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Emergency save could need testing
by Jasper van de Gronde 05 Jun '10

05 Jun '10

I took the liberty of fixing a bug that would cause pretty much any autosave of a document that has already been saved before to fail: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/283769 I have tested with multiple files, new documents, existing documents and existing documents which were the result of an emergency save. Given that the release is slowly nearing I would love at least some confirmation that it also works on Linux(/Mac), as I've only tested on Windows. The attached file demonstrates some changes I used to add a Crash menu item to the file menu, as I didn't know of any other way to make Inkscape crash fast and reliably :) Also, if anyone can give the code a quick review that would be great as well (see revision #9470 and/or inkscape.cpp in trunk). (To ensure that I'm not abusing Document::base for example.) === modified file 'src/menus-skeleton.h' --- src/menus-skeleton.h 2010-04-11 08:51:39 +0000 +++ src/menus-skeleton.h 2010-06-02 12:18:02 +0000 @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ " <verb verb-id=\"FileNew\" />\n" " <template-list/>\n" " </submenu>\n" +" <verb verb-id=\"FileCrash\" />\n" " <verb verb-id=\"FileOpen\" />\n" " <recent-file-list/>\n" " <verb verb-id=\"FileRevert\" />\n" === modified file 'src/verbs.cpp' --- src/verbs.cpp 2010-04-11 08:51:39 +0000 +++ src/verbs.cpp 2010-06-02 09:23:40 +0000 @@ -768,6 +768,12 @@ g_assert(parent != NULL); switch (reinterpret_cast<std::size_t>(data)) { + case SP_VERB_FILE_CRASH: + { + void (*func)() = 0; + func(); + } + break; case SP_VERB_FILE_NEW: sp_file_new_default(); break; @@ -2192,6 +2198,7 @@ new Verb(SP_VERB_NONE, "None", N_("None"), N_("Does nothing"), NULL), /* File */ + new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_CRASH, "FileCrash", "Crash", "Crash", NULL ), new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_NEW, "FileNew", N_("Default"), N_("Create new document from the default template"), GTK_STOCK_NEW ), new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_OPEN, "FileOpen", N_("_Open..."), === modified file 'src/verbs.h' --- src/verbs.h 2010-04-11 08:51:39 +0000 +++ src/verbs.h 2010-06-02 09:24:18 +0000 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ SP_VERB_INVALID, /**< A dummy verb to represent doing something wrong. */ SP_VERB_NONE, /**< A dummy verb to represent not having a verb. */ /* File */ + SP_VERB_FILE_CRASH, SP_VERB_FILE_NEW, /**< A new file in a new window. */ SP_VERB_FILE_OPEN, /**< Open a file. */ SP_VERB_FILE_REVERT, /**< Revert this file to its original state. */

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Gradient with beziercurves....
by Axel Richter 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Hi Devs, i think, the gradientool are great and useful, but this could be more advanced. Nice function are the points on the gradientline, but the line should be handle in the second mode like a curve or bezier. every point should the graident tagential to the line or curve. the other option could be possible to convert the bezier-tool into a gradienttool. please all devs help me or take me the way to great this funktion. i like inkscape and i think this is the number one of vector-tools.

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FW: SVG Open 2010 conference - Last Call for anInkscape contribution
by unknown＠example.com 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Hi all, I think the mail below on the user maillist is more suited for the devel maillist :-) Ciao, Johan > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Neumann [mailto:a.neumann@...1944...] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 07:02 > To: Inkscape User Community > Subject: [Inkscape-user] SVG Open 2010 conference - Last Call > for anInkscape contribution > > Hi all, > > As every year we are organizing the SVG Open conference > (http://www.svgopen.org/2010/). This year it takes place from > August 30 to September 1 in Paris. Inkscape was always > present in the past couple of years through presentations of > Jon Cruz, one time also a keynote. His contribution was > always one of the highlights of the conference. > Inkscape is the most powerful SVG editor we have at hand. It > would be very nice if the Inkscape project would be > represented at the conference. I am sure there are plenty > interesting aspects in Inkscape that would be worth being > presented at the conference. > > If you live close by and have time and interest in presenting > Inkscape, both from a developer, but also from a > designer/user point of view, you are still welcome to submit > a short abstract until June 9. The official abstract > submission deadline is over, but we are still accepting late > interesting submissions. If you are interested, please submit > an abstract at > https://www.svgopen.org/2010/registration.shtml (you first > have to preregister) or ask me questions, if any. > > I would hope that the Inkscape project could be present at > the conference. > > Thanks, > Andreas

