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by bulia byak 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

With our discussions being so lively :) perhaps something gets lost. A couple of my recent questions were not answered, so I'm not reposting them in the hope that they reach knowledgeable people who might have missed them the first time. 1. Regarding this bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=860202&group_id=93… does anyone else think that document.cpp must store the absolute path already, i.e. instead of document->uri = g_strdup (uri); in sp_document_create we should have something like document->uri = abs_path (uri, base); That would fix the above bug. If so what standard function is there for creating an absolute path? I could not find one in glib. 2. I want to enable ctrl-click to select within group, but I don't see how it can be done. I've delved deep into the arena code and found that if a group is "transparent" then its members can be selected one by one. But how can I do that on ctrl-click? In select-context.c, the handler that checks what button/key was pressed seems to already get a selected item as an argument from the arena code. Will I have to analyze this preselected item on my own, or is there a more elegant way? 3. "Black magic": has anyone managed to reproduce this bug: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=859364&group_id=9… and its "fix": add an empty g_print("") to line 204 of libnrtype/nr-rasterfont.c: NRRectF * nr_rasterfont_generic_glyph_area_get (NRRasterFont *rf, unsigned int glyph, NRRectF *area) { NRRFGlyphSlot *slot; glyph = CLAMP (glyph, 0, rf->nglyphs); g_print(""); slot = nr_rasterfont_ensure_glyph_slot (rf, glyph, NR_RASTERFONT_BBOX_FLAG | NR_RASTERFONT_GMAP_FLAG); If I don't hear from anyone I'm going to commit this fix anyway (with appropriate comments), because, at least, it will not break anything. A better solution would of course be welcome to replace that temporary fix. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoi…

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] spiral???
by bulia byak 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

> > the star, and maybe a polygon tool of some sort for n-th sided polygons. > >I've been meaning to suggest that it would be useful to have a Polygon as >well as a "Star" Tool (pentagram, poly* => Polygram?). >It brings the feature closer to the user, easier to discover and use even >and worth the slight repitition. You can create a polygon with the star tool now, if you use node edit to move the two control points together. However it's a good idea to provide a shortcut for that action, I will add it to TODO. >If the current spiral tool does not do enough to be interesting to you and >you want ways to make it more poweful/usefull I am linking to an example >file (svg and png) and a screenshot of the Spiral Tool from Jasc Web Draw >which has lots of options (curved or flat sides, number of turns, number >of rotations, linear or logarithmic expansion etc). All of these options, with the exception of flat-sided spirals, are possible with Inkscape. It's even more flexible: instead of choosing between linear and logarithmic only, it allows you to set the expansion value precisely (both above and below 1, with 1 being linear), and you can vary the number of rotations interactively on the canvas (switch to node edit). Overall, it's a very good tool. Although the flat-sided spirals would be nice to have too. >Although I keep mentioning Jasc Web Draw I have to say that it is a flawed >program missing all kinds of details but I do think it contains a few >fresh ideas and I will try and take more screenshots. I probably >shouldn't speculate like this but I'd really like to see a stable Inkscape >1.0.0 [1] declared this side of six months and give them a run for their >money! here are those links. I found this on your site: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~horkana/inkscape/jasc-webdraw-tooltips.txt I must say that arrow keys moving is already much more powerful in Inkscape (both by pixels and by fixed increments), while using arrow keys for rotating objects is a very stupid idea, imho. Arrow keys just don't stand for rotation. I'm now implementing a comprehensive set of shortcuts for rotation using [ and ] keys with various modifiers. _________________________________________________________________ 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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verb cleanup
by MenTaLguY 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

Just a quick note to let y'all know that I've finished the work of making SPActions per-view. Now, if you're implementing a new verb, please use SP_DESKTOP (sp_action_get_verb(action)) to get the associated desktop, instead of using SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP. -mental

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] shift+click to select broken
by bulia byak 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

>Just noticed that shift+click to select multiple objects is broken in >HEAD... any suggestions for a fix? Oops. My fault. Will fix now. _________________________________________________________________ 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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shift+click to select broken
by MenTaLguY 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

Just noticed that shift+click to select multiple objects is broken in HEAD... any suggestions for a fix? -mental

