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usability stuff
by bulia byak 24 May '04

24 May '04

* The per-object selection cues can now be displayed in any tool, so that you can see what is selected at all times. You can switch these cues on or off for each tool in the Preferences dialog (the default is on for all tools). Also, the cues can now be displayed either as dashed bounding boxes or as diamond marks in the object's top left corner. * The dropper tool now works always (previously it only worked in conjunction with the Fill and Stroke dialog). Click to set the fill color of selection, Shift+click to set the stroke color. Also, dropper can pick either the visible color (without transparency) or the actual object color (including transparency), depending on a preference setting. It also displays the color under cursor in the status bar. Feedback welcome. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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Linux "DCO"
by Bryce Harrington 24 May '04

24 May '04

At work we just had an informal presentation about the new "Developer's Certificate of Origin (DCO)" that Linus is adopting for Linux (see http://osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/2004/2004_05_24_beaverton.html). Basically, what I took from this was that the reason for this is because the Linux development process includes integration of patches submitted by various developers that are integrated by "lieutenants". In this process, the identity of the contributor can be lost if the lieutenant just takes the code into their own patchset. Interestingly, this wasn't driven by the SCO lawsuit - apparently it's been on Linus' todo list for the past year but hadn't bubbled up to the top until now. I had wondered if it had something to do with OSDL, but it turns out it doesn't; Linus just wanted OSDL to 'lightening rod' questions from reporters, and OSDL has offered to help with some kind of bk tool for databasing the contributor info, but that's still in the abstract at this point. This process may be useful for other projects if they have a similar development model to Linux. Being able to trace the origin of all code contributions can be critical if the project ever runs into legal questions at some point. For Inkscape, though, I think our processes are already sufficient. Because we use the patch tracker for externally contributed patches, we have a Sourceforge ID associated with each patch; we have cvs history for all direct contributors. Up 'til now we've allowed non-logged in patch submissions, however for traceability purposes I've disabled this. Our processes for updating Changelog, AUTHORS, and the release notes, also ensure that pretty much all non-trivial changes get documented. I know we sometimes get patches to the mailing list or to individuals; it would probably be wise to adopt the practice of encouraging these individuals to submit it to the patch tracker -- otherwise make doubly sure to record their name and email in the patch tracker and/or Changelog. Disabling the anonymous patch submission will also ensure we always have the ability to re-contact the patch submitter for questions or whatever, which I think is a benefit in and of itself, but if anyone has concerns about this, lemme know. Most of the anonymous submissions so far have been translations (mainly the Catalan and Japanese translations.) Bryce

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Re: [OSNews-Crew] Article about Inkscape (fwd)
by Bryce Harrington 24 May '04

24 May '04

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 19:44:41 -0700 From: Eugenia Loli-Queru <eugenia@...358...> To: osnews-crew@...358... Cc: bryce@...260... Subject: Re: [OSNews-Crew] Article about Inkscape Thanks Bryce, it will go live in 1,5 weeks (I will be on holidays this wek). The article's format looks great. thx, Eugenia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryce Harrington" <bryce@...260...> To: <osnews-crew@...358...> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 2:43 PM Subject: [OSNews-Crew] Article about Inkscape > Hi, > > There have been a few mentions of Inkscape recently on OSS sites like > LWN (in a review of diagramming tools for Linux), and on the OSNews site > (in an interview of KDE and Gnome artists), but to date there haven't > been articles about Inkscape itself. > > I'm submitting the enclosed article for your consideration to publish on > OSNews. In addition to giving an intro into Inkscape itself, it takes > the reader through the process of how a new feature is added to a > project like Inkscape, to give some insights into the mechanisms of Open > Source. > > Bryce > > P.S., a few months after this goes live on OSNews, we would like to also > post this at the Inkscape site for historical/informational purposes.

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listed before sodipodi
by Kees Cook 24 May '04

24 May '04

on page 2, inkscape is mentioned! :) http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7102 One dude doesn't know it's name, though ("inkspace"). -- Kees Cook @outflux.net

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] Marker
by bulia byak 23 May '04

23 May '04

>Nice, btw the gimp has a very nice stroke editor, perhaps you can just >copy it. I don't think we need anything elaborate, just a text field for editing the stroke-dasharray value. Combined with the preview, it will be suitable for most typical uses IMHO. >I used it very often and I don't think it was screen space waste because >there is nothing else important at that position in the window. Please describe your typical work scenario where you would euqally often use both modes and would need to switch them (I'm not arguing, just trying to understand). As for space, removing this frees some more space for the statusbar messages. Besides, that button was rather out of place in that location because the statusbar is supposed to be used for information and tips on the drawing, not for changing window beahvior. _________________________________________________________________ Free yourself from those irritating pop-up ads with MSn Premium. Get 2months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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Incorrect link on Mailing Lists page
by Bob Jamison 23 May '04

23 May '04

I noticed this morning that the Mail Lists page: http://inkscape.org/mailing_lists.php has a minor typo. The link for 'inkscape-user' is given as: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=36227 ...which is the same as the Tracker list. It should be: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=37513 Just thought I would let someone know. Bob

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] what should "." do?
by bulia byak 23 May '04

23 May '04

>I can't find "." in the shortcut list, what is it supposed to do? This is alias for > (scale up), and "," is an alias for <. I fixed that crash in CVS now. _________________________________________________________________ Free yourself from those irritating pop-up ads with MSn Premium. Get 2months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] Marker
by bulia byak 23 May '04

23 May '04

>I worked a little bit with markers and now have two thing about the >"Stroke style" Dialog. >The first thing is, is it possible to define my own Pattern? Yes. Right now you just edit your preferences.xml (group id="dashes"). A bit later a simple GUI editing facility will be added. >And the second, the list of makers is quite long and I think that it >will grow in the future. So, I think we need a new widget, something >like the widget gimp uses for the fonts, for the markers. Most certainly. >P.S. Why have you removed the "Zoom when window is resized" button? It's not removed, it's now in global preferences (Ctrl+Shift+P, Windows tab). I don't think switching that often or on a per-window basis is so common as to justify the visual clutter and screen space waste in the main editing window. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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Marker
by Tobias Jakobs 23 May '04

23 May '04

Hi, I worked a little bit with markers and now have two thing about the "Stroke style" Dialog. The first thing is, is it possible to define my own Pattern? And the second, the list of makers is quite long and I think that it will grow in the future. So, I think we need a new widget, something like the widget gimp uses for the fonts, for the markers. MfG Tobias P.S. Why have you removed the "Zoom when window is resized" button?

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gnome-print libnrtype removal
by MenTaLguY 23 May '04

23 May '04

Just a quick note that I'm removing the gnome-print libnrtype backend (both it an xft now get their fonts from fontconfig, IIRC). Theoretically, this should not impact printing with gnome-print. This should make less work for Pangoization, as well as remove another sizable piece of conditionally-compiled code. -mental

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