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sketch lpe
by jf barraud 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Hi all, I've unhidden the sketch lpe. I decided to remove the "construction line" feature in this effect (it used to place the tangent lines randomly along the input path). My feeling was that the placement should either be tuned by hand, or guessed from curvature extrema or something... Anyway, I felt it was not good enough as is, and would eventually be worth a separate effect (the issue with independant effect is that you need to apply 2 effects on the *same* source path, which is not possible atm --- but no doubt this will come sooner or later! ;-) Anyone having an opinion about this feature or it's eventual splitting in a separate effect? By the way, my dream is that we could import or mimic Blender's 'node' system into inkscape: the effect editor would be a window within which each effect would be a little box with input and output slots (+ input fields + an eventual small window to show the result of the effect), and you would be free to connect ones with others, defining not only a pipeline, but a full graph with parallel ways, etc... You generally end up with a nice plate of noodles, but it's very powerfull. Notice the same thing could be used for both lpe and filters effects. Cheers, jfb.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] add fake transpareny without real transparency
by Jasper van de Gronde 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Rob Antonishen wrote: > The example you provided was quite trivial :) > > Attached is your example with heavy strokes added. > > You can see that simple shape operations can't capture the individual objects. > > The shapes need to have their strokes converted to paths, and then a > bunch of messy operations have to be done. I tried by hand and > stopped after wasting 15 minutes. The process it do-able but I am not > sure what the algorithm is. Just convert everything to paths and do: 1. Take the bottom-most path that has not been processed yet and compute both differences and the intersection with all processed paths. 2. Determine the opaque fill for all three pieces. 3. Go to 1. Step 1 is "just" some bool ops (making sure no empty paths are created if you want to be fancy). Step 2 is trivial if everything uses solid colors. If gradients are involved it becomes a bit more complex, but either it's a simple matter of some algebra or it is not possible to express the result with a new gradient and you'd still have to fall back to a bitmap.

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Win32 snapshots on Modevia broken?
by worms invasion 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Hello, For about 2 weeks now, the size of the Windows builds on Modevia is 38Mb, while the size was 44Mb before. I haven't tried to download/install them, because I think they are probably incomplete? Anyone has information about this? Thanks in advance.

