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Canvas Rotate - Alternative?
by microUgly 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Is the canvas rotate idea currently being implemented? I found the thread from April which had a lot of great ideas but I didn't know if anyone was working on it of if it's on the list of things to do. I know what was discussed sounded like really clever stuff and I can only guess how difficult the feature may have been to implement. So I was wondering if a simple alternative could be adopted instead - the alternative being that instead of rotating the Inkscape viewport we rotate a SVG layer. I could just rotate a group, but I think rotating a layer instead is bit easier since you won't have to jump in and out of the group everytime you need to adjust the rotation. But there isn't a control for rotating layers currently. The control could be displayed on the layer palette and behave much the same as the Opacity slider. The only catch is, for it to be most useful, it would be best if the centre of rotation could be quickly and easily set where you wanted. Bad idea? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Canvas-Rotate---Alternative--tf4645455.html#a13269725 Sent from the Inkscape - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Problem compiling with gcc 4.2.2 and libsigc++2.0 v2.1.1
by Martin Schmidt 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi, I have a serious problem getting to inkscape-svn to compile with gcc 4.2.2 and libsigc++2.0 v2.1.1. It used to work with gcc 4.2.1 and v2.0.18. Also, I have been trying to get the beautiful PDF Import to work (and actually got it to work with the above mentioned software). There was a problem with poppler not installing the Cairo headers by default. You might or might not be aware of the fact that this has a reason: the poppler guys do not guarantee a stable API for those functions. I have talked to one of them on IRC and he was disappointed because of the lack of communication between the SOC students and the poppler devs... I just mean to make you aware of the fact that there might be incompatibilities lying ahead, which I would deeply regret, because I have seen the PDF import work, and am totally blown away by it. In my eyes this is a killer app. So keep up the great work, Martin LOG: depbase=`echo select-context.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||'`;\ g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I../../inkscape/src -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libgnomeprint-2.2 -I/usr/include/libart-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/libgnomeprintui-2.2 -I/usr/include/libgnomecanvas-2.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/gail-1.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/libpng12 -DRELAYTOOL_CRYPTO='static const int libcrypto_is_present = 1; static int __attribute__((unused)) libcrypto_symbol_is_present(char *m) { return 1; }' -DRELAYTOOL_SSL='static const int libssl_is_present = 1; static int __attribute__((unused)) libssl_symbol_is_present(char *m) { return 1; }' -DHAVE_SSL -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../../inkscape/cxxtest -Wall -Wformat-security -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wno-unused-parameter -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -MT select-context.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o select-context.o ../../inkscape/src/select-context.cpp &&\ mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po In file included from ../../inkscape/src/select-context.cpp:26: ../../inkscape/src/pixmaps/cursor-select-m.xpm:38: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*' [...] In file included from ../../inkscape/src/select-context.cpp:28: ../../inkscape/src/pixmaps/handles.xpm:19: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*' [...] In file included from ../../inkscape/src/select-context.cpp:40: ../../inkscape/src/seltrans.h:153: error: 'SigC' has not been declared ../../inkscape/src/seltrans.h:153: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'Connection' with no type ../../inkscape/src/seltrans.h:153: error: expected ';' before '_sel_changed_connection' ../../inkscape/src/seltrans.h:154: error: 'SigC' has not been declared ../../inkscape/src/seltrans.h:154: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'Connection' with no type ../../inkscape/src/seltrans.h:154: error: expected ';' before '_sel_modified_connection' make[2]: *** [select-context.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/inkscape-svn/src/inkscape-build/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/inkscape-svn/src/inkscape-build' make: *** [all] Error 2

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Which Non-Latin Scripts Do Free Software Fonts Not Cover?
by Dave Crossland 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Hi All, I've just started the Masters degree in Typeface Design at the University of Reading (for which Gentium was a submitted project) and we're expected to do a non-latin script complement to our font, and I'd thought I'd ask around if anyone here has any opinions about the following: Are there non-latin scripts that free software fonts do not cover at all at the moment? Which non-latin script communities are adopting free software and would benefit from more fonts? Does Inkscape have problems with setting any scripts in particular? :-) -- Regards, Dave

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Inkscape less strict than Batik
by Colin Marquardt 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Hi, maybe the following post is of some interest - it talks about replacing Inkscape with Batik as the SVG renderer for OpenStreetMap, and the fact that Batik is more strict than Inkscape in some regards (which should be fixed in Inkscape AIUI). The "issues" mentioned there are memory usage (since OSM got some very detailed maps with lots of elements due to the TIGER data import) which makes Inkscape die with an out-of-memory message (sometimes with destroying the preferences.xml file). It seems the memory usage cannot be helped in the short term (I talked to mental on IRC about that some weeks ago), but I wanted to report the Batik comparison. <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.openstreetmap.tilesathome/417/focus=…> Cheers Colin

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Clone breaking bug
by Donn 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Hi, I wanted to bounce this off the list before I file a bug. I mentioned this in my architecture post a few days ago. Attached is an SVG that explains how to dup the problem. \d -- A man is accepted into church for what he believes--and turned out for what he knows. -- Mark Twain

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How are selected nodes passed to Inkscape Extension Scripts
by Redefined Horizons 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

I was reading over the Scripting HOWTO for Inkscape in an attempt to discover how selected nodes are identified and/or passed to extension scripts by Inkscape. (I was thinking that I might be able to identify and fix a possible bug in the inkex.py file, or maybe see if I could get a Beanshell script to work.) However, after reading over the documentation and the man page for Inkscape, I can't figure out how selected nodes are passed to the scripts. I have examined selected objects in Inkscape's XML editor, and selection information does not appear to be stored in the actual SVG information. So I'm guessing the selected nodes are passed as a parameter? Is this true? If so, what is the name of the parameter and how are the selected nodes represented? If it is not true, are the selected nodes identified in the temporary SVG script some how? I hope I'm not being a pest with my questions. Thank you for the help. Landon

