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Crash while undoing pasted texts
by Mathieu Dimanche 19 May '06

19 May '06

I got a crash when doing the following : 1) open inkscape 2) select the text tool, click on canvas and type some text 3) do it once again in another part of the document 4) switch to select mode and select both texts 5) ctrl-C ctrl-V the selection 6) hit Ctrl-Z Crash with : ** ERROR **: file ../../inkscape/src/document-undo.cpp: line 128 (void sp_docume nt_maybe_done(SPDocument*, const gchar*)): assertion failed: (doc->priv->sensiti ve) aborting... Emergency save activated! am I the only one ? I'll look at that in a few hours I think mtou

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"${datarootdir}" not expanded correctly
by Wolfram Quester 19 May '06

19 May '06

Hi, I tried to build a new svn-version of inkscape yesterday and while compilation is fine, I get into some runtime trouble. When I run inkscape, it says: > ** (inkscape:6598): CRITICAL **: Inkscape::XML::Document* sp_repr_read_file(const gchar*, const gchar*): assertion `Inkscape::IO::file_test( filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS )' failed > > ** (inkscape:6598): WARNING **: Unable to read keys file ${datarootdir}/inkscape/keys/default.xml > > ** (inkscape:6598): WARNING **: failed to load icon 'file_import' > > .... lots of faile to load icon... As indicated by the warning it seems the ${datarootdir} variable ist not expanded correctly during ./configure. Indeed, 'strings inkscape' shows a lot of occurrences of ${datarootdir} and config.h contains the lines > #define INKSCAPE_DATADIR "${datarootdir}" > #define PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR "${datarootdir}/locale" To compile, I did the following: make distclean ./autogen.sh ./configure --prefix=/tmp DESTDIR=/tmp make make install A few days ago this worked flawlessly. Does someone have a clue what's going wrong here? BTW, not using --prefix and DESTDIR doesn't change anything. Thanks for your help, Wolfi PS: output from ./autogen.sh: --1. distribution------------------------------------------------------------ Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable (etch/sid) --2. tools------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/bin/m4: /usr/bin/autoconf: autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59d /usr/bin/autoheader: autoheader (GNU Autoconf) 2.59d /usr/bin/automake: automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6 /usr/bin/automake-1.7: automake (GNU automake) 1.7.9 automake-1.8: not found /usr/bin/automake-1.9: automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6 /usr/bin/aclocal: aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.6 /usr/bin/aclocal-1.7: aclocal (GNU automake) 1.7.9 aclocal-1.8: not found /usr/bin/aclocal-1.9: aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.6 /usr/bin/intltoolize: intltoolize (GNU intltool) 0.34.2 /usr/bin/gettextize: /usr/bin/gettextize (GNU gettext-tools) 0.14.5 /usr/bin/libtoolize: libtoolize (GNU libtool) 1.5.22 --3. environment variables--------------------------------------------------- PATH=/home/wolfi/src/XCrySDen/:/home/wolfi/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/wolfi/src/XCrySDen//scripts:/home/wolfi/src/XCrySDen//util LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PYTHONPATH=:/home/wolfi/python:

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Re: [gnu.org #288440] Inkscape frustrations?
by Bryce Harrington 18 May '06