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Out of Memory Crash
by Craig Leat 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hi I'm new here, just compiled r21187 on Ubuntu. I'm getting an "Out of Memory!" error when importing an A2 pdf with a large bitmap. I hope to check it's not something funny with my build before reporting a bug. The pdf file is 112Mb in size. Evince on Ubuntu opens the pdf well, but Abode Reader on Windows struggles. Inkscape shows a preview in the PDF Import Settings, but crashes while doing the actual import. A back trace is attached. I watched the free memory while the import was in progress and noted: With Inkscape running - 1195Mb free RAM PDF Import Settings with preview displayed - 1098Mb free RAM Import proceeds and free RAM drops to 48Mb before spilling to swop. 835Mb of swop is used before the app crashes. Total memory usage in RAM and swop before crashing = 1982Mb. Nearly 2Gb of memory is used to import a 112Mb PDF. Seems to me something is wrong. Any ideas if it's my build at fault? Thanks Craig Ps Imports of smaller PDFs (A4) work well. Back Trace: ** (inkscape:6476): WARNING **: GC Warning: Header allocation failed: Dropping block. ** (inkscape:6476): WARNING **: GC Warning: Out of Memory! Returning NIL! terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): std::bad_alloc Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. [Switching to Thread -1241733408 (LWP 6476)] 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb63b2875 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #2 0xb63b4201 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #3 0xb65d66e0 in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 #4 0xb65d3f65 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 #5 0xb65d3fa2 in std::terminate () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 #6 0xb65d40ca in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 warning: (Internal error: pc 0x834b37d in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) #7 0x0834b37e in MutableList (this=warning: (Internal error: pc 0x834b37d in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) 0xbfc8ea64, value=@0xbfc8ea4c, next=warning: (Internal error: pc 0x834b37d in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) @0xbfc8ea68) at ./gc-core.h:160 warning: (Internal error: pc 0x834b37d in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) #8 0x0834af44 in Inkscape::XML::SimpleNode::setAttribute (this=0xa52fc180, name=0x91741d0 "font-weight", value=0xa52b7bd8 "normal") at xml/simple-node.cpp:335 #9 0x083486ce in Inkscape::XML::SimpleNode::mergeFrom (this=0xa52fc180, src=0xa52fc274, key=0x86f4884 "") at xml/simple-node.cpp:614 #10 0x0833f8e6 in sp_repr_css_merge (dst=0xa52fc1f0, src=0xa52fc274) at xml/repr-css.cpp:221 #11 0x0857a307 in Inkscape::Extension::Internal::SvgBuilder::addChar ( this=0xa4d71c8, state=0xb30a59f0, x=-20.234300000000001, y=105.75, dx=52.372999999999998, dy=0, originX=0, originY=0, code=1, nBytes=2, u=0xbfc8ec38, uLen=1) at extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp:1375 #12 0x0857bb1e in PdfParser::doShowText (this=0xa27d800, s=0xb30a5760) at extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp:2337 #13 0x0857e172 in PdfParser::go (this=0xa27d800, topLevel=1) at extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp:409 #14 0x0857e5a5 in PdfParser::parse (this=0xa27d800, obj=0xbfc8ef0c, topLevel=1) at extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp:381 #15 0x08212ea8 in Inkscape::Extension::Internal::PdfInput::open ( this=0x89c5680, uri=0xaadee3c "/home/craig/MyShares/ws4MyDocs/Projects Craig/DC22 500/Printing/A2 Test map.pdf") at extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:726 #16 0x081f5471 in Inkscape::Extension::Input::open (this=0x89c5818, uri=0xaadee3c "/home/craig/MyShares/ws4MyDocs/Projects Craig/DC22 500/Printing/A2 Test map.pdf") at extension/input.cpp:159 #17 0x081f48d7 in Inkscape::Extension::open (key=0x0, filename=0xaadee3c "/home/craig/MyShares/ws4MyDocs/Projects Craig/DC22 500/Printing/A2 Test map.pdf") at extension/system.cpp:94 #18 0x08096f61 in file_import (in_doc=0x8dfbf60, uri=@0xbfc8f0b4, key=0x0) at file.cpp:920 #19 0x08097839 in sp_file_import (parentWindow=@0x9b51f20) at file.cpp:1087 #20 0x0823791d in sp_action_perform (action=0x8e02dc8, data=0x0) at helper/action.cpp:181 #21 0xb745e864 in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID () from /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #22 0xb7451163 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #23 0xb746530f in ?? () from /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #24 0x098efc48 in ?? () #25 0x00000000 in ?? ()

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.47 splash contest?
by Josh Andler 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Spray Tool is NOT going in 0.47... we can't introduce it so late in this cycle if we want to have a shot at releasing anytime soon. For the record I've been testing it as they've been working on it too, so it's not an excitement issue here. :-) On Apr 22, 2009 3:29 AM, "Alexandre Prokoudine" < alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> wrote: On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM, John Cliff wrote: >> +1 for DeviantArt > > +1 from me too > We have decent sized community there that have done well for us in the past, > ... Whatever hosting we pick, what rules do we set this time? What particular new features would we want to have being demoed? We have new modes in Tweak tool. We have new Spray tool that might or might not make it into 0.47 (their deadline is 2 weeks away) We have a hell of new SVG Filters and a bunch of new extensions Ah! We have Spiro :) What else? Alexandre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of every...

