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About Inkscape authors list
by Bill Baxter 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

Hey there folks, I contributed a patch that was accepted and has an entry in the release notes. Does that make me an author? If not, then no worries -- it was not a huge patch -- but it would fun to see my name in lights. :-) --bb

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New translation stats
by Bryce Harrington 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

Hi all, We're still not yet to string freeze, but took a big step forward towards that today. I've updated the translation statistics on the home page. Twelve languages have been translated to >80% (up from 10 last time), although the average translation ratio dropped 1% from 49% to 48%. I notice the Italian translation went from 96% a week ago, to 0% today - luca, do you have an idea what might have happened? Also, for en_CA, it looks like it hasn't been filled in very much, and what is there seems to just be Britishisms (centre, metre, etc.) Could we simply copy the en_GB file to en_CA? It seems if we are going to provide Canandian language bindings, that would give better results than what we have so far. It looks like it hasn't been updated in over a year; maybe it could just be dropped? Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Call for Freeze Exceptions
by Bryce Harrington 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

Hi Adib, thanks for updating the status on this. On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 02:53:06AM +0100, Adib taraben wrote: > Hello Bryce and all, > > I finished the win32 (un)installer work (svn Revision 16898). I prepared > all additional message dialogs for translation. > Now the win32 (un)installer will not delete user defined files. It checks > by md5 checksum for each file if it has been changed and will ask for > deletion. > If the file (uninstall.log) containing the md5 checksums does not exists it > will abort the uninstallation process. > > I will update all Bugs and Release Notes accordingly. > > HTH, > > Adib. > --- > Bryce Harrington schrieb: >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:45:27PM +0100, the Adib wrote: >> >>> Hi Bruce, >>> >>> I want to focus on two things: >>> 1. win32 installer >>> - improve the current uninstaller. Currently it bugs you for every single >>> file that has been changed. >>> 2. improve PDF, PS export >>> - implement blur as bitmap >>> - need to display an dialog and asking for several options (text to path, >>> blur as bitmap, alpha as bitmap) >>> >>> Nr. 1) I can do myself. >>> Nr. 2) I need help. >>> I think that two weeks from now (3rd Jan) this will be finished. >>> >>> I would like to see fixed in the next release the issue with the >>> calculation >>> of object sizes containing blur #168349 >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/168349 . >>> >> >> Hi Adib, >> >> I've got you down with exceptions for both of the above tasks. >> >> The win32 uninstaller is technically packaging work, so is permitted to >> be done without an exception, but you've got one anyway. But it won't >> be a blocker for moving into Freeze if it takes longer than expected. >> >> Like others that have replied, it sort of sounds like the PDF/PS work >> may be a bit more ambitious than there is time for. However I've >> included an exception for you on this anyway. That said, I would >> encourage you to prioritize and organize the work such that there are >> good stopping points in case some of the work needs to be postponed. >> Improving PDF/PS support is very important, however this item has a >> longer time estimate than the other tasks that must be completed before >> Freeze, so is the riskiest item, especially since you think you'll need >> help. If you can prioritize/organize the work to reduce it something >> that can be completed by yourself in a shorter timeframe, that would >> help a lot. >> >> Thanks, >> Bryce

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Bugs milestoned for 0.46
by Bryce Harrington 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

Hi all, In the course of triaging, testing, and debugging, we've accumulated a list of bugs that were flagged for the 0.46 milestone. Below is a complete (unfiltered) list. We need to drastically reduce this list soon! (Either by fixing or postponing and living with them.) Please grab a couple and take a look... 167898 Grouping section with connectors attached crashes 168586 Crash related with ungrouping 169103 tooltip for menubar not localized 169791 application icon following the tango style guidelines 173116 Gtk::PixbufError exception not caught in Windows 177783 cairo-ps export creates empty ps files on win32 179452 export to openclipart.org in dev version 179640 Fill with color leads to a crash 168024 pattern + viewBox = no pattern (sometimes) 168614 SVN[070505] Regression:opening svg with svgz extension=crash 168623 export to svgz, missing suffix in exported file 168978 Compile problems with inkscape-svn with libsigc++2.0 168980 Inkscape doesn't build due to issues with the PDF importer 169985 Slicing pluging (for web and whatnot) 174721 Importing svg files brake references to bitmap files 176608 Effects update on parameter change even without "live effects" enabled 178022 python extensions fail on win32 178985 Crash/Assert when SaveAs... "PDF via Cairo" without converting text to paths 179478 3d box tool toolbar doesn't work 167132 effect changes inkscape:output_extension 168934 eps export does not cut out background properly 168957 export to PDF leaves white gaps between rects 169018 Information lost when saving as Plain SVG 169122 PDF import doesn't work when file name has accents (win32) 169623 Canvas color option 169886 Export SVG-metadata when exporting to PDF 169967 Scheme Scripting Console 171092 Autosave 171247 Tutorials Forum 174854 [PATCH] SVN doesn't compile without LCMS 174992 UnboundLocalError with perspective.py 176750 Perspective / Envelope errors on Vista machine 178215 menu icons size in Win32 dev builds is 13X13 179040 Update Ukrainian translation 179830 on-canvas gradient editor breaks adding a node 169127 Incorrect Finnish translation 171382 metadata information doesn't include jurisdiction (CC) 178471 Tooltips missing in the LPEs 170018 Dimensions 177387 XSLT "effects" extensions don't work (not implemented?) 178336 spin boxes increment values on filters UI need tweaking before 0.46 release Bryce

