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

18 Sep '17

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

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

18 Sep '17

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

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

17 Sep '17

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

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

17 Sep '17

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

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

15 Sep '17

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

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Mailing List logs
by Martin Owens 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

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

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

14 Sep '17

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

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

14 Sep '17

Developers often seem to answer, so I thought I was getting both here. But now copied to the devel list. Thanks, brynn -----Original Message----- From: Martin Owens Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 3:40 PM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units You should make sure this flare goes to the devel mailing list too. On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 15:11 -0600, brynn wrote: > Hi Friends, > Sending up a signal flare from the not-so-technially-inclined > user > community. Please either explain the Scale setting and how users can > easily > change the Display units; or fix the UX so we can use it. > > Thank you so very much, > brynn > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Election Inkscape Vectors Team: Results
by unknown＠example.com 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

Dear Inkscape Developer, The election for Inkscape Vectors Team is now concluded. -- RESULTS -- * Martin Owens (Elected) * Tavmjong Bah ---- Full Results: http://www.inkscape.org/en/*inkscape-vectors/elections/test-election-2017/

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Blur branch
by Jabier Arraiza 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Hi all. I want to know the status of the blur branch, I think it introduce a great improvement but need to be tested well so the faster is landed in trunk the better. I don`t undertand his changes, also dont remember the branch location, recently cleanup my mailbox..., I remember Tav made some comments to it to be done. Cheers, Jabier.

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