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Hello world
by Elie Michel 07 Apr '14

07 Apr '14

Hi, I just suscribed to the mailing-list because it's been a long time I 'd like to contribute to Inkscape but I don't know exacty how to proceed and what to do. I have skills in programmation, but I never studied such a large project and so I feel completely lost when I browse the source files for example. So I'd like to know what is the recommended way to discover Inkscape organisation. Is it helpfull to begin with plugin development or is it so different than it will not help me understanding the code structure ? Are there simple little tasks that I could try to achieve in order to get more familiar with it ? Tasks that would not require a complete understanding of the entire code. But I can also help in other way than patching the core soft, with some web dev or translation. I suscribed to the translator mailing-list too but I don't know exactly how it works, how to find what to translate, etc. For example the new next-release page has obviously not been translated in French (which is my mother language) but what am I supposed to do if I want to translate it ? Please excuse me if I just missed the place where all this information can be found ! Best regards, Elie

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Inkscape
by Manuel Hiciano 07 Apr '14

07 Apr '14

what I would like is to add modules that allow you to work on something specific, in this case draw outside plant telephone, which allows you to draw lines, utility poles, booths, terminals, etc.. But these are already established in INKSCAPE. As such I would like to remove a cable, then I click on the function and the cable I want to delete. This is possible, but would like to know what you think and if you are agree to add these features. Tranks you!!!

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Reporting build Issues
by Partha Bagchi 06 Apr '14

06 Apr '14

Is it worthwhile reporting building issues against the latest launchpad (thanks to Josh Andler for pointing it out to me) tarballs or simply wait for the next revision hoping it's fixed? For example, while build revision 13270, I encountered this error: 2geom/toposweep.cpp: In member function 'Geom::TopoGraph::Edge Geom::TopoGraph::remove_edge(unsigned int, unsigned int)': 2geom/toposweep.cpp:56:1: error: control reaches end of non-void function [-Werror=return-type] } ^ cc1plus.exe: some warnings being treated as errors Makefile:8041: recipe for target `2geom/toposweep.o' failed make[3]: *** [2geom/toposweep.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/graphics/inkscape/revison-13270/src' Makefile:5049: recipe for target `all' failed make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/graphics/inkscape/revison-13270/src' Makefile:1070: recipe for target `all-recursive' failed make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/graphics/inkscape/revison-13270' Makefile:765: recipe for target `all' failed make: *** [all] Error 2 Building on Win 8.1 64-bit using gcc 4.8.1 and Mingw. Thanks, Partha

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INKSCAPE
by Manuel Hiciano 06 Apr '14

06 Apr '14

it is possible to orient the inkspace for something specific drawing, I mean add other features that allow you to work other aspects of technical drawings. Thank you! Waiting for your answers ..

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Warnings check
by Johan Engelen 04 Apr '14

04 Apr '14

Hi all, I'd like people to check what compiler errors are reported for trunk on their system (Windows I can do myself), with these flags: -Wall -Wformat -Werror=format-security -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Werror=switch -Werror=return-type -Werror -Wno-error=pointer-sign -Wno-error=unused-parameter -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -Wno-error=strict-overflow -Wno-error=write-strings -Wno-error=format -Wno-error=format-extra-args Please no comments about whether you like these flags or not, just what build *errors* you get. (don't send me the warnings please!) (On Windows, with these flags we are down to 3 errorring files, and I'm working on them) Thanks a lot, Johan

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Fwd: [Branch ~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk] Rev 13262: XMLTree and InkscapePreferences are not dockable windows, don't treat them like one.
by su_v 04 Apr '14

04 Apr '14

I want this feature back (for both dialogs). -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Branch ~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk] Rev 13262: XMLTree and InkscapePreferences are not dockable windows, don't treat them like one. Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 13:18:26 -0000 From: noreply@...1881... Reply-To: noreply@...1881... To: ~suv <snip> ------------------------------------------------------------ revno: 13262 committer: Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> branch nick: trunk timestamp: Fri 2014-04-04 15:16:22 +0200 message: XMLTree and InkscapePreferences are not dockable windows, don't treat them like one. modified: src/ui/dialog/dialog-manager.cpp

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Windows dev build link and msi installer
by Jared Meidal 04 Apr '14

04 Apr '14

Thanks Adib, This installer worked smooth for me and seems a great way for Windows users to peek into a dev build if these files will remain updated. I'll place a link on the website for users to locate this: http://inkscape.org/en/download/windows/ --Jared > As I don't know how we might continue with the publication of daily builds > I put the todays versions on my Google Drive. > Here is the link: > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByQpCQ-C8wR2b09fYkRTSVk5bWM&usp=sha… > There is: > - bat a bat file that gets the source, compiles and creates the installer > - 7z archived complete directory > - msi new wix based installer > > the optimum would be a "cron job" that builds and publishes the archives > etc. > > Adib.