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21199 not building on Linux
by Thomas Worthington 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

I'm getting the following when making 21199 on my Gentoo box: depbase=`echo widgets/icon.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||'`;\ g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -pthread -DORBIT2=1 -I/usr/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gconf/2 -I/usr/include/orbit-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/ImageMagick -I/usr/include/poppler -I/usr/include/poppler/glib -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -DPOTRACE=\"potrace\" -pthread -I/usr/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairomm-1.0 -I/usr/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/usr/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/atkmm-1.6 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/gtkspell-2.0 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I../cxxtest -I./bind/javainc -I./bind/javainc/linux -Wall -Wformat -Wformat-security -W -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -MT widgets/icon.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o widgets/icon.o widgets/icon.cpp &&\ mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po widgets/icon.cpp: In function ‘void sp_icon_paint(SPIcon*, const GdkRectangle*)’: widgets/icon.cpp:869: warning: converting to ‘int’ from ‘double’ widgets/icon.cpp:870: warning: converting to ‘int’ from ‘double’ widgets/icon.cpp: In function ‘void imageMapNamedCB(GtkWidget*, void*)’: widgets/icon.cpp:1450: error: ‘GIcon’ was not declared in this scope widgets/icon.cpp:1450: error: ‘gicon’ was not declared in this scope make[2]: *** [widgets/icon.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/thomas/src/inkscape/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/thomas/src/inkscape' make: *** [all] Error 2 Anyone else, or is it just me? -- Thomas Worthington Tech Nouveau 32 Bangor Road Groomsport BT19 6JF 07748 792333

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Inkscape 0.47 Proposed Release Plan
by Joshua A. Andler 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hey All, In an effort to honor Bryce's work in this department for previous releases, I've liberally copied & pasted what he wrote last time. :) I know that it looks incredibly ambitious with the dates on there, but it IS doable provided people have the time and desire. I'd be interested to see what would happen if we plan a bug sprint weekend on May 9 & 10. We can have whoever is up for the challenge commit to it and see what we can pull off in two days. The following is based on previous release plans. Let me know if there's anything missing. 1. Open development. (Complete) 2. Chill. Development focuses on wrapping up. (In progress) No further refactoring. Identify 'make distcheck' issues Triage bug reports Run an About Screen contest First draft of Release Notes. Update tutorials and other docs 3. Frost. Most development complete. (May 1, 2009) Release Notes should be >90% filled in. Bug Hunt: 500 points Post inkscape-0.47-alpha.tar.gz 4. Feature Freeze. No further development work. (May 15, 2009) Disable features that can't be finished in time. Focus on critical bug fixing. Finalize all tutorials, docs, etc. Finalize all extensions. Translators create translations. Inkscape must pass 'make distcheck' Post inkscape-0.47-beta.tar.gz 5. Hard freeze. Only release wardens can commit to mainline. (May 25, 2009) No further string changes. Focus on release-critical bug fixing. Finalize translations, release notes, etc. Packagers test creating pkgs of the -beta release. Post inkscape-0.47-rc1.tar.gz 6. Branch. Establish the Stable Branch for release (June 5, 2009) Complete any late-late-late work. Final verification of packaging, release notes, docs, etc. Publish more release candidates until ready for release. Plan 0.47.1+ release(s), if needed 7. Release. Post inkscape-0.47.tar.gz (June 15, 2009) Post packages Post official announcements 8. Open development. I know it is a radically short timeframe, especially given how long 0.46 took. However, our last few releases have been dragged out to a painful degree. Honestly, it seems like most people loathe the process now. So... let's rip the bandaid off and just make it happen. We can modify the schedule at any point of course, but we need to address our biggest issues IMMEDIATELY to attempt to keep the dates as close as possible. This is doable. We're good, we're smart, we're competent, and we have the resources... we just need to be focused to make this happen. Cheers, Josh P.S. As all can see, I'm attacking the bug tracker... I hope other non-coders will contribute to preparing the bug tracker for the bug hunt too (let's free up the bug fixers time to actually fix things, rather than wade through the current mess).

