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"Lock" vs "Sensitive"/"Insensitive"
by Peter Moulder 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Recently, the "Sensitive" item in the Object Properties dialog box was changed to "Lock". Presumably this is for consistency with the corresponding layer operation. The word `Lock' doesn't communicate very well that one can't even select the objects with the mouse (e.g. to view properties), whereas it wrongly communicates that the objects can't be changed. (Insensitive objects can freely be changed once they're selected somehow, e.g. because they're still selected from when the user changed their item properties, or using Select All, or the Find dialog box, or selecting from the XML editor. I think it would be wrong for the Lock checkbox to deselect things, as that would give different behaviour for clicking Hide then Lock from Lock then Hide, for example, or whatever other changes to the objects one wants to make at the same time.) We have another padlock icon in the toolbars, but it doesn't mean "The selected object/s are insensitive", it means that the Width and Height spin buttons change in unison to maintain constant aspect ratio. I intend to change the word Lock back to either Sensitive or Insensitive (or Canvas-selectable?) and change the tooltip for the layer padlock icon to mention the word sensitive. Maybe "Make the selected objects insensitive, i.e. prevent the selected objects from being selectable with clicks or drags in the canvas." pjrm.

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Glue : SVG Support ? Inkscape Sypport ?
by NAGY Endre 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

>>On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 02:00:31PM +1100, Peter Moulder wrote: >> See the inkscape:connection-start="#ID" and >> inkscape:connection-end="#ID" attributes in the appended example file, >> and note the two xmlns lines in the <svg> element's attributes. > >Aack! I didn't see this go in! So cool! Between text-follows-path and >this, Inkscape has everything I ever wanted now! Wooo! :) I think its FAB as well My one problem is that my inkscape:connection-start's and inkscape:connection-end's are small SVG circles. If I try and select these shapes to drag, I invariably end up selecting the path rather than the circle. The paths themselves do not exhibit the connection behaviour. Is there an inkscape namespace element that can specify that a path (or geometry) is not selectable. Alternatively can I define a "selection priority" or a "selection boundary", if you see what I mean Regards Endre IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient.

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slower than sodipodi
by Johan Forsberg 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

Hello people, I've recently noticed a pretty big difference in speed between sodipodi (0.34) and inkscape (0.40 pre, but also earlier versions)... simply rendering the same svg is at least twice as fast in sodipodi as in inkscape (I haven't made any benchmarks, but the difference is not only noticeable but really large). Actually I've found myself using sodipodi instead of inkscape in some very complex cases even though I find inkscape's interface much nicer and feature filled, because it was simply too slow. I realise by now inkscape is probably a much more complex program than sodipodi but I can't really see why the actual rendering should be slower. Is there a technical explanation for this or is something strange with my system? /Johan

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mingw's gcc3.4.2 now current
by Bob Jamison 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

If you check this site: http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml ...you can see that the gcc3.4.x source/binaries, which have been "Candidate" for a very long time, have been moved to "Current." So I guess the switch to 3.4.x on Win32, which was highly recommended earlier, is now mandatory. I suppose that Win32 will stay with the 3.4.x series for a nice long period now, until the MinGW guys create their gcc4.0 patch. It will likely not be before April, so it looks like this stuff will be stable for a while now. On another note, I have started reassembling the gtk libs. It is a very slow process. ;) Bob

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svg and music/symbol fonts
by Jan Nieuwenhuizen 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

Hi there, I'm implementing SVG output for LilyPond, but I cannot get Inkscape to display LilyPond's custom feta music font. As the font does not have a unicode mapping and uses a custom/fontSpecific encoding I would expect Inkscape to map the characters onto the unicode PUA. Alas, that does seem not happen. This is what Sodipodi does (but Sodipodi has other font problems). Can I instruct Inkscape to map this font to the 0xe000 area, and how? Possibly by fixing the fonts.cache-1 listing, or adding an SVG text style attribute? Attached is a small LilyPond svg output and the LilyPond-feta 20 font. Greetings, Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@...570...> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org

