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layers behaviour
by vellum 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Some immediate thots on layers. As I have not tried them before.Just downloaded 17 Nov build and playing with layers in Win32 2000. First thoughts are that the writing on the layer button is so small as to be almost illegible...and I'm using a 21 inch screen. When the little layer window opens there is a VERY small thingo above and to the left of the top layer. I cannot see what it is or does. It looks like (*001) and clicking it brings it up as a layer I think but the eyeball and padlock are then greyed out. I added five layers and the order appears was 2, 4, 5, 3, 1 from the top down. What is the logic behind this? It is easy to change layer positions but a bit disconcerting to see the order as it sets itself up. Reminds me of what happens with patterns. Flicking visibility and locking on and off for each layer is slow and awkward since only the active layer can be treated at one time. This makes changing the status of several windows a "clicky" business and will be a pain in the butt if say 50 layers were involved. I am more familiar with the CD, XaraX style where each layer has its own padlocks etc. It was not a surprise to find I could not select objects when the layer was locked. It was a surprise to find that I could rubber-band them. Very cool. I like that touch. And the rubber banding works across layers whether locked or not. But is that the way it is meant to work? I found it disconcerting to be able to draw on a locked layer. Now to chase that mail that asked us to look at specific things...if I can refind it. vellum

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w32: Gtk24.zip with new xml.dll
by Bob Jamison 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

I made a new build with the replaced libxml2-2.dll, as indicated by John Cliff. Someone please give it a try, to make sure it: 1) Runs, without complaining about a missing DLL, or crashing. 2) Can load and save a .svgz on Windows If this works, I will upload the .zip to the server, and change the link. Bob

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] w32: Gtk24.zip with new xml.dll
by Bob Jamison 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Bob Jamison wrote: > Actually, Johan Ceuppens already made streams-zlib.cpp > for expanding .svgz's. All we need to do, maybe, is just > add methods for compressing. > > After the release, of course. > Also, I found a very nice iostreams wrapper of zlib here: http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/compgeom/gzstream And the library is only comprised of two files: gzstream.h gzstream.C ...with no dependencies except stdc++ & zlib. It is nice clean code, and LGPL. We could just throw the two files into /src, and add them to Makefile_insert. Voila! And their tests compare their output with gzip. Just what we need. Bob Bob

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w32: Gtk24.zip with new xml.dll
by Bob Jamison 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Ok, I changed the links for gtk24.zip on http://troi.hous.es3.titan.com/~rjamison/inkscape ...to point to gtk24-041122.zip which has the replaced libxml2-2.dll Bob

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pre4 requested
by bulia byak 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

The absolutely last feature, the "new layer" dialog, has been just checked in. Drawing on locked or invisible layers is disabled. So we are good to go into freeze as soon as pre4 is made (source and static binary). There are two layer bugs which I hope are easy to fix: - when renaming layer, the widget at the bottom is not updated until you move mouse over it - when creating new layer, if you press Enter in the dialog, the layer is created twice (clicking on "create" does it once as expected)

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Freeze question & updated spanish po
by Lucas Vieites 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Hi, I'm attaching an updated spanish po. Is the "feature freeze" is also a "string freeze"? If no new strings are added, I would like to do a full revision of the correctness of the strings in their context. For this I must agree with bulia in insisting on the creation of static builds. I'm having continuous failures trying to compile gtkmm on my system, which I can't afford to have unstable. 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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OPB: Linux Brings Oregon International Attention
by Bryce Harrington 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

This is terribly off topic but I thought it was cool - our local PBS station is running a piece about Open Source here in Oregon... http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/opb/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_… Bryce

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SVG Linking
by NAGY Endre 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Greeetings I attempted to invoke the example in S17.1 of the SVG 1.1 specification in inkscape. This deals with "Linking out" of SVG content.The relevent part of this is <a xlink:href="http://www.w3.org"> <ellipse cx="2.5" cy="1.5" rx="2" ry="1" fill="red" /> </a> When invoking the example in InternetExplorer, the affect of clicking on the ellipse is to bring up W3's web page. I have not found a way of achieving this in inkscape. The relevent parts of the spec are 1. "SVG 1.0 only requires that user agents support XLink's notion of simple links." 2. "By activating these links (by clicking with the mouse, through keyboard input, voice commands, etc.), users may visit these resources." 3. "If the above SVG file is viewed by a user agent that supports both SVG and HTML, then clicking on the ellipse will cause the current window or frame to be replaced by the W3C home page." WRT 1, does inkscape meet this requirement WRT 2, MouseClicking events in inkscape are trapped for the puposes of the selector tool (I dont know how to turn of all tools). How can I activate the link WRT 3, My purposes are not the rendering of HTML but rather the invocation of a program. Does inkscape support this and how. 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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caption for Layer - not readable
by Taraben, Adib 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Hi, I extracted the last win32 snapshoot on my win2000 box. My problem I cann not read the caption on the layer-combo-box on the statusbar. The Font is to small or hiroglyphic ?? attached screenshot. HTH, Adib.

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Spam again
by Gazal, Geraud (GE Healthcare) 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Hi The wiki has been spammed once more. The spammer is registered as Durik... ( see revisions of spammed pages for more info) Regards, Matiphas

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