On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, John Cliff wrote:
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:05:52 -0700 (PDT) From: John Cliff <simarilius@...36...> To: inkscape inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Please test win32 plugins
Dled the latest build from your site bob and tried importing a ggr file got an error saying: "Failed to load the requested file C:\Yellow_Contrast.ggr"
Console had the following:
(inkscape.exe:2012): glibmm-WARNING **: Glib::create_new_wrapper: Attempted to c reate a 2nd C++ wrapper for a C instance whose C++ wrapper has been deleted.
(inkscape.exe:2012): glibmm-WARNING **: failed to wrap type of 'gtkmm__GtkFileFilter' file:///C%3A/Yellow_Contrast.ggr:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found GIMP Gradient ^
This is great but ...
I was amazed and pleasantly surprised when the gimp added support for SVG Gradients (added in gimp version 2.1.3, needs testing no export yet).
We should be taking advantage of that work and avoiding Gimp Gradients (the .ggr file format) and encouraging them to use SVG instead and standard file formats in general (gradients are inherently vectors anyway).
I look forward to testing the brilliant work Ted has done and using the other plug-ins but what I'm specifically asking for is that Inkscape does not support GGR on principle as it will hurt efforts to get the gimp to abandon the non-standard format. (By not support I mean disable it by default, or if it is seperate then not ship it in the default packages.) It is in Inkscapes best interest in the long run to encourage the use of the SVG Gradient format and any short term benifits of using GGR seem very small. (Similar sentiment also applies to gimp pattern files (.pat) as the gimp can now use any format supported by gdkpixbuf as a pattern).
I realise this may seem a bit unusual to leave out useful functionality but I can assure you I am deadly serious and hope you will consider the suggestion very carefully.
Sincerely
Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ Free SVG Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org