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Layers in worng order in latest dev...
by Andrew Wilson 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

FYI: I picked up the latest dev from SVN and loaded up a recent .svg to find that the layers were being displayed in reverse order. So all my background objects appear on top of what should be the foreground objects. The magnifying class tool doesn't display nicely either.

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Connector Progress
by Aaron Spike 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

How is progress going on the Connector tool? How difficult would it be to hack moving the connector endpoints onto the stroke of an arbitrary end path? I think most of the necessary calculations already exist in the code: http://inkscape.modevia.com/doxygen/html/nodepath_8cpp.php#8395e2b195614934… http://inkscape.modevia.com/doxygen/html/bezier-utils_8cpp.php#114a9074e2c7… http://inkscape.modevia.com/doxygen/html/classInkscape_1_1ObjectSnapper.php… Likewise I wonder what it would take to adjust connector placement given the end marker paths? Aaron Spike

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Problem with Mac OS X compile...
by Andrew Wilson 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hi, trying to compile from a fresh SVN update, after following instructions on: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingMacOsX I've got Mac OS 10.4.6, a full unstable fink installation, svn update from this evening. Various libs, like gtk* are installed (took all day to build on this laptop). gcc is 4.0.0 20041026. Ran configure, make... Very early on, 'make' reports: --- snip --- make make all-recursive Making all in src if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/X11R6/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/X11R6/include/freetype2 -DPOTRACE=\"potrace\" -I/sw/include/glib-2.0 -I/sw/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/sw/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/sw/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/sw/include/libxml2 -I/sw/include -I/sw/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/X11R6/include/freetype2 -I/sw/include/gtk-2.0 -I/sw/include/atk-1.0 -I/sw/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/sw/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/sw/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/sw/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/sw/include/atkmm-1.6 -I/sw/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/sw/lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/sw/include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/sw/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I../cxxtest -I/sw/include -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -O3 -Wall -MT conn-avoid-ref.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/conn-avoid-ref.Tpo" -c -o conn-avoid-ref.o conn-avoid-ref.cpp; \ then mv -f ".deps/conn-avoid-ref.Tpo" ".deps/conn-avoid-ref.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/conn-avoid-ref.Tpo"; exit 1; fi sp-object.h:226: warning: unused parameter 'title' sp-object.h:231: warning: unused parameter 'desc' ./libnr/nr-maybe.h:41: warning: unused parameter 'n' ./libnr/nr-maybe.h:42: warning: unused parameter 'n' ./util/share.h:34: error: declaration of 'Inkscape::Util::ptr_shared<T>::operator bool() const' ./util/share.h:32: error: conflicts with previous declaration 'Inkscape::Util::ptr_shared<T>::operator const T1*() const' ./util/share.h: In instantiation of `Inkscape::Util::ptr_shared<char>': ./util/share.h:116: instantiated from here ./util/share.h:22: error: declaration of 'Inkscape::Util::ptr_shared<T>::operator bool() const [with T = char]' ./util/share.h:32: error: conflicts with previous declaration 'Inkscape::Util::ptr_shared<T>::operator const T1*() const [with T1 = T1, T = char]' xml/simple-node.cpp:102: warning: unused parameter 'prev' xml/simple-node.cpp:102: warning: unused parameter 'prev' xml/simple-node.cpp:169: warning: unused parameter 'old_content' xml/simple-node.cpp:169: warning: unused parameter 'old_content' xml/simple-node.cpp:207: warning: unused parameter 'old_value' xml/simple-node.cpp:207: warning: unused parameter 'old_value' xml/simple-node.cpp:388: warning: unused parameter 'is_interactive' xml/simple-node.cpp:622: warning: unused parameter 'is_interactive' conn-avoid-ref.cpp:248: warning: unused parameter 'mp' make[2]: *** [conn-avoid-ref.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 --- snip --- I hope this is helpful. Can anyone see where I went wrong? Thanks.