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Re: [Sodipodi-list] Re: 0.8 multiplier
by MenTaLguY 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 05:10, Lauris Kaplinski wrote: > > (this is why all examples in the SVG spec specify a viewBox) > > > > Thinking about this, if Sodipodi intends to be completely interoperable, > > it needs to always write a default viewBox according to the base > > units/points mapping it imposes. > > > > e.g. for a document 100ptx100pt, the viewBox should be "0 0 125 125". > > Are you saying, that 'width' and 'height' attributes of outermost > SVG have different semantics, as the same attributes in inner elements? > AFAIK it is not the case, so viewBoxonly changes the meaning of: > A) Percentages (as these are not defined as % of viewbox) > B) Base units by ratio of width/viewBox_width and height/viewBox_height > - but as width and height are in relative units, this is no > different that applying 'transform'. Consider these two SVG documents (I'll leave out namespace/XML declarations and other boilerplate for brevity): <svg width="100pt" height="100pt"> <rect x="12.5" y="12.5" width="100" height="100" fill="black" stroke="none"/> <rect x="10pt" y="10pt" width="80pt" height="80pt" fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="1pt"/> </svg> and: <svg width="100pt" height="100pt" viewBox="0 0 125 125"> <rect x="12.5" y="12.5" width="100" height="100" fill="black" stroke="none"/> <rect x="10pt" y="10pt" width="80pt" height="80pt" fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="1pt"/> </svg> Well, hrm. Having just tried this with Batik, I think it reveals a fundamental misunderstanding I had about viewBox. So, for the document root it appears that the relationship between pixel and non-pixel measurements can never be guaranteed to be fixed between different UAs/display devices. Doesn't this mean that Sodipodi should probably be using pixel measurements, not real-world units, for the height/width properties of the root SVG element? (and probably using e.g. sodipodi:height and sodipodi:width, or possibly sodipodi:dpi to derive the real-world measurements the UI uses?) Otherwise, in other SVG UAs, the relationship between the drawing and page size is not guaranteed to be the same. -mental

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Re: optimal coarse and fine grained movement (was: spiral???)
by bulia byak 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

>>The 10 multiplier may be made configurable, but I don't see much sense in >>that. It's like coins: you can pay any amount if you have 10-cent and >>1-cent coins. > >This is an interesting question, clearly only 1 cent is required, but if >you are allowed two coins, what is the best denominations? Looking at: >http://www.slacy.com/coins/ Interesting, and it confirms my intuitive feeling: 1 and 10 are indeed the best pair of coins for amounts between 0 and 100 (I think it is safe to assume that larger amounts won't be "paid" by arrow keys, or will be "paid" with alt-arrows in zoom-out which will give larger steps). _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms…

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] spiral???
by bulia byak 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

>Actually, it indicates a problem. I was also not aware of the geometric >spiral option until peter pointed it out to me :) To me it suggests that >this functionality needs to be made more visible. It will be made more visible when I (or anyone else, volunteers welcome!) have time to move the contents of the Tool Options dialog to the secondary toolbar at the top of the window. As for using node editor for tweaking shapes, now it's hinted by the default statusbar messages which say "... Use node editor to {round corners|make an arc or segment|edit the star shape|edit the spiral}" for the four shape tools. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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[Fwd: Cron <gouldtj@...75...> /home/users/g/go/gouldtj/update.dox.sh]
by Ted Gould 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Here are some warnings that doxygen gave me. I'll fix the module.cpp one. The inkscape-stock.h file seems to have only 141 lines... --Ted -----Forwarded Message----- > /home/groups/i/in/inkscape/inkscape/src/inkscape-stock.h:143: Warning: Missing //@} > /home/groups/i/in/inkscape/inkscape/src/module.cpp:3: Warning: the name `module.c' supplied as the second argument in the \file statement is not an input file > /home/groups/i/in/inkscape/inkscape/src/geom.h:101: Warning: member `Normalize' of class `Point' cannot be found > /home/groups/i/in/inkscape/inkscape/src/widgets/sp-color-notebook.cpp:389: Warning: member `getCurrentSelector' of class `ColorNotebook' cannot be found

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debian packages for inkscape 0.36
by Wolfram Quester 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Hi alltogether! I prepared inkscape packages for the debian distribution. The source-packages and one for sparc can be downloaded from http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/~wolfi/inkscape But I've seen that there are debian packages for i386 and powerpc available from sourceforge. Do you want me to upload them in the debian unstable distribution? Best regards, Wolfi

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