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Emoji handling - a mixed problem of system font management and application behavior - what is the part of inkscape
by Stefan Lechner 22 Nov '21

22 Nov '21

Hello folks, I have a very special and obscure situation. I am using inkscape version 1.1.1 on Arch Linux with Gnome Desktop 41.1, but the problem is present since several years on different systems, but I didn't notice it for a long time. Some months ago the situation changed… It is related to Emojis. I am using svg-files with astrological symbols as text, the fonts I am using are covering this unicode symbols and I do not want to have them replaced with symbols from an other font. But exactly this is happening since some years (in nearly every application and in a very special way in inkscape). I think it all comes from the definition which symbols are emojis and which not. There is a hand full of symbols which are in use as emojis and as normal "letters" in text - in my case asterisks. Since 2016 the system-wide emoji support is interpreting this symbols as emojis and substituting them with an emoji-font even if the signs are available in the font in use. A behavior I dislike at all, but maybe it is wanted by others for chat applications and similar. From 2016 to 2020 my system lack a special bitmap-emoji-font and I didn't notice the on going substitutin in the background. I use the Libertinus Sans (former Linux Biolinum) font and the emoji-substitutin has been replacing the asterisks signs of this font with the Dejavu Sans font - it seems Dejavu Sans is in use as an Emoji-fallback font, because of the huge unicode coverage. Since 2020 a bitmap-emoji-font is present on my system as dependency of gnome-characters. So everything changed. Now I have ugly colorful graphics instead of normal text-signs in many applications including Firefox, Eye Of Gnome,… … and inkscape? Even worse! Inkscape can not handle the signs from the bitmap-emoji-font and is substituting once again the asterisks with normal letters from the alphabet. My workaround at the moment: uninstalling gnome-characters and the emoji-font to again fallback on Dejavu font. But this is not satisfying, I want back the signs from my Libertinus font. I have not found any solution yet. I think this is a misbehavior of the emoji-implementation. But what is the problem? A missing functionality on application side or a bug of the emoji-substitution on system side? In other words: is it part of the application to accept or refuse the emoji-substitution or is the undemanded emoji-substitution of the font-system a bug itself? No matter what - I think, as long as inkscape is not able to use the emoji-fonts, it should refuse all emoji-substitution functionality completely (if possible?!). It causes problems in every case. What do you think, am I right? Stefan

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Thank You Message for Bryce Harrington
by Ryan Gorley 06 Nov '21

06 Nov '21

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[BUG] Inkscape font are not antialiased on Ubuntu 21.10/Gnome 40
by Nicolás Abel Carbone 05 Oct '21

05 Oct '21

Sorry if this is the wrong place to report this. If there is a better place for bug reporting, please let me know. I recently updated to Ubuntu 21.10 and on it inkscape fonts are not antialiased. I am using the snap versión and I reproduced the bug on two different PCs both in the stable and the candidate channel. I attached a screenshot of the bug. Libreoffice had a similar bug, already corrected, that seemed to be related to changes in the location of gsettings attributes related to antialiasing. Here you can see other apps hitting the same problem, they had to be updated to point to another field in the config file: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/3680 1 <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/3680> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1922464 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1922464> -- Nicolás Abel Carbone Doctor en Física - Becario Posdoctoral CIFICEN-CONICET-UNCPBA Research Gate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicolas_Carbone> epsilon.h <https://epsilonh.com.ar> Bionirs <http://bionirs.com> *Mi horario de trabajo puede no coincidir con el suyo. Salvo que así lo indique el mail, por favor no se sienta obligado a responder este mensaje fuera de su horario de trabajo habitual.* *My working hours may not be your working hours. Unless otherwise specified in the mail, please do not feel obligated to reply outside of your normal work schedule.*

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BUG: Newer inkscape series crashes computer in heavy documents.
by xadaux daux 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

