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Hardware Technical Questions
by unknown＠example.com 16 Dec '06

16 Dec '06

Hi, all. I've been a regular Inkscape user since shortly after the fork from sodipodi. I love the program, transitioning from Xara on Windows to Inkscape on Linux has been good, if not always easy. So I'm always excited to get the newest releases of Inkscape with all kinds of great usable features. (Blur is a lifesaver for me - I've been using the nightly builds for a lot of work recently because of that!) I'm interested in helping the project, but I'm limited in what I can do. I'm not a coder, and I'd love to learn but don't have the time at the moment. I'm actually a graphic designer, which is why I use Inkscape heavily. Anyway, one of the ways that I would like to help, at least peripherally, is to write an article about building a Linux graphic workstation that's optimized for 2-d graphic apps, primarily Inkscape and the Gimp. I have been trying to understand the basics of how hardware rendering of graphic data really works in order to get a handle on this myself, but I haven't found anything readily available to tell me this info. That's why I want to write it. I'm wondering if any of you (singular or multiple people) would be interested in helping me understand some basics so that I can write a very useful article. Please contact me if you are interested in helping. Thanks.

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Time to unpause 0.45 release?
by Bryce Harrington 16 Dec '06

16 Dec '06

Hi all, A few weeks back we decided to put the release on pause to give time for additional work on the PDF extension. Could someone outline the status of this work, and if it is still necessary for this to be blocking the release? If not, would anyone have an issue if we resumed the release process at this point? I find myself with some unexpected extra freetime this month that I could devote to assisting with the release. Bryce

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Difference between inkview and inkscape -s?
by Tim Dwyer 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

Hi All, In the past I have found inkview to be a very handy tool for quickly looking at svg, but lately it seems horribly broken (see bug 1592467). Then I discovered that "inkscape -s" seems to be more or less the same thing... but it doesn't crash. What's the difference between inkview and "inkscape -s"? Do we really need the maintenance and bloat of two separate binaries? Sorry if I've missed any on-going discussion on this. Thanks heaps Tim

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[Fwd: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape 0.45 About Screen Contest]
by Jon Phillips 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jon Phillips <jon@...235...> > To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape 0.45 About > Screen Contest > Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:24:14 -0800 > > On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 12:14 -0700, Joshua A. Andler wrote: > > Jon Phillips wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 11:47 -0700, Joshua A. Andler wrote: > > >> The contest begins today and the deadline is December 31st. As with the > > >> past few contests we've had, it is being done on DeviantART. You can > > >> find out more about it at: > > >> > > >> http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/11071733/ > > >> > > >> Good Luck! > > >> > > >> -Josh > > > > > > What, I thought you were going to email me the announcement first before > > > launching this to coordinate? > > > > Hmmm... I had sent an email yesterday morning and since I had not heard > > back in 24 hours I went ahead and posted it to give people enough time > > before the end of the month. It doesn't look like it got returned > > either. :-/ > > > > Are there changes you'd like? > > > > -Josh > > I never received it...nor was I pinged...quoting the last email I > received from you: > > "If your end is ready to go, I'll shoot you a direct email with the > announcement prior to posting it so we can make sure everything looks > good. It never hurts to have another set of eyes look it over." > > I guess its done now and out...total bummer :( > > Jon > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user -- 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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[Fwd: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape 0.45 About Screen Contest]
by Jon Phillips 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jon Phillips <jon@...235...> > To: Aaron Spike <aaron@...749...> > Cc: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, > Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape 0.45 About > Screen Contest > Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:32:30 -0800 > > On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 13:29 -0600, Aaron Spike wrote: > > Joshua A. Andler wrote: > > > Are there changes you'd like? > > > > Accept entries only if they are accompanied by the original SVG! We've > > lost way too much time in the past waiting on a usable format. (Wish I > > could remember if I had any other complaints. I should write this stuff > > down.) > > > > Aaron Spike > > ccHost totally can handle all these things and has it all built-in...I > think though since its already announced publicly, its too hard to > change... > > 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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If a feature falls in a wood and no one hears it ... ?
by Alan Horkan 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

How many people knew Inkscape had spell checking? (Rhetorical.) https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1605259&group_id=… How can such a valuable feature be omitted and can it be enabled by default in time for the next release? Normally I avoid crossposting but I feel I am doing Inkscape users a service by informing or reminding them about this feature. Are there any other fantastic features like this hidden away and awaiting rediscovery? Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ http://alanhorkan.livejournal.com/

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Bughunting
by Engelen, J.B.C. (Johan) 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Bryce wrote: > 1576258 3 Color artifact in SVN gaussian blur > nobody > 1612814 3 Guides ans Gridlines vanish on corresp. alpha... > nobody > 1513218 6 Win32: ask if old menus.xml should be kept > when... theadib > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > Total 12 I've fixed another bug that (as far as I looked) is not in the bugtracker. Does that count? ;) When ungrouping, the transformation of the group was applied to the individual items, but not correctly written back to XML. Noticeable when undo+redo'ing. It's fixed now To see what I mean try: LaTeX render 'ab' ungroup ungroup undo redo Incidentally it meant fixing a "FIXME" in the code, of which there are a lot :S Happy hunting! Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Bughunting
by John Bintz 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Engelen, J.B.C. (Johan) said: > I've fixed another bug that (as far as I looked) is not in the bugtracker. > Does that count? ;) Along the same lines, I've gotten one in the bugtracker that is ready to be closed, but I don't have permissions to do so: [ 1604391 ] MouseWheel NodeSelection > Undo = Floating Node http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1604391&group_id=9… Thanks, John

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autosave on crash
by Henning Lorenz 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

During an Inkscape crash a popup-window was displayed announcing that backups of the open files have been created automatically. This is a very nice feature, however I can't find the files on the system (I tried with locate after an update of its database). Is there a known problem with the function or the filename? Cheers, Hennig

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closing bug [ 1513218 ] Win32: ask if old menus.xml should be kept when installing
by Adib Taraben 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Just inform you all that I commited a patch that solves [ 1513218 ] Win32: ask if old menus.xml should be kept when installing priority 7 bug. I found the solution while installing latest vlc ;-) Adib.

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