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Updated PDF printing with Cairo
by Miklós Erdélyi 30 Jul '06

30 Jul '06

Hi, I attached the updated PDF printing extension with Cairo. Now it has proper transparency handling and better text handling. Also, now it has it's own entry in the Save As dialog as "Cairo PDF". In order to use it you have to apply the following patch to Cairo 1.2: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/cairo/2006-July/007477.htm Without applying the patch you will get only fallback images most of the time. I already separated the patch into smaller ones and submitted it to be incorporated into Cairo. The resulting text output in this version differs from that of Inkscape's regarding the positioning of glyphs. Text printed in PDF will usually occupy more space horizontally/vertically than as it can be seen in Inkscape. This is especially true for vertical text in which case spaces are smaller between words. Does anyone have an idea how I could get the exact glyph positions used by libnrtype to render glyphs? [I could only come up with crazy ideas like calling Layout::show with a prepared nr_arena and then extracting the glyphs later from that nr_arena] Unfortunately the output of the about screen for Inkscape version 0.40 isn't correct; it might be because of the mess with transparency inheritance. After applying patch.bin to the Inkscape source tree copy the other files in the archive to their respective location and do the usual build process. Please feel free to try it out and report your experience on the list. Regards, miklos

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Rendering patch committed
by bulia byak 30 Jul '06

30 Jul '06

All, I committed the patch by Jasper van de Gronde which improves the quality of rendering gradients (less banding). But on top of that, the committed version also speeds up rendering quite significantly, making it up to twice as fast in my tests (on complex files with many transparency overlays). Unfortunately for some reason, this speedup is observed only on Windows, whereas on Linux the patch is actually a little slower (by no more than 10%). Any ideas on why this is so will be appreciated, as well as of course any reports of bugs or any misbehavior. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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The Fedora Core 3 thing
by donn 29 Jul '06

29 Jul '06

Aaron, Ralf, Bob and other posters, Thanks for all the information. I get the following general idea: Linux is much more complex than Windows, making it very difficult (I think Bob Jameson is implying that it is impossible) to (in the case of inkscape) create a tar.gz open-and-run solution. I am more than ready to be shown when I am wrong and I came to this with a certain attitude; one of not wanting to keep upgrading often, and so my mind was fixed on the examples given by Firefox, Thunderbird and Blender. I can run all of those apps, even the alpha versions, on my FC3 with no problems. In the case of Firefox, the tar.gz is my *only* option becuase FC3 does not support any version over like 1.0.x I am not as savvy on things like make and svn and C and C++ and all these newfangled (to me) incantations. It would take me months to get a fraction of the picture into my (very dim) head. So, I came here with a certain naive outlook, one of simply dropping-in the needed library files such that inkscape would run for me; and then sharing that with others who might be stuck too. I am going to focus some time on trying to compile 0.44.1 (I do read Ralf!) In the meanwhile I will hope that DAG or EXTRAS might have 0.44.1 as an RPM before long. Thanks all for a great app! Regards, Donn. ------------Sceptic Snippets:-- "As an anecdote, I have a childhood friend who has taken over her parents' importing/distribution business, which specializes in commercialized altmed products, based on TCM. For example, ginseng capsules, zinc tablets, echinacea. Her father, who founded this business, had a sore throat and went to the doctor, was diagnosed with throat cancer, got some surgery and radiation and is fine. Not for one second did he consider taking the crap he shills. Drove to and from the surgery in his Mercedes SUV, paid for by the patients who are convinced surgery is useless." JREFF - blutoski --

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fedora Core 3 and Inkscape problems
by donn 29 Jul '06

29 Jul '06

On Thursday 27 July 2006 18:11, you wrote: > Donn, > > Your message was noticed and answered. I've forwarded the reply below. > > Aaron Spike Aaron, I do apologize for being irritating, but I feel up against a wall with nowhere to turn for help. If you read my repost you will see I added some stuff at the front. I acknowledged the reply from ralf in there. The thing is I don't hold much hope that 0.44.1 or whatever, is going to compile with much luck. My Fedora version is a little old and keeping up with dependant libs is a problem. So, if there is someone who can help with: a. The autopackage problem or b. An RPM for FC3 or c. Some discussion relating to my last question about inkspace vs Firefox/Thunderbird Donn.

