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Inkscape and Mac OSX menu integration
by Valerio Aimale 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

~suv, thanks as always for your insightful comments. Sorry for the belated reply, I've been busy with work. 99 times out of 100, refactoring is best. However, there are exceptions. Refactoring the menubar machinery in a way that works for all platforms is a major undertaking. It would be a significant investment of time. I think it would be nice to be able to provide a 0.48.4 release to the Mac users out there, who have been left behind for quite some time. I've come up with a solution that is not a hack, but not even refactoring. As a matter of fact, Inkscape has already 80 % of the code needed to work with a unified menubar. Would you, Victor, or any other willing test this version: https://rapidshare.com/files/2954353212/Inkscape-0.48.4-10.7%2B-x86_64.dmg It has a unified MacOSX menu for all windows/document/views. I don't know, however, what the unified menu does to dynamic menu items. Check marks are there and they seem to be ok for me. This version has also a working python installation. The application menu Quit item is not yet integrated with the app. It will be soon. ~suv, I've seen you comments in the bug reports and will reply, as time permits. Valerio > Commenting here even though the topic is quickly getting way above my > head: Personally, I wonder whether it's really about adding some hack, > or more about efforts at refactoring some of Inkscape's code base? As I > had tried to convey with information provided in earlier replies, some > of the issues with the menubar integration also seem to similarly affect > Inkscape e.g. on Ubuntu under Unity with the global menu (no icons and > keyboard shortcuts for menu items, the 'File > Open Recent' sub-menu is > broken in the same way, the toggle state can get out of sync, e.g when > working with multiple windows, etc). > > Possibly a somewhat related discussion, started during an earlier effort > to advance the OS X menu integration of Inkscape: > <http://inkscape.13.n6.nabble.com/Verbs-SPAction-versus-GtkAction-tt2806978.…> > > Maybe this should or could be addressed indeed by a refactoring of > Inkscape's code base, possibly with increased focus on what GTK3 might > offer right now or plans to support? AFAIU at least for the Quartz > backend GTK3 already includes menubar integration code which does not > require to depend / link against the external gtk-mac-integration > library anymore (there's a small demo app installed alongside gtk3-demo, > which uses the native global menubar on OS X [1]). > > Similarly, the problem with the modifiers in my understanding is likely > to require quite a bit of refactoring - GIMP 2.8 is my reference in this > regard: AFAICT the GIMP team rewrote large parts of the modifier code > last year [2] (IIRC after some refactoring had occurred in upstream GTK2 > 2.24 first), and now the application out-of-the-box seems to handle > modifier keys depending on the backend used for GTK2: on OS X 10.7, my > local X11-based build of GIMP 2.8.2 has the (usual) 'Ctrl' modifier in > shortcuts, whereas the Quartz-based build of the same GIMP version uses > 'Cmd' instead. This is what I'd also like to expect from Inkscape. > >

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GDK Thread API deprecation
by Alex Valavanis 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Dear All, I just opened a new report [1] about the deprecation of the Gdk thread API. I know very little about writing threaded applications... would anyone be willing to take a look at this, or at least give some hints about how easy/difficult it will be to fix? AV [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1099832

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Feature request, export a svg to a multi resolution icon
by Justin Dearing 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

Hello, I created a 512x512 svg image to serve as the "master" logo and icon for poshrunner. I then use inkscape from the command line to make png renderings at 256,128,64,48,32, and 16 pixel square resolution, and then use FreeImage to create a single ICO file that gets embedded into the final ico. This involves two powershell scripts: https://github.com/zippy1981/AppDomainPoshRunner/blob/master/art/buildart.p… https://github.com/zippy1981/AppDomainPoshRunner/blob/master/art/buildIcon.… It would be nice to simplify this process. Could inkscape add multi resolution ico export support? For the resolution it could be a series of checkboxes for the accepted resolution (btw as of Vista the ICO format supports 256x256). For the scriptable command line version the syntax could look like: inkscape --export-ico=foo.ico--export-ico-resolutions=16,32,48,64,48,128,256 foo.svg Regards, Justin Dearing

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Can we list the Chocolatey (apt-get for windows) package for InkScape on http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en
by Justin Dearing 13 Jan '13

13 Jan '13

Hey all, I took over maintenance of the chocolatey (http://chocolatey.org) package for inkscape. Chocolatey is basically yum/apt-get/fink/etc for windows. I have a request and two offers. My request is that you list the package on the download page. My first offer is that if you deem it appropriate I will make someone on the inkscape core team a co-owner of the package. My second offer is to integrate the package building into the inkscape windows build process if you deem that appropiate. Let me know your thoughts. Regards, Justin Dearing

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Call for Merge
by Martin Owens 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hey Inkscapers, I've been on pause with this connector work waiting for the clean-up to get merged into trunk. Do we know what's going on? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Grayscale viewmode prefs
by Johan Engelen 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Hi all, I'm lazy... please tell me where to store in preferences.xml the 'user-calibratable' grayscale conversion values for the grayscale view mode. Something like: /options/grayscale/r /options/grayscale/g /options/grayscale/b (off-topic: the value itself is a floating point value between 0 and 1 that says how gray that primary color should be shown; 0 = black, 1 = white) Thanks! Johan

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Patch that allows use of Meta key on Mac OS X and all platforms
by Valerio Aimale 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

I've submitted this patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1097539 that activates the Meta (or Apple or Command or Windows Flag) key as modifier key. It allows to have Mac-like menu accelerators (Command-C for copying, Command-V for pasting, etc.) After applying the patch and compiling/packaging, the file share/keys/mac.xml has to be copied as Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/keys/default.xml The file mac.xml is a copy of default.xml where I brutally found all occurrences of 'Ctrl' and replaced them with 'Meta'. I'm sure it needs a more careful approach. Valerio

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Inkscape and Mac OSX menu integration
by Valerio Aimale 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

I think there might be a somewhat involved solution to the problem of integrating mac osx menus in inkscape. Sure having Inkscape with mac-ish menus would be nice. It entails creating an invisible window with a menu that is managed by OSX-integration. When a menu event is generated, the invisible window delegates the event to the windows that has focus - either via programmatically triggering the window's own - invisible- menu or by directly calling the verb/action. Valerio > Your email, unfortunately, made me think that OSX menu integration > might not be possible, without a major rewriting of the source code. > Inkscape's architecture (as for the majority of gtk apps) assumes > that, in multi-document mode, every window has its own private menu > that receives and process events. > > In OSX, in multi-dicument mode, there is only one menu that processes > events and dispatches actions to the window that currently has the focus. > > It might not be possible to achieve this type of integration with the > current state of Inkscape' sources.

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Regression Customizable filters stop to customize after opening Filters Editor
by Ivan Louette 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Rev 12010 on Kubuntu 12.04 Open Inkscape Import a bitmap Apply a customizable filter Open the Filters Editor Now you are unable to live preview the changes of any customizable filter, even if you close and reopen Inkscape ! You must delete Preferences.xml in .config to recover the live preview changes.

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Programmer needed
by Susan Spencer 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Looking for a programmer to develop a cairo-graphics demo app of Tau Meta Tau Physica pattern design software. This software can be used for sheet metal and wood working in addition to garment design. If you are interested please contact me at susan.spencer@...400... Cheers, - Susan

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