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Milestone 2 development work
by Bryce Harrington 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

As milestone 1 nears completion, we're ready to start looking at laying into M2. Also, a bunch of you are probably new to the codebase and looking for someplace to get your feet wet. The most sensible effort for new developers to dive into is bug fixing. Here's why: * Many bugs have been identified and documented in the Sodipodi bug tracker. A goodly number are also not that hard to fix. * A bug gives you a fixed goal to shoot for with a definite end. It is not a huge commitment of your time and doesn't carry any sort of ongoing responsibility - once you've got the fix in, you're done. * It will expose you to building the codebase, finding your way around in it, creating patches, etc. * Users *love* applications with few bugs. :-) There are two aspects to the bug work: 1. Bug Testing - Go through Sodipodi's bug list and test each report to see if it can be recreated in Inkscape and isn't already registered. If so, cut and paste it into the Inkscape bug tracker and mark that you've verified it still exists (and elaborate on how you found it). Include the Sodipodi bug ID number for traceability. 2. Bug Fixing - Grab a bug from the SF tracker and chase it down; try to find a fix for it, and post a patch to the patch tracker. Try to also improve the error checking behavior of the code, where possible. If those of us who are able to code C/C++ can close a couple bugs each, then we'll establish a sturdy base for building our next set of changes on. If this endeavor sounds interesting to you, feel free to drop me a line with any questions you have. Some other efforts that are going on, that you could participate in if you wish, include: * Research & plan GtkMM-ification (see mental or njh) * Design & develop new layer system (see mental) * Implement arrowhead support (see bryce) * Create unit tests for each source code file (see mental) * Implement new grid systems (see njh) Bryce

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Announcing inkscape-announce list
by Bryce Harrington 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

A mailing list for Inkscape-related announcements is now available. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-announce This is intended to be a low-traffic list for people who don't wish to follow the regular development discussions but do want to know about new releases of Inkscape itself, plugins, events, and so forth. It's recommended that everyone on inkscape-devel@ subscribe to this list as well. Bryce

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Fwd: [Inkscape-devel] OSX?: Patch
by T Ingham 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

I figured out how to get this done, here's the patch. Probably contains more data than necessary, but I'm learning. On Nov 9, 2003, at 11:54 PM, T Ingham wrote: > // Wl, removed > ./Makefile.am > > //malloc.h replaced with unistd.h > > ./src/helper/action.c > ./src/xml/repr-io.c > ./libarikkei/arikkei-token.c > > > <Makefile.am><action.c><arikkei-token.c><repr-io.c>

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Bug on debian package
by Carlos Ingelmo 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

Since I don't know if this would go to the bug tracker or not, I write it here. It seems that 'debian/changelog' must be change in order to build debian package, by replacing sodipodi by inkscape or by creating a new one, I don't know anything about debian packaging. What I've done to build it is replace sodipodi by inkscape, although like it is a new project you might one to create a new changelog (by the way, it doesn't seem very updated). Thanks for reading... Carlos Ingelmo

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isometric grid
by Robert Crosbie 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

Just wanted to say that the new grid system pictured on the website is an awsome awsome awsome idea. I can't wait to try it out. It would have been particularly useful when I was drawing triangular celtic knots. Cheers, Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie _________________________________________________________________ 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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Re: [Inkscape-devel] OSX?
by T Ingham 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

Roger this, for the record. -t On Nov 9, 2003, at 11:26 PM, Daniel Díaz wrote: > Hello, Thomas. > > > On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 22:21, T Ingham wrote: >> The previous issue was related to Apple's version of glibtoolize, >> replacing with fink's copy fixes the ranlib issue. >> >> Now however, I have a more interesting note. I got the damn thing >> compiled! >> >> Here are some images showing a very unhappy Inkscape: >> >> http://www.coalmarch.com/images/inkscape/inkscape_osx_01.png > > I had that in my Yellowdog. I had to `make install' for the icons to be > loaded. Otherwise, the X server will display garbage instead of the > graphics. > > Hope that's it. > > Greetings! > > Daniel Díaz > yosoy@...31... > > > >> http://www.coalmarch.com/images/inkscape/inkscape_osx_02.png >> http://www.coalmarch.com/images/inkscape/inkscape_osx_03.png >> >> You can see that some of the icons appear to be loading in a corrupted >> fashion. This could be related to my cvs checkout ( done anon ) or >> perhaps the files needed for these icons simply aren't present. I >> can't >> say for sure. >> >> The other problem is that it appears as though our code base suffers >> from the same font problem that sodipodi did. Pogma at #fink on >> freenode.net says there is a patch available, but as I'm not really >> qualified for such business, I figured we could get someone to apply >> the necessary change? If I'm wrong, may I be flogged for thinking so. >> >> Laters, >> >> -thomas >> >> ps. I'm not sure if these qualify as bugs, since they appear to be >> platform and session specific. > > >

