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Win32 cross-compiled build
by Bob Jamison 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

I put a new build on the web page today, one that I made completely on a Linux machine. However, I was not able to find a free Windows box on which to try it out. If someone has the time, please give it a try. By "cross-compiler" , I mean the same MinGW-modified GCC that we normally use on Windows, but built on Linux instead. It is likely incredibly buggy, being the first one made this way, but hey, it's a start. If this works, we can start automated builds soon. Bob

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Naming
by Ted Gould 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

There has been some discussion about what to name the things that add functionality to Inkscape, but are not part of the core. I've always called these modules, while there was discussion on this before - it seems that it is time to change the name. I don't really care what we call stuff, I just want everyone to use the same terms. Here's what I'm proposing: extension --- a chunk of functionality that extends the functionality of Inkscape, but is not part of the core code. script --- an extension that is built using STDIO to pass SVG data and change it in some way. extension system --- The code that deals with all of the glue between extensions and the core. Complaints? Comments? Additions? Ideas? --Ted

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Planning for 0.37 Release
by Bryce Harrington 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Hi all, Now that the holidays are over, it's probably a good time to start focusing on cutting a release. Much good work has been done due to the steady level of activity over the past month. It looks like all the "hard" tasks in the Roadmap have been successfully completed, but there's several other cleanup tasks still to be done. It's a good bit of work, but divided amongst us it won't take much time per person to achieve them. We'd identified Feb 1st as a possible release date, but I think we should release when the tasks are done. Conceivably that could be before the 1st, given how much productivity the team has brought out on prior releases. I'll post the plan shortly, and identify areas where we need volunteers. Meantime, have a look at http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Roadmap I'll also extract a "short list" of bugs that should be fixed for this release. There were quite a few critical ones, although I think a lot got fixed over the last few weeks. The bug tracker is at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=93438&atid=604306 Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] secondary toolbar
by bulia byak 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

>It would be nice if there was a recursive version of >gtk_widget_modify_font(), but as far as I know there isn't. Perhaps we >should write a function to do that. Thanks! I added a recursive sp_set_font_size() to widgets/swp-utilities.cpp, works fine for the menu and all spinbuttons. > > But I did not find any way to > > "undo" a GtkEditable. Does this mean I must implement this myself, by > > remembering the old text every time I enter a spinbutton and restoring >it > > when leaving by Esc? > >Yes. > >You may find that g_object_get_data() and g_object_set_data() will save >your sanity here. OK, will do. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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Some thoughts
by Daniel Díaz 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Hello all! Well, I finally downloaded Inkscape again and gave it a try. I hadn't seen it since the old 0.35-pre days, and I must say this new interface you all talked so much about is MARVELOUS! I *love* it! With the tools organized this way I can finally make my way into some rather basic designs! (I couldn't do it before, for I wasn't able, ever, to find where the things I needed were). I was raised in the old Freehand school, so this definitely suits me much better! I do have some comments, however. Well, at first glance, the "Click, Shift+click, drag around objects to select." message is not the warm welcome message I would expect. It would be great to have a "Welcome to Inkscape!" status just as the program starts if the new window contains a new document. The about menu entry, also, lacks the typical GNOME about icon. In the about window, there's Federico Mena (Quintero, I suppose) written as "Frederico". I drew a rectangle and tried to move it to some given position with fixed width and height. After setting X, one (well, I did) would normally use Tab to switch to the Y field. It does switch, but focus seems to be lost somewhere, for the next number zooms in or out. Also, I truly don't know why, my mouse cursors seem to be broken. I'm sorry I can't make a screenshot of this, but they look odd. The "icon" looks almost fine, save it's all trashed and shifted and... well, it doesn't look right. I just grabbed the code from CVS one hour ago. It looks great as it is! I'll try to make my dad use it and I'll let you know about any HID issues. Greetings to you all! Daniel Díaz yosoy@...31...

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] Some thoughts
by bulia byak 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

>Well, at first glance, the "Click, Shift+click, drag around objects to >select." message is not the warm welcome message I would expect. It >would be great to have a "Welcome to Inkscape!" status just as the >program starts if the new window contains a new document. Good idea. I'll do it. >I drew a rectangle and tried to move it to some given position with >fixed width and height. After setting X, one (well, I did) would >normally use Tab to switch to the Y field. It does switch, but focus >seems to be lost somewhere, for the next number zooms in or out. Yes, this is planned, as well as the shortcuts for quickly going to any of the secondary toolbar fields/spinbuttons. >Also, I truly don't know why, my mouse cursors seem to be broken. I'm >sorry I can't make a screenshot of this, but they look odd. The "icon" >looks almost fine, save it's all trashed and shifted and... well, it >doesn't look right. Perhaps it cannot find its mouse cursor bitmap? Did you do "make install"? Anyway, if you can find out anything specific about it, please file a bug report. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Win32 cross-compiled build
by bulia byak 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

>With Inkscape build 031231 the preferences file is picked up and the >preferences are used. >With Inkscape build 040106 the preferences file is not picked up. > >Swapping preference files does not alter things. I read this as a change in >Inkscape and nothing to do with the preferences file. > >Can someone help here? For example, Bob, what happened between these two >releases? I can confirm that on Linux it still works as it should. Mental, perhaps some of your fixes should be changed or reverted in the WIN32 branch? _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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Re: [Sodipodi-list] feature wanted: boolean operations
by Nathan Hurst 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

David Christian Berg wrote: >We'd best ask Michal himself on this question but still I'm deserately >hoping for a intersect, unite and substract tool, where you end up with >one object at the end. >Union become a problem when you would want to move the (with grouping or >combining non existing) nodes at the intersection of the object >outlines. Actually that was something that quite annoyed me when I >started out with sodipodi. One learns to work around that kinda problem >with the time, though. > > If you are desperate, inkscape has boolean operations available in CVS. njh

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postscript output: no included bitmaps
by John Griessen 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

When postscript output is made, it includes bitmaps in a reasonable-looking .ps file, but ggv does not like it... And trying imagemagick convert on th large .ps file gives: Current allocation mode is local Current file position is 583994 GNU Ghostscript 7.07: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 convert: DPS library is not available (card-test.ps). inkscape puts out this during print... is a module missing? ========================== ** (inkscape:9094): CRITICAL **: file db.cpp: line 39 (void sp_module_db_register(SPModule*)): assertion `module->id != NULL' failed ** (inkscape:9094): CRITICAL **: file db.cpp: line 57 (void sp_module_db_unregister(SPModule*)): assertion `module->id != NULL' failed -- John Griessen Cibolo Design Austin Texas EE good at IR systems, power supplies, logic design, A2D D2A, digital amps, mechatronics, SiGe and CMOS layout, MEMS/mech/electronic/photonic modeling, charge pump PV/battery/fuel cell power converters, linux counter #249315

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Postscript output
by John Griessen 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

Hello, I've just used the CVS version of inkscape from this AM to print to postscript file using postscript elements and it works fine for the SVG elements, but not for the .png or .tif or .jpg bitmaps included in an inkscape document. Has this worked in the past? If not, should I write this up as a bug report, or as a feature request on the wiki? Even without adding inclusion of bitmaps, Inkscape plus Scribus is a like-the-pros-use set of layout tools, and with plugins planned will outstrip those easily. Thanks for free publishing your efforts. Who is working on writing docs? I can help there. JG -- John Griessen Cibolo Design Austin Texas EE good at IR systems, power supplies, logic design, A2D D2A, digital amps, mechatronics, SiGe and CMOS layout, MEMS/mech/electronic/photonic modeling, charge pump PV/battery/fuel cell power converters, linux counter #249315

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