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[Announcing] SFMOMA: The Open-Source Paradigm, Thursday, November 18, 2004
by Jon Phillips 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hey all, I wanted to alert you to a panel I'm on next week in San Francisco. Needless to say it is going to be major PR in the art world for Inkscape and Open Clip Art Library. If anyone is in the area, it would be a great event to attend. I'm also excited because the number 2 person at creativecommons (under lessig) is on the panel. Please forward the following PR below: ### On Thursday, November 18, 2004, SFMOMA (www.sfmoma.org) presents: The Open-Source Paradigm ======================== A Panel Discussion & Reception Moderated by Linda Jacobson, featuring new media professor Greg Niemeyer (http://art.berkeley.edu/niemeyer/) from UC Berkeley, artist-developer Jon Phillips (www.rejon.org), and Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) assistant director Neeru Paharia. 7:00 p.m. in the Phyllis Wattis Theater Visual artists and sound artists who create with digital tools have started to embrace the community-based, open-source software approach that's revolutionized the computer industry. As a reaction to the restrictions of intellectual property rights, the Open Source Initiative provides free computer software via the Web and allows anyone to contribute software as long as the underlying source codes are visible and shared. Explorations of the creative applications of open-source promise to expand its use beyond software development. This panel discusses the conceptual basis for the open-source movement in the arts, its history, and legal issues and presents artistic projects incorporating open-source technology. A reception in The Schwab Room follows the program. $12 general; $8 SFMOMA members, students with ID, and seniors. Tickets are available at SFMOMA (with no surcharge) or online. This event is presented in collaboration with SMAC (San Francisco Media Arts Council). Please visit www.sfmoma.org for press coverage of previous SMAC/SFMOMA event on videogames' impact on artists featuring pioneers Will Wright and Nolan Bushnell -- Jon Phillips KOREA.PH.010.3140.7483 USA.PH.858.361.2811 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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repackage win32 gtk24 libs
by Adib Taraben 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hi Bob, as you provided the latest gtk24 libs. Could you please repackage this zip using the libxml with zlib support from Igor Zlatkovic http://xmlsoft.org/sources/win32/ and then update the link on your website ? Thanks, Adib.

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ubuntu compile
by Robert Crosbie 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hi, I'm trying to get inkscape CVS compiling on a pretty much base ubuntu install. I installed packages as needed to get past the autogen and configure. Now the compile always fails with many syntax errors compiling filedialog. Any idea what I could be missing here? if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -DPOTRACE=\"potrace\" -DXTHREADS -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/usr/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/usr/include/atkmm-1.6 -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -MT dialogs/filedialog.o -MD -MP -MF "dialogs/.deps/filedialog.Tpo" \ -c -o dialogs/filedialog.o `test -f 'dialogs/filedialog.cpp' || echo './'`dialogs/filedialog.cpp; \ then mv -f "dialogs/.deps/filedialog.Tpo" "dialogs/.deps/filedialog.Po"; \ else rm -f "dialogs/.deps/filedialog.Tpo"; exit 1; \ fi dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1031: error: syntax error before `;' token dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1037: error: `FileType' was not declared in this scope dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1037: error: template argument 1 is invalid dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1037: error: template argument 2 is invalid dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1037: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `fileTypes' with no type dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1080: error: syntax error before `::' token dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1085: error: `svgPreview' was not declared in this scope dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1085: error: `fileName' was not declared in this scope dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1085: error: `dialogType' was not declared in this scope dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1086: error: `retval' was not declared in this scope dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1086: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ` set_preview_widget_active' with no type dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1094: error: syntax error before `::' token dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1099: error: `fileNameEntry' was not declared in this scope dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1100: error: parse error before `if' dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1109: error: syntax error before `.' token dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1110: error: syntax error before `.' token dialogs/filedialog.cpp:1111: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `fileName' with no type ... Cheers, -- Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie

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Inkscape Status November 15, 2004
by Bryce Harrington 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Statistics Nov 15 May 15 Oct 15 Nov 1 Nov 15 ========== ====== ====== ====== ===== ====== Lifetime Rank on SourceForge: 4391 1028 687 684 636 (68.5%) (92.7%) (95.2%) (95.2%) (95.6%) Max Week's Rank on SourceForge: 62 36 124 62 14 (99.6%) (99.8%) (99.3%) (99%) (100%) Total SF Page Views * 475,000 1,339,114 1,487,659 1,758,321 Total SF Downloads * 27,400 63,869 69,078 80,152 Total Freshmeat URL Hits 746 * 11,465 11,849 12,162 Total Freshmeat Subscriptions 16 74 124 125 126 Lines of Code in src/: 115,901 189,116 303,783 306,602 307,747 Code lines 147,471 216,027 217,198 217,982 Comment line 16,757 52,421 53,262 53,491 Blank 25,886 41,872 42,699 42,829 Lines of Docs in doc/: 1,135 4,544 16,841 16,841 16,974 Lines of content in website: 1,173 6,008 7,840 8,121 8,382 Size of the Inkscape wiki: 3,700 18,638 22,459 18,977 19,735 Bugs open/total: 9/15 57/365 135/653 104/683 102/733 Features open/total: 18/18 183/238 263/406 279/426 291/448 Patches open/total: 1/ 6 4/ 83 7/126 7/130 7/137 CVS Commits (as per inkscape-cvs): 481 3391 7,860 8,279 8,613 Inkscape-devel membership: 49 78 109 108 117 Inkscape-announce membership: 9 43 98 113 124 Inkscape-user membership: 71 138 144 157 Num Translations: 33 33 33 Ave Translation Ratio: 35.0% 38.5 38.4 * - Statistics unavailable

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0.40pre3
by Ted Gould 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hey everyone, I'm pleased to announce that 0.40pre3 is now in Sourceforge for your testing pleasure. It seems that the major crash bugs are not present at this point, this may be the last pre-release. Get your bugs in now! https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=991… Enjoy, Ted

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