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XML duplicate document
by Martin Owens 04 Apr '14

04 Apr '14

Hey devs, In fixing bug lp:419266 I noticed that we don't have a document node duplicate function that returns a document. Running duplicate on a document node at the moment will return a normal node (and requires a document as input, which explodes if you try and do anything with it) My attempts at adding a document duplicate function have failed. I just don't know enough about C++ inheritence which is used extensively between Node, SimpleNode and Document, SimpleDocument. If you do know this, I think it should be a quick addition and it would help clear up another bug (1059244) if you could add this function to our xml code. Best Regards, Martin Owens [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/419266 [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1059244

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Export workflow, template format proposals (discussion)
by Johan Engelen 03 Apr '14

03 Apr '14

Hi all, A quick note, the functionality of saving to a file (possibly a PDF) without setting it as document file is already there. It's called Save a Copy... in the menu. -Johan ----- Reply message ----- From: "Bernard Gray" <bernard.gray@...400...> To: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...400...> Cc: "Inkscape Devel List" <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Export workflow, template format proposals (discussion) Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 07:39 On 3 April 2014 13:46, Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> wrote: > On Thu, 2014-04-03 at 11:22 +1100, Bernard Gray wrote: >> My proposal is actually to support both these workflows - add the File >> -> Export to... PDF menu option, but leave the "Save As... -> PDF" >> option intact. > > Sorry I wasn't clear. This is my proposal also. > > I would not like to see a new menu item though. Exporting a specific > type should be something the export dialog takes care of, so exporting > to eps, pdf or something else. > > The big difference between export and save as, is that save as sets the > document filename to this new filename and export should not. Great, we're on the same page - I'm not fussy as to how it's implemented in the menu. Gimp currently provides two Export options in it's file menu, "Export", and "Export As...": * Export As... takes you to a file picker dialog, where you can choose the location and format of the exported file * If you haven't exported the document already, the "Export" button does the same thing * Once you have exported the document, it remembers the last file you exported to and the "Export" button title changes to reflect this, ie "Export to <file>.<extension>" This would require the addition of a new menu item though. If you want to avoid this would you prefer to just go with something similar to the Gimp "Export As..." button/functionality? > Martin, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Export workflow, template format proposals (discussion)
by Bernard Gray 03 Apr '14

03 Apr '14

Hi All, It's been a long time (my alias is cleary) - We're beginning to see inkscape get some traction in our company as a tool for non-designers to make small changes to templates/documents that our designers create. An example scenario: Our HR Dept does Job Vacancy releases. These job vacancy documents have fairly standard elements, and the vast majority of changes that the HR guys need to make are as simple as changing the date, or location. The workflow I'm looking to introduce is: the Designers create a template, HR can then take that template, make minor text changes, export to PDF and distribute. There are two niggles in the way inkscape handles this process, and I'd like to at least open up some discussion on resolving these niggles. 1st Niggle: Exporting to PDF is a "Save" operation, not an "Export" operation After they've made some changes, the users must remember to save as SVG first before saving as PDF in order to maintain a compatible "source" document. They also have to remember that after saving as PDF, they are no longer working on the source document. Proposal: Expand the "Export to Bitmap" File menu item to include PDF, and potentially other formats that are not suitable as a "source" document ie they can't preserve an adequate level of info - layers, objects etc By doing this, The Export action creates the PDF (or non-source suitable) document, and any subsequent modifications are still saved to the source SVG document without any further opening/closing/saving over existing docs. Gimp recently introduced this idea I believe. 2nd Niggle: The current "Templates" handling involves maintaining documents in a dir under the inkscape profile dir. This requires some bespoke SOE handling for multiple users to get access to multiple templates. Proposal: Introduce an "inkscape template" file extension in a similar fashion to popular office suites (.svgt?). The file is no different to a standard inkscape svg, the only difference would be that when you go to Save the document for the first time, it forces you to use the Save As... dialog so you don't overwrite the template. This would allow users to keep templates *anywhere*, and won't require any significant training or support to make sure there's no accidental clobbering of the template documents. I'd be keen to hear people's thoughts, and I realise this may be better as two separate discussions. My programming skills are fairly atrophied these days, but I would definitely consider having a crack at patching something. Paying for the features either in the form of a project donation or by specifically hiring resources are also possibilities. Thanks for your consideration, Bernard Gray

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