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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape 0.41 release plans
by Ben Crowell 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

>Also Ben Crowell's Perl >scripts and XSLT scripting are very nice features that should be more >accessible, if possible, via the Scripts dialog or otherwise. Incorporating some of the Perl scripts would be fun, and I'd like to do it. However, IIRC there is still only a sketch of an API? Give me an API, and I'll get to work. Basically I need: - a way to get an svg file as input, and send it back as output - a way to report errors (including errors due to not having the right CPAN modules installed) - a way to get input strings from the user - a way to display some documentation to the user about what this script does - provisions for internationalizing all the strings the user will see Also, some of my scripts have known unixisms, which I can clean up, but I will still need help with testing on Windows, since I don't have a Windows box.

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CVS not compilable
by bulia byak 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

1. In src/io/Makefile_insert, several files are listed with InitialCaps but they are actually all-lowercase, so make fails. 2 After fixing 1, I get: io/xsltstream.cpp: In member function `virtual void Inkscape::IO::XsltOutputStream::flush()': io/xsltstream.cpp:183: error: `xmlErrorPtr' undeclared (first use this function) io/xsltstream.cpp:183: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) io/xsltstream.cpp:183: error: syntax error before `=' token io/xsltstream.cpp:184: error: `err' undeclared (first use this function) Please fix these ASAP, and please be careful to not leave CVS in uncompilable state, especially on holidays when it may be hard to reach people.

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Re: Inkscape interface
by Jon Phillips 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Joshua wrote: > Good day, Jon, Alan and Peter. > > > > Attached to this e-mail is just a simple little mock up of an idea for an alternate Inkscape interface. > > > > Since most users like the current interface, there would, of course, be no need to change it. But when I read that, amazingly, future versions of Inkscape will incorporate SVG animation, (!) I thought the interface might need a little adjustment to incorporate future features (like the animation feature, filters, anything else that could be used to display the power of SVG). > > > > I could be way off with this, but it's just an idea. > > > > Thanks for the great work. > > Great, I've forwarded ths onto the Inkscape mailing list. I think the draggable toolbars that can be repositioned is a good idea. We do need to come up with a scheme for re-attachable menus, and your mockup is a step in the right direction. Please attach your email and screenshot to the RFE related to this: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=862662&group_id=93… Jon Phillips 1528 Alice St. Apt. #4 Oakland, CA, USA 94612-5004 USA PH 510.499.0894 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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Re: non-uniform text scaling
by vellum 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Peter wrote: > For the moment I've backed out my change, as I consider this a worse > bug. I hope to fix things later. > Fair enough. I got the impression earlier from Bulia that the non-uniform scaling area was a little messy to work in. Anyway my original needs have been addressed for which I'm really happy, and I raised that bug for the record. Will you reinstate the bug? Since it will still be there until the code is fixed properly. When you do decide to fix it let me know and I'll be happy to test and compare with other programs. vellum

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the big removal of 0.8s and 1.25s
by bulia byak 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

As discussed recently, I have changed the zoom levels so that at 100%, one px unit is equal to one screen pixel. This change led to switching all internal calculations from a mix of px and pt to pure px. This simplified code in many places and got rid of lots of ugly 0.8 and 1.25 multipliers that were scattered throughout the codebase. Correspondingly, the default template now uses the px units. I think that makes sense, given that most people use Inkscape for screen graphics. Now zoom to 100% (the `1' key) and you'll see your graphic exactly as it will look when exported with default resolution (now 90dpi, not 72dpi as before). This is a pretty big change. I tested everything I touched, but I may have missed something. Please test thoroughly. All old files with saved zoom will now load at 1.25*zoom, but that's inevitable; if you see any other problems, please report here.

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CFV: Update Inkscape FAQ
by Bryce Harrington 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Here's another Call for Volunteers... The Inkscape FAQ is pretty good, but it's been a long time since someone did a thorough review of it and brought it up to date. We need someone who is reasonably knowledgeable about Inkscape to go through it and bring it a little more up to date. I think it probably also ought to have a table of contents with links to the Q's... 1. Save this webpage to your disk: http://inkscape.org/faq.php 2. Open it in a text editor 3. Review/revise each question 4. Add new questions you think are worth putting in 5. Remove any questions that are obsolete 6. Post your results here for a web guy to put on the site If you already have access for updating the Inkscape site, feel free to commit and update directly. Bryce

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Inkscape Status 2005-01-01
by Bryce Harrington 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Saturday, January 1, 2005 With 0.40 still warm from the presses, we've decided to press on with a 0.41 release in mid to late January. ScislaC and myself have prioritized the bugs, identifying 21 high criticality bugs. We've not decided the strategy for attacking these bugs but one way or another we must fix a large proportion of these before our release. At the prompting of new members in the Inkscape development community, I've written up a set of 'Call For Volunteers' posted to the mailing list at the end of December. Meanwhile, Derek (aka Jizzbug) and myself have been pounding out the Gtkmm code. The plan is to see this integrated into the main codebase immediately after the 0.41 release. The stats are steadily improving, and we're seeing continued growth in both our development and user communities. Welcome, new folks. :-) The translation ratio has notched up a bit more, however our bug ratio has slipped down a percent from 15% in Dec to 16% now. However, I'll bet we knock it back down for the 0.41 release. Statistics Nov 1 Dec 1 Jan 1 ========== ===== ===== ===== Lifetime Rank on SourceForge: 684 636 598 (95.2%) (95.6%) (95.8%) Max Week's Rank on SourceForge: 62 16 45 (99%) (99.9%) (99.8%) Total SF Page Views 1,487,659 1,921,981 2,213,324 Total SF Downloads 69,078 89,345 110,182 Total Freshmeat URL Hits 11,849 13,351 14,291 Total Freshmeat Subscriptions 125 141 149 Lines of Code in src/: 306,602 309,285 321,883 Code lines 217,198 218,803 227,114 Comment line 53,262 53,798 56,048 Blank 42,699 43,249 45,398 Lines of Docs in doc/: 16,841 17,901 17,901 Lines of content in website: 8,121 8,732 9,234 Size of the Inkscape wiki: 18,977 21,379 21,030 Bugs open/total: 104/683 119/774 135/829 Features open/total: 279/426 307/467 340/514 Patches open/total: 7/130 5/143 5/145 CVS Commits (as per inkscape-cvs) 8,279 8,878 9,450 Inkscape-devel membership: 108 120 132 Inkscape-announce membership: 113 137 147 Inkscape-user membership: 144 162 172 Num Translations: 33 33 33 Ave Translation Ratio: 38.5 42.2 43.7 * - Statistics unavailable

