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NEW: change in Transform dialog
by bulia byak 06 May '08

06 May '08

Previously, the Apply to each object separately checkbox had no effect for the Move tab. Now, if several objects are selected, this checkbox is on, and "Relative move" is on, each object is shifted relative to the closest selected object on the left (for X) or below (for Y). For example, if you have a horizontal row of objects and you move them relatively by X=5px with "Apply to each object separately" on, the leftmost object will shift by 5px, the next one to the right by 10px, and so on; the rightmost selected object is displaced by 5*n px where n is the number of selected objects. As a result, the distance in each pair of adjacent objects will increase by 5px and the whole row will be spaced out, much like a letterspacing adjustment spaces out a text string. Moving these objects by X=-5px will, conversely, squeeze them tighter together: the leftmost will move by -5px, the next one by -10px, and so on. For Y, the effect is the same except that the move starts from the object closest to the bottom (i.e. with smallest Y coordinate). When determining the order of shifting objects, for X, the left edges of their bounding boxes are sorted horizontally, and for Y, the bottoms of their bounding boxes are sorted vertically. Order of selecting the objects or z-order does not matter. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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LGM 2008
by Jon A. Cruz 06 May '08

06 May '08

So, Who all is going to make it to LGM for 2008? For those of us not able to make it there this year, knowing who could represent Inkscape and bring up issues, meet people, etc, would be very useful. Thanks.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] SimpleCrosser
by Diederik van Lierop 06 May '08

06 May '08

Op Di, 6 mei, 2008 09:53, schreef J.B.C.Engelen@...1578...: > Marco has the same problem in 2geom. I think it's a bug by design (the > closing segment does not belong to the domain of the path); we are > thinking about including it in the domain (while keeping the > representation the same as it is now). That's great, then all I have to do is just wait for the problem to be solved. I think I can do that ;-) Diederik

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SimpleCrosser
by Diederik van Lierop 06 May '08

06 May '08

Hi, Maybe it's just me doing something wrong, but I cannot get an intersection with the _closing_ segment of a rectangle. The first three segments between the four points of the rectangle behave as expected and do intersect nicely, but it looks like the closing segments is discarded when using the SimpleCrosser(). Is this by design or a bug, or am I missing something? This behaviour introduces a bug in Inkscape's snapping mechanism. For a constrained snap, I need to find an intersection of a linesegment (in the direction of the constrained handle movement) with an arbitrary path, but this doesn't work for the closing segment. Regards, Diederik

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] SimpleCrosser
by Diederik van Lierop 06 May '08

06 May '08

Sorry, I only intended to send a single copy of my mail to lib2geom-dev :-( Diederik Op Di, 6 mei, 2008 08:15, schreef Diederik van Lierop: > Hi, > > Maybe it's just me doing something wrong, but I cannot get an intersection > with the _closing_ segment of a rectangle. The first three segments > between the four points of the rectangle behave as expected and do > intersect nicely, but it looks like the closing segments is discarded when > using the SimpleCrosser(). > > Is this by design or a bug, or am I missing something? > > This behaviour introduces a bug in Inkscape's snapping mechanism. For a > constrained snap, I need to find an intersection of a linesegment (in the > direction of the constrained handle movement) with an arbitrary path, but > this doesn't work for the closing segment. > > Regards, > > Diederik > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java… > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] File import
by Bob Jamison 05 May '08

05 May '08

Or my favorite: http://wotsit.org >For unknown file extention names try: > >http://www.file-extensions.org/ >http://filext.com/ >

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File import
by Tavmjong Bah 05 May '08

05 May '08

Hi, In updating my book for v0.46 I have been reviewing file import. I am trying to learn more about some of the formats listed in the file import dialog (File->Import) under the drop-down menu. Are all the file types listed really supported in Inkscape? How is the list of file types generated? I can't seem to find it in the code. In particular, I would like to know more about Inkscape's support for these file types (it is not even clear to me what format some of them are suppose to be): .ggr (Gimp Gradient) .outline (Text Outline File) .tga (Targa) .ico .cur .wbmp .pcx .ras .xbm (X-Bitmap) .ani Thanks, Tav

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Drawing algorithm
by Tom Moore 05 May '08

05 May '08

Hi to everyone in the development mailing list - this is my first post, so sorry if I'm not asking the right people. I use Inkscape on a regular basis and have always been really impressed with the freehand drawing tool, specifically the efficient resulting curve (very few points to describe the curve). Does anyone know if it is viable to write a similarly efficient algorithm in Flash using ActionScript 3? I've given it a go on a number of occasions over the past 6 months to decent effect, but not half as impressive as Inkscape. Because ActionScript and Flash are pretty slow compared to C, I tend to use fairly simple algorithms to draw curved lines through points. I can only assume that the Inkscape algorithm is pretty sophisticated and I can't begin to try and work out how it was written from the svc, having had no experience with the language. Has there ever been any documentation, high-level schema or flowchart produced to explain the steps taken to calculate the optimised curve? I'm sure that someone must have produced some pseudo code or white paper to describe the best practice for a vector line drawing tool. If anyone has any ideas I'd be really grateful. Tom

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] File import
by Tavmjong Bah 05 May '08

05 May '08

On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 12:21 +0200, momo@...1386... wrote: > Here are TGA test files: > > There are 16,24 and 32 bits with and without RLE compression (details are in > the file names). All generated by photoshop. > > molumen Thanks again! The 16 bit files don't open while the 24 and 32 bits files do. A good predictor is if an image is shown in the preview window. I take it the same GDK code is used for both importing and generating the preview. Tav PS. I am testing with v0.46 with Fedora 7.

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Gobject or C++???
by SF Markus Elfring 05 May '08

05 May '08

> > What itŽs the best method to new GTK software?? > > In most cases, avoid C and C++ as much as is practical. Use a higher-level > language with GTK bindings and use the object model of the language you choose > rather than GObject. You may still need to dip into C occasionally for special > functionality, but minimize your use of C or C++. Neither are good languages > for application development. I find this wording confusing. Each programming language has got its strengths and weaknesses. I assume that you prefer scripting languages. There are more design options available. It is not clear what "the best" will mean. What are the main factors for qualification of development results? ;-) Regards, Markus

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