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compilation error with boost on OS X
by jiho 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

hi all, I'm trying to include all new functionalities in the new development versions of Inkscape on OS X but I've been hitting unmet dependencies and problems for a while. here is the last one. I added boost in order to get auto-organization of connectors and: make all-recursive Making all in src if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/ X11R6/include/freetype2 -DORBIT2=1 -I/sw/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/sw/ lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/include -I/sw/include/bonobo-activation-2.0 -I/sw/ include/libbonobo-2.0 -I/sw/include/gconf/2 -I/sw/include/glib-2.0 -I/ sw/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/sw/include/orbit-2.0 -I/sw/include/ glib-2.0 -I/sw/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/ loudmouth-1.0 -DPOTRACE=\"potrace\" -I/sw/include/gdkmm-2.4 -I/sw/ lib/gdkmm-2.4/include -I/sw/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/sw/lib/glibmm-2.4/ include -I/sw/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/sw/include/gtk-2.0 -I/sw/lib/ gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/sw/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/sw/ lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/sw/include/glib-2.0 -I/sw/lib/glib-2.0/ include -I/sw/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include/freetype2 -I/sw/ include/gtkmm-2.4 -I/sw/lib/gtkmm-2.4/include -I/sw/include/atkmm-1.6 -I/sw/include/atk-1.0 -I/sw/include/libxml2 -I/sw/include -I../ cxxtest -I/sw/include -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign- compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -O3 - Wall -MT graphlayout/graphlayout.o -MD -MP -MF "graphlayout/.deps/ graphlayout.Tpo" -c -o graphlayout/graphlayout.o `test -f 'graphlayout/graphlayout.cpp' || echo './'`graphlayout/ graphlayout.cpp; \ then mv -f "graphlayout/.deps/graphlayout.Tpo" "graphlayout/.deps/ graphlayout.Po"; else rm -f "graphlayout/.deps/graphlayout.Tpo"; exit 1; fi graphlayout/graphlayout.cpp:25:54: error: boost/graph/ kamada_kawai_spring_layout.hpp: No such file or directory graphlayout/graphlayout.cpp:26:41: error: boost/graph/ circle_layout.hpp: No such file or directory In file included from /sw/include/boost/config.hpp:35, from /sw/include/boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp:30, from graphlayout/graphlayout.cpp:27: /sw/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp:92:7: warning: #warning "Unknown compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results" ./sp-object.h:226: warning: unused parameter 'title' ./sp-object.h:231: warning: unused parameter 'desc' ./libnr/nr-maybe.h:41: warning: unused parameter 'n' ./libnr/nr-maybe.h:42: warning: unused parameter 'n' graphlayout/graphlayout.cpp: In function 'void graphlayout(const GSList*)': graphlayout/graphlayout.cpp:142: error: 'circle_graph_layout' was not declared in this scope graphlayout/graphlayout.cpp:143: error: 'side_length' was not declared in this scope graphlayout/graphlayout.cpp:143: error: 'kamada_kawai_spring_layout' was not declared in this scope make[2]: *** [graphlayout/graphlayout.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 Not executable: /Volumes/files/softwares/inkscape_compiled/bin/inkscape this is with boost 1.31.0-6 on OS X 10.4 and compiled with gcc-4.0 (all my Fink packages are build with gcc-4.0 now). Is it a limitation of the version of boost Fink provides? Is it too old? thank you in advance. JiHO --- Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau : a chaque nouvelle cuvee on sait que ce sera degueulasse, mais on en prend quand meme par masochisme. --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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we lost an option
by bulia byak 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Compared to 0.43, we have lost the "Compass-like display of angles" option that was on the Steps tab. Ralf and/or others who did the Preferences dialog redesign, could you please look into restoring it? -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Summer of Code Proposal
by Justin Wikinator 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Dear Inkscape Developers: My name is Justin Barca, and I will be applying for the Summer of Code position with Inkscape. Recently I drafted a proposal for Inkscape, and when I decided to seek out developers to help me improve my proposal, I found the website encouraging me to do so on the mailing list, so here I am. I put my preliminary proposal for improving the Python extensions/effects API on the Inkscape wiki at this address: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ImprovingPythonExtensionAPI. If any of you would be willing to be an advisor for my proposal please contact me. Particularly, it would be useful to talk with anyone who has worked on the extensions/plugins/Python aspect of Inkscape. In the lead-up to the final announcements, I will be preparing to work on my proposal for Inkscape because despite the odds, I believe that I have what it takes to win a SOC position. Even if I don't, I still want to integrate my creations into Inkscape. Thus I've been studying the current Python extensions API, improving my Python programming skills, and learning SVN (of which I'm pleased to hear you're using). Any other suggestions for preparations are welcome. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated, Justin Barca

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Cropping a bitmap along path
by Peter König 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hi, currently I'm testing Inkscape for the german computer magazine c't. I'm trying to crop an imported bitmap along the path described by a vector object (e.g a star) to gain a bitmap element shaped like the object (which I want to use as a "die"). I've tried the boolean operators for shapes and paths, but nothing happened. Is this operation possible in Inkscape? Thank you! Regards, Peter König c't - Magazin für Computertechnik http://www.heise.de/ct/ Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co.KG phone: 0511-5352-300 Helstorfer Str. 7 fax: 0511-5352-417 D-30625 Hannover, Germany eMail: pek@...883...