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CFV: Inkscape Examples Webpages
by Bryce Harrington 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Hi all, Felix made a good suggestion to start posting some 'Call For Volunteers' on tasks that new folks would find straightforward to work on. Here's the first. A while back I started an 'Inkscape Examples' section on our website. We've got a couple things posted, but it's been largely neglected. We need a volunteer to take charge of beefing this section of the website up. This task requires good HTML skills (PHP helps too). No Inkscape development knowledge is needed. Art/design talents will also be pretty important. The purpose of the Inkscape Examples site is to show off different _ways_ Inkscape is used. It's needs to go beyond just showing off new features (we use the Screenshots page for that), but must be complete works. It's not intended to be simply a place for users to post their work (we have a Gallery section, plus OCAL and Deviant art for that), but rather to provide _one_ example of different _type_ of use. It's not intended to teach people how to use Inkscape (we have the Tutorials for that), but more to inspire and entice people into using Inkscape in new ways. Ideally, the site should have a listing of different types of things that can be made with Inkscape, with each having a link to a set of pages describing that thing. (Sort of like a woodworking magazine article showing how to build a cabinet.) For example: * Web site design * CD booklet * Portrait * Presentation * Cross-stitch pattern * Icon set * Landscape design * Org chart * Company logo * etc. Also, there could be examples of different art "styles". For instance, creating 'distressed' art like Brisgeek is into right now, or using the Trace Bitmap feature to artify a photo, or creating three dimensional effects via spherical gradients. "Presentations" could have a link to a page containing an example presentation that someone made, a set of steps for how the user created their presentation, problems/solutions encountered, and the source files for review. Sort of like an article in a woodworking magazine explaining how the author built a table. I think this effort could be done by just collecting examples of work other users have done and posted, interviewing the creator, and writing it up into a decent example, and putting it onto the website. I'd bet, if done well, you could also get it published in an online magazine like OS News. If you want to work on this, your first step will be to go ahead and put together an example of something, and post it here. We will also need someone to take care of editing/reviewing examples and posting them into the website, so if you're interested in doing that, send me your SourceForge ID. Bryce

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[Fwd: Inkscape interface]
by Jon Phillips 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Here is an email I received a few minutes ago... Jon -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Inkscape interface Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:07:12 -0500 (EST) From: Joshua <jwar@...629...> Reply-To: jwar@...629... To: jon@...235..., horkana@...44..., Peter.Moulder@...38... Good day, Jon, Alan and Peter. Attached to this e-mail is just a simple little mock up of an idea for an alternate Inkscape interface. Since most users like the current interface, there would, of course, be no need to change it. But when I read that, amazingly, future versions of Inkscape will incorporate SVG animation, (!) I thought the interface might need a little adjustment to incorporate future features (like the animation feature, filters, anything else that could be used to display the power of SVG). I could be way off with this, but it's just an idea. Thanks for the great work. -Joshua / Jiaxiang _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com -- Jon Phillips 1528 Alice St. Apt. #4 Oakland, CA, USA 94612-5004 USA PH 510.499.0894 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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Fw: non-uniform text scaling
by vellum 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Bulia wrote: >What was the change and what was the bug? Bulia, Peter will probably get back to you. The original bug was a record of non-uniform scaling of text causing incorrect pt size designation of font. Peter made changes to correct this and I tested a day or so later as reported below. The new bug was that transformed text could not be transformed again back to a known pt size. This was worse than the original. Hence Peter removed his changes. The original bug should be reinstated in the bug list. vellum ----- Original Message ----- From: "vellum" <kaver@...68...> To: "Peter Moulder" <Peter.Moulder@...38...> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 3:51 PM Subject: non-uniform text scaling > Peter, > I have tested your changes using 0412311700. The changes you have made seem > to work to cure the original bug. However, I think they have created or > uncovered another one. That is: The transformed texts cannot be transformed > back to the original point size. > > In Xarax. Transform say a 10pt text non-uniformly to some other value say > 37.32pt. Select the transformed text and choose 10pt as the font size, > apply. The text will go back to 10pt. > > In Inkscape transform the 10pt text non-uniformly to 38.6pt. Select > transformed text, choose 10pt, apply. The text goes back to 14.3pt. Further > attempts to change it to 10pt are to no avail. > > When the text is transformed uniformly then there is no problem with > Inkscape. And that seems to be the case whether the width/height lock is on > or whether it is done with Ctrl drag. > > In your second comment on the bug sheet 041231 4:41. I think I understand > what you are saying regarding the translation and the other two columns of > the transformation matrix. However, I do not know what the other two columns > are called and each of the other programs tends to have these values hidden, > or if shown it is not clear what they are. When I change values in the > transformation matrix the text seems to go all over the place since I do not > know what I am changing. > > Can you tell me what Column 1 and Column 2 are called? Then I can get onto > your request. > > regards, vellum > >

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