as(). > > # __ Install dependencies and get machine setup __ > $ lsb_release -a > No LSB modules are available. > Distributor ID: Ubuntu > Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS > Release: 14.04 > Codename: trusty > $ sudo apt-get update > $ sudo apt-get install git bzr dbus build-essential autoconf automake > autopoint intltool libtool libglib2.0-dev libpng12-dev libgc-dev > libfreetype6-dev liblcms1-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libxslt1-dev libboost-dev > libpopt-dev libgsl0-dev libaspell-dev libpoppler-dev libpoppler-glib-dev > libssl-dev graphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compat libwpg-dev libcdr-dev > libvisio-dev libgnomevfs2-dev dbus-x11 libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev > checkinstall xvfb curl > $ sudo apt-get upgrade > $ sudo apt-get autoremove > $ sudo shutdown -r now > > # __ Download and build Inkscape __ > $ wget > https://inkscape.global.ssl.fastly.net/media/resources/file/inkscape-0.91.t… > # recently released 0.91 tarball > $ tar -xvf inkscape-0.91.tar.gz > $ cd inkscape-0.91/ > $ ./configure --enable-dbusapi > $ make > $ sudo make install > $ inkscape --version > Inkscape 0.91 r13725 (Jan 29 2015) > > # __ DBus interface test case ( > http://ryanlerch.org/inkscape-dbus-documentation/#idm262544986224) __ > $ echo $HOME > /home/osboxes > $ python > Python 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:56) > [GCC 4.8.2] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import dbus > >>> bus = dbus.SessionBus() > >>> inkapp = bus.get_object('org.inkscape', '/org/inkscape/application') > >>> desk2 = inkapp.desktop_new(dbus_interface='org.inkscape.application') > >>> inkdoc1 = bus.get_object('org.inkscape', desk2) > >>> doc1 = dbus.Interface(inkdoc1, dbus_interface="org.inkscape.document") > >>> doc1.rectangle (0,0,100,100) > dbus.String(u'rect18') > >>> doc1.save_as("/home/osboxes/save-as-test.svg") > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in > __call__ > **keywords) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in > call_blocking > message, timeout) > dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.ErrorError: > Method invoked for save_as returned FALSE but did not set error > >>> doc1.save() > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in > __call__ > **keywords) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in > call_blocking > message, timeout) > dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.ErrorError: > Method invoked for save returned FALSE but did not set error > > # Note -- the net effect of the above in Inkscape is 2 open desktops: "New > document 1" which is blank and unmodified, and "*New document 2" which > correctly shows a 100x100 (blue) rectangle but is unsaved and for which I > do not see any saved SVGs on my machine > > > __ Help? __ > > Back to my initial Qs. Am I setting up prereqs and compiling Inkscape > correctly to use the DBus API? > > Is the above test case reflective of a known issue on the DBus API or am I > in the wrong? > > If it looks correct, I'm wondering if the DBus interface is still > maintained, or incomplete, or subject to a regression? > > I'm hoping to sort this out for my purposes, but also think that this > would generate a helpful "how-to" for anyone wishing to get DBus up and > running on 0.91. > > > Cheers and congrats on 0.91! > > -- > Mike Jarema > e: mike@...3206... > w: mikejarema.com > m: +1-905-399-4291 >

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"Flatten" vectors
by Alexander Brock 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Hi, When drawing stuff I usually have a lot of overlapping areas. Sometimes I use a vinyl cutter to cut adhesive foil. Then I need to select the topmost object and subtract it from every object which is (partially) covered by the topmost object. Next, I need to repeat the process with the second-to-topmost object etc. I also need to convert all strokes etc. to paths to actually get paths plotted with non-zero width, otherwise it's just one cut along the path which is useless. I also need to intersect all objects with their respective clip or mask, if they are clipped or masked. For complex drawings this process takes a lot of time. I wondered if there's a plugin or something for "flattening" an image like that, essentially converting it to a set of non-overlapping closed paths without stroke. If there isn't such a functionality I'd like to program it. In which way should this be done? On which branch should I base this? Are there any major changes to parts of Inkscape planned which would interfere with this functionality / should I wait for some changes to be finished before I start? @Krzysztof Did you finish your API changes etc. you started in your GSoC project? Regards Alexander

