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Student project
by Steren Giannini 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Hello, We are a team of five french students from the "Ecole Centrale de Lyon" (an engineer high school, see www.ec-lyon.fr). Our programs are quite general, we attend programming lessons but we are not informatics specialists In second year, we have to work on a professional project for five months (officialy 4 hours a week, but... we can spend much more time). I thought it would be a good idea to help developing inkscape. The only things the school demands is a tutor (in our case, from the dev team) and requirements. The tutor will be here to help on specific technical questions, to check the progress of the project and to validate goals. I have been using inkscape for two years for serious projects. And I am currently working with both the stable and the svn version (on ubuntu and windows) I've found some some projects from the wiki that could fit with what we have to do : - the perspective tool ( http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/PerspectiveObject ) - the add/substract node tool ( http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/NewTools ) - Inkscape / GIMP raster graphics Editing Integration from GSoC 07 Thanks for your response Steren

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NEW: profiling and simplifying gradients
by bulia byak 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

In Gradient tool: * Moving gradient handles by arrow keys is restored (it was broken for some time) * Press Ctrl+A to select all stops in the selected objects. * When two or more adjacent stops are selected, pressing Ins adds stops in the middles of all selected stop intervals. * Intermediate stops can be mousedragged along their gradient line, within the limits of the adjacent unselected stops (or end handles). * Dragging with Ctrl moves the selected stops snapping them to 1/10 fractions of the available range. * Dragging with Alt moves the selected stops depending on how close each one is to the stop being dragged, using a smooth bell-like curve similar to the node sculpting feature in Node tool. This makes it easy to approximate different gradient profiles; for example, if you have a two-stop gradient that you want to shape according to a curved profile, select both ends of the gradient, press Ins a few times to add a number of intermediate nodes, then Alt+drag a node in the middle to smoothly profile the gradient. * Pressing Ctrl+L with some intermediate stops selected attempts to simplify the selected portion of the gradient, removing those stops that can be removed without too much change in the way the gradient looks. In particular, new stops created by double-clicking or pressing Ins initially do not change the appearance of the gradient, so if you press Ctrl+L, all redundant stops that weren't moved or repainted since creation will be deleted. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Wacom problems
by Joshua Blocher 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

On 10/18/07, Jim Ford <jaford@...1821...> wrote: > Docsonic wrote: > > I just got a Wacom Intuos3 tablet and I am trying to set it up properly for > > Inkscape on Win XP SP2 (fully patched). > > At first pressure setting wouldn't work so I downloaded the latest build > > (Oct 18, 2007) and it works great! However, the mouse doesn't work at all > > properly - it seems to be using the pen settings. I have tried other > > programs (Gimp, Flash etc) to make sure it isn't a setting I have wrong but > > they all seem to work correctly. I do have a profile set up in the Wacom > > prefs for the pen in Inkscape but the mouse is using the default settings. > > > > Has anyone else come across this and if so, what can I do to fix it? > > It's great having the pen but I can't double-click guides with the pen so > > there are times that the mouse is useful. > > Tiresome, isn't it? > > Myself and at least one other user have reported this problem, but have > had no responses from the gurus. I guess it's a 'feature' of Inkscape! > > Jim Ford I don't remember see this on the Inkscape Devel List. So, I'm sending this to there. Just so you know the user list is good but for issues like this the devel list is easier to get responses from the developlers as they watch it all the time. Or filing a bug report with the tracker if it hasn't been done, most bugs get looked at during the release cycle. As to this bug i think this maybe a GTK bug as Synfig has the similar issue of not being able to use the mouse for input when input from a tablet is turned on. Or maybe we not setting it up right who knows. Thanks for the report, Joshua L. Blocher

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Toolbar Issues
by Tony Vigil 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

I just installed Inkscape in my Samsung Q1 UMPC. Inkscape works pretty nicely, but here are a couple issues regarding the main tool bar on the left side. 1) If I undock the tool bar, doesn't stay above the canvas. There should be a means of forcing the tool bar to stay "on top". 2) I can't dock the tool bar along the top with the other tool bars. It would be nice if I could change it from a vertical tool bar to a vertical tool bar. The screen on the Q1 is a tad short to show all of the tools when the tool bar is attached on the left hand side.

