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RE: [Inkscape-devel] bug handling
by bulia byak 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

>say, is there any kind of "method" we should follow when going over >people's bug reports, patches, etc? I didn't find anything in the Wiki >about it. 1. Do not close an unreproducible bug unless a reasonable amount of effort is put into reproducing it, and let it rot for some time before closing - someone may come up with a better report in comments. 2. Clarify. If it took you some time to guess what it's about, take another second to reword the title or add a comment, to make it obvious to whoever will be reading the tracker after you (especially if it's the person who can fix it) . 3. Document your solution. When closing a bug as fixed, add a comment about how you did it (especially what files changed and what to look for in these files). _________________________________________________________________ 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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Text in PS output
by Carl Hetherington 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

Hi, Does anyone happen to know why Inkscape prints text to PS using curves, rather than just a standard text object? Is it because of font substitution problems, or something? Cheers Carl

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Win32-inkscape38-1
by herve couvelard 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

Hello I download the .exe and install it on a winxp machine. All went fine except for a user called marieJosé. inkscape do not like the "è" in the user $home : inkscape.exe 2248 invalid utf8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text(). when starting (i think it comes with loading/writing prefs files. well it start ok but i would like to avoid that message, if possible i tried with another user (me) herve and inkscape start fine. i tried to copy my prefs files in the inkscape directory the message remained. i looked in the prefs file to see any mention of $home and didn(t found one). Is there a way to avoid it ? hervé

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Another grid-related question.
by Carl Hetherington 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

Hi, When you draw a path using the pen with the grid enabled, the centre of the resulting path is snapped to the grid. However if you then drag that path around (using the select tool), the /edge/ of the path starts snapping to the grid. For my purposes I'd say that snap should always be to the centre of the path, but I can imagine that others might want to snap to the edge of it. Any thoughts? Carl

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bug handling
by Kees Cook 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

say, is there any kind of "method" we should follow when going over people's bug reports, patches, etc? I didn't find anything in the Wiki about it. -- Kees Cook @outflux.net

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] short cut lingo?
by bulia byak 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

>In "keys.xml", under the "Offsets" shortcuts, it shows "Ctrl (", >"Alt (", and "Shift Alt (". > >To generate a "Ctrl (" you need to press shift... but the other command >makes a distinction. > >Two solutions: > >change keys.xml to say "Ctrl 9" >change short cuts to handle "Ctrl 9" as well as "Ctrl (" (which is what >the "Alt (" shortcut does. Yes, I thought about that. The problem is that not all keyboards have 9 and ( on the same key. In Europe, numeric and punctuation keys are usually laid out differently. But I think I will do the second solution above as the "lesser evil", unless anyone can come up with something better. _________________________________________________________________ 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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Re: [Inkscape-devel] marker orientation
by bulia byak 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

> > btw, I've been calling all the markers that I've been > > putting in markers.svg INK_mWhateverName to try and > > minimize the chances of confilcting with peoples own > > markers, Seem reasonable to y'all? > >Sounds good to me. I wonder if we'd want to use this >as a convention for other things like gradients? Since these are user-visible names, they must be as plain and straightforward as possible. So just "WhateverName" is much better. To a user, "INK_" is redundant because he knows the markers come with Inkscape, and "m" is redundant because they are shown as markers to him. If he's creating his own markers (which only a minorilty will do anyway), he can use any prefixes, but I think just using all-lowercase names will be enough to set apart user-create markers from the predefined ones. _________________________________________________________________ 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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short cut lingo?
by Kees Cook 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

In "keys.xml", under the "Offsets" shortcuts, it shows "Ctrl (", "Alt (", and "Shift Alt (". To generate a "Ctrl (" you need to press shift... but the other command makes a distinction. Two solutions: change keys.xml to say "Ctrl 9" change short cuts to handle "Ctrl 9" as well as "Ctrl (" (which is what the "Alt (" shortcut does. -- Kees Cook @outflux.net

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marker orientation
by John Cliff 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

Hi guys, Bit of a conundrum, which way is the end marker on a curve meant to point? if I've got a curve thus ---------------- and I apply the same arrow marker to each end should I end up with a) <-------------> or b) <-------------< ? I've read the spec, and cant work it out. I looked at the test cases, however they use triangles aligned like this V------V which look the same with both options a + b, so its not very helpful. batik renders b, so thats how I've done it currently, however I just wanted to be sure. (inkscape was rendering them as per option a before.) Let me know what your thoughts are Cheers John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] Grid-related patches
by bulia byak 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

>1. Anchor points are snapped to the grid; otherwise when you're drawing a >line with the pen tool you get every point except the first snapped to the >grid, which seems a little odd. I don't normally use grid, but the description of the patch sounds OK to me. Please someone test and apply. >2. Resolve the issue whereby changing grid snap units from pixels to mm >is not noticed. Fuller explanation is in the comments I added and in the >patch tracker. Ditto. >My other grid-related problem is that pasting a snapped object results in >the pasted version not being snapped to the grid. I plan to fix this so >that pasted objects are placed such that their points have the same offset >from the nearest grid points as the original. Any objections? I think this will be useful too. Carl, I can give you developer CVS access if you want it, to make it easier to patch things. You'll still be able to post patches you're not sure about to the tracker first, but otherwise you can write to the tree directly. Let me know. _________________________________________________________________ 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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