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The hook up
by Aaron Spike 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

I'm working through creating a button in the Document Properties dialog to fit the canvas around the current selection or the full drawing. You can read a diff of my changes at: http://www.ekips.org/comp/inkscape/inx/current.diff I'm at the point now where I would like to hook the function up to the button. The question is how to best do this. Do I create a Verb and hook it up through there? If so, where can I find an example of how to use a verb with a button on a dialog? I noticed that very few functions in Inkscape actually get to be Verbs. Should there be more verbs? From where should a verb get access to the active desktop/document? Should I use sigc::bind() to pass the active desktop to the function directly in the dialog code? If so from where should I get a pointer to the current desktop? While I was looking around document-properties.cpp for a pointer to the active desktop, I found "static void on_activate_desktop (Inkscape::Application *, SPDesktop* dt, void*);". Some of the params aren't named. And while the desktop is named dt, it is never used. SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP is used instead. Is SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP evil? Needless to say, I'm a little confused and I don't know what questions to ask to get the answers. I just want to hook my little button up the right way. Aaron Spike

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NEW: calligraphic behavior changes
by bulia byak 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

* In all previous versions, pen width depended on zoom in such a way that the strokes appeared the same visible width at any zoom, but were in fact narrower at zoom-in and wider at zoom-out. This behavior makes sense if you want to keep the same "feel" of the pen regardless of zoom; for example, if you zoomed in to make a small fix to your drawing, it's natural that your pen becomes physically smaller but feels the same to you. So, this behavior is kept as the default, but now we also added an alternative mode where your pen width is constant in absolute units regardless of zoom. To switch to this mode, use the checkbox on the tool's Preferences page (you can open it by double-clicking the tool button). * The Width field in the tool's controls bar now changes from 1 to 100, which corresponds to the range from 0.01 to 1.0 in the previous version. If the "width in absolute units" mode is turned on, the value in this fields gives the width of the stroke in px units. In the default mode, the value of 100 gives 100px wide strokes only at 100% zoom, and strokes are correspondingly narrower or wider at other zoom levels. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Fwd: Invitation to Participate in Summer of Code 2006]
by Nicu Buculei 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

You forgot to reply to the list... Answers below: jiho wrote: > > On 18 Apr 2006, at 16:06 , Nicu Buculei wrote: >> jiho wrote: >>> - add a way to build some custom palettes, which would be stored as a >>> (xml?) file. The intend of this is to have to possibility to post >>> them somewhere on the web site and exchange color palettes between >>> users. So this requires also a simple interface to add a downloaded >>> palette to the menu (like a Add palette... menu item). >> >> You can do this right now: >> - the color palettes are defined in a simple text file, the same >> format used also by GIMP (very important!). the structure is so >> simple, that making a program to edit them is trivial; >> - you can already post those files (*.gpl) on a website, all an user >> needs to do is to download the file in ~/inkscape/palettes/ and >> restart Inkscape > > ok, that's great, so the functionality is there, only the GUI is > lacking! I think it is true for many inkscape feature sadly. It can be argued if this GUI is really useful or feature bloat. > for this particular point, what I was thinking about is: > - a "New palette" menu item and then add colors to the new palette by > drag and drop from objects on the canvas. I could build the palette by > hand for sure but this would be much more productive ;-). This would > also need the possibility to reorganize the colors in the palette by > drag and drop (Ex: I want to add a new violet and my violets are in the > middle of the palette). See the list archives, some cool features are planed for palettes, like linked colors. > - a dedicated part of inkscape web site to post and download them, with > as simple preview engine. maybe this can be done with media wiki but I > do not know much about media wiki. We can link to palette files from our blogs, see this as a way to promote Inkscape :p (at least this is what i did) > thanks for the tip anyway, I will try to build a new palette just to > test this for my own purpose. Here are two palettes from me: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/bluecurve.gpl http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/gnome_hig.gpl -- nicu

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