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export bitmap palette redesign
by Alexandre Prokoudine 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Hi, Before working on Object manager I decided to give a quick look at "Export bitmap" palette. Here are tho mockups: http://techwriter.nm.ru/mockups/mockup06.png (vertical orientation) http://techwriter.nm.ru/mockups/mockup07.png (horizontal orientation) A few notes 1. I can easily imagine plenty of people who would prefer a longer input box for filename. No probs :) Just exchange "Output file:..." label and input box. That's it. 2. I've removed units switcher, because it seems to make no sense as we already have one units switcher in document properties which works everywhere. However it is present on one of first mockups (http://techwriter.nm.ru/mockups/mockup03.png). 3. I've placed a output file size counter label on the form, because it would be a nifty feature for those who does web design in Inkscape --- they always want to know how large the file is :) Besides otherwise there will be either empty space or a too large "Export" button. 4. I might be missing some feature plans for this palette. No probs, again :) I can redesign current mockups to make them fit your plans. Alexandre

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Need status on import/export formats for FAQ
by Joshua A. Andler 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

I'm going to be updating the FAQ with what formats inkscape supports (all around, import/export/open/save). I know that (at least in the past) there were formats that were supported on Linux and not on Win32. Also, if possible, if there is any additional "status" info relating to the formats such as problems or features that we do or don't support that would be helpful as well. Thanks much! -Josh

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Proposal for bug fixing for 0.41
by Bryce Harrington 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

We had good results with the point-based system we used for the 0.40 release, and I'd like to propose we do the same for the 0.41 release. We chose to target 150 "points" worth of bug fixes, where low criticality bugs were 3 points, med were 6, and high 9. We had been able to achieve 150 points within a week, so I think that's something we can achieve by the end of the month. The one thing that gives some concern is that I think we have a much larger number of high criticality bugs than we did last time (18). However, I think most them are not _new_ bugs (i.e., they were present in 0.40), so if we can close any proportion of them at all (even a low number), it'd be forward progress. Do we have any "must fix" bugs for the 0.41 release? Does 150 points sound like a good goal for 0.41? Bryce

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icons restored
by Kees Cook 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Since icons can be easily changed via the new theme support, I've restored the z-order, flip, and calligraphic icons to their original state, to maintain the 0.40 look. I think if we're going to _change_ existing icons, it should be subtle (adjustments) or whole-sale (total replacement of everything). Any personalized tweaks can be done via the ~/.inkscape/icons/icons.svg file. *eats salsa to prepare for flames* -- Kees Cook @outflux.net

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Inkscape on DeviantART
by Joshua A. Andler 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

I have gone ahead and created an identity on deviantART (http://deviantart.com <http://deviantart.com/> ) for Inkscape (which is http://inkscape.deviantart.com <http://inkscape.deviantart.com/> ). First off, it's plain jane in the moment... but will look snazzier as of tomorrow... I had two things in mind when creating it... 1) I wanted to have an inkscape account where we can have links to peoples inkscape work on DA (essentially a central hub for IS on there) 2) I also wanted a place where we can potentially have people submit artwork/icons etc for the actual inkscape project. (since we apparently now have raw icon theme-ing in place) A limitation on the inkscape group is that for anyone that is involved with administration of it or a "member" of that group, we can not choose to make any of their personal artwork a group favorite. It's a stupid limitation but I can understand the rules... they don't want self-promotion through groups. But this is easy to resolve as it's really more of a communal place to hang out as opposed to a "club" or something (unless that's what people want). For those unfamiliar with DA, it lives up to the name and a significant portion of the work posted there is "devious" by some nature. We will do everything in our power to make the inkscape group as clean as possible and will never link to anything depraved or tasteless as well as most likely not anything containing nudity either. Given the slight potential for that being an issue, I think this is too good of a place to show off inkscape to pass up... given that it's the largest art community on the net. To get the ball rolling, if you are a member of DA and interested in this, please reply on the user-list (or directly to me via email if you prefer) with your DA username or a link to your gallery. My current goal is to have a good assortment of artwork to refer people to when we make the announcement about the next release in a few weeks. If you aren't a member on DA and use inkscape for anything even relatively creative... what are you waiting for? =) I will post a few favorites tonight of inkscape work I've run across on DA so far, so... the page should start looking a bit more interesting this evening. -Josh