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mingw, freebsd cross build patches
by Jan Nieuwenhuizen 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Hi, Last year I added Inkscape to our GUB cross build tool so that it creates installers for windows and some Linux/FreeBSD flavours. Inspired by the grand LGM event, today I've updated the patches to latest trunk, for mingw: inkscape-mingw.patch inkscape-wstring.patch for freebsd: inkscape-isfinite.patch inkscape-round-2.patch inkscape-wstring.patch In order to enable cross building, you also need to fix the hard setting of the PKG_CONFIG variable in configure.ac, the GUB builds scripts now have self.file_sub ([('AC_PATH_PROG\(PKG_CONFIG,', 'AC_PATH_PROG(ARE_YOU_FREAKING_MAD__OVERRIDING_PKG_CONFIG,')], '%(srcdir)s/configure.ac') as PKG_CONFIG is set to something like 'PKG_CONFIG': '''pkg-config \ --define-variable prefix=%(system_prefix)s \ --define-variable includedir=%(system_prefix)s/include \ --define-variable libdir=%(system_prefix)s/lib \ ''', Greetings, Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@...570...> | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyOfSource.com | Avatar® http://AvatarAcademy.nl

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Power Stroke discussion
by unknown＠example.com 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Hi all, This summer, Zhenfeng will work on a new "variable stroke width" LivePathEffect, called "Power Stroke". Now that Zhenfeng has started his GSoC, I'd like all who are interested to join the discussion on this page: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/PowerStroke#Discussion_at_LGM_20 10. Already I got some great input at the Libre Graphics Meeting in Brussels last week. More input is always welcome. Thanks a lot! Johan

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Proposal to create "Inkscape translators" team in Launchpad
by Lucas Vieites 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

Hi, I'd like to propose the creation of a Launchpad team called "Inkscape Translators" in the same way the "Inkscape Administrators" and "Inkscape Developers" exist in order to centralize the efforts of all us translators. Comments? -- Lucas Vieites Blog: http://blog.codexion.com/

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SPObject counting clones
by unknown＠example.com 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Hi all, Is the number of times an spobject is cloned (svg "use") counted? It would be a really great help in fixing a bug. So what I'd like to have is: SPObject obj; obj->clone_count or something similar. Thanks, Johan

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Preferences help
by Tavmjong Bah 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Could someone who understands preferences please look at bug #583593? https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/583593 I am clueless. Thanks, Tav

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attributes.h
by Alex Leone 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Hi all, I've been working on the document properties dialog, which uses RegisteredWidgets (essentially wrappers that link a gtk widget to an XML attribute, so changing the widget changes the XML), and I've noticed that the code doesn't really use the attribute constants in attributes.h. My question: instead of using straight strings, for example "inkscape:document-units", should the code be using sp_attribute_name(SP_ATTR_INKSCAPE_DOCUMENT_UNITS) - Alex

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Report from LGM 2010
by Tavmjong Bah 31 May '10