Hello, I'm currently working on a heavy .SVG document about almost 91 layers containing linked .PNG files in high resolution (300 dpi). While previous series (0.91) saved successfully individual layers as single .PDF-per-layer the latest 1.1 stands working when exporting pages and then crashes the whole computer after 20-30 seconds. Is not posible to kill the process manually by console. Just want to notify devels about this particular issue. Thank you, Xadaux

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Monthly PLC Meeting
by Ted Gould 02 Oct '21

02 Oct '21

Howdy Inkscapers, This week we have a monthly PLC meeting. These months where the first Friday is in the early digits really sneak up on me! It will be our usual status update and tracking of tasks throughout the project. It will be in the PLC room on Rocketchat/Libera.chat/etc. Agenda is available: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Leadership_Committee_Status_Updates#Agenda The time in your timezone: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20211001T10&p1=202 Everyone is welcome. Hope to see you there! Ted

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Vectors' Meeting October
by Maren Hachmann 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

Hello everybody, our next Vectors team meeting is on Saturday! Find the proposed agenda at: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/-/issues/231 and please do add your items to it. Here's a shortcut to find the concrete time for your time zone: https://inkscape.org/cals/event/3/ Maren

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What's the Release process now?
by Ted Gould 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

I thought part of the release process was to email the packagers list about the tagging, but I don't think that happened. I guess I'm a bit behind as I only found out via: https://mastodon.art/@inkscape/107004517806832427 Ted

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GDI BUS Issues - constantly Crashing Inkscape.
by gjr 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

Since V1.0 When opening ANY Non exported, Non embedded, Non Related image file with ANY other "GRAPHICS/RASTER" app causes inkscape to crash with a GDI BUS error if INSKSCAPE (NOT RESPONDING) is active in memory. Getting sick of it. For crying out loud - even attaching image to email crashes inkscape. I'm running Win 8.1 (yes, I know). I have tried assigning admin perms to Inkscape and gdibus.exe, to no avail. Here's what I think, you are lockcing the gdi bus memory, ASSUMING THAT ANY CALL TO THE GDI IS FOR YOU, THEN YOU RECEIVE A NULL RESPONSE AND YOU HAVE ZERO ERROR HANDLING. Not every gdi bus call is for inkscape. Fix this. Seriously, I have lost so much stuff because of this - it corrupts text areas and gradients and I am getting sick of it. For crying out loud, handling a null response is coding 101! Kind Regards, Gary -- ..................... Gary Rockley Tel +1 512 519 9593 Cel +1 651-216-4726

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Re: GDI BUS Issues - constantly Crashing Inkscape.
by Luca Bacci 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

Hello, I believe you’re experiencing two different issues, actually: * Crash on Win8 / Win8.1 when opening an image in another image viewing / editing program. See https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/5249. This is already fixed upstream so you can simply use the latest stable bugfix bundle: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.1.x/?latest=1. * Memory leaks when having the Document Properties Dock open. See https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/5667, https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/5363. That’s already fixed for 1.2, current workaround is to leave it closed. Luca

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Inkscape is participating in Outreachy!
by Martin Owens 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

Dear Developers, Inkscape is confirmed to be participating in Outreachy Dec-2021, the principle mentors are Kavya and Adam.Belis, but if you have a project you think would be good for an intern to work on, please do become a mentor or co-mentor too. The projects don't have to be development (unlike GSoC) so if you've been sitting on a documentation project and haven't had time to get to it, now is the time to do some mentoring and make Inkscape even better. Commitment is a couple of hours a week during the intern period. You can go to https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/inkscape/ Scroll down to the bottom to the green "Submit a Project Proposal" button and fill out the forms. The outreachy coordinators (myself, Tav and Marc) will review all the project proposals and confirm them and then they'll be open to potential interns to select from. = Schedule = Oct. 1, 2021 - Contribution period begins Oct. 31, 2021 - Contribution period ends Nov - Lots of administration happens. Dec. 6, 2021 - March 4, 2022 - Internships period Let me know if you need any guidance or further details Best Regards, Martin Owens

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