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New Cairo release rumors...
by Tavmjong Bah 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

A couple of weeks ago on the Cairo mailing list there was a request for a release engineer to drive Cairo 1.12 home. Do we have anything that we want to see in the next Cairo release? I seem to recall there being an issue with being able to set the EPS bounding box. Any others? Tav

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CMake: parallel builds
by Johan Engelen 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

Hello all, Does the cmake build work well on Linux? I wonder if parallel builds work with it. For lib2geom, which uses cmake, parallel building does not work. If it works for Inkscape, we can try to compare and see where things go wrong for lib2geom... Thanks, Johan

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Feature proposal: erase mode (and other boolean modes) for drawing tools
by Valerie 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

I'm just running this by the mailing list to see if it's worth a feature proposal before submitting it. Feature: boolean modes for all drawing tools. 1. Select an existing object 2. Select a tool of your choice (say... Pencil), with Exclude mode activated for example. (boolean modes appear as small icons in the toolbar) 3. When you draw a shape, the originally selected object does not get un-selected. When you finish drawing your shape, Inkscape automatically chips away at the original shape. The original shape still does not get un-selected until you select something else, so you can continue chipping away at it. Exclude is just one mode, you can have addition, intersection, etc. It applies to both drawing tools and shape tools. I was inspired for this by 2 things: - Krita's "erase" mode. You can basically take any paint tool and activate an erase mode to make the eraser much more interesting. - I never use the eraser. The round shape just isn't too convenient. : ( Thinking about it now, Gimp has similar options for selection tools. I often draw a rough shape and slowly refine it by zooming in before adding to it or chipping away at it, so this feature would streamline the workflow a lot. (also, it took me a while to remember the boolean operations, I imagine shortcut-phobic users would appreciate this feature a lot) Also makes it easy to make quick holes.

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Converting SVG to HTML5 Canvas and extensions folder
by Karlisson Bezerra 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

Hello! I'm Karlisson Bezerra, from Brazil. I use Inkscape since 2005, to draw comics and other stuff: http://hacktoon.com Some time ago I started developing an extension to convert SVG to HTML5 Canvas, ca to provide Inkscape the hability to generate Canvas graphics without having to write Javascript code. You can see the roadmap on the Github page, and check on the progress of the project: https://github.com/karlisson/ink2canvas This was my final graduation work and I'd like to hear from you about it. My friend Felipe Sanches granted me write permission to the repository but I still not updated the code there with the last commits in Github. Note: I have already two submissions to Inkscape project. The first was the Split Text extension that is already deployed on the last releases. I have some good plans for the future of this extension, and it will get even more useful when Inkscape support SVG animation. For now, I want to create a framework for generating objects that encapsulates the code produced by the extension and can be invoked any time. This can be used in games for drawing characters and stuff. For you who programmed in Flash Actionscript, this would be a rough prototype of a "MovieClip" object. Also, I'd like to ask something: this extension needed more than one file because of its complexity. But, just putting all files in the extensions folder would scatter them, and this isn't an organized solution. This is what is happening today. My solution to this problem was copying the inkex.py and other Inkscape modules to the lib folder in my project, so people won't have to do nothing to test the extension. Actually I'd like to know if we could organize the extensions folder by putting each one in its own folder. Inkscape would read the folder the same way it reads an INX file. An extension would be recognized only if it would have an INX inside of the folder. That's all, folks :D -- --- Karlisson M. Bezerra http://hacktoon.com

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Meeting: build system on Windows
by Johan Engelen 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Hi all, I would like to have an IRC meeting about the build system on Windows. Although I like buildtool, it cannot do parallel builds, so I am happy to change (back) to something else. And unify it with Linux if possible... I am trying cmake now, but it does not link without errors yet. It is not very encouraging to see the cmake build process get stuck on some intermediate step for a long while, seemingly checking something to find out it does not need to rebuild it. "btool" does this much much quicker... In any case, I'd like to discuss the options. Who's in? Regards, Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Powerstroke cusps
by Valerie 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

I've been trying out the powerstroke too, and one of my thoughts on it actually involves poetry on how tragic it is for the sharp edge to be dulled so fast. In other words, I Love the edge, so I'm really sad when it gets cut off so soon. :P Is there a way to control the setting on how soon it gets cut off? I do like them long and sharp! So, other reports: - Thanks for fixing the grouping issue! I can submit a feature request for applying powerstroke to multiple items at the same time, but do people usually submit feature requests for features in the development version? It just seems a bit early. - I've noticed some instability in the rendering. If I do an interpolated powerstroke with multiple cusp nodes and start editing one of the nodes, another cusp node two nodes away (so not the neighbor) may start flickering between the interpolated and beveled states. I don't know how to reproduce this consistently though, and the terminal doesn't say anything strange. I'll try to reproduce it again later and see if I can attach a file. - Applying a stroke to the powerstroke will show lines "inside" at cusp nodes, but I think you already knew that. Still, this is shaping up nicely, and will definitely be an amazing feature for the next release!

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Powerstroke cusps
by Johan Engelen 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Hi all, I've been working on cusps on powerstroked paths. And I've obtained a first success. The attached picture shows a comparison between how powerstroke strokes thick cusps, and how Inkscape does it normally (I suppose according to SVG spec). I think the powerstroke solution is more artistically pleasing, what do you think? :-) Cheers, Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Contributing to Inkscape
by Valerie 07 Mar '12

07 Mar '12

I'd love a circular distribution, they're currently a pain to do. The main issues you'll have to solve are: 1. How do you define the rotation center? - This could be solved via a drop-down, like for example, "Rotation center: [Of top object]" 2. How do you define where the rotation starts and ends? 3. How do you position objects in-between? Define angles? If you already have a UI in mind, we'd love to hear it. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:50:22 +0100 From: Denis <declara91@...400...> Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Contributing to Inkscape To: inkscape-devel@...460... Message-ID: <4F55DDDE.5000209@...400...> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi inkscape devs, I'm a bachelor student in computer science, and I would like to contribute to inkscape as part of a porject for a course I'm taking. The requirements are to add a feature to an open source project written in c++. The feature I had in mind for now, is to extend the Align and Distribute panel, by allowing also circular distributions.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Contributing to Inkscape
by Valerie 07 Mar '12

07 Mar '12

Awesome! It seems we pretty much have the UI then! 1. Radial align as a new tab in the Align dialogue. 2. Relative to: - Objects center - First circle selected - Last circle selected - First arc selected - Last arc selected 3. Distribution types: Angular distribution: - Even distribution along circle/arc - Objects distributed at regular intervals as defined by the angle of the chosen arc Radial distribution types - Inside Circle - Along Circle - Outside Circle (with circle being either the circle selected, or in the case of "relative to objects center", defined using the object edge closest/furthest from the object center) I don't suppose we could add an "align along path" feature while we're at it? (hahah, one thing at a time...)

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Contributing to Inkscape
by Denis 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

Hi inkscape devs, I'm a bachelor student in computer science, and I would like to contribute to inkscape as part of a porject for a course I'm taking. The requirements are to add a feature to an open source project written in c++. The feature I had in mind for now, is to extend the Align and Distribute panel, by allowing also circular distributions. Let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions. By the way, I'm currently getting a lot of namespace errors while compiling using gcc 4.6.3 on arch-linux 64bit. Is there a patch out there to correct those errors, or do I have to manually edit all the affected files? Thanks, Denis

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