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New C++ find dialog
by Johan Engelen 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

Hello all, (this is about the current SVN-trunk version) I've been busy implementing the find dialog as a c++ dialog (ui\dialog\find.cpp). I hope it inspires others to spend some off-time on implementing the other old (non gtkmm) dialogs! It's pretty lame work though. Maybe good work for new people to get started? But very very unexciting I guess. But refactoring is a noble cause! (Mail me if you need help) If you have time to test the find dialog for bugs, please go to src/verbs.cpp:1618 and remove the comment //. I know the UI is not what it should be. When I tried adding the HSeparator as in the old find dialog, Inkscape would crash so I gave up on the issue at the moment. Thanks, Johan

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markers in arena shapes?
by Bryce Harrington 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

Mental or Bulia, I've got a question... In looking at where marker stuff is hooked in I notice a lot of stuff in nr-arena-shape.cpp, which appears to be special casing marker elements as shape children. I'm attempting to add some documentation, but it's a little confusing to me. Could either of you explain what the design intent is for this? In particular, I'm wondering why markers have this special case; it feels like an odd fit in nr-arena-shape since everything else is so generalized, and I'm wondering if there could be a way to generalize the markers so no special case is needed for them? Bryce

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g2png
by bulia byak 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

Hi Cedric, you have committed the "g2png" extension. It has many problems. 1. It wasn't added to Makefile.am and so ignored during installation. 2. We don't use capital letters in filenames so G2Pngs.py had to be renamed to g2pngs.py. 3. The python file had some French Unicode symbols on which my Python interpreter choked. Please translate the comments to English. 4. It was added to a "Recursive actions" submenu which makes little sense from the user viewpoint. I changed that to "Export". 5. It has a wrong copyright statement. You are not Aaron Spike, are you? :) 6. The URI should also be changed - don't use org.ekips, use org.inkscape or your own domain. 7. Most importantly, this extension just goes and exports ALL groups in the document, recursively. This does not seem to make sense to me. In most documents, it results in an awful lot of pngs, most of which are not needed. To be useful, instead, it should just export _all selected objects_ (not just groups!) without any recursion. Correspondingly, rename it to "Export selected objects" or something like that. 8. It ignores the filename and resolution hints stored for objects, always exporting them at the default resolution with the filename from the id. This is not acceptable. See the man page for how to use export hints. I have fixed problems 1 to 4 in SVN, but the rest are for you to fix. I'd suggest that you should have submitted this as a patch to our patch tracker, or at least have it discussed on the list, before committing to SVN. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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PDF Output Atlas
by Aaron Spike 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

I think it is generally agreed that PDF output is the last outstanding blocker on the release process. Anyone who can spare a few cycles to help perfect PDF output will be much appreciated. It would be nice if the wise could supply some commentary on the state of PDF output to taper off the learning curve for newcomers to the field (like myself). As I sit here staring blankly at the files in src/extension/internal, I could really use an atlas that explains which files are important to pdf output, which particular effort they are part of, how they relate to each other, and where my effort should be focused. http://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/inkscape/inkscape/trunk/src/exte… Thanks, Aaron Spike

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] NEW: RadioButtons for extensions (.INX)
by Johan Engelen 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:41:16 +0000 (GMT) > From: Alan Horkan <horkana@...44...> > > > Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:23:31 +0100 > > From: Johan Engelen <goejendaagh@...1571...> > > To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] NEW: RadioButtons for extensions (.INX) > > > > I've added radiobuttons to the parameter types for > extensions :) They are > > called: 'optiongroup'; English is not my native tongue > which makes it often > > difficult to come up with a label..., please rename if desired. > > A developer example is available as a placeholder until a > real extension > > uses it. > > Have you seperated the option group concept from the > imlementation as a radio list? I've thought about that (since the last discussion about enums), and it is the reason that the syntax is exactly equal to enums. I think it is safe to answer 'Yes'. (I will rename <item> to <option>) > For example you might want to take the same options and > reformat them as > drop down list rather than a radio list depending on how much > space you > have available or how important that option really is. Yes that is possible (for example: if the number of choices is more than 3, display dropdown, otherwise radiobuttons. However I must say that at this moment I prefer to give full control to the extension developer.

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Closing bugs/requests/etc
by Johan Engelen 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

I think I am not able to close bugreports and the like? Or if so, please tell me how to! Thanks, Johan

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Inkscape / win32 with gtk2.10
by Bob Jamison 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

Hi, all. Starting with Bulia's need for me to make an Inkscape build with Tor's patch for transient dialogs on win32, there was a need for me to change the build to use gtk2.10. Since I was going to change the build, I thought it would be good to modernize it, thus the Buildtool. Whew. Well, I got the Buildtool working yesterday, and I just now got a gtk2.10 build working. Tor's patch tomorrow? This copy was made with gtk2.10: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape0611161701.7z This is not just a dll drop-in replacement, but a complete build with new libraries. It seems to work ok here, but people might want to give it a try to see if it works for them. bob

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Compile error with FreeType >= 2.2.0 (caused by ps export t
by bulia byak 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

On 11/25/06, Cyril Dangerville <cyrildangerville@...19...> wrote: > Hi! > I uploaded a new version that does not rely on freetype internal headers. I > patched my svn copy (revision 13361) and compiled successfully with Freetype > 2.2.1. But I need some help on one issue. Please read my last comment on the > tracker for details: > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1219308&group_id=9… I am far from an expert on Freetype, but from the name of the function, it does indeed seem that it's X11-only. If so, I have no idea how to get font type in a portable way. Can you perhaps get the font file name and figure out from its extension? Just an idea. Any help from anyone familiar with this will be much appreciated! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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NEW: grow/shrink selection in node tool
by bulia byak 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

* You can grow or shrink node selection by hovering the mouse pointer over a node and using mousewheel (up = grow, down = shrink) or the keys PageUp (grow) and PageDown (shrink). Growing adds the closest unselected node to the selection; shrinking deselects the farthest selected node. There are two modes that differ by how the closest/farthest nodes are chosen: o Spatial selection (Mousewheel, PageUp/PageDown): distances to nodes are measured directly, regardless of which subpath a node belongs to. o Linear selection (Ctrl+Mousewheel, Ctrl+PageUp/Ctrl+PageDown): node distances are measured along the path, and only the nodes belonging to the same subpath as the hovered node are considered (i.e. other subpaths are never selected). This technique is convenient for quickly selecting an area in a complex path starting from a center - for example, for node sculpting. Let me know if you think linear mode will be more often used than spatial - I can swap the shortcuts so that the more common mode can be used without Ctrl. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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stupid question
by tj 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

I am a new user to inkscape and I have a stupid question. How do you close windows like the document and inkscape preferences windows? I see no close, cancel, etc buttons? tj

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