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shortcuts
by Yemu 09 Nov '03

09 Nov '03

Witaj Bryce, W Twoim liście datowanym 9 listopada 2003 (20:38:47) można przeczytać: BH> On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, bulia byak wrote: >> Still more keys today. See the wiki page. Notably, esc now deselects and cancels rubberband selection. Also, lots more ways to switch tools and call >> dialogs. The program is becoming actually >> usable :) >> >> Actually, the bulk of the Sodipodi shortcuts programming task is now ready. However, quite a few bits remain, and still more are in my plans. It's >> addictive :) >> >> Sorry I've been committing all this right before the release, but I think it's unlikely to break anything. However, anyone please test the new keys >> before making a release. >> thanks bulia! shortcuts are great! they really speed up things! i have one suggestion concerning shortuts: it would be great if there were shourtcuts for aligning, like for example: c - center horizontally e - center vertically l - left r - right t - top b - bottom (these are key bindings from Corel which i like the most, and you must admit they are quite intuitive) best regards yemu

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icon.c
by Robert Crosbie 09 Nov '03

09 Nov '03

What direction is inkscape taking, expand use of icon.c generic subroutines, or use direct gtk calls? ie, do we expand use of: img = sp_icon_new(...) gtk_widget_show(img) or use img = gtk_image_new_from_file(...) gtk_widget_show(img) I'm looking into the bug where if you open the transformations dialog twice, inkscape will crash. The bug lies in the use of the icon.c routines. The transformations dialog is the only dialog to use the icon routines. I think we can quickly get rid of the crash by not using sp_icon_new. Otherwise I need to hunt more in the icon routines and see why the sp_icon_destroy is segfaulting. Cheers, Rob. http://members.rogers.com/rcrosbie _________________________________________________________________ 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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Ctrl-a DEL Ctrl-z crash
by Bryce Harrington 09 Nov '03

09 Nov '03

I found a repeatable crash bug while testing out the keyboard shortcuts. Bryce ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 11:20:14 -0800 From: SourceForge.net <noreply@...34...> To: noreply@...34... Subject: [Inkscape-tracker] [ inkscape-Bugs-838897 ] Ctrl-a DEL Ctrl-z crash Bugs item #838897, was opened at 2003-11-09 19:20 Summary: Ctrl-a DEL Ctrl-z crash Initial Comment: 0. Start new inkscape 1. Create new document 2. Click on the rectangle button 3. Draw a rectangle in the document 4. Click the select tool in the toolbox 5. Click on the canvas inside the editing window 6. Ctrl-a 'select-all' 7. DEL 8. Ctrl-z 9. Reliably crashes This is with the CVS HEAD of inkscape as of 2003-1109 1000 PST, on Mandrake 9.1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604306&aid=838897&group_i…

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more keys
by bulia byak 09 Nov '03

09 Nov '03

Still more keys today. See the wiki page. Notably, esc now deselects and cancels rubberband selection. Also, lots more ways to switch tools and call dialogs. The program is becoming actually usable :) Actually, the bulk of the Sodipodi shortcuts programming task is now ready. However, quite a few bits remain, and still more are in my plans. It's addictive :) Sorry I've been committing all this right before the release, but I think it's unlikely to break anything. However, anyone please test the new keys before making a release. -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Search Smarter - get the new eXact Search Bar for free! http://www.exactsearchbar.com/

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