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Error compiling on Opensuse 11.1 from today's SVN
by Lucas Vieites 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi, it's me again, I'm trying to compile today's svn version to check out translations but I can't succeed. I've pasted the las section of the make output below jus in case it makes sense to any of you. My steps are the following: # ./autogen.sh # ./configure --prefix=/var/opt/ --with-perl --with-python --with-xft --enable-lcms --enable-inkboard --with-gnome-vfs # make ===================================================== depbase=`echo inkscape-version.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||'`;\ g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE -I/usr/include/freetype2 -pthread -DORBIT2=1 -I/usr/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gconf/2 -I/usr/include/orbit-2.0 -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -fopenmp -I/usr/include/ImageMagick -DRELAYTOOL_CRYPTO='static const int libcrypto_is_present = 1; static int __attribute__((unused)) libcrypto_symbol_is_present(char *m) { return 1; }' -DRELAYTOOL_SSL='static const int libssl_is_present = 1; static int __attribute__((unused)) libssl_symbol_is_present(char *m) { return 1; }' -DHAVE_SSL -I/usr/include/poppler -I/usr/include/poppler/glib -I/usr/include/poppler -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -DPOTRACE=\"potrace\" -pthread -I/usr/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairomm-1.0 -I/usr/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/usr/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/giomm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/giomm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/atkmm-1.6 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/gtkspell-2.0 -I../cxxtest -I./bind/javainc -I./bind/javainc/linux -Werror=format-security -Wall -Wformat -Wformat-security -W -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -fopenmp -MT inkscape-version.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o inkscape-version.o inkscape-version.cpp &&\ mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po rm -f libinkversion.a ar cru libinkversion.a inkscape-version.o ranlib libinkversion.a depbase=`echo main.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||'`;\ g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE -I/usr/include/freetype2 -pthread -DORBIT2=1 -I/usr/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gconf/2 -I/usr/include/orbit-2.0 -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -fopenmp -I/usr/include/ImageMagick -DRELAYTOOL_CRYPTO='static const int libcrypto_is_present = 1; static int __attribute__((unused)) libcrypto_symbol_is_present(char *m) { return 1; }' -DRELAYTOOL_SSL='static const int libssl_is_present = 1; static int __attribute__((unused)) libssl_symbol_is_present(char *m) { return 1; }' -DHAVE_SSL -I/usr/include/poppler -I/usr/include/poppler/glib -I/usr/include/poppler -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -DPOTRACE=\"potrace\" -pthread -I/usr/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairomm-1.0 -I/usr/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/usr/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/giomm-2.4 -I/usr/lib/giomm-2.4/include -I/usr/include/atkmm-1.6 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/gtkspell-2.0 -I../cxxtest -I./bind/javainc -I./bind/javainc/linux -Werror=format-security -Wall -Wformat -Wformat-security -W -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -fopenmp -MT main.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o main.o main.cpp &&\ mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po g++ -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -fopenmp --export-dynamic -Wl,-z,relro -o inkscape main.o libinkscape.a dom/libdom.a libcroco/libcroco.a libavoid/libavoid.a libgdl/libgdl.a libcola/libcola.a libvpsc/libvpsc.a livarot/libvarot.a 2geom/lib2geom.a pedro/libpedro.a libinkversion.a -pthread -lgtkmm-2.4 -lgiomm-2.4 -lgdkmm-2.4 -latkmm-1.6 -lpangomm-1.4 -lcairomm-1.0 -lglibmm-2.4 -lxslt -lxml2 -lsigc-2.0 -lgtkspell -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lcairo -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lz -lfontconfig -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lrt -lglib-2.0 -lpng12 -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm -lpng -lz -lgomp -lpopt -laspell -pthread -lgnomevfs-2 -lgconf-2 -lgthread-2.0 -lrt -lgmodule-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lfontconfig -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lz -lfontconfig -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lfreetype -lz -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE -L/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE -lperl -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lz -lMagick++ -lMagickCore -lgc -llcms -lpoppler -lpoppler-glib /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: error in libinkscape.a(lpe-text_label.o)(.eh_frame); no .eh_frame_hdr table will be created. /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: sp-object-group.o: access beyond end of merged section (1711341569) /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: sp-object-group.o: access beyond end of merged section (102111551) /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: libinkscape.a(point.o): unrecognized relocation (0x41) in section `.debug_loc' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value collect2: ld devolvió el estado de salida 1 make[2]: *** [inkscape] Error 1 make[2]: se sale del directorio `/home/lou/code/inkscape/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: se sale del directorio `/home/lou/code/inkscape' make: *** [all] Error 2 ===================================================== Thanks in advance, -- Lucas Vieites

