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'path' attribute in mesh branch
by Alex Valavanis 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

Hi Tav et al., I noticed that the 'path' attribute was added for meshes in r11406 [1] but it was not listed as being "supported" in attributes.test.h. I wanted to check whether it's safe for me to just change its status to "supported" in the test because it's part of an experimental feature. If we don't do this, the unit test faiils. One possible issue is that the 'path' attribute is listed as only applying to the 'animateMotion' element, while meshes aren't part of the formal SVG standard [2]. Am I reading too much into the meaning of "supported" here? Have I got the wrong end of the stick entirely?! Cheers, AV [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11406#src… [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/animate.html#PathAttribute

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[Templates] report
by Jan Darowski 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

Hi! Last week I've been mainly working on templates filtering and loading info about them from .svg files. This part is ready, but i suspect that later on, some modifications connected with translations can be needed. I've been also diving a little bit in the extensions system to prepare for the procedural templates.

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(no subject)
by Leo Jackson 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

Hello Everyone, Sorry for being away from the project for awhile I was recuperating from injuries from being hit by a car. My dumb luck I guess, I hope I am still allowed to help on the project pickup where I was. Inkscape, Inkscape-web, and bugs etc. Please tell me if I am allowed I see I am still on inkscape devel member, and the Inkscape-web. Inkscape bugs. I still have wiki access, and most of the access is still in place. Regards, Leo Jackson

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development of website?
by Jared Meidal 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

Hi, I know the website has had a development project for a while. Is that a project that will go live this year? Is it more web support needed that is holding it up? --Jared

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Regression in rev. 12399
by Eric Greveson 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

Hi Alvin, After updating to the latest Inkscape trunk, I've come across a regression - boolean operations on paths no longer work correctly. It appears that revision 12399 (Shape calculations - do not quantize the coordinates) is the culprit. I believe this commit attempts to fix the issue of path coordinates being rounded (and hence losing precision) - however, it looks like the boolean operation algorithms rely on this rounding to work correctly, and now fail with certain path data. I've attached an example of an SVG file with two paths. If you "select all" and then perform a "Path/Difference" operation, it produces the expected result in 12398. If you perform these steps in 12399, both paths disappear. (If the attached file gets stripped out for some reason, it's also available at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3442233/boolean_regression.svg). I can understand how this error went unnoticed in simple tests - I tried drawing a couple of rects and doing a "difference" operation and it worked fine. Must be dependent on the exact shape of the path, perhaps my example file contains coordinates that give the difference algorithm some headaches due to floating-point precision issues (numbers being squared etc) that the coordinate rounding hides. I guess the best option for now would be for someone to back out revision 12399. Alvin, hopefully my example SVG will allow you to find the source of the bug! Best, Eric

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Inkscape logo on the wiki
by Krzysztof Kosiński 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

The wiki still has the extremely old and ugly logo instead of the Tango one. (The new one is attached.) Does anyone know who has or can give access to the Mediawiki server, so that the logo may be finally changed? This is not a trivial thing, as I'm sure the old ugly logo is still being downloaded from the wiki and reused by third parties as our "official" visual identification. Regards, Krzysztof

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[GSOC] Less than three weeks till midterm evaluations!
by Tavmjong Bah 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

Hi, I just want to send out a reminder that midterm evaluations are less than three weeks away (due at latest August 2nd). It has been great to watch the development process on inkscape-dev! I've seen recent emails from the Recolor and Template projects but am longing for progress reports from the other projects. Students: Now is the time to make sure you and your mentor are on the same page in terms of midterm goals. Tav

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[Templates] translation of xml data
by Jan Darowski 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

Hi! I'd like to ask, if any one of you have any ideas how should be some additional data inside .svg files kept to enable easy translation? I mean info about the template (name, description etc) and probably, later on, some field names for procedural templates. Is there any recommended mechanism for translation of this data or should I think of something new? Another related question: is adding template info into metadata element ok or should I add a new one? I'm asking these things because it's pretty important to set it now correctly as later on it will be difficult to change anything. Regards, Jan Darowski

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HTML color code for white to black colors
by Javier Garcia 15 Jul '13

15 Jul '13

Hi, Im missing the HTML color code for white to black in the color bars when hovering them. Regards Javi

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Move Align to Selection
by Martin Owens 12 Jul '13

12 Jul '13

I've been looking at the align-and-distribute code and want to clear it up for use with my new functionality. My idea is to move the core function into selection like this: Selection::align(Geom::OptRect bbox, AlignSide align, bool as_group); That way align-and-distribute can specify the bbox from all it's options and other functions can align selections. It should reduce repetition and allow my code to call more directly into the effective code without navigating the ui specific code. I'd like your thoughts before I spend some time on this refactor. It might also be worth moving distribute too, I have some great UI ideas for how to do distribute with knot handles too. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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