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DBus Interface -- Compiling, Status and Usage Help?
by Mike Jarema 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Hi All, TL;DR I've put forth some solid effort on the following, but need help: - how do I properly compile Inkscape 0.91 with DBus enabled? - I'm getting errors calling basic methods using the DBus API, eg. save() and save_as(), are others seeing this? - is the DBus API maintained? __ Some background first: __ My goal here is to automate some repetitive tasks across tens of thousands of SVGs. My approach uses a combination of these methods/verbs: load, selection_ungroup, object_to_path, selection_combine (union and exclusion), select_move, save_as. This is my first attempt at compiling Inkscape and using the DBus API, so I suspect the problem probably lies on my end. I'd appreciate pointers to help correct my ways. __ What I've done: __ I'm running an Ubuntu 14.04 image within VirtualBox. Here's how I've compiled Inkscape. Also I show a simple DBus test case, via python, which fails on save() and save_as(). # __ Install dependencies and get machine setup __ $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install git bzr dbus build-essential autoconf automake autopoint intltool libtool libglib2.0-dev libpng12-dev libgc-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms1-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libxslt1-dev libboost-dev libpopt-dev libgsl0-dev libaspell-dev libpoppler-dev libpoppler-glib-dev libssl-dev graphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compat libwpg-dev libcdr-dev libvisio-dev libgnomevfs2-dev dbus-x11 libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev checkinstall xvfb curl $ sudo apt-get upgrade $ sudo apt-get autoremove $ sudo shutdown -r now # __ Download and build Inkscape __ $ wget https://inkscape.global.ssl.fastly.net/media/resources/file/inkscape-0.91.t… # recently released 0.91 tarball $ tar -xvf inkscape-0.91.tar.gz $ cd inkscape-0.91/ $ ./configure --enable-dbusapi $ make $ sudo make install $ inkscape --version Inkscape 0.91 r13725 (Jan 29 2015) # __ DBus interface test case ( http://ryanlerch.org/inkscape-dbus-documentation/#idm262544986224) __ $ echo $HOME /home/osboxes $ python Python 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:56) [GCC 4.8.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import dbus >>> bus = dbus.SessionBus() >>> inkapp = bus.get_object('org.inkscape', '/org/inkscape/application') >>> desk2 = inkapp.desktop_new(dbus_interface='org.inkscape.application') >>> inkdoc1 = bus.get_object('org.inkscape', desk2) >>> doc1 = dbus.Interface(inkdoc1, dbus_interface="org.inkscape.document") >>> doc1.rectangle (0,0,100,100) dbus.String(u'rect18') >>> doc1.save_as("/home/osboxes/save-as-test.svg") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__ **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.ErrorError: Method invoked for save_as returned FALSE but did not set error >>> doc1.save() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__ **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.ErrorError: Method invoked for save returned FALSE but did not set error # Note -- the net effect of the above in Inkscape is 2 open desktops: "New document 1" which is blank and unmodified, and "*New document 2" which correctly shows a 100x100 (blue) rectangle but is unsaved and for which I do not see any saved SVGs on my machine __ Help? __ Back to my initial Qs. Am I setting up prereqs and compiling Inkscape correctly to use the DBus API? Is the above test case reflective of a known issue on the DBus API or am I in the wrong? If it looks correct, I'm wondering if the DBus interface is still maintained, or incomplete, or subject to a regression? I'm hoping to sort this out for my purposes, but also think that this would generate a helpful "how-to" for anyone wishing to get DBus up and running on 0.91. Cheers and congrats on 0.91! -- Mike Jarema e: mike@...3206... w: mikejarema.com m: +1-905-399-4291

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Press Release and Comments
by Martin Owens 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Hey Developers, I noticed there was already an announcement for the tar ball on hacker news here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8965155 The comments are interesting and might point the way to a nice user focused press release for 0.91. At least a good place to start if we don't want to have too many technical details in the news article. Martin,

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debug output of SVG structure
by Torsten Mohr 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Hello, i'd like to extend inkscape and for this i'd like to do some debug output of the internal structure. Can anybody tell me how to do this in the sources? Maybe there is an example? Best regards Torsten

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