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sp_style_set_fill_color_alpha in 0.42
by De Winne, Joris 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Hello, In Inkscape v.0.41 I used sp_style_set_fill_color_alpha() to change te color of a rectangle and create in that way a blinking rectangle. In version 0.42 it looks like there's no sp_style_set_fill_color_alpha(). Is there another function that does the same, changing the css attributes and automatically updating it to the screen? Thnx, Joris

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Google Summer of Code updates needed
by Bryce Harrington 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Hi all! One of the key, oft-proven principles of Open Source development is "Release Early, Release Often". This is important because it makes it easier for other people to help you. I think for our Google Summer of Code students, it will be vital for their learning about Open Source processes to go through at least a couple releases, so they can see how this works in practice. I know it's a bit different from what we're trained in school to do; in school you have a due date and you (in theory) work on your assignment in secret from other students, and turn it in at the end. Open Source is very different; it's like you take your half-finished assignment to the clubhouse and trade answers with everyone else, and the more you cross-check with each other, the more likely everyone is to get a perfect score. ;-) Anyway, with the 0.42 release wrapping up, we're at a point where we're ready to integrate work from the Google Summer of Code students. Michael, David, Greg, and Matthew, can each of you report in on where you are in your work, how we can help you, and what you might be able to add to CVS within the next week or so? (Also, if you have any questions about getting access to or using CVS, please just ask and we'll get you set up.) Thanks, Bryce

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RE: [Inkscape-devel] Google Summer of Code updates needed
by Yip, David W 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

I'll fill you guys in now :) There's a business center around here that has Internet access, so I'm using their facilities right now. I'm not sure if I can hook up my laptop and do a CVS commit from here, but I'll give it a try soon. Apologies if this mail is received as an HTML mess -- I have to use the Outlook web interface, and I'm not quite sure how to tell it to format as plain text...anyway. The modifications to configure.ac are complete, and compiling with/without the whiteboard code works fine, so that's all ready to go. On the subject of required libraries: the whiteboard code, as of yesterday, also depends on Boost v1.31.0+ for functor argument binding, smart pointers, and some miscellaneous utility classes. I think it's possible to just include the required Boost files with the Inkscape source distribution (they're all self-contained template classes as far as I can tell), but I'll leave it out for now until given the OK for inclusion. -- David ________________________________ From: inkscape-devel-admin(a)lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Ted Gould Sent: Thu 7/28/2005 7:30 PM To: Bryce Harrington Cc: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Google Summer of Code updates needed Quick update because David is without Internet access for the next few days. He can fill in more when he gets back. He's about ready to commit but I asked him to make some changes to configure.ac so that it will detect loudmouth, and not compile the whiteboard stuff if it isn't available. He just needs to test that feature before committing. --Ted Bryce Harrington wrote: > Hi all! > > One of the key, oft-proven principles of Open Source development is > "Release Early, Release Often". This is important because it makes it > easier for other people to help you. > > I think for our Google Summer of Code students, it will be vital for > their learning about Open Source processes to go through at least a > couple releases, so they can see how this works in practice. > > I know it's a bit different from what we're trained in school to do; in > school you have a due date and you (in theory) work on your assignment > in secret from other students, and turn it in at the end. Open Source > is very different; it's like you take your half-finished assignment to > the clubhouse and trade answers with everyone else, and the more you > cross-check with each other, the more likely everyone is to get a > perfect score. ;-) > > Anyway, with the 0.42 release wrapping up, we're at a point where we're > ready to integrate work from the Google Summer of Code students. > > Michael, David, Greg, and Matthew, can each of you report in on where > you are in your work, how we can help you, and what you might be able to > add to CVS within the next week or so? > > (Also, if you have any questions about getting access to or using CVS, > please just ask and we'll get you set up.) > > Thanks, > Bryce > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September > 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape for windows
by Adib Taraben 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Bryce Harrington schrieb: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 07:28:14AM -0500, aaron@...749... wrote: > >>Sadly, the only real way to find out what is needed to make an extension >>work is chasing it through the inx files. Browse to the >> >>As you figure out what various extensions require and confirm that they >>work, please add the details to the wiki. >>http://inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?GettingExtensionsWorking > > > Brett, Leopold, Aaron, Ted, Alexandre, and other participants in this > thread, I think it'd be worthwhile if we could get this page fleshed out > more. Could you guys take a look at that page and see how it could be > improved? > > Thanks, > Bryce > Could someone guide me to the page where all the parameter and options of that .inx file is described. Do we have an option to pipe not to STDIN/STDOUT but through temporary file ? Adib.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape for windows
by Bryce Harrington 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:28:03PM -0700, Ted Gould wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 08:17 +0200, Adib Taraben wrote: > > This problem is about the inkscape\share\extensions\eps_input.inx file. > > > > it looks for a "gs" in your path: > > <dependency type="executable">gs</dependency> > > > > In order to have this done you need to have ghostscript in your PATH. > > add "C:\program files\gs\gs8.51\bin" to PATH > > and rename gs into gswin32c.exe in the inx file > > Oh, cool. So how do we want to handle this in the future? Have > two .inx files, one for windows and one for everyone else? Do the > windows packagers have any ideas? Perhaps this could be modified to allow alternative program names. It would try gs first, then if that doesn't exist, try gswin32c.exe. This thread probably ought to be moved to -devel... Bryce

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Ideas and complaints about win32 installer
by Taraben, Adib 31 Jul '05

31 Jul '05

Hi, I put a Wiki Page for new ideas and improvements. Everyone can edit this page. http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Win32_Installer And yes I know we have a RFE and bugtracking tool yust want to have many eyes looking on the same page. Please everyone check this out and bring your ideas in. Gracie mille, Adib.

