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Snapping options anomalies? - Selector tool
by Mihaela 18 May '10

18 May '10

What is the policy on snapping nodes to stuff when dragging the whole object (Selector tool) VS snapping only nodes to stuff (Node tool)? There are some things I'm confused about, some of them might be bugs, others might just be my misinterpretation. Enable "Snapping nodes or handles" and try to snap cusp or smooth nodes using Node tool to a guide, everything works as expected, they snap and the tooltip is correct. If I convert a node to Symmetric it snaps to the guide but the tooltip says "Cusp node to guide". If I convert a node to Auto-smooth it snaps to the guide but the tooltip says "Smooth node to guide". Now with the same setting (Snapping nodes or handles) use Selector tool to move the object around and snap it's nodes to the guide. Snapping sharp cusp nodes works and the tooltip is correct. Snapping cusp nodes that were converted from smooth (so their handles are collinear) doesn't work, even if you move a handle just a bit so handles aren't collinear. Symmetric nodes don't snap. Auto-smooth nodes don't snap. When I add the "Snap to smooth nodes" into play then smooth nodes snap to the guide when using Selector tool, but the tooltip says "Cusp node to guide". It's the same with symmetric and auto-smooth nodes - they snap but the tooltip says cusp. No snapping occurs if I use "Snap to cusp nodes" instead of "Snap to smooth nodes" when trying to snap smooth, symmetric or auto-smooth node using Selector (cusp nodes snap correctly even without this option). It's the same when I want to snap to paths or path intersections (Selector tool), I need to have "Snap to smooth nodes" enabled to do it with nodes that aren't obviously cusp. When snapping to path intersection is on, when trying to snap to a cusp node the tooltip says it's snapping to "path intersection" instead of "to cusp node" and it happens with "Snap to cusp nodes" disabled. Unrelated to this but related to gradients snapping - when creating a gradient start stop snaps but the gradient can't be created. You have to click next to the snapping point and not directly on it to make it work. Is this expected? This is all tested on 9425 but some of it behaves the same in 0.47. Mihaela

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Tool Order
by Tavmjong Bah 17 May '10

17 May '10

Hi, I propose to change the tool order to move the spray tool down and the text tool up a bit. The spray tool is quite neat but I can't imagine using it more than the text tool! The specific order would be: Selector Node Tweak Zoom Rectangle Box Circle/Ellipse Star/Polygon Spiral Pencil Pen Calligraphy Text Spray Eraser Bucket Fill Gradient Dropper Connector Tav

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gradient mesh
by sid datta 17 May '10

17 May '10

Hi, Are we still waiting for the SVG standards before we can implement gradient meshes ? I have a ( pretty simple and obvious ) method of rendering gradient meshes that is simpler than blurring multiple beziergons and is quite fast ( 100 ms in Java rendering 500x500px approx ), I was wondering if we start putting a basic gradient mesh in inkscape and we can conform/export to the SVG format when it comes out. I believe we are trying to get a triangle gradient primitive approved from SVG. Do we have any plans of getting a quadrilateral primitive ? It will be more accurate for gradient mesh. This paper I found explains some quadrilateral rendering techniques : http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/publications/papers/quadrendering.pdf Thanks -Sid

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Export Page to PDF
by Mihaela 17 May '10

17 May '10

When exporting to PDF with the Page option it appears correctly in PDF readers, you only see the page area, but when you import the document back into Inkscape the objects outside the Page area are still there. Is this what it's supposed to work? I'd expect that everything outside the Page area gets discarded. Mihaela

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NEW: Pseudo unified console / GUI app on Windows
by Krzysztof Kosiński 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hello Starting with revision 9251, it's possible to open cmd.exe, type "inkscape" while having Inkscape's installation directory in PATH, and get a working console-mode executable. This is done by shipping a slightly modified version of the well-known inkscapec.exe helper, renamed to inkscape.com and placed in the same directory as inkscape.exe. This approach looks a bit hacky, but it's used by several of Microsoft's tool that also implement both GUI and command line mode. Regards, Krzysztof

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Bug Hunt Complete! - 381/300
by Joshua A. Andler 13 May '10

13 May '10

This list contains fixes between 5/3 @ 1:39pm PDT - 5/13 @ 3:39am PDT. Only fixes to "true bugs" (i.e. no website/translation/docs/etc. bugs). Pts BugID Fixer Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 573512 JazzyNico Export XAML with matrix 12 220711 JazzyNico Inkscape export to XAML produces invalid XAML 9 519408 JohanEngelen Crash while saving opened PDF 6 446723 UNKNOWN Preferences: numeric precision tooltip error. 9 578990 UNKN (J.E.)? a line with self defined marker crashes... 6 488747 Chris Morgan Windows installer problems 0.47 6 489022 Chris Morgan Windows Uninstaller Doesn't Work 3 485027 JazzyNico Export to Gimp XCF returns deprecation... 9 463602 Kosiński crash when node-editing pattern-filled object 6 572906 JazzyNico Export invisible layer in XAML 6 516462 JazzyNico XAML error when I set Object Properties 18 282421 JazzyNico Save As XAML Inkscape crashes after five... ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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LGM 2010 registration
by Alexandre Prokoudine 08 May '10

08 May '10

Hi, Registration at Libre Graphics Meeting has been open for quite a while now: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/signup.php If you intend to come, my advice would be to book flight and hotel *now*. Hotel prices seems to be quite high in Brussels, so make sure you really can't or don't want to cluster before you book :) If you intend to give a talk, please submit your proposal here: http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2010/Submit_Talk Cheers, Alexandre

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icon-names.h
by bulia byak 05 May '10

05 May '10

This file explains itself thus: * This file exists for several reasons: firstly, it contains all the icon names * in Inkscape, so it can serve as a reference to themers. Secondly, using * macros instead of strings avoids typos. Thirdly, we can change names * to conform to external icon sets / specifications without changing any code. Let's look: - Before, all the icon references were also in one place - in verbs.cpp, where they were adjacent to other verb metadata and thus easier to understand. - Before, to add a new verb with an icon, I had to add icon ID in one place. Now I have to add icon ID _and_ the define name. How is this better for typos? - icon-names.h is "code" just as well - at least if you change it, you have to recompile. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re : [Inkscape-translator] Re : 0.48 About Screen Contest - Developer voting time.
by Nicolas Dufour 04 May '10

04 May '10

Hi, > De : Clytie Siddall <clytie@...2346...> >> On 28/04/2010, at 6:40 AM, Nicolas Dufour wrote: >> I suggest that we don't translate the about screen for this version. >> The "Draw freely" text is not easy to change in the selected screens >> without damage, and I feel it is really unnecessary. > > I disagree. "Draw Freely" in English is completely > meaningless to speakers of many languages. If it's the motto of Inkscape, then > we need to translate it. Otherwise, why use it? Please see (and comment) https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/463814. The "Unimount" about screen is a typical case. "Draw Freely" is very well integrated in the drawing and will be very difficult to translate. Translating it will change the text length (or if we want to keep the same length, change to text size) and may not be as nice as the original screen with some translations. Regards, -- Nicolas

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0.48 About Screen Contest - Results
by Joshua A. Andler 04 May '10

04 May '10

It appears that #2 is the winner. Here is a version w/ the spray tool and the newer logo. Let's figure out what else needs to be changed. Cheers, Josh

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