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pdf-input.cpp:544: error: '_preview_output_dev' was not declared in this scope
by Jeff Kowalczyk 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hello all, I've had this question about a compilation error with inkscape trunk on inkscape-users for a few weeks now, and I'm moving it here to inkscape-dev to see if I can get it in front of the right eyes. I'm really missing the fun of running inkscape trunk. I expect this is something specific to my platform (multiple machines running Gentoo ~x86), and not a general problem with the codebase, since I haven't seen other reports of this particular compilation error. There are no relevant Gentoo bugs filed for this issue. If anyone had suggestions on possible problems with or missing dependencies, please let me know. The ebuild I'm using to build /trunk is nearly identical to the working inkscape-0.45.1.ebuild. Maybe I'm missing a recently added dependency. Alternatively, if there's a .configure option that can suppress compilation of this pdfinput extension, I'd be more than happy to use that as a workaround. Thanks, if i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -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/freetype2 -I/usr/include/gtk-unix-print-2.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -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/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/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -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../cxxtest -Wall -Wformat-security -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wno-unused-parameter -O2 -march=i686 -pipe -MT extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.o -MD -MP -MF "extension/internal/bitmap/.deps/imagemagick.Tpo" \ -c -o extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.o `test -f 'extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp' || echo './'`extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp; \ then mv -f "extension/internal/bitmap/.deps/imagemagick.Tpo" "extension/internal/bitmap/.deps/imagemagick.Po"; \ else rm -f "extension/internal/bitmap/.deps/imagemagick.Tpo"; exit 1; \ fi In file included from extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:26: extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.h:40:28: error: CairoOutputDev.h: No such file or directory In file included from extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:26: extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.h:107: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'CairoOutputDev' with no type extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.h:107: error: expected ';' before '*' token extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp: In constructor 'Inkscape::Extension::Internal::PdfImportDialog::PdfImportDialog(PDFDoc*)': extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:279: error: '_preview_output_dev' was not declared in this scope extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:279: error: expected type-specifier before 'CairoOutputDev' extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:279: error: expected `;' before 'CairoOutputDev' extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp: In destructor 'virtual Inkscape::Extension::Internal::PdfImportDialog::~PdfImportDialog()': extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:301: error: '_preview_output_dev' was not declared in this scope extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:302: error: type '<type error>' argument given to 'delete', expected pointer extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp: In member function 'void Inkscape::Extension::Internal::PdfImportDialog::_setPreviewPage(int)': extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.cpp:544: error: '_preview_output_dev' was not declared in this scope make[2]: *** [extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-input.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp: In member function 'virtual void Inkscape::Extension::Internal::Bitmap::ImageMagick::effect(Inkscape::Extension::Effect*, Inkscape::UI::View::View*)': extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:107: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*' ./util/glib-list-iterators.h: In member function 'T* const& Inkscape::Util::GSListConstIterator<T*>::operator*() const [with T = SPItem]': extension/internal/bitmap/imagemagick.cpp:188: instantiated from here ./util/glib-list-iterators.h:47: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/inkscape-0.45.2/work/inkscape-0.45.2/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/inkscape-0.45.2/work/inkscape-0.45.2' make: *** [all] Error 2 ----- # cat /usr/local/portage/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-0.45.2.ebuild # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-0.45.1.ebuild,v 1.7 2007/04/09 19:47:47 cryos Exp $ inherit gnome2 DESCRIPTION="A SVG based generic vector-drawing program" HOMEPAGE="http://www.inkscape.org/" SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz" SLOT="0" LICENSE="GPL-2 LGPL-2.1" KEYWORDS="amd64 hppa ppc ppc64 sparc x86" IUSE="dia gnome mmx inkjar lcms doc postscript spell wmf" RESTRICT="test" COMMON_DEPEND=">=x11-libs/gtk+-2.10.7 dev-cpp/glibmm >=dev-cpp/gtkmm-2.4 >=dev-libs/boehm-gc-6.4 >=dev-libs/glib-2.6.5 >=dev-libs/libsigc++-2.0.12 dev-libs/popt media-libs/fontconfig >=media-libs/freetype-2 media-libs/libpng >=x11-libs/pango-1.4.0 >=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.20 dev-perl/XML-Parser dev-perl/XML-XQL dev-python/pyxml dev-libs/boost virtual/xft gnome? ( >=gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.0 gnome-base/libgnomeprint gnome-base/libgnomeprintui ) lcms? ( >=media-libs/lcms-1.14 ) spell? ( app-text/gtkspell )" # These only use executables provided by these packages # See share/extensions for more details. inkscape can tell you to # install these so we could of course just not depend on those and rely # on that. RDEPEND=" ${COMMON_DEPEND} dia? ( app-office/dia ) postscript? ( >=media-gfx/pstoedit-3.44 media-gfx/skencil ) wmf? ( media-libs/libwmf )" DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND} sys-devel/gettext dev-util/pkgconfig x11-libs/libX11 >=dev-util/intltool-0.29" src_unpack() { unpack ${A} cd ${S} ./autogen.sh autoconf || die libtoolize --copy --force || die } pkg_setup() { G2CONF="${G2CONF} --with-xft" G2CONF="${G2CONF} $(use_with spell gtkspell)" #G2CONF="${G2CONF} $(use_with jabber inkboard)" G2CONF="${G2CONF} $(use_enable mmx)" G2CONF="${G2CONF} $(use_with inkjar)" G2CONF="${G2CONF} $(use_with gnome gnome-vfs)" G2CONF="${G2CONF} $(use_with gnome gnome-print)" G2CONF="${G2CONF} $(use_enable lcms)" } DOCS="AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README" ----- # emerge inkscape -pv [ebuild U ] media-gfx/inkscape-0.45.2 [0.45.1] USE="dia gnome inkjar lcms mmx spell wmf -debug -doc -postscript" I don't turn on postscript because I don't want tcl (via skencil), but there are other dependencies pulled in that could be necessary to avoid the compilation error in pdfinput: # USE="postscript" emerge inkscape -pv [ebuild N ] media-libs/libemf-1.0.3 746 kB [ebuild N ] media-gfx/xv-3.10a-r14 USE="jpeg png tiff" 3,539 kB [ebuild N ] dev-lang/tcl-8.4.15 USE="-debug -threads" 3,550 kB [ebuild N ] media-fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10-r3 USE="X" 259 kB [ebuild N ] dev-python/imaging-1.1.6 USE="X scanner -doc -examples -tk" 426 kB [ebuild N ] media-gfx/pstoedit-3.44 USE="emf imagemagick plotutils" 818 kB [ebuild N ] dev-lang/tk-8.4.15-r1 USE="-debug -threads" 3,263 kB [ebuild N ] dev-python/reportlab-2.1 USE="-doc -examples" 3,227 kB [ebuild N ] media-gfx/skencil-0.6.18_pre20070421 USE="nls" 1,363 kB [ebuild U ] media-gfx/inkscape-0.45.2 [0.45.1] USE="dia gnome inkjar lcms mmx postscript* spell wmf -debug -doc" 0 kB This is with a pseudonym tarball inkscape-0.45.2,tar.gz created from trunk r16262. The behavior has been the same since late september. Thanks again.

