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.47 builds on mac
by Alexandre Prokoudine 29 May '09

29 May '09

Hi, I'm not really a Mac user :), but every time we release .47 we hear "but it doesn't look native on Mac". So, did anybody try to finally build Inkscape with native GTK+ port for Mac? Are we ready to release Inkscape for Mac that way? Alexandre

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Font selection broken on windows
by Mourad Mokrane 29 May '09

29 May '09

Hi, the font selection dropdown doesn't work on windows, at least in Inkscape21345-0905140303 on Windows Vista. When the dropdown is opened, an inkscape.exe task appears on the taskbar as if the process was running outside of the Inkscape main window. Selecting fonts has no effect on the typed text. Molumen

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Tango default poll?
by Mihaela 27 May '09

27 May '09

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Cannot compile on XP
by Preben Soeberg 27 May '09

27 May '09

Got this: cc : compile of build/obj/inkscape.o required by source: src/inkscape.cpp . Make error line 581: problem compiling: src/inkscape.cpp: In function 'gchar* profile_path(const char*)': src/inkscape.cpp:1454: error: 'S_IRGRP' was not declared in this scope src/inkscape.cpp:1454: error: 'S_IXGRP' was not declared in this scope src/inkscape.cpp:1454: error: 'S_IXOTH' was not declared in this scope src/inkscape.cpp: At global scope: src/inkscape.cpp:144: warning: 'bus_handler' defined but not used

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Kill SPIcon patch
by Krzysztof Kosiński 26 May '09

26 May '09

I have a patch that replaces SPIcon with GtkImage, by redefining sp_icon_new and typedefing SPIcon to GtkImage. The amount of changes is rather modest - about 10 files changed. It fixes all icon-related issues I could find but removes support for icons.svg. http://tweenk.artfx.pl/kill-spicon.patch Should I commit this? Regards, Krzysztof Kosiński -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Kill-SPIcon-patch-tp23689610p23689610.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Vectorising Resolution
by Martin Owens 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hey guys, I've tried to use the fill and vectorising tools in inkscape to create vectors from existing bitmaps; but I noticed an odd effect with the path that all requires two simplify node functions to get the path into a manageable state. Are we currently taking into account the resolution of the raster image we are vectoring in order to smooth out the complexities of the pixelisation? The maths need to be able to reduce the noise from the pixel shapes and try and increase the signal from the shape of the image section... although perhaps this is only useful for cartoon type images. Thoughts? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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ENOUGH WITH THE ICONS!!!
by Josh Andler 26 May '09

26 May '09

Sorry about the tone of this message, but... can we stop wasting time and energy on the icons and focus on getting 0.47 out the door? As a (or I believe still the only) release warden for 0.47, I am authoritatively saying, "not this time". My rationale is based on the fact that there are obviously still too many mixed feelings for this change to have been made during the release preparation period. Even after 0.47 is out the door, we shouldn't even bother with a poll until someone adds an icon set chooser in prefs. This way EVERYONE can be happy without having to copy/move files. As a side note... for the remainder of this release cycle... (0.47) How about every time someone feels the need to start or reply to an icons thread, they just go to the bug tracker and try to see if they can reproduce a bug still marked as "New". It's a far more productive use of time and the community will end up appreciating the results MUCH more. Having similar or the same discussion(s) every few months has not changed a thing, nor will it anytime soon. This seems like one of the most ridiculous wastes of resources, to the point that I'm flat out angry rather than aggravated. My wife thinks that we're all nuts with the frequency of these repetitive and non-conclusive discussions. I don't know that I disagree her. :-) Anyways, before I lose my cool and start with the profanity and insults (which I'm on the edge)... let's just be done for now. Sincerely, Josh P.S. If people really want to keep pushing this issue right now, I will have no problem stepping down as the release coordinator and release warden.

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Icon sizes
by JiHO 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hi everyone, Trying to sort some bugs on Launchpad I dug into icon sizes a bit. In previous conversations, Jon Cruz specified that Inkscape icon sizes are defined in src/icon-sizes.h: enum IconSize { ICON_SIZE_INVALID = ::GTK_ICON_SIZE_INVALID, ICON_SIZE_MENU = ::GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU, ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR = ::GTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR, ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR = ::GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR, ICON_SIZE_BUTTON = ::GTK_ICON_SIZE_BUTTON, ICON_SIZE_DND = ::GTK_ICON_SIZE_DND, ICON_SIZE_DIALOG = ::GTK_ICON_SIZE_DIALOG, ICON_SIZE_DECORATION }; However, those definitions seem to have strange effects in the facts. Namely: - the toolbox has size "LARGE_TOOLBAR" but won't scale to 48 (displays as >~16) or 32 (displays as <16) http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1047321/toolbox-bar.xcf NB: I am linking to xcf images because they make it easy to compare the different sizes in different layers - the snapping toolbar has size "SMALL_TOOLBAR" but behaves the same way regarding large sizes http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1047321/toolbars.xcf - the custom size "DECORATION" affects: . the color picker: 48 makes it bigger. the rest does not change . the triangle at the end of the color picker strip: changes correctly with all sizes, so it would seem that is working correctly then. But since the color picker itself does not scale to the same height, it usually appears too big or too small compared to it. Ideally, it should always have the same height as the color picker (hence be affected by the choice of size in the picker itself, which is not the case currently) . the lock and eye icon of the layer drop down, the zoom icon at the top right corner of the canvas, and probably other places, which display the same issue as the icons above http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1047321/custom-decoration.xcf So there is a common pattern (hence a common fix?). Overall, it seems that stock icons (i.e not Inkscape provided ones) scale, but Inkscape icons do not scale. I understand this since Inkscape icons used to be designed and rendered in a different way. However: - I thought that recent changes to the icon handling would make Inkscape icons behave as the rest (this was tested with rev 21339 and I haven't seen any icon related changes in the svn log since, and with no custom configuration in .config/Inkscape) - even if they do not behave as the rest, they should at least display at their maximum size when the GTK size it set higher that it (32 and 48). Thanks in advance for any information on all this. JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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svg fonts dialog
by Alexandre Prokoudine 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hi again, I know you'll get tired of me soon :) Do we know exactly which combination of Cairo and Inkscape makes SVG Fonts dialog working? If we do, should we mention that in Release Notes and INSTALL? If we keep SVG Fonts for 0.47, could we please have a little more verbose UI? At least mentioning which way exactly of entering Unicode value of a glyph, and a spinbox for precise setting of kerning. Alexandre

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Snaps of icon issues
by Jon A. Cruz 25 May '09

25 May '09

Since not everyone was seeing problems with the external icon loading, I grabbed a few screenshots to add to the wiki to illustrate them. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Icons#Issues I do have a handle on fixing those, but if others see different issues please feel free to add at least a text description of the problem. Thanks.

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