18 May '06

On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 10:32:15AM -0400, Tony Wieczorek via RT wrote: > Hu Bryce. First, let me say that I love Inkscape! One of the sysadmins > in our office was blown back by all the funtionality it has. I use it > quite often these days, to design stickers and posters. Cool. :-) > My frustrations were with exporting the sign in a format that Kinkos > would understand. Perhaps I should have made it clearer that my > frustrations weren't with using Inkscape so much as they were with > dealing with all the various file formats. The format choices were > confusing - especially since I didn't know that Kinkos couldn't open the > Inkscape SVG, but seemed to be able to open the regular SVG format. It > might have been helpful to get a rough estimate of how large the files > would be once I saved them - certain Aha, yes this was my guess. The file format frustrations are very, very common. These are tough to solve because as you can imagine they're a tad outside our core scope, but you'll be happy to hear we've been speaking with others in the free software community (especially Cairo and Scribus) with more experience than us, and hope to have PDF and EPS working much more solidly in the future. Meantime, it's actually quite exciting to hear that Kinko's supports any variant of SVG at all - I would have guessed SVG to be too "niche" still for them. Note that the "plain SVG" format is stripped down form of SVG; Inkscape's SVG adheres 100% to the SVG standard. The "plain SVG" option avoids using otherwise valid SVG syntax that we have found that other programs have trouble with. Thus, it's there for exactly the situation you were in, and it's good to hear that it worked! > I appreciate you taking the time to write in and see if you've addressed > the problems I had. I certainly love the work you all do and the > progress you are making on an excellent project. Thanks so much. Sure thing, hope you don't mind if I cc the team. And thank you from us for all the important work the FSF does, to help ensure the rest of us can keep doing what we're doing. Bryce > > Someone pointed me at your 4/26 article, which mentioned some > > frustrations using Inkscape to create a sign. Would you mind > > elaborating on what those issues were? I'm one of the Inkscape > > developers, and since we're preparing a new release soon, would like a > > chance to see if we've addressed those problems. > > > > Thanks, > > Bryce > > > > > > > -- > Tony Wieczorek > Program Assistant > (617) 542-5942 > > Free Software Foundation > 51 Franklin St. Fifth Floor > Boston, MA 02110 USA

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re: covermount cd-rom distribution request
by Nicu Buculei (OCAL) 18 May '06

18 May '06

Derek Hinchliffe wrote: > On 5/18/06, Nicu Buculei <nicu@...398...> wrote: >> >> Could the meaning of (3b) be stretched and the mention of the >> availability of the source code at http://inkscape.org be understood as >> a written offer to provide the source code? >> > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCDistributeWithSourceOnInternet > > That FAQ specifically addresses CD via mail order vs FTP, but I think > the same would apply to a CD distributed on a magazine. Indeed, this is the letter of the FAQ, but it really shows the age of the 2.0 version of the GPL, not only we now use other protocols for downloading files (HTTP or p2p instead of FTP), but today downloading is much more convenient compared with mailing a physical disc. I work also with OpenOffice.org where the *official* redistribution policy is "include the source code *or* tell the users where it is (http://www.openoffice.org)" (emphasis mine), and this policy generated a huge redistribution network (and, arguably, a large number of users) -- nicu Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org my cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/

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Not about node sculpting, but UI...
by Vladimir Savić 18 May '06

18 May '06

In the spirit of node sculpting debate, I felt free to say something about Inkscape's UI in general. :) Just my observations (from user's perspective). 1) I would make Freehand drawing tool an option of Pen tool. Pen tool - Bezier curves and straight line (default) - Freehand drawing (top toolbar option and configurable auto-turning-on option when "stylus" or "eraser" input device is enabled and Pen tool selected) For about year and a half of using Inkscape this tool has been picked only 10-20 times. :) 2) Rename Star and polygon tool to Figure tool(?) Figure tool - Polygon - Star (- Comic book balloon - will be requested more of these in the future, I'm sure...) 3) On canvas gradient tool - if object has no gradient fill/stroke - should be able to detect if selected object has fill or stroke activated and edit existing one. In case of both activated do top toolbar selected editing. Current default adds unnecessary fill/stroke to an object. 4) Selector tool First LMB click - Scale Second LMB click - Rotation/skew Third LMB click - Perspective I see all of these as overall object editings. This way perspective should be relatively easy to find, I think. First thing I do when I try new graphic application is to click on some object few times to see if something's happening. Don't know about others... 5) Snap to... Would like to see snapping options in that top toolbar always easy accessible. Tools that will benefit: Node, Rectangle, Circle, Shape, Spiral, Pen, Bezier, Text and Gradient. Again, all written here are my aloud thinkings. I don't expect positive feedback on any but would like to hear comments. I think that adding more tools in toolbox will just make things worse and will clutter the desktop. And that's already happening. Cheers, Vlada