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Re: Inkscape CVS Autopackage
by Aaron Spike 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Mike Hearn wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 10:16 -0600, Aaron and Sarah Spike wrote: >>Sorry to bother you. I just wanted to know if the Inkscape CVS >>autopackage built on December 20, 2004 was the latest. I'm trying to >>find the nightly builds mentioned on the Inkscape download page. > > The latest nightly is now available here (they need to update the page): > > http://navi.cx/~mike/inkscape/inkscape-0.40+cvs.x86.package Great. I'm going to send a copy of this to the inkscape-devel list. Thanks, Aaron Spike

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Re: Inkscape CVS Autopackage
by Aaron and Sarah Spike 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Mike Hearn wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 10:16 -0600, Aaron and Sarah Spike wrote: >>Sorry to bother you. I just wanted to know if the Inkscape CVS >>autopackage built on December 20, 2004 was the latest. I'm trying to >>find the nightly builds mentioned on the Inkscape download page. > > The latest nightly is now available here (they need to update the page): > > http://navi.cx/~mike/inkscape/inkscape-0.40+cvs.x86.package Great. I'm going to send a copy of this to the inkscape-devel list. Thanks, Aaron Spike

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Small icons in menus
by Andreas Nilsson 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

It seems the svg icons in the menus are a bit small, and I'm wondering what is the cause of this. While the bitmap gtk-stock items renders in 16x16, the icons from icons.svg only renders in 14x14 pixels or smaller. Have a look at this screenshot: http://ramnet.se/~nisse/diverse/temp/small_icons.png - Andreas

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CFV: Gtkmm - Implement preferences class
by Bryce Harrington 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Here is a task needed for the gtkmm codebase. Requires good knowledge of C++, ok knowledge of XML, and at least passing knowledge of the Inkscape codebase. Preferences =========== Design an Inkscape::Preferences class that wrappers an SPRepr. It must provide the following public interface as a minimum: gboolean save(const gchar *filename); gboolean load(const gchar *filename); SPRepr* getRepr(const gchar *key); Look in inkscape.* for the C-versions of the above routines. * Hook up the preferences functions in ui/dialog/dialog.cpp To learn more, check out the gtkmm codebase like this: $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@...54...:/cvsroot/inkscape login (hit enter for password) $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@...54...:/cvsroot/inkscape co experimental/bryce/inkscape_gtkmm $ cd experimental/bryce/inkscape_gtkmm $ make $ ./inkscape Also look in the PLAN file for more todo's and projects' in the gtkmm codebase. Bryce

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icons, icons, icons
by David Christian Berg 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

This message is held back, because I was to big. You can now find the attached icons at http://home.tu-clausthal.de/~dcb/icons.svg So whoever ist list admin, just delete the previously posted message, please. Hey guys! After getting so much positive feedback on the draw tool icons I've created, I set out to redesign some other icons to go with them. The set is far from being complete, but it's a good start, and I still have some leftovers from an older theme I've created, that will allow me to easily go ahead with this theme. I'd be really thrilled if my icons would be included as standard theme. Point is right now I'm Design Coordinator of ESTIEM ("European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management" an Europe-wide organization with abouts 40000 members -- must have mentioned it before). Their publishing and such has so far not been very professional and having worked in PR and layout since a few years (only voluntarily, though) I'm really glad to be able to provide my fellow Designers with a professional tool, that they can legally get for FREE! So while Inkscape's functions are fantastic (ok, there are many, many things that have to improve, but still) I never really liked the icons. They are so grey, that only hardcore Gnome people will like them (don't get me wrong, I'm using Gnome myself!). About the node editing being red (Josh was kinda disturbed by that): I created them to look like the draw icon so that one easily recognizes, what toolbar one is in. Hope you like them! David

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