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Tutorials
by Joshua A. Andler 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

I have converted all of the tutorials to being layered documents. I am doing it so that there are 3 layers. Layer 1: the headers & any other background/stationary items (locked) Layer 2: text Layer 3: "images" It makes sense to me, so if there are any other ideas for other things to take into consideration throw them my way. Also, in opening up each of the tutorials I noticed differences in the way that they're set up as well as formatting inconsistencies (small time stuff, but I'm anal like that). So, I'm going to go through to make things more consistent throughout all the tutorials. What is the mindset on making keystrokes & menu items given throughout the tutorials bold? I think it helps to make the directly relevant stuff stand out, and wouldn't mind updating them all for it. However, if you guys are against it I will not. Last but not least I am also going to update all of the docs to use that flowText as well. I will upload the layered versions in the morning probably, and the flowing versions by this weekend. -Josh

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inkview bug
by Jon Phillips 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Hi, I was starting to use Inkview from CVS and I got an error on trying to open a standard SVG file. $ inkview my_house_01.svg ** ERROR **: Attempt to use GC allocator before call to Inkscape::GC::init() aborting... Aborted I think the fix must be easy. I'm too busy right now prepping this presentation to fix, but am bummed it is broken. Jon

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[OT] on-demand
by Alexandre Prokoudine 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Hi, Not sure, if you're interested... http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/10/2135209 <<Lulu.com is the brainchild of Red Hat founder Bob Young. With Lulu, Young offers would-be publishers, whether book authors, musicians, photographers, or artists, the opportunity to expose and sell their work for little or no upfront investment. But Lulu.com is more than just an on-demand publishing house. True to the open spirit, it is also a community -- a haven where artistic people can gather to share experiences and seek advice from one another. They can network, looking for opportunities to collaborate and muster up creative synergy. It is open and it is free. And now, it is for software developers too. Lulu this month announced that software developers can now publish their works at Lulu.com and sell hard copies of instruction manuals and boxed sets of programs. This could be a boon to open source software developers and customers alike, since fans cannot usually walk into their local software store and pick up a copy of the latest open source applications.>> Alexandre

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test ignore
by vellum 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

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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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