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Inkscape Board Election: Candidate Nomination Peroid has ended
by Ted Gould 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

Hello, The nomination and candidacy submission period is now closed. We had seven individuals nominated, four of which have been accepted. This is a good time to start thinking of questions to ask the candidates as you will have the chance to ask the candidates anything you'd like to know before you elect them to the board. Please post those questions to the inkscape-devel mailing list. We will be sending out voting tokens to eligible voters before the end of this week, then you will be able to access the voting website provided by the Software Freedom Conservancy for our election. You will be able to go to that website with your token and cast your vote.[1] We will send out an e-mail after all the tokens have gone out so that you can confirm getting one. If you are (or think you should be) in the AUTHORS file, and did not receive the test mail sent out by Ted Gould earlier this week, please send a message to inkscape.elections.committee@...3261... so that we can add it to the voters list ASAP. Thank you and happy voting - and good luck to all our candidates :), The Inkscape Elections Committee [1] The voting system used is Scottish STV (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote), the voting software is an open-source fork of openSTV (from a version before it went closed-source). ------------------------------------------------------------ CANDIDATES == Name == Krzysztof Kosiński == Current Professional Affiliation == University of Warsaw (until end of September), Intel (probably until end of August), Google (starting in late November) == Statement of contribution to Inkscape or related technologies == long time contributor starting in 2008, 4x GSoC participant, 2x GSoC mentor. Responsible for clipboard rewrite, multipath capabilities in the node tool, Cairo rendering, render caching, bitmap image handling improvements, recently focusing on lib2geom - general refactoring and Boolean operations. == Personal statement == Inkscape is a special project for me. It has offered me lots of opportunities to build my experience, earn money through Summer of Code, and has indirectly prompted me to seek a career in software engineering. By serving on the board of Inkscape, I hope to be able to reciprocate some of the positive influence that Inkscape has had on my professional development over the years. ================================================================== == Name == Martin W.F. Owens == Current Professional Affiliation == - Freelance programming contractor, Free Software focus. - Some past inkscape contracting; perl python/django websites, other. == Statement of contribution to Inkscape or related technologies == I state I have contributed to Inkscape evident in the commit logs of the bazaar repository for the master branch and am the principal author of the inkscape-web project. == Personal statement == Inkscape is an important tool for the Free Software community, being its primary graphical design and user interface tool as well as its most advanced web standards compliant authoring tool. Its availability and ease of use make it also important in being able to promote Free Software and the wider understanding of Free Culture as a whole. A large portion of Inkscape's future is in organising and inviting users who participate in the wider community and I wish to be able to help manage the interfaces that serve the community in both their support and involvement in the large landscape of Inkscape's uses. ================================================================== == Name == Nicolas Dufour == Current Professional Affiliation == Sysadmin for the French civil aviation. == Statement of contribution to Inkscape or related technologies == I first used Inkscape in 2007 to create waypoints and airports icons for aviation maps and it rapidly became the main tool for almost all my personal and professional creative work. So I found it natural to give back to the project in 2008 (first contribution: the Printing Marks extension, in collaboration with Aurium) and never left the project since then. Some of my favorite areas are extensions, internationalization/localization, documentation, triaging bug and fixing forgotten low priority bugs. I have some blueprints pending (extensions presets, multiple preferences management and crash recovery dialog), but unfortunately there's too much to be done in the other areas and I have difficulties finding time to be a real developer. Apart from Inkscape, I also contribute to the Floss Manuals project as technical writer (very occasionally now) and as webmaster of the French FM server. == Personal statement == I feel there's a real need for non-developer contributions. A FOSS project is not only a question of code, and bringing it to users is basically why we're contributing. That's the reason why I first focused on documentation and internationalization/localization tasks. Answering questions on LP, the Inkscape forum or IRC and helping with the website content are crucial, too (unfortunately it's very time consuming and I can't contribute as much as I'd like). Being on the Board is different, but also helps developers meet other developers and users, and legal and financial issues are very important to keep the project safe. I'd be very happy to help Inkscape that way, too. ================================================================== == Name == Alexander (Alex) Valavanis == Current Professional Affiliation == School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom == Statement of contribution to Inkscape or related technologies == I have been an Inkscape developer since May 2011, with over 550 contributions committed to the project's code. My main involvement has been in improving the quality and maintainability of the code, and making the best use of the programming language features and software libraries available on the many different operating systems used by Inkscape's diverse user community. Specifically, I led the migration of Inkscape to the new GTK+ 3 graphical user interface library, which will "future-proof" our code, allow us to make much better use of touchscreens, and provide better support for OS X. I set up and maintain the Inkscape personal package archives (PPAs), which enable Ubuntu and Debian users to access both the latest stable version of Inkscape and daily builds of our experimental code. I have also taken a lot of interest in improving the build systems, which are used for building the Inkscape program from its source code. I have aimed to ensure that Inkscape can be built reliably on a wide range of systems, and I have liaised closely with the downstream Ubuntu and Debian package maintainers to make sure that we receive user bug reports and distribute new versions of Inkscape to users as efficiently as possible. I was very grateful for the opportunity to attend the Inkscape Hackfest in 2015, and to meet with other developers and board members to work on the code and discuss the future roadmap for the project. == Personal statement == It is a true honour to have been nominated as a board member for Inkscape. I fully appreciate the high regard in which the project is held by its users, and the wider free software community. My role in Inkscape has, so far, focused mainly on the technical side of improving the quality and longevity of the project, and I am eager now to support the project at board level. It was a real pleasure to meet some of the other board members in person at the Hackfest earlier this year and I look forward to the opportunity to work together with them. As a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK, I have experience in the financial planning of small to medium-scale ($1000 - $1.5 million) technical projects, and am confident in my ability to take on board responsibilities for Inkscape. I am also interested in the inter-project collaboration aspects of board membership, particularly in promoting the development of shared libraries and resources for common use with other free-software projects.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] How to include .lib or .a in inkscape
by Alex Valavanis 18 Aug '15

