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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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Instructions for Mac users
by Alexandre Prokoudine 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hi, Could anybody please have a look at http://inkscape.org/download/ and say whether instructions for Mac users still apply? The bit about Leopard (not Snow Leopard) and Xquartz is especially interesting (like never having installed X11 on Leopard before). Thanks in advance. Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

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Inkscape 0.48 - Monday
by Joshua A. Andler 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Hey all, I just wanted to let everyone know that it appears that we have the core packages necessary for release. I have one major task left (screenshots), which I just need to refine text for. If people want to do a final pass on the release notes and pr text, it's more than welcome. I'm taking the day/night off from Inkscape stuff, but will wrap up tomorrow for an announcement on Monday. For those who might be wondering, weekday releases seem to get more coverage than weekend releases. It really seems like people hit up slashdot, reddit, digg, etc. more during the workweek rather than the weekend. Cheers, Josh

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Gradient smoothness, dithering
by Xinfe Ewalavir 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Hi, I am currently doing a wallpaper in Inkscape, and I have noticed a strange thing about gradients : we can see the steps. Some other guys have also noticed this problem : http://inkscape-forum.andreas-s.net/topic/109624 (may 2007) The rendering is exactly the same in inkscape, png export and Firefox (and Chromium). I have tested in Safari (Mac), and it is fine (not 100% sure : fast test). Creating the same gradient with GIMP is fine : playing with brightness and contrast helps (contrast to ~110 and adjust brightness). See this picture : http://xinfe.free.fr/gradient.png After further investigation, I found out that when disabling the 'Dither' option, GIMP's result is exactly the same as Inkscape. So, is it possible to implement this feature for *.png exports (opt-in/out) ? Nice article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dither#Digital_photography_and_image_processing I know that it's nearly nothing, but I noticed it in my wallpaper, and it's annoying me, now... Nevertheless, Inkscape is great ! Bye

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problems when opening file from 0.47 in 0.48
by Rafael Z. Frantz 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi all, I'm testing the 0.48 version and I've noticed that when opening an svg file created in version 0.47 in 0.48, some elements (arrows, in this specific case) that I had grouped with a main figure with other elements (rectangles, circles, etc..), now the arrows appears far away from the main figure in the canvas. Is that any known issue or problem ? Best regards, Rafael Z. Frantz PhD Student University of Sevilla - Spain http://www.tdg-seville.info/rzfrantz *Guaraná *for Enterprise Application Integration http://www.tdg-seville.info/rzfrantz/guarana Seeking for a paper? Try TDG Scholar at http://scholar.tdg-seville.info

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GSOC spatial indexes
by Vangelis Katsikaros 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi everyone I worked on the spatial indexes GSOc project, and made progress but unfortunately the last month has been quite problematic, due to external issues (nothing to do with GSOC or programing). So, I won't be able to deliver the project completed in time. However, I will continue the work (after a small break). I want it to be available for the 0.49 release and I hope that I'll have results by mid to end September. I'll soon upload the work I've done so far. Regards Vangelis __________________________________________________ ×ñçóéìïðïéåßôå Yahoo!; ÂáñåèÞêáôå ôá åíï÷ëçôéêÜ ìçíýìáôá (spam); Ôï Yahoo! Mail äéáèÝôåé ôçí êáëýôåñç äõíáôÞ ðñïóôáóßá êáôÜ ôùí åíï÷ëçôéêþí ìçíõìÜôùí http://mail.yahoo.gr

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