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[Fwd: SourceForge.net Update: 2006-09-08 Edition]
by Jon Phillips 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

Yeah, we are the 5th most active project on SF.net last month! Congrats to everyone! This is even with the summer break and post-release! Jon -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: SourceForge.net Team <noreply@...34...> > To: jon@...235... > Subject: SourceForge.net Update: 2006-09-08 Edition > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 23:59:32 -0700 (PDT) > > 0. Introduction > 1. Sysadmin of the year > 2. July Project of the Month: openQRM > 3. September Project of the Month: Linux-NTFS > 4. Statistics > > > Judging from the spike in SourceForge.net traffic this week, the > Northern Hemisphere is back to work. To those of you returning from > summer holidays, welcome back to SourceForge.net! You will be happy to > know that your counterparts in the Southern Hemisphere have been very > busy. Throughout their winter, the countries of Brazil, Argentina, > Australia, Peru and Chile have all been among the top twenty countries > for visits to SourceForge.net. For the months of June and July, Brazil > surpassed Germany to account for the second most visits to the site. > > Like our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, the SourceForge.net team > has been busy too. We recently deployed a major version upgrade of our > main site database software in conjunction with a database hardware > systems upgrade. To ensure a smooth upgrade, we performed extensive > testing and secured the assistance of Command Prompt, a database > consulting firm (www.commandprompt.com). You may have already noticed an > improvement in site performance. Once we've had a bit more time in > production for tuning, we are confident that you'll notice further > improvement in site performance. > > We also kept busy by bringing aboard additional, talented software > engineers and a user interaction designer. > > Once these recent hires are fully up to speed, they will begin working > on our comprehensive file release system redesign, which is already > underway. Because we plan to improve the file release system in small > iterations, you should expect to see steady progress over the next > several months. > > Going forward, in addition to file release system improvements, we are > also exploring a more flexible approach to project navigation. Even > though we remain committed to revamping, extending and adding to the > developer tools that we provide, we recognize that sometimes our 128,000 > projects have unique needs. Project administrators will soon be able to > provide their users with access to additional tools or services > regardless of their hosted location. Engineering work is underway. > > Our summer hasn't been all work, a hiring spree and no fun. As some of > you have already discovered, we also packaged up and launched the > Syracuse project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/syracuse), which > contains all of the source code that powers SourceForge.net's search > system. If you need to index and search a lot of data, give Syracuse a > try and let us know what you think! > > Thank you for your continued support of SourceForge.net. > > > Jay Seirmarco > General Manager, SourceForge.net > jay@...156... > > > > Sysadmin of the Year (www.sysadminoftheyear.com) > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Here's a way for business professionals to nominate their favorite IT > administrators to be honored as Sysadmin of the Year. No purchase is > necessary. Here are the Official Rules: > > http://www.sysadminoftheyear.com/index.php/saoty_rules > > > Sponsoring Organizations: > > Splunk is the main sponsor. Co-sponsors include OSTG (SourceForge.net), > Bawls (www.thinkgeek.com/bawls), the Network and Systems > Professionals Association, the League of Professional System > Administrators and USENIX/SAGE. > > > The contest will end at 11:59 PM PST on October 31, 2006. > > > Fabulous Prizes Include: > > > One Grand Prize winner will receive a $2,500 Splunk Professional license > and an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. to attend the Large > Installation System Administration (LISA) Conference December 3-7, 2006. > > > A First Prize winner will receive an Apple MacBook. > > > > July Project of the Month: openQRM > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > openQRM is the world's first open source systems management platform. > Its plugin architecture manages monitoring systems and virtual servers, > and automates common day-to-day tasks in enterprise data centers. > > Project of the month: http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2006-07.php > Home Page: http://openqrm.org/ > Project Page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/openqrm/ > > > > September Project of the Month: Linux-NTFS > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > The goals of this project are to create a new Linux kernel driver for > the NTFS file system (1.2, 3.x, and later), user space utilities (e.g. > format, NTFS check, etc.), and a library to avoid code duplication and > provide access to NTFS to other GPL programs. > > On the driver side (kernel NTFS driver, ntfsmount, ntfs-3g), the project > allows users to read and write to their NTFS partitions (the public > kernel driver is mostly read-only at the moment whilst ntfsmount and > ntfs-3g are read-write), thus allowing people to use their Windows files > under Linux. On the utilities side, it allows people to create NTFS > volumes (mkntfs), resize existing volumes (ntfsresize), create copies of > volumes (for backup purposes for example -- ntfsclone), and do all sorts > of other things with NTFS volumes. On the library front, NTFS library > (libntfs) provides API for other GPLed programs to access NTFS volumes, > such as the recovery program TestDisk. > > Project of the month: http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2006-09.php > Home Page: http://www.linux-ntfs.org > Project Page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-ntfs/ > > > > Statistics and Top Projects > --------------------------- > > Number of Projects: 128,787 > Number of Registered Users: 1,385,979 > > > Daily Stats for 5 September, 2006: > > SF.net: 3,053,285 pages served > Open Source Files downloaded in 24 hour period: 1,957,731 > > > Top 25 Projects: > > 1. Gaim > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim > Gaim is a GTK+ instant messaging application. It supports multiple > protocols, including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, > Gadu-Gadu, Zephyr, and SILC. It has many common features found in other > clients, as well as many unique features > > 2. ZK - Ajax but no JavaScript > https://sourceforge.net/projects/zk1 > ZK is Ajax Java Web framework enabling rich UI for Web apps with no > JavaScript and little programming. With event-driven feature-rich > components, developing as simple as programming desktops. With markup > language, designing as simple as authoring HTML. > > 3. Azureus > https://sourceforge.net/projects/azureus > Azureus is a powerful, full-featured, cross-platform bittorrent client. > > 4. PDFCreator > https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator > PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program.Use it like a > printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application. > > 5. Inkscape > https://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape > A Linux, Windows & OSX vector graphics editor (SVG format) featuring > transparency, gradients, node editing, pattern fills, PNG export, and > more. Aiming for capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, Visio, etc. > > 6. OpenWFE > https://sourceforge.net/projects/openwfe > OpenWFE is an open source java workflow engine / environment. It is a > complete Business Process Management suite, with 4 components : an > engine, a worklist, a webclient and an 'apre' (Automatic Participant > Runtime Environment). > > 7. MegaMek > https://sourceforge.net/projects/megamek > MegaMek is a networked Java clone of BattleTech, a turn-based sci-fi > boardgame for 2+ players.Fight using giant robots, tanks, and/or > infantry on a hex-based map. > > 8. XOOPS Dynamic Web CMS > https://sourceforge.net/projects/xoops > XOOPS is a dynamic web content management system written in PHP for the > MySQL database. Its object orientation makes it an ideal tool for > developing small or large community websites, intra company and > corporate portals, weblogs and much more. > > 9. FileZilla > https://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla > FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of > features.FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server. > > 10. MiKTeX > https://sourceforge.net/projects/miktex > MiKTeX is an up-to-date implementation of TeX & Friends for Windows (all > current variants). > > 11. jEdit > https://sourceforge.net/projects/jedit > jEdit is a programmer's text editor written in Java. It uses the Swing > toolkit for the GUI and can be configured as a rather powerful IDE > through the use of its plugin architecture. > > 12. aMSN > https://sourceforge.net/projects/amsn > A very nice MSN compatible messenger application, aMSN Messenger is a > multiplatform MSN messenger clone. Works pretty much like its Windows > based counterpart. Perfect for keeping in touch with those friends who > have not yet seen the light. Works on linux > > 13. phpMyAdmin > https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin > phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the > administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop > databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any > SQL statement, manage keys on fields. > > 14. Openbravo ERP > https://sourceforge.net/projects/openbravo > Web based ERP for SMEs, built on proven MVC & MDD framework that > facilitate customization & maintenance of code. Already in production, > it encompasses a broad range of functionalities such as finance, supply > chain, project mgmt, manufacturing & much more > > 15. RSSOwl | RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader > https://sourceforge.net/projects/rssowl > RSSOwl is a RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader written in Java using SWT as > fast graphic library. Read News in a tabfolder, save favorites in > categories, Export to PDF / RTF / HTML / OPML, ImportFeeds from OPML, > perform fulltext-search, use internal browser > > 16. KoLmafia > https://sourceforge.net/projects/kolmafia > KoLmafia is a cross-platform desktop tool which interfaces with the > online adventure game, Kingdom of Loathing.KoLmafia is written in Java > (J2SE 1.4 compliant), with binary releases in JAR format. > > 17. Gallery > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gallery > A slick, intuitive web based photo gallery. Gallery is easy to install, > configure and use. Gallery photo management includes automatic > thumbnails, resizing, rotation, and more. Authenticated users and > privileged albums make this great for communities. > > 18. PhpGedView > https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpgedview > PhpGedView parses GEDCOM 5.5 genealogy files and displays them on the > internet in formats and charts that you are familiar with.It also allows > relatives to edit their genealogy online and collaborate together on > their research. > > 19. UFO:Alien Invasion > https://sourceforge.net/projects/ufoai > "UFO: Alien Invasion" is a strategy game featuring tactical combat > against hostile alien forces which are about to infiltrate earth at this > very moment. > > 20. JasperReports - Java Reporting > https://sourceforge.net/projects/jasperreports > JasperReports, the market leading open source reporting engine, is used > for business intelligence in Web and desktop applications. This project > is being moved to http://www.jasperforge.org/. Check out JasperForge.org > for archived Forums and Trackers. > > 21. FCKeditor > https://sourceforge.net/projects/fckeditor > Online text editor (DHTML editor), for ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, > Java and JavaScript brings to the web many of the powerful features of > known desktop editors like Word. It's XHTML compliant and works with > Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and IE. > > 22. Saxon XSLT and XQuery Processor > https://sourceforge.net/projects/saxon > The Saxon XSLT and XQuery processor, developed by Michael Kay > > 23. ODF Add-in for Microsoft Word > https://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter > Open XML Translator provides tools to build a technical bridge between > the Open XML Formats and Open Document Format(ODF). As the first > component of this initiative, the ODF Add-in for Microsoft Word 2007 > allows to Open & Save ODF documents in Word. > > 24. KeePass Password Safe > https://sourceforge.net/projects/keepass > KeePass Password Safe is a free, open-source, light-weight and > easy-to-use password manager for Windows. You can store your passwords > in a highly-encrypted database, which is locked with one master key or > key-disk. > > 25. MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows > https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw > MinGW: import libraries and header files for use with GCC to build > native Windows applications; now with added extensions to the MSVC > runtime to support C99 functionality. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > When the SF.net team sends out a site-wide email, we sometimes see > replies that look like this: "Hey! I didn't ask to be on this list! You > spammer. I hate you! I hate your dog! (insert other colorful phrases > here)." The truth is, when you registered on SourceForge.net there was a > check box that said "Receive Site-wide updates, low volume." You left it > checked when you submitted the registration form, hence you are > receiving this email. We send these updates every 4 to 6 weeks, so it > truly is low volume. However if you want off, this is not a problem. > Simply click on the link. > > > > ================================================================== > You receive this message because you subscribed to SourceForge > site mailing(s). You may opt out from some of them selectively > by logging in to SourceForge and visiting your Account Maintenance > page (http://sourceforge.net/account/), or disable them altogether > by visiting following link: > <http://sourceforge.net/account/unsubscribe.php?ch=_739276da02525d7d> > > . > -- 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... Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) San Francisco Art Institute (www.sfai.edu)

