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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Secondary toolbar size?
by Jon A. Cruz 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

On Nov 22, 2006, at 6:08 AM, David Christian Berg wrote: >> Mmmmmh, I can't find the Print Large theme you talking about. I have >> only have: David_icons.svg, icons.svg and legacy_icons.svg >> Where is "the size resquested" you are talking about? In the .svg >> file? > > Talking about the GTK Theme here, not the icon theme used by > Inkscape. I > didn't check but I guess you'll find the Large Print theme at > art.gnome.org Yes, the GTK+ theme. It's generally shipped with most RedHat derived distros at the least.

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Fit selection to page
by Nika Vidal 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

Hi all, I've been reading yout list for some time but this is my first message to this list. I think it could be useful a "fit selection to page" button, specially when you get/made an artwork and you want to fit it into some specific format (a3, a4...), for example working for a printing work. I saw something like this to anybody was working with Macromedia Freehand. This is only an idea, I don know if it's already implemented at devel version. Excuse my poor English. Regards, Nika.

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"All roads lead to bitmap" icon blog entry
by unknown＠example.com 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

Hi, I just came across a blog entry discussing vector vs. bitmap for icons. http://islayer.com/blog/?p=87 It also mentions a limitation with Illustrator, but that's a side one. Anyway, just wanted to point this out as something we might look at. I know I'll follow up on the icon aspects, as it falls in line with things I've discussed with various icon authors in addition to the librsvg team, ksvg peoples, etc.

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NEW: Trace Bitmap dialog redesign and new parameters
by bulia byak 19 Nov '06

19 Nov '06

* This dialog now provides access to three more tracing parameters: o Suppress speckles: If set, spots or speckles larger than the given size are suppressed in the trace. o Smooth corners: This parameter controls how much smoothing is applied to corners in the traced path. o Optimize paths: If set, trace paths are optimized by joining adjacent Bezier segments with the given tolerance. * The dialog is redesigned to use three tabs: Mode, Parameters, and Preview. The controls are reorganized to be easier to find. Most labels and tooltips are rewritten for clarity. * The trace preview image is made twice larger. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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opacity and blur: 0.15 or 15%?
by bulia byak 19 Nov '06

19 Nov '06

Here's a usability question that I'd like to get some feedback on. Myself, I'm undecided. How to display and input values of opacity and blur? 1. As percent, 0 to 100, or 0.0 to 100.0. Pro: easier to pronounce; more common in "real life"; spinbutton can be shorter by one character (dot). Contra: requires a "%" label after the spinbutton; if the label is not there (as e.g. in the statusbar there's little room for it), it may be more difficult to guess, when you see e.g. "15", that the maximum is 100; requires a change from the Inkscape status quo. 2. As numbers from 0.0 to 1.0 (with two or three significant digits). Pro: no need for a % label; easier to guess what the maximum is (though still not entirely obvious, unless you have a slider too); no need to change the status quo. Contra: slightly more "geeky", more cumbersome to type and pronounce, requires slightly wider spinbutton. Opinions? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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NEW: file name entry field finally fixed
by bulia byak 18 Nov '06

18 Nov '06

* We removed the "hacked" filename entry field that we had added to the Open and Save dialogs because starting from version 2.10, GTK+ has finally restored this field in their standard file dialog (better late than never!). The standard field at the top of the dialog supports type-ahead find and performs the default dialog action (open or save) by pressing Enter, which means you can now do a quick Ctrl+O, Ctrl+V, Enter sequence to open the file whose path is in your clipboard (this closes a long-standing usability bug). Those who use older versions of GTK are advised either to upgrade to 2.10 or use Ctrl+L to open a pop-up filename box. (Our Windows builds are shipped with GTK+ 2.10.) -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Extension Documentation
by Aaron Spike 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

Ted Gould wrote: > Yeah! Go Aaron! Well so far I haven't created much new text on the wiki, just moved it around. So let's give a round of applause to the folks that have added some docs recently. Thanks guys. > I actually have looked for that file on more than one occasion. Really, > if someone out there has a mailing list archive... I'd like to update > it with all the new fun things that have been added. Right under my nose the whole time! Sf.net's new interface makes it way easier for me to find things. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11420660 I pasted it to the wiki. This was from a time before extensions had parameters and the autogui. Wow, things have come a long way since 2005-04-07. Aaron Spike

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[Fwd: [Inkscape-tracker] [ inkscape-Patches-1591723 ] patch to access potrace parameters within inkscape]
by Jon Phillips 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

