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Minor changes to Win32 build
by Bob Jamison 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Hi all. I uploaded another build last night, which would basically be a snapshot of CVS at 0600GMT. It has two changes from the previous build: 1. It does not include the gtkmm, glibmm, atkmm, and pangomm files. Since we don't have a dependency on them for the time being, why download them? 2. I changed the build from a heirarchical set of makefiles, to a single makefile with makedep files. This greatly simplifies the build, and makes it cleaner/safer. However, any change like this can possibly change the behaviour of the product. So if anyone sees anything odd (or odder than normal ;-) please let me know. During this week, I will be working on debugging and cleaning up the GTK static build, which is complete, but needs tweaking. (Like where /etc and /locale and /lib are found). Hopefully by next Monday I can get the entire thing working, and also a nightly automated build from a cross-compiler. Bob

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Gtk 2.2
by MenTaLguY 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Would anyone have any problems if we bumped the gtk configure-time requirement to >= 2.2.0? We're already having trouble with 2.2-specific stuff getting introduced, since (I think) that's what most of the developers have. We may as well make the dependency explicit if we use those features. -mental

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] Re: monostd.h
by bulia byak 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

>Innocent, your honour! According to cvs log, I added it to Makefile.am >on 2003-12-21 (cvs comment `Add some header files to SOURCES, so that >`make distcheck' works.'), and monostd.h was deleted by mental on >2004-01-03 (cvs comment `portability fixes'). Ah, sorry, I didn't realize that the file was actually there for some time - I read the CVS log and thought that you just added a reference and not a file itself :) Thanks for the fix! _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photos&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjo…

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"closing a segment now remains snapped"
by bulia byak 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

(i.e. ctrl now works properly to restrict line directions in the pen tool) This was personally annoying me - thanks a lot for the fix! Now we finally have a plain and easy answer to the FAQ "How to create a horizontal/vertical line" (this is not the only way to do that, but it's the most straightforward). _________________________________________________________________ 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] RE: Win32 Preferences
by bulia byak 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

>With the latest build (040103) Inkscape generates a preferences.xml. I can >modify it and Inkscape will NOT use the modifications on its next run. This >is terrible. It is worse than the previous two builds, since I now cannot >change preferences. Mental, I think you were the last to change that part, could you please have a look? _________________________________________________________________ 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] secondary toolbar
by bulia byak 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

>btw, one problem with requesting 0 width for the select toolbar -- it >shrinks to 0 width when detached. Ouch. What would you suggest? removing 0 or removing detachability? _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/features&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin…

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] secondary toolbar
by bulia byak 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

> > - I reduced the font size of the labels and spinbuttons, but could not >do > > that for the units menu. It looks like menus font sizes are not >settable. > > Any insights from gtk experts? Because of the too-large units menu, the >aux > > toolbar jumps up and down a bit when you switch tools. > >You need to set the font size for each menuitem. The OptionMenu just >sizes to fit its menuitems. Still does not work :( Just after i = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label ( u->abbr ); in units-menu.cpp I added gtk_widget_modify_font (i, pan); where pan is a PangoFontDescription. No visible effect, although the same approach works for spinbuttons. >Mmm, I think the units menu works best as an optionmenu. OK, let's leave it as is for now >As for changing the context menus for spinbuttons, at worst I guess you >can add signal handlers for the "button-press-event" and >"button-release-event" signals and trap right clicks that way. And if I just want to remove something from the standard menu? Impossible? >I still have mixed feelings about removing the standard context menus, >though :/ Why would one need any special input methods for typing digits? > > - I want Esc inside the spinbutton to defocus it. Now Enter applies the > > value and defocuses, but this is only because it's hard-coded into the > > spinbutton to "activate" it and I added defocusing to the value-changed > > callback. However I don't see how I can change the keybindings within a > > spinbutton to enable Esc to do what I want. Is this possible at all? > >Yes; connect to the widget's "key-press-event" and "key-release-event" >signals to trap keypresses. Thanks, this works, except that deficusing a spinbutton activates it, i.e. applies its value to scale/move. Obviously this is wrong for Esc, which must cancel any changes and restore the old value. 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? _________________________________________________________________ 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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monostd.h
by bulia byak 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Peter, you added monostd.h to Makefile.am but there's no such file. Because of this, "make tags" does not work for me: make[1]: *** No rule to make target `monostd.h', needed by `TAGS'. Stop. Please fix it somehow, because without tags I have problems working on the source in Emacs (I cannot quickly look up definitions, which slows me down considerably). Generally, if anyone is changing makefiles, please make sure that "make tags" is not broken by your change. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 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] RE: Win32 Preferences
by bulia byak 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

>Probably the problem is caused by the win build storing its preferences in >the program dir (I think) instead of the home dir. I will now commit a fix >which you'll need to test on windows. I'm not sure g_get_home_dir() works >on windows, but if it does, it's the correct way to solve the problem. It >should return the dir in your $HOME environment variable, and if there's >none, I think it will return C:\. Committed. Now the win build is supposed to store prefs in $HOME/.inkscape/preferences.xml so it stays unchanged when you upgrade the program. Please report if it works or not. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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secondary toolbar
by bulia byak 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

I've committed a first try of a secondary toolbar for selector, with X Y W H fields. This obsoletes the "size & position" dialog which can be removed. It's still rough but usable. There are some issues I would like to ask for help with: - I reduced the font size of the labels and spinbuttons, but could not do that for the units menu. It looks like menus font sizes are not settable. Any insights from gtk experts? Because of the too-large units menu, the aux toolbar jumps up and down a bit when you switch tools. - How to change the right-click menu of the spinbutton? If nothing else I'd like to remove its input methods and unicode submenus - they are unnecessary and very confusing for an average user. Perhaps it would make sense to move the units menu into each spinbutton's right-click menu, instead of having it as a separate menu - what do you think? - I want Esc inside the spinbutton to defocus it. Now Enter applies the value and defocuses, but this is only because it's hard-coded into the spinbutton to "activate" it and I added defocusing to the value-changed callback. However I don't see how I can change the keybindings within a spinbutton to enable Esc to do what I want. Is this possible at all? _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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