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effects menu
by Alexandre Prokoudine 31 Jul '05

31 Jul '05

Hi, Before I go to bugtracker, I'd like to make sure that this is a real issue. Please take a look at www.lrn.ru/~avp/images/effects.png The first thing is easy to see: there is no particular order in menu items, or, to be more precise, the order seems to be random :) Would it be possible to at least alphabetically reorder menu items until extensions fraamework design (covering groups of effects etc.) is finished? The second thing is that "Grid" appears translated in contrary to other effects. I have no idea how this has happened. Is it an issue to be addressed? Best regards, Alexandre

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SVG in OpenDocument
by Jon Phillips 31 Jul '05

31 Jul '05

Hello all, Would anyone be interested in following up on the problems between the OpenDocument format and SVG? Mental, you seemed most versed in discussing these issues previously. I fear we are too late! OOo is geared up with OpenDocument support and I noticed that Krita and other KOffice apps already support the format. Man, why couldn't OpenDocument just use SVG man...ugh! Inkscape will need to support import/export of OpenDocument in the near future. http://books.evc-cit.info/odbook/book.html I have added two bugs for this for export and import: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1235849&group_id=9… http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1233861&group_id=9… How do you all feel about? What are your thoughts? If you are interested in seeing a quick overview of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument Scribus already supports this format as well. Daniel, could you inform both lists about the state of your discussion with OASIS about this? Jon -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...878...> > To: Jon Phillips <jon@...235...> > Subject: SVG in OpenDocument. > Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 04:16:40 -0400 > > Hi Jon, > > I've been trying to follow up on the issue with SVG and OpenDocument. I > admit I'm out of my area here, I don't really know much about SVG. > > I've been trying to contact developers in OpenOffice.org in charge of > SVG import to get them to list where OpenDocument fails to be SVG > compatible and send the information to the OASIS TC. Gary says that the > TC really looks at incomming comments and will try to fix the format. > > Since you know SVG, and you found areas where OpenDocument is not doing > things right, I was hoping that you too might contact the OASIS TC. The > mailing list is office-comment@...879... > > I'm sure that getting the format fixed will be a slow process. I've > never heard of a standards body that did things fast. But I do want to > see the format fixed. > > As for myself, I'm slowly reading through a book on OpenDocument, so I > can have a better idea of what I'm talking about: > > http://books.evc-cit.info/odbook/book.html > > Cheers, > Daniel. > -- Jon Phillips USA PH 510.499.0894 jon@...235... http://www.rejon.org Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org)

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projective transform extension (almost)
by unknown＠example.com 31 Jul '05

31 Jul '05

This morning on Jabber someone mentioned perspective transforms, so I wasted the whole day trying to see if I could write an extension for such a thing. I can't. I'm missing the most important part: the transformation matrix. But if someone can provide a python function to calculate the transformation matrix given the bbox rectangle of a path and an arbitrary destination quadrilateral, I think it might work. I tried unsuccesfully to borrow code from these two sources: http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gimp/app/core/gimp-transform-utils.c?view=mark… https://jai-core.dev.java.net/source/browse/jai-core/src/share/classes/java… If someone wants to take a stab at the task my unfinished code is here (I'm not sure what state of debugging I left it in): http://www.ekips.org/comp/inkscape/inx/project.py http://www.ekips.org/comp/inkscape/inx/project.inx In order to use the effect the user must: 1. draw a 4 node path (it makes sense for the path to be closed but I suppose it isn't necessary). 2. adjust those 4 nodes to the corners of the destination quadrilateral. 3. select the control quad before the path that should be transformed. (only those two paths should be selected.) No, I don't think that this is convenient or intuitive. Please help, Aaron Spike

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svgslice and inkscape autodetection warning
by Lee Braiden 30 Jul '05

30 Jul '05

SVGSlice is now working as an extension. If anyone is interested in getting this into inkscape's officially included extensions, would it be possible to do this for 42.1, or is that going to be bugfix-only? There is one small Inkscape issue, which I'm currently working around. I'm calling inkscape from within an extension, like so: inkscape --without-gui --export-id="itemtoexport" --export-png="pngfilename" "svgfilename" But this outputs the following: ** (inkscape:25789): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG. Strangely, this doesn't happen on the same file if I load it directly from the command line with inkscape "svgfilename". At the moment, I'm redirecting the errors from the inkscape call to /dev/null, since inkscape will display the warnings as an extension failure. However, I'd prefer not to have to do this, in case inkscape DOES have something important to warn about. Is this something I can prevent, or a bug that can be fixed for 42.1 somehow, regardless of whether the extension can make that release? -- Lee Braiden http://www.DigitalUnleashed.com

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