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Inkscape: PT_GNU_STACK RWE
by Ivan Gyurdiev 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Hi, I've subscribed to this list just to post this one question. The inkscape binary is marked with PT_GNU_STACK RWE. This creates problems for the SELinux strict policy, and requires that special privileges be granted for inkscape as a "legacy domain". The question is, does inkscape really require an executable stack? I'm not a gcc expert of any kind, but from what I've read I understand that asm code causes gcc to mark the binary as requiring executable stack. I think it can be overridden with ld -z noexecstack. It would be a lot easier to write the inkscape security policy if it didn't require executable stack. -- Ivan Gyurdiev <ivg2@...729...> Cornell University

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Inkscape.app for Mac OS X
by Aymeric GILLAIZEAU 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

I have succesfully built Inkscape 0.40-1 via Fink under Mac OS X 10.3 After I have moved to "~/Desktop/Inkscape.app/Contents" following the way explained for the Gimp.app The application lauches itself with a double-click and it is available there http://niwaconcept.free.fr//x11/Inkscape.zip But if it can be stored there that would be better. The file is 60 Mb do dwnload, and then 280 Mb for the software itself. http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CompilingMacOsX ____________________ PowerMac G4 400 Mhz 1 Gb RAM Mac OS X 10.3.6 Ubuntu Linux PPC 4.10

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Nice inkscape article on Linuxplanet
by Lucas Vieites 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Hi, Rob Reilly wrote a nice tutorial on Inkscape for beginners: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/5757/1/ 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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Gradient editing...
by John Cliff 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Been playing with bulias on canvas gradient stuff, And its SO good. Its not quite Andys chrome, but I created this in half an hour or so's messing about. Cheers Sim __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Gradient handle => Pattern handles?
by Alan Horkan 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

I was thinking how cool the gradient handles were and was wondering if it would be difficult to extend similar functionality to Patterns? (Should I file a request?) - Alan Horkan

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Master Opacity and Marker question
by cedric 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hi, I'm back to User Manual. I 've been trying the Master Opacity, to explain its use. But when applied to Markers, only the path seems to be affected by the opacity changes. Is there another way to do ? PS to Bulia : Wonderful your new gradient handles !! -- Cedric ----------------------------- LISEZ -> SOS GIMP : http://www.le-radar.com/?mm/gimp mais aussi : http://wwww.le-radar.com http://www.cgemy.com

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removing trivial wrappers
by Robert Crosbie 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

There are some wrappers that I'm not sure what to do with: This one below returns a value, but it is never checked. I assume a straight replacement is fine in this case and ignore the return value. inline unsigned int sp_repr_add_child(Inkscape::XML::Node *repr, Inkscape::XML::Node *child, Inkscape::XML::Node *ref) { repr->addChild(child, ref); return true; } There are others like this one below, where the value is actually checked somewhere. Should the ckeck be removed since it will always be true anyway? inline unsigned int sp_repr_remove_child(Inkscape::XML::Node *repr, Inkscape::XML::Node *child) { repr->removeChild(child); return true; } ... ok = sp_repr_remove_child (NODE_DATA (old_parent)->repr, NODE_DATA (node)->repr) && sp_repr_add_child (NODE_DATA (new_parent)->repr, NODE_DATA (node)->repr, ref); ... sp_repr_set_attr is another one that always returns true, but is used as a return value and in conditionals in a number of places. Should all instances of append_child be replaced with addChild? There are many, but it could be a Janitor item. void addChild(Inkscape::XML::Node *child, Inkscape::XML::Node *ref); void appendChild(Inkscape::XML::Node *child) { addChild(child, _last_child); } Cheers, -- Rob. http://woodpendant.com

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NEW: on-canvas gradient editing
by bulia byak 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Now in CVS: Gradient editing on canvas is now available, much more convenient and powerful than the old way of dragging gradient knots in the Fill&Stroke dialog. o Any number of selected objects can simultaneously display handles and direction lines for their linear and radial gradients (in the objects' fills or strokes). You can drag these handles directly in the drawing, to interactively adjust gradient positions. o Gradient handles can be enabled in the Node tool, shape tools, Text tool, and Dropper tool (on by default), as well as in Selector and Zoom tools (off by default). Use the Inkscape Preferences dialog to change this. o Any gradient handle, if dragged close to a handle of another gradient, will merge with that handle (drag with Shift to prevent merging). Dragging such a merged handle will adjust any number of gradients attached to it. To separate merged handles, drag them away one by one with Shift. o Radial gradients display handles in the center and at the ends of two radii, which allows you to move, rotate, squeeze, or stretch the gradient to form an arbitrary ellipse. Also, you can independently adjust the focus of the gradient; drag the central handle with Shift to separate the focus handle. o When dragged, handles will snap to the edges and the central axes of the bounding boxes of all selected objects (drag with Shift to prevent snapping). o Dragging with Ctrl will snap the angle of the linear or radial gradient to the user-settable angle increments (default is 15 degrees). The center of a radial gradient, dragged with Ctrl, will be constrained to horizontal and vertical movement relative to its previous position. When dragged with Ctrl+Alt, a handle moves along the gradient direction or its perpendiculars, allowing you e.g. to stretch or squeeze a linear gradient without disturbing its angle. Overall, this is a major usability milestone, something I dreamed to do since Sodipodi times. Gradients are one of the most widely used features in Inkscape, and now they are finally made usable (well, almost - see below). The old gradient position widget in Fill&stroke remains for now (and still works), but I plan to remove it as soon as the new on-canvas editing is sufficiently tested. I would welcome any feedback on the new feature. Next in my plans: A Gradient tool, which will allow you to actually create new gradients by dragging (at the moment you still need to open Fill&stroke to switch an object to gradient) as well as adjust most gradient settings in its controls bar at the top of the window. In that tool, the selected gradient handle will be moveable by arrow keys (with all the usual modifiers), and setting any color via Fill&stroke, palette, dropper, or Paste style will be applied to the selected handle's gradient stop (instead of the entire selected object).

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cxxtestgen.pl
by Robert Crosbie 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

I'm getting this trying to compile from latest CVS has cxxtestgen.pl been checked in, or did I just not update correctly? cxxtestgen.pl -part -o libnr/test-nr.cpp ./libnr/nr-types-test.h ./libnr/nr-translate-test.h ./libnr/nr-rotate-test.h ./libnr/nr-scale-test.h ./libnr/nr-point-fns-test.h ./libnr/nr-rotate-fns-test.h ./libnr/in-svg-plane-test.h ./libnr/nr-matrix-test.h make[2]: cxxtestgen.pl: Command not found make[2]: *** [libnr/test-nr.cpp] Error 127 ... Cheers, -- Rob. http://woodpendant.com

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Nightly build service statistics
by Mike Hearn 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

Hi, The nightly autopackage is currently being downloaded approximately 10 times per day, that is, there have been slightly more than 100 downloads in the past ten days. It's too bad the SF statistics system is offline at the moment, I'd be curious to know how many people were downloading the official packages. Oh well. thanks -mike

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