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Building Mac OS X .dmg packages
by Arjan Molenaar 18 May '06

18 May '06

Hi, I'm Arjan Molenaar, maintainer of the Gaphor (http://gaphor.sourceforge.net), a GTK+ based UML modeling tool. I'm getting several requests for an easy to install package (.dmg) for OS X. Since Inkscpae is also a pure GTK+ based application having a OSX package, I was wondering if one could tell me how to build such a package. I have an iBook at my disposal and have Gaphor up and running on OSX. Could you give me some pointers/examples/whatever on how to create a nice packages application for Gaphor? Thanks in advance, Regards, Arjan Molenaar

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Short Delay in Feature Freeze
by Bryce Harrington 18 May '06

18 May '06

Hi all, After checking into the status of the layer dialog and text toolbar, it looks like significant benefits will be had by delaying the Feature Freeze a few more days. So let's push it back to the 20th. It probably seems like we're being awfully tentative in pushing into freeze, but my feeling is that minimizing the length of time we are in feature freeze, the less painful the release process will be in general. So I would rather delay Feature Freeze to let things finish ripening, than to push into bug fixing mode, and end up needing to continually delay the Hard Freeze date or the release date. It's also been quite inspiring to see the team coming together and focusing on the major features - like the layer dialog and text toolbar - that we know users are really looking forward to in this release. Anyway, to reiterate: Currently, please refrain from adding new features in the main codebase (use branches instead), but keep putting time into polishing existing features. Plan to wrap up by Saturday the 20th. Bryce

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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination
by malena rhonda 18 May '06

18 May '06

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Re: covermount cd-rom distribution request
by Bryce Harrington 18 May '06

18 May '06

Hi Johan, yes this is fine, as long as you also mention that it is Open Source, and that they can get the source code at http://inkscape.org. Thanks, Bryce On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 05:04:02PM +0200, Johan Vandecasteele wrote: > Hello, > > I'm Johan Vandecasteele, marketingmanager of Belgium's leading computer consumer magazines Clickx Magazine and PC Magazine. We are including a free covermount cd with our Clickx Magazine n? 122 (June 27 2006), and we would like to include Inkscape on that cd. > > Can you please tell us if we can have your permission to do so. Please visit our website www.clickxmagazine.be for information on our magazine. The download link to our mediakit is http://sales.minoc.com/newsletter/MediakitFull_Minoc_2006_ENG.pdf - it will give you some idea of our company and portfolio. > > Hope to hear from you soon, > > Kind regards, > > Johan Vandecasteele > > -------------------- > Johan Vandecasteele > marketingmanager Minoc Business Press > > Clickx Magazine | FWD | PC Magazine | Smart Business Strategies | ZDNet.be | GameSpot.be > www.clickxmagazine.be | www.fwdmagazine.be | www.pcmagazine.be | www.zdnet.be | www.gamespot.be > > Tel: 0032 14 44 20 61 | Fax: 0032 14 44 20 66 > Minoc Business Press NV | Everdongenlaan 15 bus 1 | 2300 Turnhout | Belgium

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RE: Inkscape-devel digest, Vol 1 #1878 - 12 msgs
by Joc 18 May '06

18 May '06

>Message: 12 >Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] NEW: node sculpting >From: Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...8...> >To: bulia byak <buliabyak@...400...> >Cc: Inkscape Devel List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, >Inkscape Users List <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> >Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 12:07:26 +0200 > > >> I'm not sure I understand this, can you draw an illustration? > >See the attached illustration of attempting to put text on a can. The attachment did not get decoded properly at my end, but the image can be seen by copying the base64 data (without the MIME info) to: http://www.toastedspam.com/decode64 Joc

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