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GSOC 2023
by Yashashvi Mann 10 Dec '22

10 Dec '22

Respected Sir/Mam, My name is Yashashvi Mann and I am currently an undergraduate in Delhi technological University. I am a GSOC 2023 enthusiast. I have knowledge of Python, HTML, CSS, Java script, Tailwind and React. I am extremely new to the contribution world and don’t know how to start. If you could guide me or assign me a task that I can contribute to, I will be very grateful. Hope to hear from you soon. Regards

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OSC or UDP messags
by John Allsup 06 Dec '22

06 Dec '22

Hi, A general topic I'm interested in, with many applications, is the possibility of using OSC or some custom UDP protocol for messages. As such, all the core application needs to do in its run loop is to check for pending packets and process any that have arrived (the rest of receiving could be on another thread). For example, so that you could use essentially any device with rotary knobs or buttons to control things like line width or colour of the selected object or, more generally, anything else. OSC is a common protocol used by some music software, but I'm interested in its use beyond music software. You could send messages like e.g. /currentobject/linewidth/changeby 46 "pt" to increase the line width by 46 pt Essentially anywhere there is a numerical value the user could control via e.g. the toolbar or some slider somewhere, or something that could be toggled on/off, or stepped through, there is the scope for controlling it via something tactile like a rotary encoder on a Midi controller, or anything else. (You could easily have an external program which handles conversion to/from what an app understands.) Just my general line of thinking. My motivation for trying to get along with this idea is devices like the TourBox which, in absence of a protocol like OSC, is just a box and some (bloated) software that turns knobs and buttons into keyboard shortcuts to control applications. John Allsup

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Inkscape 1.2.2
by Marc Jeanmougin 05 Dec '22

05 Dec '22

Inkscape 1.2.2 ============== Inkscape 1.2.2 is now released. You can download it at: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.2.2/ then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at: https://inkscape.org/support-us/ ---------------- Inkscape 1.2.2 is a maintenance and bugfix release, which brings you 4 crash fixes, over 25 bug fixes, 5 fixes for extension bugs and 13 improved user interface translations. Notably, the OpenClipart import is now available to everyone, regardless of the selected packaging format or operating system, spellchecking finally works on macOS, performance is improved (in exchange for dithering disabled by default), extensions that modify colors can now also modify colors in patterns again, and for our maker community, we fixed some issues with the measure tool, the DXF14 export and with hairline strokes. Thanks to everyone involved in that release! -- The Inkscape team

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Wiki account request
by Kyungjoon Lee 05 Dec '22

05 Dec '22

Hi, I want to contribute to the wiki, mainly the bits on building for macOS. I tried to contribute to GIMP documentation before: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/gimp-macos-build/-/merge_requests/1… https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/gimp-macos-build/-/merge_requests/1… And now I would like to try to update the Inkscape documentation as well. Could you grant me access to the wiki with username kjoonlee, please? Thank you very much in advance. Cheers, KJ

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Vectors' Meeting December
by Maren Hachmann 30 Nov '22

30 Nov '22

Hello Vectors (and everyone interested in what we do), our next Vectors team meeting is on Saturday! We're planning the 1.2.2 release! Here's the proposed agenda: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/-/issues/262 Please comment on items you think should be added! Here's a shortcut to find the concrete time for your time zone: https://inkscape.org/cals/ Maren

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Inkscape PLC Meeting
by Ted Gould 02 Nov '22

02 Nov '22

Howdy folks, Been traveling a bunch and out of the loop. So at least for me this will be a super exciting PLC meeting. Hoping to get back into the swing of things and catch up with everyone! Standard agenda: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Leadership_Committee_Status_Updates#Agenda Date time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20221104T10&p1=202 (NOTE: this is on Pacific time from when Bryce organized it, so it might be a different time than you're used to) Hope to see everyone there! Ted

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Vectors' Meeting October
by Maren Hachmann 02 Nov '22

02 Nov '22

Hello Vectors (and everyone interested in what we do), our next Vectors team meeting is on Saturday! Here's the proposed agenda: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/-/issues/261 Please comment on items you think should be added! Note that the time has moved along with US time, so it's one hour later than usually in Europe. Here's a shortcut to find the concrete time for your time zone: https://inkscape.org/cals/ Maren

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Inkscape Hackfest 2023
by René de Hesselle 17 Oct '22

17 Oct '22

Dear all, we’re trying to organize a Hackfest early 2023 in Germany at a location outside Cologne (~15 km). While the location won’t lend itself to sightseeing tours or visiting a different bar each night (because it's not in the city, more on the country side), it’s special appeal is that we actually don’t have to leave the premises: team room, hotel rooms and excellent catering (breakfast, lunch, dinner) are conveniently all in one place. Ideal conditions for late night sessions under the influence of beer and good company to spark commits for make benefit glorious library of Boost Pointer Container! ('grep -A 5 glorious src/3rdparty/2geom/include/2geom/curve.h‘ and you will understand) More details will be revealed later, for now let’s see which week(s) to look at for possible booking and how many people are interested. Please use your GitLab handle as your name to vote within 7 days: https://framadate.org/FKWRfp1N54R1YJr3 (Two weeks in February are missing because traveling during carnival season through a hotspot like Cologne isn’t fun.) Cheers! René

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Anybody build from source on RH EL 8 (or related)?
by David Mathog 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

This question was first posted here (recently): https://inkscape.org/forums/beyond/anybody-build-from-source-on-rh-el-8-or-… It was kind of long, so please just read that and then reply here. Found this script in the current developer's instructions: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape-ci-docker/-/raw/master/install_depende… Have not tried it yet. It lists Fedora but not any of the RHEL variants. Also, under Fedora poppler is not explicitly called out as a dependency, and from the first link, building poppler was a problem. Does the Fedora build not use poppler, or does it come in automatically from one of the other dnf commands? For reference, see also: https://forums.centos.org/viewtopic.php?t=76971 For Centos 8.3 (or maybe it was 8.2) "dnf install poppler-devel" worked, but for almalinux 8.6 it does not, failing with a: No match for argument: poppler-devel Thanks, David Mathog

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Vectors' Meeting October
by Maren Hachmann 07 Oct '22

07 Oct '22

Hello Vectors (and everyone interested in what we do), our next Vectors team meeting is on Saturday (i.e. tomorrow)! Here's the proposed agenda: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/-/issues/260 Please comment on items you think should be added! Here's a shortcut to find the concrete time for your time zone: https://inkscape.org/cals/ Maren

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