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Problem with getselected method in inkex.py
by Redefined Horizons 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

I was trying to write a little extension script that printed the id of all selected paths in an Inkscape document. I seem to have hit a snag. I think there may be a bug in inkex.py, or I am not using it correctly. (The latter is more likely.) Here is the stack trace I get when I try to run my script: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/printPathIds.py", line 46, in ? effect.effect() File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/printPathIds.py", line 25, in effect self.getselected() File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex.py", line 139, in getselected for id in self.options.ids: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'ids' It seems like the error is indicating that there is nothing selected in Inkscape when the script is run. (I think that is what it means when it says 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'ids'.) However, I do have paths selected in Inkscape when I try to run the script. Do you guys have any suggestions on how I can correct the error? Thanks for all the help. Scott Huey P.S. - I have attached a copy of the Inkscape extension script that generates the error message.

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No more PHP 4
by Aaron Spike 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Php4 has been removed from the Inkscape VM. Please report any problems with any Inkscape websites as soon as possible so that we can fix them. Thanks, Aaron Spike

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Inkscape House plan wish list
by Donn 14 Oct '07

14 Oct '07

Inkscape wishlist - October 2007 Curr. version 1.45.1 on Kubuntu Dapper Drake. Please forgive the intrusion, perhaps this will be of use to someone and maybe it'll spark a thread of ideas. (Is there a more appropriate place to submit wish-lists?) I have recently been designing our house using inkscape to do the top-view plan. I have found it far more flexible than the only other option, Qcad. While I have enjoyed the use of layers and clones, there are several down- sides that I thought I'd list in the form of wishes for the future. I am sure there are ways to do these things, and misconceptions on my part, it's just the way I came-at the thing. THE LIST 1. Rotate entire page - the plan is designed square, but the house is seated at an angle. Nice to be able to see the house angled, but continue to design square. 2. Clones break when you move them to new layers. If you cut/paste them, or just shift pgup/pgdown them, all clones become groups. 3. It would be super if "symbols" (original groups that are used as clones) could be kept in a separate .svg file and referred-to within other svg files. That way, the symbols don't have to be *in* every file that uses those clones. 4. Measurements: If there were at least a ruler tool that could be measured in length (at any angle) rather than the width/height of it's bounding square, it would really help in designing accurately when things don't remain square. Better yet, a way to get the length of a section of an element - perhaps by selecting nodes and having it show the lengths in a readout somewhere. Or, when you draw a line it could show the length along with the other usual info. 5. A tool to measure that draws lines with arrow ends and includes a label which you can control to display units as you need. For example, I used 10 px = 1 m on my drawing. So I would like to see measurement lines saying: <--- 10m ---> That would mean I get to enter a conversion formula somewhere so that it prints the correct value and unit. 6. A label near the W/H display which auto-calculates the area of a thing; at least for rectangles and three node shapes. More complex shapes would be good. 7. A tool whereby you can draw a path and have it calculate the area under it, with a pull-out label showing the area (again with unit and conversion properties). 7.5 (I just remembered) It would be nifty if a kind of "spreadsheetyness" could infiltrate Inkscape. For example, I often wanted to add a list of areas (that I manually calculated and noted as text objects here and there) together and display a total area in a text object on another layer. If that could be automated by variables and formula... Just imagine! 8. A way to group objects *across* multiple layers: I wanted to clone my entire plan which has many layers (one for lights, one for doors, one for walls, etc.) so that I could rotate it to face North-East. I wanted to be able to work within the original group and have the clone reflect the changes in scale, shape and movement I make. But as soon as I group my plan, all the layers snap to one layer. 9. Node aligning: 1) Align to bottom/top/left/right as opposed to an average align to the middle of all the nodes selected. 2) Select more than one object and select nodes across them and align. Great for lining walls up when they are not one path. 10. A way to export the selected item(s) out to an svg file. I find that copy/paste between Inkscape instances on Kubuntu just plain does not work. So I end up making "cut.svg" files with one item in it so I can import that to the next file. Boring really. So being able to pull something out of a busy file and send it to a file would speed that. 11. Layers: For both lock and visible; a way to on/off all at once, also a way to affect the "others" - for example: "hide all other layers". 12. Layers: A way to view a particular layer as an outline while the others show fills etc. 13. Layers: A way to have guides on a per-layer basis. I often wanted guides for the walls and different guides for sundry things and there are just too many guides to use properly. I suppose I could draw lines on a layer and snap to them, but it's not the same as guides. 14. Dialogues: It would be super if one could close a dialogue by hitting ESC. That's my list. I've prob. forgotten some. Many of these things should not be an SVG version clash -- they are something Inkscape could do in the background to make life easier. (Except, perhaps, wish 7.5) \d

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nodepath.cpp compile failure with gcc3 - more info
by John Faith 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

Hello, I did more digging into the gcc3 compile failure in nodepath.cpp and I think I found the source of the problem. nodepath.cpp includes 2geom/path.h (via live_effects/effect.h via live_effects/lpeobject.h) which defines the class Path in the namespace Geom. livarot/livarot-forward.h declares 'class Path', without a namespace. This seems to cause gcc3 confusion. Possibly this is the problem mentioned in the comment in nodepath.cpp: "/// evil evil evil. FIXME: conflict of two different Path classes!" ? Has anyone thought about a fix to this before? It seems like a possible solution would be to add a namespace around the Path class in livarot or to rename one of the classes, but I'm not sure what the ripple effect would be. I tried adding "Geom::" or "::" to Path in a couple places, but it didn't seem to work. Thanks, John

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