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Printing Resolution
by Craig Leat 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi Thanks for a great app. My GIS app has limited print composer functionality and I've been looking for a tool to create fancy titleblocks around my maps. I'm able to export a map from my GIS app and export a titleblock from my CAD app both as pdf files. Using Inkscape I'm able to overlay the titlebock on the map, mask some of the map with a white hatch, save as a pdf and finally print from Adobe Reader. This works well as both the vector titleblock and raster map print clearly. I could save some time if I could print from Inkscape directly instead of going via pdf to Adobe Reader. I tried file -> print -> rendering -> vector, but I lose my bitmap. I also tried file -> print -> rendering -> bitmap -> DPI setting, but always get a low resolution print out. The manual [1] states "The second option is Bitmap which rasterizes the output. There is an option to set the DPI for the output but this does not appear to have any effect (Bug). All drawing elements are rendered correctly but with poor resolution." So my question then is "has this bug been resolved yet?" I searched on Launchpad, but didn't find it. I'm using version 0.46 on Windows XP. I tried to compile the development version on Ubuntu 7.10, but ran into problems with a Cairo library that appears to be too old (1.4). Thanks for your time. Craig [1] http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/File-Printing.html

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a few issues
by ryrych＠...400... 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi guys and girls! Working in Inkscape I've found some inconvenience recently. I often work in Inkscape creating and experimenting with logotypes. I do like this vector application. :) I migrated to Gentoo a few months ago and didn't have time to deal with Inkscape devel especially of dependencies. So, I use stable version now. If I remember correctly there was available many LPE in dev Inkscape, but they disappeared somewhat. I especially pay attention on envelope, which was very helpful. I'm lack of it. I had to use GIMP to use perspective on shapes, save them to png and then trace them in Inkscape which was a little tricky. I hope guys you restore adequate LPE or some perspective tool for users. :) Next issue. Sometimes I have to add some nods on a shape in a straigh line (horizontal or vertical - it doesn't matter). So I adjust a guideline and "cut" shape - that is, add nods. I had a short experience in Blender - the 3D application and still remember helpful tool which cuts shape to add nods (velocities? - I don't remember) on it. I think of a thing that it would be useful in Inkscape too. Operating on nods during play with logotypes is really common - so you often move them forward and backward. I don't mind that the tool (let's call it interactive knife) cuts one shape into antother two like difference. I want it to add series of nods on a shape cause adding them by clicking is very tricky. Imagine - Hold [ALT] keys and LMB and move your mouse - such an interactive selection tool could add nods on a shape (outline). See? I had to use offset or dynamic offstet (excuse me, I don't remember actual name because I use Polish version) just today. I found this feature quite interesting, but in rough use. I needed to enlarge a shape about literraly a few pixels - you know - logo require precission, and found it a little tricky to do it. It would be fantastic to add some numeric fiels for offsets like for width/height. What do you think about it? Some months ago I told one developer about my idea of eraser improvement. He found it quite interesting. So I repeat it. So could you add default shapes for eraser for instance a circle or a square? The tool uses calligraphy mechanism today. Do you intent to improve it before next release? Eraser is quite interesting tool but is really useless as far the calligraphy philosophy is concerned - you know, utterly useless change of angles while moving/turning. What's your plan for eraser tool? So, that's all now. I hope I expressed myself clearly and made myself understandable. :) cheers, Wojciech Ryrych :)

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