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[root@...1070...: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report]
by Bryce Harrington 29 Jul '06

29 Jul '06

Cairo PDF build issue... ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:23:07 -0700 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Fri Jul 28 17:03:11 2006 (Run 4257) Snapshot: inkscape-20060728-1600.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 2 8 2 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ make check PASS 0/0 == Errors == extension/internal/pdf-cairo.cpp:59:23: error: cairo-pdf.h: No such file or directory extension/internal/pdf-cairo.cpp:337: error: 'cairo_pdf_surface_create_for_stream' was not declared in this scope == Warnings == selection-chemistry.cpp:1913: warning: statement has no effect sp-flowtext.cpp:339: warning: 'sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:229) sp-shape.cpp:698: warning: 'sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:229) sp-text.cpp:488: warning: 'sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:229) display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: invalid access to non-static data member 'SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: (perhaps the 'offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: invalid access to non-static data member 'SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: (perhaps the 'offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) == Unit Tests == ----- End forwarded message -----

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Should NRObject and the like be 'struct' or 'class'?
by Ben Fowler 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

$ grep NRObject /Volumes/Ben/PROG/SF/INKSCAPE/inkscape-P/src/libnr/nr-object.h struct NRObject; struct NRObjectClass; #define NR_OBJECT(o) (NR_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((o), NR_TYPE_OBJECT, NRObject)) #define NR_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(ip) (((NRObject *) ip)->klass) void (* cinit) (NRObjectClass *), void (* iinit) (NRObject *)); /* NRObject */ class NRObject : public Inkscape::GC::Managed<>, NRObjectClass *klass; static NRObject *alloc(NRType type); static void invoke_ctor(NRObject *object) { NRObject *reference() { NRObject *unreference() { NRObject() {} NRObject(NRObject const &); // no copy void operator=(NRObject const &); // no assign struct NRObjectClass { ... I'm fairly sure that it doesn't matter, but I just wondered whether we should stick to one or the other. I work on the basis that a C++ struct has all members public, but can have methods and virtual methods if needed or desirable; even so, I tend not to use that keyword except for C compatibility, that is when there are in fact no methods in the class, and I would guess no vptr either. See http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/classes-and-objects.html#faq-7.8 http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.lang.c++/browse_thread/thread/20f6e04…

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Trouble compiling with sp_marshal_*
by Daniel Díaz 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

Hello, all! I'm having trouble trying to get the auto-cross-compi-lation to work again. With the latest SVN, truly fresh checkout of it, this is what I get: -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----- i686-pc-mingw32-g++ --export-dynamic -o inkscape.exe main.o winmain.o inkres.o libinkscape.a -L/target/lib -lgtkmm-2.4 -lgdkmm-2.4 -lglibmm-2.4 -latkmm-1.6 -lpangomm-1.4 -lsigc-2.0 -lgtk-win32-2.0 -lgdk-win32-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpangowin32-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lcairo -L/target/perl/lib/CORE -lperl58 -L/target/python/libs -lpython24 /target/bin/libxml2.dll /target/lib/iconv.lib -lfreetype.dll -lfontconfig.dll -llcms.dll -lloudmouth-1.dll -lssl -lcrypto -lpng -lpopt /target/lib/zdll.lib -lgc -mwindows -lws2_32 -lintl -lcairo libinkscape.a(inkscape.o): In function `_Z19inkscape_class_initPN8Inkscape16ApplicationClassE': /home/inkscape/source/inkscape.win32/src/inkscape.cpp:190: undefined reference to `_sp_marshal_VOID__POINTER_UINT' libinkscape.a(sp-canvas.o): In function `_Z25sp_canvas_item_class_initP17SPCanvasItemClass': /home/inkscape/source/inkscape.win32/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp:129: undefined reference to `_sp_marshal_BOOLEAN__POINTER' libinkscape.a(canvas-arena.o): In function `_Z26sp_canvas_arena_class_initP18SPCanvasArenaClass': /home/inkscape/source/inkscape.win32/src/display/canvas-arena.cpp:82: undefined reference to `_sp_marshal_INT__POINTER_POINTER' libinkscape.a(unit-menu.o): In function `_Z27sp_unit_selector_class_initP19SPUnitSelectorClass': /home/inkscape/source/inkscape.win32/src/helper/unit-menu.cpp:90: undefined reference to `_sp_marshal_BOOLEAN__POINTER_POINTER' libinkscape.a(knot.o): In function `_Z18sp_knot_class_initP11SPKnotClass': /home/inkscape/source/inkscape.win32/src/knot.cpp:105: undefined reference to `_sp_marshal_BOOLEAN__POINTER' /home/inkscape/source/inkscape.win32/src/knot.cpp:150: undefined reference to `_sp_marshal_VOID__POINTER_UINT' /home/inkscape/source/inkscape.win32/src/knot.cpp:159: undefined reference to `_sp_marshal_BOOLEAN__POINTER_UINT' /home/inkscape/source/inkscape.win32/src/knot.cpp:168: undefined reference to `_sp_marshal_DOUBLE__POINTER_UINT' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [inkscape.exe] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/inkscape/source/inkscape.win32/src' make: *** [all] Error 2 ----->8---------->8---------->8---------->8---------->8---------->8----- Is this related to the recent changes from Mental? Thanks for any pointers! Greetings! Daniel Díaz yosoy@...31...