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Persistent Undo update
by Daniel Genrich 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hello everybody, I just took some time to make the "persistent undo" patch (http://people.csail.mit.edu/sarasu/history/) working with todays SVN and to make it also compile with gcc 4.1.2. It's patch #1816710 in the patch tracker. When applying the patch - don't forget to "./configure" again because of new files. I hope this makes review/work/testing on the "persistent undo" patch easier :) Thanks! Genscher

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margins for textframes
by David Christian Berg 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hey Inkscapers! Just want to draw some attention towards RFE [ 1597125 ] Space between text and frame border again. I'm not a coder, but since all we need is a interface it should be achievable... and I think it would really improve Inkscape for simple task quite a lot. I know, it's not fancy, but well, yeah, useful... Take a look at the attached SVG... it explains what I already tried to state in the RFE report. Take care! David

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Effect that modifies the document properties?
by John Bintz 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hello. I'm trying to write an Effect extension that will allow the creation of cover templates for perfect bound books, which involves changing the document properties and adding guides lines to the current document. I have a Ruby script and an .inx file set up correctly, and when I examine the XML output from the script, the SVG that is returned is correct. When this file is written back to stdout at the end of the script, no changes occur within Inkscape. Can Effects modify the document properties and, if they can't, would it be a good idea to add a new type of extension that could? Thanks, John

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Strange behaviour of text flowed into a combined shape
by David Christian Berg 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hey Inkscapers, After my last mail about text, I played around a little more again and stumbled over a very strange behaviour. I have to boxes which are combined and text is flowed into them. I placed them one below the other... I imagined the text would continue in the second box... but unless its really close, it doesn't. Open the attached fly, mark the below box with the node-selection tool by selecting all nodes and move the box down with the arrow keys... the text will disappear from it. I guess I should file a bug, shouldn't I? But maybe it would be good to know, what causes the problem... Cheers! David

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] contribute to graphics research!
by Sara Su 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi bulia, Joshua, and all: I apologize for my delay in replying to your messages. I just got back from the UIST conference, where I met many UI researchers -- and fellow Inkscape users. Thanks for your enthusiasm about the undo-saving feature! We would like to release the code for this for all the reasons you mentioned: to comply with the GPL, to get users across platforms, and ultimately to contribute to the Inkscape project. [We'd also welcome help identifying and fixing bugs. :)] What is the best way to do this? As the number of files touched is small, perhaps the fastest is to post these on our website, then work on adding the changes to the SVN trunk. Thanks for your invitation to do so. Sara > Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 19:52:04 -0300 > From: "bulia byak" <buliabyak@...400...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] contribute to graphics research! > To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, > "Inkscape List Devel" <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > > (forwarding this to devel list as well) > > This sounds like a very nice addition. We (developers) actually were > thinking about adding something like that, as an option. Would you > consider adding your patch to the SVN trunk so it becomes part of the > official Inkscape releases? For users, persistent undo is an important > enough feature by itself, with or without helping your graphics > research :) And if you keep working on it to add more features like > selective undo, this is much better to do in the main trunk.

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