Heya, all, this is why it is so good to keep our trackers nice and flowing...check the comments below...and I would like to say a big thanks to Alan and Bulia for spending so much time on cleaning up our trackers... Keeping the patches flowing is so helpful to bring in developers... Jon -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: SourceForge.net <noreply@...34...> > To: noreply@...34... > Subject: [Inkscape-tracker] [ inkscape-Patches-1591723 ] patch to > access potrace parameters within inkscape > Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:40:07 -0800 > > Patches item #1591723, was opened at 2006-11-07 01:00 > Message generated for change (Comment added) made by sgimenez > You can respond by visiting: > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604308&aid=1591723&group_… > > Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, > including the initial issue submission, for this request, > not just the latest update. > Category: Other > Group: None > Status: Open > Resolution: None > Priority: 8 > Private: No > Submitted By: Stéphane Gimenez (sgimenez) > Assigned to: Jon Phillips (kidproto) > Summary: patch to access potrace parameters within inkscape > > Initial Comment: > hi, > > I wanted to specify my own parameters when using > potrace within inkscape, so i did this patch. > > I guess it could be useful to everybody. > > note: this patch contains new translatable strings: > labels and tips. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Comment By: Stéphane Gimenez (sgimenez) > Date: 2006-11-11 00:40 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=727197 > > Ok, > * I've added authoring info. > * I put self-explained parameter titles, and parameters labels. > * and I killed unrelated cosmetic diff-hunks from the patch. > > Also, I plan to > * provide a rewritten rgb quantization algorithm, cause i > found the current one a bit slow and not enough accurate. > * apply the "turn to monochrome" pass before the > quantization pass in TRACE_QUANT_MONO mode, for improved > results. > * find a way not to apply the quantization pass twice (for > the preview and the result) when OK is pressed. > But after that, I'd like to help with cleaning up the dialog > and do the "advanced" thing :) > > And Thank you for such an enthusiastic feed-back ;) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Jon Phillips (kidproto) > Date: 2006-11-09 19:59 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=914868 > > Cool, this patch looks awesome! A couple of things...could > you add your copyright and real name/email to each file that > you touched please. Also, please add your name to the > AUTHORS file and include this in your patch. > > Also, please add tooltips for the text labels for the 3 items. > > After you do this, I will commit the patch...cool! It works > great! > > Also, I would like to encourage you to submit more > patches...also, we would love to expose more features for > potrace and include other tracers...would you like to help > with this? > > We usually take 2 patches and then add a developer, you in > this case, to have full SVN access to our project... > > Cool? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Jon Phillips (kidproto) > Date: 2006-11-09 19:43 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=914868 > > Applied and am testing this one out...looks cool...we can > promote the advanced idea after the commit, but more > interested in getting it in... > > I like the variable names "TurdSize" hahahaha > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Alan Horkan (horkana) > Date: 2006-11-08 16:10 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=402612 > > while it will be good to make these things possible adding > many more controls in the user interface complicates things > for ordinary users > > any chance the advanced options could be hidden behind a > disclosure triangle? > > (there are quite a few more things which could be done to > clean up the dialog but for the purposes of this patch I > dont want to overcomplicate matters) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can respond by visiting: > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604308&aid=1591723&group_… > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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Extension Documentation
by Aaron Spike 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

People have been noticing the sad state of Extension System documentation frequently. I think we should change this. I've started reorganizing things on the wiki. I've taken an old mail from Ted and pasted it at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ExtensionArchitecture Never seen a clearer description! http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ScriptingHOWTO describes in general terms what is needed to write a script/program in any language that communicates with inkscape as a Script extension. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/MakingAnINX will be home to a description of the INX format. Ted or anybody else do you have the INX DTD that I had worked up way back when? I can't seem to find it. The last step will be to create a page describing the helper modules for extension writers who choose to use python. :-) It is just a start, but I hope we can clear things up and reduce the barriers for contribution. Comments? Aaron Spike

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Help Wanted: Autopackager
by Aaron Spike 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

I took over maintaining the Inkscape Autopackages both to relieve Mike Hearn, who was not an Inkscape developer, and to increase my knowledge in how applications are compiled and packaged on linux. Since then my free time has diminished and my interests have shifted. So I'm looking for an interested group or individual to assume this responsibility. Some knowledge of compiling applications on linux or a strong desire to learn recommended. :-) Anyone? Aaron Spike

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