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Re: [Inkscape-devel] opening .cdr file
by Guillermo Espertino 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

> Hi, I need to open a .cdr file, the file was created in CorelDraw GS X5. > Inkscape can't open it. Do you have any tip/trick? Ask the guy who gave you the file to save it in an older version that Uniconvertor can manage or even better, in a format better suited for exchange (SVG or at least PDF). That's probably the same they would ask you if you send them a Corel Draw X5 file and they would have Corel X4. And, as a personal remark, I think it's more reasonable to ask closed source software to have good support of files that have open specifications than expecting free software to support closed source formats. ;-)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Problem with Nautilus
by Guillermo Espertino 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

As far as I can remember, that problem was caused by a bug in the creation of thumbnails. If it's that, you can temporarily fix it by deleting the .thumbnails folder and de-activating thumbnail generation from nautilus preferences. Nautilus is pretty clumsy when it comes to thumbnail creation. Even in newer versions you'll find some problems with that (for instance, browsing a folder with SVG documents with several embedded images - the new inkscape's default - will freeze nautilus until thumbnails are ready, and file limits specified in the preferences don't seem to apply).

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opening .cdr file
by Lucas Mongiat 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

I pasted below the error message UniConvertor failed: Cannot list directory /home/lucas/.uniconvertor:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/lucas/.uniconvertor' ignoring it in font_path Cannot list directory /home/lucas/.uniconvertor:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/lucas/.uniconvertor' ignoring it in font_path /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/utils/locale_utils.py:9: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated. Use the subprocess module. from popen2 import popen2 No plugin-type information in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/__init__.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/__init__.py", line 82, in uniconv doc = load.load_drawing(input_file) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line 364, in load_drawing return load_drawing_from_file(file, filename) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line 337, in load_drawing_from_file doc = loader.Load() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/cdrziploader.py", line 54, in Load doc = load.load_drawing_from_file(cdrfile, cdrfile.name, doc_class = self.doc_class) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line 346, in load_drawing_from_file raise SketchLoadError(_("unrecognised file type")) app.events.skexceptions.SketchLoadError: unrecognised file type

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opening .cdr file
by Lucas Mongiat 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hi, I need to open a .cdr file, the file was created in CorelDraw GS X5. Inkscape can't open it. Do you have any tip/trick? thanks L

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Clip selection glitch & another minor bugs
by Karlisson 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Congrats for Inkscape 0.48! I've tested the new features and the old ones, specially, searching for bugs. Great work. But bugs like this are still alive: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/365458 And this https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/486404 I know there's more serious bugs to solve, but these little glitches (that few cares about, I presume) are very bad for the user experience. It's like a costumer entering a new and shiny shop of broken/scratched products that a sharp eye customer won't buy, so he never returns. That makes me think if all the features are really tested before being released. []'s -- Karlisson M. Bezerra http://nerdson.com/ -

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funding inkscape developement
by Drechsel Wolf 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hello everybody, probabely there are lots of thoughts on this, so I'd be grateful for some hints: I do have some very special wishes on inkscape developement: # Improving the Mac OS X integration # implement a routine which counts the number of objects surrounded by another object: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/621627 Esp. the first has hardly moved forward during the last year, since I've started watching it. Is there a way of funding a special developement, which obviously does not attract a lot of attention? Inkscape is free - alternatively I'd to pay 1000s of Euros for a "professional" product - with all its disacvantages. So I'd be happy to donate a number of Euros - and probabely some other people as well - to pay somebody to get special work done, which would not be done otherwise. Is there a mechanism for that? - Could there be one? - Maybe some young person would be interested to earn a small sum, learn and get experienced - and get some work done within a professional environment? - Or is that idea completely against the spirit of open source? Have a nice weekend! Wolf

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Problem with Nautilus
by Lucas Mongiat 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hi there, I am experiencing some troubles at opening .svg files. I was working with Inkscape for a month, and I found it pretty nice. The problems start yesterday. I was working on a .svg project and saved it to my desktop. Later I attempt to open it by cliking on the icon. The File Manager crashed out and froze my desktop. I worked for a while trying to fix the problem. Finally I opted for format the HD and start from zero. Again, today I experienced the same problem. I searched on internet and I found other people with the same problem, but without answers. Do you can give me a clue about how to solve this? Thaks Lucas

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our twitter account
by Alexandre Prokoudine 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hi, Since I'm in charge for news at inkscape.org for last couple of years, I'd like to make a much better use of our twitter account. Does anybody know who owns it? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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NFTDialog : I need a tutor in order to check my code
by Albin Manoël 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hi developers, Thanks to Jasper van de Gronde and Jon Cruz for their answers on : http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:NewFromTemplateSpec This weekend, I made some *GTKmm code* in order to design the NFT Dialog. The window is fully functional, but I need more informations about how can I read informations from an SVG file, how to generate a preview image and a lot of other stuffs. I give you my dirty code.* Please affect me a tutor*. See ya ! :-)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] funding inkscape developement
by Hans Meine 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Am Montag 23 August 2010, 10:06:09 schrieb J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...: > For me, free software is a little bit about not getting payed. ..by the users, yes. But many OSS programmers are getting paid by OSS supporting (and using) companies. Am Sonntag 22 August 2010, 18:11:12 schrieb Alexandre Prokoudine: > There is one tricky thing here, however. Once you have people working > for money, it's important to maintain existing community of volunteers > who might feel less motivated to work for free when there are people > who want to works on things for money. Not many projects have such an > experience, and not all projects that have it can call it positive. I follow some KDE lists, and many KDE programmers are hired by SuSE/Trolltech/Nokia/... full-time. No problems here, also no social problems. There's the basic rule "who codes [much], decides [what he/she implements and how]" which applies in the same way to paid and unpaid developers. Also, I have seen people being funded in the SciPy community, e.g. to work on IPython refactoring for some months, by companies/institutions interested in specific features. In general, I would say that funding is welcomed in all cases, yet a) there needs to be someone who is willing and capable of doing the work, and b) the code needs to follow the same rules/review procedures to be accepted into the OSS project's trunk. HTH, Hans

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