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Failed unit test
by Bryce Harrington 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

make check is reporting a failure in the style-test unit test. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:23:01 -0700 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Wed Jul 26 05:14:13 2006 (Run 4197) Snapshot: inkscape-20060726-0400.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 0 0 0 8 0 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ make check FAIL 17/18 == Errors == none == Warnings == selection-chemistry.cpp:1913: warning: statement has no effect sp-flowtext.cpp:339: warning: 'sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:229) sp-shape.cpp:672: warning: 'sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:229) sp-text.cpp:488: warning: 'sp_item_bbox_desktop' is deprecated (declared at sp-item.h:229) display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: invalid access to non-static data member 'SPCanvasArenaClass::arena_event' of NULL object display/canvas-arena.cpp:85: warning: (perhaps the 'offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: invalid access to non-static data member 'SPCanvasItemClass::event' of NULL object display/sp-canvas.cpp:132: warning: (perhaps the 'offsetof' macro was used incorrectly) == Unit Tests == FAIL: style-test PASS: test-all PASS: display/bezier-utils-test PASS: helper/units-test PASS: libnr/in-svg-plane-test PASS: libnr/nr-matrix-test PASS: libnr/nr-point-fns-test PASS: libnr/nr-rotate-test PASS: libnr/nr-rotate-fns-test PASS: libnr/nr-scale-test PASS: libnr/nr-translate-test PASS: libnr/nr-types-test PASS: libnr/test-nr PASS: svg/test-svg PASS: util/list-container-test PASS: xml/test-xml PASS: xml/quote-test PASS: xml/repr-action-test ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report
by Bryce Harrington 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

Looks like the LSB config breakage is back... ----- Forwarded message from root <root@...1070...> ----- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:21:22 -0700 From: root <root@...1070...> To: inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-tester] inkscape build report = Analysis Report for inkscape = Report Time: Tue Jul 25 07:23:12 2006 (Run 4188) Snapshot: inkscape-20060725-0700.tar.bz2 Status: finished Platform Unpack Config Build Install WRNS ERRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ debian x86 0 2 0 1 Test Status Score Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ make check PASS 0/0 == Errors == ./configure: line 2094: ` test -z "$ac_cv_prog_LSBCC" && ac_cv_prog_LSBCC="{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: lsbcc not found; do you have the LSB SDK installed?" >&5' == Warnings == none == Unit Tests == ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-tester mailing list Inkscape-tester(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-tester ----- End forwarded message -----

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Second try: Fedora and Inkscape - Help!
by donn 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Hello, sorry to post this again, but perhaps it's not been noticed. If this is the wrong place to ask questions like this, please point me in the right direction. It's so frustrating not to be able to keep up with the latest stable releases of inkscape. I got one reply about compiling the latest svn or 0.44.1, but I would much rather just get 0.44 working without compiling anything. It just strikes me as wrong that inkscape 0.44 will run fine on Windows but not on Linux! SYSTEM: Fedora Core 3 : 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3 Machine : AMD i386, 1gig RAM, loads of drive space. PROBLEM: Cannot run Inkscape 0.44 Yum repo only has 0.43 - usually DAG. It appears he tried to compile 0.44 and had some problems. So, no yum update for me (or any FC3 users) Tried the Autopackage from the inkscape download page. It works in that it installs without overt error. Problem comes when trying to run inkscape: inkscape: /usr/bin/../lib/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by inkscape) inkscape: /usr/bin/../lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.4' not found (required by inkscape) My system has those two exact filenames (libpng12.so.0 and libstdc++.so.6) so a fake link technique is not going to work. I then tried to compile it. Harsh dependency errors. I don't have the time to go through the spin-cycle of sub-sub-sub compiles and yums to do that! So, I am in a fix. No Inkscape and not much hope! Any ideas? EXTRA QUESTION: Is there some way to put a complete, runnable Inkscape into a single tar.gz file like they do with Thunderbird and Firefox? I have never struggled to install the latest versions of those two apps. Sure, they take forever to reach a yum distro, but at least I can go fetch the tar file and get on with my life! Inkscape 0.44 even works on my Windows, but it does not work on Linux! There's a terrible irony here somewhere... Thanks, Donn. -- "If there is anyone in the audience who believes in telekinesis, please raise my hand!" --James Randi --

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