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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] EPS Transparency support
by bulia byak 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

On 3/1/07, Nava Whiteford <nwhiteford@...1677...> wrote: > The best option appears to be outputing a pdf and using acroread to > convert it to an eps, this then "flattens" the tranparencies, while > keeping them in vector format. I was wondering if anyone else had a > better (and open source) solution to this problem? I think the best open source candidate for implementing this functionality is Ghostscript. Maybe it even already does something like it - try it out. > If I wanted to investigate adding support for transparency flattening to > inkscape where would I start? Does inkscape export to eps natively or is > an external tool used? We export PS/EPS natively. And we really might benefit from adding a flattening code for that export. However, please consider that this code is likely to become quite complex, involving the use of boolean ops etc. (unless of course you will do the simple approach of rasterizing everything with transparency). Will you be able to code this all to a good level of quality, and test and maintain it afterwards? More importantly, is Inkscape the best place for this code? We already export PDF with transparency which fully preserves the intent of the source. I think it is better to use a separate tool (Ghostscript) that specializes in "downgrading" this PDF into less capable formats, perhaps implementing various strategies for that. I think Ghostscript has much more expertise overall than Inkscape in PS/PDF. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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official inkscape user docs
by ryan lerch 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

hi all, i have a query about the _official_ user docs for inkscape. i am wondering if it is being developed actively at the moment, and if it is, how do i help out? i have found bits of information about it on the wiki, however it refers to the docbook files in the CVS. i cannot seem to find these files in SVN. is the docbook stuff ancient history? if so would it be feasable to use the wiki as a collaboration tool for developing the official user docs more? sorry if this is all in the wiki somewhere, but the details (to me at least) seem a bit sketchy and spread out a bit... cheers, ryanlerch

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by Cédric GEMY 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hi Alexander >The only way to help people appreciate your work is to get acknowledged ;-) see : http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/UserManual >If we take a look at http://www.inkscape.org/doc/index.php?lang=en, we >won't see mentioning User manual by you, only "user manual by Kevin >Wixson" that isn't even hosted at inkscape.org. Trouble is not to know if it is made by me or not. It is to know what the team wishes. Asa far as i know Kevin is not working anymore on this, at least i have no news from him. >I suggest two things: > >1. Host HTML version of your user manual at inkscape.org >2. Fix http://www.inkscape.org/doc/index.php?lang=en to mention a) >availability of docs b) ways to contribute to them. Will be done if neccessary Cedric

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] GSoC 2007 is ON!!
by Jon Phillips 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 14:11 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > It's great to see this program continuing again this year. > > Just to illustrate how huge of an impact this project has had, last > year Google funded two students to work for Inkscape on implementing > 'gaussian blur'. Gaussian Blur is what allows things like drop > shadows, feathering, blurring, etc. This was a very significant and > challenging feature to get implemented, and required a good bit of > effect to get it perfected, but those two students put in the bones > for it. > > To give an idea of how profoundly this has improved Inkscape, take a > look at these examples, that almost seem photorealistic: > > http://inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.45-volumetric-light.png > http://inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.45-photorealistic-car2.p… > http://inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.45-cupoftea.png > http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45363866/ > > Thanks google! It will be exciting to see what advancements this > year's GSoC students will produce. :-) > > Bryce > Heya all, I stubbed out a space on our wiki to brainstorm about good ideas (which some have done on the wiki). Please take a chance to help motivate that wiki page, edit out the old 2006 ideas (as it is currently just that list), and come up with some stellar ideas: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Googles_Summer_Of_Code_2007 Anyway, the GSoC timeline is coming along quickly....fun!!!! Jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon@...896... IRC: rejon@...897...

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scripting interface
by unknown＠example.com 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hello, I try to add some new Python scripts to Inkscape in a project with my students. We need information where the ".inx"-file interface is described. There are other types than only int, bool, float or string to be passed to the script. But we did not find a description how to. Can anyone give us a hint where to find the file format definition of the ".inx" file and where to find some working examples? 2nd question: If anything is detected to be wrong when the script is running, is there a way to inform the user about it? Thanks in advance Werner

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Solaris binary of Inkscape?
by Bryce Harrington 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

There's been a private request from a company needing to run Inkscape from the commandline on Solaris 8. Would anyone be interested in working with this company to complete this port? Let me know and I'll put you in touch. Bryce

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Calling All Artists and Designers: The Open Font Library Logo Competition Announced
by ryan lerch 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

The Open Font Library (OFL.o, www.openfontlibrary.org) is proud to announce the commencement of the Open Font Library Logo competition today, February 26, 2007. Artists and designers of all ranges are invited to make a logo to help identify the project. Judging will take place by contributors to the project, Alex Roberts (bovinity), Liftarn, and Zeimusu, who will select the winning logo. The last chance to submit submissions is March 14, 2007 at 11:59 PM PST. After that, the judges will select a logo within five days from the submission closing date. Other guidelines on the contest include that all submissions must be dedicated to the public domain in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format which may be edited in all major drawing application, like the free SVG editor Inkscape (www.inkscape.org). Also, contributors may upload as many submissions as they would like and optionally submit bitmap graphics showing how their logo might look on the site. The project is not wed to the current green color on the site, so please feel free to think of how the site should be colored around your submission. The Open Font Library encourages all participants to join the Open Font Library mailing list to discuss this competition and to participate in the project. Also, for the time being, discussion about this project is happening on channel #openclipart on irc.freenode.net for any interested parties. While this competition is about creating a great logo, the project hopes to interest hopeful font designers and software developers in building up this project. Join Mailing List http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary About Open Font Library The Open Font Library's (www.openfontlibrary.org) major goal is to create an archive of freely usable fonts for anyone to download. If this sounds familiar, its because it is newborn sister project to the Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org). While the OFL.o's site is fresh, with few fonts, the goal is to build it up so that it can be useful to the free and open source communities (and world). For More Information: Please see http://openfontlibrary.org/?ccm=/OFLBLogo for details about this contest. It closes March 14 at 11:59 PM PST.

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Getting menu items from class Desktop
by Irfan Hamid 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi, Newbie question follows: I'm trying to fix bug #1664790 ("Display mode toggle doesn't update radio button"). Today's the first time I have delved into the Inkscape sources. I've got the hang of how the menu UI portion is generated automatically and how verbs work (more or less). I've also been able to trace my way to the Desktop class's setDisplayModeNormal( ) and setDisplayModeOutline( ) functions which is where I should implement logic to toggle the radio button change for it to happen. Question is, how to get the GTK widget handle for the main menu bar? I couldn't find any helper functions in Desktop nor any in events.cpp TIA, Irfan.

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A Reminder : A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software
by Anu Gupta DCSA 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] NEW: flood fill
by Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

These work? > - we need a better icon for it - icon artists anyone? > > - we need a matching b/w mouse cursor for the tool

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