18 Aug '15

Hi Pratap, I'm afraid I don't know much about Windows development... I'll have to defer to one of the other team members! Best wishes, Alex On 18 Aug 2015 7:04 am, "Pratap Odedara" <p.odedara20@...400...> wrote: > I am using windows os and compiling the inkscape using visual studio as > given in official site > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Alex Valavanis <valavanisalex@...400...> > wrote: > >> Hi Pratap, >> >> Which OS are you using? How are you compiling Inkscape? >> >> >> Alex >> >> On 14 August 2015 at 13:15, Pratap <p.odedara20@...400...> wrote: >> > I want to include external library in inkscape project I have both .lib >> and >> > .a files of that library i want to include that library and use its >> methods >> > in inkscape so please guid me how to do it >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > View this message in context: >> http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/How-to-include-lib-or-a-in-inkscape-tp4974… >> > Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Inkscape-devel mailing list >> > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >> > >

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Seamless Extension Update
by Jabier Arraiza 18 Aug '15

18 Aug '15

Hi to all, attached are the template for the Seamless Pattern extension. It have some explains in english, also added a new feature to show white patterns without background or transparency. I need help to fix the strings and also a request to clarify it in the user point of view. Thanks in advace for your effort, Jabier.

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How to include .lib or .a in inkscape
by Pratap 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

I want to include external library in inkscape project I have both .lib and .a files of that library i want to include that library and use its methods in inkscape so please guid me how to do it -- View this message in context: http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/How-to-include-lib-or-a-in-inkscape-tp4974… Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Fwd: Inkscape Ballot E-mail Test]
by Ted Gould 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

If you are in the AUTHORS file, you should have received an e-mail like this in the last half hour or so. If not, please check your spam filter (it kinda looks like spam, I understand that) and then contact the Elections Committee. We've been working hard (mostly Maren) to get all of your e-mail addresses correct and updated, but I could have made a typo or we could have an old e-mail address for you. It'll be much easier to correct things now rather than when we start voting. If you know someone who is an Inkscape author but is not on inkscape-devel, please contact them and tell them to look out for this message as well. Thank you, Ted -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Ted Gould <ted@...11...> > To: inkscape.elections.committee@...3261... > Subject: Inkscape Ballot E-mail Test > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:16:52 -0500 > > Hello, > > We are testing the e-mail addresses that we have for people who can > vote in the Inkscape election. If you've received this e-mail there's > likely nothing you need to do. If this e-mail is going to an address > that you don't want us to use, please contact the Inkscape Elections > Committee: > > inkscape.elections.committee@...3261... > > If you know someone in the AUTHORS file that should have gotten a test > e-mail, and did not. Please have them contact the committee so that we > can get it sorted out. > > Thank you, > Elections Committee (via Ted)

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How to include .lib or .a in inkscape
by Pratap Odedara 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

I want to include external library in inkscape project I have both .lib and .a files of that library i want to include that library and use its methods in inkscape so please guid me how to do it

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Inkscape Board Elections: Last chance for nominations and candidacies
by Maren Hachmann 16 Aug '15

16 Aug '15

Hi everyone, it's been a little difficult to get people to volunteer (nobody did without having been asked) or to even nominate someone (same!). Now's your last chance to step up and tell us you'd like to run for one of those two empty seats - or to nominate someone you think should be on the Inkscape Board. We'd really like to see your candidacy and / or nominations (hurry up - we still have to ask the nominee ;) )! (else the election could become a little boring...) Please send your mail to the Inkscape elections committee list at inkscape.elections.committee@...3260... Thank you! Regards, Maren

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Switch
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

Hi to all. Im thinking going to work on "switch" code now "full" implemented in Inkscape but without GUI. Tav give me help on it. I have a idea on how to get working but have questions. Im focused on languaje selector but maybe im wrong, maybe need a full "switch" GUI with "requiredFeatures", "requiredExtensions" and "systemLanguage" conditional processing attributes. Realy Im not sure if "requiredFeatures" and "requiredExtensions" are useful to handle on Inkscape or maybe is better for use on the XML editor or raw SVG editing for the moment. In my mind, with language only point of view, I need a object dialog method to redraw a "switch", and a language -or "switch"- widget to: * Add multilenguage title and desc * Switch all "switches" to one lang * Add lang to a "switch". Global? * Remove a lang * Insert selected element to a new "switch" in the default lang. * Handle more Aria atributes? By the way, about "switches" in webpages with "systemLanguage" conditional processing attribute, whats the best way to user based switch a lang? We need a JS hack? Now im very bussy whith my payed work but hope can take some time to this proyect but sure not as dedicated as previously :( Regards, Jabier.