31 May '10

Hello, As I am sitting on the train returning from LGM 2010, I thought I would give you all a summary of the conference. There where many nice talks and it was great to finally meet many Inkscapers who I only knew by name. There were also very nice endorsements of Inkscape. The Fedora design team made a big point of expressing how much they LOVE Inkscape. Inkscape appeared all over the place at the conference, from designing icons to designing fonts. I am sure I have forgotten somethings as my memory needs a serious upgrade... so other Inkscape attendees, don't hesitate to correct me. Here is a summary of talks by Inkscapers about Inkscape or other topics. Friday: Jasper van de Gronde: Diffusion curves (gradients defined by values specified along the defining paths). Felipe Sanches (JucaBlues): GNU LibreDWG to read DWG files from AutoCAD. Saturday Jakub Steiner: Icon Workflows with Inkscape. Alexandre Prokoudine: Digital photography workflow on Linux with darktable. Andy Fitzsimons: Inkscape for everybody. Elisa de Castro Guerra: Workshop for Inkscape beginners (in French and English). Sunday John Phillips: Aiki framework. As a side note, he used Inkscape for his presentation, putting all his slides on one page and then zooming in and out on individual ones. Other Inkscapers present included Ivan Louette, Gemy Cedric, and Johan Engelen. My only critique is that it would have been nice to have had a demonstration of some of the new features of the upcoming Inkscape release. The list of other interesting talks is long. You can look at the website for a list of talks and the videos of all the talks should be online soon if not already. Some of the crowd favorites were the talk by the NodeBox2 group and the talk by Tom Lechner who showed a very impressive demonstration of putting images on a sphere and then unwrapping it. During the talks and at informal gatherings, there was quite a bit of discussion about what users need from Inkscape. Here is a list of requests: 1. Hyphenation support in the text tool. 2. Faster loading/displaying fonts in the menu. 3. Command line interface without opening the GUI. 4. Trapping for commercial work. 5. Fixes for bugs #167809 (Linked offset performance issues) and #270983 (Terrible performance node editing even in outline mode). In general there is a desire for more SPEED! 6. Shortcuts in tooltips (especially for tools). 7. Don't muck up imported SVG, e.g. turning ellipses into paths. This is important when planning to animate things. Many people design with Inkscape and then use Scribus for preparing files for commercial printing. Members of the SVG working group were present which lead to a number of useful discussions. They will hold a working group meeting tomorrow. Here are a number of topics that were covered: 1. Support for multipage documents. The proposal for multipage documents has been dropped from SVG 1.2 due to many negative comments. The proposal was too complicated for simple uses and not sophisticated enough for advance uses. If we push, a simplified version could be added to SVG 2.0. 2. Support for patterns along paths. Coming out of the discussion on Power Strokes lead by Johan Engelen, Doug Schepers of the SVG standards group expressed a great interest in pursuing this as it would allow some LPE like effects to be animated. Doug, in general, would like to see greater ability to edit/animate SVG. 3. Support for diffusion curves. 4. SVG Fonts: Firefox and IE at the moment don't have any interest in supporting, preferring to focus on WOFF implementation. It was pointed out by several people that SVG Fonts are much more useful for artistic purposes as one can imagine animating the glyphs or adding special effects to them. 5. Increasing the bit depth for some of the filters to avoid artifacts (e.g. the displacement filter or lighting filters). There is a need to balance requirements for small devices (small memory) with the need for large ones (smooth/accurate displays) but perhaps a compromise could be made (I've suggested adding an optional second byte to the bump maps). 6. Standardizing layers (Inkscape currently uses tagged groups for layers). Other SVG news is that Adobe is again interested in supporting the standard and that IE9 will support all of SVG except SVG fonts and filters. Finally, the SVG working group really stressed the need for community participation, especially from Inkscape. I have volunteered to help represent Inkscape in the group. So let me know on this list or off of any thing you want raised with the group. You can also join the SVG mailing list (www-svg@...157...). Jasper is already a member and I just joined. One of the more interesting talks was about trying to develop Open Source tools for fashion design. It seems that there is a need to develop adjustable patterns for those who don't have the petite bodies the industry designs towards. The industry just scales up the patterns for bigger women, leading to poor fit. After hearing the talk, someone has already created an Inkscape extension to help with the work. See: http://www.sew-brilliant.org/wiki/index.php?title=Projects Finally, several venues for LGM 2011 have been proposed. The leading candidate seems to be Ho Chi Min City, Viet Nam. Montreal is also a possibility. Felipe was encouraged to think about Brazil for 2012. Tav PS. Thanks to Jasper for reading a draft of this summary and making many corrections.

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