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] PHAydhRMACY
by Elpis Treadway 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

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Lorem ipsum extension
by bulia byak 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

In case someone missed it, we now have a very nice extension by Jos Hirth that creates a "Lorem ipsum" random text of given length. Nice! I changed its name to "Lorem ipsum", moved it to the Render submenu and changed it so that the first sentence is always "Lorem ipsum" (the rest are randomly shuffled). Enjoy. If you have an idea of another helpful extension, don't hesitate to ask on the list! -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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NEW: optional rounded caps on "calligraphic" strokes
by MenTaLguY 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

I've just added the ability to round the caps of calligraphic strokes, which is useful when the calligraphic tool is being used with low "fixity" to simulate a round pen (as I often do when inking comics). Right now there's no UI for it, but the "cap_rounding" parameter for the calligraphic tool can be set to a constant from 0.0 (existing behavior, a flat line) to 1.0 (an approximate half-circle) in preferences.xml. -mental

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WEBFORM Colors problem
by Tomasz 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Message from Inkscape submission form Please note, that the submitter may not read this list. CC your answer to the submitter name: Tomasz email: biuro@...1459... submitted the following: J have a problem with colors exported from Inkscape. The problem is that when I import to Inkscape CMYK bitmap (f.e. TIFF CMYK) and then I write the work in pdf, eps or ps format I cannot obtain the same colors as in CMYK palette that was imported. I think that Inkscape make a conversion. But I want obtain exactly this same colors I had imported. How do it?