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Native File Dialogs Update
by Joel Holdsworth 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

I just thought I'd check in about the native file dialogs. We're getting seriously close now. After the conversation last week, I added an icon (from Tango) to the toolbar to allow the preview to be switched on and off, and I've reworked the preview pane so it now runs on Cairo not the Inkscape internal renderer. I've done quite a lot of work testing the dialog over the past few days including fixing some problems with the interfacing between GTK's UTF-8 and Windows' UTF-16. Really everything works now *except* rendering of SVG files for the preview pane. All I need is to be able to use librsvg. The current version in the bundle relies on the absent bzip2 and so is unusable - can we satisfy that dependancy? If so I can finish the patch, and the native file dialogs will be finished! - probably too late for 0.46 though now. I'm away now until saturday, but should be free all day. So if I can get a working copy of librsvg.dll, I might even be able finish the patch once and for all on saturday! - only 10 months later than originally expected. Happy Days Joel

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Freezing/Thawing Complex Graphics (john cliff)
by Tony Vigil 06 Jan '08

06 Jan '08

> From: "john cliff" <john.cliff@...400...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Freezing/Thawing Complex Graphics > The export/reimport is there already do edit> make a bitmap copy. It doesnt > currently do the hide/lock of the vector tho. Please file an RFE if there > isnt one already. Ah ha! I looked in the file menu and I looked in the effects menu, but I didn't look in the edit menu. Seems like a weird place for that command. I'll try to come up with better wording for what I'm thinking of before I file an RFE. Now that I know where bitmap copy is, I'll be using it quite a bit! - Tony

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Freezing/Thawing Complex Graphics
by Tony Vigil 06 Jan '08

06 Jan '08

Using lots of blurred graphics in the same document can bring a computer to it's knees. Similarly, CPU intensive synths in a music sequencing application can do the same thing. In many music sequencers, there is a feature that allows you to freeze a music track by turning the synth's audio into a small WAV file and turning the synth off. Perhaps a similar feature could be introduced in Inkscape. By freezing an object (i.e. a group of blurred objects), it becomes a temporary PNG that is displayed in place of the real object. The real object exists in the document, but it is hidden from view. The temp freeze image can be moved around the canvas, but not edited at all. If you want to edit the object, simply unfreeze the object to delete the temp image and unhide the original object. Currently, you can hide and lock objects. What is missing is a means of exporting an object as PNG, locking and hiding the original object, importing the temporary PNG at the same size and location as the original object, then syncing the location of the original object with the temporary image. At bare minimum, a feature that would export a selected object as PNG and import the new PNG to a newly created layer (named "png copy of xyz_object") - all in one step would be a nice step in the right direction. Then, all I would need to do is hide the original object. If I want to edit the object, I can delete the PNG layer and unhide the original object.

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LPE: bend path Vs. Patter along path
by Michael Grosberg 06 Jan '08

06 Jan '08

(this is a repost due to lack of response to the previous post) Can someone explain to me what the difference between those two are? as far as I can see, both "bend path" and "pattern along path" do exactly the same thing! I'm adding a link to an SVG file that shows this: http://grosberg.michael.googlepages.com/path_effect.svg the only difference is that in one you copy-paste the control path onto a shape, and in the other you copy-paste the shape to be bent onto the path. But no matter which effect you use, if you use the same shapes you'll get the same result. The ONLY difference is in the procedure. So why do we have two ways of accomplishing the same thing? wouldn't it be simpler to just have a single effect? or am I missing some subtle difference?

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Inkscape 0.46~svn Ubuntu .deb snapshot
by Bryce Harrington 06 Jan '08

06 Jan '08

HI all, For those on Ubuntu who would like to install and test the latest development snapshot of Inkscape, I've rolled .debs for Gutsy: http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/Testing/inkscape-Gutsy/ and for Hardy: http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/Testing/inkscape-Hardy/ Bryce

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ReleaseNotes updates needed
by Bryce Harrington 06 Jan '08

06 Jan '08

The release notes look in pretty good shape. Please, everyone who has contributed a feature to Inkscape, doublecheck that it has an appropriate write up about it: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046 Also, there are a few TODO's in the notes that need filled in: [faster gradients - mental] [sculpt profiles - bbyak] [Open Clip Art Library import and export - rejon] [toolbars - JonCruz] [calligraphy: menus, tooltips; star; ... - joncruz] [Switched to stock GTK+ toolbars. - joncruz] [Extra magic secret sauce added. - joncruz] [filedialogs - JonCruz] Please take some time this week to get these fleshed out. We need to get the ReleaseNotes finalized SOON so the translators can translate them! Bryce

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