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Error compiling for Win64
by Christian Budde 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

Hello, today I wanted to build the latest trunk version for Win64, but I encountered an issue I don't know how to fix myself. What I did so far is to follow the instructions here: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_Inkscape_on_Windows http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_Inkscape_on_Windows_64-bit I also tried with more recent versions of MinGW-w64 now that Sourceforge is back online. Below is the error reported. It seems to be related to MinGW-w64, but I'm not sure what code actually triggered this and how to solve it. compile src/graphlayout.cpp Make error line 311: problem compiling: In file included from src/style.h:21:0, from src/graphlayout.cpp:34: src/style-internal.h:522:107: warning: unused parameter 'inherits' [-Wunused-parameter] SPIEnumBits( Glib::ustring const &name, SPStyleEnum const *enums, unsigned value = 0, bool inherits = true ) : ^ src/style-internal.h:522:107: warning: unused parameter 'inherits' [-Wunused-parameter] In file included from C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/move.h:57:0, from C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/stl_pair.h:59, from C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/stl_algobase.h:64, from C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/char_traits.h:39, from C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/ios:40, from C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/ostream:38, from C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/iostream:39, from src/graphlayout.cpp:15: C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/type_traits: In instantiation of 'struct std::remove_reference<SPItem*&>': C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/move.h:87:5: required by substitution of 'template<class _Tp> constexpr _Tp&& s td::forward(typename std::remove_reference<_From>::type&&) [with _Tp = SPItem*&]' C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/stl_construct.h:75:68: required from 'void std::_Construct(_T1*, _Args&& ...) [ with _T1 = SPItem*; _Args = SPItem*&]' C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:75:53: required from 'static _ForwardIterator std::__uninit ialized_copy<_TrivialValueTypes>::__uninit_copy(_InputIterator, _InputIterator, _ForwardIterator) [with _InputIterator = SPItem* *; _ForwardIterator = SPItem**; bool _TrivialValueTypes = false]' C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:125:41: required from '_ForwardIterator std::uninitialized_ copy(_InputIterator, _InputIterator, _ForwardIterator) [with _InputIterator = SPItem**; _ForwardIterator = SPItem**]' C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:278:63: required from '_ForwardIterator std::__uninitialize d_copy_a(_InputIterator, _InputIterator, _ForwardIterator, std::allocator<_Tp>&) [with _InputIterator = SPItem**; _ForwardIterat or = SPItem**; _Tp = SPItem*]' C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/vector.tcc:213:29: required from 'std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>& std::vector<_Tp, _A lloc>::operator=(const std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>&) [with _Tp = SPItem*; _Alloc = std::allocator<SPItem*>]' src/snap.h:148:100: required from here C:/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/type_traits:1476:5: internal compiler error: in finish_member_declaration, at cp/seman tics.c:2828 { typedef _Tp type; }; ^ Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64> for instructions. Can anyone point me in the right direction here? Kind regards, Christian Budde -- Christian-W. Budde Eleonorenstr. 17 30449 Hannover Tel.: +49 511 31048857 E-Mail: Christian@...3256... WWW: http://www.savioursofsoul.de/Christian

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Printing orientation issues
by Philipp Hachtmann 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

Hi folks, Inkscape does the print orientation thing wrongly. I'll try to explain. Most - but *NOT* all! - printers start printing on the top of a sheet which comes out of the printer in portrait. That means that if you have your inkscape (or other document) in portrait, it will be sent to the printer just like you have it on the screen. No rotation, no nothing. Everything fine. Inkscape assumes that all printers work this way. It's hard coded in (at least, I did not go that deep, sorry) src/ui/dialog/print.cpp: > if (doc_width > doc_height) { > gtk_page_setup_set_orientation (page_setup, GTK_PAGE_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE); > paper_size = gtk_paper_size_new_custom("custom", "custom", > doc_height, doc_width, GTK_UNIT_POINTS); I am not sure where the image is actually rotated (in Inkscape, the CUPS driver?), but the decision goes completely wrong when you have a printer that prints natively in landscape. This is the case for my label printer and my photo typesetter. And as I read in the web, I'm not the first one with that problem. The inkscape code is that "intelligent" that you can't even work around it by rotating the drawing before printing. It always comes out wrong. Amazing! I'm sorry that I can't provide a useful patch (I'm not good at application programming and all the high level stuff), but perhaps someone could fix this issue? It would be great to have some kind of config option that sounds like "Printer prints in landscape". Then this could be used to correct the decision if the image/print has to be turned. Kind regards Philipp

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