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ALVN news
by Florence Hogue 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

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Interrupting interruptible displays
by John Bintz 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Hi, all. I wanted to give a quick update on the set of changes I committed this morning. Basically, buila's cool interruptible display code is now enhanced so that, for operations that require the whole display to be updated (rubberbanding, any sort of drawing operation), the interruptibility of the display code can be disabled and then re-enabled. During the disabled times, the entire affected screen rectangle will paint, making sure the previewed object is displayed accurately. This provides (I hope) the best balance between speed and precision while working in Inkscape. I believe I've hit most of the drawing operations that can benefit from this change. I tested it on the last few pages of my latest webcomic, and it seems to be stable. Thanks, John

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape-devel Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5
by Joc 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

>On 9/4/06, Alan Horkan <horkana@...44...> wrote: >> "Lorem ipsum" is a clever name but almost too clever. (Excellent idea >> though and it is alwasy great to see people creating more effects and >> extensions already.) Although "Lorem ipsum" it is an >expression probably >> well known to typesetters it is not exactly self explanitory for the >> average beginner. > >Perhaps, but would a beginner need it at all? Usually designers use it >for mock-ups to show to clients. What about adding a submenu "Generator" which could have a number of choices, for example "text" or "shape". Where: "generator" would group any functions that generate automatically repeated objects. "text" would generate repeating text given a number of parameters, for example with "Lorem ipsum" or "Happy Birthday" along a curve or inside a shape. "shape" would generate shapes given a number of parameters, for example it could add stars of various sizes and positions at random to simulate a night sky filled with stars. Given that "Lorem ipsum" would be under a fairly self explanatory menu, it should not be so hard to figure what it does even for new users. Joc

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Update on the wandering CAD Tools Developer...
by Redefined Horizons 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

I've been in touch with the lib2geom developers. I'm going to talk with them some more and see if I can help with there efforts. It makes sense to build my CAD tools for inkscape on the geometry library that they are developing, as Botty suggested. I just wanted to let you guys know I hadn't forgotten about this, and I'm still interested in adding some new tools to Inkscape. Scott Huey

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] new icons + anyone want to help? + submenu icons
by Tobias Jakobs 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

> Nicu Buculei (OCAL) wrote: > > graffoo wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> I have "tangofied" main icons in icons.svg but I have following problem. > >> How do I change icons for File>Open, File>Save, File>Print, Undo, Redo, > >> Clipboard manipulation? I didn't found them in the icons.svg and on > >> winxp these icons are default ugly gnome icons :( Any suggestions? > >> Also how do I change cursor images? > > I understand, that you are interested in a consistent icon theme. But we need a solution, that works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux(KDE, Gnome, ...) > > You can't modify those icons and this is a good thing. They are taken > > from the GTK theme and the idea is to have them consistent across the > > entire desktop (bonus if you have a full GTK/GNOME desktop). > > Inkscape should use the Wimp GTK theme on Windows and those icons should > > fit the Windows look and feel as much as possible. Afaik, the Wimp stuff is integrated in GTK and no longer a separate project. > I thought that. But the problem is as I stated, the icons are not > default windows on a windows machine. There are no default Windows icons... > they are default gnome, which is > on a win desktop a bit confusing. That are not the default Gnome, but the default GTK icons. Inkscape is not a Gnome program. > just look at the attached file. I > think a perfect thing would be that if an icon is specified in icons.svg > file, inkscape will use that icon, and if it isn't specified then use > the default wimp theme icon. what about that? The other thing is, many > apps in windows have their custom icons, even the default ones. And when > Inkscape will use the tango theme, why not use the tango icons also for > the default ones. I think its less confusing when one app has one icon > theme than other rather than one app has two icon themes ;) and to solve > the problem with unification across platforms, simply ship the win > version of inkscape with the modified icons.svg. > To just change the default GTK (not winp ;) ) icon theme to Tango and change the icon.svg file would work for Windows. But Tango is more then just an icon theme, it's a new framework. Please note that older iconsets can be used with our new framework -- and, once ported, will work across the desktops in a consistent manner. If Inkscape would use the Tango ArtLibreSet[1] and not the icons.svg we could change the Incscape, Scribus and Gimp icons just by changing one iconset. Regards, Tobias [1] http://tango.freedesktop.org/ArtLibreSet __________________________________________________________________________ Erweitern Sie FreeMail zu einem noch leistungsstärkeren E-Mail-Postfach! Mehr Infos unter http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021131

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