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RE: [Inkscape-user] ~/.inkscape/private-fonts
by bulia byak 03 May '04

03 May '04

>Now that we're using Gtk2, "normal" font installation is easy even on >Unix (put your fonts in ~/.fonts). > >Would anyone object if we removed support for the "private-fonts" file? >I don't think we have a need to maintain our own font >installation/management mechanism anymore. No problem for me. _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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~/.inkscape/private-fonts
by MenTaLguY 02 May '04

02 May '04

Now that we're using Gtk2, "normal" font installation is easy even on Unix (put your fonts in ~/.fonts). Would anyone object if we removed support for the "private-fonts" file? I don't think we have a need to maintain our own font installation/management mechanism anymore. -mental

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removal of nr_arena_item_new()
by MenTaLguY 02 May '04

02 May '04

I removed nr_arena_item_new() today and replaced it with calls to NRArenaWhatever::clear() static members. That should clear the field for you to do some more C++ification work there. -mental

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statusbar API
by MenTaLguY 02 May '04

02 May '04

I've been thinking about your suggestions re: the statusbar stuff... I think what I want to do initially is have SPView provide two "virtual" methods (we'll need to use the GObject vtable for now rather than real virtual methods): StatusMessageID SPView::postStatusMessage(StatusMessageType type, bool flash, gchar const *message); void SPView::cancelStatusMessage(StatusMessageID id); StatusType would be an enum indicating the "style" of the message -- warnings might get a little warning icon next to them, etc... postStatusMessage returns an id which can be later used to cancel the status message with cancelStatusMessage. If 'flash' is true, the message is automatically cancelled after a period of time. Cancelling an already cancelled message does no harm. These two methods will be the building blocks on top of which a "friendlier" (e.g. printf formatting and other amenities) API would be built. But details on that will have to wait for later tonight. -mental

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Wiki
by Arpad Biro 02 May '04

02 May '04

Hi, It seems someone has put some inappropriate stuff into the Inkscape Wiki: http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiSyntax Arpad Biro __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover

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Tidbits
by Peter Linnell 30 Apr '04

30 Apr '04

Hi all, Just some quick notes (hopefully) of interest: I have sucessfully compiled the last few days of cvs with the final release of GCC 3.4. The code clean-up by mental and others has resulted in much faster compiling and far fewer warnings - even with -Wall switched on. CGG 3.4 seems faster compiling c++ code, but is much more strict about c++ code. I have updated the wiki wrt Interoperability. Discussed on jabber is: Possibility of harmonizing some keyboard short cuts. Color sets - Scribus now has four. Cheers, Peter

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Problem with the GTK file selector in KDE
by bulia byak 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

>OK, the difference between the 2004-04-10 05:00 (good) and the >2004-04-10 06:00 (bad) versions are in inkscape.cpp and in main.cpp. >Downgrading inkscape.cpp in the 06 tree to the 05 version does not >solve the problem, but downgrading main.cpp DOES. I just replaced all atof() and strtod() with g_ascii_strtod() which is locale independent. Please try the CVS and see if this fixes your problem (Arpad, you have the developer access and thus can check the up-to-the-minute CVS, others will have to wait until tomorrow because anon CVS lags behind). _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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[patch] Put description in .desktop file
by Mike Hearn 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

Hi, Yes there is no specific standard for this, but the general consensus seems to be "Name Description" for non-core desktop apps. Index: inkscape.desktop.in =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/inkscape/inkscape/inkscape.desktop.in,v retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.2 inkscape.desktop.in --- inkscape.desktop.in 16 Nov 2003 23:16:13 -0000 1.2 +++ inkscape.desktop.in 28 Apr 2004 21:17:28 -0000 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ [Desktop Entry] -_Name=Inkscape +_Name=Inkscape SVG Vector Illustrator _Comment=SVG Vector Illustrator Encoding=UTF-8

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Tutorials translated to french
by Cédric GEMY 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

I've just translated Bulia's tutorials to french. they are available at http://www.le-radar.com/mm/sodipodi/xml/tutorial-basic_fr.svg http://www.le-radar.com/mm/sodipodi/xml/tutorial-advanced_fr.svg May be these could be put on CVS by right owner. AND, Since de manual I made was writtent for Sodipodi and that it is a quite old now (because Inkscape is improving very fast), I aim to update it in the following weeks. I also would like to improve english translation of this future manual. Help would be welcome. I'll tell more about the way I see that in the next days. May be People with Ideas can telle there wishes before the beginning of the update work period. Cheers Cedric

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] win32. Print seems to be broken
by bulia byak 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

>Hmmm, any more info on this. Can you get a stack trace or something >similar? There has been a few changes, notably the adding of extension >properties into the print subsystem. I think that is the biggest change >there, so I'm a touch concerned. Let me suggest a few guidelines for users on how to report bugs: If the bug you report to the list is not fixed promptly, this may mean developers cannot reproduce it, or cannot understand your description, or are simply too busy with other things. Be persistent. As the original reporter, you are the person most interested in fixing it, so if your first report had no effect, you must not let it drop. There are many things you can do to push your bug closer to fixing: 1. Submit the bug to the tracker. Don't wait for someone else to do it. It's important, otherwise your report will be quickly forgotten. (But check the tracker first, your bug may be already there.) 2. Submit complete information: version, platform, locale, steps to reproduce, sample file(s), screenshots. 3. If this is a crash, it's important to submit a backtrace. Use gdb to get a backtrace by running gdb <path to inkscape executable> and then from within gdb run <parameters> When the program crashes, type at the gdb prompt bt and send us the output. All of this can be done on Windows too, the Windows binary of gdb is available from http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml. 4. If you really want the bug to be fixed, try to find out the exact point in time when the bug appeared. At the very least, test old Inkscape versions. To get a narrower and more useful estimate, use backdated CVS checkouts (the -D switch) to find the most recent date on which the CVS was is OK, and also the first date on which it is broken. Then we can make a diff between these two dates to figure out the reason. If you manage to find the day of breakage and if that day's diff is big (which is possible, given the rate of checkins we're having on average), try to narrow it down to a few hours. For example: cvs -d:ext:<your sf login>@cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/inkscape checkout -D"2004-04-04 12:00" inkscape will give you the CVS as it was on that date at midday. I think this should work with anonymous CVS access too. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht…

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