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Text Wrapping in SVG 2
by Jason Simanek 11 Jul '13

11 Jul '13

Hi, I didn't see this mentioned here already, so I thought it might be worth sharing this news about CSS-driven text wrapping in the SVG 2 spec: Reinventing Fire: It's a Wrap! (SVG Text Wrapping via CSS Proposal) http://schepers.cc/its-a-wrap Will this be a positive change for how Inkscape handles wrapped text? I can never keep straight the flowed or unflowed property. I hope this addition to the spec means the end of such duality. This is from May, but new to me. Sorry if it has already been discussed here. Sincerely, Jason Simanek

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Warnings in recent merges
by Jon Cruz 10 Jul '13

10 Jul '13

Hi, I'm seeing some warnings show up in regards to different versions of "addCanvasIndicators" in LPE classes hiding each other. We probably need to get that cleaned up. Also... perhaps I'm the only one seeing them since I have my warning levels bumped up a bit.

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Request for Animation Editor development [with funding]
by 影月　零 10 Jul '13

10 Jul '13

Hello, I'm Rei Kagetsuki from Genshin Souzou K.K. We'd really like to see an animation editor in inkscape with proper SMIL-embedded SVG output. Basically we'd like to see this: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/SVG_Animation http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/SVG_Animation_UI http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Animation-(Timeline) implemented within the next few months. We're considering implementing these features ourselves, but as we have a small staff and none of us have any real expertise on developing graphics editing tools we'd like to know if anyone would be willing to take on the task if we provided funding. If so, how much would the asking price be? If nobody is willing to take on the task we will try to implement these features ourselves and will push the results to inkscape core. Thanks, -Rei

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Doxygen Documentation
by Arshdeep Singh 10 Jul '13

10 Jul '13

Hello devs, I've built my local copy of Inkscape's doxygen documentation. My documentation does not have class diagrams. Is this consistent with other people that build it for the 0.49 development branch ? I found the 'unofficial' doxygen documentation for the Inkscape-0.48. http://fossies.org/dox/inkscape-0.48.4/structSPDesktop.html You can clearly see the class diagram in the link. My local copy doesn't build those. Any thing I am missing ? -- Arshdeep Singh Third Year, Computer Engineering Delhi Technological University Ph: +91-9654115614 https://sites.google.com/site/adsingh1729/home

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Inkscape Window Size won't stick
by michael grosberg 09 Jul '13

09 Jul '13

Recently (I'm using an updated development version) I noticed that Inkscape doesn't seem to be able to remember the last window geometry. Well, it does, initially, when I open a document - but a second later the window size changes to a size of 1920X768. Why that size? I don't know, but I have a two monitor setup, both 1280X1024, so it might be 75% of desktop size. I am using the latest dev build on Window 7 64bit. I am not seeing the problem with the stable version. Does anyone have some insight on what might cause this?

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On Canvas Align: Video Demo
by Martin Owens 08 Jul '13

08 Jul '13

Hey Devs, I've got a new feature (uncommitted) to show: http://blip.tv/martin-owens/on-canvas-alignment-feature-for-inkscape-6613286 I'd like to know what you think and your feedback could be key to deciding where my new handles would fit with people's workflows. Excited, Martin Owens

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[Recolor] Week #2 Progress
by Arshdeep Singh 07 Jul '13

07 Jul '13

Hello, There hasn't been any coding this week. It has been mostly a brainstorming session where I have been looking at ways to achieve the purpose of the tool without interfering with other tools' functioning. The approach of enabling the paint-selector object to color 'active' objects from the selection will spiral into disaster as pointed out by Krzysztof. Now, I plan to directly access the SPDesktop object (again suggested by Krzysztof) and be working with Inkscape :: Selection . There are a few design issues that promptly come to mind which will be discussed shortly. + Firstly, as a followup to my previous question: "How to extract the fill information using the getStyleProperty ( ... ) function" - Is there any other method I can extract the style information ? I see recurring code of the form where a css object is created and the particular property is set using *sp_desktop_get_style(). *Will this be of any use ? I need to fetch the 'fill' property of the style of the object. + Problem of how to know from which objects I can access SPDekstop and related functions. And for the matter, Inkscape::Selection and realted functions too. + I intend to add a structure definition in gimpcolorwheel.c going as: struct WheelColorMarker { gchar id[6]; //the id is always 6 characters long (is thsi correct ?) gchar fill[7]; //#rrggbb in hex } I will use a dynamic array of this to fetch the id and color of the objects selected on the canvas and paint the color wheel with their respective markers. I will need access to functions which can create color into rgb triad of gdouble from the hex code of fill. +Last and the most nerve wracking question: Where do I add the functions that actually will change the colors ? in paint-selector.cpp ? If yes, how do I get access to the selected objects from that class ? Also, I remember discussing this on the mailing list, that if I change the attribute in the XML editor, it automatically gets reflected on the canvas ? Just want to confirm that if I use XML to change the solid colors of the objects then will they reflect on the canvas or not ? Thanks, --- Arshdeep Singh Third Year, Computer Engineering Delhi Technological University Ph: +91-9654115614 https://sites.google.com/site/adsingh1729/home

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[Units] Refactoring Progress
by Matthew Petroff 07 Jul '13

07 Jul '13

In the past week, I decided against using Boost Units, began porting code to "util/units.cpp", and fixed a minor, long-standing bug in the page size selector dialog. http://www.mpetroff.net/archives/2013/07/07/refactoring-progress/ -Matthew

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Which container used for path nodes?
by Shriramana Sharma 06 Jul '13

06 Jul '13

I'm not sure where in the source tree to look for this, so I'll ask this here. What container does Inkscape use to store the nodes of its paths? I mean, a drawing program would often use (in STL terminology) push_back, pop_back, insert and erase. (I don't think push_front would often be needed.) The contained value type would probably contain a few flags in addition to the x,y coordinates. So I'm curious what container you people chose to cater to these requirements. Thanks. -- Shriramana Sharma ஶ்ரீரமணஶர்மா श्रीरमणशर्मा

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[Recolor] GSoc 2013: Week 2 Brickwall
by Arshdeep Singh 06 Jul '13

06 Jul '13

Hello, As a follow-up to my first week, I have been digging into numerous source files to get a hold to the functionality that handles coloring objects selected on the canvas ( desktop ) . The file paint-selector.cpp is a generic file which handles the different color selectors like the color-wheel selector( sp-color-wheel-selector.cpp ) which is our attention right now. Now, the FillNStroke class (fill-style.cpp) puts the Paint Selector in the appropriate mode. The Paint Selector then passes control to the color selector which repaints the object on the canvas which is selected. There is just one problem with respect to the demands of my project : The color selector will apply changes to ALL objects currently in the SELECTION list. What I need is that a group of objects are selected, with the ONLY ONE object selected or atleast the color selector thinks so ? Any ideas on how I actually create such pseudo-selection criteria ? I have an approach in mind that goes like this: I can include an extra Paint Selector mode by the name of MODE_RECOLOR and in that mode the desktop handles the selection differently that it maintains a list of background selections and an ACTIVE selection. The ACTIVE selection is what the color selector sees. When I toggle the selection, the appropriate object becomes the ACTIVE SELECTION. There must be many experienced developers here who know the in and outs of the coloring mechanism. Can you guys suggest a better solution/ go-ahead whether my proposed way is possible/ an easier method ? Waiting eagerly for a reply. -- Arshdeep Singh Third Year, Computer Engineering Delhi Technological University Ph: +91-9654115614 https://sites.google.com/site/adsingh1729/home

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