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about screen licensing issues
by Felipe Sanches 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

I have seen on the winner about screen metadata that it is marked as "proprietary". I can see no citation about free content licensing on its page at devianART and I also notice that there was no requirement for free content licensing on the contest rules. This could lead to problems on packaging for debian and other gnu/linux distributions that have strict rules about licensing. I think that we should add this requirement on the next contest. We should also verify which license does needcoffee intend to use on his work (same is true for the #2) and update the SVG metadata. Juca

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Batch export feature request
by Brian Vanderburg II 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Simple request, I think it would be nice to support 'relative' exports when doing a batch export such that the 'inkscape:export-filename' paramters is relative to the location of the saved document. I <g id="item1" inkscape:export-filename="../images/item1.png" ...> and the file is saved as c:\documents and settings\allen\my documents\gfx\svgs\test1.svg, then it would save it as c:\documents and settings\allen\my documents\gfx\images\item1.png. But if I move the document or save elsewhere, it will export relative to that new location. In this case the export-filename could perhaps be in a 'universal' format that would work no matter what system it is on unix or windows path seperators don't matter. Just an idea. Brian Vanderburg II

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zh_CN - Translation Patch in Launchpad
by ryan lerch 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

A zh_CN translation update for inkscape has been submitted to Launchpad. I was not sure if the translators that have SVN access check the bug tracker... https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/184734 cheers, ryanlerch

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translatable about screen
by Felipe Sanches 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Today I was wondering about how to make the about screen more easily translatable. I figured out that the main problem is that text and effects applied to it are stored as curves. Maybe if we could use raw text and apply filters to it, then translators would have an easier task. This made me try to implement the mirrored reflex effect that we can see in the 0.45 about screen using filters. This is what I came up with: (1) feImage xlink:href=#(gradientrect) (2) feDisplacementMap input=SourceGraphic and displacement map=(1) <-- makes the mirrored reflex (3) feComposite input1=(2) input2=SourceGraphic <-- adds the original image to it apply a linear gradient to the rect whose id is gradientrect This gradient must be setup so that it mirrors the source graphic when applied to feDisplMap We probably would need to have an additional primitive on this stack, in order to alter opacity in the reflex Unfortunately, we don't have feImage working yet. Maybe there is another way of implementing this. And it also remains the problem of having to depend on system available fonts Anyway, this is just brainstorm :-D This also brings to discussion the general question about tools to make easily translatable drawings using SVG. Juca

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Undo looses selection (in Tweak tool)
by jiho 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Hello again, One other glitch which the tweak tool revealed: undoing looses selection. Example: draw a circle, switch to tweak, tweak, CTRL-Z, tweak again = you can't because the circle is not selected anymore. and furthermore: draw a circle, draw another, select all, switch to tweak, tweak circle nb 1, CTRL-Z, switch to select = only circle nb 2 is selected In fact this happens in all tools: draw a circle [-> it is selected], draw another [-> the second one gets selected], CTRL-Z = nothing is selected anymore This is not particularly annoying in all other tools but it is in the tweak tool, because undoing the first tweak deselects and an additional tool switch is necessary before one can tweak again. I already noticed that when the too was in its embryonic stage in the calligraphy tool... but failed to report it :( It would be nice if: - the selection could be kept in Undo history. this would solve the issue for all tools and in addition I found myself bitten by the lack of selection history several times. Ex: you try to select several small objects, it takes a while, you add another object by mistake, the only way to subtract it from the selection is to click on it again... which cool get messy if there are already several other objects selected, or if you added it via a select under or in group or... - there was a way to select objects directly from the tweak tool. this would, in addition, allow to avoid constant switches between the select tool and the tweak tool (not that s and and w are far apart on the keyboard but still). ALT is not already used as a modifier in the Tweak tool ;) Of course the selection behavior won't be as powerful as the select tool (since the select tool modifiers is already very complex and its modifiers are all full) but just ALT+click/drag = selects and SHIFT+ALT+click/drag = adds to selection would be nice. Cheers, JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Pattern along path
by unknown＠example.com 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

> -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Antonishen [mailto:rob.antonishen@...400...] > Sent: dinsdag 15 januari 2008 17:43 > To: Engelen, J.B.C. (Johan) > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Pattern along path > > > > Is there a way to make a pattern-along-path without > distorting the > > > original path? Currently, all four options (single, single > > > stretched, repeated and repeated stretched) distort the path > > > > I do not understand your question. Could you provide an example of > > some kind? > > > > I believe he is referring to the distortion of the objects. > If your pattern consists of a square, you will end up with > distorted squares that follow the path ( i.e. not straight > lines connecting at 90 degrees). I think he wants to know if > it will effective "stamp" the pattern along the path either > rotating to follow the path direction at that point (or > possibly not rotating...) Is that what you mean Joshua? This is indeed not possible with pattern-along-path. You could file a feature request for such an effect. (please provide mockup of what you'd like) Regards, Johan

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filters area
by Felipe Sanches 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

shouldnt we have a way in the UI to setup the filter area (default -20%, +120%) ? Juca

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Is Xara Xtreme still merging with Inkscape?
by Louise Hoffman 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Dear Inkscape developers, I was wondering, if anyone know what's has happened to the merge of Xara Xtreme and Inkscape? The Xara Xtreme website haven't been updated for over a year, but the GPL source is still available from their SVN. Lots of love, Louise

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Photo Printing Kiosks
by Alexandre Prokoudine 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

On Jan 21, 2008 12:44 AM, z.pekar wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking for a (Gnome) program that provides functionality of a > photo printing terminal/kiosk (smth. like this: > http://www.richardfrankfurt.co.uk/index.php?productID=24 ). http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/photoprint.shtml Alexandre

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Usage of about screen
by khiraly 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

What about to use the second entry for the inkscape devel version? So the first entry would be for the official 0.46 version, while the second one would be for the development builds (svn version). What do you think? Khiraly

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