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does not load/create preferences in linux
by the Adib 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Hello all, I am trying to extend the preferences by an /i18n/language entry in order to switch the user-interface language by inkscape preference settings. But using the svn devel it does not load /save the user default preferences in the /home/user/.inkscape directory .!? When I delete the .inkscape directory I expect that inkscape recreate the whole structure from scratch. But this is not the case. The version 0.46 does so. Any thoughts ? Adib. ---

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How can I get a text bounding box in a python script?
by Bernd D. 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

Hello, I try to write a python script that help drawing diagrams (i.e. syntax diagrams). A node in this typ of diagram, is a rectangle with rounded edges and a centered text caption in it. In the script, I need the bounding box of the text, for the calculation of the correct node rectangle size, to hold the whole text in it. But how can I get the bounding box? Is there somebody that can point me to a solution? Best regards, Bernd

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SVG Fonts and PDF import
by Krzysztof Kosiński 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

I understand that there's now some support for SVG Fonts thanks to Felipe Sanches' GSoC project. I would be great if the people responsible for the PDF import plugin added support for PDFs with embedded fonts (i.e. different than those installed in the system). This way I could open LaTeX documents in Inkscape without text breakage. Also of use would be an export option that embeds all fonts in the SVG (with a checkbox specifying whether to embed entire fonts or the subsets used in the document), so that fancy text could remain editable in portable documents. Regards, Krzysztof Kosiński -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/SVG-Fonts-and-PDF-import-tp21209580p21209580.html Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Crash in console mode resulting from rev. 20388
by Jasper van de Gronde 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

Inkscape suddenly crashes for me when using the command line export functionality (in some cases at least). It seems to crash in SPDesktop::doc2dt, probably due to a null-pointer dereference. This function is called from sp_item_i2d_affine now, since rev. 20388. And this was also one of the few revisions since I last updated, so it could very well have to do with this revision. My guess is that there simply isn't any instance of SPDesktop when Inkscape is used as a command line executable. So possibly the error isn't in sp_item_i2d_affine as such, but rather in the fact that it is being called at all. If anyone with a bit more understanding of this area of the code could have a look that would be great.

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NEW: Converting text to path produces a group
by bulia byak 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

Converting a text or flowed text to path (Ctrl+Shift+C) now produces a group of paths, one path for each glyph of text, instead of a single monolithic path as before. Apart from easier manipulation, an additional advantage is that if your text contained styled spans (i.e. fragments with different color, opacity, or other properties), these styles will be preserved by the corresponding glyph paths after converting to paths. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Grid snapping do not work anymore
by Yann Papouin 27 Dec '08

27 Dec '08

Hi, In rev 20168, grid snapping was working correctly, because when I was drawing a new polygon, new points where added at lines intersections of a axonometric or a rectangular grid. But it is not working anymore in rev 20383 (maybe corrupted in previous revisions) the snapping only occured on grid lines, not points. Maybe an option should be added in the "Snap to grid" section of the Snap tab with two checkboxes: - Snap to grid lines - Snap to grid points And when the two are checked the snapping power of grid points should be increase.

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Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
by Josh Andler 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

Hey Everyone, As 2008 comes to a close I wanted to wish a happy holiday season to all and to wish everyone a very happy, healthy, safe, and prosperous new year! A big "THANK YOU!" goes out to to all contributors... whether developers, translators, testers, users, or even just advocates or constructive critics, Inkscape would not be where it is today without everything that you all have given. Thanks again and I can't wait to see what 2009 has in store for us all! Cheers! Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Linux Build broken?
by Henning Meyer 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

My fault - I used graphics-magick-compat-dev instead of image-magick-dev. It works now. Another question: What about cmake? It does not seem to work. Is there no support for cmake as of now? Henning Cory K. schrieb: > Henning Meyer wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to experiment with the tracing, but unfortunatly I cannot >> even build inkscape from SVN/Trunk. >> >> This is the error I get: >> >> extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp &&\ >> mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po >> extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp: In member function »virtual void >> Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::Level::applyEffect(Magick::Image*)«: >> extension/internal/bitmap/level.cpp:23: Fehler: »class Magick::Image« >> hat kein Element namens »level« >> make[2]: *** [extension/internal/bitmap/level.o] Fehler 1 >> make[2]: Verlasse Verzeichnis >> '/home/hmeyer/devel/inkscape/trunk/inkscape/src' >> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 >> make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis '/home/hmeyer/devel/inkscape/trunk/inkscape' >> make: *** [all] Fehler 2 >> >> For more details look at: >> http://drop.io/5y9sjps/media >> >> The same happens with SVN/Release_0_46_0. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> Thanks for your help, >> >> Henning >> > > Odd. As of *right now* trunk pulls and builds fine for me. Maybe pull a > fresh copy? > > -Cory K. >

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Component transfer W3C SVG test suite reference wrong as well?
by Jasper van de Gronde 22 Dec '08

22 Dec '08

I had a good look at the filters-comptrans-01-b test, and it appears that the W3C's reference image is wrong for this test as well (earlier I found the same for their Gaussian blur reference image). I have no idea what the problem is and whether or not the reference is indeed wrong or that it is some weird color space issue or something, but for the moment I'm assuming that Inkscape's output is right. I again filed an issue in the W3C issue tracker.

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[Slightly OT] might be of interest...
by john cliff 22 Dec '08

22 Dec '08

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/22/AR200812220… Not sure I've seen any other coverage quite this mainstream... thought it might be of interest to some of you. Cheers John

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